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The work was being paid for through the clinton campaign through fusion gps. the republicans said the court was not informed there was a political motive here. the democrats quote verbatim from the application itself, which is certainly we rarely see, to show not that the clinton or dnc was mentioned but at that a political campaign was mentioned in is all having to do with so-called masking procedures, which devan nunes has complained of in the past but in this case he hangs his hat on it wasnt...

At that a political campaign was mentioned in is all having to do with so-called masking procedures, which devan nunes has complained of in the past but in this case he hangs his hat on it wasnt mentioned specifically. >> chris, in the real world does it do anything to help the white house/republican case m. >> i think youre going to see the president will use whatever he can find whether or not its grounded in fact to try to undermine the russian investigation. in this case hes used the republi...

2016. thats three months before this carter page surveillance warren application process went under way. the republicans only refer to that sort of in passing when making a different point about one of the agents involved in that investigation, but the democrats spend a lot of time, they refer to it early and often -- >> and why is that important, mike? >> its part of an effort to really take what the nunes memo and put it into a much fuller context. you addressed that democrats were most easily...

Having reviewed the underlying applications, i can tell you that the dossier wasnt a small part. it was the central part of what was submitted to the court. >> bill: i just asked byron york this question. it is my understanding the law doesnt require you to name names when you argue before this judge. is that true or not? in other words, you can say its political in nature but you dont have to reveal which politician or which organization was helping put it together or even paying for it. is tha...

That the chairman needs a briefing on the masking procedures, but nothing what i heard from the chairman indicates there was any kind of improper foreign surveillance. >> reporter: did the chairman say anything to you about the source of the information that he was provided? is it credible in your view? >> he did not want to disclose -- >> michael schmidt, mark halpern noted any reason to give two press conferences would be to protect the president of the united states. we should point out its j...

So, again, my assumption from what the chair said is that these are intercepts that we dont have. but he also said this doesnt relate to the russia investigation. so, if it doesnt relate to the russia investigation, if they were lawfully conducted and he said theres no reason to believe they werent, then we wouldnt have them as a part of the investigation. and now we have made a request of the intelligence agencies for information about their masking procedures. if indeed it is within the scope ...

>> its impossible to know. we dont know what intercepts the chairman is referring to. again, my assumption from what the chair said is that these are intercepts we dont have. but he also said this doesnt relate to the russian investigation. so if it doesnt relate to the russian investigation, if they were lawfully conducted, and he said theres no reason to believe they werent, then we wouldnt have them as part of the investigation. we have made a request of the intelligence agencies for informat...

Information with the white house when people around the white house are the subject of the investigation, and doing so before sharing it with the committee, it may -- it throws a profound doubt over whether that can be done credibly. >> did chairman nunes reveal any classified information today? >> well, it certainly -- it certainly inappropriate for us to be discussing whether specific people were the subject of collection or incidental collection to any degree that can divulge who the targets ...

Referring to. so again, my assumption from what the chair said is that these are intercepts that we dont have, but he also said this doesnt relate to the russia investigation. so, if it doesnt relate to the russia investigation, if they were lawfully conducted and he said theres no reason to believe they werent, then, we wouldnt have them as a part of the investigation. now we have made a request of the intelligence agencies for information about their masking procedures, if indeed its within th...