clapper, mr.rennan and on the people who purchase paid in the complete set up of general michael flynn. we have found additional text messages that the government suppressed including where agent strozk, the precase for general flynn, they knew there was no logan act violation. they exonerated him completely of being an agent of russia by the end of january and yet mr. comey still runs to the white house on february 14th and conjures up the entire obstruction of justice narrative against the president when flynn has been cleared long before that. also information that these agents did manipulate the 302. it was long and over with the liberty of" date which is highly unusual in and of itself. a comparison of the february 10th and february 11th 302 pluralist which shows the addition of substantial claims that were not in there before and not supported by the notes which we also attached. so people can go to the actual document and read it and see it for themselves. it's extremely concerning. it's ou

, the fbi director, but specifically brennan and clapper.hese people have security clearances, schiff does, and they tend to use thatt to say to everybody that i get to see stuff that you don't get to see. so you really should believe me. but they have spewed lies the last three years, and i wonder if there should be something done about that. if you leave the intelligence community to immediately become a talking head on television? i don't know what to do with it but it doesn't sit right. >> that may also lead some people at home to believe those people were there talking brennan or clapperpe or comey, they may have been sources from the very networks that hired them. talk about quid pro quo, give us some information all those years? even though a lot of it was wrong? okay, now you can be one of our intelligence analysts. and look, all of them are proving one thing, jason. whether talking clapper, talking comey, talking brennan, they are all partisan, jason, in one direction, vigorously: against the president in the most provocative of ter

clapper should have been in trouble a long time ago.ime he opens his mouth he lies and leaks. i want to talk about somebody i think got a raw deal. that's michael flynn. this week a motion was filed that pretty much slams everything the feds were doing. the claim that the 302 was supposed to be made con tell prayer was summary of an interview done by an fbi agent. apparently those 302s were changed from michael flynn, it didn't seem like he wanted to deceive. he was having a conversation to michael flynn deceived us. therefore it was an interrogation instead of a conversation. >> if there was ever an american worthy of a presidential pardon, it's michael flynn. we know brennan couldn't stand mike flynn. brennan was a big proponent of the iran deal, mike flynn was against it from the start. they were not friends. brennan had every motivation in the world to be involved in the takedown of flynn. some of the spygate figures involved in targeting trump are also involved in targeting flynn. it's now alleged clapper told a "washington post" r

clapper, mr.nst flynn stems from the fbi interview about conversations he had with former russian ambassador sergey kislyak. flynn ultimately pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding those conversations as part of former special counsel robert mueller's investigation. powell alleges the fbi manipulated the summary of those interviews and claims ex-fbi agent peter strzok was involved. >> they exonerated him completely of being an agent of russia by the end of january. and, yet, mr. comey still runs to the white house on february 14th and conjures up the entire obstruction of justice narrative against the president when flynn had been cleared of everything long before that. >> flynn is scheduled to be sentenced on december 18th, guys. ed: all right. lucas tomlinson live in washington. is he a nationals fan by the way. he is probably routing for them tonight. in the meantime this big, big story. the president has been saying for a long time that the investigators were out to get him and th

durham is very interested in speaking with john brennan and james clapper.ion officials in charge characteristics a and national intelligence when the steele dossier was used to obtain a fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign. where do you think this is heading? is he going to go and talk to clapper and brennan? what do you think he's trying to determine? >> i think durham is a very apolitical professional prosecutor. what he's focusing on is process where the usual rules -- were the usual rules in place followed at lie levels in a -- at high levels in a sensitive investigation. he will go at it doggedly as a prosecutor trying to uncover the truth to see who did what. trish: what would be your biggest fear? >> well, i don't have any big fears. he's going to get attacked. no mat wear his results are there will be people from the political perspective who will go after him. he could determine that the rules were bent out of shape. the steele dossier was something they knew was a politically compromised document. they continued to use christopher feechristop

