ABOUT JEFF FLAKE ONE MINUTE AFTER HE'S OFF THE AIR.
>> WHAT A -- >>> PART OF THE RESEARCH THAT
EVENTUALLY LED TO THE DOSSIER LEADING TO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
THEN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS TIES TO RUG RUSSIA.
SERVICE BEGAN IN APRIL LAST YEAR AND CONCLUDED BEFORE THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION. THE WASHINGTON POST WAS FIRST TO
REPORT THIS STORY. OF COURSE, "THE POST" SAID THE
FUSION'S RESEARCH WAS FIRST FUNDED BY REPUBLICANS, UNKNOWN
REPUBLICAN CLIENT DURING THE GOP PRIMARY WAS TRYING TO GET
INFORMATION ON DONALD TRUMP AND AFTER DONALD TRUMP WON THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, THEN DEMOCRATS PICKED UP ON THE
REPUBLICAN RESEARCH AND MOVED FORWARD.
THE RNC, OF COURSE, WAS QUICK TO PUBLICIZE THE ARTICLE.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING. THEY LEFT -- WILLIE, THEY LEFT
OUT A LINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GUESS WHAT
LINE THE RNC LEFT OUT? >> THAT THEY INITIATED THE
RESEARCH? >> YES, THAT THIS WAS A
REPUBLICAN PROJECT, THAT REPUBLICANS INITIATED, THAT
REPUBLICANS FUNDED, THAT REPUBLICANS KEPT GOING UNTIL HE
WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. >> WHAT DOES HE WIN FOR THAT
CORRECT ANSWER? >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS STRONGLY
DENIED ALLEGATIONS IN THE DOSSIER THAT HIS CAMPAIGN
COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA AND OTHER
SALACIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DEBUNKED.
>> BUT SOME OF THE CLAIMS IN THE DOSSIER HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVEN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. NOT EVERYTHING IN IT HAS BEEN
DEBUNKED. SOME OF IT HAS BEEN PROVEN AND
WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT ELEMENTS OF THE
DOSSIER. IT'S NOT COMPLETELY HISTORY.
>> NO. >> AND THE PRESIDENT JUST
TWEETED, CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND DNC PAID FOR RESEARCH THAT LED
TO ANT TIE TRUMP FAKE NEWS DOSSIER.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT'S FALSE. WHAT LED TO IT WAS REPUBLICAN --
THAT LED TO IT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY STARTED IT.
THIS WAS THE REPUBLICANS, AND AN UNKNOWN REPUBLICAN FUND THIS HAD
DOSSIER. AFTER DONALD TRUMP WON THE
NOMINATION, DEMOCRATS PICKED IT
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