>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND

WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON

TONIGHT."

HERE IN CABLE NEWS WE TRY NOT TO

OVERPROMISE AT THE BOOTH SET

BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, BUT THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS

DOING A MARKUP OF ITS

IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTIONS.

WE ARE MONITORING DATA AND WE

WILL BRING THE HIGHLIGHTS AS

THEY HAPPEN LATER IN THE HOUR.

PLUS WE GOT THE TOP MOMENTS FROM

THE DOJ INSPECTOR GENERAL'S

TESTIMONY TO THE SENATE WHICH IS

ALSO AHEAD.

FIRST TONIGHT, THANKS TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IG REPORT

WE NOW KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHAT

WAS, FOR THOSE PAYING ATTENTION,

FAIRLY OBVIOUS FOR A VERY LONG

TIME.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THE

STEELE DOSSIER PLAYED A CENTRAL

ROLE IN THE GENESIS OF THE

BEGINNING OF THE RUSSIA HOAX.

THE DOSSIER WAS USED TO JUSTIFY

EXTENSIVE SPYING ON AN INNOCENT

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHICH WOULD BE

FORMER NAVAL OFFICER IN

ANNAPOLIS GRADUATE CARTER PAGE.

THE TOP TWO LEADERS OF THE FBI

WERE CLOSELY INVOLVED TO DO

THIS.

OTHER POWERFUL PEOPLE KNEW WHAT

WAS HAPPENING AND THEN LIED TO

COVER IT UP LATER.

ALL OF THAT WAS CONFIRMED

YESTERDAY BY THE IG REPORT.

THE REPORT WAS A DISASTER FOR

THE CREDIBILITY OF OUR

BUREAUCRATIC CLASS IN WASHINGTON

BUT IT'S ALSO A BIG, BIG PROBLEM

FOR THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA.

THEY WERE EXPOSED AS LIARS AND

KNOW NOTHINGS AS WELL.

WE COULD GIVE YOU A MILLION

EXAMPLES OF THIS BUT WE WILL

GIVE YOU JUST A FEW BECAUSE THEY

PAINT THE PICTURE.

IN EARLY 2018 "WASHINGTON POST"

SHANE HARRIS LECTURED KIM

STRESSFUL OF

"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" ABOUT

HOW LITTLE SHE KNEW ABOUT THE

STORY.

YES, SHE WROTE CONDESCENDINGLY,

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THE

DOSSIER WAS NOT USED AS A

WARRANT.

THEY MAY WONDER HOW WE COULD

HAVE KNOWN THAT SINCE A FISA

WARRANT WAS CLASSIFIED.

HE HAS NEVER EXPLAINED.

BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT WAS

FALSE AND NOW WE KNOW IT'S

FALSE.

BUT HERE'S THE KEY.

PEREZ HAS NOT APOLOGIZED OR EVEN

ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ROLE IN

REPEATING.

DEMOCRACY DIES IN THE DARK, NO.

OR, TAKE NBC NEWS IS SO-CALLED

INTELLIGENCE CORRESPONDENT.

IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, HE

TWEETED THIS "TRUMP IS WRONG

ABOUT CARTER PAGE AND THE

DOSSIER AND THE FISA WARRANT."

EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE TRUMP

WASN'T RIGHT ABOUT CARTER PAGE

AND THE DOSSIER AND THE FISA

WARRANT.

AND KEN DELANEY IN WAS

COMPLETELY WRONG.

JIM SHOOT-OUT DID ADMIT THE

STEELE DOSSIER MIGHT HAVE BEEN

USED FOR THE FISA WARRANT.

BUT DON'T BE IMPRESSED.

HE LECTURED READERS THAT "THE

FBI WOULD CORROBORATE

INFORMATION ON ITS OWN BEFORE

USING SUCH INTEL TO JUSTIFY THE

FISA WARRANT.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN BELIEVE

YOUR GOVERNMENT WAGES AND

GENTLEMEN AND ANYONE WHO DOUBTS

THAT IS A BAD PERSON.

OF COURSE, THAT WAS A LIE, TOO.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

JUST THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THE FBI HID

INFORMATION SHOWING THE DOSSIER

WAS FALSE.

THEY DIDN'T CONFIRM THE

INFORMATION, THEY PRETENDED IT

WAS REAL WHEN THEY KNEW IT

WASN'T AND THEY CONTINUE TO USE

IT TO RE-UP THE FISA WARRANT.

TOTALLY DISHONEST BEHAVIOR.

HE WAS WRONG, AT BEST.

DID HE ISSUE A CORRECTION?

NO.

HE WAS TOO BUSY TWEETING AND IT

NANCY PELOSI TWEET.

IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE UNFAIR TO

FOCUS ON JIM SHOOT-OUT.

