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Russian hackers. that story was broken by "the wall street journal" last night. shane harris was the sole byline on that. the very provocative question in that report from "the wall street journal" was about his connection to the trump campaign. mr. smith in his communication with people he was trying to bring into this project and his communication with people about this effort he was making to contact russian hackers repeatedly referenced mike flynn who was then a senior adviser to the trump c...

Russian hackers. he contacted russian hackers to try to get whatever theyd dug up on hillary clinton. he also said in an interview with "the wall street journal" that he believed those hackers were close to the russian government. while he was putting together this effort to contact the russian hackers, to get some of what they got, mr. smith repeatedly implied and told people that he was working with mike flynn in that effort and that he was in frequent communication with mike flynn. mike flynn...

Reporter michael isikoff. hes chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news. he wrote a book in 1999 called uncovering clinton that looks at some of peter smiths earlier activism. appreciate your time tonight. >> good to be with you. >> so peter smith turns up in this "wall street journal" story last night, also again tonight. what can you tell us about his background in the anti-bill clinton efforts in the early owe 9 ohs 90s? >> first of all its just fascinating to find that somebody you wro...

Profile go the trump indiana i company now a senior adviser at thing a culture accident. they were all mentioned by peter smith as people he was in communication with, in contact with are related to this effort to contact the russian hackers. this is a second beat on the first story of what collusion might have looked like if it happened. investigative reporter is joining us to talk about last nights allegations and this now reporting tonight. peter smith, he has some very interesting informatio...

Arthritis pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. this is my pain. but i am stronger. aleve. all day strong. friday night before a holiday weekend. what did i tell you? what did i tell you at the top of this hour, hu? hu? last night "the wall street journal" broke a story that was very important. it was the first detailed reporting weve ever had. actually, the first reporting weve ever had that describes what appears to be an effort at american collusion with a russian attack on our electi...

Just mike flynn but also steve bannon, kellyanne conway, and sam clovis, who is a policy adviser to now president trump. joining us now is investigative reporter michael isikoff. hes chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news. he wrote a book in 1999 called uncovering clinton that looks at some of peter smiths earlier activism. appreciate your time tonight. >> good to be with you. >> so peter smith turns up in this wall tree jirnl story last night, also again tonight. what can you tell us a...

Listed not just flynn, but also steve bannon, kellyanne conway, and sam clovis, who was low profile but important policy adviser to the trump campaign. he is now senior adviser at the agriculture department. in addition to flynn, bannon, conway and clovis all mentioned by peter smith as people he was in communication with, in contact with related to this effort to contact the russian hackers. this is a second beat on the first story we have had about what collusion might have looked like if it h...

Line on that, the provocative question in that report from the "wall street journal" was about his connection to the trump campaign, mr. smith many people he was trying to bring into this project and his communication with people about this effort, he was making to contact hackers repeat repeatedly reference mike flynn on this effort. thats not been confirm. it was said by smith apparently. flynn is not commenting in reaction to these, in reaction to these new reports. just right now, the "wall ...

Bob bennett, really powerful law firm behind it, and they were always amazed when they would see these very polished, very scholarly briefs coming in from the paula jones side, saying these guys cant be writing it, the public lawyers, because they were not constitutional scholars. in fact, it was the elves, this coterie of lawyers, and they had been -- and peter smith had helps recruit them. >> mike, thank you for being with us tonight. im sorry that our time is short. may i ask you briefly one ...

While he was putting together this effort to contact the russian hackers, to get some of what they got, mr. smith repeatedly implied and told people that he was working with mike flynn in that effort and that he was in frequent communication with mike flynn. mike flynn at that time was a senior adviser to the trump campaign. now, tonight "the wall street journal" has added to their story. just moments ago they have published this news, saying that peter smith didnt just tell people he was workin...