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Has operated for many, many years. Their relationship got off to a bad start. Before the inauguration, james comey was in charge of telling donald trump about the dossier. The controversial document contained allegations about the president gathered as part of an Opposition Research during the campaign. I didnt want him thinking that i was briefing him on this to sort of hang it over him in some way. It turns out thats exactly what the president thought, according to an interview he gave the new york times. Trumps reaction was anger. He said it was completely false. The encounter apparently didnt sit well with comey either. We know he went back to the fbi suburban and pulled out a classified computer and wrote his first memo about his interaction was donald trump. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. So i thought it really important to document. The inauguration was such a success. Reporter comeys next public encounter with the president was awkward. The director of the fbi thought it was crucial to keep his distance. He stands in the part of the room that is physically as far from the president as its possible to be. But then oh, there is james. He has become more famous than me. It encapsulated the difficult position comey was in. Because he was at once the fbi director, answerable to the president at the United States, but also conducting an investigation of the Trump Campaign which the president obviously hated. You see the picture of me walking across the blue room. What the president whispered in my ear, i really look forward to working with you. The president keeps reaching out. Next came an invitation to dinner at the white house. The very fact that the president Whose Campaign is under investigation is asking to have dinner with the fbi director alone raises all sorts of red flags, as it did forbe comey. The dinner was an effort to build a relationship. In fact he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. The president s words, according to comey, i need loyalty. I expect loyalty. He was asking for something. And i was refusing to give it. The white house denied he was asking for personal loyalty. I think the president wants loyalty to this country and to the rule of law. It is their last meet wig may prove to be critical in the investigation of potential obstruction of justice. Just picture the scene. In the oval office, the fbi director is there with his boss, jeff sessions, with other very senior officials. They are told to leave the room by the president. And then its just a oneonone. Why would you kick the attorney general, the chief of staff out to talk to me . My impression was Something Big is about to happen. This is one day after National Security adviser Michael Flynn had been forced out. The white house said flynn was fired because he lied to the Vice President about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador. Questions about whether the president knew flynn lied to the fbi which is a federal crime. So another critical question is whether trump knew it when he said this according to comey. I hope you can see your way to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. Here is the president of the United States with me alone saying i hope this. I took it this is what he wants me to do. I didnt obey that, but thats the way took it. It is so wildly inappropriate. It is so contrary to how the government is supposed to work. And it may well be evidence of a crime. Did you at any time urge former fbi director james comey to close or to back down the investigation into Michael Flynn . And also, as you look back no, no. Next question. It may have been comeys appearance on capitol hill. Just days before he was fired in early may that finally sealed his fate. Comey was asked about his decision to publicly announce the reopening of the clinton email investigation before the election. Look, this is terrible. It makes me mildly nausea to think we might have had some impact on the election. But honestly, it wouldnt change the decision. Comeys concern that he influenced the outcome of the election infuriated the president. Trump heard it as a personal attack. Look, he is a showboat. He is a grandstander. When donald trump hears that, he hear miss presidency is illegitimate. Youre trying to question whether or not i should be in the oval office right now. The russians did not affect the vote. And everybody seems to thinks that. The president spent a rainy weekend at his new jersey golf resort stewing about james comeys testimony. He came back and decide im going to do it. Im going to fire james comey. Among those supporting the president s decision, soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner. It really did show that some of the people around the president who were pushing this are beyond politically naive. After his firing, james comey returned to capitol hill and revealed something extraordinary. Asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. The memo described his last meeting with the president in the oval office. I asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. He was right. This is huge, pamela. Were learning that the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein has appointed former fbi director bob mueller to now oversee the russia probe. That was a dangerous day for the president potentially. The special counsel has a very wide neat he can cast to look into all things russia and who knows what else he is going to find. That would not have happened had President Trump not fired james comey. Investigated obstruction of justice, sir. Whats your next move . Will you come back, sir . Still ahead, chasing an oligar oligarch. It is true that mr. Manafort owe youd millions of dollars when he was head of the Trump Campaign . To chase down the real story. Did he offer those private briefings to you as a way to try and repay that debt . On all the president s men. Get lost, please. Will