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Of that compromising information online. theyre making ransom demands and hbo has issued a response. youll hear that coming up next.

It seems to me they began this effort in june of last year. at least by then when they dangled dirt on hillary clinton to the presidents son, who then brought in all the campaign manager. all the dirt they could on hillary. the russians were signaling in their e-mail that they were in this thing to help beat hillary clinton. was that the beginning of a control situation by the former kgb boss? >> one of the things most striking to me about the e-mail that donald trump released, in the e-mail tra...

Connected russia a law that also imposed sanctions on russia but she said he was interested in information about possible illegal donations to democrats. >> i can tell you right now i have never referred to any compromising information about mrs. clinton. >> so some discrepancies there. how did this self-proclaimed adoption lawyer lobbyist end up at the center of whats looking like one of the biggest political scandals in americans history. its a question that was pursued by the atlantic. she as...

Manafort, a veritable suite of v ips were trying to get out of this meeting that has been lied about a year ago. that was described as, quote, russia government attorney. we should report she said she has no connection to the russia government. she told nbc news she had no compromising material on trumps opponent. >> she said she was there to lobby against a law she said was affecting her client, a well connected russia a law that also imposed sanctions on russia but she said he was interested i...

Never referred to any compromising information about mrs. clinton. i desired to see in my story. howie: the president accused the media much desperation and more. >> they want to drip out the story. im more than happy to cooperate. sean: as far as you know, this is everything? >> this is everything. howie: gillian turner, katie pavlich and joe trippi, all fox news contributors. don, jr. essentially confirmed the basic details of the meeting. is it fair to say this is another case of fake news? g...

Never referred to any compromising information about mrs. clinton. i desired to see in my story. howie: the president accused the media much desperation and more. >> they want to drip out the story. im more than happy to cooperate. sean: as far as you know, this is everything? >> this is everything. howie: gillian turner, katie pavlich and joe trippi, all fox news contributors. don, jr. essentially confirmed the basic details of the meeting. is it fair to say this is another case of fake news? g...

To not go away but not be the nightmare its become. >> we heard rick say he doesnt think theres any legal concern here ultimately. you advise democrats all the time. what are they saying? do you hear them saying its just political in nature or do they suspect there is a legal issue? >> i think there is a legal issue. i think we dont know all of the facts yet. there are federal statutes on the book that are applicable to the behavior of donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort and certai...

Was that intentionally explicit, do you think? >> too early, but it was direct. and what really bothered me is how nonchalant donald trump jr. was about that. he wasnt like shocked that there was information about russia, which makes us -- raises the question, had he known from prior conversations with individuals that there was an effort out there by russia to seek information. and to then he just the willingness to proceed. lets do a phone call immediately. that really bothered me. and so agai...

Russian government seeking, as the e-mail said, to meet with the trump campaign, now the russian government once you take that meeting knows that it happened. and this is in the russian playbook, which is to gather compromising information on individuals and then to use it when it can effect their agenda. thats the kompromat where they put you in the position either you work for us, help us or we expose you. its still too early to tell if thats what they were doing. they now have the evidence an...

Response was i love it. that was from the way russia operates. was that intentionally explicit, do you think? >> again too early but it was direct and what really bothered me was how nonchalant donald trump jr. was about that. he wasnt shocked there was information about russia which raises the question had he known from prior conversations that there was an effort out there by russia to seek information? and then the willi ingness to proceed. lets do a phone call immediately. that really bother...