here's what bruce ohr tells the fbi about christopher steele. he was desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. this is the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr that if trump won the elections, steele's source network may be in jeopardy by a new fbi director and new agency heads appointed by trump who would have a higher degree of loyalty to the new president and could decide to take action against steele and his source network. let me tell you about christopher steele. ohr was right. he was on a mission to get donald trump. not only did he provide the dossier that made the difference in getting a warrant, his vices were well known. he was shopping the dossier. do we have it? to anybody and everybody in the media and in politics to see if they would print it. the reason the fbi cut him loose is because they found out he was shopping this thing around to media outlets rather than being a valid source. but after they knew he was shopping it around, they k

who is christopher steele? you thought these other people were bad. wait till you hear about this guy. christopher steele was a former mi-6, is that right? 6, 5, whatever it is. he was a >> he was hired by a company called fusion gps to investigate donald trump. okay. you want to look at foreign influence? you are about to find it. fusion gps is on the payroll of the democratic national party. christopher steele is working for a company to find dirt on trump, and the money comes from the democratic party. did they tell the court this? no. is that a bit unnerving? would be to me. so christopher steele is on the payroll of a company funded by the democratic party. here's what bruce ohr told the fbi about steele. he was desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. this is the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr that if trump won the elections steele's source network may be in jeopardy by a new director and new agency heads appointed by trump who would have a hig

bruce ohr ultimately decides to get extra information out of christopher steele after christopher steele or his employer, fusion gbs, had been cut off by the fbi. why did the fbi decided to no longer listen to christopher steele? >> he was closed in november of 2016 after the fa learned of his disclosure to mother jones magazine that he had been working with the fbi previously. >> and we know from the evidence that senator cruz went through, there were whole bunch of sub sources that christopher steele was summarizing and the fbi at that point was believing he might be a credible guy and they ultimately realize this is a bunch of b.s. and his sub sources are saying i said some of it in jest and some of it is stuff that i overheard in a bar. none of it is information i have first-hand knowledge of and so the fbi decides reasonably that mr. steele's information isn't credible. >> actually that isn't what caused them to cut him off. he had talked to the press and mother jones magazine. they had that other information and didn't tell anybody. >> okay, seo you are disagreeing to say only the

bruce orr's wife worked with christopher steele. she was employed by fusion gps, the wife of the number 4 guy at the f.b.i.. christopher steele went all over the united states trying to get media outlets to publish this garbage. the first thing is about the golden shower. encounter thatl president trump supposedly had been a ritz-carlton hotel in russia. you how i come to find out about christopher steele's work product. 2016, john mccain goes to a national security conference in canada and somebody tells him about the dossier, and it's bad, and you need to know about it, and it gets to john mccain. john mccain puts it in his safe. he gives it to me, and i read it. the first thing i thought of was, oh my god. this could be russian disinformation, or they may have something on trump. if you read this document, the first thing you would think of is, they got something on donald trump. it is stunning. it is damning. it is salacious. and it's a bunch of crap! guy thatlly find the repaired all the information. but, a little bit about ste

he knew christopher steele had serious crude ability issues and they lied about that. he knew he had sketchy ties with russian oligarchs. he knew steele was funded by the clinton campaign and they had that fact. front and center right before the judges? they also knew that. and they hated it, just as we have been reporting. speaking he have to be a complete anduttt they were leaking to the press. oh, they are fed information. they don't cooperate it, they run with it. great reporting, michael isiko isikoff. christopher steele was the lone source for that yahoo! news report by michael isikoff. political hack that he is. steele was ultimately fired as a source for leaking. but he had ability. even as late as 2018, the super patriot jim comey calling for a reliable source. take a look. >> christopher steele, is he considered reliable as a source agent? >> yes. >> what's your assessment of that dossier? >> as described, it was a series of reports from a credible person with a reliable track record and a known source network in russia. something to be taken seriously. didn't

