company has been doing with their data. and it s really important i think to find out was this data used to help elect donald trump. trump s campaign big data company now stands accused of wrongdoing, including possible criminal acts on two continents. just days after whistle-blower alleged that cambridge analytica weaponized the personal information of 50 million facebook users, saying he created, quote, steve bannon s psychological warfare tool, an undercover video investigation shows cambridge analytica in action, the head of the company caught on camera bragging about possibly criminal strategies to get clients elected.
however, in 2013-2014, there was a new company set up, a kind of spin-off from scl which was cambridge analytica. now it was funded in large part by robert mercer, the kind of mega donor, republican mega donor. steve bannon was involved at that very early stage and alexander nix is the ceo. and now your investigation, i mean this is alexander nix being approached by someone he thinks is a possible client who is going to want to get people elected i think in sri lanka, is that correct? yes, that s right. and what kinds of things does he say he is willing to do, or that they have done in the past? so the setup, chris, i think it s important to understand, our operatives, if you like, a glamorous word, posed as representatives of a sri lankan family who wanted cambridge analytica s help to win elections in sri lanka. they were looking for a sales pitch from cambridge analytica, and that s what they got. initially there were four meetings. in the first few meetings it was
explosive new details about the kind of operation cambridge analytica was handling. and why facebook s handling of a massive data intrusion. i understand that facebook was how donald trump was going to win. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. new reporting tonight that president trump s lawyers are now turning documents over to special counsel robert mueller in hopes of limiting the scope of mueller s interview with the president. that news comes in the wake of the president unleashing his first direct attacks on the special counsel as he appears poised to begin a full-out offensive on the man who could take down his presidency. the floodgates opened after attorney general jeff session fired now former fbi director andrew mccabe late on friday amid massive pressure to do so from the white house and trump allies on trump tv for weeks and weeks and months at a time. they did that less than two days before mccabe was set to retire
however, in 2013-2014, there was a new company set up, a kind of spin-off from scl which was cambridge analytica. now it was funded in large part by robert mercer, the kind of mega donor, republican mega donor. steve bannon was involved at that very early stage and alexander nix is the ceo. and now your investigation, i mean this is alexander nix being approached by someone he thinks is a possible client who is going to want to get people elected i think in sri lanka, is that correct? yes, that s right. and what kinds of things does he say he is willing to do, or that they have done in the past? so the setup, chris, i think it s important to understand, our operatives, if you like, a glamorous word, posed as representatives of a havesri la family who wanted cambridge analytica s help to win elections in sri lanka. they were looking for a sales pitch from cambridge analytica, and that s what they got. initially there were four meetings. in the first few meetings it was
for americans to know what this company has been doing with their data. and it s really important i think to find out was this data used to help elect donald trump. trump s campaign big data company now stands accused of wrongdoing, including possible criminal acts on two continents. just days after whistle-blower alleged that cambridge analytica weaponized the personal information of 50 million facebook users, saying he created, quote, steve bannon s psychological warfare tool, an undercover video investigation shows cambridge analytica in action, the head of the company caught on camera bragging about possibly criminal strategies to get clients elected. cambridge analytica denies any wrongdoing.