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Counter intelligence investigation into the trump team was going on, how do you assess what he is saying? >> well i think he's deliberately spinning the narrative that whereby he's a victim of the deep state spying on him or spying on the campaign. which is -- which is not the case. what we're concerned about and what particularly the fbi but everybody else -- particularly the fisch was -- the fbi was concerned about the russians and what they were doing to penetrate or influence the campaign. for me, they were simply doing their jobs. what we expect them to do. >> does it offend you when the ...

Welcome back. president trump and his allies pushing a narrative unproven so far that the intelligence community under president obama planted political spies to politically spy on his campaign. intelligence officials including the former director of national intelligence, retired general james clapper are denying what he is suggesting. >> they were spying on -- a term i don't particularly like, but on what the russians were doing. trying to understand were the russians infiltrating and trying to gain access and leverage and influence. >> and so why doesn't he like that? he should be happy -- ...

In, a violation of the norms. he feeds off of a violation of the norms. and that is why congress cannot abdicate the responsibility because they hold the power. how far will they let this go. >> there is a lost talk of whether we're in a constitutional crisis and everyone agrees the norms are destroyed so what will anybody do about it? republicans won't do anything. that is over. >> obviously. >> the democrats could do more than write the letters. you have tools when i was on the hill we used the tools to force votes, to hold nominees, you have things that you could do and they're doing nothin...

Jb in the white house and you said he was talking to a audience of one. no he was doing what he was supposed. >> the audience of one i was referring to was robert mueller when he said i want ensure you're not just out to get the president the american charged with that role according to everyone, special counsel to investigate the trump campaign in the orbit is robert mueller. i wasn't making a den gas station about donald trump tor a federal judge but the point is well taken that many people believe he was talking to. >> we got to get a break the point is he was reading from a cnn report. we'...

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