IT IS MERELY FOLLOWING THE LEAD

OF EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAD SEEN

IT, TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU THAT

THE DOSSIER WAS TOTALLY

IRRELEVANT TO THE FISA WARRANT.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE FOCUSED

ON THE DOSSIER, A LOT OF PEOPLE

WERE FOCUSED ON THE PFIZER.

>> AND NOW REPUBLICANS ARE

TRYING TO CLAIM THAT THE DOSSIER

WAS KEY TO GETTING PFIZER, THE

SURVEILLANCE WARRANT FOR

CARTER PAGE.

THE DEMOCRATS MEMO CLEARLY SHOWS

IT WASN'T THE KEY, IT WAS MORE

TO KEY TO THE INFORMATION THAT

THEY HAVE.

>> EVEN THE EARLIER VERSION OF

THE REDACTED PFIZER

AUTHORIZATION TO ME HAD ENOUGH

INFORMATION IN IT TO INDICATE

THAT THE DOSSIER WAS CERTAINLY

NOT USED AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.

>> Tucker: OUCH.

THAT HASN'T WEATHERED WELL, AS

IT?

EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAW TURNED

OUT TO BE FALSE IF NOT OUTRIGHT

LYING.

THERE IS NO DEBATE ABOUT IT, AND

WE KNOW NOW IT WAS WRONG.

HAS HE RETRACTED IT OR

APOLOGIZE?

THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

APOLOGIES REQUIRE INTROSPECTION,

DECENCY AND INTEGRITY EVEN.

THEY ARE BY CONTRAST DOUBLING

DOWN.

WATCHED ON THE MANN EXPLAINED

THAT BY DEFINITION EVERYTHING

SEEN AND REPORTED WAS TRUE.

>> SO HOW IS THE WHITE HOUSE AND

REPUBLICAN PARTY DEALING WITH

THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, AND

AN INSPECTOR WILL MAKE

INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT THAT

DEBUNKED THEIR CONSPIRACY

THEORIES?

GAS LIGHTING.

THERE WAS NO SPYING OF COURSE.

THE FBI OBTAINED PROPER WARRANTS

TO READ THE REPORT.

FACTS FIRST, NONE OF THAT'S

TRUE.

IT FOUND THAT THE LAUNCH OF THE

RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION WAS A

LIKELY SOUND, UNBIASED AND THAT

NO SPYING OCCURRED.

THAT IS THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH.

READ THE REPORT IF YOU BELIEVE

ME.

>> Tucker: READ THE REPORT,

JUST READ IT.

FOX FIRST.

THAT'S KIND OF HIS MOTTO.

WIZENED OLD NEWS MAN THAT HE IS.

HE CAN'T GET ENOUGH FACTS AND

WHEN IT COMES TO FACTS, HE IS

LIKE A FAT KID AT THE CONCESSION

STAND.

AND YOUR OPINION IT HAS IN

PLACE.

GOVERNOR CUOMO'S BROTHER AGREES

WITH THAT.

UNLIKE YOU HE WENT TO YELL AT

UNIVERSITY AND ADMITTED CLEARLY

BY PLUCK AND CLEVERNESS AND HARD

WORK SO HE'S SMART ENOUGH TO

KNOW LYING WHEN HE SEES IT AND

NOT PARTISAN ENOUGH TO REPORT IT

WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR.

WATCH.

>> TRUMP IS A VICTIM.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS PROMISED FROM

THIS IG'S REPORT.

476 PAGES.

NO TRUMP AS VICTIM.

TRUMP EVEN SAYS THAT THAT'S WHAT

THIS SAYS, IT DOESN'T.

HE'S LYING TO YOU ABOUT THE

REPORT.

PLEASE, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND

DO THE HOMEWORK.

HE'S LYING TO YOU.

>> DO THE HOMEWORK DENIES CHRIS

CUOMO.

READ THE IG REPORT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER.

LET'S BE HONEST HERE, IS CHRIS

CUOMO LIVING UP TO HIS OWN

STANDARDS?

HAS HE ACTUALLY READ THE IG

REPORT?

COME ON NOW, BE HONEST.

OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT CHRIS

CUOMO'S ASSISTANT PROMISED TO

READ THE IG REPORT, GAVE HIM A

SUMMARY AND THEN GOT STUCK IN A

SUPER LONG HOLIDAY SEASON LINE

AT STARBUCKS AND FORGOT TO DO

IT?

THEN MAYBE IN A LAST MINUTE

PANIC, IS UNDERSTANDABLE, MAY BE

TOLD A FEW WHITE LIES TO CHRIS

CUOMO ABOUT WHAT THE REPORT

ACTUALLY SAID.

MAYBE THAT HAPPENED.

WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED,

BUT CERTAINLY ONE POSSIBLE

EXPLANATION.

WE DO KNOW THIS.

UNLESS HE IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIA

LIAR, HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY READ

THE IG REPORT.

OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT HAVE SAT

IN THE TELEVISION STUDIO, AND