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Had said to you is follow the money as it relates to hotel and land deals. and while he didnt point you somewhere specific, you believe that there was an implication. tell me about that. >> the thing is, trump and russia goes back a long way, 30 years. there were kind of russian mobsters living in trump tower in the 1980s, a gambling den was broken up a couple of years ago. when trump says no deals, no money, nothing, thats formally true, the problem is theres a lot of money going in the opposit...

I saw the information. i read the information. outside of that meeting. its all fake news. itsnews. its phony stuff. it didnt happen. and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know because you reported it and so did many of the other people. thats something that nazi germany would have done and did do. does anyone really believe that story? im also very much of a germopho germophobe, by the way, believe me. >> that was then-president-elect trump in january of this year days after the news b...

True, the problem is theres a lot of money going in the opposite direction, from russia to trump. and a long attempt to build a hotel there which never comes off but we now know was being attempted by as late as 2016. steele got answers which he told to me and why hair raising. i think theres more to find there. >> people must ask you this all the time. are you satisfied that there was collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government? we certainly know that there was contact, that...

>> the term "salacious" comes up in relation to this dossier. some have said that if the salacious bits around the edges werent there, it would be easier for some people to take seriously. how do you feel about that? >> the thing is, they dont know the kgb, or the fsb as its now called, the kgbs successor. putins spies broke into my apartment, we were told by the british diplomats that we had bugs in our room, in our bedroom, and video. >> wow. >> so the thing is, you know, if these guys will bu...

The sources he used for this, the sources he had used before. this come from the moon, theyre people who are reliable, have a good track history, and informed the dossier he did previously on the war in ukraine. we dont know who they were but i find him professional and hes been studying russia for 30 years. >> the idea is that he has been a spy, he has been an intelligence gatherer, and these intelligence people do it a lot like we do as journalists, perhaps using more sophisticated tools. hes ...

E-mails in september of 2016 and forwarded them to another campaign official. senate judiciary committee leaders said that one other witness had turned over e-mails from kushner that he himself had not produced. the committee also wants, quote, documents concerning a russian back door overture and dinner invite which kushner also forwarded to at least one other campaign official and in a third request the committee says it wants any communications from kushner involving u.s./russian businessman ...

The issue around the dossier is about veracity. thats what everybodys opinion of it hinges on. do we believe this guy christopher steele? the critics of it want to sully it by discussing who paid for it, and even thats a bit confusing. you know him. you have met christopher steele. youve researched this. what is your evaluation of his claim of the truthfulness and veracity of this reporting? >> i think hes broadly credible. he says this is not a perfect document but he thinks, as he said in the ...

You explain this strange loyalty from trump to putin when hes so rude about everyone else, including presumably you, ali, and your channel. >> hes not that nice to anybody. >> apart from mr. putin. and its not mr. putins charisma or personal chemistry. i think its something else. and so does christopher steele. you have to actually go back, you asked about collusion, to trumps first trip, 1987, the summer, to soviet moscow. of course hes invited by the soviet government. the russians dont invite...

Days after the news broke about the infamous steele dossier. our guest was "the guardian"s bureau chief and is the author of the book "collusion." luke harding, thank you very much. youve been writing about this issue for a long time, more than most journalists. the issue around the dossier is about veracity. thats what everybodys opinion of it hinges on. do we believe this guy christopher steele? the critics of it want to sully it by discussing who paid for it, and even thats a bit confusing. y...

Via loans former spy said according to a conversation detailed in hardings book. quote, the difference is whats important. according to the book, steele did not elaborate on the point and harding felt the implication was clear. its possible that trump was indebted to russian interests when he declared the candidacy in 2015. ill speak with luke harding, the author of "collusion" about those revelations and more right after this. when you have a cold stuff happens. shut down cold symptoms fast wit...