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Around him when he would have national security briefings like this, it was largely michael flynn and chris christie, another pen who had clearances to be a part of briefings like this. we don't know who was with candidate trump at the time. what was your second question? >> just that the fbi already knew going into that meeting, because they had already been told the campaign was talking to the russians. they knew the answers to the questions they were asking. >> right. that's what's so extraordinary about this whole, this moment and you know everything we've seen if terms of their being an i...

Will end quickly. >> this is exactly what he was trying to do with james comey, which got him, bob mueller, got him the trouble he had got, if he had not pressed comey, let comey do his job. chances are good the first national security adviser wouldn't have already pleaded guilty and his campaign manager wouldn't, you know. >> the timeline of carole's story is rife with questions that i'm sure has been asked or without answers being provided, i would assume. but it's august when they get the warning, when president trump gets the warning and the security briefing. >> yeah. >> now, did he hear ...

Comment, it's a mystery wrapped in enigma. >> that applies to this administration. after two years, what is motivatpoet rate ising, motivating, what has been a space a single question in american politics. >> carol lee, who was in the meeting from the trump side? i know the president was in the counterintelligence briefing, who else was in it? the second part, it strikes me as i read the report the cia had talked before these meetings saying we are seeing contacts between russia and the campaign. james comey launched it that summer. >> that came before those briefings, in other words, they kne...

Trying to infiltrate their campaign and if they saw something or heard anything happening. >> they had the opportunity askew to pass it on. are you telling me they had already had a meeting with all those russian, they had like 14 interpreters in there. >> so the reaction could have been, gosh darn it, we just had a meeting just like that, why don't you tell you all ab it. instead by the time of the warning in late july/august, 17 campaign officials had been in contact with russia as we just said, according to public reports. there is no public evidence the campaign reported any of that to the...

Those russians crammed into donald jr.'s office and he was all giggly about it? >> this would have been after. >> no, i never saw that coming. so tell us everything about your reporting. >> reporter: well, look, this is a briefing that under normal circumstances is relatively standard. both candidates got this briefing. it's essentially saying, hey, now are you the nominee. our government adversaries will try to infiltrate your campaign. there is concerns about espionage. here's what that might look like. here's what you should do if you see anything that looks suspicious, report it to the fbi...