findings. the press and fbi gave a penny somewhat of professionalism and took up the cause of vengeance. the real story here from the fbi s perspective is what an abomination that this was, this so-called investigation. it wasn t a witchhunt, it is a good imitation of one. let s bring in kim stross all who is following this story and then right from the beginning and their skepticism about the russian collusion narrative. what was the most important thing you learned from the durham report? i think the most important thing is what you touched on. it never should have been opened in the first place. the reason it was was in part because the fbi skipped all kinds of preliminary steps. they didn t do any interviews or try to corroborate or look at their own intelligence databases. if they would, they would ve seen there is no evidence held by any government agents that the agency trump engaged in any collusion. this was a decision, this is important, made by the higher ups
if they would, they would ve seen there is no evidence held by any government agents that the agency trump engaged in any collusion. this was a decision, this is important, made by the higher ups. there were people along who were questioning this but the seventh floor of the fbi was calling the shots and seemed to have a confirmation bias. they wanted to investigate and that drag us through this for years. paul: it is extraordinary that the fbi playing a role in american elections. i don t remember j edgar hoover for all his sins doing that. what does this tell us about the culture at the fbi? is it a deep widespread corrupted culture or is it as kim suggests, a failure, durham too, failure of leadership at the top? how can you expect anything