investigator of the clinton email scandal that he was communicating with his paramour, lisa page he said at one point answering her question could trump really be the president he said no, we ll stop it. there is evidence here that they were going to use official action of the fbi to intercede and intervene in presidential election. this is very explosive stuff here. you are on the judiciary committee. so you have been following each incremental detail over the months of this investigation. how much does this move the ball forward. we have yet to digest all of it obviously we got it 20 minutes ago and it s three inches thick. we have been hearings in oversight. been doing hearings since last october. we interviewed a number of high profile witnesses at the fbi. reviewed thousands of pages of documents. we had lots of questions. i think many of the questions are being answered here. being affirmed what our suspicions were are correct. that is that there was a bias at the fbi. that s
caps, raju, exclamation point on capitol hill to preview this big intelligence committee hearing. the big question is whether or not hope hicks will answer the committee s questions. democrats want to ask her not just about topics that happened during the campaign but during the transition period and happened while she was at the white house and as she s become communications director at the white house. what we ve seen from the last two high profile witnesses who have come through this door is that those witnesses have not answered the committee s questions, particularly corey lewandowski who during his january testimony said he was not prepared to answer questions about any matters after he left the trump campaign in june of 2016. now, democrats have called for a subpoena of corey lewandowski on those topix. republicans have not agreed. when steve bannon a came before the committee, he didn t answer questions about the transition period or his time at the white house saying the whi
refused to answer questions in the january appearance before the panel with any topics that occurred after his time on the campaign saying that essentially, by answering those questions, he would prevent the president from invoking executive privilege if the president chose to go that far. both republicans and democrats have not been satisfied with that and have demanded he return next week before the committee. we are told from a source familiar with the matter that bannon is willing to speak to robert mueller. this comes as hope hicks, the white house communications direct or, her appearance before the committee last month was pushed back about what answers she would be willing to give to the committee, raising questions about whether three high profile witnesses will ever be able to give their full testimony before this panel which has been beset by turmoil for months. republicans now have a long time clinton associate in their cross hairs as they try thwart the overall russia
and the fact that paul ryan s office would suggest that democrats are the only ones who could potentially be charged with allegations of playing politics when it comes to this investigation is on its face a little goofy. that said, of course, one thing that we know sure about the house intelligence committee s russia probe is that they re getting a lot of really interesting information. an it s interesting dynamic with this particular committee because on the one hand it s the investigation that s had the most major, major hiccups. devin nunez s trip to the white house. we have had lots and lots of rolling skirmishes of adam schiff and nunez. lots of very public airing of grievances, leaks to media. same time, though, this committee s finding out lots and interesting stuff. they re getting tons of documents. they re interviewing very high profile witnesses. releasing transcripts of those intereventuals. a lot of what we know is based
at the same time, though, this committee is finding out lots of interesting stuff. they re getting tons of documents. they re interviewing very high profile witnesses. releasing transcripts of those interviews. a lot of what we know is based on the investigation and may be why republicans are a little bit nervous of it continuing much longer. notably, the house the senate intelligence chairman richard burr did not go to the white house this week for the celebration about the tax bill saying that while this investigation is undergoing, he s keeping his distance. paul, mike pence talked to cbs today about michael flynn and i thought this was notable. let s listen to what he said. just clarify how you understand what happened with mike flynn. when he was fired, did you know he had lied to the fbi? i knew he lied to me and i know the president made the right decision with regard to him. paul, you re a former prosecutor.