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I HOPE I NEVER HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.
MAYBE IF DID I, I WOULD DO IT BETTER.
>> DIANE FEINSTEIN IS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL COMMITTEES.
SENATOR, NICE TO SEE YOU. >> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH YOU WHERE I ENDED WITH SENATOR
COLLINS. AFTER ALL OF THIS TODAY, WHAT IS
UNANSWERED FROM DIRECTOR COMEY? DID HE LEAVE ANYTHING UNANSWERED
THAT YOU FEEL LIKE STILL NEEDS ATTENTION?
>> WELL, I THINK WHAT WAS
UNANSWERED WAS WHO CAN POSSIBLY REPLACE HIM?
HE HAS THE STRENGTH, I HAVE TO TAKE THIS OUT.
>> THAT'S OKAY. WE UNDERSTAND.
IT IS ECHOEY IN HERE. >> HE HAS THE STRENGTH.
HE HAS THE ABILITY. I THINK HE'S BEEN A VERY GOOD
FBI DIRECTOR. >> YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH HOW HE
HANDLED THE CLINTON E-MAIL. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I TOLD HIM SO. BUT AS I LISTENED TO HIM AND I
SAW HIS CREDIBILITY AND I SAW WHAT HE WENT THROUGH.
I THOUGHT WHAT A TRAGEDY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED.
>> I WANT TO ASK, ARE YOU LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION, BECAUSE
THERE'S SOME CONFUSION HERE. IS THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL?
ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES SAID THERE'S NO WAY COMEY WOULD BE
TESTIFYING IF, THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER WOULD
EVEN LET HIM TESTIFY. >> I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. WHEN BOB MUELLER TAKES OVER THE
INVESTIGATION, THOSE DECISIONS WELCOME MADE.
>> I FEEL LIKE TODAY WAS A BAD DAY FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
WHETHER YOU WERE LORETTA LYNCH, THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OR
WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS. IF I'M THE AVERAGE CITIZEN
WATCHING TODAY, I HAD THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE FBI SAYING
OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GOT POLITICIZED, TRUMP'S JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT GOT POLITICIZED. HOW DO YOU RECOVER FROM THIS?
>> I DON'T THINK THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS POLITICIZED.
>> HE IMPLIED IT. >> IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN BY
POLITICIZED -- >> THE IMPLICATION.
>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO BE INDEPENDENT FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THERE BY, THEY'RE INDEPENDEEPEN FROM US.
THEY FOLLOW THE LAW INDEPENDENTLY.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. AND I THINK WITH DIRECTOR COMEY,
AS HE WAS TESTIFYING. WHAT I SAW WAS THE UNORDINARY
NATIONAL LOSS THIS WAS. HE'S ONLY BEEN DIRECTOR FOR
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. IT'S NOT TRUE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS IN A BAD MESS. AS HE GOOD MANAGER.
PEOPLE RESPECT HIM AND THEY WORK FOR HIM.
SO I THINK THIS IS VERY HARD ON THE DEPARTMENT.
I THOUGHT DID HE A VERY FINE JOB WITHOUT A NOTE.
HE SPOKE FROM THE HEART. HE SPOKE WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS
THE TRUTH. AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ASK
FOR ANYTHING MORE FROM A WITNESS.
>> IS IT NECESSARY CONSIDERING WE HAVE A HE SAID, EM, WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S LAWYER AND MR. COMEY ABOUT, WHICH QUOTES WERE
ACCURATE, THAT THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER ARE EMBRACING, AND SOME
THAT THEY ARE DENYING. IS IT TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ISSUE
A SUBPOENA THAT SAYS, IF THERE ARE TAPES, SEND THEM.
>> I WAS THINKING THAT. YES.
>> DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ISSUE A THE BLAND SUBPOENA THAT WILL DO
THAT? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I'LL FIND OUT. >> IS IT SOMETHING WITH THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE? >> THE HEARING IS BEING DONE BY
INTEL NOW SO I WOULD LIKE THE WALK THE THE CHAIRMAN AND THE
RANKING MEMBER AND I WILL DO THAT.
THERE MAY BE SOME ACTION BY THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
I NEED A LITTLE TIME FOR THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO SINK
IN. BUT I THINK FOR ME IT IS PRETTY
CLEAR THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT BY THE PRESIDENT TO MA ANYMORE
LATE THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI. TO LIFT THE CLOUD WHICH WAS THE
RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION. THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION WILL
GO ON. AND IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.
AND THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN --
>> DO YOU THINK IT IS A FAIR EXPLANATION HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND THE WAYS WITH WHICH WASHINGTON DOES BUSINESS?
IS THAT A GOOD EXCUSE? >> WELL, THIS ISN'T THE WAYS
WASHINGTON DOES BUSINESS AS MUCH AS YOU KICK OUT THE FBI
DIRECTOR'S BOSS FROM THE MEETING, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
AND YOU MEET WITH HIM ALONE. AND YOU ASK HIM SOME THINGS YOU
SHOULDN'T ASK HIM. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE CAN
ASK AND NOT ASK. THAT HE IS ENTITLED TO FUNCTION
INDEPENDENTLY. ONCE THAT INDEPENDENCE IS IN
QUESTION, IT IS HIGHLY PROBLEM THE ACHING.
CAN YOU CONFIRM ANY FBI DIRECTOR THE PRESIDENT NOMINATES
CONSIDERING WHAT WE HEARD TODAY? >> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
IF THIS NEW NOMINEE WON'T SHOW A SEMBLANCE OF INDEPENDENCE FROM
THE OVAL OFFICE, I WON'T VOTE FOR HIM.

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