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Congressional intelligence committees. the justice department did not immediately respond to nbc newss request for a comment about the watchdogs statement. >> and republican lawmakers are using the impeachment inquiry as an attempt to gather information on the whistle-blower who filed a complaint against president trump. the "washington post" reports that republican members and their staffers have attempted to repeatedly raise the name of the suspected whistle-blower based on interviews with ten...

President to speak. . >> there is the tkpapbg of eight. the congressional leaders on either side of the aisle, as well as, you know, the heads of the intelligence committees and the fact that schiff wasnt told this would be happening is blatantly political. they are clearly saying because we dont agree what you are doing in terms of impeachment, we dont trust you, we will not tell you about these actual things you have oversight over. which is not really the best strategy when the argument is yo...

New york times." this was nbc news with a follow up. a review launched by attorney general william barr into the origins of the russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis, according to multiple, current, and former officials. a western intelligence official familiar with what durham has been ask of foreign officials says his inquiries track closely with the questions raised about the russia investigation in right-wing medi...

The president saying that he is considering a lawsuit against congressman adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committees, who is one of the democratic leaders on this impeachment inquiry. i spoke on saturday with jay sekulow who would say nothing is off the table. but they are only in the research phase of potential legal action. jeremy diamond, cnn, the whose. jeremy diamond with the reporting. thank you. now for a protect, lets bring in amy pope at chatham house, an independe...

Yesterday, the office of the inspector general of the intelligence community said quote, by law, the complainant need not possess first-hand information in order to file a complaint. in the process of reviewing and clarifying those forms, and in response to recent press inquiries regarding the instance whistleblower complaint the icig understood that certain language in those forms could be read incorrectly as suggesting that whistleblowers must possess first-hand information in order to file an...

Taken it down. nevada republican congressman joining us. cognizant, thanks for taking the time. they had you supporting this maneuver. thats not the case, right? >> thats correct. >> neil: so what are you doing? you want the hearings to continue or how would you explain it? >> fair question, neil. what am i doing? what i thought i was doing was having a press conference via the telephone with nevada outlets on impeachment. obviously its a news item. at the conclusion of the 40 minutes, i talked ...

Themselves. so i would think it would need at a minimum to brief the gang of eight and possibly more broadly the intelligence committees on both sides. >> but if the president was the one who was working with a foreign power in a way that was illegal under u.s. law and an intelligence concern for the intelligence committees, they would have to brief it to the president? >> its hard to see how they avoid that unless they refer it through law enforcement channels and, you know, the justice departm...

Perpetrator to say, hey, weve got important information that youre the perpetrator, would you? would they go to the gang of eight, go to congress and not directly to the president and the president turns out to be the bad guy? >> fortunately thats the dilemma we havent encountered to date. in my estimation it would be the obligation of the intelligence community to not only brief the appropriate executive branch officials, including the presidents cabinet, the president and the vice president, b...

Democrats feel they need to make this a bipartisan impeachment process where they can have some republicans come onboard and if that happens that could lead to sort of a snowball effect where more republicans feel safe, breaking with the president. it is definitely not an entire dam breaking yet but the fact that there is some daylight between a certain number of republicans and the president is something to watch. >> at least a crack at this point. there was a remarkable bipartisan moment in th...

Speak, of congressional oversight of the intelligence community and the intelligence community has a long-established relationship with that gang of eight as well as with the intelligence committees themselves. so i would think it would need at a minimum to brief the gang of eight and possibly more broadly the intelligence committees on both sides. >> but if the president was the one who was working with a foreign power in a way that was illegal under u.s. law and an intelligence concern for the...