2019-20 冬 Week 3 Assignment 3.mp4 President Trump is already looking forward to another report on the FBI's investigation. This one by U.S. prosecutor John Durham. In the meantime, the president 1____________(4)____________ today's IG finding. 2____________(7)____________ that part of the story tonight. President Trump was characteristically blunt but also selective in his assessment of the Horowitz report. -...a disgrace what's happened with respect to the things that were done to our country and it should never again happen to another president. The president 3____________(5)____________ that there were omissions and irregularities in the application for a so-called FISA warrant to begin surveillance of Trump campaign consultant Carter Page. -It is incredible, far worse than I would have ever thought possible. This was an attempted overthrow, and a lot of people were in on it, and they got caught. But the president did not 4____________(10)____________ no evidence of political bias in launching the Russia investigation, instead, focusing on the finding that FBI officials made numerous and serious mistakes, omitted exculpatory evidence, even falsified information. -They fabricated evidence and they lied to the courts. Democrats on the other hand 5____________(11)____________ and that the basis for the investigation was legitimate. -This report conclusively debunks the baseless conspiracy that the investigation into Mr. Trump's campaign and its ties to Russia originated with political bias. Republican Congressman Jim Jordan 6____________(7)____________, pointing to the fact that the investigation went beyond Carter Page and George Papadopoulos to also include Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. In a statement Jordan saying, "we thought they spied on two Americans, we now know it was four. The U.S. government's powerful tools designed and authorized for international intelligence gathering were deployed to monitor the activities of a presidential campaign. This is a grave matter." Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, now working with the White House on impeachment, said the report is troubling. -I think the American people really should be terrified that they could fabricate, falsify emails, 7____________(5)____________ in order to continue this witch-hunt against the president of the United States. Democrats also 8____________(8)____________, saying that the report proves it was Russia and not Ukraine that was meddling in the 2016 election. 9____________(8)____________, the president is eagerly 10____________(6)____________ when Prosecutor John Durham, who disagreed with the Horowitz report, completes his investigation. Bret? That was fascinating. John Roberts live on the North Lawn. John, thank you.