attorneys' fbi, u.s. offices, component field offices, and state and local enforcement, we are receiving real-time intelligence and we have deployed resources to quell outbreaks of violence in several places. i urge governors and mayors and other state and local leaders to work closely with the national guard and with us. the federal government has thus far made 51 arrests for federal crimes in connection with violent rioting. we will continue to investigate, to make arrests, and to prosecute when warranted. when i was attorney general in 1995 -- 1992, riots broke out in los angeles following the acquittal by the state of police officers accused of beating rodney king. ultimately, the department of justice at my direction filed federal civil rights charges against those officers. as president bush assured the nation at that time, quote, "the violence will end, justice will be served, hope will return." the same is true today. the rule of law will prevail. thank you. now i would like to introduce my collea

the fbi's mission is to protect the american people and uphold the constitution. that mission is dual and simultaneous. it is not contradictory. in engaging with our communities during these protests, we in law enforcement must balance the safety and security of our communities with our citizens' rights.tutional violence,days, the destruction of property, threats to life that we have seen in some parts of the country jeopardizes the rights and safety of all citizens, including peaceful demonstrators. and it has to stop. we are seeing people who are exploiting the situation to pursue violent extremist agendas. oute individuals have set peoplediscord and a rather than pursue the righteous pursuit of righteous -- pursuit of justice. our community and religious leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, and citizens alike. many have suffered from the violence instigated to these radicals and extremists, including members of our own law enforcement family. officers killed or gravely injured while just doing their jobs, fulfilling their duty to the public by trying to

more than that, they're actively participating in a discussion with the fbi when the fbi shouldn't be talking to politicians about ongoing criminal investigations. get the right people on it, use the logan act. at that moment the fbi had just concluded mike flynn had not committed any crimes. they investigated him for five months. they recommended shutting down the crime -- the case, and all of a sudden the white house is meeting with the fbi saying keep it going, find the right people, look at the logan act of of we have a white house that was concocting a false criminal case against one of their political enemies. lou: absolutely. maybe they thought it was all right, john, to be there talking about a criminal case when they themselves were obviously the criminals. john solomon, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> up next, the head of the fbu comes to the conclusion that china is involved at, well, in things against the interest of the united states. christopher wray, man on the spot. wow. we'll take it up with the hudson institute's michael pillsbury. stay with us, we're coming right

and, of course, there's never been ancillary evidence to back that up at the fbi. well, it turns out there are july andth, 2016 -- 13th handwritten note that show that the agent handling christopher steele was telling that supervisor three months before the crisis that they knew hillary clinton was connected to the research project christopher steele was doing. and there's a series of e-mails where a confidential human informant, hey, those people you're dealing with, fusion gps, christopher steele? they're connected to the democratic national committee. so it appears that christopher steele was telling the truth, and the fbi just forgot to look for these records. it's going to be overwhelmingly clear by this summer that the fbi knew this was a hillary/dnc project, and they intentionally kept it from the fisa court. lou: and christopher wray, the current director of the fbi, has not exactly been candid k has he -- has he, about the extent of what they knew at various pointses and who knew it within fbi. >> i've talked to a few senators who are frustrated that wray'

the fbi knew about it. they trumped this whole thing up and the more that comes out the dirtier it looks. it is terrible when you get under the covers here. elizabeth: all right. john o'connor. thank you so much for joining us again. great to see you. >> sure. elizabeth: up next, a supreme court victory for the trump administration at the border and a change at the border. u.s. border patrol agents using new covid-19 protocols to protect border crossers in facilities so they don't get sick from covid-19 virus. sick from covid-19 virus. we've got that story when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. sick from covid-19 virus. we've got that story but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. you can detect suspicious activity on your account from here. and you can pay your friends back from here. so when someone asks you, "where's your ban

i work with the fbi and fbi unaccustomed border patrol, then the materials tested. and they failed and do intend to continue to investigate and importation of fraudulent materials. i think you can play to see additional cases coming into the future. >> $3 trillion on the table and then watched the cockroaches come in. you've identified six prosecutions. the ppe act so far. fourmac million loans have been issued so far. you just getting started. it strikes me that unless you big powerful statement early on, some of the adolescent efforts being made to quantify for ppe loans, are just going to continue apace. >> i will address the ppe. so with that program, there are a number of ways that we have referral cases and potential prosecute. if you will tell you that we have field offices around the country in the complaint is walk in saying that that they are aware with wrongfu second sourct we share among federal agencies predict acting kid in the more specifics on that's pretty. >> you collected and get your least is important but not critical to answering my questions.

