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Tool of russian intelligence? did they check it with you guys? >> they did not. that is most disappointing. he is extremely accessible. after the story hit, or almost 30 different per reporters contacted him immediately. he is very accessible. if buzzfeed reached out, he would were explained to them that this is an absolute fabrication and they would have additional information. maybe they could then use three strokes of a pen to redact the name, as well as webzilla. they obviously were doctored...

That letter opposing his nomination to be a federal judge was almost lost to history because the senate president at the time, long time segregationist strom thurmond, he didnt submit coretta scott kings letter to the congressional record even though he was supposed to. well, thanks to some intrepid reporting last month from buzzfeed and the "washington post," that lost letter was found and we now know what coretta scott king said in her plea to the senate in 1986 to keep this u.s. attorney off ...

>> tucker: why do you think it was fabricated and why do you think you were included in the fabrication, your client? >> we looked to find the answer to that very question. there are some competitors decided that there was a legitimate way to compete with web zillah, which provides wonderful services, very well known, to be an honest efficient supplier. and maybe this is one way that competitors cap can have a legitimate competition doesnt work. we really dont have a clue. >> tucker: a lot about...

Reporting last month from buzzfeed and the "washington post," that lost letter was found and we now know what coretta scott king said in her plea to the senate in 1986 to keep this u.s. attorney off the federal bench. in 1986, the u.s. senate went along with coretta scott kings wishes. they rejected that nominee for a federal judgeship. his name was jeff sessions, he went on to be a u.s. senator from alabama, hes now nominated to be attorney general of the united states and tonight elizabeth war...

In fact, the way defamation law works, if you repeat something that is defamatory, you now own that statement. by publishing match -- i have to point out, they were the first one to publish it, clearly, these documents were in the possession of various news organizations for weeks. yet, no one published it. this is one of those rare situations where msnbc, cnn, and fox, all agree on something, and they agree that this document should not have been published. it was irresponsible. >> tucker: the ...

Okay, so we have been keeping an eye on a developing situation tonight in the u.s. senate. democrats tonight have been trying to take a stand trying to hold the senate floor in protest of jeff sessions nomination as attorney general. in the last few hours, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren took the stand to read an interesting piece of senate history. one of the reasons its interesting is that until recently it didnt exist in the historical record. 1986, 30 years ago, coretta scott king, th...

Somehow comedians keep finding material for late night laughs. >> white house press secretary sean spicer announced four reporters would receive skype seats for press briefings rather than being there in person. spicer said he picked the four reporters at random and said cnn, "new york times," buzzfeed and telemundo. random names. >> sources inside the white house when trump gets on a call with the foreign leader, the people around him, the aides, the people around him, their faces are white wit...

Confusion. >> steve schmidt, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> good to be with you. >> im joined now by congressman joaquin castro of texas. congressman, i want to talk about the headline order. buzzfeed says "congressman says trump could be impeached if he overstepped authority on travel ban." that doesnt scan to me -- the president can issue an executive order that the courts strike down. it doesnt mean hes committed an impeachable offense, does it? >> no, and if you read the text of ...

Administration and what do you think of this response? >> i think that without any doubt, there is an effort by the trump administration to manhandle the press. but with good reason. what jessica just mentioned, the cnn report, it was not a false report about russian ties. it was a research dump filled with just ridiculous claims that were completely unsubstantiated unsubstantiated -- --dash go >> the cnn report was differently and trump conflated them, and kellyanne conway, to use that against ...

Press on the part of the trump administration and what do you think of this response? >> i think that without any doubt, there is an effort by the trump administration to manhandle the press. but with good reason. what jessica just mentioned, the cnn report, it was not a false report about russian ties. it was a research dump filled with just ridiculous claims that were completely unsubstantiated unsubstantiated -- --dash go >> the cnn report was differently and trump conflated them, and kellyan...