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>> go back to the campaign. during the campaign the russians attacked the election to cause diz order and help trump. po publicly know and reported by the media and obama eventually said it was the russians. throughout the summer and the whole campaign donald trump said it wasn't the russians. repeating, amplifying, boosting the russian moscow disinformation that we're not doing this. so there you have collusion and a cover-up and when questioned i guess if you're an fbi counterintelligence officer is, is trump just doing this completely on his own? hoping the russians cover this up just becau...

Phrased the question, yeah, it's a very big deal. from a counter intelligence perspective, there was always a lot of questions about guys like michael flynn, palm manafort, more recently. a lot of people have been in the news because of the activities that they undertook and they were brought to justice after allegations. but there was always a question, oftentimes raised by the white house, themselves, yeah, but was the boss involved? did donald trump know what paul manafort was doing or michael flynn might have been doing? now from what we've learned from the reporting this evening is the fb...

Look at this is from a legal perspective, this tells us the obstruction was the root of and the original seed of this collusion investigation. we keep looking to find, the quote, collusion, as you put it, and here it is right in front of us. what it was was that the president of the united states was aiding russia because he was obstructing an investigation into whether or not they were undermining them and their elections. that appears to be what caused the fbi initially to think that he may have been working on their behalf. >> let's take another look at this headline. you worked in counter ...

Perspective, there were questions about people in the news because of the activities they undertook and they were brought to judgment after investigations. there was always a question, oftentimes raised by the white house themselves, yeah, but was the boss involved. did donald trump know what manafort was doing or flynn? now, what we have learned is the fbi is seriously asking that question. that, in and of itself is a big deal. yeah, for me, from a counter intelligence perspective, it's a big deal. >> same question to you, steve, then we'll break it down. your initial thoughts when you heard ...

That they knew about that he was trying to conceal. they even used his own words that he had used in conversations. and what is really telling is what mueller said in the sentencing memo, that flynn was committed to his story. and that he wasn't even sweating it. he wasn't showing any signs of deception. from a counterintelligence perspective, this is really concerning because that means there is already a cover story that has been decided upon that this guy is sticking to no matter what the fbi was going to help him out or give him prompts on. so this was a bed that he made, and now he has to...