In an interview on CNN Monday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was asked if the FISA judge that approved surveillance on members of the Trump campaign was made aware that the Steele dossier -- the key in obtaining a warrant -- was a product of Democratic party funding and Clinton campaign funding.



Schiff said he "can't go into the details until they're made public," but that the FBI and DOJ did disclose that the dossier was "likely supported" by a political act.



"Well, as you'll see in our response, and I can't go into the details until they’re made public, the FBI and Department of Justice did disclose the FISA court that this was likely supported by a political act with political motivation," Schiff said.











"I can't get into the specifics until they're declassified by the committee," he said. "But I think that the FBI certainly gave important information about bias to the FISA court."



Schiff also responded to President Trump calling some Democrats treasonous. The Congressman said this is the type of demagoguery we have come to expect from Trump and Chief of Staff John Kelly needs to put the president in "time out."





SCIUTTO: Two of the central -- really the two central allegations of the Nunes memo, one was that the Russia investigation, the Carter Page warrant, based entirely on the dossier, we've heard you contest that. But we just heard Republican Trey Gowdy in effect rebut that as well. But the other was that the Democrats, when the Justice Department and the FBI considered this, the judge, this warrant, the judge was not told that this dossier was the product of Democratic funding. It had, the Steele dossier had the backing of the Democratic Party, et cetera.



I understand you contest that argument as well. Tell us why.



SCHIFF: Well, as you'll see in our response, and I can't go into the details until they’re made public, the FBI and Department of Justice did disclose the FISA court that this was likely supported by a political act with political motivation. So that information is contained in the application and I think it is very misleading to suggest the FISA court had no idea. There might be a political motivation at work. That’s just one of I think the many misleading aspects of the majority memo that we point out in our response to us so that we can give the public a proper context.



SCIUTTO: But did the judge know that this dossier was specifically backed up by Clinton campaign money? That the DNC was involved? Or did they just know -- did the judges know generally that there was a political source to this document or political backing, rather?



SCHIFF: You know, I can't get into the specifics until they're declassified by the committee. But I think that the FBI certainly gave important information about bias to the FISA court. There are a lot of reasons why the names -- the specific names of U.S. persons, or U.S. organizations, are not used. And we had testimony about this in the committee.



The majority members know about this. The same people that are complaining about the unmasking of names are complaining now that things weren’t unmasked. So, this also going to be in our response memo which we expect the majority is going to have to vote to make public.