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Maybe have more accountability at the dod, fbi, how to improve best practices. i know people at the department of justice and the fbi who are great americans doing it for all of the right reasons. they love our country. we have some amazing people at the doj and the fbi. what the american public is being able to learn more and more about as you connect dots of exactly how and why the clinton probe ended and how and why the trump-russia probe began as more and more dots are connected, people are ...

>> it looked crazy, delusional, paranoid. >> bret: senator johnson today said he was connecting the dots. yes, it could be a joke. the text, the off-site meetings could be harmless. telling npr that. we are back with the panel. jason, we are getting word these text messages or at least some of them are being covered, but it did seem like the secret society got a lot of coverage and reaction. >> yeah, i think in this case, senator johnson was jumping the gun here in the context. it doesnt seem th...

Strzok who were romantically involved and discussed politics, sent within hours after trump won the presidency. it shows the couple expressing concern in texts, about what lies ahead. seems kind ever depressing, maybe it should be the first yesterday, seeming to nervously walk back his earlier allegations. watch him. >> your informant confirm that these off-site meetings took place? >> listen, i never -- i the term "secret society" comes from strzok and page. all i said is it didnt surprise me, ...

Struck, maybe it should be the first meeting of the secret society. and an informant drew attention. he walked back those comments just yesterday. take a listen to this. >> did your informant confirm that these meetings took place? >> listen, i never -- the term "secret society" comes from strock and page. all i said when i read that, it didnt surprise me because we are the committee that the whistleblowers come to to talk about all kinds of problems within the firl government. so i heard of a g...

We have an informant talking about a group that were holding secret meetings off site. there is so much smoke here, theres so much suspicious. >> lets stop there. a secret society. secret meetings off site of the justice department? >> correct. >> and you have an informant saying that? >> yes. >> did your informant confirm that these off-site meetings took place? >> no, listen, id never -- i -- the term "secret society" comes from strzok and page. all i said when i read that, it didnt surprise m...

Distorts or holds back, he is in a world of hurt because theres a high bar for his cooperation. >> do you think theres a big chart somewhere in the special counsels office with a big chart showing all these characters papadopoulos, and all these characters and the sons and the daughter and the son-in-law and all the rowes they played? you guys probably have one. >> i was just about to say, i feel like as a reporter i need one of those with the string connecting all the dots. its a lot to keep tr...

Much suspicion. >> stop there. a secret society. secret meetings off site of the justice department. >> correct. >> and you have an informant saying that? >> yes. >> johnson did not in fact have an informant saying the society was having secret meetings. he admitted that what he was saying the day previous was untruthful this morning. >> did your informant confirm these off site meetings took place? >> no, listen, i never -- it the term secret society comes from strzok and page. all i said when ...

Term secret society comes from strzok and page. all i said when i read that, it didnt surprise me because we are the committee, the whistleblowers come to us to talk about all kinds you have problems throughout the government. had i heard of a group of people within the fbi holding secret off site meetings. i was kind of connecting the dots. that didnt surprise me when i heard that term. thats strzok and pages term, not mine. >> all this is one part of the central narrative, the story line being...

There is so much smoke here, theres so much suspicions. >> lets stop there. a secret society, secret meetings offsite of the justice department. >> correct. >> and you have an informant saying that? >> yes. >> is there anything more about that? >> no. we have to dig into it. this is not a distraction. i was just kind of connecting the dots. that didnt surprise me when i heard that term. again, thats their term, not mine. >> do you really believe theres a secret society within the fbi to take dow...