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Web with clintons personal emails he should take it very seriously that possibly it may have been part of a wider russian campaign against the united states. smith however didnt seem to care. if they were genuine, they would hurt clintons chances and therefore help trump. did he become an unwitting asset in your voodoo to his zeal to try to beat hillary clinton? >> absolutely hes an unwitting asset, and as you recall in my book, i wrote about all these people were unwitting assets. you know, the...

Thats been leaked now, the u.s. intelligence community was on a massive hunt at that point, trying to figure out who are these american citizens that foreign intelligence agency were telling us were out looking or communicating with russian intelligence agencies direct, okay? so when donald trump made that statement, that to people inside the intelligence community certainly would see someone who was informed of information that had been going on and had been discussed with him. someone may have...

In this circumstance and at that particular time, certainly from what very little that we know thats unclassified now or thats been leaked now, the u.s. intelligence community was on a massive hunt at that point, trying to figure out who are these american citizens that foreign intelligence agency were telling us were out looking or communicating with russian intelligence agencies direct, okay? so when donald trump made that statement, that to people inside the intelligence community certainly w...

Criminal defense prosecutor in the business. that means that mueller thinks theres a big criminal conspiracy that hes going to have to investigate. >> big time. thank you so much. michael? >> chris, when comey was testifying yesterday, i was curious, how is russian media covering comey. i went to sputnik, which is one of the major kremlin funded english language russian sites. i couldnt find a story about comey on their home page. i did find a big story saying that hillary clinton might be going...

Had been shelved by the obama administration, so putting people who thought that they were safe, putting them back on track to maybe be deported. >> howard? >> chris, bob mueller has hired as his right hand man a guy in the justice department named michael debrisen, who nobody has ever heard of. but inside the law community, hes regarded as the best criminal defense prosecutor in the business. that means that mueller thinks theres a big criminal conspiracy that hes going to have to investigate. ...

What happens when a russian-owned media operation is part of the u.s. journalism landscape? according to one foreign reporter, nothing good. andrew fineberg, the national correspondent for sputnik, a russian-owned digital service, took to twitter and said hes quitting, hes leaving. he said, quote, it seems sputnik is not happy with real journalists. they would have rather have natural propaganda respond anonymously. he is now willing to talk about his experience there. andrew, good to see you. >...

Propaganda-istic approach? >> at sputnik it was an order. when i did ask a question that was of my own volition that did have to do with russia, why wont the united states send weapons to ukraine when there is money in the budget and they give the president the authority, i was told, no, you must clear your questions with us, and if you dont have any ideas for us to approve, we will send them to you. >> i see. so people right now, they can log on, they can look up sputnik news website. its a big...

Disinformation that involved putting out fake news stories thaw russian-controlled entities like rt and sputnik, and that those then were pushed by aggregators and what theyre called bots on twitter and elsewhere and specifically targeted at voters who were potentially pro trump. voters in the rust belt of america, in wisconsin, in michigan, in pennsylvania who were potentially gettable for trump. and that is the conclusion that they have reached. >> translator: all of us, all of us should take ...

>> this is the conclusion of the 17 u.s. intelligence agencies and the others -- >> hacked into the democratic national committee and hacked into hillary clintons campaign e-mails but they also perpetuated a campaign of disinformation that involved putting out fake news stories through russian controlled entities like rt and sputnik, and that those then were pushed by aggregators and what are called bots on twitter and elsewhere and specifically targeted at voters who were potentially pro--trump...

To president trump, accused pro-kremlin media outlets today, russia today and sputnik of using information against him in the election. putin favored marine le pen in that election, inviting her to the kremlin before the vet. when asked about those allegations president putin said, quote, there was nothing to discuss. a frosty news conference. the white-knuckled handshake with president trump and the swerve away from the president to literally embrace german chancellor angela merkel. that body l...