you sign my russian flag . Sign my russian flag, please sign my russian flag. Res the sn mountain Coffee Roasters sumatra reserve told in the time it takes to brew your cup. Lets go to sumatra. Wheres sumatra . Good question. This is win. And thats wins goat, adi. The coffee here is amazing. Because the volcanic soil is amazing. Making the coffee erupt with flavor. So we give farmers like win more plants. To grow more delicious coffee. That erupts with even more flavor. Which helps provide for wins family. And adi the goats family too. Because his kids eat a lot. All, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. Green mountain Coffee Roasters. Packed with goodness. We usso why do we pay to havers a phone connectede days. When were already paying for internet . Shouldnt it all just be one thing . Thats why Xfinity Mobile comes with your internet. You can get 5 lines of talk and text included at no extra cost. So all you pay for is data. Choose by the gig or unlimited. And ask how to get a 150 prepaid card when you buy a new lg x charge. Its a new kind of network designed to save you money. Call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile. Com this is cnn breaking news. Paul manafort will surrender today. The indictment, conspiracy against the United States. A former Campaign Chairman indicted on nine counts. I have the smartest people. Trusted adviser Jared Kushner. A secret means of communicating with the kremlin. A top adviser who discussed a back channel with the russians. I have the most dedicated people. Michael flynn has resigned tonight. A back Door Communications with russia. And guilty of lying to the fbi. Have i the best people. Paul manafort, Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn. This is the story of all the president s men. I got the best in the world. Settle down, guys. You all right . Ready . Okay. November 10th, 2016. We talked about some of the organizational issues. Two days after the election, president obama gives his successor a piece of advice. That ensures our president elect is successful. Do not hire Michael Flynn and now the oath of office. As your National Security adviser. So help me god. [ applause ] cnn was told something by u. S. Officials that was deeply concerning. The next president of the United States right here during the campaign, american intelligence picked up the russians bragging that they had a strong relationship with flynn. You have to take some of the conversations we were told with a little bit of a grain of salt, but this set off an alarm for Obama Administration officials who were quite worried about it. You know, people talk about temperament flynn had worried intelligence officials for months. In 2015 the retired threestar general appeared on the kremlinfunded news channel r. T. Russia and the United States have to Work Together on this. He even at an event celebrating r. T. s tenth anniversary and sat next to Vladimir Putin at dinner. Here you have a norm former top intelligence official in the United States government celebrates this gala at what seems to be the propaganda arm of the government. Flynn made almost 34,000 for his appearance. But investigators looking into his security appearance said flynn told them he did not take any money for the trip from a foreign source. I didnt take any money from russia if thats what youre asking me. Congressional members from both parties have said he may have broken the law in the process. It appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate and there are repercussions for the violation of law. It leads investigators to wonder why arent you disclosing certain things . What do you have to hide . Flynn has denied what he has called, quote, false accusations of treason. But the bombshell of Robert Muellers investigation came on december 1st when flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. While he was National Security adviser, he told fbi agents that he had not discussed sanctions with russias ambassador during the transition. But he had talked sanctions and the fbi knew it because the ambassador had been monitored by u. S. Intelligence. He said he didnt do it and there were transcripts clearly showing that he did. Whats more, flynn admitted in the plea deal that the sanctions talks had been coordinated with trumps transition team. The white house cannot argue this was Michael Flynn going off as a loose cannon here. A white house lawyer claimed that flynns guilty plea didnt implicate anyone else. Before he pleaded guilty, flynn was facing a lot of tough legal issues. But mueller only charged him with one count. So its possible that flynn has an even bigger story to tell. Were seeing manafort come in now with council. Paul manafort, the president s former Campaign Chairman is also facing possible jail time. Hes charged with Money Laundering millions of dollars, concealing his work for a Foreign Government and conspiring against the United States. He has pleaded not guilty. The special counsel makes a very aggressive argument that this is someone who cant be trusted. Manafort made a lot of his money working for this man, putins ally, viktor yanukovych, the former president of ukraine. Yanukovych was a strong man who presided over a deadly crackdown against protesters in the streets of kiev. He left his country in disgrace. Manafort had helped bring him to power. Paul manafort has for decades been the washington lobbyist and influence peddler around the world for a lot of the most vicious dictators weve seen. The question is was manafort also linked to russias strong man, Vladimir Putin . Are there any ties between mr. Trump, you and your campaign and putin and his regime . No, there are not. Its absurd and theres no basis to it. But u. S. Intelligence saw a different story. Agents intercepted communications from suspected russian operatives, indicating manafort appeared to be asking them for help. They describe him essentially encouraging help, encouraging the russians to provide