Cicilline Rips Trump Over Robert Mueller-James Comey Friendship Remark | For The Record

HE HAS NO INTENTION ON DOING THAT.
>> GOOD EVENING, SIR. >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> DO YOU KNOW IF ROBERT MUELLER IS A GOOD FRIEND OF JAMES COMEY?
>> I DON'T, BUT IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO FIRE ROBERT MUELLER.
HE'S APPOINTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND IN THIS CASE THE
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL SINCE JEFF SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF.
THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO DIRECT ROD ROSENSTEIN TO DO IT.
IF HE DECLINED, HE WOULD HAVE TO FIRE HIM AND HIRE SOMEONE ELSE
TO FOLLOW HIS ORDER. >> ROD ROSENSTEIN HAS THE
DECISION. IF MUELLER AND COMEY ARE
FRIENDS -- YOU'RE A FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDER?
>> CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER. >> WE BOTH WERE.
WOULD YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MUELLER BEING THE ONE TO
INVESTIGATE THIS IF IT'S A HE SAYS, HE SAYS COMEY IS ONE OF
THE HE SAID AND IF HE AND COMEY ARE FRIENDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT. ROBERT MUELLER HAS IMPECCABLE
INTEGRITY. WHEN HE WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE
FBI DIRECTOR, THE VOTE WAS 98-0. EVERY REPUBLICAN AND EVERY
DEMOCRAT SUPPORTED HIM. NO ONE HAS QUESTIONED HIS
PROFESSIONALISM. HE HAS THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT --
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T THINK IF YOU
KNEW A JUDGE WAS SOMEHOW FRIENDLY WITH A WITNESS YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE FILED A MOTION TO RECUSE.
EVERYBODY SAYS HE'S HONORABLE. I GET THAT.
>> THIS INVESTIGATION IS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE INCLUDED COLLUSION
TO OUR CAMPAIGN. >> THAT'S ONE PART OF IT.
>> THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S THE CENTRAL PART OF THIS INQUIY IS
WHAT RUSSIANS DID. THESE ARE PROFESSIONALS.
>> YOU AND I NEED TO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. >> I THINK THIS IS AN EFFORT TO
UNDERMINE ROBERT MUELLER. >> ROBERT MUELLER HAS AN
IMPECCABLE REPUTATION. >> HE WOULD RECUSE HIMSELF.
>> THE CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IF THEY ARE FRIENDS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE.
IT DOESN'T SAY ACTUAL CONFLICT. 50% OF THE COUNTRY THINKS ONE
THING. 50% THINKS THE OTHER.
IF THE INVESTIGATOR HAS A FRIENDSHIP WITH A KEY WITNESS
THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAVE. NO MATTER HOW PERFECT BOB
MUELLER IS FOR THE CASE. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
PURPOSE AND THE SCOPE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, IT HAS TO DO WITH
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE WITH OUR PRESIDENTIAL COLLECTION.
JIM COMEY'S INVOLVEMENT IS WHEN HE WAS THE VICTIM OF AN ATTEMPT
TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. THAT DOESN'T RELATE TO THE
UNDERLYING INVESTIGATION ABOUT RUSSIA'S CONDUCT.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT BOB MUELLER WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT
THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO INTIMIDATE HIM WITH THAT TWEET?
>> I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT BY THE PRESIDENT'S OWN
ADMINISTRATION TODAY HIS HOPE WAS TO FORCE JIM COMEY TO TELL
THE TRUTH. I THINK MOST OF US BELIEVED HE
WOULD TELL THE TRUTH ANY WAY. >> DO YOU THINK THAT'S WITNESS
INTIMIDATION, THE PRESIDENT'S TWEET?
>> I THINK IT WAS A DUMB TWEET. I DON'T THINK IT'S WITNESS
INTIMIDATION BECAUSE JIM COMEY WAS TRYING TO BE BULIED INTO
BEING TRUTHFUL. I THINK THE PRESIDENT PROVED BY
SAYING THERE MIGHT BE TAPES OUT THERE WHEN JIM COMEY TESTIFIES,
THAT GIVES MORE VERACITY TO HIS TESTIMONY.
THE PRESIDENT PROVED THAT JIM COMEY WAMEY WAS TRUTHFUL UNDER .
I DON'T THINK THAT AMOUNTS TO OBSTRUCTION.
>> LET ME REPEAT THAT BOB MUELLER HAS A VERY GOOD
REPUTATION IN THIS TOWN. I DON'

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