Rigging Facebook News Today

Internet no one knows youre a dog if youre a dog and so-called fake accounts and trolls and fake identities of ideas of something behind the veil. >> well, and i think i think its part of a fact pattern that bob muler is trying to assemble thats going to be i think parts of a three-legged stool. the first is collusion. the foundational reason for his investigation. the second part and i think the more dangerous part is obstruction of justice. and the third part of this would be any kind of finan...

And the third part of this would be any kind of financial quid pro quos that would exist between the kremlin and trump. and i think those are driving forces behind anything that muellers going to look at and in that context bots and rigging facebook or at least fine tuning facebook to aid the trump campaign is part of all of that. >> heres the question we cant answer and anyone in this wants to answer and that is why does it seem like everyone close to trump is freaking out this week? >> i dont ...

Thing although they have certainly had impact in various countries and yet bob mueller doesnt look at this as trivial at all. why not? >> because theres a lot of evidence what happened digitally on twitter and facebook, one of the decisive moves in the campaign and who controlled the bots? bought the bots? and how they were coordinated is really the key issue. it may be the key issue that unlocks how much the russian fifth in the trump campaign activity proper interlinked. >> you think about the...

Probe is deepening. he report that is in just the last few weeks, muellers investigators questioning rnc staff about the party digital operation that worked with the trump cam tony to target voters in key states and seeking to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of the russian trolls and bots. joining me now is noah shackman of the daily beast, tim obrien author of "trump nation" and msnbc contributor. noah, the saying used to be are you bought or not? the bots on the one...