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That christopher steele simply made it up or approached it from a political point of view. he was basically probing his sources to see what he would come up with, and what he came up with is now out there for everyone to see and judge. but christopher steele is a reputable british intelligence officer and a close colleague of many americans. >> and again, to reiterate that carter page was first picked up as a result of a counter intelligence operation against a russia spy ring in new york city. he was mentioned in some of their communications as an energy or economic consultant in new york and...

Including one inside the trump camp. now, that last claim, from this, again, op-ed place, weird place to break news, but that's where it's breaking tonight, that last claim, that the steele dossier wasn't what started the fbi's counter intelligence investigation into whether or not the trump campaign colluded with russia, we are now learning, tonight, that the guys behind the dossier told the senate that in august, maybe that's why the republican s in the senate don't want to release those transcripts. but we had a big new piece of public reporting that corroborates that, as well. that's not f...

Transcripts, but we've also just had a big new piece of public reporting that corroborates that, as well, not from the op ed pages but reporting pages of the "new york times", this bombshell story which doesn't just say that the dossier isn't why the fbi started its counter intelligence operation. this "new york times" story explains what did lead to the fbi counter intelligence investigation. according to the times, george papadopoulos is coordinating with the investigation. according to the times, he got drunk in london last may and on a drinking binge, he told a top austrus australian tip m...

The fbi is trying to get to the bottom of how the russians were able to not only infiltrate the highest levels of a presidential campaign but fundamentally gets a sets assets related to putin's pockets. trump fawning over putin particularly in the last week, two phone calls that he made to congratulate putin without even once mentioning election concerns. if we look at this as a counter intelligence operation, that will certainly help give the fbi the support it needs. but that support will have to come from the american public. >> the dossier, which is what a lot of republicans are hanging th...

Doing them the most damage. whether that was donald trump junior or those advising him who didn't want him to pull out the full account. you'll remember he went on fox news on the hannity show and he said i told you everything and then we immediately learn more. that was the fundamental problem in how they related the news. there was another fundamental problem here which is the judgment it shows when you get an e-mail that says a representative of the russian government, whether she was or wasn't, wants to give you information from the russian government negative about your opponent. that's t...