absurd. >> what can congress do if andrew mccabe is fired? >> american people need to understand what is happening today, on fox news, deliberately trying to do what they did to the media, you can't trust anybody, not even the guys with guns at doj and fbi. they're thinking they may come up with information, neutrally, they may not. but may come up with information damaging to the president. this is a campaign to make sure if and when that information emerges, institutions that out it have been sufficiently slandered and called into question so americans throw up hands and say i don't know what is true. profoundly dangerous to this republic. >> thanks so much. we'll get reaction from the white house next. d sales event is here. i can guide you in. no, thanks , santa. i got this. santa: uh, it looks a little tight. perfect fit. santa needs an f-150. that's ford, america's best selling brand. hurry in today for 0% financing for 72 months across the full line up of ford cars, trucks and suvs. for a limited time, get an additional $1,000 cash bac

andrew mccabe is a career fbi official whose wife had a job. a lot of people's wives have jobs, and husbands have jobs. there is no evidence that andrew mccabe did anything improper or there's no evidence that his wife's career, which she is more than entitled to have, affected his performance in the job. the mere fact that his wife was running for a state job in virginia has nothing to do with whether the fbi was politicized. i mean, it's just a completely phony issue to distract from the fact that andrew mccabe, like james comey, has given powerful evidence, apparently, of obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. >> jeffrey, if i can jump in for a moment. you don't think that the investigation into secretary clinton's e-mails was in any way bungled? you think it was handled absolutely smoothly? >> i think there were definite problems with it but i don't think it had anything to do with andrew mccabe. and the person who should be complaining about that investigation is hillary clinton, whose campaign was, it seemed to me,

did we find out if that andy is andrew mccabe. we did not find out. we have andrew mccabe before the judiciary committee tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. that also will be behind closed doors. it's obvious it is mccabe. this is the circle of people directly involved in the hillary clinton email scandal that migrated over to the trump administration trump investigation. over half the people on the hillary probe donated to hillary clinton or barack obama. have you weissmann, the number two, praising people for defying orders from the president of the united states and then peter strzok, the very person who may have dressed this up dossier as an intelligence document going from the clinton scandal to the trump

director andrew mccabe is set to retire in the coming months. president trump reacted on twitter and in one tweet said this: "f.b.i. deputy director andrew mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full begins the. 90 days to go?" these people don't think they're doing anything wrong. these people think their job is to protect democrats. >> they shouldn't hold people in the endorsement branch to a lesser standard. they ought to be held to a higher standard. >> the department of homeland security is now call a scooting spree against the pennsylvania officers a terror attack, this as they confirm chain migration let the suspect into the countr. >> happy holidays to all the soldiers and the families and the great civilians in the united states armed forces around the world. absolutely privilege to be here with all these great soldiers. these are freedom soldiers. we can never take our freedom for granted. >> $640 in gold. >> let me be very clear. "die hard" is a great christmas movi. >> from the west point cadets. ♪ feliz navidad ♪ >> i guess o

. ♪ >>> president trump is attacking fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. >> i believe he is trying to delegitimatize the investigation into him, into his family, in his administration. >> what the president is doing is basically saying if you don't agree with me, if you don't support me, you are lying. >>> supposed to be touting a tax reform victor on the defense following this bombshell "the new york times" report. >> that they would never go back to their hut. >> the white house response denies these outrageous claims. >> it's a terrible claim if this motivated the president's approach to immigration. ♪ >>> good morning, i'm rene marsh in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good sunday to you. >>> the president of the united states versus the fbi. president trump went on a tweet attack on the agency agency's dispute director. >> trump reupped accusations that andrew mccabe is buyased due to replying donations his wife received in the past. mccabe -- the white house is fighting claims that president trump made derogatory remarks about immigrants. "the new york times" reports

i'll talk to former congressman jason chafits, also embattled deputy fbi director andrew mccabe may be gearing up for retirement what's that mean for the allegations of anti-trump bias at the bureau congressman peter king will join me me and news from north korea all of that and more as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. fresh off president trump's first major legislative victory, signaling and signing the tax overhaul into law. he's making a bold prediction about his next big initiative on capitol hill, infrastructure saying it will get tremendous bipartisan support but will the democrats actually go along joining me right now, jason chaf its, former chairman of the house oversight committee and a fox news contributor. so good to see you merry christmas. >> good morning merry christmas. trish: is this going to be it, infrastructure? there have been a lot of talk about entitlement reform could infrastructure be the next big policy move? >> well if there's one thing that democrats do it's spend money, so i don't think it will be trouble getting democrats on board. i think the real

