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Either way its not good and it doesnt sound like good news for our national security at all, michael nance. >> no, its a national security nightmare were involved with. i dont find it funny but i do find that moscow mitch is absolutely appropriate here. mitch mcconnell was the man who stopped in august 2016 any reference to the russians attacking our election when barack obama wanted to warn the nation. he said he would not sign off on that. then he helps lift the sanctions on russian companies....

Questioned robert mueller yesterday as a member of the foreign affairs committee. and first, i want to get your response to the work product just issued by your colleagues over in the senate, and i want to read you a portion of the report and get your response. former assistant to the president and cyber security coordinator michael daniel told the committee that by late august 2016, he had already personally concluded the russians had attempted to intrude in all 50 states based on the extent of...

Coordinator michael daniel told the committee that by late august 2016, he had already personally concluded the russians had attempted to intrude in all 50 states based on the extent of the activity and the apparent randomness of the attempts. intelligence developed later in 2016 bolstered mr. daniels assessment. all 50 states were targeted. >> thank you, chris, for your question. im a recovering computer science major, and i worked on cyber security issues since ive come to congress. it is not ...

Doj to influence the election question wanted you investigate whether john brennan and james clapper spread did russian information about trump to conspiracy theorists like michael isikoff, dave corn in "the washington post"? isnt it true that your investigative team interviewed christopher steele at least once, likely twice or three times, what did he tell you?os did you interview confidential informant stephan helper? what did he tell you? wasnt it true that he provided the fbi within scope of...

Overwhelmingly confirm mark esper in a vote today. he will then go to the white house to be sworn in in the oval office. he will be the first confirmed defense secretary since jim mattis resigned. he will follow closely in his wake. >> so, is it safe to say that you are aligned with jim mattis? >> i dont know -- i dont know how to pick between the two, but clearly, i share his views, and i have expressed a publicly. >> he faces a host of challenges, including the ongoing hostage crisis. five day...

Language that the clinton investigation was not an investigation at all, but a matter. how many times, mr. comey were you warned that the steele dossier paid for by hillary clinton that had russian lies and it was unverified. but you signed a document that said it was verified. at least two, we know that bruce ohr warned you in august 2016, and you were also worn two weeks before you sign the first fisa application that says it was verified. that was from the state department official kathleen x...

Investigation at all, but a matter? how many times, mr. comey, were you warned that the steele dossier paid for by hillary clinton that had russiaf lies in it was unverified? but you signed a document that said it was verified. at least two, we know that bruce ohr warned you in august 2016, and you were also warned two weeks before you signed the first fisa application that says it was verified. t that was fromif the state department official kathleen kavalec. mr. comey, why did you still sign t...

Times," after that august 2016 meeting as election day got closer and closer and people were more and more phonetic, he was a welcome presence in trump world. "new york times" describes multiple meetings taken in the final weeks of the campaign between george nader and trumps national security adviser, mike flynn and his campaign manager, steve bannon and his son-in-law, jared kushner. in the final weeks of the campaign when guys like that should have had time to meet with no one, they were taki...

Clinton from foreign sources. the united arab emirates were offering material assistance in the campaign of a social media effort designed to turn off clinton voters and activate trumps voters. nobody quite knows what happened to that pitch for that foreign assistance for uae in saudi arabia, but that was by georged in aner trump tower and nader ended up paying a couple of million dollars as soon as the election was over. what was he paying for? we know from the "new york times," after that augu...

Well as serious charges, and not for the first time. george naders role in the trump campaign and trump transition and even in the trump administration is not a glancing thing. he is not just a guy who showed up as a fundraiser once. in august 2016 which is the peak, the height of the 2016 presidential campaign that year, george nader turned up at a meeting in trump tower with donald trump jr., erik prince and joel zamel offering help beating hillary clinton, help from foreign sources. united ar...