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You better listen good. i want you to make up dirt on my political opponent, understand, lots of it, on this and on that. i'm going to put you in touch with people, not just any people. >> he actually made it up. it should be criminal. it should be treasonous. he made it up. every word of it, made up and read to congress as though i said it. >> the president's hyperbole aside, cnn is told by democratic sources that schiff realizes it opened him up to criticism, despite telling wolf this. >> i was mocking the president's conduct. >> the house speaker a big schiff champion backs him up. >> i wan...

>> reporter: the house speaker, a big schiff champion, backs him up. >>y want them to hear it. so, yeah, it's fair. it's sad but it's using the preside president's own words. >> it's an interpretation of the president's words. >> did not make it up. >> reporter: many house democratic sources say pell oos was eager to put schiff in charge of the impeachment inquiry because of his intell t intellect, savvy and background as a prosecutor, which opening statement aside, came across during q & a with the acting dni last week. more than ever some colleagues tell cnn he is well aware he's under the b...