Fox News "Your World" - Transcript: Interview with Representative Andy Biggs

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CAVUTO: The president defending his decision to declassify documents regarding the Russian probe. And it's a treasure trove of stuff as well, because it includes text messages between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok. Remember all that.

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, what he makes of his.

Some have argued, Congressman -- and very good to have you, sir -- that he could be opening up a Pandora's box, revealing identities of folks that could compromise our security. You know all of that.

What do you think of that?

REP. ANDY BIGGS, R-ARIZ.: Well, I think that that's a red herring.

I mean, they have been saying that about every document that's been revealed to us and that's come out drip by drip by drip over the last year- and-a-half, two years. And they always say, it's national security, we can't get this.

And every time we look at, it's like, there was no -- nobody compromised, there was no position compromised. It's not national security.

But what it is, is, it's -- it's embarrassing and cast aspersions that they have drawn on themselves because of how they conducted themselves.

CAVUTO: Yes.

BIGGS: That's what happened.

CAVUTO: And the way it rolls out, I don't believe it's immediately released to the public, right? It would go to the responsible committees, let's say you and your colleagues in the House and the Senate. They would comb through this material, then release what they think proper. I think that's the process.

But educate me.

BIGGS: Well, that's really the way the process is going to play out is my understanding as well. I hear we're going to hear about it next Monday.

But I suspect that we will get the leaks out before then, because the place leaks like a sieve. And then, even after we look at them, I would imagine that there's going to be some stuff leaked out to the public, just because that's just the way it goes.

But I anticipate seeing a lot of information in there that we have been trying to get at, everything from misuse of information to try to get FISA warrants to spy on Americans, to I want to know what Bruce Ohr actually put in his notes about his meetings with Christopher Steele.

We have got more e-mails, another tranche of e-mails coming out. I mean, this just -- this just seems to go on and on. It's like the black abyss, almost. You can't get to the bottom of it.

CAVUTO: But I wonder what more we could possibly find out about Lisa Page and Peter Strzok. Maybe there is something there that -- what prompted the president to do what he did.

BIGGS: Well, I think you're going to find more and more information that perhaps that they didn't really think there was much to this initial investigation, but they went ahead with it.

You might see some more prejudicial information, I mean, but like you say, we know all this already. But if you're in for a dime, you're in for dollar. And I think we're going to find more about it.

CAVUTO: Where is this all going? When we get the information and the pattern and the timeline about who knew what and what -- was thinking something about Donald Trump when he was a candidate.

I have yet to find anyone who liked the guy. Maybe that would come in this trove of information. But that is one thing that's been very, very clear. Whether you like the president or not, it was -- virtually every single e- mail and text showed an overwhelming disdain for him as a candidate.

BIGGS: Yes, I mean, it's biased, clearly.

And where it should go is, you should clean some house out, some additional things. Don't forget, we -- a lot of folks have left or been fired or demoted. But we get back to this thing that I -- Jeff Sessions said that he would reopen if there were anomalies in the HRC, Hillary Rodham Clinton, investigation.

There are. There are anomalies there. This tranche is going to show again that there's anomalies. He should open up -- reopen that investigation. We should -- he should appoint a second special prosecutor or special counsel, because...

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CAVUTO: I'm sorry, sir.

You don't find that anything here would reveal a confidential source or something like that could boomerang on Republicans?

BIGGS: I don't fear that.

I mean, I'm -- I'm -- look, whether it's Republicans or Democrats, whoever was doing this information -- doing this, they -- they -- they forgot their professional, their moral and their ethical compass.

CAVUTO: All right.

BIGGS: And so I don't care -- you know, it has to be straightened up and cleaned up. That's the key.

CAVUTO: Congressman, thanks for taking the time. We will know soon enough, won't we?

BIGGS: Thanks.

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