in the fbi was ready. within days, all 56 till offices began working a wide range of investigations related to covid-19 fraud schemes. as we begin our investigations, we saw a number of different criminal schemes. we saw subjects courting personal protective equipment ppe, and attempting to sell it an exorbitant isis. we also saw people selling counterfeit ppe. the fbi works closely with the department of justice and a nut other law enforcement partners to conduct investigations. the cares act was designed to provide economic assistance to families, american workers and small businesses. however, individual still seek to steal money from the people it was designed help. we began to see fraud towards their efforts exporting the various programs to relieve the economic effects of covid-19. to effectively target the threats, the fbi informed a payroll protection program by working group and coordination with the department of justice. a small distance the administration of inspector general. through this effo

elizabeth: former fbi official andrew mccabe tells the dojig, why did the fbi push to have the discredited steele dossier that had disinformation in it, russian disinformation in it, why did the fbi push it to have that put in the 2017 intelligence community roundup on russian interference even though the fbi knew it was discredited, it was not substantiated? mccabe said, quote, obama wanted everything you have on russian influence. fbi officials told the senate they would have a major problem if the steele dossier had not been included. what is going on here? >> well, either mccabe is telling the truth, that that is the reason this totally discredited dossier was in there or you have to believe that the top officials in our intelligence agencies and the fbi were totally incompetent in their jobs and that was the reason they included this totally discredited dossier. i don't think they're all incompetent. it sounds like in fact there was pressure coming from the white house and frankly, look, we know now this was a partisan use of both our law enforcement capabilities and the very powerful

he redirected personnel from the fbi, bureau of prisons, u.s. marshal service, atf, ice, and other agencies away from their normal duties to participate in this attack on lafayette square. what jim mattis said about this action. know we are better than the abuse of executive authority we witnessed at lafayette square. we must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our constitution." at this critical moment, one would expect the senate judiciary committee to stand up and speak up, to exercise our oversight duties over the attorney general and department whyustice, to explain protesters were attacked by federal law enforcement officers . the incidence of police -- instead as we have learned, the chairman and majority are determined that this historic and distinguished committee will instead focus on the mueller investigation into russia's 2016 election interference. the streets of america and the fire, figuratively, with the passion people feel for justice. we are in the midst of a pandemic. we know the state of th

i'm a special agent with the fbi. i'm assigned here in champaign, and then this is eric. >> yeah, detective eric stiverson. >> detective with the university police, okay? we are investigating the disappearance of ms. yingying. >> i'm willing to answer questions, some questions. obviously, i don't know -- >> one of the things i like to do when i start an interview is just have the person tell their story. or in this case, retell his story that he had prior told to agents. >> do you remember what you told him? >> i was either playing video games on my computer or taking an afternoon nap. >> was he abnormal, the way he was answering? >> he didn't seem very concerned of why he was there. most people in that situation might be like, you know, why are you pulling me out of bed at this time in the morning? why are we here? >> and he never really asked that? >> he just was just kind of wanted to see what we were gonna ask him. >> almost like he felt he was interviewing you. >> in a way. he wasn't gonna provide us anything new

i mean the fbi already had the transcripts. they already knew what flynn said to the russian ambassador. they knew he had done nothing wrong in those phone calls. what was he trying to do at this point in time? >> well it is possible that they were in fact trying to encourage him to dissemble, to deceive, to lie. it appears he did not do that but what we do know is that they behaved improperly. they think the fbi at very high levels on the 7th floor, with andrew mccabe, jim comey panned peter strzok being part of the interviewing process going about this interview on january 24th with now the national security advisor. think about how business he is, lulling him into thinking it was just a conversation. so ostensibly it would be counterintelligence, right, investigation. we wonder what the russians are up to and maybe you can help us, general but now we know in the fullness of time that the investigation, this was on january 24th, the investigation into general flynn was an expanded then into a criminal investigation as to whet

