maybe the me too movement. reporter: what has emerged is a dark and sloppy operation. now just a few days before the midterm elections. wall, it seems, linked to a group calling itself sure fire intelligence, which was trying to get the dirt on mueller. some like the new yorkers jane mayor, noted photo of the intelligence manager on linked in bore a striking resemblance to wall himself. when the phone is dialed it reroutes to his mother. the reporter started receiving e-mails from lorraine parsons who said she worked with mueller in the 70s. the law firm said it had no record of her being employed there. it claimed she was offered tens of thousands of dollars to make up a sexual allegation against mueller. it is unclear whether par sons even exists. but mueller referred the it to the fbi alleging offers to various women for bogus stories. like law professor jennifer taub who said she received this
from the special counsel, when we learned last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims about the special counsel, we immediately referred the matter to the fbi for investigation. so around this same time a 20-year-old far right internet personal, jacob wall, takes to twitter and says a scandalous story is coming about robert mueller, and jack birkman, a republican lobbyist says he s going to hold a press conference and bring forward a woman with a sexual assault allegation against mueller. after this, another woman comes forward, this time a vermont law professor. she says, i also got a weird e-mail from sure fire intelligence. she shares the e-mail with cnn and shows that sure fire intelligence wants to offer her money for anything she knows about the special counsel. now, we know wall is tied to sure fire intelligence because of a lot of internet sleuthing, but perhaps the funniest or more damning detail is when you call the company s number it redirect
wohl was linked to another republican conspiracy type pushing similar claims against mueller and is reportedly involved in this very scheme. now both activists could be under investigation by the agency. in a rare statement yesterday, the special counsel s office said quote, when we learn last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims about the special counsel, we immediately referred the matter to the fbi for investigation. joining me is natasha bertrand. it s all yours. tell me this story. a couple of weeks ago reporters began receiving this letter from this woman who called herself lauren parsons and said she had been contacted by a gentleman who identified himself as a researcher and investigator and said he worked for a private intelligence firm called sure fire intelligence. she was kind of irked because this man offered to pay her