he says the door on the investigation james clapper and john brennan laying a bit low on that topic right now, we'll see what he has to say about that. tonight, reports that the closed-door testimony of our top diplomat in ukraine, some of the people in the hearing room. democrats say that testimony represent the most may have heard. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. >> useful information that can be used to corroborate that we have heard it from the president's own confession, a confession cosigned by mick mulvaney. >> martha: here is what troubled them, the testimony that he was told everything depended on it ukraine announcing investigation into the bidens and the 2016 election. any claim that there were "weird and alarming secondary diplomatic channels involving rick perry and rudy giuliani." john radcliffe sits on that house intelligence committee, he was one of the questioners in the room and he joins me now. thank you very much. when you read through this testimony, there are things that are eyebrow raising, president trump did insist that president zelensky go

mccabe, clapper, brennan, comey? >> all of the above.ere committed, they were authorized and agents were instructed to commit certain acts. here everything was being done by senior leadership of the fbi. the agent on the streets were exclude from doing the operations they are trained to do. trish: it was a tight-knit group. the former national security advisor michael flynn is accusing agents of lying about his interview with them. it's quite an accusation. what are your thoughts on this? >> again, we are talking the same people doing that investigation. flynn refers to the 302. the 302 is not a form you fill out. it's a blank sheet of paper agents write the report on. the question is do the notes the agents took match what was said and reported in the interview? this is a significant interview. was it recorded? if we are talking of somebody who is just a witness, they don't record. but if we are talking to somebody who we are looking at as a possible subject, we record that to insure the accuracy. trish: george papadopoulos was on the s

mccabe, clapper, brennan, comey? >> all of the above. were committed, they were authorized and agents were instructed to commit certain acts. here everything was being done by senior leadership of the fbi. the agent on the streets were exclude from doing the operations they are trained to do. trish: it was a tight-knit group. the former national security advisor michael flynn is accusing agents of lying about his interview with them. it's quite an accusation. what are your thoughts on this? >> again, we are talking the same people doing that investigation. flynn refers to the 302. the 302 is not a form you fill out. it's a blank sheet of paper agents write the report on. the question is do the notes the agents took match what was said and reported in the interview? this is a significant interview. was it recorded? if we are talking of somebody who is just a witness, they don't record. but if we are talking to somebody who we are looking at as a possible subject, we record that to insure the accuracy. trish: george papadopoulos was on the

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marjorie clapper who was waiting to hear her fate.rs in prison and 250 hours of community service, a fine of $9,500. she is a california mom, the co-owner of a jewelry business. she had asked for home consignment. today, the judge made the call saying she will spend three weeks behind bars. the judge saying a few minutes ago there is no question in my mind as i look at this defendant that they thought they were doing what was good for their children but the offense of cheat tog put your child in better circumstance remains a serious offense despite the circumstances. she did apologize saying she knew what she did was wrong and illegal. in my heart, i wanted to help my son. that is a sentiment that many of the parents who have admitted guilt, the defendants in this case, that have made plea agreements with the government, sentiments that they have expressed they were out to help their children. in this particular sense, the government had talked about this particular offense being egregious, because they argue clapper not only spent th

with me now to discuss all these developments, james clapper.ng, director clapper. >> good morning. >> bill taylor, widely respected career diplomat behind closed doors. remember, it was he who texted this to the president's eu ambassador in september. quote, as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political complain. he was told by sondland to call him. we know sondland conferred with the president over the phone about what to say in response. how big of a potential threat to the presidency is this testimony from bill taylor today? >> i think it's pretty damning already, just based on the revelation of the text exchanges that ambassador taylor was part of. so, i don't know how he can walk those back. >> right. >> so it's potentially quite damn i damning. but i also observed that i think what he will say is krob ra active. in other words, supportive of previous testimonies. and what we already know from the whistle-blower complaint itself, as well as the memo of the conversation published by th

director clapper as well. thank you very much.we originally planned to talk about, but certainly looks like you're in the middle of this. so i appreciate this being on. thank you. >>> the remarkable suggestion coming up the president had today for kurds being driven from their homes by an invasion that he essentially greenlighted. ♪ no matter what life throws down ♪ roomba is up for the challenge. only roomba uses 2 multi-surface rubber brushes that powerfully clean up debris on all your floors. and only the roomba i7+ system empties its bin into allergenlock™ bags that trap 99% of allergens. forget about vacuuming for months. if it's not from irobot, it's not a roomba™ at to cover the essentialsyou have in retirement, as well as all the things you want to do. because when you're ready for what comes next, the only direction is forward. we make aspirin to help save lives during a heart attack... so it never stops the heart of a family. at bayer, this is why we science. >>> another busy night. let's check in yis, see what he's work

