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Official, formal process, which provides this whistle-blower protection. right? >> thats right. >> and the president, according to the "new york times" told us a crowd of staff from the united states mission to the u.n. he wants to know who provided information to the whistle-blower, and whoever did so, the whistle-blower, close to a spy and said in the old days spies were dealt with differently. >> yes. two things jump out at me here. first is, of course, the president is doing exactly what gov...

Those folks and indeed a message to all people serving in the government that if they step forward with complaints, they can expect the president to come after them. >> you just heard from congresswoman slotkin. >> yes. >> she says that she wants to focus on the president using his influence and, frankly, government money, right? >> sure. >> to influence ukraine to dig up dirt on an opponent. i asked her about what weve learned in the complaint. that information was actually moved around to hide...

Something we didnt know about until we saw the complaint, and one of the other things we didnt know until we saw the complaint was that the whistleblower said its not the first time a politically sensitive transcript has been hidden in a system that is meant for information that is supposed to keep private, sensitive information, classified information that has to do with national security. what recourse, though, does congress have in investigating this allegation? >> they have tremendous recour...

Complaint, this information was provided to me and related in course of interagency business. so this would have come to them just in the course of doing their work. what would the presidents reaction be to that? >> reporter: look, i think were probably going to see the same from the president. were headed into uncharted territory. we know this is a president that doesnt typically have discipline in terms of what he says. i apologize but there is a rainstorm around me right now. doesnt have disc...

Phone call, especially the official word-for-word transcript of the call that was produced as is customary by the white house situation room. this set of actions underscored to me that white house officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call. according to this whistleblower, two things then happened. first, white house lawyers directed officials to remove the electronic transcript from a computer system where these kinds of transcripts are typically housed. and two, the tr...

Barr, why would he want to keep it secret? why does this president want to keep it secret? because a two second call and william barr it would be behind him. >> we know donald trump doesnt necessarily know when hes doing something inappropriate. he gave away classified code word information to the russian ambassador then oval office that his aides had to cleanup. hes been cavalier with intelligence right along. so its completely credible he would say something he didnt realize was improper and a...

Full security clearance. this is a document that has the nations deepest secrets, including covert operation and top-level intelligence, nsa eavesdropping of foreign leaders. and to have someone looking at that document who hasnt been fully cleared, who hasnt been signed off on by the fbi is unprecedented and its a decision directly made by donald trump, katy. >> frank, youve been privy to a lot of sensitive information. i know ken is privy to a lot of sources who tell him about this sort of stu...

States puts restrictions on carrying laptops onto planes, britain does the same. in may, the day, 24 hours after comey is fired, the president has a meeting with two russian officials, people who may or may not be the ambassador or foreign secretary, co-conspirators that mueller makes to the administration. he reveals to them that the operation took place. he does not reveal that israel was involved. he said it took place in the city in syria where it happened and it is astonishing. heres a pres...

By "washington post" reporters greg miller. it was confirmed by buzz feed news and by the "new york times" citing not only former u.s. officials but current u.s. officials. the post says this. president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in a white house meeting. the information had been provided by a u.s. partner through intelligence sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restri...

Thank you, director. since you shared that information, have you reviewed the development of that fbi evidence or any other evidence? >> im unaware of what the bureau has done with that information and i have no knowledge of anything even that the agency has done since january 20th. >> are you aware of what the bureau has briefed this committee with respect to evidence of collusion? >> i watched jim comeys hearing and his comments, and ive gone through his transcript, so im aware of it, yes. >> ...