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to attack our elections and that the president did engage in numerous acts of potential obstructive conduct. so it raises that question of what are we doing here? the second question is yeah. not the propriety of the attorney general talking to foreign colleagues, because that happens all the time, but these are foreign colleagues who are very, very familiar with working with u.s. investigators and prosecutors. we cooperate with those folks and have on investigations and prosecutions for many, many years. so the question becomes, why does the attorney general feel it s necessary to personally interact with those folks and make this introduction to prosecutor durham and what is taking place in those conversations? what objectives is he actually advocating here or assistance. to add to your example, something we wondered also, is bill barr doing this for the sole purpose of pursuing trump s
icig, depunched multiple conspiracy theories spread by this president and his allies and the right wing media. we use this word unprecedented feels like on a daily basis. tell us, andy, seriously, how extraordinary is this? it is, running out of words here as well, brooke. it is truly extraordinary. the opinion or the statement that he released yesterday is remarkable for its candor and legal analysis to my estimation is bullet-proof and i would say it is another act of courage by this intelligence community inspector general who is a trump appointee and who, no doubt, knows that the things that he is saying, the positions he is taking be probably being looked upon very negatively by the president and his supporters in the administration. but, you know, when you go through that statement, he makes
community inspector general. and we should note that the intelligence community ig s office issued a sharp rebuke to conspiracy theories that it was spouned e spawned by his allies that it s hearsay and laws were changed over the last year to allow secondhand information to be used. in a statement the ig debunked the all of that saying that the whistle-blower had direct knowledge of some of the alleged conduct and that is just as important secondhand knowledge is permitted as part of any complaint. just finally, the ig said no laws were changed to accommodate the report. turn now to cnn jessica schneider to talk about all the president s men. jessica, seems each new development in this ukraine firestorm engulfed yet another person in trump s inner orbit? reporter: and all seem to garner questions, brooke and
assistant special prosecutor during watergate is representing giuliani in these matters of the subpoenas from the three congressional committees that are investigating impeachment of the president. the new york times first reporting this. giuliani has not said whether or not he s going to comply with those requests. when i asked jon sale whether or not he s made a decision on that he told me i really have to study it. heaps just started working on this. that question is still out there, brooke. thank you. thank you for the update on rudy giuliani. top white house officials growing frustrated with president trump, because he will not give up his debunk conspiracy theory that russia, not ukraine, interfered with the election. it s snowballed into a controversy that could get him impeached. it s not his first dive into wild conspiracy theories.