Representative Adam Schiff: It Was A 'Productive Session' With Kushner

>>> GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON ANY QUESTIONS WE DIDN'T THINK OF
THIS MORNING AND THANK HIM FOR THE WAY HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF
THIS MORNING IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MATTER.
WITH THAT, MY COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE HAD A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
MR. KUSHNER QUESTIONS THIS MORNING.
HE EXPRESSED RECEPTIVITY TO COME BACK FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS BUT
IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE SESSION. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
ABOUT A RANGE OF ESCHEWS THAT THE COMMITTEE'S BEEN CONCERNED
ABOUT AND WE APPRECIATE HIS VOLUNTARY WILLINGNESS TO COME
AND TESTIFY TODAY. >> THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU. >> MIKE CONWAY AND ADAM SCHIFF
TELLING US IT WAS A, QUOTE, VERY PRODUCTIVE SESSION.
THAT TESTIMONY WRAPPING UP A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
GARRETT HAAKE STANDING BY ON THE HILL.
GARRETT, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT MR. KUSHNER SAID BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS? >> WELL, CRAIG, WE SHOULD HOPE
IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE SESSION BECAUSE IT LASTED MORE THAN

AND MEMBERS FROM BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC SIDE
ASKING HIM QUESTIONS. THE SENSE WE GOT FROM MEMBERS
WHO TALKED TO US ON THE WAY OUT WAS THEY WANTED TO TAKE HIM
BEYOND WHAT THEY KNEW FROM HIS STATEMENT HE HAD RELEASED
YESTERDAY. SO TO THE QUESTION WHERE HE SAYS
NO ONE IN THE CAMPAIGN COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA, WELL, DID ANYONE
OUTSIDE THE CAMPAIGN COLLUDE WITH RUSSIA?
YOU TALKED ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THAT MEETING WITH DONALD
TRUMP JR. AND PAUL MANAFORT AND HOW HE LEFT AFTER A FEW MINUTES.
SO THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS?
WAS THERE FOLLOW-UP, MORE DISCUSSIONS?
DID ANYTHING GET LEFT BEHIND? ALL OF THOSE WERE THINGS WE KNOW
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR WANTED TO TRY TO
PROBE WITH JARED KUSHNER AND MORE THAN THREE HOURS IT SEEMS
LIKE THEY GOT THEIR CHANCE. NOW, THE OTHER TWO FOLKS IN THAT
MEETING ARE GOING TO BE BACK IN THE NEWS TOMORROW.
AT LEAST ONE OF THEM MAY BE HERE ON CAPITOL HILL HIMSELF, PAUL
MANAFORT. I THINK WE HAVE SOUND OF MY
COLLEAGUE KASIE HUNT TALKING TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
CHUCK GRASSLEY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT PAUL MANAFORT
WILL BE ON THE HILL TOMORROW. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO THAT.
>> WE WANT MANAFORT TO COME LIKE WE WANT TRUMP JR. TO COME AND
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO CALL IN.
IF HE FEELS HE CAN'T COME AND HE'S WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN
GOOD FAITH, THERE'S OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS THAT CAN BE MADE
FOR HIM. >> SO YOU'RE SUBPOENAING PAUL
MANAFORT TO APPEAR TOMORROW. >> WE HAVE DONE THAT, YES.
>> Reporter: SO YOU HEAR IT FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S MOUTH, A SUBPOENA
ON THE TABLE FOR PAUL MANAFORT TO TRY TO BE HERE TO TALK TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TOMORROW. BUT HE ALSO SAID THIS IS THE
KIND OF THING THAT'S UNDER CONSTANT NEGOTIATION.
IF THEY CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WHERE HE COULD TALK BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO GOING
THAT ROUTE EITHER. >> DEVIN NUNEZ, THE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
WAS HE PRESENT DURING THE QUESTIONING, GARRETT?
>> Reporter: HE WAS, CRAIG, AND I HAD TWO VERY SHORT
CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM TODAY IN WHICH I SPOKE AND HE DIDN'T.
I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS HERE TODAY AND WHAT HE HOPED TO LEARN
ON HIS WAY IN AND ON HIS WAY OUT I ASKED HIM IF HE LEARNED
ANYTHING INTERESTING AND IF HE WAS IN THAT MEETING.
HE WOULD SAY HE HAS BACKED OUT OF THIS.
HE NEVER FORMALLY USED THE WORD RECUSED BUT THIS IS SOMEONE WHO
SAID I'M GOING TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS PARTICULAR PROBE, THERE'S
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN HANDLING THE DUTIES OP THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION SO WHY HE WAS HERE TODAY, WHAT HE SAI

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