russians operative. maybe willy-nilly maybe and willingly, maybe stupidly, but they have plenty of contacts with doesn t officials. crossfire hurricane was resulted in a director of the fbi being fired. the deputy acting director of the fbi being targeted by donald trump for an irs audit according to reports it resulted in careers being ruined. sometimes people being attacked and bloodied and sullied because they exchanged texas where it looked like, you know, they didn t, trust donald trump, while they had some good reasons not to trust candidate donald trump. there were mistakes made by the fbi, but the lessons of crossfire hurricane have been watch your back, what your career. don t go too hard, because these politicians know no bounds when it comes to trying
hackers broke into federal emails systems including, the one at the state department. tonight the washington post is reporting that u.s. officials say hackers breached commerce secretary gina rwanda s email account. a cabinet member that got into her email account. a scary. you know, abortion rights groups are headed to court after iowa lawmakers passed a bill to ban abortion after six weeks. the vote took place laced late last night. the republican governor kim reynolds is expected to sign that bill on friday. with that let s get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. my friend carol leonnig is here, pulitzer ply prize-winning investigative reporter with the washington post. former fbi assistant director for counter intelligence. and former u.s. attorney joyce vance who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. , cranked to five is the key number. and you spent 25 of your years with the fbi, i want to start by sharing what democratic congresswoman eric swalwell
it was the fbi that was cautious and careful to the point that some prosecutors were throwing up their hands in disgust. in terms of being willing to open an investigation into whether or not trump s allies engaged in any crime. and trying to steal the election of 2020. we, you, know you could have a lot of different opinions. about whether or not that was cautiousness for fear. or anxiety about a day like today. but you can t argue that chris race as fbi or a group of jack booted thugs who came for conservatives with every weapon in their hand. and i also have to say that one of the most stunning things that was claimed today, again, a nutty conspiracy theory that has been discarded, dismissed,, derided by every fact finder, known under the sun. it s this idea that fbi agents
said about today s hearing. just bananas absolute bananas chaos, and the fbi director who oversees 38,000 employees investigates terrorism, child exploitation, covid fraud, national security, walks right into the partner s meeting of insurrection llc, the largest law firm in d.c. now with just one client, donald trump. we have got cyberattacks coming at us, we have got last shootings all across america. and that was the focus today here. what were you thinking when you stephanie, what happened today with almost become cold if it works so grievously dangerous. this is, like i hear some referring to this as political theater. that doesn t do it justice. it actually is far worse than that, because what it is is revealing this gop plan to for death by 1000 cuts of our key
whether or not democrats on the panel asked wray about the fbi search of mar-a-lago, and the classified documents case specifically. he defended the search and he didn t exactly praise how the records were found at trump s resort and exactly how historical. watch this directory a ballroom, a bathroom, a bedroom, . are those appropriate places to store classified confidential information? well again, i don t want to be commenting on the pending case, but i will say that there are specific rules about where to store classified information, and that those need to be stored in a scif. i secure compartmentalized information facility. and in my experience all rooms, bathrooms, and bedrooms are not scifs. we are also following the latest on a really disturbing hacking campaign focused on several u.s. government agencies. microsoft says china-based