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And he is saying it's a lot more important than you let on. >> if i was, then i'm sorry that i did that but i meant it was one part of the presentation to the court. it was not a huge part of the presentation to the court but it was the fact according to his report that convinced the lawyers to go forward. chris: all right. then there is the issue of how reliable the steele dossier in fact was. on january 6th, 2017 in the trump tower, you briefed donald trump, president-elect about the steele dossier. that same month the fbi talks to steele's main russian contact, named person who he based the...

And he is saying it's a lot more important than you let on. >> if i was, then i'm sorry that i did that but i meant it was one part of the presentation to the court. it was not a huge part of the presentation to the court but it was the fact according to his report that convinced the lawyers to go forward. chris: all right. then there is the issue of how reliable the steele dossier in fact was. on january 6th, 2017 in the trump tower, you briefed donald trump, president-elect about the steele dossier. that same month the fbi talks to steele's main russian contact, named person who he based the...

The united states. chris: but you're not answering my question. >> yeah. let me answer the question about you saying there was no bias opening the report. chris: i didn't say it. that is what the inspector general said. >> yeah. john durham disagreed with that the inspector general can only look at doj he can only talk to people who would talk to him. he tried to talk to comey. he brought comey in. he had to read, comey kept saying he couldn't recall, he couldn't recollect. they had to read him back in his security clearance, he refused to do that because he didn't want to answer for all this....

President trump has lashed out calling it investment to the country. but he has it could be good for him politically you said you wanted to respond to director comey. >> sure do. chris: go ahead. >> he is right. the men and women in the fbi deserve much better than what they had in james comey. that man was fired in disgrace. he must have read a different report than we all read. he presided over the fbi in times worse than when j. edgar hoover was at the fbi. that man led the fbi and it's unbelievable. that steele dossier was essential and central to this report. it was fake. we know it was f...

Essential role in the decision to seek a fisa order. chris: horowitz says it wasn't part as you told bret baier, it was not part of a broader mosaic. he said it played an essential role in establishing probable cause. he said in fact he says if it hadn't been for the steele dossier the fbi wouldn't even have submitted a fisa application that had been reviewed in april of 2016 or august of 2016. decided not to do it. they get the steele dossier. they do i had. it was not part of a broader mosaic. that is what you said sir? >> i'm not sure he and i are saying different things. what his report sa...