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Intelligence Officials Brief President Obama and President-Elect Trump on Russian Claims
13:11 - 21:08 (07:57)
Intelligence officials briefed President Obama and President-elect Trump last week on claims that Russia had compromising information on Trump. A dossier, sourced to a former British intelligence official, was used as part of the briefing.
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The FBI considered seeking a special warrant to access Carter Page's electronics and the dossier helped them to pursue it.
13:11 - 15:51 (02:40)
Summary
The FBI considered seeking a special warrant to access Carter Page's electronics and the dossier helped them to pursue it. With classified information from the intelligence community, they were able to acquire a surveillance warrant on Page with the help of parts of the dossier.
ChapterIntelligence Officials Brief President Obama and President-Elect Trump on Russian Claims
EpisodeThe Outsize Life and Quiet Death of the Steele Dossier
PodcastThe Daily
FBI Director James Comey and other intelligence chiefs briefed both President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on claims of Russian efforts to compromise Trump.
15:52 - 19:29 (03:36)
Summary
FBI Director James Comey and other intelligence chiefs briefed both President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on claims of Russian efforts to compromise Trump. The briefing was carried out because the top intelligence officials wanted to keep the president-elect informed of the situation and stave off future accusations of hiding information.
ChapterIntelligence Officials Brief President Obama and President-Elect Trump on Russian Claims
EpisodeThe Outsize Life and Quiet Death of the Steele Dossier
PodcastThe Daily
CNN reveals that US intelligence officials gave a two-page synopsis briefing to President-elect Trump about allegations from a dossier of compromising information on his ties to Russia.
19:29 - 21:08 (01:39)
Summary
CNN reveals that US intelligence officials gave a two-page synopsis briefing to President-elect Trump about allegations from a dossier of compromising information on his ties to Russia. BuzzFeed published the actual documents from the dossier which was controversial considering it is not verified.