>>host: what was christopher steele's reaction in england when this hit the news? >> he packed up the kids and left home immediately and went to stand with it on - - stay with friends and other places. because of his previous work on russia there was an immediate concern he would be in danger and there was some legitimate concern of retaliation and then the harassment of the media with you find yourself in the middle so that was a very uncertain time and we were concerned about all sorts of things from the russians. >>host: during this time there is a lots of opinion reporting and you take on your colleagues from the wall street journal specifically kim. >> take. >> taking on a guess is the right word we find it almost amusing they are so insistent on defaming us and have a long-term campaign of defamation i think it is beneath that paper that has a great tradition for journalism to constantly engage in these attacks against us so it is remarkable for a long time they would have annunciation's of us almost daily all kinds of allegations with no semblance to reality

report and that he/she made statements made statements that christopher steele misstated the statements in multiple sections of the reporting. the primary subsource told the f.b.i. that basically this was rumor and speculation, hearsay, bar talk, and he never believed that steele would use the information provided in any official document. that should have been a red light for the department of justice and the f.b.i. ladies and gentlemen, in january 2015 and thereafter, the primary sub source of the steele dossier was telling the department of justice and the fbi that the russ and -- the russian dossier is not reliable, that it was never meant to be used as an official document, rumor, bar talk, all hearsay and he specifically talks about the episode involving president trump in sexual activity inside was alla and says that rumor and speculation, word of mouth and hear say. what should have happened? once the f.b.i. and the department of justice was told by the primary subsource that the information in the dossier was not reliable, they had a duty in my view to report to the

here is what they say about christopher steele -- he was "desperate that donald trump not elected and not being u.s. president." this was the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr, that if trump won the election, his network would be in jeopardy by a new fbi director who would have a higher degree of loyalty to the new president and could take action against the source network. let me tell you about christopher steele. ohr was right, he was on a mission to get donald trump. not only did he provide the dossier that made the difference in getting a warrant, his bias was well-known, he was shopping the dossier to anybody and everybody in the media and in politics to see if they would print it. the reason the f.b.i. cut him loose is because they found out he was shopping this thing around to the media outlets rather than being a valid source. but after they knew he was shopping it around, they kept him around anyway because mr. ohr kept talking to him. bruce ohr's wife worked with christopher steele. she was employed by fusion gps, the wife of the number

host: the name christopher steele comes up very often. what did the report have to summarize about his actions? guest: it found his work was unreliable, he had a history of knew unreliable, the fbi his work was unreliable, they had evidence it was unreliable and they kept that from the fisa court, which they are required to submit all kinds of evidence that may contradict -- contradict or run counter to the evidence submitted. lindsey graham compared what the fbi did to a prosecutor withholding dna evidence or withholding fingerprint evidence that may exonerate somebody and i thought that was a good example because that points to how egregious what the fbi did. host: when it comes to what many have focused on in the release of the report, the political motivations of this activity, what was said in the report about that? guest: the report found there was no direct evidence of political bias and that means there was no documentary evidence, no testimonial evidence, but the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. accountingve an

here's what bruce ohr tells the fbi about christopher steele. he was desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. this is the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr that if trump won the elections, steele's source network may be in jeopardy by a new fbi director and new agency heads appointed by trump who would have a higher degree of loyalty to the new president and could decide to take action against steele and his source network. let me tell you about christopher steele. ohr was right. he was on a mission to get donald trump. not only did he provide the dossier that made the difference in getting a warrant, his vices were well known. he was shopping the dossier. to anybody and everybody in the media and in politics to see if they would print it. the reason the fbi cut him loose is because they found out he was shopping this thing around to media outlets rather than being a valid source. but after they knew he was shopping around, they kept him around any

here's what bruce ohr tells the fbi about christopher steele. he was desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. this is the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr that if trump won the elections, steele's source network may be in jeopardy by a new fbi director and new agency heads appointed by trump who would have a higher degree of loyalty to the new president and could decide to take action against steele and his source network. let me tell you about christopher steele. ohr was right. he was on a mission to get donald trump. not only did he provide the dossier that made the difference in getting a warrant, his vices were well known. he was shopping the dossier. to anybody and everybody in the media and in politics to see if they would print it. the reason the fbi cut him loose is because they found out he was shopping this thing around to media outlets rather than being a valid source. but after they knew he was shopping around, they kept him around any

