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Week. the inspector general told us it was all garbage, rubbish, all made up. >> he didnt tell them that. donald trumps republican defenders tactic of screaming out debunked conspiracy theorys on the steele dossier did nothing to prevent his impeachment but they do give us the opportunity to dive back into one of the most intriguing elements of the trump/russia scandal. the emergence of the steele dossier. joining us are two of the experts, glen simpson and peter frich, the founders of fusion gp...

Also write in the book, theres no fewer than about seven sources that we know of who substantiated that claim. so chris and his colleagues had quite a robust discussion about whether to include it. he is a former intelligence professional decided that, you know, if there was existing compromate that could be used as leverage. >> theres a kind of who cares aspect of this which is, thats not really the core of what chris reporting was. the core of chris reporting was the kremlin was conspiring to ...

Chuck todd and with rachel maddow, it looks like a ransom. it looks like a hostage video because all of the media organizations, they werent just tricked, they were complicit in what is going on. if you look at their faces, they have to put their message through and the media is going to take it and theyre going to work with them to shape this narrative now with horowitz. very important for them to get this message out and try to shape it. >> laura: it is very noteworthy that the fusion gps memb...

Clips on nbc, speaking with chuck todd and with rachel maddow, it looks like a ransom. it looks like a hostage video because all of the media organizations, they werent just tricked, they were complicit in what is going on. if you look at their faces, they have to put their message through and the media is going to take it and theyre going to work with them to shape this narrative now with horowitz. very important for them to get this message out and try to shape it. >> laura: it is very h notew...

Other international locations, but for some reason in russia, nothing visible ever came of it. >> thats -- thats why we called chris steele. >> it turns out theres no public record access laws in russia that allow you to actually get to the bottom of some of the questions we had. because of that, we turned to the most, in our judgment, the most respected and competent person to conduct some of those inquiries. >> and its still an enduring mystery, but, i mean, the circumstances under which we ca...

Actually get to the bomb tttom some of the questions we had. because of that, we turned to the most, in our judgment, the most respected and competent person to conduct some of those inquiries. >> and its still an enduring mystery, but, i mean, the circumstances under which we came to chris were more prosayic than what were living through now. werent looking to see whether donald trump had a secret relationship with the kremlin, we were looking into whether hed been involved in any sort of quest...

Uncooperative. glen simpson wrote an op-ed piece in "the new york times" last week urging the committee to release his testimony. the person chuck grassley was accusing of being uncooperative wanted to show us how cooperative he actually was with the committee. chuck grassley was never going to release that transcript. and senator feinstein knew it. and so today dianne feinstein willfully took an action that humiliated the chairman of her committee, chuck grassley, something she hated to do. and...

Potential crime in progress. and for the republicans to besmirch that and say that that was crime, that was something that senator feinstein couldnt let stand without being answered. >> and lets listen to what senator feinstein said today when she was asked about why she did this. >> why did you decide to do that? >> because i think people are entitled to know what was said. and the lawyers also wanted it released. i see no problem with releasing it. >> but senator feinstein, senator grassley sa...

Potential crime in progress. and for the republicans to besmirch that and say that that was crime, that was something that senator feinstein couldnt let stand without being answered. >> and lets listen to what senator feinstein said today when she was asked about why she did this. >> why did you decide to do that? >> because i think people are entitled to know what was said. and the lawyers also wanted it released. i see no problem with releasing it. >> but senator feinstein, senator grassley sa...

Accusing of being uncooperative wanted to show us how cooperative he actually was with the committee. chuck grassley was never going to release that transcript. and senator feinstein knew it. and so today dianne feinstein willfully took an action that humiliated the chairman of her committee, chuck grassley, something she hated to do. and in the process, she proved that the chairman of her committee has been lying about glen simpsons testimony, publicly lying about it. the transcript shows that ...