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You better listen good. i want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand, lots of it, on this and on that. im going to put you in touch with people, not just any people. >> he actually made it up. it should be criminal. it should be treasonous. he made it up. every word of it, made up and read to congress as though i said it. >> the presidents hyperbole aside, cnn is told by democratic sources that schiff realizes it opened him up to criticism, despite telling wolf this. >> i was ...

>> reporter: the house speaker, a big schiff champion, backs him up. >>y want them to hear it. so, yeah, its fair. its sad but its using the preside presidents own words. >> its an interpretation of the presidents words. >> did not make it up. >> reporter: many house democratic sources say pell oos was eager to put schiff in charge of the impeachment inquiry because of his intell t intellect, savvy and background as a prosecutor, which opening statement aside, came across during q & a with the a...