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Open investigations -- >> on your -- >> yes, maam. the predicating information, the information we had which was alleging a russian offer of assistance, it was extraordinary significance. it was from a sensitive and incredible source. as we looked at what that represented, the key time was coming into the election. this was a serious allegation. two, of extraordinary gravity. in trump were elected, whether he or members of his campaign were activory working the russians, we needed to get to the ...

Senior person in the government in charge of investigate iing foreign governments mounting intelligence operations against the united states on u.s. soil. when it came to this russian intelligence operation, to mess with us in our own country, peter strzok was there from the beginning. he was one of the only people on earth who has ever been in a position to give testimony like this, and now hes literally having to set up a go fund me page to help with his own defense. >> during your june 2016 -...

Enforcement officers watching this and folks will look at this and say will this have political consequences in the fall? thats something well have to watch. >> josh, there was substance, a little bit, that snuck in to all of the incendiary environment and, you know, peter strzok couldnt say a lot because it was an open hearing. he said the fbi had advised him not to say much because this is an ongoing investigation into what russia did with the trump campaign. he did explain why they opened the...

Gotten credible evidence from a credible person and this was extremely serious. >> i want to play it, here it is. >> i think trying to keep this at a level not talking about open investigations -- >> only your -- >> yes, maam. so the predicating information, the information we had which was alleging a russian offer of assistant to a member of the trump campaign was of extraordinary significance. which was credible from an extraordinarily sensitive and credible source. >> senator, you lost youre ...

Lets play it. >> and thats when he indicated, if you will, that he felt that they had gotten credible evidence from a credible person and that this was extremely serious. >> i want to play it and get you to respond to it. here it is. >> i think trying to keep this at a level not talking about open investigations -- >> only your -- >> yes, maam. so the predicating information, the information we had which was alleging a russian offer of assistance to a member of the trump campaign, was of extraor...

>> during your june 2016 -- excuse me. june 2018 interview, i noticed some concern in your voice when recalling the 2016 campaign seens. specifically october 2016, and specifically as it relates to the state of the trump-russia investigation. why were you so concerned that what was happening at that time? >> well, trying to keep this at a level, not talking about open investigations -- >> only your -- >> yes, maam. the predicating information, the information we had which was alleging a russian ...

Okay. we heard peter strzok explain in his own words today for the first time what information he was working with in those frantic last few days of the campaign, the start of the investigation, the nature of the information that had come into the fbi about russias actions. and where that information had come from. >> and during your june 2016 excuse me, june, 2018 interview i noticed some concern in your voice when recalling that 2016 campaign season, specifically october 2016 and specifically ...

Interference in the election. >> i think the fact that we are having this conversation shows the attacks on the bureau are working. this created the doubt about whether or not federal law enforcement are executing the law or whether they are settling political grudges. that is such an incredibly corrosive thing. i really think this hearing was evidence of how successful this campaign has been. >> there was some news. congress woman sheila jackson lee had this exchange with peter strozk about his...

Relates to the state of the trump/russia investigation. why were you so concerned about what was happening at that time? >> i think trying to keep this at a level not talking about open investigations, the predicating information, the information we had which was alleging a russian offer of assistance to a member of the trump campaign was an extraordinary significance. it was credible. it was from an extraordinarily credible source. as we looked at what that represented, the key time was obvious...

>> well, i think trying to keep this at a level not talking about open -- or open investigations -- only your -- >> yes,. and so the predicating information, the information we had, which was aling a russia offer of assistance to a member of the trump campaign was of extraordinary significance, it was incredible from a sensitive and credible source and as we looked at what that represented, the key time was obviously coming into the election. and so for us, there was absolutely a need to, one, t...