Rubio get facts to see if Trump obstructed

AT THE FACTS, NO MATTER WHAT
THEY ARE AND WHATEVER THE FACTS
ARE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE
OUR DECISIONS ON.
>> SEEMS THE WHITE HOUSE IS
STANDING IN THE WAY OF THE
PROCESS TO GET TO THE FACTS,
LOOK AT THE NEW BOMBSHELL FROM
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" NEWSPAPER
REPORTING WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
WENT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE
OVAL OFFICE WITH RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS HE TOLD THEM "I JUST
FIRED THE HEAD THE FBI.
HE WAS CRAZY, A REAL NUT JOB.
I FACED GREAT PRESSURE BECAUSE
OF RUSSIA.
THAT'S TAKEN OFF."
WHAT WAS YOUR RESPONSE WHEN YOU
READ THE COMMENTS?
>> THOSE RESPONSE ARE BASED ON
NOTES I HAVEN'T SEEN AND NEITHER
HAVE YOU.
I'M NOT DENYING, NOT ADMITTING
THEY ARE.
WE DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE AN
INQUIRY THAT LOOKS AT ALL THAT.
I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE TO
PRODUCE THOSE NOTES TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN
REVIEW IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AND CONTINUE TO
BELIEVE IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR
THEM TO DO.
AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE POINT
THAT I MADE AND THAT IS
IRRESPECTIVE OF ALL THOSE
REPORTS, DIRECTOR MUELLER WILL
DO HIS THING WITH REGARDS TO THE
WORK THAT HE NOW HAS, THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IS GOING
TO CONTINUE TO DO ITS WORK.
YOU WILL HAVE NOW AT LEAST TWO
SEPARATE PLACES THAT I HOPE WILL
REACH CONCLUSIONS BASED ON
FACTS, THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST,
AND THAT'S WHAT I AM INVESTING
MY TIME AND ENERGY.
WHEN I DON'T, WHEN I'M CAUTIOUS
ABOUT COMMENTING ON THESE
THINGS, IS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT
TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF
THIS EFFORT, IN ONE DIRECTION OR
ANOTHER.
IT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF
THIS COUNTRY FOR THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TO
PRODUCE A REPORT BASED ON FACTS
THAT EVERYONE HAS CONFIDENCE IN,
AND NOT SOME SORT OF OPEN-ENDED
THING THAT CONTINUES TO, YOU
KNOW, SPIRAL THIS THING OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> OF COURSE, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
NOT DISPUTING THOSE COMMENTS AS
REPORTED IN THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," AND I GUESS THERE ARE A
LOT OF AMERICANS WHO ARE LOOKING
AT THIS GROWING BODY OF
INFORMATION, AND WONDERING WHAT
EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE.
WE HAVE THE COMMENTS THAT HE
MADE TO THE RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
ACCORDING TO THAT DOCUMENT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP RECENTLY TOLD
NBC'S LESTER HOLT THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION WAS ON HIS MIND
WHEN HE MADE THE DECISION TO
FIRE DIRECTOR COMEY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> BUT REGARDLESS OF
RECOMMENDATION, I WAS GOING TO
FIRE COMEY, KNOWING THERE WAS NO
GOOD TIME TO DO IT.
AND IN FACT, WHEN I DECIDED TO
JUST DO IT, I SAID TO MYSELF, I
SAID YOU KNOW, THIS RUSSIA THING
WITH TRUMP AND RUSSIA IS A MADE
UP STORY, IT'S AN EXCUSE BY THE
DEMOCRATS FOR HAVING LOST AN
ELECTION, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE
WON.
>> SO WE HAVE THAT.
WE HAVE WHAT HE TOLD THE
RUSSIANS ACCORDING TO THAT
DOCUMENT, A SOURCE CLOSE TO
COMEY TELLS US PRESIDENT TRUMP
URGED THE FBI DIRECTOR TO BACK
OFF INVESTIGATING MICHAEL FLYNN,
THIS IS IN A COMEY MEMO, "I HOPE
YOU CAN LET THIS GO."
AS AN ATTORNEY, AS A U.S.
SENATOR, DO YOU CONSIDER THIS TO
BE A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE
THAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT HAVE
ATTEMPTED TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE?
>> WE DON'T KNOW YET.
NUMBER ONE, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE
NOTES.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE YET TO TAKE
THE TESTIMONY FROM JAMES COMEY.
HE'LL BE ASKED THAT QUESTION.
IN TWO WEEKS WE'LL KNOW MORE
BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT HE
GIVES UNDER OATH BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTRY
PUBLICLY.
UNTIL THEN WE WON'T KNOW.
AS FAR AS THE PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE
WHITE HOUSE'S POSITION THAT THIS
WHOLE THING IS A FARCE.
THAT'S THEIR POSITION.
OUR JOB IN THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN TO LOOK AT
THIS ENTIRE EPISODE FOR THE
PURPOSES OF COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
IN PARTICULAR AND THEN ARRIVE AT
THE FACTS, PUT THEM OUT IN A
REPORT, AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO
DO IN A BIPARTISAN WAY AND THE
BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS NOT TO
LITIGATE IT IN THE PRESS, ABOUT
YOU TO DO OUR WORK AND PUT THE
REPORT IN A WAY THAT IS CREDIBLE
SO NO ONE CAN DENY ITS
CREDIBILITY AND NO ONE CAN SAY
WE WENT INTO IT ALREADY HAVING
MADE UP OUR MINDS.
THIS I CAN TELL YOU FOR FACT NO
MATTER WHAT THE FACTS ARE, I
WANT THEM WHEREVER THEY TAKE US,
IRRESPECTIVE WHAT OUTCOME IT
REACHES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
MY INTERESTS ARE CLEAR AND I
DON'T THINK ANYONE EVER DOUBTED
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE ABOUT
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE.
BACK IN OCTOBER I WAS RUNNING
FOR RE-ELECTION AND LOOKED LIKE
MY RACE WAS CLOSE.
I MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN IN THE COUNTRY
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS WHO REFUSED
TO DISCUSS WIKILEAKS, USE IT
AGAINST MY OPPONENT OR SECRETARY
CLINTON BECAUSE IT WAS THE WORK
OF A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY.
I SAID IT THEN AND I BELIEVE IT
NOW.
I THINK OUR REPORT WILL LAY THAT
OUT AND ANY OTHER FACTS
PERTINENT TO THAT.
>> WHEN LOOKING FOR THE FACTS,
IF YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED JAMES
COMEY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO
RELIEVE THE PRESSURE OF THE FBI
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN
TEAM, WOULD THAT DISTURB YOU?
WOULD THAT BE OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE?
>> WELL, AGAIN, LET ME SAY IT
THIS WAY.
IF ANY PRESIDENT TRIES TO IMPEDE
AN INVESTIGATION ANY PRESIDENT
NO MATTER WHO IT IS, THAT WOULD
BE PROBLEMATIC AND OBVIOUSLY
POTENTIAL OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION
ON, ANY PRESIDENT.
THAT SAID WE DON'T KNOW IF
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WE
CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION AND I'M
CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO MAKE
PRONOUNCEMENTS AT THIS LEVEL OF
MAGNITUDE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF
WHAT AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE TOLD
THE PRESS.
I AM NOT DISPUTING THE PRESS
ACCOUNTS BUT I AM ALSO NOT GOING
TO ACCEPT THEM ESPECIALLY BEING
IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN,
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS
TO DIRECTOR COMEY, HOPEFULLY TO
THE NOTES, AND TO ALL SORTS OF
OTHER INFORMATION THAT WILL GIVE
US TRUE, COMPLETE INSIGHT INTO
ALL OF THIS.
THAT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE
PRESIDENT.
THAT'S ONLY FAIR TO THE COUNTRY,
BUT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE
STEPS TO GET THERE.
OTHERWISE, THIS APEEFRZ

Rubio get facts to see if Trump obstructed

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