Adam Schiff: Donald Trump Is Afraid Of Bob Mueller And His Independence | Hardball

DOWNING STREET SAYING, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT THIS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. ANY WAY THE BREAKING NEWS
TONIGHT IS THAT WE'VE GOT WORD NOW THAT THROUGH CHRIS, CLOSE
FRIEND OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO TELLS PBS, WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT
CONSIDERING, PERHAPS, FIRING ROBERT MUELLER, SPECIAL COUNSEL.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW BY PHONE RANKING DEMOCRATIC WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THIS. WHY ARE YOU PUTTING OUT THE WORD
THROUGH NEWT GINGRICH, WOODRUFF, WHY DO THEY WANT THE WORD OUT
THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO FIRE THE GUY WHO MIGHT BE PROSECUTING
HIM. >> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THIS
IS PART OF THE EFFORT TO TEAR DOWN BOB MUELLER.
BUT IT'S CONTINUING WITH MUELLER.
THEY'RE CLEARLY AFRAID OF MUELLER AND HIS INDEPENDENCE AND
THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE INVESTIGATION HE'S LIKELY TO
LEAD. I CAN'T MANAGE THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE CRAZY ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS THREAT.
BUT, THEN, I NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD REALLY GO THROUGH FIRING
JAMES COMEY. SO YOU CAN'T EXCLUDE THE
POSSIBILITY BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A WAY OF RAISING DOUBTS
ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD MAN RESPECTED BY PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE. >> WELL, WOULDN'T THEY FACE THE
INEVIDENT BLT OF REPLACEMENT. YOU CAN DO BETTER.
IS THAT THEIR THINKING YOU CAN'T GET A TOUGHER PROSECUTOR IF HE
FINDS A WAY TO SACK THIS ONE, HE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, A WEAKER
PERSON TO REPLACE THEM. >> WELL, IF THAT'S THEIR HOPE,
IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE WHAT THIS WOULD PROMPT IF HE
WERE TO FIRE BOB MUELLER, CONGRESS WOULD TAKE UP TO
RE-ESTABLISH THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL THAT EXPIRED AND HE
WOULD POINT BOB MUELLER. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO
GET TO PICK THE PERSON WHO INVESTIGATES THESE ALLEGATIONS.
THERE'S NO WAY I THINK EVEN THIS CONGRESS COULD SIT THROUGH THAT.
>> YOU CAN'T PICK YOUR PROSECUTOR.
HERE IS NEWS MAX, CEO. AS I SAID A CLOSE FRIEND SAID ON
PBS TONIGHT, HERE HE IS. >> I PERSONALLY THINK IT WOULD
BE VERY SIGNIFICANT MISTAKE, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A JUSTIFICATION AND EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, HERE YOU HAVE A
SITUATION -- >> YOU DON'T THINK THERE'S A
JUSTIFICATION. >> FOR A SPECIAL COUNSEL, IN
THIS CASE. >> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS,
THAT WILL PROBABLY BE TAKEN UP BY THE SENATE, COUNTERPARTS
TOMORROW, THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO CERTAINLY BEEN
PROBLEMATIC IN THIS WHOLE MATTER, TURNS OUT HE MAY HAVE
HAD ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE RUSSIANS LAST YEAR, HE NEVER
ACCOUNTED FOR AND NEVER ADMITTED TO.
>> THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A TOPIC AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
DISCLOSED ANY AND ALL MEETINGS THAT HE HAD.
WE KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T DISCLOSE THAT DURING HIS TESTIMONY.
HE LATER SUPPLEMENTED HIS TESTIMONY.
NOW THERE'S AN ALLEGATION THAT EVEN A SUPPLEMENT WASN'T
ACCURATE. THAT'S PRETTY SERIOUS BUSINESS.
I'M SURE THE SENATE IS GOING TO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT
THEY'LL WANT TO SEEK TO CORROBORATE WHAT JAMES COMEY
TESTIFIED. WAS HE ASKED TO LEAVE THE ROOM
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
DID HE HAVE A CONVERSATION THERE AFTER WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
HIS DISCUSSION WITH JIM COMEY AND LATER HAVE A CONVERSATION
WITH MR. SESSIONS DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE WITH THE PRESIDENT AGAIN.
>> DO YOU THINK HE'S HONORED HIS RECUSAL FOR ANY RUSSIAN MATTERS
I ELUDED TO HIS SITTING THERE WHEN THEY FIRED COMEY WHO WAS
FIRED BECAUSE OF THE PROSECUTOR AND THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION AND
DIDN'T HAVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SIT THERE AND GO ALONG WITH IT,
THE FIRING. >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT. HOW DO YOU HONOR A RECUSAL THAT
SAYS I WON'T BE A DECISION MAKER WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION AND RECOMMEND THAT THE TOP GUY WHO IS DOING THE
INVESTIGATION BE FIRED. IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.
IN FACT, AT THE TIME OF THAT MEMO AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OWN LETTER, MY OBSERVATION WAS THE PRINCIPLE PROBLEM WITH THE
ROSENSTEIN MEMO IS THAT IT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL WHO HAD RECUSED HIMSELF. SO, NEW YORK CITY HE ABSOLUTELY
HASN'T HONORED THAT AND MUCH AS WE HAVE TRIED FROM ROB
ROSENSTEIN AND OTHERS WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS OF THE RECUSAL
THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A CLEAR ANSWER.
>> RICHARD NIXON, THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO FIRE -- 1973 WANTED TO
FIRE COX, INDEPENDENT COUNSEL AT THAT TIME.
HE TOLD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DO SO.
HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO THE CONGRESS NOT TO DO SO.
HE HAD TO RESIGN. DID THE SAME THING, THE DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE HAD TO RESIGN.
HE WAS FIRED ACTUALLY AND HAD TO GO TO THE JUDGE TO GET ANYBODY
TO DO IT. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS TIME IF
THE PRESIDENT TOLD JEFF SESSIONS TO FIRE THE PROSECUTION,
WOULDN'T HE HAVE TO QUIT SOON. >> I WOULD THINK THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARACTER TO RESIGN, CERTAINLY GIVEN THAT
HE'S RECUSED HIMSELF, HE COULD TAKE NO PART IN THAT DECISION.
I WOULD HAPPEN THAT ROB ROSENSTEEN WOULD RESIGN BEFORE
HE WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE
WOULD MOVE QUICKLY IN CONGRESS AND I THINK WE MIGHT EVEN FIND
THE REPUBLICANS STANDING AFTER THIS PRESIDENT

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