russia. an attorney representing the clinton campaign and the dnc retained fusion gps, washington firm to do that research. the firm hired dossier author christopher steele, a former british spy. meanwhile, just days ago, multiple leaders from fusion gps pleaded the fifth before house lawmakers when asked who financed that work. house oversight committee trey gowdy says he has more question questions. it is irrelevant who paid for the dossier. it s much more relevant who relied upon it pretty so my focus has always been whether or not the department of justice and the fbi relied upon in unsourced ci document to launch a counterintelligence investigation. so i want to know whether the nation s premier law enforcement agency relied on the document that looked like the national enquirer prepared it. harris: money, money, money. before clinton and the dnc kicked in that cash, the dossier was initially financed during the primaries by an unnamed g.o.p. operative.
harris: i just need someone to tell me who is working on the campaign? what exactly is opposition research and i know what it is, but what is it in this context? before you dig up dirt on your opponent. i don t think this is normal in terms of here s what i think the big deal about this. the world concern or that s been the narrative of concern of russian disinformation in the united states, here is your disinformation campaign and it was bought and paid for by hillary clinton s campaign and the dnc. in the book shattered, it talks about clinton s source is basically saying that within 24 hours of her concession speech, they came together and came up with the narrative of why she lost. and russia influences part of that. this document has led to a lot of the allegations against president trump and russia collusion which was bought and paid for by the clinton campaign. when you look at the fusion gps which many are saying is an unregistered agent of russia who employed christopher s
a now infamous investigation of trump contacts with russians. it is relevant who paid for the dossier. it s much more relevant who relied upon it. my focus has been on whether or not the department of justice and the fbi relied upon an unsourced ci document to launch a counter intelligence investigation. and truth as redefined by the trump white house. even if there s video. and it proves you wrong, just say it doesn t. i don t believe that general kelly mischaracterized. he gave his account of what took place. just his account of what took place. now what is the big question in washington and across the republican party, after two scathing rebukes of president trump by leading senators of his own political party. the president chalks it all up to sour grapes and political weakness of senators jeff flake and bob corker he tweets this, the reason flake and corker dropped out of the senate race is simple. they had zero chance of being