GOP Rep: Donald Trump Jr. Meeting Distraction From Broader Russia Issues | MTP Daily

>>> WELCOME BACK. NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THE
IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PRN IN THAT JUNE 26 MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER.
SO WE NOW KNOW OF EIGHT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE ROOM.
ACCORDING TO A SOURCE WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEETING,
AN AMERICAN BASED EMPLOYEE OF A RUSSIAN REAL ESTATE COMPANY WAS
THERE. HE REPORTEDLY WAS THERE TO
REPRESENT THE RUSSIAN DEVELOPERS WHO HOSTED THE MISS UNIVERSE
PAGEANT IN RUSSIA IN 2013 AND WHO HELPED ARRANGE THE MEETING
ALONG WITH ROB GOLDSTONE. BUT IT'S WHERE THE INFORMATION
CAME FROM THAT MIGHT HINT AT A BIG DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENTIRE
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. THE DEVELOP ARE'S LAWYER
CONFIRMED HE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF
SPECIAL COUNCIL BOB WEEKEND.
THEY WANT TO INTERVIEW HIM. THAT COULD MEAN THAT THE SPECIAL
COUNCIL WAS LOOKING INTO THIS MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER AND ALSO
BREAKING TODAY, IAN BREER WAS THE FIRST TO REPORT OF A SECOND
HEATING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN AT THE G-20.
THE WHITE HOUSE CONFIRMS THAT THE PRESIDENT DID SPEAK WITH
PUTIN TOWARD THE PD END OF WHAT THEY CAN CALLING A COUPLES ONLY
DINNER. NO STAFF OR CABINET MEMBERS
ATTENDED THAT DINNER. JOINING ME NOW CONGRESSMAN ON
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMIT AT THE.
LET'S FOCUS ON RUSSIA AND THE MEETING BETWEEN DON JR. AND THE
RUSSIAN LAWYER. THERE HAS BEEN A DISCREPANCY ON
WHEN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
WHEN DID YOU GUYS FIND OUT ABOUT THE MEETING?
>> I THINK MOST OF US FOUND OUT AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS BEING
PUBLISHED IN THE RECENT. BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS ROBERT
MUELLER WILL BE TALKING TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS PROBABLY IN
THAT MEETING, HE IS GOING TO CITY WHETHER THERE WAS ANY VIGS
VIOLATION A THE LAW AND HOW IT FITS IN THE BROADER CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION. >> YOU'VE SAID THAT YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TAKEN THAT MEETING. ARE YOU WORRY THAT HAD THIS
COULD TURN OUT TO BE CRIMINAL? >> WELL, I WOULDN'T -- I AGREE
WITH THAT STATEMENT.WORRY THAT D TURN OUT TO BE CRIMINAL?
>> WELL, I WOULDN'T -- I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
I WOULDN'T HAVE ACCEPTED THAT MEETING.
PART OF THAT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT I SPENT 9 1/2 YEARS AS
AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER IN THE CIA AND I DEALT WITH RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE PRETTY MUCH IN MOST OF MY TOURS.
AND THIS IS -- THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE IS NOTORIOUS FOR
TRYING TO SET UP, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE IN COMPROMISING
POSITIONS. YOU KNOW, I THINK I TRUST ROBERT
MUELLER TO GO OVER THIS WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THERE WAS INDEED ANYTHING VIOLATING THE LAW, BUT
I'D ALSO LIKE TO GET ALL THESE DETAILS OUT.
LET'S STOP HEARING DRIPS AND DRAB.
BECAUSE THIS TAKES AWAY FROM THIS IS A DISTRACTION AND IT
TAKES AWAY FROM BROADER CONVERSATION WE SHOULD BE HAVING
LIKE HOW DO WE BE PREPARED FOR THE RUSSIANS TO DO THIS AGAIN.
IT WAS CLEAR THE RUSSIANS TRIED TO THROUGH OUR ELECTIONS.
AND THEY WILL TRY TO DO IT AGAIN IN 2018.
DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY IT DEAL WITH COUNTER COVERT INFLUENCE.
AND ALSO WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OTHER COUNTRY LIKE CHINA
AS WELL WHILE WE'RE FOCUSED ON RUSSIA, WE KNOW THAT THE CHINESE
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN GETTING INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR AS WELL. AND WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THEY
SHOULD ADHERE TO SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE UNDER THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION. >> SO YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP TWO
THINGS. FIRST THAT YOU WANT ALL THIS
INFORMATION TO GET OUT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THAT DON JR. HAVE BEEN AS FORTHCOMING AS THEY SHOULD
BE, SHOULD THERE JUST BE A COMPLETE LIST OF EVERYBODY,
EVERY FOREIGN NATIONAL THEY MIGHT HAVE MET WITH DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, THE TRANSITION? >> WELL, I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC
PROVISION OF E-MAILS IS A PRETTY BOLD STEP.
I THINK WITH FOLKS THAT ARE CURRENT --
>> BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING NAMES OF WHO WAS IN THAT MEETING.
>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION OVERSHARING
IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING. AND THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
REVIEWING ANYBODY THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE CAMPAIGN OR TO
THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE-OF OVERSHARE WHEN IT COMES TO
CONTACTS WITH THE RUSSIANS. I THINK THAT IS NOT A BAD PLACE
TO BE. IN ORDER TO PRVENT THESE KINDS
OF REACTION WHEN INFORMATION DOES COME OUT.
>> SO THE OTHER THING WAS YOUR
9 1/2 YEARS AT THE CEO. I DID A LONG PIECE FOR SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH MEGYN KELLY AND I SPOKE TO A FORMER MOSCOW CHIEF
AND HE SAID THAT ESSENTIALLY THIS MEETING TO HIM GIVEN HIS
EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW AND THE CIA LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE HUMAN
FISHING, LIKE THE KREMLIN WAS TRYING TO DANGLE SOMETHING IN
FRONT OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN IT AND WE FOUND OUT FROM THE E-MAILS THAT, YES,
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN IT. >> IT IS INDEED A TACTIC THAT
THE RUSSIANS HAVE USED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
WHETHER THAT WAS INDEED THE CASE IN THIS SPECIFIC MEETING THAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE TO LEAVE THAT UP TO MUELLER TO TRY
TO INVESTIGATE AND UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND THE
RUSSIAN REACHING OUT. AND I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
THING TO UNDERSTAND. BUT IT DOES REEK OF RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE MOTIVATION AND TACTICS AND AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES
TO RUSSIA, THEY ARE NOT OUR ALLY.
THEY ARE OUR ADVERSARY. AND WE NEED TO TREAT THEM THAT
WAY. AND THEY WILL RESORT TO
ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE TO TRY TO UNDERGIRT TRUST IN OUR NATIONS.
AND WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN. AND THERE ARE MAN OF US THAT

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