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I think, look, there is no way of knowing this was a perfect storm election and very narrow election. in that kind of election all kinds of things are factors. >> of course. im saying we keep giving them the benefit of the doubt, but there was no effect on the election. >> i dont know that anybody -- at this point i actually dont think thats the case. i dont think people are sort of taking that at face value. i think that the problem has been in as we cover this administration because they say s...

Its absolutely not the case. if we are going to go to secret courts and first of all i believe it doesnt follow the rules and regulations. just because the source was good in one case doesnt mean the next time theyre going to bring information forward that its not going to be, that it doesnt have to be verified. its a secret court. that information must be vetted and verified. >> laura: they name a number of other people and we have the full page of the application that will put up on the screen...

Fires in the street, tires being burned and i guarantee you the heads wouldve rolled already at fbi doj. youd have all the major newspapers in the major media saying what a crime this was that this happened. >> laura: was the footnote a cya footnote so they can say look, weve referenced this. this was someone who didnt like candidate number 1. we referenced it. they did go out of the way to put it in the footnote. >> you make a good point. i was trying to say earlier, you have to desperately try...

Going into december 2016. just the timing is very curious. didnt have anything to do with the trump situation. congressman, you were mentioned today on another network. and again the usual thing its kind of like the personal invective. you dont care what the truth is. its all about propping up trump. >> i saw a tweet from representative jim jordan today who said, sort of backing up the nunes memo, essentially this was a product to mislead the fisa courts because they never informed the fisa cour...

Its kind of like covering your you-know-what kind of reference. oblique enough that maybe the judges -- >> it was the essential part of the application. >> laura: how do we know that? >> when you look at it, they talk about carter pages past. he had had run-ins with the fbi because the russians tried to recruit him. that was in the past. so for them to get a warrant in october of 2016 there had to be something new. the new material with the allegations in the dossier. they could easily have name...

Know exactly what happened in great detail, all of it sourced, its in the book. and it tells you what is still going on as we saw over the weekend with the release of the fisa documents. you know, i actually quote some of the fisa documents in my book. and as one reader said to me looking at the fisa footnote, which was supposed to convey that hillary clinton had paid for it, the person said you would have to be clairvoyant and tell pathic to be able to if i can out that this dossier was paid fo...

Seriously and we are vouching. so the truth is, the honesty and authenticity of our documents, and yet we now know that documents were never verified. it would have been interesting if. they had finally shown the fisa judges the dossier itself and then he said, get out of my court with this garbage. >> because of the fact it was bought and paid for by hillary. >> and on page 159 by hillary, he recited the footnote, which is so cryptic, you would have to be a telepathic or clear violent to be abl...

Heads wouldve rolled already at fbi and doj. youd have all the major newspapers in the major media saying what a crime this was that this happened. >> laura: was the footnote a cya footnote so they can say look, weve referenced this. this was someone who didnt like candidate number 1. we referenced it. they did go out of the way to put it in the footnote. >> and thats why -- i think you make a very good point. i was trying to say earlier, you have to desperately try to put the words together the...

>> andrew mccabe who became the acting director of the fbi testify before congress and saie would not have the warrant. i think that his piece number one. they lead with the dossier. wouldve been shorter and easier to say it was hillary clintons campaign who did this. remember the adam schiff memo saying that the world would end as we know it if somehow this information became public and the nunes memo was made available. i think devin nunes ideation every point, as you look at byron yorks artic...

>> laura: why? >> its absolutely not the case. if we are going to go to secret courts and first of all, i believe it doesnt follow the rules and regulations. just because the source was good in one case doesnt mean the next time theyre going to bring information forward that its not going to be, that it doesnt have to be verified. its a secret court. that information must be vetted and verified. >> laura: but they didnt name a number of other people and we have a full page of the application tha...