did, he brought back his reputation. he brought it back. bret: charles. well, now he lost it again. what is so striking is how on both sides, we have heard situational ethics. this is situational sensibilities. when what comey was doing was hurting trump come he was a bad guy. then when he did what he did come he was a good guy. the democrats are even more critical. the reaction tonight. if mount st. helens exploded at midnight tonight, you would get, within an hour, 18 democrats demanding a special prosecutor to look into the issue. everything leads them to demanding a special prosecutor. i wouldn t take them seriously. again, what they are talking about is smoke. after six months, eight months, a year? no hard evidence whatsoever of collusion. i think the reason comey is gone is because generally speaking we say if you make enemies on both
the coffin for president trump to fire him. bret: tonight, new questions. did the president hint at comey s firing a month ago? we will see what happens. it s going to be interesting. bret: what happens next in the russia investigation? catastrophically compromise the investigation. the investigation going on in the intelligence committee. bret: we have all of the angles covered. a special edition of special report starts right now. good evening. welcome to washington. i am bret baier. the reality tv star billionaire businessman who made you are fired a catchphrase used it this afternoon and what is turning out to be one of his most controversial moves yet. president trump s dismissal of james comey has rocked washington.
yes. can you give us details here? no, i can t. have you? yes, i have. no, ien can t give you details. did either of you ever share information about unmask trump associates or members of congress with anyone else? well, i m thinking back over six and a half years, i could have discussed it with either my deputy or my general counsel. ms. yates? in the course of the flynn matter, i had discussions with other members of the intel community. i m not sure if that s responsive to your question. in both cases, you can t give details here. no. the fbi notified the
yes, sir, i generally think that s a very good idea. you said the russians did not release any negative information on republican candidates. i believe it s not quite right on 2016 and 2.b 0 released to the smoking gun more than 200 pages of the dnc s. opposition research on mr. trump s hundreds of pages of what i would call dirt. this happened just two days after the wall street turnl p published a plan for republican convention delegates to revolt to prevent trump from securing the nomination. why wasn t the russian release of harmful information about mr. trump addressed in the russia report and was this even
collection against a non-u.s. person overseas. i don t think you can say that enough, director clapper. it s important because people need to understand it. we are trying to keep the american people safe but respecting their privacy rights. absolutely. ms. yates, this is the first time that you have appeared before congress since you left the department of justice. and i just wanted to ask you a question about the decision to refuse to defend the president s executive order. in the letter that you sent to congress, you point out that the executive order itself was drafted in consultation with the office of legal counsel and you point out that the office of legal counsel reviewed it to determine whether, in its view, the executive order was law