assistance to Donald Trumps campaign. Manaforts ties to russia go way back. He worked for a close associate of putin. Is it true mr. Manafort owes you millions of dollars . Olhoh, one of the few wealthy oligarchs he consults with quickly. He can pick up a phone to the oligarchs and say, hey, i need to get a message out and it gets done because hes Vladimir Putin and thats how it works. Less than two weeks before trump got nominated, manafort offered to brief darpasks. On how the campaign was going, according to the washington post. Its not often that the russians get somebody to volunteer like that. Does he owe you millions of dollars . In fact, Court Documents indicate that manafort may have been in debt to him. Did he offer you those private briefings to try and repay some of that debt to you . Is that why he offered them . Get lost, please. Thank you. Dar he told cnn the oligarch was never offered briefings by manafort. Manaforts spokesman has denied that manafort was in debt to darapaska during the campaign and afterwards. But he has admitted that manafort offered the briefings. Manafort was also at the trump tower meeting with the russians in june 2016. Mr. Kushner, will you sign my russian flag . Sign my russian, flag, please sign my russian flag. And so was the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner. Do you have any comment, mr. Kushner . Kushner hasnt been charged with any crimes but troubling questions have been raised about his connections to russia. Jared kushner is incredibly important for several reasons. Hes a witness to virtually all the central issues in this investigation. He is also important because hes an independent actor. He is someone who had contact with russian representatives. Kushner has not been forthcoming about those contacts. He was required by law to disclose them to the fbi to get a security clearance. But he has repeatedly admitted foreign contacts and had to submit his forms four times, sparking tough questions from both parties. His reasons for the revisions range from forgetfulness to a clerical error. There have been stories that have been appearing for months about Jared Kushners meetings. December 1st, 2016, kushner meets with Russian Ambassador kislyak. In trump tower. That. Russian ambassador came to new york. Jared kushner met with the Russian Ambassador. They discussed setting up a back channel with moscow at russias own embassy. You have to say that raises a red flag and say, well, why wouldnt this reported . Kushner claimed he wanted to discuss syria and said the arrangement was never set up. Some in u. S. Intelligence believe that kislyak was one of russias top spies in washington. Did you attempt to recruit any members of the Trump Administration . December 13th, 2016, kushner meets with sergei gorkov, the head of a sanctioned russian bank thats often funded putins pet projects, like the sochi olympics. The bank was also used as a cover by a russian spy in new york city who went to prison for espionage. The fbi now says it has busted a russian spy ring. He was one of three russian spies. And gorkov himself attended the Training Academy for russian intelligence operatives. What did you really speak to Jared Kushner about in new york when you met him in december . No comment. There have been questions about whether kushner might have discussed his familys business with banker gorkov. Kushner owns a storied fifth avenue building with a reported 1. 2 billion mortgage coming due in 2019. Kushner says that his business dealings never came up with gorkov and that all of his meetings with russians were nothing to worry about. I did not collude with russia nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. Your bank says it was a business meeting. But gorkovs bank implied that the meeting with kushner was about business, referring to kushner as the head of kushner industries. Robert muellers team has expressed interest in kushner, including his role in the firing of james comey. Can you say whether you are aware that anyone who advised your campaign had contacts with russia during the course of the election . Investigators still have many questions for the president s men. How many times do i have to answer this question . The collusion question have i nothing to do with russia. Is not closed. To the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. When we return i have no dealings with russia. I have no deals in russia. But donald trump has made money with russians. I paid 40 million. I sold it for 100 million. And i sold it to a russian. My healthy routine helps me feel my best. So i add activia yogurt to my day. With its billions of live and active probiotics, activia may help support my digestive health, so i can take on my day. Activia. Now in probiotic dailies. I no wondering, what if . Uncertainties of hep c. I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter Million People. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients whove have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. 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The day after that bombshell announcement, President Trump had his first chance to strike back. Was this the right move or is this part of a witchhunt . Well, i respect the move. But the entire thing has been a witchhunt thinking is a witchhunt and a hoax. Russia is a ruse. A fiction. A total fabrication. Its all fake news. But no matter what the trump team would call it, the russia investigation was very real. The president thinks its a witchhunt. There any way you can respond to that . And under Robert Mueller going in a direction the president did not want to it go. I have a great company. I built an unbelievable company. See there is nothing in russia. If you listen to the statements of the president and his team about the Mueller Investigation, they feel like financial. Trumps business dealings should be walled off. To look at a real estate deal from ten years ago would be way outside the scope of the mandate, and