clapper. around the wrongdoing against general flynn and i expect a lot more of that to be public as soon as my filing can be unsealed. we just filed a brief to have the file under seal but is significansignificant trade we d protective order materials and waiting for the government to agree to limited reductions so it can be publicly filed. brennan and clapper are involved in all of it and i think john durham is going to make that clear. lou: always good to see you. thank you for being with us. that is it for us tonight. listen to my reports three times a day "coast to coast" on the salem radio network. lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your tore stories this hour. isis reportedly naming a new leader after u.s. forces take out out the world's most wanted terrorist. the white house is defending president trump's decision to keep the massive operation under wraps. cheryl: a state of emergency in call important why as wildfires tear through the state and pg&e cuts power for over 2 million people.

clapper.nt to different places around the wrongdoing against general flynn and i expect a lot more of that to be public as soon as my filing can be unsealed. we just filed a brief to have the file under seal but is significansignificant trade we d protective order materials and waiting for the government to agree to limited reductions so it can be publicly filed. brennan and clapper are involved in all of it and i think john durham is going to make that clear. lou: always good to see you. thank you for being with us. that is it for us tonight. listen to my reports three times a day "coast to coast" on the salem radio network. thank you for being with us tonight. i hope you enjoyed it. i certainly did. see you tomorrow. good night from new york. trish: a criminal probe, criminal. that's the bombshell out of d.c. as bill barr and john durham's probe has turned into a full-fledged criminal investigation. sources telling fox the probe expanded after a recent trip to rome with attorney general barr

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clapper.ingerprint to different places around the wrongdoing against general flynn and i expect a lot more of that to be public as soon as my filing can be unsealed. we just filed a brief to have the file under seal but is significansignificant trade we d protective order materials and waiting for the government to agree to limited reductions so it can be publicly filed. brennan and clapper are involved in all of it and i think john durham is going to make that clear. lou: always good to see you. thank you for being with us. that is it for us tonight. listen to my reports three times a day "coast to coast" on the salem radio network. > anncr: the following is a paid program from joel osteen ministries. [music] >> joel osteen: well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of ourr in services. these are the finest people in all of houston, texas, right here at lakewood. we'd love to have you sometime. i like to start w

clapper.nt to different places around the wrongdoing against general flynn and i expect a lot more of that to be public as soon as my filing can be unsealed. we just filed a brief to have the file under seal but is significansignificant trade we d protective order materials and waiting for the government to agree to limited reductions so it can be publicly filed. brennan and clapper are involved in all of it and i think john durham is going to make that clear. lou: always good to see you. thank you for being with us. that is it for us tonight. listen to my reports three times a day "coast to coast" on the salem radio network. >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: happy weekend, everybody. welcome to program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. my one-on-one with sales force founder marc benioff, we're talking about technology regulation potential, what he sees as the new need for the

trump. >> laura: speaking of clapper, sara mentioned clapper, greg, another one of the deep state members very nervous tonight about john durham's expanded investigation.watch. >> what the then commander-in-chief president obama told us to do which was to assemble all the which was to assemble all the had available to us and put it in one report, it's kind of disconcerting to be investigated now for having done our duty any doing what we were told to do by the president. >> laura: now obama is involved. i want to learn more about that. you wrote about it. the president wants to keep -- be kept informed of all of this. >> we know obama knew because peter strzok and lisa pagein th6 exchanged a text message that said the white house wants to know everything wewe are doing. >> the lovebirds. i keep think mag cabe, correction. >> john brennan was briefing the president on everything. you can't launch a counterintelligence investigation without the permission because the information goes to the president.that that's the whole. in my book i described john brennan as the instigator of the russia

former cia director john brennan, james clapper, out for interviews with u.s.orney john durham, his special investigation. you are representing obviously michael fine. what is the role there with general flynn? what do you expect to be the outcome? what do you hope will be the outcome? >> i think mr. durham will uncover significant wrongdoing when he digs deep enough into what was going on with the cia, particularly mr. brennan and mr. clapper. i see their fingerprints in different places in the wrongdoing against general flynn. i expect more of that to be public as soon as my filing can be unsealed. we just filed a brief under seal that's significant. we are wear iting for the government now to agree to limited redaction so it can be publicly filed. but yes, brennan and clapper are involved in all of this, and i think john durham is going to make that clear. lou: stay with us. we are coming right back. when we do, i think you will be delighted with what you hear. lou: joining us tonight alex vogel, and former counsel for the republican senatorial committee. go

