Corey Lewandowski: Reince Priebus Will Keep His Job As Long As POTUS Wants Him

>>> SO, RIGHT NOW JARED KUSHNER IS MEETING WITH INVESTIGATORS ON
THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND YOU CAN BET THAT
JUNE CAMPAIGN MEETING WITH THAT RUSSIAN LAWYER IS ON THE LIST OF
QUESTIONS FOR KUSHNER. SO, I TALKED TODAY WITH THE PERP

CAMPAIGN COREY LEWANDOWSKI ABOUT THAT AND SO MUCH MORE.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. >> GREAT TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU. >> LET'S START OFF WITH THE BIG
NEWS OF THE DAY AND FRANKLY THIS HOUR.
JARED KUSHNER ON CAPITOL HILL BEING INTERVIEWED BY STAFFERS ON
THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP JR. AND PAUL MANAFORT QUESTIONED DOWN
THE ROAD. ARE YOU CONFIDENT WE WILL NOT
SEE ANY MORE INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS OR REPS OF THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN?
>> YOU KNOW, HALLIE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAUL MANAFORT DID OR DIDN'T DO OR OTHER
INDIVIDUALS. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU WITH THE
UTMOST CERTAINTY IS THIS. JARED KUSHNER HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. HE HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION,
WHICH HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
HE HAS FILLED OUT HIS SF-86 FORM AND ALL HIS CONTACTS OVER 100
DIFFERENT CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WERE INFORMED ON THAT
DOCUMENT. AND, MOREOVER, RIGHT, HE HAS
VOLUNTEERED TO COOPERATE IN ANY INVESTIGATION TO PROVE BEYOND
ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER NO COORDINATION, COLLABORATION OR
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND ANYONE INVOLVED
WITH RUSSIA. >> HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT IN
THIS STATEMENT THAT WE KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE GIVING TO MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS AND BASICALLY USING THIS AS AN EXCUSE.
HE WAS ESSENTIALLY OVERWHELMED AND DIDN'T KNOW BETTER IN SOME
OF THESE INSTANCES. DOES THAT EXCUSE HOLD WATER?
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH? >> WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO ATTEND A
MEETING AND PARTICULARLY A MEETING THAT WAS CALL UNDER TO
QUESTION HERE FROM HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
MEETING BETWEEN JARED KUSHNER AND DONALD TRUMP JR.
NO INDICATION OF WHAT THAT MEETING WAS ABOUT.
HE DIDN'T READ THE FULL E-MAIL CHAIN.
HE WAS ADDED TO IT LATER IN THE CHAIN.
HE ATTENDED, HE ATTENDED FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THEN
TEXTED HIS ASSISTANT AND SAID, THIS IS A WASTE OF MY TIME.
GET ME OUT OF HERE. GIVE ME A QUICK CALL.
THIS IS NOT USEFUL TO ME AND HE LEFT THE MEETING.
>> I'M TALKING MORE BROADLY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE FORMS. THOSE WERE SUBMITTED PREMATURELY
AND A LOT GOING ON AT THE TIME TALKING ABOUT MOVING TO THE
WASHINGTON AND PUTTING HIS BUSINESS IN OTHER HANDS.
HE HAD TOO MUCH ON HIS PLATE IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING.
I'M ASKING YOU, IS THAT A GOOD ENOUGH EXCUSE.
IS THAT WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECTA
ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT IN THE WEST WING?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMIT THAT,
THEY HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO MAKE EDITS AND MODIFICATIONS AS
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, AN INTERIM PROCESS WHERE YOU'RE GRANTED THE ABILITY
TO HAVE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
UPON FURTHER CLEARANCE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN
DISCLOSED. EVEN ON THAT SF-86 FORM, IT WAS
NOT COMPLETE -- IT DID NOT EVEN INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
AT THE TIME. HIS HOME ADDRESS, WHICH
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT
WASN'T EVEN ON THE FORM. HE WENT BACK.
HE CORRECTED IT. HE LISTED 100 DIFFERENT
INDIVIDUALS FROM 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO HE HAD CONTACT
WITH, WHICH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND HE DID SO VOLUNTARILY.
>> A COUPLE TOPICS TO HIT ON AND ARE YOU GOING IN FRONT OF
MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT
YOUR CAMPAIGN EXPERIENCE? >> NONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HAVE ASKED ME TO DO SO.
>> YOU HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED OUT BY HOUSE INTEL AND SENATE INTEL
AS OF YET? IF THEY DO REACH OUT --
>> LOOK, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, RIGHT?
I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS AND PEOPLE ACCUSED ME OF
