elset's move on to someone , michael caputo. use a pr professional, conservative radio talk show host. in 1994, he moved to russia. he was working for the agency for international development. he was fired from that job because he refused to follow a state department position. he opened a pr firm in moscow and married a russian woman. he subsequently divorced her, and in 1999, his business failed. roger stone, a mentor to him, urged him to move to florida and opened his pr firm in miami, which is exactly what mr. caputo did. and then, in 2000, he worked media to improve putin's image in the united states. do we know gazprom media is? dir. comey: i don't. an oil company. in 2000 seven, he began consulting the ukrainian parliamentary campaign, they are coming at his second wife. what possible reason is there for the trump campaign to hire putin's image consultants. dir. comey: no thoughts. >> admiral rogers? adm. rogers: like ways. >> do either of you know what michael caputo is doing for the effortffort -- trump today? dir. comey

do either of you know what michael caputo is doing for the trump effort today? >> i have no idea. >> i'm not going to talk about u.s. persons. >> all right. let's move on now to carter paige. carter paige was the founder of global energy. it's an investment fund. he has only one partner, and that partner is sergei -- who is the former executive which is a russian state-owned gasprom oil company. before that from 2004 to 2007 he worked for merrill lynch in moscow. in march of 2016 then candidate trump referred to carter paige as his foreign policy advisor to the washington post. the next day paige asserts his -- that he is an advisor on russia and energy. but then subsequently candidate trump says he doesn't know him. on september 26 he takes a leave of absence from the campaign and then paige publicly supports a relationship with russia criticizes u.s. sanctions, and nato's approach to russia, saying -- then subsequently says he is divesting his stake in gasprom in august. in 2014 he writes an article criticizing the u.s. sanctions in an article in "global polic

that would include those like roger stone and michael caputo and wilbur ross and paul and rex tillerson. he was the ceo of exxon mobil. in 2008, he said the likelihood of russian businesses was in fact a poor investment. that russia was a poor investment climate. a 500 -- $500osed -- second most powerful man in russia and probably a former kgb agent. gives axon access to the black sea and siberia for oil development. rex tillerson calls him a good friend. in 2012 mr. tillerson and mr. show togo on a road talk about this great deal. also, there is a video of president clinton toasting champagne. in 2013, mr. tillerson received the russian order of rent ship. to president next putin at the event. it a dietn to you, is to mr. putin, knowing what you know of him and his interest in doing hard to us, is it of asefit to have rex tillerson secretary of state for a >> i can't answer that question. >> admiral rogers? >> i'm not in a position to answer. could you give me an understanding of what are some of the reasons we impose -- tions >> from my general knowledge it is to punish activities cri

michael caputo is doing for trump today?>> i have no idea. >> and i'm not going to talk about a u.s. persons. >> all right. let's move on now to carter paige. carter paige was the founder of global energy, it's an investment fund. he has only one partner and that partner is surgy, who is the former executive of russia state own gas oil company. before that from 2004 to 2007 he worked for merrill lynch in moscow. in march of 2016, then candidate trump referred to carter paige as his foreign policy adviser to the washington post. the next day paige -- he's an adviser on russia and energy. but then subsequently candidate trump says he doesn't know him. on september 26, he takes a leave of absence from the campaign and then paige publicly supports a relationship with russia criticizes u.s. sanctions and nato's approach to russia saying -- and subsequently saying he's invest his stake in august. and criticizing the u.s. sanctions an article in global policy and then rebuke the west for focusing so called annexation of crimea. in

do either of you know what michael ka caputo is doing for trump effort today? >> i have no idea. >> i'm not going to talk about u.s. persons. >> let's move on now to carter page. carter page was the founder of global energy. it's an investment fund. he has only one partner, and that partner is sergei yatsenko, the former executive of a russian state-owned gas prom oil company. before that, from 2004 to 2007 he worked for merrill lynch in moscow. in march of 2016, then candidate trump referred to carter page as his foreign policy adviser to "the washington post." the next day page asserts his, that he's an adviser on russia and energy but then subsequently candidate trump says he doesn't know him. on september 26th, he takes a leave of absence from the campaign and page publicly supports a relationship with russia, criticizes u.s. sanctions and nato's approach to russia, saying and then subsequently says he's divesting his stake in gas prom in august. in 2014 he writes an article criticizing the u.s. sanctions praising sechin in an article in "global policy" and

i would include roger stone, carter page, michael caputo, manafort, andaul rex tillerson. i want to focus on rex tillerson. he was a ceo of exxon mobil. he says that the likelihood of u.s. and russia is this is was a poor investment and that russia was a bad investment client. climate. e closed a deal with ross neft oil. of ceo is a confidant vladimir putin and the second-most powerful man in the nation and probably a former kgb agent. the deal is in the black sea and siberia for oil development. rosneft gets minority interests in texas and the gulf. calls and a good friend. and the other gentleman go and talk about the great deal they just talked about. there is a video of vladimir putin and mr. tillerson toasting champagne. tillerson received the russian order of friendship. next to vladimir putin at the event. my question to you is, it is it a value to vladimir putin, knowing what you know of him and his interest in doing harm to us. beneficial for vladimir putin to have rex tillerson as the secretary of state? >> i cannot answer. >> i am not in a position to answer. st

do either of you know what michael caputo is doing for trump effort today? >> i have no idea. >> and i'm not going to talk about u.s. persons. >> all right. let's move on now to carter page. carter page was the founder of global energy. it's an investment fund. he has only one partner and that partner is sergey lasenko, firmer executive of gas prom oil company. before that from 2004 to 2007 he worked for merrill lynch in moscow. in march of 2016, then candidate trump referred to carter page as his foreign policy adviser to the washington post. the next day page asserts his -- that is an adviser on russia and energy. and then subsequently candidate trump says he doesn't know him. on september 26 he takes a leave of absence from the campaign, page criticizes u.n. sanctions and nato's approach to russia, saying -- and then subsequently says he is his stake in gas prom in august. he writes an article criticizing u.s. sanctions in an article in global policy and then rebuked the west for focusing on so-called an ex-ation of crimea. in july of 2016 he gives a grad