fbi, doj officials also were told steele had a political motive, that he hated donald trump. to they d knew for five years tt this steele guy was not to be trusted, but they used his dossier paid for by the clinton campaign and democrats basically to launch the trump-russia probe and get wiretaps on the trump campaign. i mean, i don't think a fiction writer could have written this. >> well, the deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe, who went on to become the acting director of the fbi, he testified behind closed doors and said that without that dossier, there would have never been a fisa application. so the court, i think, has not gone far enough to hold the department of justice accountable, and right now i gotta tell you i think lindsey graham and what they're doing in judiciary is the beginning. it's the start of it, but it really is going to come down to attorney general barr and mr. durham as they probe this. i think they're getting closer to the finish line. they need to wrap this thing up sooner rather than later, but there are people with subversive actions and flat-out

fbi! open the door! >> stone had been arrested in connection with robert mueller's probe and to whether anyone with the trump campaign conspired with the russians who attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. the special counsel alleged that stone was a conduit between the trump campaign and wikileaks which released russian hacked emails from the democratic national committee, involving hillary clinton. in june of this year, through the freedom of information act, cnn obtained a less redacted version of the report noting that former trump campaign chair paul manafort, former deputy chair rick gates, and former trump attorney michael cohen, all told investigators that in july 2016, roger stone told donald trump and others that wikileaks founder julian assange told him that the website would soon begin publishing damaging documents. >> that was a long time trump ally faces criminal charges, prosecutors accuse roger stone of lying to protect the president. >> roger stone and donald trump hav

more than that, they're actively participating in a discussion with the fbi when the fbi shouldn't be talking to politicians about ongoing criminal investigations. get the right people on it, use the logan act. at that moment the fbi had just concluded mike flynn had not committed any crimes. they investigated him for five months. they recommended shutting down the crime -- the case, and all of a sudden the white house is meeting with the fbi saying keep it going, find the right people, look at the logan act of of we have a white house that was concocting a false criminal case against one of their political enemies. lou: absolutely. maybe they thought it was all right, john, to be there talking about a criminal case when they themselves were obviously the criminals. john solomon, thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> up next, the head of the fbu comes to the conclusion that china is involved at, well, in things against the interest of the united states. christopher wray, man on the spot. wow. we'll take it up with the hudson institute's michael pillsbury. institute's michael pillsbury. s

the fbi concluded that after their interview with him. and then, by politics and strong-arming, they turn that around. they are the ones that should be under investigation. they are the ones that should be considering prosecution. liz: what do you think this means for the overall criminal probe into the russia trump probe? does it feel like everything is falling apart in those probes? >> >> first of all, the russia probe was a complete frame. devised by people in the obama white house. and then said to people in ukraine, italy, uk, orchestrated by some, figure out counterintelligence guy in the obama white house. i have records of people from the nsc, including biden representatives, telling ukrainian officials to dig up dirt on trump, to dig up dirt on man-of-war, on donald junior. the press covered this up. it is all there. all the proof is there. our prosecutors are too frightened to prosecute it. they prosecute republicans. they are afraid to prosecute democrats. liz: quite a story. thank you for coming on. you are always fun to have

senator graham said he denied access to interview and fbi kasich and the fbi intelligence analyst who met and interviewed in junior 2017 saying there is no there there. there are stonewalling and the media is not covering things like the rod rosenstein the second most powerful in the justice department and the road not getting any coverage about last week. your reaction. >> that's also predictable i think rod rosenstein's role in the whole thing is going to go down as a very bad one. don't forget he's the one that picked mueller to lead the sham investigation which turned up no evidence of collusion and it was his job in this particular unusual fisa's infatuation to examine a warrant that was being reauthorized on for several months after the original authorization. he totally failed and there's a lot of questions to be asked. and as senator graham is focusing on obama administration and state officials who really orchestrated this back in 2016, i think until we get to the end of this and tell we let somebody subpoena people, don't forget the inspector general, michael horowitz did no

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because the fbi was trying to hide what they did. they used these conversations to try and trap general flynn but basically they were also trying to get at president trump. and candidate trump at the time this is what is appalling about this. they used every trick they could to try and disrupt the new coming administration. they already tried to break it up while he was a candidate. this is confirmmation of that. forever to understand why these would have been classified to start with is really beginning to see how just corrupt comey and strzok and page going all the way frankly we now know was discussions in the white house in the oval office with obama and biden and the rest of them. again, it is a sad statement of where we are. elizabeth: you know, to what you're saying, let's listen to senator chuck grassley telling us and explaining to the american people why they should care about this case. i would like your reaction to that? senator grassley told us, he would agree with you, congressman, that he feels that there was a coverup