he knew christopher steele had a serious credibility issues, and lied about that. he knew steele had a sketchy ties with russian oligarchs. he knew steele was being funded by the clinton campaign. they had that fact. why was the fact hillary clinton bought and paid for the dossier front and center right before the fisa judges? they also knew that, and they hit it, just as we have been reporting. and comey would have to be a complete and total moron, and i don't throw that out, not to know that steele was leaking the information to the press. in fact, fbi included sickly reporting. you got hacked like a conspiracy theorist conspiracy theorist michael isikoff, david corn. all, they are fed information, they don't cooperated, they just run with it as if it's gospel. grade reporting, mike is a cost. christopher steele was the lone source for that yahoo news report by michael isikoff. political hack that he is. and steele was ultimately fired as the source by the fbi for leaking.ea he had such credibility. guess what, even as late as april 2018, there is super patriot ji

told fbi informant we'll use christopher steele -- they have not told christopher steele what's in there. they goal after him a little bit. >> steve: it had been redacted. brian: now it's. in we will see his name in the report. steele compiled the does yea wdossier.he has a reputation ofg honest but chasing down leads of people said were not leads in the past. ainsley: want to know how was this fisa warrant signed over and over and over when fisa the foreign surveillance act. other in the judiciary committee you talked about the council, steve. the panel is going to hear a presentation from these councils. each of these lawyers, the first one is a democratic staff lawyer. he is going to be talking about adam schiff impeachment report. another staff report, who san aide to jerry nadler is going to explain the democrats' outlook from a constitutional basis. basically released on saturday and basically echos the democratic witness opinion from last week that trump has set himself up as a king. brian: the president decided he is not going to have a presence there buzz words you will hear tod

about christopher steele. desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. this is the guy that gave them the work product to get the warrant. steele told ohr if trump won the elections, steele's source network may be in jeopardy by a new f.b.i. director and new agency heads appointed by trump who would have a higher degree of loyalty to the new president and decide to take action against steele and his source network. let me tell you about christopher steele. ohr was right. he was on a mission to get donald trump. not only did he provide the dossier that made the difference in getting a warrant, his biases were well-known. he was shopping the dossier. do we have it? to anybody and everybody in the media and in politics to see if they would print it. the reason the f.b.i. cut him loose is because they found out he was shopping this thing around to media outlets rather than being a valid source. but after they knew he was shopping it around they kept him aro

and even christopher steele under oath when he heard this he should have gone back. i have no idea of any of it is true. that is why he repeatedly denied that it was used with the bulk of information in the fisa applications that we now know also was a lie. that means devin nunes was rig

christopher steele. and as such, the horowitz report says failing to advice his direct supervisors that he was in communication with steele. it goes on to say no one informed the fbi that steele was desperate that donald trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being the u.s. president. so you have got a biased spy paid by clinton's team bigging up unverified dirt fed to him by the russians and the fbi runs with it? that's what we know. that's what was confirmed. you can call it an error in judgment, mr. horowitz. but it's a whole lot worse than that. it reeks of bias. not a single person bothered to question steele's intel. question his sources, question the motive. the fbi just ran with this whole thing and used this dossier to get a fisa warrant to spy on an innocent american, carter page. attorney general bill barr has some significant issues with the up g. findings and he should. i realize horowitz, an obama hold year may not want to take down the whole fbi, so he leaves it to lapses in

officials gave christopher steele information that they said was from a turkish businessman who had been visiting with a russian member of the f.s.b. that was derogatory to president trump, and they were encouraging steele to take that back and then use it before the election. the irony of the day today for me is while the house is impeaching the president, at the same time that's being debated, michael horowitz, the inspector general, is giving testimony about individuals in the obama-era state department getting information from foreign individuals, slipping it to individuals working on the clinton campaign, and literally using foreign sources to fight against canada trump from hillary clinton's staff -- candidate trump from hillary clinton's staff at the state department. sometimes the world feels more upside down than others. this is one of those weeks. i think about a year ago today, a year ago today the senate was working in a bipartisan fashion to be able to pass the criminal justice reform bill called the first step act. it was a landmark piece of legislation dealing with hel

