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>> i remember, you talked with us shortly after february 14th, when the "new york times" wrote an article that suggested that the trump campaign was colluding with the russians. do you remember reading that article when it first came out? >> i do, it was about allegedly extensive electronic surveillance in their communications. >> correct. that upset you to the point where you surveyed the intelligence community to see whether you were missing something in that. is that correct? >> that's correct. i want to be careful in open setting, but -- >> i'm not going to go any further than that, so tha...

Was trying to do something to him. i said, sir, we're not personally investigating you. >> and that's why you volunteered the information? >> yes, ma'am. >> correct. then on the january 27ing dinner, you told the president that he should be careful about asking you to investigate because, quote, you might create a narrative that we are investigating him personally, which we weren't. again, were you limiting that statement to counterintelligence investigations or more broadly, such as a criminal investigation? >> the investigation, it was again, he was reacting strongly against that unverified ...

>> then -- and that's why you volunteered the information? >> yes, ma'am. >> then on the january 27th dinner, you told the president that he should be careful about asking you to investigate because, quote, you might create a narrative that we are investigating him personally, which we weren't. again, were you limiting that statement to counterintelligence investigations, or more prbroad, such as a criminal investigation? >> i didn't modify the word investigation. it was, again, he was reacting strongly against the unverified material, saying i'm tempted to order you to investigate it. in the ...

That's the subject of the investigation, coordination between the campaign and russia, because it was president trump, president-elect trump's campaign, this person's view was inevitably his behavior, his conduct will fall within the scope of that work, so he hwas reluctant to make the statement. i disagreed. i thought it was fair to say what was literally true. not a counter intelligence investigation of mr. trump, and i decided in the moment to say it, given the nature of our conversation. >> at that moment in time, did you ever revisit that as in the subsequent sessions? >> with the fbi lea...

His concern was because we're looking at the potential, again, that's the subject of the investigation, coordination between the campaign and russia because it was president trump, protect trump's campaign, the person's view was inevitably his behavior is conduct will fall within the scope of that work and so he was reluctant to make the statement that i made. i disagreechltd i thought it -- there was not a counterintelligent investigation of mr. trump. i decided in the moment to say it given the nature of the conversation. >> at that moment in time. did you ever re-visit that in these subsequ...