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Documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and be very useful to your father. and he says this is very high level and sensitive information, but it's part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. mr. strzok, without commenting specifically on these e-mails or this instant, can you explain generally from a counterintelligence perspective why it would be concerning that high-level campaign aides would be meeting with a representative from hostile foreign government? what would be the risk? >> again, not relating it to any particular event, i ...

Its job and remember, this all started in 2016 because they were concerned, top intelligence officials about russia meddling in our election. this confidential source was placed where they were placed to find out about nefarious action by russia and not to spy on then-candidate trump. >> that's right. it is so important to remember that history which is that this investigation began originally as a counterintelligence investigation in the fbi even before there was ever a special counsel. so what they had determined from the intelligence community and from their own investigation is there were ...

Republicans will come out and say they saw disturbing information about the fbi spying on a political campaign. the democrats will come out and say everything they saw was completely appropriate. but i think, you know, the important thing here is context. the use of the informant, as you just pointed out, is standard fbi technique when they're trying to gather information. the context here was there was legitimate concerns by the fbi about a russian attempt to infiltrate and penetrate an american political campaign. they had paul manafort, a campaign chairman, whose chief guy in kiev was a kno...

In terms of scope of the questions and time, which is to his benefit. but in the end, in my own judgment, the prospect of the president refusing to speak to the special counsel will do him too much political damage and he understands that. >> what about what giuliani was just asserting a moment ago in that big, long introduction we did, that there's nothing illegal about digging for dirt from a russian source? >> well, let's distinguish between something that might be a crime, and it may or may not be, and something that's a really, really, really bad idea. so sitting down with russians to gat...

But from a counterintelligence perspective and investigative perspective, that is why it is relevant. >> it is significant despite how strange it. next, not inviting any members of congress, democrats, that is to tonight's dinner. only republicans. and it is not the only protocol that they are breaking. plus, jeanne moos on the bro mans otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no...