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Counterintelligence and control section. thank you for being with us tonight. pleasure to have you here. >> good to be with you, rachel. one of the things i raised here was mike flynn registering retro actively as a foreign agent after the time he left the trump administration. the other issue here is the question of this u.s. green card holder, this man who is a legal u.s. resident, the government of turkey has been demanding that he be handed over by the u.s. to turkey so they can go after h...

Prosecutors say that elena -- waged information warfare against the united states of america. according to the criminal complaint russia continues using fake accounts on social media to quote, sew division and discord in the u.s. political system including by creating social and political polarization, undermining faith in democratic institutions and influencing u.s. elections including the upcoming 2018 mid-term election. these federal criminal charges were not brought by special prosecutor rob...

To defraud the united states by interfering with this years election. it is the first criminal charge by the justice department against a russian for interference in this years elections. prosecutors say that elena -- thats the best i can do on that particular reading waged, quote, information warfare against the united states of america. according to the criminal complaint russia continues using fake accounts on social media to quote, sew division and discord in the u.s. political system includ...

District of virginia and the justice department national security divisions counter intelligence and expert control section. the woman in charge is believed to be in russia now, and so has not been apprehended by u.s. authorities. prosecutors say she been acting as the chief accountant for the criminal operation intended to interfere in our election, and the operation was funded by a close oligarch of vladimir putin. no comment today on the criminal charges, just no comment. when the president o...

Where republican members of congress who control both houses, unless theyre retiring and suddenly feel a spurt of loquaciousness and willingness to speak their mind would suddenly start holding accountable those officials including the president who if theyre exercising their legal authority, may be stepping close to the edge of overstepping their legal authority or abusing it. whether it is putting pressure on the department to curtail ongoing legitimate investigations or threatening the pardon...

Back with us for the interview is dave laufman. till this february, he served in the national security division of the justice department. he was chief at the counter intelligence and expert control section. as such he oversaw a number of very high profile investigations including the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and before the special counsel was appointed, the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. thank you for staying with us. and i know that a lot of these matters...

Their legal authority or abusing it. whether it is putting pressure on the department to curtail ongoing legitimate investigations or threatening the pardon of individuals for apparently partisan reasons. all those things should be something that puts the countrys collective hair on fire. we count on our elected officials to be a bulwark against that kind of abuse of power. they are failing in that task today. >> our guest is dave laufman who is a senior official at the department of justice. th...