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E-mails. because then they couldnt be traced. >> the old al qaeda trick. >> and he was raising money from at least four donors, raising at least $100,000. and did he pay hackers? he said he was in touch with five groups of hackers. two of them he believed were russian and had ties to the kremlin. you know, it raises questions about whether or not he was crazy and if he was very aware of what he was doing and whether or not what he was doing was wrong. >> to be clear in terms of following the mon...

Weirder by the way -- it looks weirder now than the day general flynn was sitting there. why would he do that? what was he doing there in moscow that day? tonight, thanks to some new reporting from "the wall street journal," we do know a little bit more about the circumstances there. we now know, for example, what mike flynn was doing right before he flew to moscow to have that dinner. turns out he was talking to this guy. peter w. smith. petr smith was a long-time republican operative, last may...

Campaign. what exactly does that mean and what happens next here? joining us is shelby holiday, a reporter at "the wall street journal." thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> so, first, let me ask you, did i get any of that wrong? >> no. factually, it was correct. >> so, in terms of this e-mail, which says that there was a relationship between flynn and mr. smith in 2015, a crucial time for this timeline, what can you tell us about that e-mail, circumstances of it, and whether yo...

Operative secret fund-raising campaign to obtain what he believed were hillary clintons e-mails. the "wall street journal" reports that peter w. smith, whose death at 81 last year was rai ruled a suicide had raised money for donors in 2016 in his search for hacked chin on the eed clin. in addition to giving hard drives to the house and senate intelligence committees, mr. smiths estate has given documents to mr. muellers team. buzzfeed news has reported that smiths bank transfers are under scruti...

Collusion, detailing how a gop operative, the now deceased peter w. smith launched a quest to obtain e-mails he believed were stolen from hillary clintons private server while implying that he was connected to michael flynn. >> it shows you both, a, how good the russians are at manipulating people and, b, it shows you how susceptible -- >> right. >> -- the man in the white house is to that manipulation. >> here it is. im more than happy to be transparent and more than happy to cooperate with wit...

I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting so i thought it really important to document. >> director comeys testimony where he basically calls donald trump a liar makes it crystal clear, donald trumps presidency is a cancer on this nation and perhaps the only hope from that cancer spreading is the nations oncologist, special counsel robert mueller. >> mueller is now investigating whether donald trump obstructed justice. rather than let his lawyer speak for him, tr...

But theyre not just asking, theyre seeking to compel the testimony of people before the grand jury and as you know, when you xwo go before a grand jury, if you lie, you are liable to go to jail. >> this is the first indication we have, the first concrete evidence of the reporting of compelled subpoenas for testimony before a grand jury in this investigation? >> thats right. we reported mueller has been ewing grand jury to subpoena documents. now, hes moving into the testimony mode. there may be ...

Promised dirt on hillary clinton from the russian government. but theres this other thing that happened with this donor, who said he was close to the campaign, looking for hillarys e-mail from russian hackers and saying hes close to general flynn. what does it say that muellers team is now looking into that? >> it means theyre taking it seriously and it will be interesting. the other interesting aspect of this is that mr. smith committed suicide shortly after talking to "the wall street journal"...

The brurussians were offering, father tweeted at clinton where are your 33,000 e-mails that you deleted. and a month later on july 27, trump made that request directly to the russians when he said during a news conference russia if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. fast forward again to september over labor day weekend when the "wall street journal" reports yet another quest for russia access to clinton e-mails that got under way. peter w. smith told...

Trump made that request directly to the russians when he said during a news conference, russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. fast-forward again, labor day weekend. peter w. smith a gop operative told the "journal" he began seeking e-mails, he believed to be stolen from clintons private server from several hacker groups. including two he determined were russian. smith was found dead of apparent suicide weeks after he talked with the "journal."...