Rep.Adam Schiff On Russia Hacking: Donald Trump Is Not Putting 'America First'

CIVILIZATION ITSELF. >> JOINING ME BY PHONE, THE TOP
DEMOCRAT ON THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE,
CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF OF CALIFORNIA, CONGRESSMAN,
WELCOME. YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT AFTER
HEARING WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TO HALLIE ABOUT RUSSIA.
WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN, YOUR AGREEMENT OR YOUR FACT CHECKING
OF THE PRESIDENT IN THIS REGARD. >> WELL, DISTRESSING TO HEAR THE
PRESIDENT YET AGAIN CAST QUESTION ON WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR HACKING OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLISHING STOLEN
E-MAILS. WHEN OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
IS QUITE EMPHATIC AND I THINK WITH AMPLE EVIDENCE THAT THERE
IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS, THAT THIS WAS NOT ONLY RUSSIA, BUT
RUSSIA ACTING ON THE ORDERS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE MAN THE
PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO MEET. FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO ESSENTIALLY TOE THE KREMLIN LINE THIS NO ONE KNOWS
FOR SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HACKING, IT DOESN'T PUT
AMERICA FIRST AT ALL. AND REPRESENTS A COMPLETE
CAPITULATION TO THE KREMLIN'S POINT OF VIEW, AND DEEPLY
AMICABLE TO OUR NATIONAL INTERESTS.
>> HERE HE'S QUESTIONING WHETHER THERE WERE 17 INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES, THERE WERE 16 REPORTING TO THE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. THE STATEMENT THAT CAME OUT

YOU AND YOUR REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DISSENT FROM THE LEADERS THAT
THIS IS THE CASE. >> THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS,
AT ALL. NOT A SINGLE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THAT DISPUTES THAT CONCLUSION THAT DIRECTOR CLAPPER AND OTHERS
REACHED ABOUT THE RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT.
SO THIS ISN'T BASED ON ANY EVIDENCE,' FOR HIM ALSO TO GO ON
AND DISPARAGE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, AGAIN, HE
BROUGHT UP, WELL, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY GOT
IRAQ'S WMD WRONG, HOW CAN WE TRUST THEM ON THE RUSSIA HACK?
THIS FURTHER UNDERMINES HIS CREDIBILITY, BUT THAT OF OUR OWN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, AND IN THE SAME BREATH, HE TALKS ABOUT
WHAT NORTH KOREA IS DOING, BASED ON WHAT OUR INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES ARE TELLING US. AND SHOULD THERE COME A DAY
WHERE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION, BASED ON WHAT NORTH KOREA DOES
OR IRAN, THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON OUR
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND ASK THE REST OF THE WORLD IT RELY ON
THEM AND TO IMPEACH THEM IN THIS WAY MAKES HIS OWN FUTURE SUCCESS
THAT MUCH MORE IN DOUBT. SO DEEPLY DESTRUCTIVE ON SO MANY
LEVELS. I THINK THE ONLY REAL COMMON
DENOMINATOR BETWEEN HIS SPEECH AND HIS CRITICAL COMMENTS ABOUT
RUSSIA DESTABILIZING UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE AND THE COMMENTS HE'S
MAKING THAT ARE SO PRO KREMLIN IS THIS IS ALL ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP AND WHAT IS IN HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS, NOT IN THE
COUNTRY'S INTERESTS. AND THAT IS NOT A QUALITY YOU
WANT TO SEE IN A COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> AND BRIEFLY WHAT IF IN HIS MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN HE
DOES NOT MENTION THE RUSSIAN HACKING, DOESN'T CALL HIM OUT ON
IT, GLOSSES OVER IT, PERHAPS. >> I THINK PUTIN WILL REALIZE
THAT THIS PRESIDENT LACKS THE COURAGE TO STAND UP TO HIM.
AND IN THAT SENSE, THAT PUTIN -- THE KREMLIN REGIME CAN ENGAGE IN
FURTHER ELECTION HACKS, NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES, BUT IN
EUROPE, AND THAT THIS PRESIDENT WILL NOT STAND UP TO HIM.
AND THAT WOULD BE DEEPLY DESTRUCTIVE BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
WHAT PUTIN IS TRYING TO DO IS NOT ONLY TAKE DOWN AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY, BUT THE WHOLE IDEA OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.
AND IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE LEADER OF THE
FREE WORLD AND CHAMPION HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE, WHO IS? THERE IS NOTHING THE KREMLIN
WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN A PRESIDENT WHO WILL SETTLE FOR A
GRIP AND A GRIN, AND WALK AWAY SAYING THAT HE HAD THIS FABULOUS
MEETING WITH THE

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