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The kremlin could use as compromising material. zbli >> i have to say, if they had it it would have been out long ago. >> he had one. >> i would like to add something to this. after all i was an intelligence officer myself. i know how a dossier is made up. >> admitted that he preferred trump to win the election over hillary clinton. >> yes. i did. yes. i did. because he talked about brinking the u.s./russia relationship back to normal. >> we reported u.s. intelligence coon rated multiple contact...

Because for donald trump, it really is all about the money. >> troy, how do you figure the chicken and the egg question. was he gunning for president to build up the business or was he making some money on the way to the presidency or was it all -- was it he never thought he would be elected and he was thinking about the money. >> i do think he never thought he was going to be elected president. this was all a marketing thing for him. it totally got out of hand. weve all been focused on did they...

They call compromising material. so to the extent that the president is not being truthful publically, not being truthful to the american people, not being truthful to our foreign interlocutors overseas and the russians know this. potentially, that gives them a way of exerting leverage over the president. so its a dangerous practice. i mean, all presidents have at times not been completely truthful or distorted the truth. but nothing on the scale of this one. >> director james clapper, a pleasur...

Scenarios here and you zero in on the scenarios that appear most likely to be substantiated that the point, scenario number five, well put this up on the screen so folks get t russian intelligence effectively penetrated the trump campaign and trump knew or should have known about it. and two, there was compromising material. were at five, possibly going to six. explain that. >> this was outlined about a year and a half ago, ranging from most innocent to most guilty. i think whats really striking...

Did that give the russians a form of kompromat over the future president? >> well, i think it does. i mean, the russians will engender kompromat, their acronym for compromising material, whether its real or contrived. so anything that even smacks of putting himself in a compromising position. and whether or not this is true about the offer of the $50 million penthouse in trump tower moscow. yeah, that gives the russians potentially some -- to use congressman nadlers term, leverage. and thats wha...

Flynn. >> lets talk about the other michael, michael cohen, because we learned from him about a potential trump tower moscow deal including that trump was kept appraised -- or apprised during the presidential campaign, briefed family members. we didnt know about it. did that give the russians a form of kompromat over the future president? >> well, i think it does. i mean, the russians will enjerroder kompromat, their acronym for compromising material, whether its real or contrived. so anything t...

>> john, here is how putin handled the public discussion of that potential compromat. >> sir, do you, does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? >> translator: i did hear this rumor that we allegedly collected compromising material on mr. trump when he visited moscow. that is difficult to imagine, an utter nonsense on a bigger scale than this. please disregard the issue and dont think about this anymore again. >> i said, if they had it, it would ...

Staffer, natasha bertrand. we already know theres compromising material the russians had on donald trump. the compromising material is that he was lying to the american people, a lie they could reveal that they chose not to. what are the implications of that? >> a lie that they continued to conceal until they had to admit it when "the new york times" reported on it last year. when "the new york times" reported on these e-mails between michael cohen and felix sater. we did not know about this unt...

They get you through money, ideology, coercion or corruption or play to your ego. donald trump is an example how a can turn. >> john, here is how putin handled the public discussion of that potential kompromat. >> do you -- does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? >> yeah, i did hear these rumors that we allegedly collected compromising material on mr. trump when he visited moskow. thats difficult to imagine. please just disregard those issues ...

Provide girls for oligarchs and she met with trump and brought him one of the russian girls, celebrity olga who has strange reputation. >> there were pictures of naked trump. >> so putin was made aware of the availability of the compromising material? >> y, of -- yes, of course. >> thank you very much. we will be back in touch with you with the staff to make arrangements to obtain the materials for the committee and the f.b.i. i appreciate you reaching out to us. >> sean: what the nature of the ...