bidding and to engage with him, and i would include those like roger stone and carter page and michael caputo, awilbur ros and paul manafort and rex tillerson. i'd like to focus first on rex tillerson in the three minutes i have here. he was the ceo of exxonmobil. in 2008, he said that the likelihood of u.s./russia businesses was, in fact, a poor investment, that russia was a poor investment climate. that was in 2008. in 2011, he closed a $500 billion deal with rossneft oil. the ceo of rossneft is igor sechin, who is a confident of president putin, second most powerful man in russia, and probably a former kgb agent. the deal gives exxon access to the black sea and the cara sea and siberia for oil development. rosneft gets minority interest in exxon, in texas, and the gulf. rex tillerson calls sechin a good friend. in 2012, mr. tillerson and mr. sechin go on a road show here in the united states to talk about this great deal that they had just consummated. also in 2012, there's a video of president putin and mr. tillerson toasting champagne at the deal, and in 2013, mr. tillerson receives the

i would and include those like roger stone and carter page, and michael caputo, and wilber ross, and paul manafort, and rex tillerson. i'd like to focus first on rex tillerson in the three minutes i have here. he was the ceo of exxonmobil. in 2008 he said that the likelihood of u.s.-russia businesses was in fact a poor investment. that russia was a poor investment climate. that was in 2008. in 2011, he closed a $500 billion deal with rosneft oil. the ceo of that company is igor sevenen, who is a confidant of president putin, second most powerful man in russia and probably a former kgb agent. the deal gives exxon access to the black satisfy and the kara sea, and siberia for oil development. the company gets minority interest in exxon in texas and the gulf. rex teller son calls sechin a good friend. in 2012, mr. tillerson and he go on a road show here in the united states to talk about this great deal that they had just consummated. also in 2012 there is a video of president putin and mr. tillerson toasting champagne at the deal. and in 2013, mr. tillerson receives the russian order of

bidding and to engage with him, and i would include those like roger stone and carter paige and michael caputo and wilbur ross and paul manifort, and rex tillerson. i would like to focus first on rex tillerson in the three minutes i have here. he was the ceo of exxonmobil. in 2008 he said that the likelihood of u.s.-russia businesses was, in fact, a poor investment. that russia was a poor investment climate. that was in 2008. in 201 1 he closed the $500 billion deal with rossneft oil. the ceo of rossneft is igor -- who is a confidant of president putin, second most powerful man in russia, and probably a former kgb agent. rex tillerson calls him a good friend. in 2012 mr. tillerson and mr. -- go on a road show here in the united states to talk about this great deal that they had just consequence mated. also in 2012 there's a video of president putin and mr. tillerson toasting champagne at the deal. in 2013 tillerson receives the russia order of friendship, and he sits right next to president putin at the event. my question to you, director comey, is is it of value to president putin knowing wha

michael caputo, jeff sessions attorney general for donald trump, and members of the trump family itself. this matters. it's serious. our battleships weren't sunk and our towers didn't collapse a la 2011. but no mistake, 2016 is are year we should mark on our calendars. and it's still going on. the attack didn't end on election day. and will continue, as you have suggest, unless we, all of us in this room, stop it. a admiral rogers you have proudly worn that uniform your entire career. i am proud of your service and grateful for it. but i would ask you, sir, not even with respect to this specific investigation, to use your own words as someone who no doubt has been in theater, who has lost brothers and sisters in combat, to explain to me, but more importantly, to the american people. don't' assume they know the answer. tell them in your words, why we should care about russia's active measures campaign aimed at destabilizing our democracy and that of our allies. in your words, sir, why should they care? >> i don't think it's in the best interests of our nation for any external entity to a

do either of you know what michael caputo is doing for the trump effort today? >> i have no idea. >> and i'm not going to talk about a u.s. persons. >> let's move on now to carter page. carter page was the founder of global energy. it is an investment fund. he has only one partner and that partner is sergei yatsanko, who is the former executive of a russian-state owned gas prom oil company. before that, from 2004 to 2007 he worked for merrill lynch in moscow. in march of 2016, then candidate trump referred to carter page as his foreign policy adviser to the washington post. the next day page asserts his -- that he's an adviser on russia and energy. but then subsequently candidate trump said he doesn't know him. on september 26th, he takes a leave of absence from the campaign, and then page publicly supports a relationship with russia, criticizes u.s. sanctions, and nato's approach to russia. saying -- and subsequently said he's divesting his stake in gas prom in august. in 2014 he writes an article criticizing the u.s. sanctions, praising section -- an article i

speier: let me talk about michael can puteo, a p.r. -- caputo, a p.r. professional, conservative radio talk show host. in 1994 he moved to russia and there he was working for the agency for international development. he was fired from that job because he refused to follow a state department position. he then opened a p.r. firm in moscow and married a russian woman. he subsequently divorced her and in 1999 his business failed. roger stone, a mentor to him, urged him to move to florida and open his p.r. firm in miami which is exactly what mr. caputo did. and then in 2000, he worked improve rom media to putin's image in the united states. prone we know who gas media? do you know, director? director comey: i don't. ms. speier: well, it's an oil company. in 2007 he began consulting the ukrainian parliamentary campaign. there he met his second wife. so i guess my question is what possible reason is there for the trump campaign to hire putin's image consultant? any thoughts on that, director comey? director comey: no thoughts. ms. speier: admiral rogers? admir