The warning in a briefing from senior counterintelligence officials who urged him to alert the bureau about any suspicious overtures of the campaign. We dont know when that briefing took place, just that it and yet despite being breefnd russias role on the dnc hack, despite being warned that russia was actively trying to infiltrate his campaign, the president kept on denying russia did anything wrong. I dont think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. She is saying russia, russia, russia. Maybe it was. I mean it could be russia. But it could also be china. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay . Ah, yes, the 400pound bed hacker. A similar briefing on the risk of russia infiltration was given to Hillary Clinton around the same time. But unlike her campaign, trumps investigation was already under investigation for its ties to russia. That probe which began in july 2016 according to former fbi dire
do we know who other than then candidate trump was in that briefing? all we know is it would have been a very small circle. okay. this is not something where they want to spread it widely. they don t want to go to a middle man. they go to the candidate, himself or herself and just a small number of very senior advisers. all right. nbc s julia ainsley with great reporting. great to have you. thank you. thanks. for more on this latest twist on the russia investigation, let s bring in byron mcquaid and nick akerman, special assistant watergate prosecutor. it s always struck me as odd that at no point during the course of this year in which this was a front page top of line story that russia s possible responsibility for dnc hacks, that anyone from the trump campaign if i cans up the phone and says wait a second, what s going on here. how does this information add to your picture of what they were up to? yeah, i think it s a very significant piece of reporting because, you
didn t know any better, when it maybe looks like they did know better and should have reported it. do we know who other than then candidate trump was in that briefing? all we know is it would have been a very small circle. okay. this is not something where they want to spread it widely. they don t want to go to a middle man. they go to the candidate, himself or herself and just a small number of very senior advisers. all right. nbc s julia ainsley with great reporting. great to have you. thank you. thanks. for more on this latest twist on the russia investigation, let s bring in byron mcquaid and nick akerman, special assistant watergate prosecutor. it s always struck me as odd that at no point during the course of this year in which this was a front page top of line story that russia s possible responsibility for dnc hacks, that anyone from the trump campaign if i cans up the phone and says wait a second, what s going on here. how does this information add to your pictur