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With the department of justice and the fbi? the reason we have special counsel, this is a very important point. and you know it the reason we have special counsel is because of a conflict of interest. the regulation itself specifically makes reference to a conflict of interest. and we dont like conflicts of interest because it undercuts peoples confidence in both the process and the result. so, lets be really clear why we have special counsel. it was either a real or purr receiveperceived confli...

Lying to fbi agents about interactions with russia, russian officials, correct? >> i believe thats correct. i dont want to comment congressman beyond whats in the charging documents. they speak for themselves. >> thank you. the guilty plea of michael flynn, you looked at those as you supervised this investigation. you would agree there is a legal and factual basis for that guilty plea as well, correct? >> yes. >> he lied to fbi agents about his interactions with russian ambassador kislyak, corre...

President of the united states. as long as there is not a conflict of interest. as long as you are not doing anything that is inappropriate. its okay to be the presidents wing man. its also okay to say that you are going to be loyal to the president. as long as they are not asking you to do anything that is illegal; isnt that correct? >> yes. >> so, what was the goal of the russians when they tried to interfere with the elections in the united states? >> the assessment of the intelligence commun...

Will keep an eye on things and keep everything above board. its a pleasure to see you again. i yield back. >> likewise, thank you. >> thank you, the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida mr. deutsche. >> thank you, mr. chairman. there has been a lot of talk about dates and time lines. i would like to walk through for the benefit of my colleagues just a short time line from this year. in january, the fbi, cia, and snsa concluded the following we assess russian president vladimir putin campa...

Do with it. the white house is saying all the intelligence agencies didnt include it. thats a bit of a red herring. this investigation said, putin ordered and influenced campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. russias goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency. that campaign included covert intelligence operations such as cyber activity with over efforts by russian governmen...

Working against bernie sanders. no doubt about it. lets look forward. the process should be up in whether its a republican process, democratic process. no one takes the republican nomination. i think that power to be is to keep them from vietnam and they did, but they werent successful in an open process. we are talking about america, doing the right thing. bernie, we agree on one thing. >> former senator from new york agreed with the former new yorker in vermont, bernie sanders on this. we all ...

First of all, i think this whole debate, this public debate and the acrimony between officials no longer serving in the government and the president, it certainly serves the kremlins interests as well as other enemies. im sure in the kremlin theyre very much enjoying all of this public debate and acrimony between the two sides. but for sure vladimir putin wants to degrade our democratic process. i think thats why he focused on our social networking and media sites which really in my view at leas...

Those who believe in the american democratic process, will continue to be offended by the audacity of those trying to spin it into something other than the truth which is it was rigged in hillary clintons failure before she became the nominee. >> not just guns, lawmakers want to crack down on rental truck companies more than a week after a terrorist plowed a rental truck through a bike path in new york city killing eight people. it is called the vehicle ramming protection act and will require re...

They had total control of strategy, you continue to see people, not just bernie sanders supporters, those that they believe in this american, democratic process that will continue to be offended by the audacity of those who are trying to spin this into something other thann the truth, which is that it was rigged in hillary clintons favor long before she became the nominee. >> sean: lanny, respond to that. >> hillary clinton defeated a person i respected greatly, bernie sanders, by 4 million vote...

Help to end the threat posed by the nuclear ambitions of pyongyang, more on the day ahead. looks pretty early yet. back to you. jillian: a new bombshell about the firm behind the fake trump dossier which helps kickstart the fbi russian probe. fusion gps met with russian lawyer before and after the trump tower sit down with donald trump junior. donald trumps son agreeing to meet over alleged dirt she had on hillary clinton but turned out to have the which retired cia station chief who served in m...