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IMPORTANCE. >> INCLUDING TAX RETURNS.
>> INCLUDING TAX RETURNS. >> JOINING ME NOW, MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHICH IS ONE OF THE ENTITIES
INVESTIGATING THE MATTER. IT STRUCK ME READING THE
PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT ANDREW
McCABE, IN ANY OTHER TIME AND ADMINISTRATION, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES GOING AFTER THE ACTING FBI DIRECTOR WHILE
THAT FBI DIRECTOR WAS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
CAMPAIGN, WOULD BE SEEN AS A MASSIVE SCANDAL AND POSSIBLY
HAVE PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT PEEMT.
>> YOU KNOW, I'VE PEN SAYING FOR A WHILE NOW.
IF THIS WERE ALL REVERSED, IF HILLARY CLINTON WERE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE AND CHELSEA CLINTON HAD HAD THAT TRUMP TOWER MEETING
WHERE CHELSEA CLINTON SAYS I LOVE IT AROUND THE POSSIBILITY
OF GETTING FROM THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, COMPROMISING
INFORMATION FROM DONALD TRUMP, NOT ONLY WOULD WE BE CONSUMED
WITH IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS BUT WE WOULD HAVE RIGHT WING
MILITIAS WITH TORCHES IN THEIR HANDS.
IT IS STARTING WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ATTACKED HIS OWN ATTON ATTORNEY GENERAL.
I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF JEFF SESSIONS.
HERE'S A GUY WHO I THINK IS TRYING TO DO A JOB IN THE
TRADITION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN TERMS OF KEEPING THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, BEING AN INDEPENDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS
GONE TO, HE WENT TO CLAPPER AND COMEY.
ALL THE TOP OFFICIALS AND BEGGED THEM TO SAY THIS IS A SHAM
INVESTIGATION. EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW IT'S NOT.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT IN HIS PUBLIC ACTIONS, WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT HE IS SAYING BEHIND THE SCENES.
HE IS ACTIVELY TRYING TO INFLUENCE, CURTAIL OR QUASH AN
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN. >> AND HE'S BEEN SAYING IT FROM
DAY ONE. AND GUYS LIKE ME WHO SPEND TIME
IN A CLASSIFIED ENVIRONMENT KNOW IT EVEN MORE.
THE THING THAT'S REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS, THERE'S HUGE DAMAGE
TO ALL SORTS OF INSTITUTIONS. THE DIGNITY OF PRESIDENT, THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE FBI, THE SENSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
ABOUT JUSTICE RATHER THAN BEING A PROTECT OFRT PRESIDENT.
THE THING THAT IS TRULY SHOCKING ABOUT THIS, IF THE PRESIDENT,
RIGHT AFTER HIS INAUGURATION, HAD COME TO REALIZE THIS COULD
IN FACT BE A STORY THAT WOULD BE DRAGGED OUT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME OF MAKE HIM LOOK BAD. HE WOULD HAVE ON DAY TWO SAID,
HEY, EVERYBODY WHO HAD ANY CONTACT WHATSOEVER WITH RUSSIA,
ANY KIND OF CONTACT, ANY SORT OF BACK AND FORTH.
IT COMES OUT TODAY. IF THAT HAD HAPPENED, GUYS LIKE
ME WOULD BE SAYINGER THERE'S THE ACTIONS OF A SMART AND INNOCENT
INDIVIDUAL. INSTEAD HE TOOK THE OPPOSITE
TACK WHICH RAISES REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HIDDEN.
>> WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRUE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED. IT COULD BE IF HE HAD COME CLEAN
THE FIRST DAY, IT MAY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SHOCKING.
>> THAT'S A FAIR POINT. WE DON'T KNOW.
NONE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS OF RUN THEIR COURSE.
LET'S TAKE THE SINGLE PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT'S MOST
CONCLUSIVE THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME LINK.
THAT'S NOT SOME FAKE NEWS "WASHINGTON POST" "NEW YORK
TIMES" AMAZON. THERE IS PRESIDENT'S OWN SON
RELEASING HIS E-MAILS SAYING I WENT TO A MEETING WITH RUSSIANS
TO GET INFORMATION THAT WAS COMPROMISING.
THIS IS PRESIDENT'S OWN SON. IF THAT HAD COME OUT ON DAY.
TWO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISING BUT WE WOULD BE ON
TO -- YOU POINT OUT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS
THERE. >> DO YOU WORRY ABOUT WHAT YOU
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WILL DO IF THIS KEEPS BEING PRESSED?
HE SEALS TO BE SENDING A SIGNAL. HE APPEARS TO WANT JEFF SESSIONS
OUT OF THERE. HE COULD FIRE HIM.
HE APPEARS TO WANT MUELLER DONE. AT A CERTAIN POINT, CONGRESS
WILL BE THE CHECK. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING INTERESTING.
WHY OUT OF NOWHERE DOES THE PRESIDENT FIRE JIM COMEY?
HE DOES THAT BECAUSE HE THINKS HE CAN.
HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT POLITICALLY.
HE GOT AWAY WITH IT POLITICALLY. BUT LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
JUST THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT OUT OF NOWHERE, WITHOUT TELLING
THE PENTAGON, DECIDES HE'S CHANGING POLICY FOR 15,000
TRANSGENDER ARMED SERVICE MEMBERS.
JONI ERNST, JOHN McCAIN, ALL COMING OUT SAYING THAT'S NOT
OKAY. THE REPUBLICANS HERE ARE IN A
DIFFERENT PLACE THAN THEY WERE FOUR MONTHS AGO.
AND I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT WORRIES, IS AT LEAST TOLD TO
WORRY, IF HE FIRES JEFF SESSIONS, HE MIGHT NOT GET
ANOTHER ATTORNEY GENERAL. CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.
THIS WILL REALLY PUSH THE

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