going after deputy fbi director andrew mccabe and jim comey on twitter. this is "the washington post" reports mccabe is planning to retire early next year as he faces republican attacks in the probe. joe walsh is warning the president tweeting president trump, quit attacking the fbi on twitter. it's wrong and it's going to bite you in the bleep there and reminding trump it's almost christmas, telling him put your phone down. choining me a former assistant fbi director for intelligence. did these continues attacks on andrew mccabe, do you think that's what has contributed to his decision to retire soon? >> i think andy mccabe is trying to do the right thing for the fbi and the timing is not unusual, alex. it's very typical when a new fbi director comes in there for there to be a clean sweep particularly at that position. what i think we should be

fbi director andrew mccabe is eligible for retirement. in march a handful of outlets reported yesterday that mccabe would retire in the new year. we don't know that for sure but just that he's eligible for those reports seem to have alleged the president trump of most recent storm. he attacked mccabe in the states that the white house defended the tweets on "fox news sunday". >> the president is saying we need to know our civil servants are doing the honorable thing and it's important that the american people know what happened in the investigation. reporter: mccabe present two days in over 14 hours testifying on capitol hill. last week democrat said the closed-door meeting and other attacks on the fbi are less about the integrity of the bureau and more about the special counsel's investigation. >> is a part of a to attempt for diversion from the real issue which is the russian attempt to subvert the last election, the possible collusion or the certain conclusion by many members of the truck campaign and the possible collusion of the pres

andrew mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. ought days to go in a tweet from the president. >> the president believes that the american people have a right to know what happened in that investigation. we put all our faith and confidence in the fbi and the department of justice. he's making a point we need to make sure there is no bias. there are serious concerns whether there was or was not. >> fox news learned acting fbi director andrew mccabe is even jim for retirement in march. there have been rumors of a possible retirement. president trump commented on twitter, white house director legislative affairs defended the tweets and he also said this. >> the white house is cooperating with that investigation. after millions of dollars no collusion has been proven. the president is saying we need to know our civil servants are doing the honorable thing. reporter: mccabe spent 14 hours 2e69r testifying behind capitol hill. democrats say the it was meant to discredit the special counsel's investigation. >> this is divergent from the

last week we had andrew mccabe before the committee. after giving that sworn testimony andrew mccabe decided to end his career at the fbi and retire. there were inconsistencies with statements others made. we look forward to getting to the bottom of that. there are the mccabe emails that are evidence there was special treatment. is there an email from andrew mccabe that shows hillary clinton will get special treatment? >> there are emails from andrew mccabe to other people at the washington field office. normally the field office would handle this case. but mccabe sends out an email saying hands off. the normal process won't be followed. instead we are getting a small group of people together at headquarters to make these decisions. that's a kropt process and departure from the normal procedures and it reeks to high heaven of influence. gregg: did they do that to clear her path to the presidency? if she had been indicted under the original comey statement she weren't have been president. but it cleared the path for her. was that the rea

andrew mccabe was on the hill this week testifying. it doesn't look like lawmakers are happy with what he said because his testimony was incongruent with what others have said. >> mccabe has come in, very unsatisfactory testimony. you see the news today, he's moving on. and that may be the reason why. we need to subpoena bruce ohr. he was sally yates' right-hand man at the agency. you have got to subpoena ohr, the wife, other folks like peter strzok and lisa page. they need to be under oath, they need to be deposed. none of the stuff like they did with hillary where they asked her some softball questions and didn't transcribe it. these are legitimate, transcribed. and if they lie, they will be held accountable. if the fbi isn't going to give us the information we are asking for, we should hold rosenstein and christopher wray in contempt. katie: merry christmas, congressman ron desantis. thanks very much. joining me now with more reaction to the tax bill and other headlines. lawrence jones and former democratic member of the ohio senate

they heard andrew mccabe corroborating james comey's testimony. was mick cave pushed out because republicans were dissatisfied with his answers? >> this is why mccabe be significant in all of this. if you're looking at an obstruction of justice case, mccabe deserve verify what comey said about that conversation that he had had with the president. what's really interesting here is you've seen on capitol hill a little bit of a divide among republicans. you have some who wanted these investigations into russia to continue and see their end. you have had other who have been consistently undermining the investigation, raising lots of questions about the department of justice and the fbi and trying to sway public opinion in the president's favor. and i think that's something that the president is trying to do here. but it also, you know, undermines the credibility and integrity of the fbi when you have the president tweeting about his own justice department and federal bureau of investigation. >> all right. ya meesh with regard to the russia investigati

