Hayden: Dossier Claims that Russians Had Trump ‘Over a Barrel’ Are ‘Credible’

EXCERPT:

SCIUTTO: “Right. And that’s the evidence here, right, because as we know, the Russian investigation began before the Steele dossier despite what the President, many of the supporters have said. But big picture here. The dossier’s central claim, right, was in effect this, that the Russians had Trump over a barrel because of years of financial support, etc. And the fact is, in the nearly two years since we learned about this, there’s been evidence, at least, of contacts, there’s been evidence of meetings, some of which were lied about, etc, including the Trump Tower meeting. Based on what you’ve seen, and again, I know you’re not in the CIA today so you’re not seeing the actual intelligence, but as an intelligence professional, based on what you’ve seen, have you seen evidence that makes that a credible allegation?”

HAYDEN: “Credible, yes, in terms of working hypothesis, not something you would dismiss, something that deserves the kind of thorough investigation that Frank Bruni said we’re getting with Director Mueller.”