we would certainly object to that. But it is quite clear that muellers team is looking directly at his business dealings for the beautifully understandable reason that money can be a motive. We follow the money to the very beginning of trumps connection to russia. Decades earlier, in 1987, when 41yearold Donald Trump Took Office for his very First Business trip to moscow. In 1987, donald trump was flush with money. And donald was invited to russia. So he and ivana went to russia and they tried to make a deal to build a trump tower there. Im with cnn. That deal never happened. There was talk of a trump tower in moscow. But again and again, trump would keep on trying. Donald tried at least five times to build a trump tower in moscow. Donald trump has an enormous ability to rely reality. Reality is that during the campaign, not just in ancient history, during the campaign, he was negotiating for a hotel to be built in moscow. We learned President Trumps personal lawyer was in talks with moscow through an intermediary about a proposal to build trump tower there. That is the definition of business dealings in russia. The deal outlined in a nonbinding letter of intent signed by trump in the fall of 2015 fell through. But not before trumps attorney reached out to the kremlin for help. Cohen said in a Statement Today he mailed russian president Vladimir Putins spokesperson compete try peskov for help on behalf of the Trump Organization. We could make deals if we wanted to. But according to economist and investigative journalist james henry, all of the focus on trumps deals in russia might be missing the point. It isnt so much that trump has been investing in russia. Its that he has been receiving lots of finance from the former soviet union states, from oligarchs. Ive got more oligarchs living in my buildings. And before he became a politician, Businessman Donald Trump boasted about it. Have you had any dealings with the russians . Well, ive done a lot of business with the russians. The most expensive home ever sold in america. Reporter back in 2008 at the height of the u. S. Housing collapse, trump made a recordbreaking deal with the Russian Oligarch known as the fertilizer king dimitri rybolvlev. I sold it for 400 million. And i sold to it a russian. Mr. Donald j. Trump reporter rybololev would appear during the 2016 election, when according to news his private plane was spotted in two u. S. Cities where trump was campaigning, concord, North Carolina and las vegas, nevada. It certainly looked suspicious that we have this leading Russian Oligarch bird dogging our president on the campaign trail. A white house source told mcclatchy news the pair never met and that it was a coincidence while he was traveling on business. But we still dont understand that to this day. What remains clear, however, is that this oligarch is hardly the only russian to have bowl centered trumps bottom line there. Is a surprising number of russians involved in his deals everywhere. After his catastrophic financial collapse in 1991 that threatened to end his empire for good, trump spent most of the decade digging out from under enormous debt. He was basically unfinanceable by major banks. But luckily for trump, a new source of money was just around the corner. You this unbelievable avalanche of money pouring in from the former soviet union. Just when trump is in serious trouble financially. After the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, russia state owned businesses moved into private hands, creating a class of wealthy oligarchs, some who began investing in American Real estate. Word spread if you want to park money in the u. S. And have the lowest possible risk of being noticed you want to buy real estate. In the years that followed, Properties Like Trump World Tower in new york in new york according to Bloomberg News and his developments in sunny isles, florida started filling up with russian buyers. My name is donald trump and im the largest Real Estate Developer in new york. Meanwhile, donald trump was finding his way into american living rooms across the country. He has this incredible stroke of luck. He turns into an actor, playing a successful businessman. And who will be the apprentice. And the apprentice opened the door for trump to a new way of making money. Trump then shifted his business model. He had become a brand name at this point. And so he began licensing his name and putting his name on everything. Dod doing it in this haphazard chaotic way. When it comes to great stakes, i just raised the stakes. Trump stakes and trump water and trump wine and trump this and trump that. He licensed neck ties. He licensed buildings. He plugs into this solution, this beautiful, beautiful solution that hey, if i dont ask a lot of questions and i allow my name to go on projects, then ill get paid. There. Are buildings in which he didnt put up penny, but he got a multimilliondollar fee upfront in order to have the trump name on them. The trump soho is a very, very special building. In the case of trump tower soho, the Trump Organization got 18 ownership of the tower without investigating a single dime, according to Bloomberg News. Thank you very much to bay rock. The financing for the project was left up to his partner, bay rock group. Its a problematic project from top to bottom. A lawsuit filed by a former bay rock insider in 2010 accuses bay rock of moneylaundering and having questionable ties to russia and russian organized crime. The suit is ongoing, and bay rock denies the allegations. There is huh, why would trump ever do business with those guys . Guys like russian born felix sat sater, bay rocks key executive. Sederai sater says it is a shakedown. Sater is a twice convicted felon. After his second conviction, he cooperated on cases with the justice department. Felix had been convicted of stabbing someone in the neck with a margarita glass in 1991 and did a year in prison for that. 1998 he is convicted of a 40 million financial fraud