we have just learned that fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is planning on retiring. mccabe informed senior fbi officials months ago that he was planning on retiring in the coming months. the sources say he told senior agents he's eligible to retire in march and he's not being forced out. president trump is tweeting about this already saying, how can fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, the man in charge along with leaking james comey and her 33,000 e-mails be given for $700,000 for wife's campaign by clinton puppets during investigation? and there's another tweet. andrew mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go. sam, to you. a lot to unpack here. fbi people retire all the time. >> every single time that the president tweets about a department of justice employee or the ongoing investigation, we no that russia launched an attack against our country to describe it and a free and transparent legal system is a core asset of our democracy system. every time he's undercutting the department of justice, he's starting to do russia's job for them.

fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did." oh. later in the story, according to byron york, mccabe was asked again if he stood by the veracity of the dossier. mccabe "said he did." so whatever republicans are trying to get out of these senior fbi officials, getting it on the record from them that the christopher steele dossier about russia interfering in the election to help trump and trump being cultivated by russia for years and there being tons of contacts between the trump campaign and russia during the campaign, i mean, getting it on the record that the fbi thinks that dossier is of sufficient credibility to meet fbi standards for opening an investigation, that is counterproductive for what the republicans are trying to do. and this follows the union intentionally damning leak that we got from andrew mccabe's testimony this week where cnn was able to report something very important about the president and his potential criminal liability for obstruction of justice. you know, fbi director james comey, as you remember, he says

going back to the first part of the conversation, andrew mccabe. but why does that mean that he -- i think it is so demeanin demeaning. >> buck: is not about appearance. >> jessica: if you think that andrew mccabe changed his mind about something because of his wife. >> kennedy: 's mind was possibly set from the beginning. >> buck: in a case like hulu clinton's email what you did have people on both sides the deep legal expertise specifically on this, saying it's going to be a close call and i don't think that's even true but people that were saying that on both sides to have somebody whose wife is receiving a large amount of money not just from the democratic party and democrats because of terry mcauliffe. >> kennedy: you can't dismiss that. >> jessica: dedicated their lives to public service and who is respect on both sides of the aisle which andrew mccabe is. that he would ever he feels, whatever he voted. >> kennedy: [all talking at onc] >> lisa: we are going to move on. but we will keep talking about it during a commercial break. president tru

strzok, page and andrew mccabe are being protected and andrew weissmann is going protected. i don't understand why rosenstein is frozen in place and the fbi director in handling this corruption. judge jeanine: why reasons stein and christopher wray, they need to fire all of those individuals. they guys don't have a right to a job when they are accused of all these actions. and now if we had a grand jury this would be proven in a second. in november the attorney general said i will look into uranium one. whether you should look at it? everything about that is a pay-for-play. but let me ask you this. there is a sound we have of senator ron johnson who was on my colleague tucker carlsons' show a couple nights ago. >> what can you do? >> keep making these things public and hopefully public pressure will force the fbi to come clean if they want to remove the suspicion surrounding not only what happened back under hillary clinton email investigation, but what's happening under the mueller investigation. judge jeanine: tom, hopefully public pressure? what's the public going to do,

you heard manu raju's excellent reporting that andrew mccabe may be able to corroborate what the fired fbi director james comey said about his private conversations with the president. says he was briefed by comey con tempb ra temp ra contemporaneously. >> absolutely. it's very significant because the whole issue of the president's relationship with james comey, his stated -- his desire to protect michael flynn, his concern about the investigation and ultimately, of course, the president's firing of james comey, this is the heart of a potential obstruction of justice case. it relies very much at the moment on james comey's testimony. so to the extent mccabe corroborates comey, it's an important development and it's someone that the trump supporters have never really explained, which is, why the president was so concerned about shutting down the russia investigation. >> and matthew rosenberg could corroborate andrew mccabe, that trump asked comey for loyalty during one of those meetings. how worried should the white house be about this new development? >> i think they probably knew it w

fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did. ooh. later in the story, according to byron york, mccabe was asked again if he stood by the veracity of the dossier. mccabe, quote, said he did. whatever republicans are trying to get out of these senior fbi officials, getting it out of them, getting it on the record that the fbi thinks that dossier is of sufficient credibility to meet fbi standards for opening an investigation, that is counterproductive for what the republicans are trying to do. this follows the other leak that we got from mccabe's testimony this week where cnn was able to report something very important about the president and his criminal liability for obstruction of justice. james comey, as you remember, he says the president pressured him about the mike flynn investigation before he fired him as fbi director. james comey has said under oath that he informed other fbi officials at the time of that pressure that he was receiving from president trump. well, this week under oath in congress the fbi deputy director, andrew

