of this year, a judge ordered that these memos not be released. they were assigned to it several committee members today, they ve been requested of both the house and senate judiciary oversight and intelligence committee got these along with house speaker paul ryan and minority leader nancy pelosi. a few things jumping out. one that there was that pledge of loyalty according to comey, but in one of those instances, comey said you will get that back to the president. the other thing that s in here, james comey s rep tells a president a number of times that andrew mccabe is an honorable man heard the president questioning mccabe s motives on several occasions and meetings, phone calls, and meetings with us before, but again, reiterating each time that was brought up that mccabe is an honorable man heard also telling the president of the fbi is impartial and doesn t want their feelings get involved in their investigations. mark: thoughts directly related to not just the mccabe referral,
that these memos not be released. they were assigned to it several committee members today, they ve been requested of both the house and senate judiciary oversight and intelligence committee got these along with house speaker paul ryan and minority leader nancy pelosi. a few things jumping out. one that there was that pledge of loyalty according to comey, but in one of those instances, comey said you will get that back to the president. the other thing that s in here, james comey s rep tells a president a number of times that andrew mccabe is an honorable man heard the president questioning mccabe s motives on several occasions and meetings, phone calls, and meetings with us before, but again, reiterating each time that was brought up that mccabe is an honorable man heard also telling the president of the fbi is impartial and doesn t want their feelings get involved in their investigations. mark: thoughts directly related to not just the mccabe referral, but also seems to be
like to begin with you. can you explain to our audience the genesis of this intense interest in mccabe and what about it reflects in your view, the view of others, perhaps just partisanship. are you talking to ken dilanian? i m sorry, i knew we were leading into a first segment with two kens. ken vogel of the new york times. sure, this is as you sort of suggested in your intro, brian, the interest in mccabe, is part of an effort to discredit the fbi as a whole. and the goal seems to be more about discrediting, undermining bob mueller and the special council s investigation. we see this, a number of prongs in this effort, including highlighting these text messages between these fbi agents that spoke critically of donald trump. we see this in questioning mccabe, we even see this in the
interest in mccabe and what about it reflects in your view, the view of others, perhaps just partisanship. are you talking to ken dilanian? i m sorry, i knew we were leading into a first segment with two kens. ken vogel of the new york times. sure, this is as you sort of suggested in your intro, brian, the interest in mccabe, is part of an effort to discredit the fbi as a whole. and the goal seems to be more about discrediting, undermining bob mueller and the special council s investigation. we see this, a number of prongs in this effort, including highlighting these text messages between these fbi agents that spoke critically of donald trump. we see this in questioning mccabe, we even see this in the uranium one, the reviving of the uranium one investigation, which seems to be less about getting to the bottom of the actual
about it reflects in your view, the view of others, perhaps just partisanship. are you talking to ken dilanian? i m sorry, i knew we were leading into a first segment with two kens. ken vogel of the new york times. sure, this is as you sort of suggested in your intro, brian, the interest in mccabe, is part of an effort to discredit the fbi as a whole. and the goal seems to be more about discrediting, undermining bob mueller and the special council s investigation. we see this, a number of prongs in this effort, including highlighting these text messages between these fbi agents that spoke critically of donald trump. we see this in questioning mccabe, we even see this in the uranium one, the reviving of the uranium one investigation, which seems to be less about getting to the bottom of the actual substance of this uranium one deal, and more about questioning