trying to influence the election or what they were up to, sent a confidential fbi source to speak with members of the trump campaign. u.s. officials tell cnn that that source was not planted within the campaign. he wasn't a campaign staffer as far as we know. there is obviously a lot we don't know. but there is no evidence as of now that this was done for political purposes as the president is a -- alleging, the fbi was trying to figure out what the russians were up to and getting help from americans. now while we await this investigation by the journalists and the justice department inspector general, it is worth remembering while we're sticking to the facts and telling you what we know, president trump has no constraints since he simply makes stuff up. he frequently lies and has a long and well document conspiracy theories with no concrete evidence ever provided. for years he perpetuating the