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Testimony from them under oath and we receive disclosure of the document which show what exactly was done in 2016. john, the bottom line here, carter page is saying that the obama administration officials are the ones pushing this russia story, and he says there's no veracity to any of it. >> certainly taking the front foot, i guess we'll see how this and so many other aspects of this investigation will play out. good to talk with you. >> thank you. busy night. lots of news for you. the american vice president is in japan to show that the united states is determined to act against north kore...

Target him, they would have to present probable cause that he was acting as an agent of a foreign power. comey and other top justice department officials would have had to sign off on this request. last year, page was identified by the trump campaign as an adviser on national security, though they have since said he was only limited in having interactions with the campaign as a volunteer, john. >> well, evan, how surprising is it that this action was actually done? >> well, it's quite surprising. comey's briefings to lawmakers frankly stand in contrast to efforts in recent months by the fbi an...

Involved, with a robocall and attacking ossoff on twitter, repeated bee over the past few days. >> we have new reporting on the fbi investigation into russian mettling in last year's election and possible connections to trump associates. justice correspondent evan perez broke the story and is with us now from washington. evan? >> well, john, u.s. officials tell cnn that last year the fbi used a dossier of allegations of russian ties to donald trump's campaign as part of the justification to get approval to secretly monitor trump associate carter page. the dossier has been cited as a source of ...

I -- you know, that's the focus. >> i think what ivanka is trying to say, who cares? this is big league stuff. this is -- this is our country. >> an attorney for ivanka trump says she has nothing to do with trademarks and when she became a member of the white house staff, even an unpaid one she officially put all of her business into a trust so there would be no conflict of interest. but it's worth bearing in mind, while the president actually has legal protection from conflict of interest claims, that is not true of his staff. and if she were to step across any lines she could come under very...