and jim clapper, director of national intelligence. the investigation of the investigators turn criminal in the scene. and william barr and his recent trip to rome working with italian intelligence and not releasing findings to the justice department inspector general report. a federal judge ruling the justice department must give the house judiciary access to retracted material and robert mueller's report. tonight house impeachment investigators prepping to pick up with witness interviews tomorrow. ambassador philip rieger taking the hot seat behind closed doors, something jim jordan takes major issue with. scheduling the interview on the weekend, on the part of democrat adam schiff. >> a rare saturday session. >> something we can all look forward to. >> the new york times reporting a key white house witness in the impeachment inquiry asking to determine whether to testify. the doj's origin probe is a inquiry, prosecutor john durham has the power to file charges and that isn't all. >> we now have an official criminal investigation. th

and james clapper was involved who turned out to be the leaker and i explained those in the book but the hillary clinton campaign of the dnc paid for russian disinformation that was composed by christopher steele. the amazing part is that he puts together the anti- trump dossier lickety-split within the course of ten and 14 days from being hired. that is impossible. the first memo of the dossie dossier, that's the kind of information that would take months if not years of working sourced information on the ground in russia and he had not been in russia for more than ten years progress almost as if he picked up the telephone and called the kremlin and said give me something, anything if it's true or not about donald trump. in the end he simply said russian disinformation with little tidbits of truth. but that was just public information anybody could find on the internet. >> did christopher steele or brennan did they use allies to handle this in these dark spots that they could wash their hands that the information was dredged up to stop trump? >> the cia under john brenna brennan, th

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for people hike clapper, brennan and comey and high-level officials at the obama white house, it lookse all these individuals were connected to the west and no russians. i guess that's what william barr went to rome to find out what was going on. trish: did the maltese professor, joseph mifsud, did he have an accent in did he speak with a russian or british accent? >> he had no russian accent. my understanding is he's italian. he's ethnically italian but was raised in malta. a very murky, shadowy player showing up in many strange places. apparently according to michael flynn's lawyer, sidney powell who just filed a very interesting motion last week, joseph mifsud was targeting michael flynn as well as we three months before he targeted me in rome. the coincidences are eerie. i don't think it's happenstance that mifsud was involved in michael flynn's case. and we'll probably understand who actually told him to meet with me in 2016. trish: we have george papadopoulos here on the show tonight. and we are going to be back with a lot more on this. fun fact: 1 in 4 of us millennials have deb

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second, the former director of national intelligence, james clapper. each knows cyber and these issues and the difficult political and legal background as well as anybody. i want to start with a question that is on everybody's minds. it involves the question of interference in our elections. this is the complaint that has been raised by the still unidentified whistleblower whose complaint is before the house intelligence committee and is the subject of an intense discussion. without asking what you think about the president should be impeached, i want to ask you the baseline question, whether you as experts in this area find the whistleblower complaint, which we have now read, urgent and credible. those were the words used. and whether you would think that it ought to be investigated to determine whether it is accurate. >> maybe i should start. i am very familiar with the intelligence community whistleblower protection act and the complaint submitted with it. of all the whistleblower complaints i saw during my 6.5 years, this one was the best written,

director clapper, how significant is that? >> well, as i said, it's quite significant to me. at least what i was reading into that and i was struck by the fact as well that taylor a foreign service officer and the eu representative is a political appointee and a donor to -- >> to trump's inaugural committee. >> exactly. >> why take it offline? why would one do that? >> that's a great question. you can infer, of course, that -- since there is no record of the substance of the telephone conversation, you can infer what perhaps went on during that call and that's why -- and that there was obviously some sensitivity about what was afoot here and best to discuss that offline. >> how about now going to president trump and how he, you know, day after day on tv, and also of course on twitter defending his behavior as, quote, perfect. he has done nothing wrong. he says he has a right to investigate corruption in any country if it affects the united states. listen to this. >> [ inaudible question ] >> we would have to look. >> director clapper, is it just a coincidence that the only in

