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Briefed you on, turns out is bunk, but the fbi goes back and renews its fisa application three more times and by this point the fbi knows that the steele reporting is not credible. >> yeah i think you're mischaracterizing both what the fbi knew and what mr. horowitz says in his report. they didn't conclude the reporting in steele was bunk. they said there were questions about subsource reporting that should have been included in renewals. when i brief the president, i said i didn't know whether it was true or not, i just needed him to know about it. chris: i think you're mischaracterizing. ste...

That brought it over. doesn't make it part of the broader mosaic, makes it the center peas of the whole fisa application. >> i don't understand it to be saying that. i could be wrong about that. chris: i got his quote here. he says, we concluded the steele reporting played a central and essential role in the decision to seek a fisa warrant, that it pushed the fisa proposal over the line in terms of the establishing probable cause. i mean he says what he says. words mean something. >> yeah. i agree with his characterization. i'm just, i don't see the disconnect between the two of us, i'm sorry ...

At least discussed or characterized differently t was not acceptable. so he is right. i was wrong. chris: you make it sound like you're a bystander, an eyewitness. you were the director of the fbi while a lot of this was going on, sir. >> sure i'm responsible. i am telling you i was wrong. i was overconfident as director in our procedures. it is important that a leader be accountable and transparent. if i were still director i would be saying exactly the same thing chrisway is saying we'll get to the bottom of this. the most important is it systemic? are this problems in other cases. chris: on...

And a total of 17 by the final renewal application. for example, the crossfire hurricane team obtained information from steele's primary subsource in january 2017 that raised significant questions about the reliability of the steele reporting. this was particularly noteworthy because the fisa application relied entirely on information from the -- from the steele, i'm sorry, from the primary subsources reporting to support the allegation that paige was coordinating with the russian government on the u.s. 2016 presidential activities. however, the fbi did not share this information with the depa...

Was what's referred to in your report as the primary report was the primary basis. the basis of this dossier. what did the primary subsource say, as the oig says the subs s subsource raised "significant questions of the steele reporting." what did the subsource say specifically, your report goes on to say, steele misstated or exaggerated multiple sections of reporting. it says portions of it particularly the more salacious and sexual portions were based on "rumor and speculation." it says that some of the basis of that came from conversations with "friends over beers, and statements that were ...