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Brathats computer was hacked. the 41 second google map search was planted. the prosecution had no smoking gun. so youre saying he didnt even search for that map? >> thats right. >> somebody else put it on his computer? >> yes. >> an fbi agent had testified that he saw no evidence of tampering, but the defense said, it had experts who didp. two of them. both of whom wrote reports. but, trials have referees and in this case, the judge ruled that neither one of those defense experts could testify a...

They were investigating the russian connection to trump. >> speaking of the russian investigation. i want to talk about the incredible reporting you guys did this week. its by some accounts a significant development you wrote this exclusive story for the daily beast, the hacker gucci fer 2.0 slipped up and was will be linked to the russian intelligence agency. what do we know about this hacker? why this could change the course of the russia investigation? >> so guccifer popped up nowhere in the ...

Fact a russian officer. they said they assessed with high confidence that guccifer 2.0 was being used by the russian military intelligence agency, the gru. >> and roger stone had, spencer, claimed the person he was communicating with was not russian but in fact a romanian hacker who was using the name guccifer, it was originally a legendary romaine hacker. is there any evidence that roger stone knew who he was communicating with? >> well, a lot of things about roger stones presentations about hi...

Address and that address traced back to the moscow headquartes s of the gru. >> who discovered this? was this being monitored and they were waiting for this person to slip up in the federal investigators -- the federal investigators were waiting for him to catch up and they just happened to catch him? >> there was tremendous interest in guccifer 2.0 as soon as in june 2016 this person emerged out of nowhere claiming to be, as this person put it, a lone hacker who infiltrated the dnc and is exfil...

Russian military intelligence agency, the gru. >> and roger stone had, spencer, claimed the person he was communicating with was not russian but in fact a romanian hacker who was using the name guccifer, it was originally a legendary romaine hacker. is there any evidence that roger stone knew who he was communicating with? >> well, a lot of things about roger stones presentations about his interactions with guccifer 2.0 are really questionable. theyre probably going to come under increasing scru...

. i have had no dakts for russians or intermediaries for russians. i have no russian clients, no russian communications. >> so roger stone was wrong. we know in fact he was in contact with not only a russian but a russian intelligence agent. and not just any russian intelligence agent. the russian intelligence agent who claimed credit for hacking the dnc. the dnc reports that the guccifer 2.0 hacker "was, in fact, an officer of russians military intelligence directorate." how do we know stone ...

Of the gru. >> who discovered this? was this being monitored and they were waiting for this person to slip up in the federal investigators -- the federal investigators were waiting for him to catch up and they just happened to catch him? >> there was tremendous interest in guccifer 2.0 as soon as in june 2016 this person emerged out of nowhere claiming to be, as this person put it, a lone hacker who infiltrated the dnc and is exfiltrating information to among other outlets it claimed wikileaks. ...

You can actually influence presidential decision making. but now youve got john, ambassador bolton, next to the president. i think their instincts are near identical when it comes to iran. they both want to be tough on north korea. the only key area of contention between their instinctive views comes on russia. despite that video that you all showed a few minutes ago, john actually is a bit of a hawk on russia. that will be an interesting dynamic between him and the president. >> he has called r...

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Theater. so it makes some sense. >> okay. now to guccifer. on the same day that trumps lead attorney is out, daily beast is reporting that muellers team has identified good news guccifer 2.0, a hacker who took credit for stealing e-mail from the dnc as a particular russian intelligence officer. remember, it was trumps friend roger stone who admitted to being in touch with guccifer. >> yes. >> so if this is true, is it the link the trump folks and kremlin? ill ask you that. rick, what do you thin...