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Rosenstein because i believe the intent here is to try and undermine them and see them gone. >> the only evidence released there is again the fisa process on carter page which cnn had reported a year ago, april of 2017. >> also papadopoulos. >> again, that may help the democratic argument there because it says that the russia investigation, the counterintelligence investigation began months before this fisa warrant was even pursued. earlier you claim that as part of the application for the fisa court, it was disclosed that part of it came from a politically motivated source. chairman nunes rea...

Is incorrect. now, whether individual americans were named specifically is a different question. remember when you're applying for a fisa warrant, you would typically mask the names of u.s. citizens. but the fbi did in fact in that application indicate the context in which this information was developed. so the notion that they hoodwinked the judge, which of course is the core here, is just not supportable by the evidence. >> was the judge informed it was a democratic source or just a political source, congressman? >> that i do not know. like devin nunes, i have not actually reviewed the fisa ...

Exclusive part. >> andrew mccabe said but for the dossier, we wouldn't have sought the warrant. the dossier was critical. >> he did not say that. >> i'm saying what the memo discloses, which is andrew mccabe communicated this was an important reason for seeking the warrant. but for the dossier, they weren't going to go for the warrant. >> but for the information in the -- >> what did he say one more time? >> again, what the nunes memo alleges andrew mccabe said is not accurate. it is true that information from the steele dossier, which is the wording of the memo, was part of the application. t...

Director wray, show us the application. show us what was put together to go get this warrant to spy on a fellow citizen at a secret court. show us that information. we haven't seen it. >> well, he was a suspected foreign agent. that was why they were asking for a warrant to surveil him. >> if you had -- i heard congressman schiff say on the previous segment, if you had other information on carter page, why didn't you use it? why did you rely on the dossier? >> hang on. >> why tell the court -- >> let's ask congressman himes. >> congressman himes is clear. they didn't tell the court that the de...

Party. that's the type of stuff that happens in -- >> the new memo details why the fisa court gave permission for the fbi to spy on a former trump campaign advisor carter page. the case against page was based in large part, the memo says, on information collected by former british spy christopher steele. from the memo now, quote, the dossier compiled by steel, the steele dossier on behalf of the democratic national committee and the hilary clinton campaign formed an essential part of the carter page fisa application. it goes on to say the application doesn't mention steele was ultimately worki...