let me ask you about the role of andrew mccabe here. it's a unique role. he's also somebody who knows and could corroborate what james comey said to james comey in the oval office. >> he could corroborate and show that james comey was a liar which is why fox and trump are pushing this dedicated public servant out of public life. they have fact leaf. they have a reason which is that his wife, for whom he should not be blamed, was a democratic candidate in virginia and she took some campaign funds from governor through who is connected to the clintons. that's the reason why this person after a long dedicated career doing really important things in the fbi, extremely well regarded by anybody who has come into contact with him and now ruined his career. he is retiring at age 49. he's driven out of government. president trump in his sweet today was so disgusting. he said he's hanging around to get his pension, another 90 days. what a horrible thing to say about a public servant. >> racing the block to get full benefits. 90 days to go. is president targeting and

fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did. later in the story, according to byron york, mccabe was asked again if he stood by the investigat veracity of the dossier. he said he did. whatever they're trying to get out of these officials, getting it on the record about russia interfering in the election to help trump and there being tons of connects between trump and russia during the campaign, getting it on the record that the fbi thinks that dossier meets the standards for opening an investigation, that is counterproductive for what the republicans are trying to do. this follows the other leak that we got from mccabe's testimony this week where cnn was able to report something very important about the president and his criminal liability for obstruction of justice. james comey, as you remember, he says the president pressured him about the mike flynn investigation before he fired him as fbi director. james comey has said under oath that he informed other fbi officials at the time of that pressure that he was receiving from pre

"fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go." nbc is reporting mccabe does plan to retire sometime this spring. it's kind of a different animal if the president of the united states appears to be pushing someone who could potentially be a witness against him towards the door. second tweet from the president went further saying how can fbi director andrew mccabe, the man in charge, along with leakin' james comey of the phony hillary clinton investigation, including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by clinton puppets during investigation?" he's referring there to donation to mccabe's wife who was running for virginia state senate seat. she received some dough faces from pacs affiliated with virginia governor mcauliffe, thought to be a close ally of the clinton, conflating the clinton investigation and the russia probe, the clinton investigation having ended more than a year ago before the election results were final and before donald trump became president, but obviously, craig, this is an i

andrew mccabe playing dumb on who funded the discredited trump dossier despite the reported use of documents much the funding with mccabe's signature on them. we talk to matt gates. our top story president trump declaring victory and celebrating the passage of the tax reform. it's been an amazing experience. i have to tell you. it hasn't been done in 34 years, but really hasn't been done. we broke every record. >> lou: the president coming away with a cut in the corporate tax rate from 31 to 21 percent. a cut in the tax rate for and a doubling of the child tax credit and big reduction in taxes for small businesses. tax reform bill and eliminating the tax penalty in the obamacare individual man date. >> it is a lot of fun and win and you work hard and lose is not acceptable. >> lou: it was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell took the opportunity on the south lawn much praising the president. >> it is a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. [applause] >> lou: well, orin hatch saying without any hesitation that this may be the greatest presidency in history. pres

andrew mccabe, if he was not a household name before, he will be soon. that's in part because of his role in the hillary clinton investigation during the campaign. we heard some of the context around that from the president's adviser, marc short, earlier today. let's listen to that sound bite. >> terry mcauliffe, the governor of virginia, is perhaps the clintons' closest political friend. he gave $700,000 contribution to mccabe's wife when she was running for office at the same time that they were launching an investigation into hillary clinton. the american people have a right to know that. >> reporter: so, marc short getting some of this right here. there were pacs that the virginia governor, terry mcauliffe, was involved in that gave money to mccabe's wife and to other democrats running for office. the perception here is that there may be a conflict of interest with mccabe as it comes to hillary clinton. that matters in the context we're in today, more than the end of the 2016 election, because mccabe is also a corroborating witness of sorts for forme

fbi deputy director andrew mccabe said he believed it did. ooh! later in the story, according to byron york, mccabe was asked again if he stood by the veracity of the dossier. mccabe, quote, said he did. so whatever republicans are trying to get out of these senior fbi officials, getting it on the record from them that the christopher steel dossier about russia interfering in the election to help trump and there being tons of connections between trump and russia during the campaign, getting it on the record that the fbi thinks that dossier meets the standards for opening an investigation, that is counterproductive for what the republicans are trying to do. this follows the other unintentionally damaging leak that we got from mccabe's testimony this week where cnn was able to report something very important about the president and his criminal liability for obstruction of justice. james comey, as you remember, he says the president pressured him about the mike flynn investigation before he fired him as fbi director. james comey has said under oath

fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go. steve harrington is reporting from west palm beach could not from weather presidents' day. what is the reaction to mccabe? >> has been under sharp criticism for a variety of different issues and much of the past year. including biased because his wife accepted campaign contributions from clinton loyalists. today early in the president tweeted this. how can fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, the man in charge, along with james comey of the funny hillary clinton investigation, concluded that 33,000 illegally deleted emails, be given $700,000 for the campaign by clinton puppets during investigation. mccabe was grilled for two days on capitol hill by lawmakers this week. >> and the white house is also denying what he calls outrageous claims by the new york times, right? >> that is right. this was a harsh pushback by the press secretary sarah sanders. she called the outrageous lies by the new york times. she also said that the senior staff involved in the meeting also denied the claims. i

well, don, now we have learned one of the people he told was andrew mccabe. mccabe testified before the house intelligence committee that comey did, indeed, tell him about all these conversations soon after they occurred. so that suggests, don, that he could presumably be a witness. he can provide this contemporaneous account of what comey had said occurred between him and trump, and presumably dispute what the president said which is, of course, denying comey's account saying he did not ask for loyalty, but mccabe says that's not what comey said, comey told him the opposite in their private conversation, don. >> mccabe, he's been questioned for hours over the past couple of days. what else have lawmakers been grilling him on? >> reporter: well, in large part today was about the clinton e-mail investigation. two of the republican-led committees in the house have launched a separate investigation into fbi's decision making during the 2016 campaign. in large part, about how they handled the hillary clinton investigation. a lot of republicans are not happy with

never said andrew mccabe himself heard this. but now that mccabe has told the house intelligence committee that he did in fact hear this from comey t he could presumably corroborate his report that he told from comey, and if bob mueller is investigating this, he could possibly ask andrew mccabe about what comey told him at the time. so perhaps comey has some back up here despite the president's own denial, brooke. >> manu, thank you. let's begin with this here. let me bring in jeffrey tub inour chief legal analyst. when we were talking about this comey versus trump story, it was he said, he said who how would anyone know. now with the mccabe testimony does that elevate what he said? >> it does. just broader picture, why does this matter. you no he. >>. >> sure. >> and the reason it matters is one of the probes of his investigation is obstruction of justice, and one of the questions is did president trump demand loyalty from comey. and when he didn't get it or felt he didn't get it fire him, with i could be seen as obstruction of

this was supposed to andrew mccabe. we don't really know the answer but it's critical. ifif he knew it was funny and ty went to a critical judge -- federal judge, and used fake or dubious evidence to spy on president trump or his associates, that's a fraud on the court, it's a crime. that's a critical question. >> judge jeanine: the fact that the fbi and the department of justice are refusing to give uste information, i listened to rod rosenstein, christopher wray, they were punting. they wouldn't give an answer.on they don't have that right, they do not run their own government. >> peterkin, congressman knew saturn yesterday behind closed doors at the hearing, said adequate answers were not given by andrew mccabe. you know what that means as a judge and i know as a lawyer. that means somebody's lying and covering up. so it's triggered all of thesee other subpoenas that are going to happen in the course of the next several days. you get other witnesses. andrew mccabe, the man on the screen, has a lot to answer for, because he's a guy whose signature is on the documents

well,learned one of the people he told was andrew mccabe. mccabe testified before the house intelligence committee that comey did, indeed, tell him about all these conversations soon after they occurred. so that suggests, don, that he could presumably be a witness. he can provide this contemporaneous account of what comey had said occurred between him and trump, and presumably dispute what the president said which is, of course, denying comey's account saying he did not ask for loyalty, but mccabe says that's not what comey said, comey told him the opposite in their private conversation, don. >> mccabe, he's been questioned for hours over the past couple of days. what else have lawmakers been grilling him on? >> reporter: well, in large part today was about the clinton e-mail investigation. two of the republican-led committees in the house have launched a separate investigation into fbi's decisionmaking during the 2016 campaign. in large part, about how they handled the hillary clinton investigation. a lot of republicans are not happy with t