christopher steele, we might have an answer to all these questions in the days ahead. the attorney general, those comments that we played last night he intends to restore faith in america's premier institutions, thank god. these men and women deserve better than this. comey's behavior will be tolerated and justice will be served. senator first let me applaud y you. they might not have seen the great job you did because they only run things that are anti-trump. >> james comey has done more damage to the fbi than anybody since j. edgar hoover, and you've got a mountain to climb. if you got to come to the judiciary committee and prove to us that you will change the culture of the fbi. some people need to be fired and some people need to go to jail for what they did. and, the day of reckoning is coming but it's not here yet. be one comey was doing a victory wrap on monday. let me talk about christopher wray, he has not shown any urgency, he has not shown the urgency that's needed to get to the bottom of this and resolve this. i will tell you why it's personal. my mother wa

watchdog report says fbi director james comey and his team new in the fall of 2016 that christopher steele knew then was funded by hillary clinton in the dnc. but comey and his team went ahead and use the steele dossier to ramp up spying on the trump campaign. they did not tell the fisa court about any of that. let's bring in republican oversight who is in house race. great to see you. your reaction to this. >> it's a reason there needs to be reform in the fisa law and the transparency. my service for 18 years included oversight and judiciary and we looked at the fisa court and their ability to be tricked in the past but not systematically by a biased organization that was trying to stop the president from being elected when he was candidate trump and that's what we have 17 mistakes out of 17 that went against president trump before, during and after the inaugural tells you an awful lot about an organization that needs to be fixed which is the fbi in the fisa court if they can be tricked. >> this is not just russia meddling its hillary clinton campaign and dnc meddling. the d.o.j. report r

christopher steele, we might have an answer to all these questions in the days ahead. the attorney general, those comments that we played last night he intends to restore faith in america's premier institutions, thank god. these men and women deserve better than this. comey's behavior will bean tolerated and justice will be served. here with reaction senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham, first let me applaud you for a great job today. i know a lot of americans if they watch fake news cnn and all these other channels, they might not have seen the great job you did because they only run things that are anti-trump.grru >> that is okay. you can live without me, but you can't live with a lot. so james comey has done more damage to the fbi than anybody since j. edgar hoover, and mccabe is in that category. you've got a mountain to climb. you have to come to the judiciary committee and proved to us that you will change the culture of the fbi. some people need to be fired and somemeit people need to go to jl for what they did. and, the day of reckoning is coming b

and even christopher steele under oath when he heard this he should have gone back. have no idea of any of it is true. that is why he repeatedly denied that it was used with the bulk of information in the fisa applications that we now know also was a lie. that means devin nunes was rig right, and that means graham was right and the schiff show, he lied repeatedly too. take a look. >> you call the dossier unverified, salacious. why did you use that for the fisa court for carter page? no one used it but you lead with it, bulk of the fisa application deals with the dossier. why? >> that is not my recollection, brett. i don't know if the fisa application was released. my recollection was it was part of mosaic facts that were laid before the fisa judge to obtain a fisa warrant. >> there was a lot more than the dossier and fisa application? >> meant additional material about page and why an age in a foreign power. and the dossier was part of that, but was not a lipid or a critical part of it to my recollection. >> sean: a critical part, basically it was everything. another

christopher steele is that former british agent that did the dossier, worked for that outfit in partd by the dnc to do this investigation for trump with his sources. the president has bashed this guy as pro-clinton again and again and again. we learned today he's friends with his daughter. the man is friends with ivanka trump. abc news reported it first. we followed it you, we have it now. how do you make it up. >> let's bring back andrew mccabe and jim baker. i would have bet 50 pairs of glasses that you guys match up with every day, you would never, ever get any tie-in the guy supposedly out to get you, he's friends with your daughter and give her a kilt, or whatever you call it, the tamly daughter -- >> give it to me, something with a t. >> what do you make of that? >> all you can say is now christopher steele has to be added to the long list of people who have been unfairly and unrack lit vilified by the president as being supposed political enemies. the simple fact is he has had a long -- i read in one piece of reporting seven-year relationship, friendly relationship with ivanka

