Maxine Waters: I Didn't Call For President Trump's Impeachment, But We Need Information

HIS TAX RETURNS THREATEN TO DERAIL THE NEXT ITEM ON HIS
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I'M JOINED NOW BY SAFE TO SAY
ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S MOST VOCAL CRITICSES THEY DICES,
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS. WELCOME TO YOU.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS FOR BEING WITH ME.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> LET ME READ YOUR TWEET FROM
THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT TWEET
FROM THE MAXINE WATERS TWITTER ACCOUNT.
THE PRESIDENT IS A LIAR. HIS ACTIONS ARE CONTEMPTIBLE AND
I'M GOING TO FIGHT EVERY DAY UNTIL HE'S IMPEACHED.
WHAT ARE THE IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES, CONGRESSWOMAN?
>> OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT THE
RUSSIANS DID HACK INTO THE DNC AND TO MANY OF US WHO HAD TO
HAVE OUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS CHANGED, ET CETERA.
THE QUESTION BECOMES, WAS THERE COLLUSION.
DID THIS CAMPAIGN, THIS PRESIDENT, AND HIS CAMPAIGN
AND/OR ALLIES, COLLUDE WITH THE RUSSIANS IN DOING THE HACKING
AND UNDERMINING OUR DEMOCRACY? WE KNOW THAT PUTIN HATED
HILLARY, THEY WORKED IN SOME WAYS TO TRY TO SUPPORT TRUMP TO
GET ELECTED. THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
WE KNOW THAT TILLERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO'S NEVER BEEN IN
GOVERNMENT BEFORE, WHO CAME FROM EXXON, NEGOTIATED A MULTIBILLION
DOLLAR DEAL WITH PUTIN TO DRILL IN THE ARCTIC AND SO WE HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT LEADS US TO, I THINK, A CREDIBLE
INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS
COLLUSION AND WHETHER OR NOT AN OIL DEAL IS INVOLVED WITH ALL OF
THIS. >> YOU STARTED THAT SAYING THE
QUESTION BECOMES SHOULD WE WAIT TO CALL FOR IMPEACHMENT.
WE NEED TO CONNECT THE DOTS. WE NEED THE FACTS IN ORDER TO DO
THE IMPEACHMENT. AND I'M GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY
TO TRY AND HELP GET THOSE FACTS AND TO REVEAL THEM, TO THE
REPUBLIC, TO OUR PUBLIC, UNTIL, OF COURSE, IMPEACHMENT IS TAKEN
PLACE. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HIS TAX
RETURNS. THERE WERE, OF COURSE, THOSE
MARCHES OVER THE WEEKEND, DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP NOW TRYING
TO TIE THE RELEASE OF THOSE TAX RETURNS TO ANY SORT OF MAJOR TAX
OVERHAUL IN CONGRESS. DO WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE
AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THE PRESIDENT TO RELEASE HIS TAX
RETURNS? >> OH, I DON'T THINK HE HAS ANY
INTENTION OF RELEASING HIS TAX RETURNS.
I THINK THAT HE BELIEVES HE CAN GO FORWARD WITH REFORM, WITHOUT
HAVING TO DO IT. HE BELIEVES THAT HE CAN GET AWAY
WITH ANYTHING THAT HE WANTS TO GET AWAY WITH.
BUT, MANY OF US HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HE'S PAID
ANY TAXES AT ALL, WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS DEBT TO THOSE WHO COULD
MAYBE COMPROMISE HIM OR BLACKMAIL HIM.
WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM AND HIS BUSINESS DEALS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE CONSTANT AND WE REALLY NEED TO
SEE THOSE TAX RETURNS. EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE NIXON HAVE
GIVEN THOSE TAX RETURNS AND HERE WE ARE, WITH THE TAX RETURNS NOW
THAT'S DUE THE LAST DAY, AND HE'S NOT GOING TO EVEN RELEASE
THE LATEST TAX RETURNS. >> HEY CONGRESSWOMAN --
>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR HIM TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE
HE'S CREDIBLE IN LEADING SOME KIND OF TAX REFORM.
IS HE DOING IT TO BENEFIT HIMSELF, HIS FRIENDS, WE DON'T
KNOW. >> REALLY QUICKLY, CONGRESSWOMAN
HERE, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, YOU, AS YOU PERHAPS KNOW, YOU'VE
BECOME A BIT OF A HERO TO MILLENNIALS WHICH I FIND
HUMOROUS SINCE I WAS WATCHING THE WATCHING
THE O.J. SIMPSON SERIES A WHILE BACK, AND THERE WAS MAXINE
WATERS FROM BACK IN THE DAY. I THINK FOLKS FORGET HOW LONG
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE GAME. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT
YOU AND BERNIE SANDERS RIGHT NOW THAT SEEMS TO BE RESONATING WITH
SO MANY YOUNG DEMOCRATS? >> WELL, I THINK THE MILLENNIALS
HAVE ADOPTED ME BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO BELIEVE I SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER. THEY SEE THAT I'M NOT AFRAID,
THAT I AM WILLING TO SAY THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT
WILLING TO SAY, TO ASK THE KIND OF QUESTIONS, TO CHALLENGE.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
I THINK THEY'RE SICK AND TIRED OF POLITICIANS BEING SO
PROTECTIVE OF WHAT THEY SAY AND HOW THEY ACT, AND THEY ALSO
TIRED OF THE MEDIA NOT DRILLING DOWN IN WAYS THAT THEY SHOULD TO
GET AT THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND TO FIND OUT INFORMATION.
AND SO I I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN DOING THAT.
>> I KNOW YOU DO. >> MANY OF THEM DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN MY PAST, WHERE I'VE HAD THE SAME
KIND OF ATTITUDE. AND SO IT IS REFRESHING TO THEM.
THEY LIKE IT, AND AGAIN, THEY ADOPTED ME.
THEY CALL ME AUNTIE MAXINE. I'VE ADOPTED THEM.
WE HAVE

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