steele was out shopping the dossier around, and at the same time he was asking ohr and the fbi for help with his russian oligarch friends who were upset about the sanctions. so this is that exchange that the trump team is being accused of, and here it is in black-and-white. david: on the clinton sid, this is the fruit of the poisonous tree that the trump team is talking about. this entire case is based on opposition research paid for by the dnc, paid for the by the clinton campaign. that is not true. david: it is true, it s known to be true. a, i absolutely know i m not lying about this. it started with george papadopoulos with a conversation with a russian diplomat. that s how the russian witch hunt started. why are you laughing? that s a fact. jessica, do you not find it
nellie, for him to be in the justice department and be doing what he did, that s a disgrace, that s disqualifying for a mueller. president trump reacting to revelations about bruce ohr, a former justice department official and his wife, nelly. emails and notes show that he had a deep connection with christopher steele, the author of that unverified and controversial dossier on the president. they revealed that he contacted at christopher steele numerous times. catherine herridge is with us live from washington. reporter: thanks jessica. the emails, text messages and personal notes obtained showed bruce ohr s deep connection to the british spy on the opposition research firm fusion gps that compiled the trump dossier. during closed-door testimony, glenn simpson claimed no contact with bruce ohr until after the
odd that there is all these lies that he said he didn t speak with him? what does that tell you? jessica: it tells me we certainly need to know what went on between bruce ohr and christopher steele. let me ask you this. why doesn t the president just declassify all of this? david: he needs to declassify everything. let s get all of the three oh twos out there. i will tell you why he doesn t do it, i think he has a sense of what s at the end of the tunnel and the longer it drags out, then it hits with that boom, it s like kind of a bombshell where you are sitting here and you are hearing about these people within the fbi, you know, back channeling. and according to their own emails when they been told not to have any contact with christopher steele any longer because he s not reputable, and they continue that channel going and lie about it, and then you find out that that side it
fantastic. and you know what you do and formed the conversation, it goes on around these figures want to highlight them and write about them and you do a great job, so we are thrilled for you and we look forward to seeing the movie this weekend. thank you very much. martha: i like calling it a movie. it s a mini documentary. if anyone wants to get it, i can sign it. i can sign it in person. but now she works later. martha: i love doing radio. thanks, brian, thanks jessica. still ahead, we all remember the violent riots and the looting and streets of baltimore that off by the death of freddie gray. but after months of investigation there was no evidence that any of the officers involved acted wrongly. none. as of today these officers are back at work, but they can t tell their story at. in an exclusive, you will hear from the father of one of them tonight. plus, brian ross suspended for a false report on the russia investigation, it s a big deal.