HAPPENING NOW.
I TELL YOU IT'S FRIDAY.
CHERYL: WE WILL PICK UP ON WHAT
EXACTLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
HE'S RESPONDING.
A LOT OF RESPONSE TO IG REPORT
YESTERDAY.
LET'S START WITH THIS, FBI CHIEF
JAMES COMEY IS DEFENDING HIMSELF
AGAINST INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT
CALLING HIM INSUBORDINATE IN
E-MAIL INVESTIGATION.
COMEY SAID HE DID WHAT WAS BEST
FOR THE FBI AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
HERE IS WHAT HE TWEETED, QUOTE,
THE CONCLUSIONS ARE REASONABLE,
EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH
SOME, PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH CAN
NOW SEE UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION
DIFFERENTLY.
I PRAY NO DIRECTOR FACES IT
AGAIN.
THE REPORT SAYS COMEY'S ACTION
DAMAGED BUREAU REPUTATION AND IT
WASN'T ONLY COMEY, THE REPORT
LAYING OUT A LONG LIST OF
MISTAKES MADE BY OVER PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION.
FOR MORE LET'S BRING EMILY IN
SEATTLE WITH US THIS MORNING AND
FORMER PROSECUTOR, WELCOME TO
BOTH OF YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CHERYL: EMILY, LET'S START WITH
JAMES COMEY.
HE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK, FAR
REMOVED NOW AND REALLY THIS
REPORT IS JUST AN OVERVIEW AND
DOESN'T MAKE ANY CRIMINAL
REFERRALS TO COMEY OR ANYBODY
ELSE EXCEPT ANDREW MCCABE.
FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE WHAT DO
YOU THINK THE REPORT CAN DO
MOVING FORWARD.
ANY OTHER PROSECUTIONS COMING?
>> LIKELY NO.
TO FOCUS ON COMEY FOR A SECOND,
THEY ARE BEING STERN FOR
DISCIPLINARY MEASURES, WE ARE
REFERRING TO OPR, OPR IS BOUND
BY PRECEDENCE AND A TABLE OF
PENALTIES THAT REALLY SETS OUT
VERY CLEARLY AND PRECISELY WHAT
LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE COULD
HAPPEN.
THAT'S A PREPONDERANCE OF THE
EVIDENCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME
THE MOST WE EXPECT FOR COMEY IS
A SLAP ON THE WRIST ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY FIRED.
NOW HE'S WAS THE MOST DAMMING IN
TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE,
ESPECIALLY IN CONTRAST TO AS YOU
SAID, MCCABE WHERE THEY SAID,
LOOK, HIS FAILURE TO RECUSE
HIMSELF, THAT WAS WITHIN POLICY
EVEN THOUGH WE RECOMMEND
CHANGING THAT POLICY, NOTE,
HOWEVER, IT'S A LOT OF
CONGRESSMEN THAT ARE SAYING,
THIS ISN'T ENOUGH AND THE IG IS
SET TO TESTIFY ON MONDAY, SO I
DO THINK THAT THEY'LL BE A LOT
MORE QUESTIONS RAISED AND THOSE
IN THE REPORT SUBJECT TO
POSSIBLY MORE HARSH
CONSIDERATION COME MONDAY.
CHERYL: SO MAYBE MORE DISCIPLINE
WITHIN THE FBI OR -- BUT NOT
NECESSARILY ANY MORE CRIMINAL
MATTERS AGAIN EXCEPT FOR ANDREW
MCCABE.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST BROUGHT
UP AND THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY
THIS IS POLITICIZED SINCE THE IG
REPORT WAS FULLY PUBLISHED.
LISTEN TO CHRISTOPHER WRAY
TALKING ABOUT HIS TAKE ON THE IG
REPORT AND THEY -- TREY GOWDY'S
RESPONSE.
CHRIS WRAY, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE
WRONG. CONSEQUENCES IS THAT
YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS QUESTIONED
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN WORLD'S PREMIER
AGENCY.
CHERYL: CONSEQUENCES, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
>> I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH
PUBLIC TRUST.
THIS REPORT IS LIKE SOLOMON
SPLITTING THE BABY, NO SIDE IS
HAPPY.
YOU HAVE FOR THE REPUBLICANS,
YOU KNOW, SORT OF VINDICATION
THAT COMEY WAS REIRRESPONSIBLE
AND INCREDIBLY INSUBORDINATE,
FOR THE DEMOCRATS YOU HAVE
VINDICATION THAT THE HILLARY
CLINTON E-MAIL PROBE WAS HANDLED
-- WASN'T AFFECTED BY COMEY'S
EGO AND PROBLEMS.
BUT THIS REALLY SPEAKS REALLY
MORE BADLY OF COMEY BECAUSE IT
SHOWS THAT COMEY'S EGO, HE
PLACED HIS EGO ABOVE THAT OF
PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES.
-COMEY WHO FELT THAT HE ALONE
JUST WHEN THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP
AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION, THAT ONLY HE COULD
FIX AMERICA.
ONLY JAMES COMEY COULD FIX DOJ.
THE PROBLEM WAS THAT HE WASN'T A
PROBATION
-- PROSECUTOR, NO REASONABLE
PROSECUTOR, SHOULD HAVE REFERRED
TO LORETTA LYNCH AT THAT POINT.
CHERYL: FBI AGENT THAT IS
RECEIVED IMPROPER GIFTS TO
REPORTERS, THEY LEAKED
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION TO REPORTERS FROM
PHONE, THEIR FBI PHONES, IG --
THAT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT I DID
NOT KNOW WAS HAPPENING.
A COUPLE OF BOMBSHELLS.
THEY ARE OUTLIERS, WE ARE
DEALING WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY.
HE DID REFER TO THE FACT THAT
INTERNAL PERSONNEL MATTERS SO WE
COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT WITH
SPECIFICS BUT GOT ENOUGH
SPECIFICITY IN THE REPORT AND
FOR THE REFERRAL FOR DISCIPLINE,
FOR THOSE AGENTS THAT REMAIN
WITH THE AGENCY RIGHT NOW, THEY
ARE FACING MORE LIKELY ADVERSE
ACTIONS WHICH MEANS SUSPENSION
POSSIBLY TERMINATION OVER, FOR
EXAMPLE, AGAIN, COMEY THAT WAS
ALREADY FIRED.
SO I DO SEE THERE THAT LIKELY
THE DISCIPLINE MEASURES WILL BE
HUGE FOR THEM.
CHERYL: ALMOST OUT OF TIME BUT
DO I WANT TO GIVE YOU FINAL WORD
REAL QUICK, THESE FIVE UNNAMED
FBI EMPLOYEES, THERE WAS A LOT
OF BIAS, A LOT OF MESSAGES, TEXT
MESSAGES FROM THE EMPLOYEES, IS
THAT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN
PROSECUTE.
IT'S UNLIKELY BECAUSE THESE
PEOPLE ARE HUMAN BEINGS, ARE
ENTITLED TO OWN OPINION AND
DIDN'T AFFECT THE ULTIMATE
CONCLUSIONS.
AGAIN, IT MAKES IT LOOK BAD AS
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO AVOID APPEARANCE OF
INAPPROPRIATELY, WHEN YOU ACT IN
A CERTAIN WAY, THAT'S NOT
CONSISTENT WITH THOUSAND
DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE VIEWED.
WELL, THEN, IT SHOULD BE
DISCIPLINED.
CHERYL: EMILY, APPRECIATE IT, A