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I DON'T EVEN -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
JOINING US NOW MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AMY
KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA. ALSO WITH US FORMER CHIEF OF
STAFF AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JEREMY BASH.
OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE DONALD TRUMP
JUNIOR STORY. BECAUSE I -- THAT TWEET THING IS
JUST SUCH RED MEAT FOR EVERYBODY TO MOCK AND RIDICULE.
WE'LL LET IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF. DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR'S STATEMENT
ABOUT GOING TO POTENTIALLY GET DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT
HILLARY CLINTON WITH THIS RUSSIAN LAWYER IS THAT
POTENTIALLY A CRIME? >> WELL, IF INDIVIDUALS IN THE
CAMPAIGN WERE CONSPIREING TO UNDERTAKE A CRIMINAL ACTION,
POTENTIALLY EITHER RECEIVING A CONTRIBUTION FROM A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY OR ENGAGING COMPUTER CRIME, HACKING, THOSE ARE
FEDERAL OH FENS. THEN THEY TOOK AN OVERT ACT BY
MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN LAWYER. THEN, YES, YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY
INCRIMINATING ACTIVITY. >> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, AS A
MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT
TRIED TO TAKE THIS ON WHETHER IT'S JAMES COMEY OR SALLY YATES
WARNING THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR'S ACTIONS, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, THEY END UP AS
ROAD KILL, AND THEN EVERY OTHER PERSON WHO SEEMS TO GET INVOLVED
IN THIS FROM THE TRUMP SIDE SOMEHOW ENDS UP MEETING WITH THE
RUGS, WHETHER IT'S JEFF SESSIONS, THE FORMER NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR, AND NOW YOU HEAR THAT THE THREE TOP PEOPLE
SURROUNDING THE PRESIDENT AT THAT TIME, HIS CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN, HIS SON, HIS SON-IN-LAW, WENT TO A MEETING
WITH SOMEONE WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO GIVE THEM DIRT ON HILLARY
CLINTON. AND SO WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT
THIS HAS REACHED THE HIGH E LEVELS NOW, AND THAT IS WHY WE
HAVE A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR, I'M NOT
GOING TO OPINE ON WHAT THIS MEANS AND IF THIS IS A CRIME OR
WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO
A SERIOUS, SERIOUS MATTER HERE. >> JEREMY, YOU SPOKE ABOUT HOW
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE VIEWS TRUMP AND THE THINGS HE'S SAID.
GIVE ME A SENSE. WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RACING
THROUGH THE MINDS OF DEFENSE OFFICIALS AFTER LISTENING TO
TRUMP WHO SO WE MIGHT FORM A CYBER SECURITY UNIT WITH RUSSIA.
>> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE'S 2017 ANNUAL STATEMENT WHERE THEY PUT OUT TO
CONGRESS ALL THE THREATS FACING THE UNITED STATES, THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE, IT'S ON PAGE 2 OF THE ASSESSMENT, I WAS JUST REVIEWING
IT, IS CYBER SECURITY AND THE NUMBER ONE CULPRIT IS RUSSIA.
IT SAYS THAT RUSSIA IS AT FULL SCOPE CYBER ACTIVE.
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CULPRIT, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUR ADVERSARY IN AN EFFORT IS THE FOK GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE.
>> THIS IS JUST LIKE HAVING MAYBE NOT THE FOX AND THE HEN
HOUSE BUT THE RUSSIAN BEAR GUARDING THE AMERICAN HONEY.
YOU'RE SAYING 17 INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
THAT RUSSIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO HACK US.
WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HACKING ON THE PRIVATE SIDE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY CONGRESS ON A VOTE OF 97-2 IN THE U.S. SENATE, WE PUT
FORWARD STRONGER SANCTIONS. THIS WEEKEND THE PRESIDENT WENT
THE OPPOSITE WAY. HE BASICALLY MET WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN, SAID HE WAS HONORED TO MEET WITH HIM, AND DID NOT TAKE
THIS ON IN THE SERIOUS WAY. THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T THEN FORM A UNIT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
TRYING TO HACK YOU. >> DO YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
STILL SUPPORT THE BURR BARNER EFFORT TO INVESTIGATE THIS?
>> I'M NOT HEARING ANY PUSHBACK. >> SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S SUGGESTION THAT THE U.S. AND
RUSSIA SHARES BASICALLY GOALS IN SYRIA?
>> WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MEET
WITH RUSSIA AND TALK TO RUSSIA. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN LISTENS TO POWER.
AND WHEN THE PRESIDENT COMES IN WITH MIXED SIGNALS SAYING HE
WASN'T SURE, OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO DONE THIS.
THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO SEND TO SOMEONE
LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THEM
MEETING. I THINK THEY SHOULD MEET.
IT IS THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T TAKE THIS ON
AND DIDN'T COME TO THAT MEETING WITH A BILL SIGNED INTO LAW WITH
TOUGHER SANCTIONS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING FROM
A POSITION OF STRENGTH, BUT INSTEAD THE WHITE HOUSE IS
LOBBYING IN THE WHITE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TOLESSE

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