McCain says independent Russia probe needed

>>> THE FBI AS PART OF OUR
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE MISSION IS
INVESTIGATING THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO
INTERFERE IN THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND THAT
INCLUDES INVESTIGATING THE
NATURE OF ANY LINKS BETWEEN
INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT AND WHETHER THERE WAS
ANY COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA'S EFFORTS.
>> THAT WAS A BOMBSHELL
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, AND ON
FRIDAY WE LEARNED THAT FORMER
TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIR PAUL
MANAFORT AND FORMER ADVISERS
ROGER STONE AND CARTER PAGE SAID
THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK TO THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
ABOUT THE RUSSIA CONTROVERSIES,
AND WE'RE BACK NOW WITH THE
PANEL.
CONGRESSMAN ZELDIN, I WANT TO
START WITH YOU, AS A REPUBLICAN.
DO YOU THINK IN ALL FAIRNESS
THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAD A
RIGHT TO KNOW BEFORE THEY WENT
TO THE POLLS THAT THIS
INVESTIGATION OF THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN UNDER WAY FOR
MONTHS?
>> WELL, THE INVESTIGATION THAT
WAS TAKING PLACE WAS WITH
REGARDS TO -- THERE WERE
SUCCESSFUL HACKS INTO THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMIT, JOAN PODESTA'S
E-MAILS, AND, YOU KNOW.
>> NO, NO, NO.
THE FBI SAID EXPLICITLY THAT IT
WAS THE TRUMP CAMP, ANY POSSIBLE
CONNECTION WITH THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.
>> RIGHT, BUT THE FOCUS -- THE
REASON FOR THE INVESTIGATION,
THE FOCUS THAT HAVE
INVESTIGATION WAS -- WAS
DETERMINING THOSE HACKS AND
WHETHER OR NOT, AS YOU'RE TRYING
TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF
ELECTION DAY ITSELF AND NOT
BEING TABLE HACK INTO OUR
SYSTEMS AND STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, LIKE THAT WAS THE
PURPOSE FOR WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF IT
T.INCIDENTALLY, AS YOU -- AS YOU
ARE PROGRESSING AND YOU START
LEARNING MORE OF THE FACTS, THE
INVESTIGATION EVOLVES.
>> CAN I HELP THE CONGRESS.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS
YES.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO
KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN
INVESTIGATION GOING ON PRIOR TO
THE ELECTION.
>> DID YOU SUPPORT COMEY'S
LETTER 11 DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION?
>> I DID NOT SUPPORT THE
LETTERS.
>> SO YOU JUST CONTRADICTED
YOURSELF.
>> WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS
GOOD FOR GANDER.
THE FACT IS IF YOU WANT TO SAY
I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING ANTHONY
WEINER AND FOUND THESE E-MAILS
ON A COMPUTER AND WE'RE GOING TO
INVESTIGATE THE E-MAILS, THAT'S
FINE BUT AMERICAN PEOPLE SALT
HERE, RICK SANTORUM AND
KELLYANNE CONWAY HAVE ALL TOUTED
THIS LINE YOU SHOULD NOT VOTE
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS UNDER FBI
INVESTIGATION.
WHAT DID WE FIND OUT.
THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES CURRENTLY IS UNDER FBI
INVESTIGATION.
TAKE IT FOR WHAT YOU WANT.
>> WHAT'S HE UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR?
>> HE AND HIS ASSOCIATES AND HIS
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLUSION WITH THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN THIS
CAMPAIGN.
>> THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF THAT,
AND NUMBER, TWO, DANA, WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT.
COMEY WAS NOT CLEAR AS TO WHEN
THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT TRUMP'S
POTENTIAL COLLUSION BEGAN.
I THINK WHAT LEE IS SAYING IT
STARTED OUT NOT AS AN
INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP OR ANY
POTENTIAL COLLUSION.
WE DON'T KNOW AT WHAT POINT THAT
INVESTIGATION TURNED AND HE WAS
NOT CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND IT
COULD HAVE BEEN AFTER THE
ELECTION.
>> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE RELATED TO THIS THAT
HAPPENED THAT WAS REALLY
REMARKABLE ON CAPITOL HILL
TODAY.
CONGRESSMAN DEVIN NUNES, THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, HE HAD
TO APOLOGIZE TO DEMOCRATS AND
SOME OF HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS
FOR SHARING SURVEILLANCE
INFORMATION WITH THE WHITE HOUSE
AND THE PUBLIC BEFORE HE DID SO
WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OWN
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
LISTEN TO WHAT JOHN McCAIN SAID
ABOUT THAT.
>> I'M CALLING FOR A SELECT
COMMITTEE OR A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE.
NO LONGER DOES THE CONGRESS HAVE
CREDIBILITY TO THE HANDLE THIS
ALONE, AND I DON'T SAY THAT
LIGHTLY.
>> HE SAYS IT LIGHTLY ALL THE
TIME SO THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME
THAT JOHN McCAIN.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> LOOK, I THINK IT SHOULD BE
DONE BY THE COMMITTEES IN
CHARGE.
DO I THINK DEVIN NUNES MADE HAD
A GOOD CALL?
NO, I DON'T THINK HE MADE A GOOD
CALL.
HE SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO HIS
COMMITTEE BEFORE HE WENT TO THE
PRESIDENT AND I DON'T THINK HIS
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THE
PRESIDENT, AND SO -- BUT I WOULD
SAY ON THE OTHER SIDE, ADAM
SCHIFF HAS REMINDED ME OF JOE
McCARTY.
THESE RANTS ABOUT ALL THESE,
QUOTE, COINCIDENCES OF, YOU
KNOW, THAT HAVE -- IF YOU STRING
TOGETHER OBVIOUSLY SHOWED THAT
THERE'S A RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY
HERE WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ARE
ABSURD ON HIS FACE AND HELP'S
BEING JUST AS PARTISAN AS DEVIN
NUNNES IS.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S PARTISAN
WHEN YOU HAVE AN FBI DIRECTOR
SAYING THERE'S CLEARLY BEEN
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR
ELECTION.
WE NEED THE FACTS N.SENATOR
McCAIN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
DO I BELIEVE WE NEED AN
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENED LAST
WEEK SHOWS THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
FLOR NOT NOBODY POLITICAL
INTERFERENCE IN THE INTEL JENT
JENS COMMITTEE CONDUCTING THIS
INVESTIGATION.
WE'RE IN TOO PARTISAN OF AN
ENVIRONMENT AND WHEN YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT LIKE RUSSIA TRYING TO
INTERFERE IN OUR ELECTION CYCLE
AND LORD KNOWS WHALES WE NEED AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
>> DID ADAM SCHIFF SAY THAT THE
TRUMP/RUSSIA EVIDENCE IS MORE
THAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL?
>> I DON'T THINK HE DOES.
I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION
THAT HE DOES BECAUSE HE'S NOT
ALLOWED TO SHARE WITH ME BUT I
THINK HE'S ONE OF THE MOST
STEADFAST EVEN MEN THAT I KNOW
AND HE WHO NEVER SAY ANYTHING
THAT DIDN'T HAVE TRUTH TO IT.
I ADMIRE THE WAY
>> NO ONE ELSE HAS SAID.
>> YOUR GUY WENT RUSHING TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TO TRY TO PROTECT
HIM POLITICALLY.
>> ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE,
IN THE SENATE, NO ONE ELSE HAS
SAID THAT.
>> AND NUNES WAS COMING OUT
PUBLICLY WITH EVIDENCE AND
ALLEGATIONS TO MAKE THE
PRESIDENT LOOK BAD, THEN THE
DEMOCRATS WOULD BE CELEBRATING.
OUT DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE
COMMITTEE FIRST.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE CAMERAS
AND SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE AT
ALL WITH REGARDS TO THE
PRESIDENT.
>> DO YOU WISH AS CHAIRMAN OF
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, THAT HAS BEEN THE
LAST VESTIGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING RICK
JUST SAID.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN HIS
ANALYSIS.
I WANT TO POINT OUT HOW THIS
WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY PLAYED OUT
IF DEVIN WAS GOING OUT WITH
SOMETHING THAT MAKES THE
PRESIDENT LOOK BAD.
>>

McCain says independent Russia probe needed

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