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Democrats en Deshabille “Swiss Billionaire Quietly Becomes Influential Force Among Democrats” [New York Times]. ‘He is not as well known as wealthy liberal patrons like George Soros or Tom Steyer. His political activism is channeled through a daisy chain of opaque organizations that mask the ultimate recipients of his money. But the Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has quietly become one of the most important donors to left-leaning advocacy groups and an increasingly influential force am...

Between the steele dossier and the performance of nunberg today, and its this there are a lot of people in the trump orbit with very questionable judgment. and you have reported on the trump business empire in precisely those kind of terms that, like, if story coming together here is an orbit full of people with questionable judgment and an adversary in russia who wants to try to get to them, you start to look like -- i can see how those two things can go together. >> and the president who rathe...

Before we get to that story about the steele dossier and the way in which the mueller investigation is taking shape, im just curious your reaction watching a former associate of the presidents doing doh what -- sam nunberg do what he has done all day on national television. >> your mouth just hangs open. you cant believe these were the people who were in approximate positions to the president of the united states. its just extraordinary. and this "new yorker" story today just in the depth of its...

>> i was going to say there are points in that interview with katy tur in which he sounded so incriminating to president trump. its very hard to follow. this is a guy who has more shifting stories than stormy daniels which is hard to do, but he has managed to do it. i dont know exactly, and i think we all dont know exactly what information he is referring to when he says muellers got the goods on trump. he suspects that there is something there. but, you know, its one marker in i think a long st...

This is a career intelligence officer who spent his entire career in the service of her majestys government, working very closely with britains most important ally, the united states. where he had the respect and the admiration of the fbi, of the cia, of the american intelligence community. and christopher steele is a patriot. a patriot for his country and a friend of america. and the smears launched against him, lindsey grahams lowest moment in the united states senate, his unconscionable refer...

Well, i started going through my e-mails and i thought well, i dont want to comply. >> what are you going to do? his excuses, it would take him 80 hours as opposed to the next 18 months that he has to spend in jail. >> neil, go ahead. >> i was going to say there are points in that interview with katy tur in which he sounded so incriminating to president trump. its very hard to follow. this is a guy who has more shifting stories than stormy daniels which is hard to do, but he has managed to do it...

Until sam nunberg gave his memorable performance all over cable news today, the biggest story in politics today came out of jane mayers new yorker profile of christopher steele. according to the he wrote another memo in which they talked circulating the kremlin had intervened to block trumps initial choice of secretary of state mitt romney. and that the kremlin through unspecified channels had asked trump to appoint someone who would be prepared to lift ukraine-related sanctions and who would co...

>> who would she be shopping this to? donald trump. thats the u.s. government. >> she seems to be shopping it. thats a great point and shes saying she needs asylum in the u.s. i had the same thought. if you think the u.s. government will be like yes, please, we want to see the tape, maybe you have another thing coming. she says im scared for my life. is that a legitimate concern? >> i think it is. we heard today that there was someone, a former russian officer who was traded in a spy swap who ha...

Thats a great point and shes saying she needs asylum in the u.s. i had the same thought. if you think the u.s. government will be like yes, please, we want to see the tape, maybe you have another thing coming. she says im scared for my life. is that a legitimate concern? >> i think it is. we heard today that there was someone, a former russian officer who was traded in a spy swap who has come in the u.k. its not beyond the pale. when you talk about people, talk about human operations, this is wh...