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Senior correspondent sam kiley live in moscow. sam. >> reporter: dave, this is a report from the online tabloid newspaper which claims and we haven't been able to verify this that mr. whelan was caught red handed with an electronic device, a memory stick of some kind, listing some sensitive information after meeting one of his long-term contacts. he was supposedly here visiting friends who were getting married and a former american forces soldier getting married to a russian woman. it all went horribly wrong on december 28th for mr. whelan when he was arrested in the hotel where he has been re...

Her employer who has since then, fusion gps. bruce ohr was up on capitol hill for a similar deposition in august. he came with attorneys from the justice department and the fbi and lawmakers said he was forth coming. they also have an extensive paper trail to work with. there are about a dozen fbi interviews. some bruce ohr's contact with the dossier in 2016. a person who has a lot of the answers is the co-founder of gps. he was here for a deposition earlier this week, where he took the fifth and also ignored reporters see questions. >> mr. simpson, what was on the memory stick that you gave j...

Would not take reporters' questions. as you mentioned, nelly ohr matters because she was a researcher for fusion gps, the firm behind the dnc and clinton campaign funded dossier and her husband, justice department official bruce ohr based on documents and emails indicate that he was a back channel for getting the dossier to the f.b.i. in the fall of 2016. bruce ohr testified about a month ago, or six weeks ago here on capitol hill. he also came voluntarily to the hill. the person who has so many of the answers is the co-founder of fusion gps glenn simpson. this week he took the fifth. >> mr. s...

>> why are you taking the fifth? mr. simpson? are you facing legal or criminal exposure? mr. simpson, why is there discrepancy between your earlier testimony and that of justice department official bruce ohr? mr. simpson, what was on the memory stick that you gave justice department official bruce ohr in late 2016? mr. simpson, will you take our questions? after the session which lasted about 45 minutes, glenn simpson did not speak to reporters, but his attorney joshua leavy had a lengthy statement. he said the fact that republicans in the house forced him to come here to comply with the subpo...

By the clinton campaign for the trump dossier based on the former spy christopher steele's research. after the f.b.i. dropped steele as a source in 2016, the republican-led house intelligence committee found that steele maintained contact using ohr as a back channel. in december of 2016, ohr's notes also indicate a meeting with glenn simpson in washington, d.c.'s chinatown. with ohr writing "glennn gave me a memory stick." today the justice department declined to comment on ohr who is scheduled to give a closed door interview august 28. he told fox that the focus is on handling the dossier and...