you were cia, clapper and john brennan would have to lawyer up. lot of cia officials, this is getting out of bounds, is it? >> to be totally frank. i am concerned of john brennan and clapper. both of whom i admired greatly. look, i think it is fair to say we have every reason to believe this inquiry is not about the past, this is not about what happens in 2016. i fear on the other hand, this is about the future. this is about the trump administration once again trying to do trump's political bidding. i say something about the past because there had not been any number looking back of 2016. we refer to the high confidence and intelligence assessment released in january 2017 that relay the findings. ec most importantly the doj inspector general under taken a comprehensive review of fbi and doj action in 2016, precisely what john durham is supposed to be doing in this review. this is bill barr trying to create a talking point for president trump to say he was treated unfairly and mistreated by the intelligence community and more concerning, andrea, t

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former director of national intelligence is james clapper one of the officials who signed that letter and joins me live from washington. director clapper, tell us why you and these other officials felt the need to come out publicly in support of this whistleblower's right here. >> well, i think it stems first with my vochlt with the intelligence community whistleblower protection program when i served as director of national intelligence and i was a strong proponent of it for the simple reason that people in the intelligence community must have, should have a legitimate conduit for expressing concerns about wrongdoing and be able to do it in such a way that they are protected and the information they are conveying is protected. when i was approached about signing such a letter, open letter to the public, about the importance of whistleblowers and the importance of protecting, i signed on in a heartbeat. >> as you know, the president has called for this whistleblower to be outed and you've heard it from some of the president's surrogates, senator lindsey graham as well, i want to play

james clapper. director, i appreciate you joining us. thank you so much.ndman was -- his name is alexander s. vindman. he was on this phone call on july 25th with the ukrainian president. in his opening statement, he says, on july 25th, 2019, the call occurred. i listened in on the call in the situation room with colleagues from the nsc and the office of the vice president -- excuse me. as the transcript is in public record, we are all aware of what was said. i was concerned by the call. i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen, and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. following the call, i again reported my concerns to the nsc's lead counsel. how bad does this look? >> well, it looks

joining me now is cnn national security analyst james clapper and he's the former director of national intelligence and director thank you very much for being with us. i want to start with mike pompeo and let's call it an evolution from dodging martha raddatz's very direct question. what do you know about this phone call ten days ago to this morning i was on that phone call? carl bernstein and bob woodward famously say follow the lies and it will bring you to the answer. what do you make of that evolution from mike pompeo? >> john, to be honest, i kind of feel bad for secretary pompeo who is a graduate of the united states military academy at west point which, you know, instills in graduates and the cadets and when they graduate duty on the country and just a reminder, i think, of people that are in the trump orb is not unlike the moth that flies too close to the hot candle. and this is -- of course, the two answers are going to be on highlight films now for some time to come. i would note that the question at the press conference that he had in italy, he didn't address at all whether

something that came from the rich imagination of hillary clinton or john bannon or both and james clapper was involved in turns out to be the prodigious leaguer and i explain his leaks in the book but it all came to a head when hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee paid for russian this information that was composed by an ex british spy, christopher christopher steele and the amazing part and explain us in turn one is that puts together his anti- trump dossier lickety-split within the course of ten days-14-14 days from being hired. that's impossible. you read the first memo of his dossier and that's the kind of information that would take months, if not years of working human resource information on the ground in russia and had not been in russia in more than ten years. it's almost as if he picked up the telephone, called the the kremlin and said, give me something, anything, whether true or not about donald trump. i think in the end he was simply fed russian disinformation with little tidbits of truth which was classic russian disinformation but the truth was pub

clapper, brennan, comey, mccabe, page and strzok are the most notable six names. again, i don't me judge anything. no good lawyer should. we don't know what it is. i found it interested when i read some stuff and it was referred to about how the attorney general and john durham went over to italy. apparently this academic professor, you know, at one point was offering up negative information about candidate clinton and the point is, what they're looking at is the exact circumstances under which he decided to come forward with that. i don't want to get out in front of my ski tips, but the point is, you know, if that was some type of setup and it wasn't 100% kosher -- >> so you talk now about the potential six names that are floating out there. specifically like brennan. what exactly do you think they could be looking at with him? >> that's a great question. here's the thing. you know, when you translate this stuff to political rhetoric, it's interesting. the political rhetoric has been that this was an entirely legitimate intelligence investigation. it may not -- m