involving penny stocks, commodity trading. Despite his checkered past, saters business ties to the Trump Organization extended well beyond the soho deal. Together with bay rock that. Explored additional trump deals in the u. S. And abroad. Yet in sworn testimony in a 2013 deponent in addition, trump insisted he barely even knew sater. About how many times have you con virused with mr. Sater . Over the years . Over the years if you could estimate. Not many. Not many . If he were sitting in the room right now, i really wouldnt know what he looked like. Okay. It is absolutely untrue that donald trump doesnt know felix sater. At one point sater worked out of an office at trump tower and held a Business Card for the Trump Organization. He was also the gobetween for trumps most recent and perhaps most controversial attempt at building trump tower moscow. According to the new york times, sater urged trump to come to moscow to tour this proposal, and even suggested to thame he could help him win the presidency. The emails have now come out in which you see sater actually saying that we could use this Business Opportunity to get donald trump elected. Broump be so much better for u. S. Russian relations. There is no question during the campaign that trump was trying to get closer to russia and repair relations with russia. There is nothing i can think of that id rather do than have russia friendly. 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We wont stop we wont stop we cant stop across the country you may very well be driven bay protest. These protests in some cases were organized out of russia. Russian impostors pushing messages, sometimes violent, false, and often controversial. 100,000 in facebook ads, thousands of twitter accounts, and google ad dollars. Russians were behind it all creating to pit americans against one another. Social media was weaponized to target the minds of the american people. It seems the u. S. Government was perhaps a bit blind side when it came to social media threats. Is that fair . I think thats a fair statement. Around 150 Million People thats how many were potentially exposed to the bogus content on facebook and instagram alone. Thats equivalent to more than half of the total u. S. Voting population. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the truth and nothing but the truth . Negative, capitol hill wants answers. The political ad was paid for by rubles. Isnt that a red flag . How could that happen . It began more than 4,000 miles away in st. Petersburg in this utterly nondescript office building. They were placing thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 president ial election to stoke arguments and in some ways also to hurt Hillary Clinton and help donald trump. Almost all of the propaganda found so far traces back to the Internet Research agency. Investigators say it was financed by a Company Owned by this man, Russian Oligarch yevgeny is a wealthy businessman and part of putins inner circle. They hired people that had a quota that would work in 12hour shifts working all through the election. There was an entire english Language Department specifically assigned to insert messages, social media posts in the United States. They were required to watch house of cards to better understand american politics. In two weeks time, you will be heading to the ballot box to decide what kind of country you want to live in. The idea was to masquerade themselves as americans. They understood that black lives matter ads should be targeted to cities like baltimore and ferguson, which saw violent protests over Police Killings of African American men. They understood that gay rights was a big issue. They understood that gun rights was a big issue. Some people may have seen these videos. Hillary clinton is not our candidate. Posted to pages now identified as part of moscows influence campaign. This is really a thoughtful, detailed process of how do i make this look legitimate. Thank you, thank you thank you. Legitimacy boosted when influential people amplified the message. Bearing the Tennessee State seal, this russianrun account was retweeted by trump jr. , Kellyanne Conway and Michael Flynn. Whether knowingly or unknowingly helped legitimize and spread russian disinformation. I doubt id be here if it werent for social media, to be honest with you. From tweets to posts to pictures, the trump team used every digital tool to their advantage. Looking back, that approach was born out of sheer necessity. Bye, everybody. From day one, candidate trump faced a uphill battle. He lacked the foot soldiers. And locals ofs offices that his opponents had spent months and even years cultivating. We were wondering why wasnt he buying ads . Why isnt he running a Traditional Campaign . Because he has no money. Trumps campaign threw out the old playbook and turned to a more powerful way to turn out the vote big data. Jared kushner oversaw that part of the operation. He treated trump like an ecommerce company, like a Consumer Tech company. Trumps digital team bet big on one simple idea. You can now target your message to a Smaller Group of people and have that message be more impactful. I understood early that facebook is how donald trump was going to win. Twitter is how he talked to the people. Facebook was going to be how he won. Trump Campaign Digital director Brad Parskell led the effort. Now i can find 15 people in the panned of florida that i would never by an ad for. We took risks that the other people did. Facebook employees would show up every day for work in our offices. Facebook offered a service to both political campaigns. The Trump Campaign took facebook up on it. The Clinton Campaign surprisingly did not. While parskell and kushner have testified on capitol hill, both denied any collusion with the russians. By all accounts, the russians feel like they were successful in what they were trying to accomplish. I would imagine every day that Vladimir Putin and the people around him are watching American News saying in our wildest dreams, we never thought we would be this disruptive. The russians probably rightly think that they won. Mountain Coffee Roasters sumatra reserve told in the time it takes to brew your cup. Lets go to sumatra. Wheres sumatra . Good question. This is win. 