we know a lot about the political concerns about christopher steele's background. i will make a bold prediction tonight. i think the report is going to reveal back in 2015 the fbi was warned by great britain that there were concerns about christopher steele's reliability, specifically his use of subsources and remember why is that important? the fbi claimed in that footnote they had no derogatory information about christopher steele. i think that's going to be a big highlight in the report. john, could you say this? we now know and it's irrefutable. pre-mepremeditated fraud, meanig they were warned on the fisa court christopher steele with his own admission in an interrogatory said i don't know if any of it is true. if they used any of it, isn't that premeditated fraud on a court and they were warned repeatedly about it? >> i think for sure there is going to be one clear example of premeditated fraud. that's the falsification of documents. whether steele's derogatory. >> sean: warned the steele dossier can't be verified it was non-verifiable that hillary paid for i

then you go and you read the report and here is what christopher steele told the ig. simpson approached him in may specifically to look into any ties between the trump campaign and russia and whether or not russia was trying to get a specific election outcome. where did glenn simpson get this narrative this early in the game? >> sean: i think that is such a great question. what do you take on this? >> he got it from american intelligence agencies. likely the instigator of the hoax which is john brennan. the amazing part is if you look at the time line, and i put this in my book, within two weeks, the christopher steele comes uph the dossier, at least of the first and second memos. if you read those memos, that is an impossibility. unless he is just fed a bunch of garbage, and of course that's what we learned from the ig report. that it all largely came from a sub source who is finally confronted by the fbi and he said, are you kidding me? these are all exaggerations. >> sean: give the last word to kimberly. take out the sub source that says, that was bartok. one sub s

oh, well, comey's fisa application omitted christopher steele political bias against the president. e were numerous warnings he had not to use this information and subsequent renewals submitted by comey omitted that steele's primary sub source, the sub source, the only source not even a source, he described his own evidence as the rumors, hearsay, speculation a crude bar joke. and admitted the sub source even questions steele's credibility. wow. and he omitted steele doubted the credibility of the sub. get this, comey's fisa renewal straight up light about carter page and his connection to the cia. one of comey's lawyers fraudulently change the document to remove the fact that page, well, was a source for the cia, but instead said he was not a source. remember, comey told us all that any claims of fisa abuse were just utter nonsense. this is a lie, what we are about to show you. look. >> total confidence that the fisa process was followed and that the entire case was handled in a thoughtful, responsible way by doj and the fbi. i think the notion that fisa was abused is nonsense. >> s

christopher steele is that former british agent that did the dossier, worked for that outfit that inart was paid by the dnc to do this investigation on trump with his sources, right? the president has bashed this guy as pro-clinton again and again and again. we learned today he's friends with his daughter. the man is friends with ivanka trump. abc news reported it first. we followed it up. we have it now. how do you make it up? let's bring back andrew mccabe and jim baker. i would have bet 50 pairs of glasses like you guys match up with every day that you would never, ever get any kind of tie-inli like it, but here we a, andrew. the guy is supposedly out to get you. he's friends with your daughter and gave her a kilt, or whatever you call it. something with a "t." give me it so i don't disrespect -- >> a tartan. >> what do you make of that? >> all you can say, chris, is that now christopher steele has to be added to the long, long list of people who have been unfairly and inaccurately vilified by the president has being supposed political enemies. the simple fact is he has had a long

