I KNOW THAT BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN TWEETING IT ALL WEEK.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, LET'S FIND OUT IF MAYBE THERE IS
SOME ISSUE WITH RUSSIA, BECAUSE I AM LED TO BELIEVE BY A
LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT AND SOME ON THE LEFT THAT THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN MEDDLING AT ALL.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.
THE LAST WEEK AT THE ASPEN SECURITY FORM, FOUR
OF DONALD TRUMP'S TOP INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL
SECURITY OFFICIALS INCLUDING MIKE POMPEO, THE CIA
DIRECTOR, SAID THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT THE
RUSSIANS WERE BEHIND THE EFFORT TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION.
THAT IS NOT SOMEONE FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OR A
DEMOCRAT, THAT IS A SUPERHARD RIGHT-WINGER APPOINTED BY
DONALD TRUMP SAYING ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT RUSSIA MEDDLED.
LET'S GO TO DAN COATS, HE IS A NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
DIRECTOR THAT PUTS ALL THOSE IN AGENCIES TOGETHER.
HEY DAN COATS, IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT RUSSIA
MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION?
THERE IS NO DISSENT.
BUT YEAH, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING IT?
IS IT OVERHYPED, NOT A BIG DEAL?
THEY ARE TRYING TO UNDERMINE WESTERN DEMOCRACY.
THAT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
IF YOU ARE STILL IN THE CAMP OF NO EVIDENCE AT ALL, IT IS
ALL MADE UP BY DEMOCRATS, SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT WHITE
RIGHT-WINGERS IN THE COUNTRY THAT WERE APPOINTED BY
TRUMP ARE JOINED IN THIS ANALYSIS.
IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DO HAVE
EVIDENCE THAT BUT THEY DIDN'T SHARE ALL THE EVIDENCE PUBLICLY.
NEITHER REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE DECIDED
RANDOMLY TO MAKE EVERYTHING UP AND JUST, YEAH, MAYBE.
WELL, IF YOU ARE NOT CONCERNED BY IT, YOU ARE APPARENTLY ALONE
BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP IS, SO HE TWEETED OUT, IT IS VERY
SAD THAT REPUBLICANS, EVEN SOME THAT WERE CARRIED OVER THE
LINE ON MY BACK, DO VERY LITTLE TO PROTECT THEIR PRESIDENT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, COME ON GUYS, WHO HAS MY BACK?
OF THE GUYS I APPOINTED, SESSIONS RECUSES HIMSELF,
IíM THINKING OF FIRING HIM, HIS JOB WAS TO COVER UP MY CRIMES.
NOW DAN COATS AND POMPEO SAY RUSSIANS MEDDLED.
I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT PARDONS.
THEN HE SAYS WE ALL AGREE THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS THE
COMPLETE POWER TO PARDON, I THINK OF THAT WHEN ONLY
CRIME SO FAR IS LEAKS AGAINST US.
FAKE NEWS.
NO ONE WAS TALKING ABOUT PARDONS UNTIL YOU SAID IT, SO I
GUESS HE IS THINKING OF PARDONING HIMSELF.
HE
IS LIKE REMEMBER GUYS, EVEN IF I AM SUPER GUILTY OF HELPING
THE RUSSIANS MEDDLE IN THE ELECTION, I CAN PARDON MYSELF.
THAT IS NOT A WINNING ARGUMENT, BUT HE IS TOO STUPID TO
REALIZE THAT.
THE ONLY REASON TO TWEET THAT IS TO BE, THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME,
I WILL JUST PARDON MYSELF AT THE END, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING?
IDIOT.
WHY DID YOU BRING THAT UP?
YOU ARE SO STUPID.
BUT THAT'S OKAY, HIS LAWYER JAY SEKULOW SAYS PARDONS ARE
NOT ON THE TABLE.
WELL, CURIOUS THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT IT UP.
NOW LET'S FIND OUT IF THEY ARE ON THE TABLE.
