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Deputy general counsel in the fbi who is a thoughtful, quiet person who didnt speak a lot. and that morning we were making that decision. she asked should you consider that what youre about to do may help elect donald trump president. and i paused. and then i said, thank you for asking that question. thats a great question. but the answer is not for a moment. because down that path lies the death of the fbi as an independent force in american life. if i ever start considering whose political for...

I was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. im sure that it was a factor. i dont remember spelling it out but it had to have been. shes going to be elected president and if i hide this from the american people, shell be ill legitimate the moment shes elected. the moment this comes out. >> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, youd still send it? >> i would. that was a question asked by one of my best people who was a very thoughtful and quiet pers...

Illegitimate president? >> it must have been. i dont remember thinking about that, but it must have been. i was operating in a world where hillary clinton was going to beat donald trump. im sure it was a factor. like i said, i dont remember spelling it out, but it had to have been that shes going to be elected president, and if i hide this from the american people, shell be illegitimate the moment this comes out. >> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, youd still send it? >> i would...

The, the meeting i just discussed with the former cia director. trump tower, january 17, prior to the president elect becoming president. this is where the chiefs of our intelligence structure go brief the new guy and the people he chooses to bring to the meeting. on the world he has inherited. they go into this meeting. and in the comey book, comey talks about how struck he is, after they lay him the extent of the russian influence on the elect eggs we just held. no one is remotely curious abou...

Have you to talk about whatever developments oof the day this brings me into a corner i can turn by talking about mr. comey. trump tower, january 17. prior to the president elect becoming president. this is where our president structure brief the new guy on the world he has inherited. in the comey book, comey talks about ahostruck he is after they lay on them the extent of the russian influence no one is remotely curious. in fact they choose to talk about the military spinx how they can control ...

Observations of president trump in the book as well. >> thats right. comey making very particular observations about his appearance. he writes that when he met trump at a preinauguration intelligence briefing, the 63" president elect looked shorter comey said than he did on television. his face appeared slightly orange with bright white half moons we where he placed tanning goggles. and his hair appeared to be all his. the post-also observed the presidents hands often a topic of discussion. he w...

There is maybe some more substance in what he has to say specifically about how the president elects team, the incoming white house was responding to the details and the facts behind russian meddling in the election. listen. >> president trumps first question was to confirm that it had no impact on the election. and then the conversation, to my surprise, moved into a pr conversation about how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this. they actually started talking abo...

Staff, everybody immediately blew right past those concerns, immediately said, well, how can we spin this to make it look best for -- first of all, it shows -- it shows how bush league they were to not say what every other president or president elect would say which would be thank you so much for your assessment, we greatly appreciate it, we will be getting back to you, let them go out of the room and then start your political plotting and scheming. >> yeah. >> they werent even insightful enoug...

Director of national intelligence james clapper presented the intel communitys assessment of russias interference in the 2016 campaign. comey says that during the discussion trump sat listening without interrupting and asked only one question, quote, but you found there was no impact on the result, right? so think about that. comey says he found it extremely revealing. he writes, wrote, they were about to lead a country that had been attacked by a foreign adversary yet they had no questions abou...

Washington post, the law firm wrote to panamas president in late march to quote, urgently request your influence in relation to a commercial dispute regarding the trump hoe pell alberti yeah, that sound you just ladder there was my mind exploding. the political reporter for the washington post cowrote that report alberti theres no one fwort cover this, this is your jam alberti you say its the first instance of the trump organization acting directly for a foreign leaders help with a disdispute si...