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Lets take st. petersburg economic forum, for instance. there were over 500 american businessmen, high ranking, high level ones. i dont even remember the last names of each an every one. do you think that we try to collect compromising material on each and every single one of them? well, its difficult to imagine on a bigger scale of this. please disregard these issues and dont think about this anymore again. >> and i have to say if they had it, it would have been out long ago. and if anybody watc...

Well send a formal response. as i said, we can extend this cooperation, but we should do it on a reciprocal basis because we would await our russian counterparts to provide us access to the persons of interests for us who we believe can have something to do with intelligence service. lets discuss the specific issues and not use the russia and u.s. relationship as a loose change for this internal political struggle. >> a question for president putin, thank you. two questions for you, sir. can you...

>> yeah, i did hear these rumors. but we allegedly collected compromising material on mr. trump when he was visiting moscow. let me tell you this. when president trump was in moscow, i didnt even know that he was in moscow. >> didnt even know that he was in moscow. the president answered that by saying look, if the stuff in the dossier was true, somebody would have put it out there. vladimir putin basically saying stop talking about this. its nonsense. but of course, that wont put it to rest. >>...

Mueller interview them. with one condition. >> who would expect that the americans would reciprocate and question officials, including the officers of law enforcement and intelligence service who have something to do with illegal action on the territory of russia. >> president trump blamed u.s. bullishness and stupidity for ruining their relationship with russia. ask today whether russia bears any responsibility for that, the president said. >> i hold both countries responsible. i think that the...

On mr. trump when he visited moscow. my distinguished colleague, let me tell you this. when president trump was in moscow, i didnt know he was in moscow. i treat mr. trump with utmost respect, but back then when he was a private individual, a businessman, nobody informed me he was in moscow. lets take st. petersburg economic forum, for instance. there were over 500 american businessmen. the high ranking ones, i dont remember the last names of each and every one of them. do you remember, do you t...

Him, very colorful language, by the way, you know, you are not a diplomat. when it was teed up for him just to say the very basic things, he chose deliberately not to do it. and thats what is striking to me. ive been in those briefings with president obama right before he walks out to do one of these interviews. everybody knew what the question was going to be. hes sitting there with his top advisors. i know some of those people. i know their views on this, and yet he chose to do something else....

Salacious information in the dossier. we collected compromising material. he threw that out there today. your thoughts? >> well, i thought his answer was very curious, he never denied that they had that material on him. all he said was, i wasnt briefed on when mr. trump was there in 2013. by the way, when i was ambassador, and when we would brief congressional delegations, other high-ranking officials, wed tell them about russias tremendous capabilities to gather that kind of intelligence, inclu...

Myself. and i do know how dossiers are made up. >> thats a provocative way to stir the pot on questions about the dossier, infamous for salacious details about trumps 2013 trip to moscow. david corn famously broke this story. hes back with me. i want to play for you, david, that odd statement from putin with the wider context. >> translator: i was intelligence officer myself. and i do know how dossiers are made up. i did heard these rumors that we allegedly collected compromising material on mr....

Agency -- [ inaudible ]. >> every u.s. intelligence agency concluded russia did. who do you believe? >> i have president putin. he just said its not russia. i will say this. i dont see any reason why it would be. president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> president putin, did you want president trump to win the election? >> there was no collusion. i didnt know the president. there was nobody to collude with. its ridiculous whats going on with the probe. i think tha...

There were over 500 american businessmen. high-ranking, high level ones. i dont even remember the last names of each and every one of them. well, do you remember -- do you think that we tried to collect compromising material on each and every single one of them? well, its difficult to imagine a nonsense of a bigger scale than this. well, please, just disregard the issues and dont think about this anymore again. >> it would have been out long ago. and if anybody watched peter strzok testify over ...