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>> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO

TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS HEARING TODAY.

THIS HEARING TODAY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW BOTH SIDES

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW BOTH SIDES HANDLED IT?

HANDLED IT? >> REPUBLICANS, STARTING WITH

>> REPUBLICANS, STARTING WITH LINDSEY GRAHAM, USED THIS IG

LINDSEY GRAHAM, USED THIS IG REPORT TO TAINT THE ENTIRE

REPORT TO TAINT THE ENTIRE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION AND THEY

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION AND THEY DREW IN THESE INFLAMMATORY TEXTS

DREW IN THESE INFLAMMATORY TEXTS FROM FBI AGENCIES PETER STRZOK

FROM FBI AGENCIES PETER STRZOK AND LISA PAGE WHO WERE HAVING AN

AND LISA PAGE WHO WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR AND HE MUDDIED THE WATER

AFFAIR AND HE MUDDIED THE WATER AND SUGGESTED THESE PROBLEMS

AND SUGGESTED THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE PAGE FISA TAINTED THE

WITH THE PAGE FISA TAINTED THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION WHERE AS

WHOLE INVESTIGATION WHERE AS HOROWITZ WAS VERY CLEAR, THAT'S

HOROWITZ WAS VERY CLEAR, THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

NOT THE CASE. THESE ARE TWO DISCREET ISSUES.

THESE ARE TWO DISCREET ISSUES. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LEGITIMATE

THE INVESTIGATION WAS LEGITIMATE AND WAS JUSTIFIED HE FOUND AND

AND WAS JUSTIFIED HE FOUND AND THE FBI FOLLOWED THE RULES.

THE FBI FOLLOWED THE RULES. HE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW

HE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY USED INFORMANTS.

THEY USED INFORMANTS. DEMOCRATS SOUGHT TO DRAW THAT

DEMOCRATS SOUGHT TO DRAW THAT ASPECT OUT OF IT AND THEY

ASPECT OUT OF IT AND THEY POINTED OUT THAT HOROWITZ HAD NO

POINTED OUT THAT HOROWITZ HAD NO QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS ABOUT THE

QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS ABOUT THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE ROBERT

CONCLUSIONS OF THE ROBERT MUELLER SPECIAL COUNSEL

INVESTIGATION. HE WASN'T QUESTIONING WHETHER

HE WASN'T QUESTIONING WHETHER RUSSIA INTERFERED AND HE WASN'T

RUSSIA INTERFERED AND HE WASN'T SUPPORTING THE MORE INFLAMMATORY

SUPPORTING THE MORE INFLAMMATORY THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS

THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS SAYING IN TERMS OF THIS IS A

SAYING IN TERMS OF THIS IS A DEEP-STATE CONSPIRACY, THE WORD

DEEP-STATE CONSPIRACY, THE WORD SCUM WAS USED, DISAVOWED THAT

SCUM WAS USED, DISAVOWED THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE AND IT WAS

KIND OF LANGUAGE AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PARTISAN FOOD FIGHT

ABSOLUTELY PARTISAN FOOD FIGHT OUT THERE WITH MOST SIDES SEEING

OUT THERE WITH MOST SIDES SEEING IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

IT A DIFFERENT WAY. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHY IS

>> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WHY IS IT SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE

IT SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE REPUBLICANS TO PROVE A POLITICAL

REPUBLICANS TO PROVE A POLITICAL BIAS TO TRUMP AND THE RUSSIA

BIAS TO TRUMP AND THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.

INVESTIGATION. WHY IS THIS STILL SO IMPORTANT?

WHY IS THIS STILL SO IMPORTANT? >> WHAT I FIND AND I SEE IT ON

>> WHAT I FIND AND I SEE IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, THERE'S AN

MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEED, THERE'S AN OUTRAGE IN THE LAND, ON THE

OUTRAGE IN THE LAND, ON THE RIGHT, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

RIGHT, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE MECHANISMS OF GOVERNMENT,

MECHANISMS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THIS POWERFUL SECRET

INCLUDING THIS POWERFUL SECRET SURVEILLANCE WAS USED

SURVEILLANCE WAS USED INAPPROPRIATELY AGAINST DONALD

THAT THIS WAS A DEEP-STATE CONSPIRACY TO TWIST THE

CONSPIRACY TO TWIST THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FBI INTO

GOVERNMENT AND THE FBI INTO INVESTIGATING AND SOME SENATORS

INVESTIGATING AND SOME SENATORS ACTUALLY SAID THAT TODAY.

ACTUALLY SAID THAT TODAY. THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE DNC GOT

THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE DNC GOT THE FBI TO DO THIS.

THE FBI TO DO THIS. AND SO THAT IS THE PASSION THEY

AND SO THAT IS THE PASSION THEY BRING TO THIS ISSUE.

BRING TO THIS ISSUE. THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY EVIDENCE

THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY EVIDENCE FOR THAT AND THE LATEST REPORT

FOR THAT AND THE LATEST REPORT TO FIND NO EVIDENCE OF POLITICAL

TO FIND NO EVIDENCE OF POLITICAL BIASSED ON THIS INVESTIGATION.

BIASSED ON THIS INVESTIGATION. >> KEN, SOMETHING WENT ON TODAY

>> KEN, SOMETHING WENT ON TODAY THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING SO OFTEN.

THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING SO OFTEN. A NAME BECOMES A HOUSEHOLD NAME,

A NAME BECOMES A HOUSEHOLD NAME, MICHAEL HOROWITZ, FOR EXAMPLE, A

MICHAEL HOROWITZ, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE

LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS UNTIL TODAY.

WAS UNTIL TODAY. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HIM?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HIM? >> HE'S A FORMER PROSECUTOR.

>> HE'S A FORMER PROSECUTOR. HE'S A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.

HE'S A STRAIGHT SHOOTER. HE'S WORKED FOR PRESIDENTS IN

HE'S WORKED FOR PRESIDENTS IN BOTH PARTIES.

BOTH PARTIES. HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT

HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HE'S DONE SOME TOUGH

OBAMA AND HE'S DONE SOME TOUGH INVESTIGATIONS.

WE DID A STORY ABOUT HOW DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING THAT HE REALLY HASN'T TAKEN ON

THAT HE REALLY HASN'T TAKEN ON TRUMP APPOINTEES, JEFF SESSIONS

TRUMP APPOINTEES, JEFF SESSIONS OR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR.

OR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR. HE POINTED OUT TODAY THAT HE'S

HE POINTED OUT TODAY THAT HE'S THE ONLY INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO

THE ONLY INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO HAS THIS KIND OF RULE THAT

HAS THIS KIND OF RULE THAT PROHIBITS HIM FROM INVESTIGATING

PROHIBITS HIM FROM INVESTIGATING THE CONDUCT OF ATTORNEYS.

THE CONDUCT OF ATTORNEYS. AND HE WAS ASKING SENATORS TO

AND HE WAS ASKING SENATORS TO CHANGE THE LAW TO ALLOW HIM TO

CHANGE THE LAW TO ALLOW HIM TO INVESTIGATE.

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