well, it isn't. >> director clapper, thank you very much for being with us tonight.ppreciate it. >> thanks, john. >>> up next, the republican side. what republican lawmakers are saying and what they're not, and why not. we'll speak with two republican non-lawmakers about the thundering silence. i can't believe it. what? that our new house is haunted by casper the friendly ghost? hey jill! hey kurt! movies? i'll get snacks! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on our car insurance with geico. i got snacks! ohhh, i got popcorn, i got caramel corn, i got kettle corn. am i chewing too loud? believe it! geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. ♪ as your life grows, so do your needs. ♪ and with bank of america and merrill, the benefits you get can grow, too. as a preferred rewards member, you can enjoy priority service and exclusive discounts... so your growing life can be more rewarding, too. ♪ what would you like the power to do? ♪ what would you like the power to do? we're oscar mayer deli fresh your very first sandwich,m

of theorize i think i'm allowed to do that to my program so they hire these guys like brad in our clapper mccabe and so they they have the they still get the top secret briefings you know they have clearance so they get information they tell their employer their employer then says hey joe we just heard from a source which is a source is the contributor in the contributor is on the senate reaffirming confirming what they learned from their own briefing i mean i find that insidious ok that is not in the public good go ahead joe peter we hear a lot about state run media right and we'll hear from the c.n.n. center world accusing say fox of that for instance that state run media i see state run media as c.n.n. for instance or m s n b c hiring all of these senior intelligence officials c.n.n. has more than 12 former senior intelligence officials on their staff most of all not sympathetic towards the president and we see that obviously with john brennan former head of the cia and m s n b c we see it with clapper at c.n.n. c.n.n. goes out and hires andrew mccabe who do you have indicted who was f

clapper, in the obama administration. the obama administration allowing isis to grow to the strength that president trump had to take on. the left-wing national media trying to downplay the president's accomplishment. leaders death will damage isis, but not destroy it. and three ways the al-baghdadi raid undermines trump's chaotic policy. they are trying to downplay another one of president trump's victories. colonel mcgregor. it's a stunning thing to see the national left-wing media continue to carry out their nasty negativity against this president in the midst of a wonderful accomplishment by our military, our special operations forces, delta force. an extraordinarily successful mission. my god, ways wrong with these people? >> you are not really surprised, i'm sure. anything that this president does is attacked by the left, regardless of how good it is or how poise tough it may be for the american people. i think the death of al-baghdadi is a wonderful way to conclude this long, arduous process of destroying the calip

. >> general clapper, you may have been on his mind to a degree as well, given the fact that president trump at least twice during that press conference slammed what the intelligence community should not be doing as opposed to what they should be doing, that's obviously a reference to the investigation into what exactly the russians were claiming, et cetera. twice he said that, once he said that this is what they should be focused on and then another time he talked about the intelligence community not doing what they should be doing, clearly a reference to the investigation into how the russians were reaching out to his campaign, and campaigned with the fact that he did not thank his cia director gina haspel or his director of national intelligence maguire. >> this is a case where the intelligence i like, it's great, if it's intelligence i don't like, it's not so great. i think this gets back to the work that we did in the last administration on the russian meddling in the election of 2016, which still is a burr under his saddle. so i think that's the reference there. and i think i hav

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james clapper and john brennan were obviously top intelligence officials in the obama administration, we are told that durham wants to talk to both of them. >> news much this comes at an interesting time. it comes from the context of president trump facing testimony about the current ukraine controversy as part of the impeachment probe in the house. president trump on the south lawn when he discussed this probe, he attempted to equate the russia probe and the ukraine investigation saying in both cases he did nothing wrong. so this certainly is a politically useful moment for president trump. there are of course several enduring histories of the origins of the russia probe, or conspiracy theories to explain what happened. one of the particularly interesting elements is the fact that the probe started after the discussion by a maltese academic who has since gone mission, joseph mifsud. he told george papadopoulos that the russians had dirt on hillary clinton and that's results in an fbi probe of trump campaign links to russia. attorney general barr went to italy and listened to a secret