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Counterintelligence and control section. thank you for being with us tonight. pleasure to have you here. >> good to be with you, rachel. one of the things i raised here was mike flynn registering retro actively as a foreign agent after the time he left the trump administration. the other issue here is the question of this u.s. green card holder, this man who is a legal u.s. resident, the government of turkey has been demanding that he be handed over by the u.s. to turkey so they can go after him for lots of different things. how are issues like that usually handled? >> a formal request for e...

Prosecutors say that elena -- waged information warfare against the united states of america. according to the criminal complaint russia continues using fake accounts on social media to quote, sew division and discord in the u.s. political system including by creating social and political polarization, undermining faith in democratic institutions and influencing u.s. elections including the upcoming 2018 mid-term election. these federal criminal charges were not brought by special prosecutor robert mueller who has been investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. the case is being ...

To defraud the united states by interfering with this year's election. it is the first criminal charge by the justice department against a russian for interference in this year's elections. prosecutors say that elena -- that's the best i can do on that particular reading waged, quote, information warfare against the united states of america. according to the criminal complaint russia continues using fake accounts on social media to quote, sew division and discord in the u.s. political system including by creating social and political polarization, undermining faith in democratic institutions a...

District of virginia and the justice department national security division's counter intelligence and expert control section. the woman in charge is believed to be in russia now, and so has not been apprehended by u.s. authorities. prosecutors say she been acting as the chief accountant for the criminal operation intended to interfere in our election, and the operation was funded by a close oligarch of vladimir putin. no comment today on the criminal charges, just no comment. when the president of the united states was asked about the criminal charges he threw back a bunch of words at the repo...

Where republican members of congress who control both houses, unless they're retiring and suddenly feel a spurt of loquaciousness and willingness to speak their mind would suddenly start holding accountable those officials including the president who if they're exercising their legal authority, may be stepping close to the edge of overstepping their legal authority or abusing it. whether it is putting pressure on the department to curtail ongoing legitimate investigations or threatening the pardon of individuals for apparently partisan reasons. all those things should be something that puts th...