campaign foreign policy adviser, carter page. the fbi has its own investigation. indeed, none of the four charges in the mueller probe actually referenced the dossier. now, earlier this year, we did report that some of these allegations have been -- have been, in fact, verified. pam, republicans on capitol hill have raised significant concerns because of the revelation that the dossier was effectively paid for by a law firm retained by the dnc and the clinton campaign. so gop lawmakers have been trying to learn more about that matter. so expect them to raise more concerns and dig deeper into this in 2018, pam. >> all right. manu raju, thank you very much. and joining me now, ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for "the atlantic." paris dinard, commentator and former director of black outreach in the george w. bush administration, and michael nutter, cnn political contributor and former mayor of