NEXT WE GO TO SEKULOW AGAIN.
PARDONS ARE ON THE TABLE.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, WE HAVE NOT AND CONTINUE TO
NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENTS ABOUT PARDONS.
THEY ARE NOT DISCUSSING IT.
THEY ARENíT ON THE TABLE.
WE'RE NOT RESEARCHING THE ISSUE BECAUSE PARDONS ARE NOT
ON THE TABLE.
THERE'S NOTHING TO PARDON FROM.
>> HOW CAN YOU - ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THE QUOTE.
THIS IS FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAW.
WE HAVE NOT AND I CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT PARDONS.
HAVE YOU CONTINUE NOT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION?
LIKE, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PARDONS.
THE PRESIDENT IS.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S LIKE YOU HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARDONS WITH THE PRESIDENT.
IF YOU SAY SO, BROTHER.
NOW IS GO TO THE NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR,
SCARAMUCCI.
I'M SURE HE WILL CLARIFY THIS.
>> HE IS TALKING ABOUT PARDONING, WHO IS HE
THINKING ABOUT PARDONING?
>> LETíS SORT THROUGH IT ALL, YOU AND I, RIGHT HERE.
YOU ARE BASICALLY SAYING - THAT'S WHAT IS SUGGESTING
THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO PARDON HIMSELF AND EVERY
ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS.
WHAT YOU SUGGESTING?
HE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
>> NO, I AM SUGGESTING ONE THING.
THE PRESIDENT WROTE ABOUT PARDONS AND I'M ASKING YOU
WHO HE IS THINKING ABOUT PARDONING.
THAT'S ALL I'M SUGGESTING.
>> NO ONE.
THE PRESIDENT IS THINKING ABOUT PARDONING NOBODY BECAUSE IT
HAS BEEN COMING UP A LOT.
THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT OF NONSENSICAL STAFF.
>> BECAUSE HE ASKING HIS ADVISORS ABOUT IT.
>> AN UNDERCURRENT OF NONSENSICAL STUFF.
YOU BROUGHT UP.
THE PRESIDENT TWEETED ABOUT IT.
HEíS LIKE I, THE PRESIDENT HAS COMPLETE POWER TO PARDON
PEOPLE BUT WHO IS BRINGING UP THIS NONSENSE?
WHO IS IT, I WANT NAMES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE BRINGING IT UP.
FINALLY, BACK TO JAY SEKULOW, TRUMPíS LAWYER.
CLEARLY, THE CONSTITUTION DOES GIVE PARDON
POWER WITHIN THE PRESIDENCY.
WAIT, I THINK YOU GUYS WERE NOT HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
THAT SEEMS LIKE SCARAMUCCI KIND OF ADMITTED THAT THEY WERE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT AND YOU JUST ADMITTED THAT
YOU ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AND YOU JUST DOUBLE
DOWN ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID.
REMEMBER EVERYBODY, HE CAN PARDON ANYONE HE WANTS,
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT.
WHETHER YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO IT IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION
BESIDES WHICH, IF YOU ARE ALREADY TRYING TO PARDON
YOURSELF FROM HORRIFIC CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, THERE'S A DECENT CHANCE YOU ARE GOING
TO GET IMPEACHED, KEEP THAT IN MIND.
GOD DAMMIT WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT IMPEACHMENT?
YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO STOP AN IMPEACHMENT.
ACTUALLY, NO YOU DON'T.
WHY IS ANYONE BRINGING UP THIS NONSENSE?
HE HAS A SAID THAT PART ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT YET.
HOLD.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE WORRIED THAT IT IS SO BAD THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP MIGHT HAVE TO PARDON HIMSELF FOR HIS OWN CRIMES
BEFORE THEY LOCK HIM UP.
FORGET THE PRESIDENCY, HE IS WORRIED ABOUT CRIMES THAT
HE COULD BE CHARGED WITH.