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True as a matter of fact. the dossier research was originally funded by republicans before the democrats hired fusion gps, the washington free beacon actually started it first. the entire russia probe is not based on the dossier. the probe originated when the australians tipped off the u.s. about what papadopoulos was saying about the russians having dirt on hrc, meaning hillary rodham clinton. so there you go. your response? >> so just a few minor details that weren't quite accurate in that tweet. look, i think if he's going to -- if, indeed, buzzfeed has made a major mistake here and their r...

Covering this for us on capitol hill. what can we expect from the hearing today? >> very partisan reaction from members as they emerged from the closed door interview going on since about 10:00 a.m. after that interview from a week and a half ago when comey did answer questions. six hours and democrats saying this is all a waste of time. republican in their final days in power trying to get any sort of dirt they can about the russia investigation and e-mail investigations and republicans suggesting that james comey has not been forthright. mark meadows saying james comey's testimony has been i...

Here because one of the issues which seems a somewhat surprising to me is how little director comey said he knew about the british intelligence officer, christopher steele. christopher steele was the intelligence officer who was paid by fusion gps or commissioned by fusion gps, the firm that's the co-founder of glen simpson to put together the dossier research and if you can bear with me here, i have some of the fisa applications here and huge sections of that surveillance warrant application that relate to the dossier are blacked out here. now, in the fisa application, this is for the trump c...

In order for this to happen. it wound up in something that ultimately heads should roll over this. >> what i would say, speaking with lawyers who have dealt with cases that include the national security courts, warrants for the surveillance of american citizens, is think of this as almost the equivalent of the supreme court. this is one of the most highly-respected, secret institutions and the bar is very high to obtain a warrant to track the communications of an american citizen who is living inside the united states. and what i have been told through my contacts is that the use of a dossier ...

There was a book published that said they were read all the way up to the john kerry level which is as high as you can get in the state department. did the state department know anything about this dossier research he was doing as it was going on? >> shannon: we get something interesting survey, the david ignatius piece from "the washington post." he says, it adds something interesting to the timeline. he says the fbi was very interested in talking to steal based on the australian account. australians had said george papadopoulos is talking about possibly the russians have dirt on hillary. the...