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Our intelligence services and properly to open up a counterintelligence investigation of trump campaign. >> i think the whole thing he is involved and is highly unusual. ordering an investigation of our intelligence and law enforcement agencies when there was already an investigation underway by the inspector general. >> there was a lot of corruption having to do with the 2016 election against us. we want to get to the bottom of it. >> bret: the president they are talking about what his attorney...

Undertake an investigation and the origins of the counterintelligence probe that began in 2016. this is old news. he and my opinion has acted appropriately ever since. the inspector general of the department of justices constraint and who we can talk to. he can only compel testimony from current members of the staff and look at documents that are in the possession of the department. the inspector general cant talk to our intelligence france and australia or united kingdom or italy and so appropr...

From the a strain ambassador to the us, we stand by ready to help you with these inquiries, we are at your service, to cooperate with this. the doj in a statement making new efforts to hide any of this saying a team led by us attorney john durham is investigating the origins of the us counterintelligence probe of the 2016 presidential campaign. mister durum is gathering information from numerous sources including a number of foreign countries. there are those speculating they are worried about t...

Theyre welling go in the russian investigation. nbc news has confirmed a "new york times" report found that president trump asked for more. the justice department said in a statement, quote, u.s. attorney joan durham is investigating the origins of the u.s. counterintelligence probe of the trump 2016 campaign. the statement goes on to say, at attorney general barrs request the president has contacted other countries to ask them to introduce the attorney general and mr. durham to appropriate offi...

To go into justice and be independent. >> but look at the way he treated jeff sessions and the pressure on jeff sessions as attorney general. to the point, other presidents understand that he does it. >> carry on, chris. >> what youre dealing with here is as you point out, the reason that the probe began in the fbi, the counter intelligence probe about russian interference, including james comey and robert mueller, is an australian diplomat was in london talking to george papadopoulos, a trump a...

Counterintelligence investigation is to protect people. >> still with us, elizabeth, jeremy, frank. frank, i want to get your reaction to what we just played from lindsey graham there. hes basically saying this counterintelligence probe launched in the summer of 2016 about potential ties between folks in the trump campaign and russia. hes saying that had to have president obamas knowledge and apparently signoff. whats your reaction to that? >> so -- so he also said that the whole point, quote, o...

Ridiculous. and its only because immediately so set against him that they even tolerate this. >> jesse: well, they know whats going nowhere in the senate. they know the majority of the american people dont support impeachment. so they just want to hurt him in the house so people think, oh, wow, who are paying attention this guy was impeached. maybe i shouldnt throw him a fund-raiser. >> politically, i believe it will backfire. >> jesse: why is that? >> i think the american people have had enough...

I mean they even tolerate this. >> jesse: well, they know that its going nowhere in the senate. they know the majority of the american people dont support impeachment. so they just want to hurt him in the house so people think, oh wow, who arent paying attention this guy was impeached. maybe i shouldnt throw him a fund-raiser.february i punt end. -- maybe you shouldnt send him a check. >> politically, i believe it will backfire. >> jesse: why is that? >> i think the american people have had enou...

Still under an active counterintelligence probe. because one thing we still dont know is whether that investigation ever officially closed. if youll remember, it was handed off to mueller in early 2017 from the fbi which hoped that probe into the president. we dont know whatever happened to it. >> incredible. let me ask you about something involving your own reporting, which is interesting timing. it comes at an interesting time. it suggests the top intelligence chief may be on his way out. he m...

Counterintelligence probe of the trump campaign is yielding results. as you know schiff told cbs news that fbi ask started to hand over information to your committee in recent days. have you seen more cooperation from the fbi as well? >> yes. we have. and this is something that i was referring to earlier. i think that some of the pressure that is being brought to bear on the doj and fbi with regard to the counterintelligence materials is actually coming from not only our side but also the republ...