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And it has to be excised. >> reporter: as flynns lawyer likes to say, his client has kwo quite a story to tell. >> and general flynn recently seeking immunity, his attorney saying he has quite a story to tell. but that has not been taken up yet. >> this week experts testify before the u.s. senate intelligence committee that the russian government had an army of internet trolls that tried to dupe the country during the 2016 election. >> in some cases, it worked, in fact. brian todd shows us how. ...

Wikileaks can directly be called a tool of russia. is there a distinction of wikileaks and rt or "sputnik." >> those are state sponsored outlets. they are going to put forth the kremlin line. in the middle are what we call gray outlets. some of these are just organizations that enjoy conspiracy theories because thats what their audience wants. some are tools for that effort. wikileaks deliberately received this information. we know it because some showing up as d.c. leaks. they are becoming tool...

He denies intel about united states about russia. he claims the election could be rigged. that was the number one pushed by "sputnik" news all the way up until the election. >> that was former fbi special agent clint watts thursday during his testimony before the senate intelligence committee. clint is joining me here today along with republican strategist and msnbc analyst michael steele. still with me, malcolm nance. thank you for being here. clint, im going to go right to you on that. it was ...

Hacked materials were strategically leaked. the disclosures of wikileaks, guccifer 2.0 and d.c. leaks demonstrated how hacks would influence the power in the two years. on the evening of 30 july 2016, my colleagues and i watched as rt and sputnik news simultaneously launched false stories of the u.s. air base in insir lick turkey being overrun. within minutes, automated bots amplified this false news story. more than 7500 tweets going back to the active measures accounts we tracked in the previo...

Out around 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, the first two places that picked it up were r.t. and sputnik, both controlled by the russian government. isnt that interested? >> its very convenient. thanks. nice to talk to you. hope you come back. >> thank you. >> shepard: democratic leaders have tried to promise to filibuster the confirmation of neil gorsuch. but now two democrats say they will support gorsuch. if more democrats follow, it could be smooth sailing for judge gorsuch as he tries to reach ...

Choreographed times that would cost maximum damage to one candidate. they did this with an unprecedented level of sophistication about american presidential politics that should be a line of inquiry for us on this committee, and candidly, while it helped one candidate this time, they are not favoring one party over another and consequently should be concerned for all of us. second, russia continually sought to diminish and undermine our trust in the american media, like blurring our faith in wha...

Information, again targeted from an ip address from an unknown location in russia and thats effort was also unsuccessful. >> reporter: watts a senior fellow at national security think tank said during the campaign donald trump repeated claims also pushed by russian media. >> he denies the intel from the united states about russia. he claimed that the election could be rigged. that was the number one theme pushed by r.t. sputnik news all the way up until election. >> reporter: senator ron widen n...

Because they have clear ideas on thousand fight terror. deal with illegal immigration and the future of jobs. >> reporter: there is also the growing influence in europe of russian backed media outlets like rt and sputnik put out in different languages. disseminating fake news on social media and hacking here too which russia denies. so what is the goal here? some observers say that an isolated russia is simply looking for any friends or allies it can find in europe. and others say that they thin...

Because they have clear ideas on thousand fight terror. deal with illegal immigration and the future of jobs. >> reporter: there is also the growing influence in europe of russian backed media outlets like rt and sputnik put out in different languages. disseminating fake news on social media and hacking here too which russia denies. so what is the goal here? some observers say that an isolated russia is simply looking for any friends or allies it can find in europe. and others say that they thin...

The trump side wanted to meet as well. >> this is the black box. still not had a serious explanation from donald trump about his intrigue with russia. what does he want to do? does he want to do it? does he like russian souls? want to do it because its contrary? like putin because everyone in american establishment cant stand him? get a lot of money from russians? see sputnik as little boy and want to see the other part of the world? does he find new russians like him, crass and crude and liking...