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Up to now really been about the firing of comey, as a way to obstruct the fbi's investigation more broadly, but what you're reporting here is that the fbi came to see the potential obstruction as in and of itself a national security concern. >> correct. that is the testimony that was given last year by the fbi general counsel at the time baker. he's basically saying, loorxic there was this very important national security investigation that was going on. and to the extent that trying to get rid of comey was trying to end that investigation, that would have national security implications in and...

Into what you call russia gate, the russia probe, as two parallel and distinct things. in your mind now, should we start thinking about even the obstruction of justice probe, in light of what we learned from "the new york times," as part and parcel, that that too is a counterintelligence investigation? >> yeah, i think so. you know, i think that at least in the early stages of this, i thought president trump was seeking to protect mike flynn and maybe others in his family because the investigation was getting too close, so his goal was to stand down on that investigation. but if instead that w...

All the black and brown and tan people in this country is to treat them with violence, to refuse to give them an opportunity to participate in the american experiment. so anyone who says, well, i don't really remember what steve said or maybe it's bad now or ben shapiro coming out and saying, well, this crosses a line. you've been letting him and people like him cross a line in the party for years and now you have to view it as a national security issue, not just a political damage issue. >> but i wonder, too, if once, you know, members of the republican party have opened up the door on steve ...

Enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. >> that is a counterintelligence investigation opened by the fbi into whether the president himself was basically a russian asset. according to "the times" the question of whether the president of the united states obstructed justice by firing the fbi director, james comey, was itself seen as a national security concern. not just as a criminal matter. quote, if the president had fired mr. comey to stop the russia investigation, the action would have been a national security issue because it naturally would have hurt the bureau's...

Ability to understand how russia meddled in the election. interfered in the election, helped get donald trump elected. >> i thing for a lot of people when they hear this story, and it is indeed a bombshell, and congratulations on the scoop, the fbi seemed to have been the more reticent of the agencies that were investigating during the 2016 campaign. the very famously essentially downplayed the idea and didn't even mention the fact that the donald trump campaign was under investigation during the campaign. is it your reporting that at some point after donald trump was elected they came to see ...