sandra: this is a fox news alert as house investigators get serious in their probe of the anti-trump dossier. fox news is reporting they are seeking contempt citations against the f.b.i. and justice department for refusing to cooperate. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. i m sandra smith. busy morning. bill: sure is. hang on. i m bill hemmer, good morning, everybody. fox news learning exclusively that a senior counsel for the house intelligence committee is urging the contempt charges against the f.b.i. and the department of justice for withholding documents, as well as a key witness. james rosin, chief washington correspondent breaking the story last night. you picked up immediate reaction, what have you heard? it would appear that
millennials will be concerned. i watched zoo lander the other day. none of us were around when this happened. it was a pivotal moment in our history. neil: i was around. you were? i give you the benefit of the doubt. it s a pivotal moment. one of the greatest memories. i want more information but i m an attorney and i understand the need to redact documents. neil: you had 25 years to get them in order. i don t know if i m the biggest public records on earth. in this case, national security is one of the few really good reasons for withholding documents. but what i like is in this case the trump administration s impulse was to disclose everything. and off the tales of an administration that claim to be the most transparent in history and wasn t. i m hoping this is the start of a new era. neil: you can wonder more why this didn t come out. it s not a surprise that younger people are not interested in history. they have issues in telling you neil: but you have to be inte
it looks like flynn did indeed break the law and could face prosecution. now the white house is accused of withholding documents. today the search for the truth. let s get to it. first from the fox news deck, it appears there was a crime and that now the white house will not help investigators uncover it. that is the bottom line from a stunning news conference today by republican and democratic leaders of a congressional investigation. they have now concluded the president s fired national security adviser michael flynn appears to have broken the law by keeping the feds in the dark about some $600,000 that he received from foreign governments or groups. some of it while he was advising candidate trump on the campaign trail. those further assert that the
she has to turn the evidence over. i don t know how she turns over 52 gig go bias of evidence to the defense attorneys and it contains one witness statement one witness interview by one of the investigators in her office. it seems like she is hiding something is. and she is not doing a very good job because if the judge orders her to turn it over, i bet you there is some very, very expull pa tore information exculpatory information there. i think she has some documents she is not turning over. i think worst did an independent investigation. far worse than getting yelled at for withholding documents. oh, absolutely it is far worse. the only thing that any of these states attorneys offices have is their credibility. their credibility. that s not credibility. that would be like called lying. that s i mean credibility is squishy term. i mean, if you say you did an independent investigation, and it turns out that you did zipo and you are the city attorney if
she has to turn the evidence over. i don t know how she turns over 52 gig go bias of evidence to the defense attorneys and it contains one witness statement one witness interview by one of the investigators in her office. it seems like she is hiding something is. and she is not doing a very good job because if the judge orders her to turn it over, i bet you there is some very, very expull pa tore information exculpatory information there. i think she has some documents she is not turning over. i think worst did an independent investigation. far worse than getting yelled at for withholding documents. oh, absolutely it is far worse. the only thing that any of these states attorneys offices have is their credibility. their credibility. that s not credibility. that would be like called lying. that s i mean credibility is squishy term. i mean, if you say you did an independent investigation, and it turns out that you did zipo and you are the city attorney if