his reassignment may be tied to a separately can investigation. the washington post said so stress say this is all the ne pt of a new director. political said it s tied to a mother jones journalist who first reported on the existence of the trump dossier. as i baker was not a source. no word on who was replacing baker. comey said that acre serve the country well for 25 years. rob: everything getting shaken up. will go much deeper into this and 30 minutes. the present making christmas calls all over the world. he s a mar-a-lago for christmas. he started video chatting to our men and women overseas letting them know they are appreciated especially on days like today when summer thousands of miles away from their family. as we celebrate this most precious holiday, we are grateful for each of you to
the investigations handled by the fbi. baker is not fired, there reassigned in his reassignment to somehow be tied to a separate leak investigation. the washington post said sources tell them this is a normal part of a new director coming into the bureau. politico reported on friday that a chris tied to a mother jones journalist on the existence of the trump dossier. the journalist said baker was not his source. gillian: thanks for that. leland: data helper with those washington beacon. the book came out in 2014, but especially now, still highly relevant. not to happy with that. it seems as though the president is getting up this idea that they felt they could act with impunity for lack of a better term both during the obama years. establish your reporting found? i think even more sinister. he s not only suggesting
and the possible collusion of the president himself. it s critically important that we respect the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. no one is above the law. let mr. muller do his investigation without interference from the president. reporter: mccabe has not commented publicly on any of this. mike. mike: president trump treated about fbi official james baker. what are you hearing about him? reporter: james baker was appointed to the fbi s general counsel in 2014 and fox news has learned that he was recently removed from the council. the council is a really big deal. they are read in on all the investigations handled by the fbi. sources are telling fox news baker was not fired but reassigned. his reassignment may somehow be tied to a separate leak investigation. the washington post says sources tell them this is a normal part of a new director coming into the bureau. political reported on friday that baker is tied to of mother jones journalist who first reporte
about a senior counsel, james baker and what may have been a connection to the trump dossier. where is the inspector general in this? how does this and how does congressional oversight get into play here? trey gowdy, he took over after i left and the inspects general report up on a jurisdictional basis through the oversight committee. michael horowitz is the inspector general at the department of justice for 150 employees, a massive budget. they have been doing the investigation on the comey matter, the hillary clinton e-mail matter and now two publicly released news reports one in july saying that james baker, the senior most counsel there at the department of justice, was being looked at for releasing classified information to a journalist and just today as you said, it popped that he has been reassigned.
collusion there in terms of these people working together and i mean this is really fascinating to me that why wasn t this looked at? you know, during the obama administration or prior and then nothing while hillary clinton is, you know, running for president of the united states? but yet they want to accuse president trump of collusion and his transition team and do a gigantic document and wire grab without really any evidence to support it and they come up with nothing there. well, you know, kimberly, i said at the beginning of this process they should look into the russia question. and i think they have really come up with no substantial evidence. but, consider this, that trump dossier, that, you know, had all these allegations that didn t bear out, one of the things that dossier said was, the russian sources said they had a dossier that had damning information on hillary clinton. one of the questions i would ask senior fbi officials is did you ever pursue that? kimberly: right.