Senator Kamala Harris Weighs In On Comey Firing, Michael Flynn Reports | Andrea Mitchell

>> FIRST, THE REAL REASONS FOR FIRING JAMES COMEY.
I'VE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE MEMO WRITTEN ABOUT FIRING JAMES
COMEY. NOW THE PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE, IN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION FROM THAT END,
THAT HE HAS A CREDIBLE BASIS FOR FIRING THE THEN DIRECTOR OF THE
FBI. >> WE KNOW FROM THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF, IN THAT MEMO, IT WAS NOT THE REASON THAT JAMES COMEY
WAS FIRED. THE PRESIDENT TOLD LESTER THAT
HE WANT THE TO FIRE HIM FROM THE BEGINNING.
ERIC HOLDER AND OTHER PEOPLE, NOT CONTEMPORANEOUSLY, ISN'T
THAT QUESTIONABLE? >> OF COURSE IT WAS, AND ANDREA,
LISTEN, AS THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA AND A
CAREER PROSECUTOR. IF I WAS GIVING A MEMO THAT WAS
THAT VACUOUS ABOUT CITATIONS ABOUT LAWS AND PROTOCOLS, AND
HAD NO FIRSTHAND INFORMATION, DOUBLE HEARSAY AT BEST, I WOULD
SEND IT BACK AND SAY COME BACK IF YOU HAVE A STRONGER CASE.
BUT THAT CAN'T BE THE BASIS FOR THE DIRECTOR FIRING HIM IN AN
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS ABOUT, LET'S BE CLEAR, THE INTERFERENCE
WITH RUSSIA IN THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. >> DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE
PRESIDENT KEEPS PRAISING MIKE FLYNN, WHY FLYNN TOLD FRIENDS AT
A DINNER THAT HE GOT A ATTA BOY, HANG TOUGH, FROM THE PRESIDENT
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INVESTIGATION.
>> BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I HEARD AND READ, THEY KNEW ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATION INTO FLYNN, THE HIDE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
GONE THIS TO HAVE SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
INVESTIGATION. SOMEONE PRIVY TO THE
INVESTIGATION, THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT VET HIM, THAT THEY
KNEW HE HAD AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETELY
UNBELIEVABLE. AND DEEPLY TROUBLING BECAUSE IT
ALSO HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER THIS ADMINISTRATION FULLY UNDERSTANDS
THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUST, THAT IS VESTED IN THEM.
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE VESTED IN THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, THE PUBLIC TRUST.
AND HE MUST EARN THAT AND RIGHT NOW HE IS NOT.
>> YOU'RE A FORMER CAREER PROSECUTOR AND STATE'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
THERE IS CRITICISM OF NOT HAVING FORMER PROSECUTORS THAT
REALLY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO GO AFTER WHAT THEY NEED TO GO AFTER
HERE. >> AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE THE STAFF IS DOING A
GOOD JOB. I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE IS DOING
A GOOD JOB. I HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE
BASE, THE PACE OF THE INVESTIGATION THAT WE NEED TO
GET TO THE TRUTH. AT A QUICKER PACE.
AND AT ANY POINT THEY BELIEVE WE'RE STALING TO DO THE JOB WE
HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DOING, INVESTIGATING RUSSIA'S
INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,LY WALK
AWAY. I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR A
SPECIAL COUNCIL, A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR APPOINTED TO OVERSEA
THE GENERAL INVESTIGATION. AND I'M GLAD THAT HAS FINALLY
BEEN DONE. >> SHOULD ROBERT MUELLER HAVE A
CONCERN THAT THESE COMMITTEES, YOUR COMMITTEE AND OTHERS MIGHT
GET IN HIS WAY. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN A
DIFFERENT ERROR WHEN THEY ENDED UP HAVING ACE CONVICTION
OVERTURNED BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SPECIAL
INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTORS. >> THERE LOCAL LEVEL,
STATE WIDE LEVEL AND ALSO FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE CALL IT DECONFLICTION. WHERE VARIOUS BODIES WILL FIND
AN OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN WITH
EACH OTHER TO MAKE SLUR THAT WE ARE NOT STEPPING OVER EACH
OTHER'S TOES SO TO SPEAK. AND I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL
HAPPEN WITH WITH BOB MUELLER IN CHARGE OF THE THE INVESTIGATION.
I KNOW BOB MUELLER BASED ON HIS YEARS OF BEING IN THE BAY AREA
BACK WHEN I WAS A PROSECUTOR IN ALAMEDA COUNTY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
AND I THINK HE IS FULLY EQUIPPED TO MAKE ALL OF THE RIGHT
DECISIONS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NOT A CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE
VARIOUS INVESTIGATIONS. >> YOU'VE BEEN CALLING FOR JEFF
SESSIONS TO RESIGN. DO YOU NOW BELIEVE THAT ROD
ROSENSTEIN SHOULD ALSO RESIGN? >> I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ROD
ROSENSTEIN'S AND TO BE IN ANY WAY IN CHARGE OF THIS.
AND IN ABOUT PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF THE MEMO.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HIS FIRST OFFICIAL ACT WHEN HE TOOK ON
THIS IMPORTANT POSITION OF BEING NUMBER TWO OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AND HE APPARENTLY AUTHORED A
MEMO THAT CLEARLY WAS WRITTEN FOR THE PURPOSES OF PRESS AND
NOT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM OF
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
I ALSO AM CONCERNED THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT JEFF SESSIONS WAS
INVOLVED IN THE FIRING OF COMEY AND WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT JEFF
SESSIONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RECUSED FROM ANY MATTER THAT
RELATES TO THE RUSH A INVESTIGATION AND WE KNOW THAT
COMEY WAS FIRED BECAUSE OF THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
SO THERE IS A COMPLY INDICATED WEB TAKING PLACE AND ROSENSTEIN

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