'There is something bizarre -- and perhaps sinister -- about Trump's relationship with Russia': CNN's Toobin

A CNN panel on Monday once again found itself baffled by President Donald Trump's strange deference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During a discussion of former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe's bombshell revelation that Trump trusts Putin more than his own intelligence agencies, former Republican congressman Mike Rogers said it was disturbing how willing the president was to take the word of a top geopolitical rival.

"That's very, very concerning to me," he said. "These are his intelligence folks who are culling lots of points of collection, meaning human and electronic and digital, every form of [intelligence]... they take all of that information and then they come up with a policy or at least a proposal or at least an understanding of what's going on in the world. The president needs to have faith and trust in that information."

Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, meanwhile, suggested there was something darker going on with the president's often fawning treatment of his Russian counterpart.

"This is not just any leader," Toobin said, referencing Putin. "This is Vladimir Putin, who he was trying to do business with, who was helping him win the election. I mean, there is something bizarre and perhaps sinister about the president's relationship with Russia. "

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