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JUSTICE CHARGE. >> APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BACK WHEN THE PRESIDENT MET WITH LORETTA LYNNE, HE CALLED FOR A
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION ON HILLARY CLINTON.
IF IT WAS IMPROPER FOR BILL CLINTON TO DO THAT THEN, WHERE
DO YOU STUDENT THIS? STWE DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION INTO ALL
SORTS OF ALLEGATIONS. I THINK THAT'S EVIDENT THAT
CONGRESS IS ABLE TO DO ITS JOB INVESTIGATING AS WELL AS THE
VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE FBI.
>> BUT YOU CALLED FOR IT. DO YOU THINK CONGRESS WILL BE
FINE TO DO THIS IN. >> I THINK WE'RE WAY EARLY IN
THE PROCESS. ALL WE HAVE NOW ARE OVERHYPED
ANONYMOUS SOURCES AND INNUENDOS. I WANT TO HEAR FROM COMEY.
I WANT TO SEE THE MEMOS. THAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT WEEK.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT DONALD TRUMP DID END THE FBI
INVESTIGATION INTO MICHAEL FLYNN, DO YOU THINK THAT IS
APPROPRIATE? >> LISTEN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT
WAS DONE. >> IS THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FOR
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO AND THE FBI D DIRECTO
TO END AN INVESTIGATION? >> I THINK IT IS PERFECTLY ALL
RIGHT TO SAY, THIS IS A GOOD GUY.
I LIKE HIM. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INTENT
WAS AND THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WEST NEED TO SEE
THE MEMO AND WE NEED ON TALK TO MR. COMEY IF THIS WAS HILLARY
CLINTON, WOULD YOU SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INTENT WAS?
OR WOULD YOU BE CALLING FOR -- FOR HER TO BE TAKEN OUT?
>> I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE CONCERNED WITH THE INTENT.
IT IS AN ELEMENT OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW, WELL, EXCEPT MAYBE HILLARY CLINTON.
>> NOBLE IS ABOVE THE LAW EXCEPT HILLARY CLINTON.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MAY HAVE RELEASED HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO THE RUSSIANS.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU? IT IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, IF
HILLARY CLINTON WOULD RELEASE -- >> SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO DO THAT. IN FACT, SHE DID LET HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ON HER PRIVATE SERVER WHICH I BELIEVE
WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. >> SO YOU THINK IT IS OKAY FOR
THE PRESIDENT TO SAY, HERE'S SOME HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION AND INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM AN ALLY?
>> EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WAS IN THAT MEETING SAID THAT THE
PRESIDENT DID NOT DO THAT. THAT IS AN ALLEGATION THAT HAS
YET TO BE PROVEN. >> NO.
THEY SAID HE DIDN'T REVEAL SOURCES OR METHODS.
>> LISTEN, THE PRESIDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO DECLASSIFY
INFORMATION AS HE SEES FIT. I THINK IT IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE SEEKING THE RUSSIANS' AID IN FIGHTING
ISIS. A COMMON ENEMY THAT WE HAVE WITH
RUSSIA.
THERE ARE THINGS, RUSSIA IS NOT OUR ENEMY ON ALL FRONTS.
>> IS RUSSIA OUR ALLY? >> AGAIN, WE'VE GOT INTERESTS IN
COMMON AND FIGHTING ISIS IS ONE OF THOSE.
THAT'S THE CONTEXT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
>> WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RECORD
CONVERSATIONS IN THE OVAL OFFICE BETWEEN HIM AND IN IT
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS? >> AGAIN, I THINK THERE ARE
VARIOUS CONSIDERATIONS HERE. I CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE THE WAY
IT LOOKS LIKE HAPPENED IN THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION.
IT HAS A VERY NEGATIVE POLITICAL CONNOTATION.
IF THE PRESIDENT WERE DOING THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO AND FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY? >> I WANT TO ASK HIM IF HE FELT
THE PRESIDENT WAS PRESSURING HIM TO TEND INVESTIGATION?
IF SO, WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT IT TO THE SUPERIORS, TO THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, AND WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT TO IT CONGRESS?
>> LAST NIGHT, YOU TOLD MY COLLEAGUE THAT YOU BELIEVE THE
PRESIDENT IS CLIMBING THE LEARNING CURVE.
BUT NOT QUITE AS FAST AS SOME FOLKS WOULD WANT HIM.
DO YOU PLEE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE
ON A LEARNING CURVE? >> LISTEN, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ELECTED DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A CAREER POLITICIAN.
THEY WANTED SOMEONE WHO WOULD GET THINGS DONE, A MAN OF
ACTION. IN WASHINGTON, THERE ARE ALL
SORTS OF WAYS YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THE PRESS.
THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY THINGS AND NOT SAY BUT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH THAT AND THAT'S WHY THEY ELECTED
A STRAIGHT SHOOTER LIKE DONALD TRUMP.
>> I WANT TO AND BUT RUSSIA. THEY ALL SAID THAT RUSSIA TRIED
INTERFERE. GIVEN THAT, DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS
APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO BE SHARING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION WITH THE RUSSIANS? >> WE STILL HAVE ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS AS TO WHAT IF ANY INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION.
>> NO, NO, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HAS SAID THEY DID DO
THAT. THEY TESTIFIED SAYING THEY TRIED
ON INTERFERE. >> RUSSIA HAS THE ABILITY TO
HELP US ON THE WAR ON TERROR. >> BUT IT'S POCK THEY TRIED ON
INTERFERE IN THE ELECTION BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HELP US IN
THE WAR ON TERROR? >> I'M NOT SAYING IT IS POCK
THEY INTERFERED IN THE ELECTION. I'M SAYING THAT THE FACTS AREN'T
ALL IN. THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
YOU FOLKS IN THE MEDIA ARE JUST HAVING A FEEDING FRENZY OVER
DONALD TRUMP AND THE RUSSIANS, AND ARE NOT WAITING TO GET ALL
THE FACTS IN. ALL THIS FROM COMEY IS COMING
FROM ANONYMOUS SOURCES WITH A MEMO WE HAVE YET TO SEE WITH NO
COMMENT FROM JAMES COMEY. THIS IS ALL PRE MATURE.
IT IS JUST A FEEDING FRENZY OF THE MEDIA.
I HAVE FIVE TELEVISIONS IN MY OFFICE.
THIS IS WALL TO WALL COVERAGE. THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS
GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS STOPPING PRESIDENT FROM
MOVING AHEAD WITH TITH THE AGEN RAN ON AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ELECTED HIM FOR. FIXING HEALTH CARE, LOWERING
TAXES, PUTTING AMERICANS BACK TO WORK, SECURING OUR BORDER.
IT IS MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
INSTEAD YOU'VE GOT PRETTY MUCH EVERY JOURNALIST IN WASHINGTON
OUT TO GET DONALD TRUMP. IF HE SAID, OH, I LIKE PUPPIES
THE STORY WOULD BE DONALD TRUMP HATES KITTENS.
>> TO BE FAIR, DONALD TRUMP IS TWEETING QUITE A BIT ON ALL OF
THESE TOPICS INCLUDING MAKING ALLEGATIONS ARE SO FAR BASELESS,
LIKE THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WIRETAPPED HIM IN
TRUMP TOWER EVEN

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