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>> reporter: christie and victor, for the first time u.s. investigators tell cnn they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former british intelligence agent. cnn was first to report last month that then president-elect donald trump and president barack obama were briefed on the existence of the memos prior to the inauguration. until now, u.s. officials have said that none of the content or allegations have been verified. but now, multiple curre...

Well, cnn has learned new information about the ongoing investigation into allegations raised in a collection of memos created by a former british intelligence agent for political opponents of then-candidate donald trump. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has details. >> for the first time u.s. investigators tell cnn they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former british intelligence agent. cnn was first to report last mon...

New information cnn has learned about that ongoing investigation into allegations that were raised in that collection of memos. the memos that were created by a former british intelligence agent. they were for opponents of then candidate donald trump. cnn national security correspondent jim sciutto and justice correspondent evan perez and pamela brown are working the story. >> why is the court details contained in this dossier important? >> well, jim, until now, u.s. officials have said that non...

And president trump meeting with the japanese prime minister at mar-a-lago. good evening, we begin with breaking news out front on this friday, we have learned new information into allegations raised in a collection of memos, created by that former british intelligence agent. jim sciuto has been working on this story, breaking it at that time president trump had been briefed on this summary memo. what have you learned tonight? >> reporter: for the first time u.s. investigators say they have corr...

This ask we need to find out more. >> we have ridiculed by most news source, we are saying lets take something somebody wrote when start an investigation. >> there is not just an old body who did the report. this is a respected -- this is respected intelligence agent that did the report. you cant just bush it aside and say theres nothing to do. lets do the investigating thats needed to be done to find out whether or not were putting a man in office and the most important office in the free world...

Years, thats why i do have confidence in both the agency and the leadership of it. >> 22 days before the election he said they had to look at emails found on anthony weiners laptop. did you advise director comey to write that letter? >> this matter was discussed vigorously at the highest levels of the department, that does include me. my views were known to the director. beyond that we dont comment on the internal discussions and the director has spoken about that so ill let his words stand. >> ...

Political appointment in the entire u.s. government all around the world, everybody and every agencies has been told to clear the desk get out january 20th by noon. how about anybody investigating the intelligence agent, can get rid of them. >> this investigation could depending on how it comes out help give him cover to help fire him. comb me is upset over the course of the narrative -- >> new e-mails relating to clintons case. here he is. >> i have to give fbi that was bad what happened origin...

Research entities from the republic inside and the democratic side, that was then circulated. this former intelligence agent from mi6 in britain who was the one that allegedly compiled this was doing it at the behest of a super pac of some sort. >> david: forgive me, because i know the guy involved, glenn simpson, who was the man who runs the agency that subcontracted the british intel guy, used to be a "wall street journal" reporter i used to work with. he was a guy, he is a muckraking journali...

Remember, donald trump said that yesterday in what s.e.a.l.s seemed to be a bit of a change. -- on hack ridiculous, something that deeply surprised us in the kremlin. but the most interesting thing, andrea, i think, and listen to his words were when i asked him about those other unconfirmed, unverified reports that donald trump might have been compromised in some way on his visits to russia. heres what he said. did any russian official, any intelligence agent, gather any information on donald tr...

Russia, maybe it was compromising activities when he was here. here is what peskov said about that. >> did any russian official, any intelligence agent, gather any information on donald trump when he was in russia, at any time? >> no. no. definitely not. >> donald trump wasnt bugged. >> no. >> wasnt followed. >> no. >> wasnt watched. >> no. >> reporter: i asked peskov, have your intelligence agencies got anything on donald trump? he said, i have never seen a file. i said, look, thats not a denia...