administration s border wall. ryan says the government needs better border security and says the u.s. should punish the mexican and chinese governments for the fentanyl coming into the country. nor. the candidates spent much of this debate trying to tie their opponent to national party figures. you were calling trump america s hitler. then you kissed his ass. he says he challenged nancy pelosi for leadership. but then he goes on national tv and says that he loves her. on abortion, they labeled each other extremist. ryan says he supports a return to roe v. wade, the standard the supreme court invalidated this summer. vance appeared supportive of senator lindsey graham s national 15-week abortion ban though refused to get into details, bret. bret: that s one to watch. rich, thanks. bret: breaking tonight, a big defeat for the special counsel investigating the trump-russia probe. the russian think tank analyst accused of lying to the fbi about the infamous steele
durham the special counsel he said on a statement while we are disappointed in the outcome, we respect the jury s decision and thank them for their service. durham alleged danchenko lied to fbi agent four times when he received he received a call from unidentified russian male he thought was a man named sergei who had connections to republican politics. danchenko repeated the story about the call to a man named kevin hellson special agent four times. deank s attorney said the call did happen. he was a governor witness but defended danchenko, bret, tell jurors danchenko was a valuable informant. another big revelation during this trial, the fbi apparently offered christopher steele $1 million to corroborate his widely debunked dossier that s coming from an analyst on the stand last week. steele could not do it but the fbi still went forward and used the dossier to surveil trump campaign aide carter page. bret, we expect john durham to write a narrative tying together this three and a ha
dossier has been acquitted on all four counts. correspondent david spunt is in alexandria, virginia outside the courthouse to explain that verdict. good evening, david. good evening, bret. special counsel john durham and his team left with a loss from the courthouse here in alexandria, virginia. this is his second loss in about five months. he looked at the origins. he began looking at the origins of the russia probe about three and a half years ago. this was his second trial and many times in this building behind me it felt like the fbi was on trial alongside the defendant eye gore danchenko. he was found not guilty on four counts of lying to the fbi. he is the man the government says was the primary source for exbritish spy christopher steele who compiled the steele dossier. a debunk set of documents aimed at destroying then candidate donald trump. we have known all along that mr. danchenko was innocent. we re happy now that the american public knows that as well. nothing on ca
trial of the russian national accused of lying to the fbi as part of the special counsel john durham s investigation into the origins of the probe. democratic operative charles dolan on the stand admitting to lying about the source of supposedly inside information relating to problems within a 26 campaign. the information that wound up in the infamous steele dossier intended to take down then republican nominee donald trump. you feel like you have to tip everyone everywhere you go right? when they swing the touch screen tablet around why, many americans say tipping has reached a tipping point. plus, don t blink. you might miss it. did you catch that lightning bolt before it hit the ground and exploded? today s best viral videos coming up in a bit. ups!
they may as well as this matter the durham matter and move forward. democrats would do better focusing on crime, code, inflation and border. that is how we are going to win the elections in november. not by focusing on the politics around president trump. bret: kimberley, that was the message today from hillary clinton is this suggesting she is considering another run? you know, it s remarkable that she is actually in the running, given the thing we are just talking about. because, while we may not know everything that durham has against sussmann and rodney jof fy and others we very much know that her campaign was behind the infamous steele dossier which was said to be fbi and which the special counsel has already proven to be a complete fabrication. this was an ultimate dirty trick. and it s kind of astonishing to me that she and some of her former players are still out there in the political realm. some of them working for president biden. bret: yeah. so, meantime, democrats ar