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So on one hand, going back to something that phil said with respect to how the investigations are conducted, investigations whether it's counterintelligence or counterterrorism or complex criminal investigation, they can be based on a number of types of information and that could be well-verified information or that could scan all the way to the other end of an anonymous tip. that investigation then picks up on whatever information there is, and then develops it over time and so this singular focus on the dossier is really misplaced by the president and his surrogates because at this point, th...

What do you think they are holding back on? >> i think they are holding back who their clients are and how much they were paid for this. fusion gps did what a lot of opposition research companies do in washington. when somebody decided to stop funding their research, they went and sold the product that was already paid for by washington free beacon to the democrats and the democrats then expanded it and involved foreign spies like christopher steele and the russian spies who sold christopher steele intelligence information. so, it went from being, you know, desk stop research into donald trump...

So these subpoenas, first of all, what are you learning about now? >> reporter: the house intelligence committee, anderson, is sending these subpoenas to the justice department and to the fbi. what they say they want is to find out what the fbi knows about the trump dossier. this is a dossier put together by a former british spy. what they're trying to get is for the fbi and the justice department to turn over documents that not only relate to the dossier itself, but also what relationship the fbi might have had with christopher steel, the spy that put together the dossier. last year at some p...

Breaking news in the russia investigation, new reporting on subpoenas from the house intelligence committee involving the fbi. the so-called trump dossier and allegedly political hard ball. more from cnn's evan perez. the subpoenas, first of all, what are you learning about what the intel committee wants from the department of justice and the fbi? >> the house intelligence committee, anderson, is sending these subpoenas to the justice department and the fbi. what they say they want is to find out what the fbi knows what the trump dossier. this is a dossier put together by a former british spy....

This. let me let you know what he said. he said comey's statement released today needs to be carefully scrutinized as his testimony claims the president was concerned about the dossier. he's talking there about a dossier put together by a former british intelligence officer that includes allegations about the president's ties to russia. but cohen said it must be noted the dossier has been debunked even by the author himself, christopher steele. this is a bit odd, anderson, because the second sentence from michael cohen is false. the dossier has not been debunked by its author, christopher stee...