all of this while they report andrew mccabe plans to retire early next year. trump taking a break from his vacation in florida to tweet this. how can deputy director mccabe the man in charge with leaking james comey of the hillary clinton investigation fbi is racing the clock to retire with full benefits, 90 days to go. wow. fbi james baker reassigned. joining us now, ethics lawyer for george bush will talk about the pressure on mueller. but let me have you react to the tweets. andrew mccabe under pressure as he sat through hearings. >> mccabe is loyal public servant and he has served his country well h and f. and for him to be attacked by members of congress the way he's been attacked over the past few years is unconsciousable. what's going on is mccabe is witness to the obstruction of justice by president trump. because he was there when fbi, when he learned of the president to sware loyalty to the president and obstruct the russian investigation. this is intimidation of witness by members of congress. now that he is retiring we see the president taking up o

so he spent seven hours, andrew mccabe behind closed doors yesterday. we kept thinking he was going to walk out. he didn't walk out until 10:00 at night, i think. he was questioned about what the fbi was doing before and during the tramp transition. were they fair with the incoming trump administration? that is a loaded question. peter king, one of the lawmakers who was behind those closed divoors andrew mccabe last night is here only on the story tonight. and then scientists unveil a revolutionary new type of lie detector with near perfect accuracy. so what are the telltale science? we're going to tell what you they say. yosay you should look for. >> i did not have sexual relations with that woman. woman, ms. lewenski. ♪shostakovich playing ♪ from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. america's small business owners. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes, who use their expertise to keep those businesses covered. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes behind the heroes, who brought us delicious gyros. act

the question to him was about andrew mccabe as well as james baker. james baker, as you know, being reassigned. andrew mccabe, the reporting about him retiring and the president coming out against him. but i was asking what this might mean, because these are two of three people that reportedly james comey had confided in about that key discussion he had with president trump in the white house. what do you make of that? >> i think that's absolutely right. and what we're seeing is an attempt -- i agree with the last speaker, an attempt to sort of lay the groundwork or set the battlefield to come where they don't know exactly what mueller's investigation is going to come up with, but by preemptively attacking some of the key witnesses, if there is an obstruction of justice finding by mueller, or by saying that the law enforcement agency that's involved in gathering the facts that will go into what mueller ultimately determines happened in the broader investigation into russian interference to help trump in the 2016 election, i think all of that is soften

we need to make sure that was andrew mccabe. if they were coming up with a "insurance policy" in case donald trump won, it's devastating. >> fox has obtained a letter that ron johnson sent to the general services administration to get more answers about the tens of thousands of emails the government agency turned over to special counsel robert mueller peter johnson writing apart "these allegations raise concerns that gsa personnel disregarded federal statutes governing presidential transitions, there by potentially undermining the framework for future presidential transitions." you will remember that a trump transition lawyer or who we can charge that robert mueller's office broke the law by getting those emails. mueller's office is pushed back, saying they obtained emails properly. the bottom line, this is far from last we've heard about it. it is raising questions about mueller's independence. >> shannon: new questions every day. we will await the answers. ed henry, thanks so much. we are following vents on capitol hill minute

"andrew mccabe is racing to retire with full benefits, 90 days to go." shimon is joining me. normally it wouldn't be news if the deputy director of the fbi retires, but given the current climate, it apparently is. >> it's certainly for people who have been looking into the clinton investigation on the hill where he has actually faced some problems, has come under scrutiny because his wife, as you may recall, the deputy director's wife ran for office for a state office in virginia and basically on the democratic ticket and since then, since that revelation was revealed, the deputy director has come under fire by the president and by the republicans on the hill because they question his involvement in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. he was the man in charge, basically, of the investigation. and was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the fbi. he still is, in some ways, in charge of the day-to-day operations of the fbi. nothing has changed since the new fbi director has come in but, you know, for the president, andrew mccabe has been a person that he has lobbed a

that is what andrew mccabe was talkingç about last week on capitol hill. no one talks about that, that came up in the discussion, he allege he had to have confirmed jim comey's account of that. we all know that is a problem. doesn't matter what your political stripes are. comey -- trish: comey told them after. but i question whether people are making too much out of that because i think you know what? if you go to work with someone and you're on their team, then saying hey, you with me or aren't you, is not necessarily at least in the business world, harlan hill, an unusual thing to ask. >> it is not business though. it is politics. >> well okay, let's take a step back here really quick. this entire question, and trish laid it out so cleanly on the dossier, is that it does seem that there, if there is any accusation of collusion, it that the democratic national committee and hillary clinton as campaign colluded with russian operatives -- >> to lose the election. >> unsuccessfully, to produce this dossier to smear and undermine and libel president trump. wh