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Shes back in school. the wells kept in touch with viola too. the two girls are now close friends in their village and have blossomed since returning home. meanwhile, both jessica davis and stacy wells have been interviewed by the fbi, which declined to talk about the investigation with cnn. >> birth mothers, the most vulnerable birth mothers on the planet, are being taken advantage of in this way so that people can profit from adoption. >> reporter: jessica and adam davis figure they spent about...

That doesnt seem to have been the case here and mr. priebus was involved in important issues that must be at the center of what mr. mueller is looking at, not least of which the firing of james comey that may have been cause for some people to believe could be counted as obstruction of justice. >> there was also that flight back from europe on air force one and the drafting of a press release. remind our audience why thats critical. >> thats right. exactly. there were these e-mails that had been...

Aggressive on the phone, demanding an answer right away as to whether or not they would take the child. deborah paris denied having anything to do with the adoptions of children seemingly orphaned for profit. >> the mothers say they never meant for their children to be adopted. were they lied to? >> i did not organize these adoptions. >> despite her pushback about her role, deborah paris refers to herself in this e-mail to a reporter as the director of africa program for eac. >> you were the hea...

Release their children for adoption. >> they are getting the orphans because theres a dollar sign. >> the u.s. state department also found that they failed to take the proper steps to make sure that birth parents consented to the termination of their parental rights, in accordance with applicable laws. >> were these mothers lied to? >> no, absolutely not. >> these women say that they ended up buying a child instead of adopting a child. >> the lawyer who processed the adoptions for eac at gods me...

You helped organize these adoptions. can you answer that question, were they lied to? >> i did not organize these adoptions. >> despite her push back about her roll. she refers to herself in this e-mail as the director for african program for eac. >> you were head of the program -- >> i was not. margaret cole was. >> margaret cole is the owner of european adoption consultants. this is her making a pitch for children in panama. she started the agency in 1991. since then theyve handled intercountr...

This home of hers was raided by the fbi back in february, and so were the adoption agencys offices. investigators left with boxes of evidence. in 2016 the state department determined that eac had a pattern of serious willful or grossly anyingly negligent failure to comply with adoption. as a result it debarred the agency and ordered it to stop all adoptions for three years. among the key findings, eac failed to engage in practices to prevent the sale, abduction, or trafficking of children. it sa...

Adequate supervision contributed to the violation described above. also that eac failed safety procedures. the state department determined eac offered consideration to birth parents to induce them to release their children for adoption. >> they are getting the orphans because theres a dollar sign. >> the u.s. state department also found that eac failed to take the proper steps to make sure birth parents consented to the termination of parental rights. >> were these mothers lied to? >> no absolut...

James comey that may have been cause for some people to believe could be counted as obstruction of justice. >> there was also that flight back from europe on air force one and the drafting of a press release. remind our audience why thats critical. >> thats right. exactly. there were these e-mails that had been discovered from donald trump junior from last years campaign in which the russians offered to meet with him to provide incriminating information about hillary clinton on behalf of the rus...

Consulta consultants. the lawyer in uganda who handled these adoptions also has not been charged. meanwhile, it is possible, anderson, that the adoption agency was simply negligent here, unaware based on lack of background checks that the children it was getting from uganda were being trafficked. in other words, it could be that eac is also a victim of this apparent trafficking scheme. we would have the answer to that question if the owner of eac, margaret cole, would respond to our request for ...

Uganda. stacy we always told me she and her husband spent their life th- or the european adoption consultants. the lawyer in uganda who handled these adoptions also has not been charged. meanwhile, it is possible, anderson, that the adoption agency was simply negligent here, unaware based on lack of background checks that the children it was getting from uganda were being traskd. in other words, it could be that eac is also a victim of this apparent -- >> margaret cole would respond to our reque...