discussing that phony clinton bought and paid for steel russian dossier with a member of the media. he also repeated this claim in march during an interview with don lemon at cnn. take a look. >> i do not have any contact with media until after i left the government on the 20th of january. so i don't quite understand what i read that somehow i leaked about the dossier. >> you didn't like anything about the dossier to anybody? >> no. i mean, i talked about it after i left the government. but not during that period and certainly not between the sixth of january and the tenth when the president-elect himself talked about it. >> sean: an incredible development. the intel committee's report found that clapper "admitted to the house permanent select committee on intelligence and private testimony that he briefed cnn's jake tapper in early january 2017." this was shortly before trump's inauguration. tapper along with two other