senator graham said yesterday he denied access to interview an fbi case agent and fbi intelligence analyst who met and interviewed steele's source in january 2017 saying you know what, there is no there there. still they're stonewalling. still the media is not covering things like the rod rosenstein, second most powerful guy at the justice department, media did not give any coverage of that last week. your reaction? >> that is also predictable. i think rod rosenstein's role in this whole thing will go down as a very bad one. don't forget he is the one who also picked mueller to lead the sham investigation which turned up no evidence of collusion and it was his job in this particularly unusual fisa situation to closely examine a warrant that was being reauthorized after several months from the original authorization. so he totally failed. there is a lot of questions to be asked but mainly the questions are to be asked as senator graham is focusing on obama administration end stage officials who really orchestrated this back in 2016. so i think that until we get to the end of this. until we

ray ended up in the steele dossier, that fbi used for wiretaps. this sounds like major abuses of power. using intelligence community to go after political opposition. we have never seen it before like this in our country? >> i've never seen anything like this. the critical time to focus on is before and after the meeting in the white house with president obama on january 5th, 2017, and what happened with regard to that investigation immediately before and immediately after that. and that's why all these subpoenas are being issued to find out what those people knew and what they were up to during that time. and again, if it turns out they crossed over the line, including if it is obama administration officials, i hope and expect that those responsible will be brought to justice and that there will in fact be prosecutions. elizabeth: okay. robert ray, thanks for your analysis. come back soon, we love having you on. >> thanks, liz. take care. be well. elizabeth: you too. next up antifa looters and antifa rioters anarchists, assaulting cops. 16 cops s

the department of justice including the fbi welcome the u.s. marshals atf, the dea, and our 93 united states attorneys office at u.s. attorneys office is around the country are supporting these local efforts. will continue to support them and take all action necessary to enforce federal law. in that regard, it is a federal crime to cross state lines or to use interstate facilities to insight or participate in violent rioting and we will enforce those laws. >> you know, jeano the doj is investigating what's going on with a police pursuit we know there are, there's a large number of police officers who don't agree with with what's been going on. they're upset with the killing of george floyd. we know that now and we see as reporting hundreds of times that police officers in minneapolis use neck restraints 44 people werene rengdered unconscience by that. the justice department is looking into this and mayor st. paul is saying, this is -- didn't just start with killing of george floyd but been going on for years, and now in the era of cameras ameri

the fbi also released a sort of fbi most wanted poster, 6 dozen people face federal charges for their roles in rioting and even murder related to the unrest over the past several weeks, the fbi putting up a poster for 15 more saying vandalizing the andrew jackson statute, i should point out elsewhere we have a couple of attorneys accused of tossing molotov cocktails and nypd squad cars. >> the fbi recognizes the rights of american citizens for their first amendment rights but when it crosses into illegal activity it is something we have to address. >> reporter: and address it they will. a mostly quiet rally, the emancipation statue in the nations capital, protesters vowed to bring it down but that hasn't happened, donald trump took another step toward ensuring statues and monuments like it will remain in place and was removed lawfully, and to the protections of memorials, statues and properties particularly on federal lands, it proposes to enforce laws prohibiting vandalism and acts of violence and withhold support tied to public spaces from state and local governments that failed to

the fbi are our top premier law enforcement agency in the country. we all know 99% of fbi agents are great risking their lives for us every day and it is a shame when the very top of the fbi, peter stzrok, page, comey are doing these things trying to set up a 3 star general, a 3 star general, iraqi freedom, enduring freedom, general sin did not deserve this, he was collateral damage being a supporter of the president of the united states and head of nsa so that is what happened so we've got to get to the bottom of this because we've got to get these bad fbi agents out of there, lindsey graham has given his list, they are going to subpoena all these people to come into the u.s. senate. i sat there during impeachment proceedings when democrats tried to go after donald trump and now we have a legitimate case against them and can't wait to hear what they say under oath. i have a feeling most of them will take the fifth. jillian: that is telling in and of itself but thanks for breaking it down. we appreciate it. janice dean with a look at the weather. >>

this when the fbi was admitting internally its case was falling apart. let's welcome former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. he is andrew mccarthy. great to have you back on, andrew. senator grassley, gave james baker the head of the net assessment office, at the pentagon a deadline of august 2nd to talk to him and his committee. what was your reaction when you first heard this story? >> i think, liz, they're clearly looking at two different things that have been big issues for a long time. they both surround general flynn and steph -- stefan halper who was the informant in the trump russia investigation. one thing who leaked the flynn, kislyak coverings, between general flynn when he was designated to be trump national security advisor and ambassador sergey kissimmee yak, who was the russian ambassador kislyak. that was under fisa. all that stuff is classified. whoever gave that to david ignatius of "the washington post," conveyed classified information. they have been trying to look into information who did that. they know