the inspector general's report also found a stunning connection between christopher steele and someone he used to call a friend, ivanka trump. the a breaking news of the night is that specific articles of impeachment might be announced by house leadership tomorrow morning. the chairs of the four house impeachment inquiry committees had a meeting with speaker nancy pelosi tonight in her office, and when the house foreign affairs committee chair left that meeting, he said there will be an announcement tomorrow morning on impeachment with the relevant chairs. chairman engel said, yeah, everything. in today's impeachment hearing in the house judiciary committee house sbeelg committee counsel daniel goldman presented the case against donald trump. in making that case, daniel goldman made a factual statement that every republican in the room today and every republican in the house and the senate has refused to admit. president trump got caught. >> by early september the president's scheme was unraveling. on september 9th, the intelligence oversight and foreign affairs committees announced an

but bruce ohr, he ultimately decides to get extra information out of christopher steele after christopher steele or his employer, fusion gps, had been cut off by the fbi. why did the fbi decide to no longer listen to christopher steele? >> he was closed in november of 2016 after the fbi learned of his disclosure to mother jones magazine that he had been worked with the fbi previously. >> and we know from the evidence that senator cruz went through there were a bunch of subsources that christopher steele was summarizing and they were believing he might be a credible guy and they realized that this is a bunch of bs and his sub sources are saying i said some of this in jest and some of it is stuff i overheard in a bar. and so the fbi decides reasonably that mr. steele's information isn't credible, right, so they cut him off? >> that isn't what caused them to caught them off. they learned he talked to the press and mother jones magazine. they had that other information and didn't tell anybody about it. >> so you're disagrees with me only to say the problems with mr. steele are twice as bad as

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christopher steele has a differing take on what his job was as opposed to what the fbi thought christophery bizarre. they are all running from the hills. >> christopher steele stuff that is blacked out that is redacted in there. brian: i was able to see through it. i got special vision. [laughter] >> what did you see? brian: i can't tell you. thanks, judge. mosul the man behind it a former cia officer. steve: in the running for an oscar. that filmmaker joins us live with what it's like to be a conservative in hollywood. that's coming up next. most? this is the epson ecotank color printer. no more buying cartridges. big ink tanks. lots of ink. print about... this many pages. the epson ecotank. just fill and chill. steve: democracy 2020, talk about the horse race for people who would like to be the president of the united states. there is a new poll out. ainsley: unbelievable. steve: harris harvard poll they talked about 2,000 registered democrats. and guess who tops out? it's actually somebody who is not running for president. ainsley: hillary clinton beats joe biden. she got 21%. people sa

but bruce ohr, he ultimately decides to get extra information out of christopher steele after christopher steele or his employer, fusion gps, had been cut off by the fbi. why did the fbi decide to no longer listen to christopher steele? >> he was closed in november of 2016 after the fbi learned of his disclosure to mother jones magazine that he had been worked with the fbi previously. >> and we know from the evidence that senator cruz went through there were a bunch of subsources that christopher steele was summarizing and they were believing he might be a credible guy and they realized that this is a bunch of bs and his sub sources are saying i said some of this in jest and some of it is stuff i overheard in a bar. and so the fbi decides reasonably that mr. steele's information isn't credible, right, so they cut him off? >> that isn't what caused them to caught them off. they learned he talked to the press and mother jones magazine. they had that other information and didn't tell anybody about it. >> so you're disagrees with me only to say the problems with mr. steele are twice as bad as

they didn't even ask who was paying christopher steele for the so-called research.nd consequently the horowitz report is littered with words like this. no corroboration, no consideration for contrary facts, no supporting documentation. inaccurate. no verification, failed to disclose sub sources. lapse in judgment, omitted sources, less than candid and on it goes. their bias, their recklessness was on full display. all over the airways. >> do you believe the president could be a russian asset. >> it's possible. >> that's at appearance to me. >> mr. trump said yesterday to betray the men and women of the fbi, the cia and others answer betray the american public. that's why i use the term it's nothing short of -- of treasoness. trish: the screw-up from their perspective i would bet is donald trump was elected, is still in office, and they got caught. >> the fbi also sent multiple undercover human spies to surveil and record people associated with our campaign. look how they have hurt people. they destroyed the lives of people that were great people that are still great

