in attacking the president. let me play this for you and give you context. i think it s very at this tyl of mr. trump to mischaracterize. master of mischaracterization and dishonesty. to label someone as a spy is doing a disservice to these individuals but also to the finn. fbi. this is something president trump is masterful at twisting the truth in order to support his narrative. pete: twisting from the guy who is twisting away. call it what you want. informant, source. what s the word he uses all the time. confidential human source. that main the technical term. abby: how about just a spy. president president the president calls it spy gate. we are doing it for your own good. put someone in the game to impact your people. that is the definition of espionage. call it what you want. now that they are caught with their hand in the cookie jar they are making
a spy. it is typical of mr. trump to mischaracterize. this is something that mr. trump is it as you said masterful at in terms of twisting the truth to support his narrative. a lot of people compare that the f.b.i. and cia didn t do enough to uncover what russia was doing. this is what the f.b.i. was supposed to do and thank goodness they did it. jeanine: joining us with reaction, the author of the book the russia hoax . greg hand and fenton and fox news krntor charlie hurtz. did the f.b.i. have a basis for a criminal investigation or sufficient intelligence basis to launch a probe. they had neither and the evidence is clear and yet they launched the investigation in
a spy. it is typical of mr. trump to mischaracterize. this is something that mr. trump is it as you said masterful at in terms of twisting the truth to support his narrative. a lot of people compare that the f.b.i. and cia didn t do enough to uncover what russia was doing. this is what the f.b.i. was supposed to do and thank goodness they did it. jeanine: joining us with reaction, the author of the book the russia hoax . greg hand and fenton and fox news krntor charlie hurtz. did the f.b.i. have a basis for a criminal investigation or sufficient intelligence basis to launch a probe. they had neither and the evidence is clear and yet they launched the investigation in
informant and a spy. it is typical of mr. trump to mischaracterize. this is it something that mr. trump is masterful at in terms of twisting the truth to support his narrative. a lot of people complain that the f.b.i. and others didn t do enough to uncover what russia was doing. this is what the f.b.i. was supposed to do and thank goodness they did it. jeanine: joining us is it the author of the russia hoax. greg jarret and tom fenton and charlie hurt. i will start with you, did the f.b.i. have a legal basis to start a basis to launch an intelience probe? they had neither. and the evidence is clear and yet they launched this dilating
reputationally and as well as in danger. the president was tweeting about this today. i want to get your reaction. he wrote everyone knows there was a spy. in fact the people who were involved in the spying are admitting that there was a spy. widespread spying involving multiple people. mollie hemmingway hastes this monster story. he s kwequoting from a friendly source. he keeps using the word spy. he s a master of branding. he called it spy gate. what s the difference between an informant and a spy? first of all i think there s very typical of mr. trump to mischaracterize. he s a master of mischaracterization and dishonesty. a spy is recruited.