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>> she is emotionally unbalanced she's suffered some suicidal tendencies. >> reporter: and her religious beliefs. in judd's autobiography which mcconnell's aide reportedly read carefully, the movie star said, "like saint francis she believes in a good who is close to nature and she talks to animals." >> reporter: is it fair game for you to question someone's mental health or their religious sensibilities in a strategy session like that? >> apparently, bugging our headquarters, quite nixonian move. this is what you get from the political left in america these days. >> reporter: judd, in a state...

Depression as a potential campaign issue? >> well, as you know, last month my wife's ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky. apparently they also bugged my headquarters. >> reporter: is it fair game for you to question someone's mental health or religious sensibilities in a strategy session like that? >> yeah, as i indicated last month they were attacking my wife's ethnicity, and apparently unbeknownst to us they were bugging or headquarters. >> reporter: that's not what i asked, though. >> as i indicated they were attacking my wife's ethnicity, and bugging my headquarters. th...

Senator mitch mcconnell's reelection campaign obtained a recording of political aides. jim acosta is coming into the situation room. you've been looking into this story. what's going on? >> wolf, the fbi has confirmed to cnn it's looking into the allegations from the mcconnell campaign. when asked about the possible bugging of his campaign headquarters today, mcconnell, the top republican in the senate, called it salient. even though he's not up for reelection for more than a year, mitch mcconnell has been gearing up for a muddy horse race. an audiotape, mcconnell can be heard in what sound li...

Points. a reporter asked him a question. he ignored the question. here's his spiel. >> right. >> as you know last month my wife's ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky and apparently they also bugged my headquarter ps. so i think that pretty well sums up way the political left is operating in kentucky. >> is it fair game for you to question someone's mental health or their religious sensibilities in a strategy session like that? >> yeah, as i indicated, last month they were attacking my wife's ethnicity, and apparently also unbeknownst to us at the time, they were bugging our...

We had our lawyers vet the story for us. it is our understanding that the tape was not a product of any watergate style bugging operation. so for mitch mcconnell and jesse benton, his campaign manager, to say that, well, it's just wrong and it's just a way to dodge the issue. in fact, chuck todd on "hardball" just a few minutes ago said that, you know, he talked to the mcconnell campaign and they swept their offices for bugs and found nothing. >> well, let me ask you this, krystal. when you watch senator mcconnell today dodging the questions on the tapes, look at this. >> do you think it's fai...