GOP Rep. Dodges Question Of If He'd Accept Russian Help | All In

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU. >> JOINING ME NOW, ROBERT
PITTINGER, DO YOU THINK IT IS A BAD IDEA TO TAKE A MEETING WITH
SOMEONE WHO OFFERS AID FROM A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IN BRINGING
DOWN YOUR POLITICAL ADVERSARY? >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT
MATERIALLY ILLEGAL IS THERE ABOUT THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT A LAWYER. >> DO YOU THINK IT IS BAD?
LIKE IF SOMEONE YOU WERE ADVISING SAID TO YOU, I JUST GOT
AN E-MAIL FROM AN ADVERSARIAL GOVERNMENT THAT SAYS THEY HAVE
DIRT ON MY POINT. SHOULD I GO TO THE MEETING?
>> I'LL LISTEN TO ANYBODY FOR WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO SAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WADE THROUGH THE FACTS.
>> WOULD YOU TAKE A MEETING, LET ME ASK YOU.
YOU WOULD TAKE A MEETING, TLOB WHAT ANYONE WOULD SAY.
AN AGENT OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO GIVE YOU
OPPOSITION RESEARCH ON AN POINT? WOULD YOU DO THAT?
>> AGAIN, YOU'RE COMING ONE SOME CONJECTURE HERE OF THINGS.
THESE ARE HYPOTHETICAL THINGS. >> I'LL SORRY.
YOU JUST SAID, YOU THINK IT IS OKAY --
>> I WOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I RESPECT WHAT YOU JUST SAID A
MINUTE AGO. YOU SAID THAT ALL THIS HAS BEEN
A LOT OF SPECULATION AND CONJECTURE.
AND LET'S GET DOWN TO THE FACTS. WE'VE BEEN HEARING SPECULATION
AND CONJECTURE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN TRIAL BY DEMOCRAT.
TRIAL BY MEDIA. THERE'S AN OBSESSION OF TRYING
ON FIND SOMETHING KFLT WE GET SOMETHING ON THIS GUY TRUMP TO
NAIL HIM. WE JUST KEEP LOOKING.
SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING
SHOWS ANY COLLUSION. >> I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
IS SPECULATION AND WHAT IS FACT. DO YOU AGREE THAT DONALD TRUMP
JR. PUBLISHED E-MAILS YESTERDAY THAT HE RECEIVED FROM A REPORTED
INTERMEDIARY FOR -- >> I COMMEND HIM FOR DOING THAT.
>> THAT'S NOT SPECULATION. THOSE E-MAILS EXIST, CORRECT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
>>> AND THEY OFFERED AN OFFER TO COLLUDE WITH THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT TO -- >> THAT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION.
>> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY HIGH LEVEL SENSITIVE INFORMATION, AND
IT IS, I'M QUOTING HERE, PART OF RUSSIA AND ITS GOVERNMENT'S
SUPPORT FOR MR. TRUMP. DO YOU AGREE THAT'S WHAT THAT
E-MAIL SAYS, RIGHT? >> I'M NOT GETTING INTO WHAT IS
A MATERIAL FACT RELATIVE TO AIDING AND ABETTING, THE
TAKEDOWN. I THINK YOU WANT TO BE A
PROSECUTOR RIGHT NOW. GREAT.
GO BACK TO LAW SCHOOL AND BE A PROSECUTOR.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIAL BY MEDIA.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU. >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MR.
MUELLER. THAT'S WHY I COMMEND PRESIDENT
TRUMP FOR THE NOMINATION HE HAS OF CHRIS ARE WRAY.
THIS MAN IS OUTSTANDING. HE WILL GET TO THE FACTS.
>> I AGREE ENTIRELY. >> CHRIS REY WILL HELP GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF IT. >> LET'S AGREE ON THIS.
YOU AND I BOTH, ANYONE IN THE COUNTRY GENUINELY WANTS TO KNOW
TRUTHFUL THE ACTUAL FACTS. PARTICULARLY -- SIR.
>> SIX MONTHS OF THIS ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, CONJECTURE AND
SPECULATION. >> PARTICULARLY IF IT IS
EXCULPATORY. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE FIRGTSS
TURNS OUT THIS IS A WITCH HUNT. WE HAVE SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HAD
IN A LONG TIME. CONCRETE FACTS.
THE CHAIN OF WHAT HAPPENED ARE REAL THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE
WORLD THAT AREN'T SPECULATION. I'M ASKING YOU AS A HUMAN BEING,
A POLITICIAN, DO YOU THINK IT IS OKAY WHAT THE CAMPAIGN DID WHEN
OFFERED THIS? IS THAT AN OKAY THING THAT YOU
APPROVE OF? YOU WOULD ADVISE A FRIEND TO DO?
>> IS IT ILLEGAL? WAS IT A MATERIAL REALITY THAT
WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG? IT WAS ILLEGAL?
WE'LL GET TO THE FACTS ON THAT. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
I THINK YOU CAN TAKE INFORMATION FROM ANYONE.
I THINK -- >> SO YOU THINK IT WAS OKAY.
I'M ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION. I'M JUST ASKING, LIKE IT'S OKAY
TO DO THAT. >> YOU CAN -- I HEAR INFORMATION
FROM PEOPLE ALL THE TIME ON THE MANY THINGS.
AND I THINK YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IN A CAMPAIGN, I'VE
BEEN IN MANY CAMPAIGNS, PARTICULARLY IN A NATIONAL
CAMPAIGN. DONALD TRUMP PROBABLY HAD 25
MEETINGS A DAY. YOU RUN THROUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE
DURING COURSE OF THE DAY. >> I GET IT.
A LOT OF HANGERS ON AND PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH YOUR DOOR.
I KNOW THAT FIRST HAND. >> WHEN YOU GET THE SON OF
DONALD TRUMP'S ATTENTION. I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
>> HAVE YOU PERSONALLY EVER MET WITH SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTED
THEMSELVES AS A FOREIGN AGENT TO GIVE YOU DIRT ABOUT A POLITICAL
POINT? >> NEVER HAVE.
NO. >> I A

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