>> PETER STRZOK NEED BLAME NO
ONE OTHER THAN HIMSELF FOR
WRITING WHAT HE WROTE.
HE WAS UNFIT TO INVESTIGATE
EITHER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES.
HOW THIS IS GOING TO TURN OUT, I
DON'T KNOW.
IT'S D.C.
BUT HE'S UNFIT FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
WHOEVER FIRED HIM, IT WAS CHRIS
WRAY.
I'M SURE CHRIS DIDN'T DO IT
BECAUSE OF PRESSURE PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
LIZ: PETER STRZOK SUING THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIRING
HIM.
JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER DOJ
OFFICIAL, TOM DUPREE.
WHAT'S YOUR TAKE?
>> MY TAKE IS STRZOK'S LAWSUIT
IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
THESE ARE TEXTS HE SENT ON A
GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHONE.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS
CONDUCT WAS LAWFULLY CARRIED
OUT.
TO THE EXTENT HE'S TRYING TO
ARGUE THAT THERE WAS A POLITICAL
VENDETTA AGAINST HIM, I THINK
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING
THAT HE WAS USE HIS OFFICIAL
POSITION TO THWART THE ELECTION
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LIZ: STRZOK IS TRYING TO SAY HE
HAS GROUNDS BECAUSE HIS PRIVACY
WAS VIOLATED WHEN HE SENT THOSE
TEXT MESSAGES.
BUT YOU POINT OUT THEY ARE ON
GOVERNMENT FORBES AND THEY ARE A
MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD.
>> IF HE WERE HAVING THESE TEXTS
ON HIS OWN PERSONAL CELL PHONE
THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FBI
ISSUED CELL PHONE TO SEND THESE
TEXTS, THAT'S THE PROPERTY OF
THE OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
I DON'T SEE HOW HE COULD CLAIM A
REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF
PRIVACY IN THOSE COMMUNICATIONS.
>> I WANT TO GET TO JUDICIAL
WATCH.
14 FBI WORKERS REFER TO THE
INTERNAL ETHICS OFFICE FOR
LEAKING CLASSIFIED OR SENSITIVE
INFORMATION.
JUST FOUR WERE FIRED.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT.
>> IT'S INTRIGUING AND A DOUBLE
EDGED SWORD.
ON ONE HAND IT IS A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER.
AROUND 15 OF THESE REPORTS
AROUND THE LAST THREE OR FOUR
YEARS.
ON THE OTHER HAND IT UNDERSCORES
THEY TAKE THESE SERIOUSLY.
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THESE
INVESTIGATIONS SHOWS THIS
LEAKING ISN'T BEING SWEPT UNDER
THE RUG.
SOMEWHAT DO YOU THINK OF JOHN
DURHAM LOOK INTO THE PROBE OF
THE PROBE.
HE CAN FILE CRIMES.
THE REPUBLICANS INCLUDING A
FORMER PENTAGON SPOKESMAN ASKING
JOHN DURHAM TO BROADEN THE
INVESTIGATION OF HOW THE MUELLER
TEAM GOT THE INVESTIGATION
STARTED.
YOUR TAKE?
>> AS FAR AS DURHAM GOES, HE'LL
KEEP HIS FOCUS ON WHAT LED TO
THE INSTIGATION OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
DID THE DOSSIER PLAY A ROLE?
HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE
TODAY?
I THINK IT'S LESS LIKELY HE'LL
LOOK INTO THE CONDUCT OF MUELLER
AND HIS TEAM.
I THINK FROM THE REPUBLICAN
PERSPECTIVE THE MUELLER REPORT
IS A CLOSED CHAPTER IN OUR
HISTORY.
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THEY
WANTED TO PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON
MUELLER AND HIS INVESTIGATION.
WHICH I DON'T THINK ANY AMERICAN
WANTS AT THIS POINT.
>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYING
DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING TO HARASS
THE PRESIDENT MORE THAN
LEGISLATE.
THE DOJ IS URGING A FEDERAL HE
FEELS COURT TO OVERTURN A RULING
TO FORCE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ACCOUNTING FIRM TO TURN OVER
YEARS WORTH OF FINANCIAL RECORDS
FOR TO CONGRESS.
>> I AM WATCHING THIS CASE
CLOSELY.
THERE IS NO QUESTION A LOT OF
THE SUBPOENAS ARE NOT BEING
ISSUED FOR A LEGITIMATE
LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.
BUT TO HARASS AND BADGER THE
PRESIDENT AND SCORE POLITICAL
POINTS.
BUT I THINK COURTS ARE
HISTORICALLY RELUCTANT TO GET
INVOLVED IN THESE DISPUTES.
THEY SAY WE ARE NOT WELL
EQUIPPED TO DECIDE WHETHER A
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IS
LEGITIMATE.
EVEN THOUGH THE TRUMP TEAM HAS
FAIRLY GOOD ARGUMENTS AS TO THE