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>> well, it came from information that came to me from the fbi -- >> was it from strzok and page? are those the people preparing all these documents? >> i don't know who was -- >> were they in charge, were they still the investigators for mueller early on? >> my understanding, senator, is that ms. page and mr. strzok were working with -- >> okay. what input, if any, did they have into the information obtained in the memo? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> strong, close questioning by senator graham. graham then focused on the fact two fbi agents had moved the close and do to drop the -- and to drop the case altogether, noting that general flynn had not lied. >> did you know that in january the 4th, 2017, the fbi field office said we recommend that general flynn be removed from crossfire hurricane? >> no, i did not. >> okay. would that have mattered if you had known that? >> yes. >> okay. did you know that they had recordings of mr. papadopoulos somewhere overseas saying, no, i never worked with the russians, words to the effect that if a campaign did, that would be treason? d

fbi memo dated 323 2000 -- 3:23 -- 3/23/2020. subject concerning electronic record -- recordings of statements. the center for law -- wrongful convictions in the summer of 2004. police experiences with recording custodial interrogations, the justice project electronic recordings of interrogations and specifically for my friend, grand jury target with white-collar prosecutions. yield back. >> the gentleman's time is expired. >> the amendment debated earlier today was defeated by the committee. back live now to the meeting , the auditorium where the house judiciary committee is meeting to markup the police reform legislation by house democrats. we will stay live on c-span. [indistinct conversations] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [indistinct conversations] >> a couple of democratic members are back in the room, which could indicate they're getting ready to start in just a

three months before the fbi went to the fisa a court in which it is clear that fbi agents and supervisors are discussing two things. they know that steele's project is connected to hillary clinton, and they know it's can connected to the democratic national committee. in other words, it had significant political origins, and somehow despite that knowledge, the fbi went out of its way not to tell the fisa court about the hillary clinton/democratic national committee connections, another omission that goes to sort of the conspiracy, the cover-up what the fbi was trying to do; sustain an investigation with tainted political evidence and a lack of evidence. lou: and with that, we'll have more with john solomon right after this very quick break. he gets the final word here tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ to make up. miles to the job site. the campsite. and anything else we set our sights on. miles that take us back to the places we want to go. and to the people who count on us. so, let's roll up our sleeves. because we've got miles to make up. ♪ lou: we are back now with john solomon.

the fbi says justice turned himself in last week and has come forward with information on the case. specifically their plan to kill cops the night of the organized protest. >> we believe he and justice chose this date because of the the planned protest in oakland, provided an opportunity for them to target multiple law enforcement personnel and avoid apprehension through the large crowds attending the demonstrations. >> reporter: the fbi says his blood was found on a vehicle carjacked during the santa cruz county ambush linking him to the so-called boog lue movement. he was an active duty military staff sergeant at travis air force base since 2018. >> he appears to have used his own blood to write phrases on one of the cars that he carjacked. the term is used by extremists to reference a violent uprising or impending civil war in the united states. >> reporter: again, both men are behind bars. he faces -- [ inaudible ] in oakland, juliet goodrich, kpix 5. >>> pg&e took responsible for the deadliest and most destruction if wildfire in california history. the utility pleaded guilty to

steele had previously been fired by the fbi for leaking information. those are two material facts a that any judge in any court would want to know and the failure to disclose that is perjury. elizabeth: here is the thing, they knew and 2017 that the probe was trump russia collusion probe was falling apart and i want to refer to peter texting to lisa in 2017 there is -- juny testified as i said when i left we did not have an investigation focused on president trump and july 2018 lisa page testified that as of may 2017 they cannot ask question where it was a trump russian occlusion bid here is the thing, sir. congressman criminal refers to classwide information to media in order p to keep the probe going. attorney general barr says many media outlets quote, drove some of the most sensationalal allegations of collusion for let's listen to the media here. >> yeah, -- >> the new president of our country will do what russia wants. >> if there are no shoes on the trump human centipede that are not about russia. russia, russia, russia. >> this collusion will h