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Democrats. countering claims from republicans that the fbi abused its surveillance power by targeting carter page in 2016. the democratic memo released last night argues that the surveillance warrant used to monitor page was appropriate. it also reveals the fbi first met with page back in march 2016 before the controversial steele dossier on donald trump and russia was written. the memo also asserts that the justice department specifically disclosed to the fisa court that steele was hired by pol...

Christopher steele know, what did he know that might influence him that might bias him? christopher steele did not who was paying, who was paying the freight. what the fbi properly reported was, what they suspected, what steele may have suspected, thats what theyre supposed to do and to suggest otherwise, to take issue -- ive been on the committee now for ten years, this is the first time the republicans have ever taken an issue with any fisa application. i dont think its a coincidence that it s...

The second point, jake, its very important for people to know. the issue is what did christopher steele know, what did he know that might influence him that might bias him? christopher steele did not who was paying, who was paying the freight. what the fbi properly reported was, what they suspected, what steele may have suspected, thats what theyre supposed to do and to suggest otherwise, to take issue -- ive been on the committee now for ten years, this is the first time the republicans have ev...

It was important. theres been a lot made about the fact that some of the steele reporting at the time it was included was uncorroborated. thats true of almost every warrant application. if search warrant applications and criminal wiretap applications and fisa court applications could only rely on things that were proven and verified, youd have very few of them. you need to get probable cause that a crime is committed or that someone is acting as an agent of a foreign power. >> your memo also say...

That. it was important. theres been a lot made about the fact that some of the steele reporting at the time it was included was uncorroborated. thats true of almost every warrant application. if search warrant applications and criminal wiretap applications and fisa court applications could only rely on things that were proven and verified, youd have very few of them. you need to get probable cause that a crime is committed or that someone is acting as an agent of a foreign power. >> your memo al...

Research firm fusion gps. whats key here is that fox has previously reported based on british court records that former british spy christopher steele briefed six american media outlets on the dossier and allegations against then candidate trump. it appears it was reporting. after steeles contact was cut off with the bureau the four-paim memo states that steele and fusion gps continued to pass information to the f.b.i. through the justice department official bruce ohr who was recently demoted ov...

Dossier and how much the fbi may have relied on that when getting those fisa surveillance warrants. president trump met today with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in differences between a republican memo that explains the spy powers and the democrat memo that counters at narrative for this is after president trump refused to rule out firing the deputy attorney general . >> shannon, great to see if youre just breaking tonight, we are getting our hands on a less redacted version of the crim...

Have relied on that when getting those fisa surveillance warrants. president trump met today with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in differences between a republican memo that explains the spy powers and the democrat memo that counters at narrative for this is after president trump refused to rule out firing the deputy attorney general . >> shannon, great to see if youre just breaking tonight, we are getting our hands on a less redacted version of the criminal referral that senator chuck ...