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Only about these two men igor fruman and lev parnas, two of the guys indicted last week, but also about their ties to rudy giuliani. they were interested in whether there were any counterintelligence concerns that arose from those ties, those business dealings. so thats the first indication we have that prosecutors in new york have been digging into this much longer than we all realized. >> wow. then who in new york, who at sdny is investigating it? >> reporter: we know not only are these counte...

Have those ties to giuliani indicted. all four due in court tomorrow. now, cnn is reporting the criminal probe of giuliani also now includes, according to cnns reporting, what they call counterintelligence concerns. now, thats a big deal. because it could mean there are national security implications to all of this. and it also means potential charges. donald trump seemed to turn on giuliani, then he seemed to embrace him this weekend. and just on cue, here he is, distancing himself from him tod...

Fact that the russians did in fact meddle in our campaign. they then narrowed the scope of their inquiry to whether or not they can prove a criminal conspiracy between the trump campaign and russian actors and, of course, concluded they did not have evidence to prove such a conspiracy. that is a far cry from resolving counterintelligence concerns that may arise from any number of facts they uncover during the course of their work. so we often refer to the fact the report cites over 100. i think ...

He referred this matter to congress. we have taken up that referral. and its fully important in our view that we have an opportunity to flesh out what the russians did, how they did it, what the role of the trump campaign personnel were, what were the counterintelligence issues, what was the process used to handle the counterintelligence concerns, where are the findings. all of these questions and a great many more the american people should have the opportunity to pose through their representat...

Goal or agenda with respect to the presidents prospects for impeachment and that sort of thing. the most important function were trying to serve here is that congress has a responsibility to conduct oversight and that information should be heard by the congress and to the greatest extent possible by the american public so that people can consider these things as they make their own decisions, as they proceed through their own political -- the decisions they make according to their own political ...

Briefed by the executive branch on intelligence information and operations. and that has been interpreted to mean counterintelligence concerns as well. so they feel like they are entitled to know what the fbi learned about donald trump and his ties to russia. theres also a precedent in watergate for a grand jury report to be turned over to the congress as part of an impeachment inquiry. >> very interesting. kristen welker, on the politics of this being made public, i feel like theres been this s...

Herald" reported cindy yang was the original owner of the spa. a series of articles since have raised questions whether she was engaged in illegal businesses, whether she was selling access to president trump and whether shes been working for the chinese government as a spy. it even led congressional democrats to request counterintelligence and criminal investigations of yang by the fbi. ms. yang also reportedly created a business named gyus investments that may be selling access to the presiden...

Sure about, kasie. whatever barr does, it will not satisfy congressional democrats. they want the mueller report and the classified versions. the intelligence communities believe they have a right to a report from the fbi about what they found about counterintelligence concerns about the president, whether the president is compromised in any way by a foreign power. >> because the congress is the arbiter of impeachment or beyond that, just oversight into the executive branch. even if there arent ...

To fire him. knowing there was no good time to do it. when i decided to just do it i said to myself. the white house said the report is absurd. the secretary of state mike pompeo agrees as well. i will certainly say this. that notion that he is a threat to the national security is absolutely ludicrous. the idea that is contained in the new york times story that he was a threat to the american national security is series and silly. he took over the investigation when he was appointed and right no...

Knowing there was no good time to do it. when i decided to just do it i said to myself. the white house said the report is absurd. the secretary of state mike pompeo agrees as well. i will certainly say this. that notion that he is a threat to the national security is absolutely ludicrous. the idea that is contained in the new york times story that he was a threat to the american national security is series and silly. he took over the investigation when he was appointed and right now it is uncle...