general. the fbi investigation that s the subject of this report crossfire hurricane was opened on july 31, 2016. days after the fbi received reporting from a friendly foreign government. the reporting stated that in a may 2016 meeting with the friendly foreign government, trump campaign foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos suggested the trump team received some kind of information with the anonymous release with information during the campaign that would be damaging to candidate clinton and then president obama. following receipt of that information, the fbi opened crossfire hurricane. given the nature and sensitivity of such an investigation, we would have expected fbi personnel to faithfully adhere to the if ib fib s detailed policies, practices, and norms. the fbi has developed and earned a reputation as one of the
he president tweeted he lied to the vice president and fbi and quote there was nothing to hide. trumps lawyer claimed he aired that tweet. he responded to questions about flynn this way. watch this. can you clarify how you understand what happened with music flynn, did you know that he had lied to the fbi? the president said that s what made him fire him? i stand by everything i ve said with regard to that individual and every other aspect of this. reporter: when he was fired, did you know he had lied to the if ib fib? what i can tell you is i knew that he lied to me. there is a non-answer, answer there. joining us from washington, d.c., good to have you with us. what do you make of vice president, i m not sure we can