bruce or ultimately decides to get extra information about christopher steele after christopher steele or his employer fusion gps have been cut off by the fbi. why did the fbi to decided to no longer listen to christopher steele? >> he was closed in november of 2016 after the fbi learned of his disclosure to "mother jones" magazine that he had been mrking with the fbi previously and we know from the evidence that senator cruz went through there were a whole bunch of sub sources that christopher steele was summarizing and the fbi was believing he might be ae credie guy and the ultimately realized it was a bunch of and his sub sources are saying is that some of this and just in some of the stuff i overheard in a bar. none of the information i have first-hand knowledge of so fbi decides mr. steele's information is credible. tonight they cut them off because he talked to the press at "mother jones" magazine. bm other information and until anybody about it. >> you are disagreeing with me only to send the problems with mr. steele were twice as bad as i summarized. >> i'm just saying that's w

investigators did not rely on the research from former british spy christopher steele when it launchedhe now-infamous steele dossier go back to 2016 when christopher steele was contacted by the private intelligence firm fusion gps to do some research on donald trump for a client. it's important to remember that fusion's first client was a conservative online publication which backed off when trump became the republican front-runner in the 2016 campaign. it was only then that a law firm tied to the clinton campaign and the dnc hired fusion to continue the research. that dossier, the steele -- the dossier steele compiled and all its details burst into public view when buzzfeed published it in january of 2017, just ten days before trump's inauguration. and it is still having an impact -- or 2016, before the inauguration. it's still having an impact just days before trump is set to be impeached. when we come back, i'll talk with the founders of fusion gps who reveal new detail about the steele dossier in their book. you do not want to miss it. ♪ limu emu & doug and now for their service to

definitively our body was over the fbi activities. >> january 2018 chairman graham and i referred christopher steele for investigation of potentially lying to the fbi and told the fbi what they told the court about steele's media context did not match previously did the fbi ever ask steele if he was a source for the september 2016 news article that cited western intelligence sources and if not why not? >> despite having the opportunity to do so we got a variety of explanations including they did not want to offend them or jeopardize the relationship with them but that pfizer application believing that steele was the source for the news article to be taken out why did the fbi originally say steele was a source and what factual basis did the fbi have two change that intel's deal that it was not a source? >> the initial application they assessed he was a director source and october 14 the draft change to the exact opposite the fbi had no basis for the first statement it turns out the first statement was accurate but they had no evidence to support that so when they flipped that they had no evidence to

and christopher steele, the former british spy who compiled a dossier on the president, told investigators it was ridiculous to think that he was biased against mr. trump. why? he had been friendly with ivanka trump. steele said, if anything, he was favorably disposed toward the trump family. >>> the inspector-general's findings are clear and undeniable. but the president and his allies disagree. we'll get the sound for you later on. >>> attorney general bill barr is taking the extraordinary step of disagreeing publicly with his ownment own inspector-general. he insists the probe was launched on, quote, the thinnest suspici suspicions. john durham, hand-picked by barr to investigate the investigation, also says he does not agree with some of the report's conclusions. >>> a sobering and tragic revolution, drawing comparison to the pentagon papers from 50 years ago. a huge trove of controversial documents obtained by "the washington post." they reveal u.s. officials lied about the war, virtually from day one, to manipulate public opinion. and they show a flawed strategy for winning the war t

where they warned that christopher steele was out to get trump? did they ignore those warnings? of all of that proved to be true, it is devastating. every american should be concerned. and the fisa court to do something about it. and if they accept this as okay behavior, that maybe we should get rid of the fisa court. >> sean: okay, agreed. by the way, i would hate to see that actually. because there is a lot of evil in the world, and you know what, there is evil -- i don't care if it is a broad or domestic, we have enemies to domestic and foreign. we need to get to the bottom of this. my major concern in all of this is horwitz already referred, you know, from further investigation, mccabe and comey for lying. didn't michael cohen, paul manafort recently roger stone run into issues involving lack of candor that led to guilty admissions, convictions? >> yes, so he referred people for prosecution, comey, they decided not to prosecute based on what the clinton email investigation. i trust william barr to be fair too. i don't know what is in the report, but here's what i believe. if

