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Counterintelligence information back to fbi headquarters. >> and those fbi agents were not involved in our investigation. in the report he says those fbi agents who were gleaning intelligence information from what they were doing in order to feed it to other places, they were not involved in the core investigation that mueller was carrying out. >> thats right. >> thats remarkable. last question, briefly. do you think there is an open question at this point as to whether it is mueller and mueller...

Subpoena for the justice department to hand over any of the counterintelligence information that was turned up by the robert mueller investigation. the justice department as of today appears to be defying that subpoena, or at least theyre not handing anything over. congressman adam schiff, the head of the intelligence committee did a sort of bombshell interview with "the washington post" today in which they suggested that the counterintelligence investigation that was announced by james comey in...

Committee to release transcripts and exhibits of michael cohen, the presidents former attorneys, the testimony multiple days before the committee. the transcripts and committees could be released in a matter of days after his committee votes to release them. of course, thats been a very significant testimony that now as the senator of another investigation by schiffs committee to look into whether trump attorneys in any way played a role in editing testimony that later turned out to be false and...

By james comey in the spring of 2017, that counterintelligence investigation into potential links between the russian government and their interference effort and people associated with the trump campaign, shift suggesting in this interview today that that counterintelligence investigation appears to have disappeared, and he and the rest of the intelligence committee at least have not been able to get any information out of the justice department or the fbi as to whatever happened to that invest...

Over any counterintelligence information turned up by mueller, the justice department today also appears to be defying that subpoena by that same committee to hand over the unredacted version of muellers report and to hand over its underlying evidence. and its one thing to refuse a request. its another thing to refuse a subpoena. we will see what the result of that is, but this appears to be the justice department again standing in defiance of a lawful congressional subpoena. so well see how tha...

Of this. they have to be looked into. the understanding, the division this has created, the people who think donald trump -- they never accepted the election so they sought a criminal path to get them out of office. thats what they want to believe, to the point where the democratic right dull my first presidential candidate says that donald trump engaged in treason. we do need as a nation to have a full, fair, transparent accounting of what has been found. bob mueller, who i have defended since ...

Counterintelligence information into him because his conduct and statements were so trouble they thought he might be witting lr on unwittingly an agent of the russians. and you have him to prebrand everything they do, taint it in the eyes of 35% as part of harassment. what does this speak to in your eyes? you worked on some of these committees in terms of his consciousness of guilty? >> it shows he wants to escape scrutiny. he sees oversight not just as a threat to him politically but potentiall...

And of course it appears that more of it has been corroborated with ensuing developments, and what weve leveraged. >> is there anything in the dossier that has been disproven? >> no, some of it hasnt been proven and some of it -- no, i guess the short answer to the question. >> so clapper of course a frequent punching bag for the president. but he hasnt been in office for a year now. how would he know whether or not there are aspects of the dossier that have yet to be disproven? >> well, i think...

Issue about the leaks in the white house and the frustration with the president. as were bringing in devin nunes into the conversation, as we look at all of this, michael, are we seeing a total breakdown of congressional ethics at this point? >> well, on the house intelligence committee side, there are things going on that are just incomprehensible to me from a law enforcement intelligence standpoint. this fbi memo that -- the memo nunes wrote that the fbi opposed his release gets released with ...

An incoming president. >> well, first, anderson, its quite remarkable that the fbi, which is a group of patriotic, very professional and very nonpartisan folks had sufficient evidence to get not one but two fisa warrants to collect information, counterintelligence information on mr. manafort. so that in and of itself, who is the campaign manager at the time, of course, and thats quite remarkable. what was going on in those conversations, there has been reporting that these were perhaps conversat...