what information do investigators have that make them believe there may have been some collusion or coordination as the fbi director put it in his public testimony this week? john, u.s. officials tell cnn that the fbi has information that includes human intelligence, travel, business and phone records and accounts of in-person meetings that this information is raising the suspicions of the fbi counterintelligence investigators. and one law enforcement official said that the information suggests people connected to the campaign were in contact and it appeared that they were giving the thumbs up to release information when it was ready. that said, there were other officials we spoke to who said it s premature to draw that inference from the information that s been gathered so far since it s largely circumstantial. the bottom line is that the fbi cannot yet prove that collusion actually took place, but the information suggesting collusion is now the focus of this investigation. i should
we ve learned to the investigation has unearthed information that raises a suspicion among counterintelligence investigators. reporter: u.s. officials tell cnn the fbi has information that indicates associates of president donald trump communicated with suspected russian operatives to release information damaging to hillary clinton s campaign. this after fbi director james comey announced monday that the fbi is investigating the trump campaign s ties to russia. that includes investigating links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. reporter: commy explained what would trigger an investigation like this. a credible allegation of wrongdoing or reasonable basis to believe that an american may be acting as an agent of a foreign power. reporter: the fbi is now reviewing information including
for a long time. a lot of turnover in that job. previous record for the shortest term ever as national security advisor, though, was something like two and a half years. that was the previous shortest term ever. michael flynn lasted 24 days. and there are a number of things about the nicer s sudden departure last night which make no sense. we ve got adam schiff, the top democrat on the intelligence committee to help us sort this out. we have time weiner, the foremost modern historian of the fbi and the cia. time weiner will be here to help us sort this out. but there are just some baseline fundamental questions we don t have an answer for. or that we have answers for that make no sense. first there s the direct simple question of mike flynn and how he got to be national security advisor. how he lasted 24 days at that job. it s wudly reported general flynn was under investigation by counterintelligence community at the fbi and by counterintelligence investigators at the cia.
but there are just some baseline fundamental questions we don t have an answer for. or that we have answers for that make no sense. first there s the direct simple question of mike flynn and how he got to be national security advisor. how he lasted 24 days at that job. it s wudly reported general flynn was under investigation by counterintelligence community at the fbi and by counterintelligence investigators at the cia. he s also reportedly under investigation by the u.s. army for having taken allegedly undisclosed payments from the russian government during the presidential campaign at the end of 2015. those investigations didn t just start now. how did he get named national security advisor? the president is cleared to receive all classified information, included
foremost modern historian of the fbi and the cia. time weiner will be here to help us sort this out. but there are just some baseline fundamental questions we don t have an answer for. or that we have answers for that make no sense. first there s the direct simple question of mike flynn and how he got to be national security advisor. how he lasted 24 days at that job. it s wudly reported general flynn was under investigation by counterintelligence community at the fbi and by counterintelligence investigators at the cia. he s also reportedly under investigation by the u.s. army for having taken allegedly undisclosed payments from the russian government during the presidential campaign at the end of 2015. those investigations didn t just start now. how did he get named national security advisor? the president is cleared to receive all classified information, included