HAVING ANYTHING TO HIDE. IF I WAS ASKED, OF COURSE, I
WOULD COOPERATE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF MY ABILITY, OF COURSE.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS THE COMPLETE POWER TO PARDON.
IS THE PRESIDENT PLANNING TO USE HIS PREEMPTIVE POWER, DO YOU
THINK? >> I HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH THE PRESIDENT OR ANY MEMBER OF HIS TEAM REGARDING HIS
PARDON. THE CONSTUSHZ GIVES HIM THIS
PRIVILEGE IF HE CONSIDERS TO PARDON SOMEBODY, IT IS HIS
PREROGATIVE. MAYBE WE SHOULD PARD ON THE FAKE
NEWS FOR ALL THE LIES, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NOTHING TO PARDON
ANYBODY FROM. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GET AM TO
THE FAKE NEWS DISCUSSION BUT THE SANCTIONS BILL COMING UP THIS
WEEK IN THE HOUSE. SHOULD THE PRESIDENT BACK THAT?
SOME CONFLICTING SIGNALS WHETHER OR NOT THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
SUPPORT THAT? ANY CONCERNS IF THE PRESIDENT
DOESN'T SUPPORT THIS BILL, HE COULD LOOK LIKE HE'S ESSENTIALLY
DOING THE BIDDING OF MOSCOW? >> I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO ANYONE
IN THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION TO THE LEGISLATION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
LEFT TO THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY TEAM OF MARK SHORT AND RICK
DEARBORN AND THE PRESIDENT TO DETERMINE IF IT'S A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION HE WANTS TO SUPPORT. LET'S BE CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT
AGENDA'S HAS BEEN ONE, AMERICA'S FIRST.
THAT MEANS AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE.
HE'S GOING TO PUT AMERICA FIRST AND IF IT IS THE BEST INTEREST
OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT HE WILL DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES. >> ONE POLICY TOPIC IS HEALTH
CARE WITH A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK, OBVIOUSLY, ON THE HILL
REGARDING THAT. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WITH DAVE
BOSSY THERE. YOU ARE GETTING OUT THERE AND
ASKING LAWMAKERS TO COME ONBOARD.
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? >> WHAT I WANT TO DO AND VERY
ADAMANT ABOUT THIS, I WANT TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA
FROM THE OUTSIDE. I MAY OR DAVE MAY HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE ON CAPITOL HILL SO WE CAN GET THAT
AGENDA DONE, THEN WE'LL TRY TO EXERCISE THAT.
IT IS THE RIGHT THING. >> LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR OUTSIDE
ADVISORS TO GO TO LAWMAKERS HERE.
DID SOMEONE ASK YOU TO DO THIS? >> PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO ASK ME.
WHAT THEY KNOW IS THAT I'M A STEADFAST SUPPORTER AND IF
THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL THAT MAYBE I OR DAVE HAS A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER THE YEARS AND A STUMBLING BLOCK TO GET HIS
AGENDA DONE AND WE CAN TALK AND HELP BRIDGE THAT COMPROMISE,
GREAT. HE IS THE GREATEST CLOSER.
I THINK IF JOHN McCAIN AND GOD WISH HIM WELL AND HIS HEALTH
ISSUES. IF HE CAN COME BACK TO THE U.S.
SENATE THIS WEEK Y THINK THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO PUT
TOGETHER THOSE 50 VOTES AND THE REPEAL VOTE DONE AND WE'RE GOING
TO SEE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE DONE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT
HAS PLEDGED TO DO. >> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, COREY,
YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE STAFF
SHAKEUP OVER THE LAST 72 HOURS OR SO.
IS REINCE PRIEBUS IN TROUBLE? >> LOOK, REINCE PRIEBUS WORKS
DIRECTLY FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE
PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVE TO DETERMINE HOW LONG REINCE
PRIEBUS WORKS FOR. WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID VERY
CLEARLY THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THE LEAKS THAT ARE TAKING
PLACE IN HIS WHITE HOUSE ARE ERADICATED.
I THINK ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IS GOING TO COME IN AND HELP TO GET
THAT DONE AND PUT THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FORWARD.
AND IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T SEE THE SUCCESS THAT HE WANTS, THEN
HE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES.
BUT THAT'S A DECISION ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN MAKE.
>> SO, YES OR NO THEN. DO YOU THINK THE CHIEF OF STAFF
IS IN TROUBLE? >> I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK HE HAS DONE A DIFFICULT JOB AND HE WILL BE THERE AS LONG
AS THE PRESIDENT WANTS HIM TO BE THERE AND THAT'S THE ANSWER.
THE. >> COREY

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