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Investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia. senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> president trump called me and informed me he was firing director comey. i told the president, mr. president, with all due respect, you're making a big mistake. >> reporter: in an interview with nbc's lester holt, trump acknowledged that the russia investigation was one reason for the firing. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> reporter: under oath, comey would later testify that on four separ...

Some elements of the dossier have been verified. a number remain neither verified nor proven false. but none so far have been publicly disproven. the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee in the house is california congressman adam schiff. >> when you look at just what has become public, some of the public information is very much in line with what is reported in that dossier. >> reporter: msnbc contributor john mclaughlin spent 40 years analyzing the dark arts of counterespionage for the cia. he said that while the broad themes of the dossier do seem to be bearing out, collusion is a...

>> i call it the russian hoax. it's all fake news. i am not involved in russia. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: it started in the spring of 2016 with a former british spy whose name was almost too james bond to be true. steele. christopher steele. >> and we will make america great again. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: if you were looking to investigate donald trump's alleged russia connections, christopher steele would seem like the perfect fit. >> he can tell you off the top of his head the leading members of the russian mafia, people who have influcethe kremlin and...

He tried to have sex with, and how he behaves with women that he's attracted to. he claims he can do whatever he wants to them because he's famous. >> and when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> reporter: then 30 minutes after that, wikileaks appeared to counterpunch with the release of e-mails from clinton campaign chairman john podesta. >> this is another hack from one of the hacking organizations that has alleged ties to the russians. >> reporter: in the middle of that wild news cycle in october, investigative reporter david corn of the left lea...

Page served as an intermediary with the russians. trump's personal lawyer michael cohen traveled to prague to meet with russians trying to cover up the scandal. >> damaging allegations about trump and his dealings with russians. >> reporter: the reaction from the trump camp was immediate and furious. >> the buzzfeed memo is total complete garbage is what it is. >> reporter: the trump associates named in the dossier vehemently denied any wrongdoing. paul manafort said the allegations were a democrat party dirty trick and completely false. >> it's so crazy that it's laughable. >> reporter: carte...