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Reported on this intelligence and the doubts about its credibility. the fact that comey felt that he had to act based on russian disinformation is a stark example of how russian interference really did impact the decision making at the highest levels of the u.s. government during the 2016 campaign. the russian information claimed to show that then attorney general lynch had been compromised in the clinton investigation because of e-mails between the then dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz and a ...

Were, held to a lower standard for policy, accuracy, probity. and she had that argument all along, and many people that work for her, are close to her, believe that the media bought into it and treated trump like a carnival act that was fun to cover, and that she suffered badly as a result and it was a great contributing factor to her loss. she didnt really go into a lot of forensics on the campaign here. i mean she has -- >> unlike her previous appearances where she spent too much time picking ...

Deciding to publicly declare that the clinton probe was over without consulting then attorney general loretta lynch. you may remember earlier this week "the washington post" reporting on the intelligence and doubts about its credibility. the fact that comey felt he had to act based on russian disinformation is a stark example of how russian interference impacted the decision making at the highest levels of the u.s. government during the 2016 campaign. the russian information at issue claiming to...

He was taken aback by that. he thought it was a bizarre suggestion. obviously, the other fact that, you know, that koorgt this -- according to these sources that was discussed was potentially arranging a meeting in a third country. >> i just have to ask you this, adam, because ambassador kislyak is well aware that u.s. intelligence are listening in on his conversations back to russia. so is there any chance that he could have been inflalting this conversation, making some of it up? i just have h...

Complexities and knowing what we are talking about in terms of what he knew was fake. there is inaccurates intelligence. real intelligence document that says something not true. loretta lynch actually hadnt been co-opted by the dnc. certainly he would have provided some assessment of the accuracy of that information. for then a separate question about a forgery. document designed for release. so it is not clear the extent of what comey knew and when. but in the past he held back information to r...

Correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill. mike, what more are top republicans saying today about this critical issue? >> reporter: sandra, good afternoon. top republicans are saying the status quo, obamacare is not sustainable so the senate majority leader is challenging democrats to step up. >> senate republicans are working together to move past the problems of obamacare and to help those who have been hurt by it. democrats have already effectively conceded, effectively conceded, that oba...

Mr. gowdy, i have one question to ask you, and i realize were in open session, so im going to word it a certain way, but i think youll understand what im saying. in the preparation of the report on the 2016 election, which concluded that russia favored the election of donald trump, who would have made the decision to include or exclude any evidence or indications of russian intentions that were contrary to that conclusion? >> myself, jim comey, mike rogers, and jim clapper relied on the experts ...

Information related to that. my understanding is this committee has access to the documents that we would have provided to the bureau. >> all right. last question because im out of time. we can use the word -- how did you test, probe, examine, cross-examine or otherwise test the reliability or credibility of that evidence you uncovered? >> i made sure the components within the c.i.a. that have responsibility for counter intelligence, cyber, and russia, were actively working to understand as much...

Would have despised. >> before i yield to mr. gowdy, i have one question to ask you. i realize we are in open session so ill word it a certain way but i think you are understand what im saying. in preparation of the report on the 2016 election which concluded that russian favored the election of donald trump, who would have made the decision to include or exclude any evidence or indications of russian intentions that were contrary to that conclusion? >> myself, jim comey, mike rogers, and jim cl...