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Attorneys at the federal trade commission. they were just as shocked as i think maybe you are that he was involved with this company. they shared with him also a particular e-mail that was on the website in which he said, as a former u.s. attorney, i would only align myself with the first class organization. so mr. whitaker was putting, really, his -- his esteem, his integrity as a former u.s. attorney for the southern iowa as part of the credibility that he was loaning to this company that was later found to be a scam, that defrauded people out of thousands of dollars and provided them absolu...

To scott cooper. world patent marketing ceo. whitaker played down his role when contacted by the ftc in october 2017, according to notes taken by a staffer of a phone call with mr. whitaker included in the documents. joining us now, "wall street journal" senior writer james grimaldi. take us through your great reporting, and the documents seem to s for themselves. what do we know about how mr. whitaker responded to these fraud allegations? >> we know for sure that he got them. he appears to have at least reviewed some of them. he forwarded them to the ceo as you quoted from our story there. an...

>> much, much more impressive than -- >> let me get the last word to james. tell our viewers where you turn for -- are you dealing with attorneys for mr. whitaker? dealing with the justice department? >> the justice department. >> what was the response? >> zero response. they asked us to send them the documents. i said, well, it's a fat file, but, you know, more than 500 pages. one thing i'll point out that even though attorneys at the federal trade commission, when they were trying to serve him a subpoena, they tracked him down. you know where? at the justice department. >> wow. >> and he res...

Thank you, james gri mall dirks and have a great weekend. >> me, too. >> and so what is mueller getting at investigating the turkey allegations, and should the inner circle be worried? if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer

What we reported today. there was even discussions about a private jet that would take him to an island in turkey as well. and, you know, we have been hearing about this for a while, and the fbi has been asking about it, and now we have enough people to report this for the first time online in "the wall street journal," and in the paper tomorrow. >> and james, you know, flynn's lawyers responded tonight and they said that out of the respect of the various investigations of the 2016 campaign, we have been avoiding answersing to every allegation, but today's news cycle has brought out claims of ...