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Ten days before the inauguration of donald trump we are live in chicago tonight on the same night president barack obama was giving his farewell address to the nation we have breaking news in the Nations Capital tonight that we need to tell you about a team of cnn reporters broke a stunning story. Jim sciutto, evan perez, and Carl Bernstein and i have been working on the story about americas new president. Claims of russian efforts to compromise the president elect, donald trump. The president elect and the outgoing president had both been briefed on the most sensational charges in the dossier. Allegations that russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and Financial Information about mr. Trump. U. S. Officials with direct knowledge told cnn that trump had been warned, russia could have compromat on him, the damaging information often gathered through surveillance that Vladimir Putin is believed to collect on powerful people. Was it your concern the russians could have leverage over the president of the United States . Well, that yes. Former intelligence chief james clapper. Gaining leverage, thats their objective. If they can compromise somebody, they have a term for it, kompromat. It was our strong sense that the nations seniormost intelligence officials would not waste the time of the president or the president elect if it was cook ka mamie, easy to dismiss information. Its a remarkable step. Cnn did not reveal the contents of the dossier. Beyond what we learned from sources, because it had not been verified. But shortly after cnn broke the story, buzzfeed published the entire dossier on the internet. Its all fake news. Donald trump was furious. Its phony stuff. It didnt happen. And i think its a disgrace. Though journalists had not verified it, portions of the dossier had been in fbi hands for months. Throughout august or september of 2016, chris steele, the former mi6 officer who had compiled the dossier, puts it in the hands of someone he knows in rome who was an fbi agent. That then puts it into the bloodstream of the fbi. Christopher steele was a veteran british spy, worked for the mi6 Intelligence Service, was a russia expert. Steele had compiled the dossier as Opposition Research for the Democratic National committee and the Clinton Campaign. He was from americas closest intelligence partner, british intelligence, who was based in the country involved in this dossier, russia. And, in fact, since his time in british intelligence, had done work for u. S. Law enforcement. Now through the fbis investigation, an extensive reporting, we know that parts of the dossier are true. Because u. S. Government intercepts picked up conversations between russians that corresponded to conversations detailed in the dossier. Meetings and conversations that were contained in the dossier did in fact take place at the times, in the places, between the people involved, as described in the dossier. The reports that make up the document later confirmed to be true. The russians were responsible for hacking the dnc. The intelligence that ive seen gives me great confidence in their assessment that this happened at the highest levels of the russian government. It was designed to help donald trump and hurt Hillary Clinton. Those claims in the dossier have all pretty much been verified by the u. S. Intelligence community. Another powerful charge in the dossier will sound familiar now. That associates of donald trump were in contact with russians throughout the campaign. The dossier described trump associates, russians tied to the government, not only communicating in meeting, but communicate and meeting, discussing cooperation, including russians known to u. S. Intelligence and russians tied to the russian government. And the dossier describes other ways the russians tampered with the election. The use of social media to influence the election. Fake news. Many of those pieces start to fit together in a timeline. There is no evidence so far to support the most sensational allegation, that the kremlin has compromising material on donald trump. But a former cia station chief in moscow says russia almost certainly has a file on the president. So you believe that the russians have kompromat on donald trump . It would surprise me gravely if they did not. Its what they do, what the internal Intelligence Service does, theyve done it for decades and decades. Most important, investigators say, is this. The dossier is just one piece of information in their wideranging inquiry. Ive spoken to a number of people who have been briefed on the classified intelligence, and at one point they will make to me very clear, listen, there is a lot more out there than just this. The dossier is one small piece of a much larger picture. As weve tried to bring that picture into focus, we have made several attempts to speak to one of the president s lawyers on camera. We were unable to obtain an interview. Donald trump maintains in statements and on twitter that there was no collusion. But multiple investigations by the special counsel and in congress continue. As a result, we will also continue to report the story, effect cussing on the facts. Im pamela brown. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and from all around the world. Im rosemary church. And im George Howell following the breaking news this hour here on cnn. The u. S. Government shut down now for a third day. The u. S. Senate failed to reach an agreement on a temporary spending bill on sunday night, but now a vote is scheduled. A vote scheduled for noon on monday. Democrats are pushing to tie a program protecting young, undocumented immigrants from deportation to the