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But house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff says the president and barr are weaponizing intelligence and he says the committee will vigorously exam any moves to distort classified information. ill speak with congressman jim him himes. hes a member of the intelligence committee. and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the days top stories. president trump is on his way to tokyo right now, but our senior white house correspondent pamela brown is already there on th...

Joni ernst and democratic 2020 candidate new york city mayor bill de blasio. its at 9:00 a.m. and noon this sunday. have a meaningful memorial day and memorial day weekend. our coverage on cnn continues right now. thanks for watching. happening now, breaking news. declassifying everything. president trump says hes given his attorney general the authority to take the wraps off of all intelligence related to the origins of the russia investigation, which he calls an attempted takedown of his pre...

Four fisa warrants, in other words, fraud committed on a court to get a warrant to spy on a campaign associate of donald trump. in the lead up to an election. and influence the american people. and then bludgeon donald trump with things that are not verified or corroborated, and of course, this all goes back to hillary clintons private server in a bathroom closet, how she was exonerated before an investigation even started, really.. weaponizing intelligence, fisa court fraud, insurance policies,...

Manipulation of technology. who wants to go into politics if youre going to have foreign intelligence agencies trying to destroy you? we really -- >> like in the gold old days it was just the other party, oh, shoot, the israelis and the russians. >> this is not woodward and bernstein. this is really business darr. >> dark stuff. dark stuff. all right. joyce vance, thank you so much. still ahead, donald trump being donald trump, he couldnt just shake off taylor swifts endorsement of democrats a...

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>> especially when you leave the white house to work on the campaign and know people in foreign governments. even if theyre your friends. the difference between this story and russia story, with russia, it was an adversary. you should know better. the israelis are obviously allies of our government. you do not take favors, work, consultancy, from a foreign firm. >> thats right. i think what were going to find in mueller, theres been an interesting bread crumb trail here about emeratis, saudis, c...

And whether any trump associates conspired, have obtained copies of the proposals and question the firms employees according to people familiar with those interviews. "why do you think that is? >> well, because as you alluded to, nicolle, whats clear here is they were seeking out collusion with a foreign entity, doing what russia did. creating bogus social media profiles. tries to dig up dirt on hillary clinton and other people. what the russians end up doing is what was on the table here with t...

Tricks when you and i -- >> exactly. you wouldnt hire out -- >> youre saying -- >> wouldnt hire the russians to -- >> the good old days. were dating ourselves. theres so much more to talk about. were going to. pi pick this up on the other side of the break. when we come blaack, weaponizing intelligence. how donald trump sought to create intelligence reports on his opponent and staff members from someone who was once targeted, who may be at our table. t our table. so he took aleve. if hed taken...

Election. the scope of work the trump campaign considered included the creation of fake online identities to help the trump campaign manipulate voter sentiments during the gop primary against ted cruz. and ultimately, against trumps general election opponent hillary clinton. deputy campaign manager rick gates who has pleaded guilty in the mueller investigation and is now a cooperating witness sought out proposals from the israeli firm that also included, quote, complementary intelligence activit...

The illegality that weve talked about in the trump campaigns interaction with russia involved illegally receiving donations or contributions from a foreign entity. federal law prohibits that. but it might not necessarily prohibit paying money for a service. so that could be okay. even if that turned out to be the case, though, this entire deal illustrates an interest by the trump campaign and using really distasteful voter manipulation processes to influence voters. theres a lot more here. i thi...