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Week. the inspector general told us it was all garbage, rubbish, all made up. >> he didn't tell them that. donald trump's republican defenders tactic of screaming out debunked conspiracy theorys on the steele dossier did nothing to prevent his impeachment but they do give us the opportunity to dive back into one of the most intriguing elements of the trump/russia scandal. the emergence of the steele dossier. joining us are two of the experts, glen simpson and peter frich, the founders of fusion gps and the authors of the book "crime in progress." at the risk of disturbing your ears even furthe...

Also write in the book, there's no fewer than about seven sources that we know of who substantiated that claim. so chris and his colleagues had quite a robust discussion about whether to include it. he is a former intelligence professional decided that, you know, if there was existing compromate that could be used as leverage. >> there's a kind of who cares aspect of this which is, that's not really the core of what chris' reporting was. the core of chris' reporting was the kremlin was conspiring to elect donald trump president of the united states. he was supportive of that and going along wi...

Chuck todd and with rachel maddow, it looks like a ransom. it looks like a hostage video because all of the media organizations, they weren't just tricked, they were complicit in what is going on. if you look at their faces, they have to put their message through and the media is going to take it and they're going to work with them to shape this narrative now with horowitz. very important for them to get this message out and try to shape it. >> laura: it is very noteworthy that the fusion gps members went to nbc first. the hosts would bend over backwards to give them an interview style foot ru...

Clips on nbc, speaking with chuck todd and with rachel maddow, it looks like a ransom. it looks like a hostage video because all of the media organizations, they weren't just tricked, they were complicit in what is going on. if you look at their faces, they have to put their message through and the media is going to take it and they're going to work with them to shape this narrative now with horowitz. very important for them to get this message out and try to shape it. >> laura: it is very h noteworthy that the fusion gps members went to nbc first. the hosts would bend over backwards to give t...

Other international locations, but for some reason in russia, nothing visible ever came of it. >> that's -- that's why we called chris steele. >> it turns out there's no public record access laws in russia that allow you to actually get to the bottom of some of the questions we had. because of that, we turned to the most, in our judgment, the most respected and competent person to conduct some of those inquiries. >> and it's still an enduring mystery, but, i mean, the circumstances under which we came to chris were more prosaic than what we're living through now. weren't looking to see whether...