later? that s not just desperate to even think the outcome of the hillary clinton investigation was predetermined before key witnesses were interviewed for the majority of information was even gathered at all, that s insane. it really threatens the principles of how much the country was founded upon. this looks fishy from the start when comey exonerated hillary clinton right after the fourth of july weekend when she had been interviewed. but one of the biggest features of washington investigations is charges of making false statements. they almost always involve that. now we find out that they basically decided to close this case up before they even interviewed 17 people? it does look fixed. bret: and a lot of coverage of the new york times story about the president considering firing comey before he said he was ready to consider firing him. now a lot of coverage on this part? no. james comey was portrayed throughout this in the media as the stand-up guy, straight shooter. the
the report that special counsel robert mueller has an early draft of the letter which may have focused on russia. we will be fully transparent with the investigation and i don t have anything to add beyond that. comey s testimony of the email case is also facing fresh scrutiny. the fbi director has created serious legal problems for himself. about her unsecured server for state department business on saturday, july 2nd, a holiday weekend. comey recommended against prosecution three days later. comey s testimony about the timeline appears to conflict with newly released government records that indicate he drafted his conclusion, exonerating clinton, in late april or early may, two months before clinton met with agents. did you make the decision not to recommend criminal charges relating to customer information before or after hillary clinton was interviewed by the fbi on july 2nd? after. in a tweet, the president said it s an evidence of a brake
system. republican lawmakers are drawing attention to this exchange about clinton aides. the only way an interview takes place with the two central witnesses and the subject of the investigation is if the decision has already been made that all three people in that room are not going to be charged. and colleagues of ours believe i am lying about when i made the decision, please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. there may be broader implications for comey. he may not be a credible witness that we may be under the documents that the director was loose and i m candid with congress. he told them that s wide ranging. the special axis down the council team bret: thank you. immigrants detained on a wild weekend after president trump signed his first travel ban get
here, i think this is something that congress could do. you ve got paul ryan, willing to do it. every single democrat in the house is going to vote for it. they could pass something like this through the house, i think, pretty likely given where the sentiment is. and then probably the same thing for the senate. this is something that could get done, even though to byron s point, all the republicans are on record saying that this is an abusive presenter power, they didn t agree with it in the first place. bret: we are going to head to the friday lightning round. we are monitoring this in texas, as the helicopter pulls out. this large plume of smoke, you can see how big it is. we are watching that plus the frighting lightning round coming out. comey, mueller
i think the fbi director has really created, perhaps, some very serious legal problems for himself. he may have perjured himself when he said he made the conclusion after the interview because the evidence is showing to the contrary. bret: jason chaffetz talking about the rector comey, then fbi director. the republicans in the senate judiciary community saying that it appears that mr. comey would issue a statement exonerating secretary clinton. that s long before fbi agents finish their work. that s not a way to run an investigation, the fbi should be held to a higher standard than that. back to the panel, lightning round here. madison, we heard the sound earlier in the show that this is quite something. conclude now, investigate