one sub source, you know, we knew that christopher steele didn't say it but he is saying, you actuallyieved that hooker's story in moscow? >> here is the amazing thing, he goes through the report, and the fbi had about a million red flags presented the second this report came in, yet they didn't bother to find the source and talk to him until january 2017. they could've saved the country so much grief if they had done basic due diligence on this guy and his reporting and spared us all. >> sean: all right, thank you both. great work, the both of you the last couple years. hard work, investigative reporting. when we come back, oh, we have a big announcement to make. that is at the end of the show. but a big warning sign from 2020 democrats from across the pond, straight ahead. ♪ from 2020 democrats from across the pond, straight ahead. guys, it's time to step up your game. force factor's alpha king boosts total testosterone for more lean muscle in the gym, more energy, and more passion and drive so you can rule the bedroom. unleash your potential with alpha king. now available at gnc. th

christopher steele, the people at the fbi no christopher steele was untrustworthy, he was an untrustworthy foreign actor, he was a political hack, he didn't like trump, he was being paid by the clintons, but they still pushed forward with using him and exercised extremely poor judgment, correct? >> certainly once they found out that they had decided to close him, they should have followed the rules if they wanted to reengage with him. they had plenty of information to question the validity and bona fides of some of those reporting. >> should bruce be held criminally responsible for his misconduct? >> we make his. >> let me ask you. a couple of times we've heard of lower-level fbi agents and lawyers who had generated some of these inaccuracies, these 17 inaccuracies. what is the process for supervisors fact-checking? >> under the procedure committee's factual accuracy procedure is put into place in response to prior incidences found of failure to accurately relate information to the court, the first line supervisor is supposed to go through and recheck the process to make sure it was done.

we learn christopher steele, the former mi6 agent informed his fbi handling agent that quote fusion gps had been retained by a law firm to conduct this research, according to the handling agent. it was obvious to him the request for the research was politically motivated. horowitz finds the likes of james clapper and peter stroke did not investigate who ultimately paid for steele's reporting. in march 2017 it was widely known between fbi officials that glenn simpson who hired christopher steele had himself been hired by someone related to the democratic party. they knew that much. three renew applications to spy on carter page didn't reflect that general knowledge. joining us tonight is tom fitton, the president of the judicial watch. tom, i want to start with you. you were foremost as a skeptic of what we would hear today and what we would learn and you were right. you were early and often correct in your assessments of this inspector general and what he would conclude. >> i warned anyone that would listen that i.g. reports are exposes' and cover-ups at the the same time. of course the

he was the one who was reading the christopher steele dossier.ou: he has been lying for 2 1/2 years. how about an accounting. to be honest about the fact this was a politically motivated con try advance on the part of the dimms and the deep state. great to see you. thanks so much. miranda divine. stay with us and please be here soon. ♪ limu emu & doug hour 36 in the stakeout. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ lou: the trump administration completing the phase one trade deal with china. dr. michael pillsbury sharing the details of the agreement after talking with the president. >> he locked in $50 billion per year just in agricultural products. energy will be add as well. that's the first big thing. the second thing is this rampage of stealing our intellectual propert

. >> host: at what point did christopher steele play a role? who is he and at what point did he come into the picture? >> guest: chris was the lead for mi-6. he served in the former soviet union around the time the soviet union collapsed, and later became the head of the russian desk at mi-6 and then retired from the service in 2009 almost exactly the time i left the "wall street journal." we were introduced in 2010 by mutual friends who knew over mutual interest in brush and oligarchs. we became friendly and did a a little bit of business together over the following years. this part of the world was not a big part of our business so it was an episodic relationship but we did like working together and we did have these common interests. and so when we finally concluded in the spring of 2016 that there was something unexplained about donald trump's relationship with russia, , he was an obvious pern for us to go to to see if we could find out more. by then we had done nine months of research of donald trump and pulled tens of thousands of pages o