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GOOD EVENING, RACHEL. >> GOOD EVENING, CHRIS.
>> GOOD EVENING, CHRIS. HOW IS YOUR FRIDAY GOING?
HOW IS YOUR FRIDAY GOING? >> IT'S GOOD.
>> IT'S GOOD. NOT QUITE AS EVENTFUL AS YOURS
NOT QUITE AS EVENTFUL AS YOURS HAS BEEN BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD.
HAS BEEN BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHTER ] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GIVING IT AWAY, AS ALWAYS.
GIVING IT AWAY, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. >>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT CHRIS
>>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT CHRIS IS REFERRING TO IS THAT A COUPLE
IS REFERRING TO IS THAT A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO, MAYBE EVEN LESS
OF HOURS AGO, MAYBE EVEN LESS THAN THAT, I WAS STANDING
THAN THAT, I WAS STANDING KNEE-DEEP IN A TROUT STREAM IN
KNEE-DEEP IN A TROUT STREAM IN TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE. [ LAUGHTER ]
[ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT NOW IT'S MUELLER TIME AND
>> BUT NOW IT'S MUELLER TIME AND SO I'M IN A STUDIO IN THE GREAT
SO I'M IN A STUDIO IN THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE.
STATE OF TENNESSEE. THE TROUT ARE BASICALLY JUST AS
THE TROUT ARE BASICALLY JUST AS SAFE AS THEY WERE WHEN I WAS
SAFE AS THEY WERE WHEN I WAS FLAILING AWAY AT THEM THIS
FLAILING AWAY AT THEM THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. BUT NOW IT IS -- LISTEN, IT'S --
BUT NOW IT IS -- LISTEN, IT'S -- THIS IS HISTORY.
THIS IS HISTORY. THIS IS A REASON TO STOP FISHING
THIS IS A REASON TO STOP FISHING AND GO TO WORK.
AND GO TO WORK. OUR JOB TONIGHT AS A COUNTRY
OUR JOB TONIGHT AS A COUNTRY SORT OF OR WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE
SORT OF OR WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE DOING
COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE DOING TONIGHT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
TONIGHT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS THAT THE REPORT OF
WHAT IT MEANS THAT THE REPORT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER HAS FINALLY BEEN SUBMITTED.
HAS FINALLY BEEN SUBMITTED. WE'VE HEARD IT SAID SO MANY
WE'VE HEARD IT SAID SO MANY TIMES THAT IT WAS IMMINENT, THAT
TIMES THAT IT WAS IMMINENT, THAT IT WAS DONE AND MAYBE DONE AND
IT WAS DONE AND MAYBE DONE AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. FINALLY IT'S HAPPENED.
FINALLY IT'S HAPPENED. IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND
IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT MUELLER FOUND, WE KNOW ONLY
WHAT MUELLER FOUND, WE KNOW ONLY THE SMALLEST LITTLE BITS.
THE SMALLEST LITTLE BITS. THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING
THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING APPARENTLY, NOT THE END OF
APPARENTLY, NOT THE END OF SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. THE LOGISTICS OF TODAY WE KNOW
THE LOGISTICS OF TODAY WE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT.
SOMETHING ABOUT. AT 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME THE
AT 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME THE STAFF OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
STAFF OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE GOT A CALL SOMEBODY
COMMITTEE GOT A CALL SOMEBODY WOULD BE BRINGING A LETTER FROM
WOULD BE BRINGING A LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I'M SURE THEY ALL IMMEDIATELY
I'M SURE THEY ALL IMMEDIATELY GUESSED WHAT THAT LETTER WAS.
GUESSED WHAT THAT LETTER WAS. A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STAFFER OR
A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STAFFER OR MESSENGER OF SOME KIND, ALL WE
MESSENGER OF SOME KIND, ALL WE KNOW SHE WAS WEARING A NORTH
KNOW SHE WAS WEARING A NORTH FACE JACKET, SHE BROUGHT, IN
FACE JACKET, SHE BROUGHT, IN FACT, TWO LETTERS TO THE
FACT, TWO LETTERS TO THE COMMITTEE IN TWO SEPARATE MANILA
COMMITTEE IN TWO SEPARATE MANILA ENVEP
ENVEP EN
EN ENVELOPES BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE
ENVELOPES BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE LETTER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
LETTER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN AND REPUBLICAN RANKING
CHAIRMAN AND REPUBLICAN RANKING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS AT HIS NEW YORK
COMMITTEE WAS AT HIS NEW YORK OFFICE, NOT IN D.C. SO THE
OFFICE, NOT IN D.C. SO THE COMMITTEE STAFF QUICKLY MADE A
COMMITTEE STAFF QUICKLY MADE A DIGITAL COPY AND GOT THE LETTER
DIGITAL COPY AND GOT THE LETTER TO HIM THAT WAY.
TO HIM THAT WAY. WE KNOW THOSE DETAILS THANKS TO
WE KNOW THOSE DETAILS THANKS TO A JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
A JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SPOKESPERSON LAYING OUT THAT
SPOKESPERSON LAYING OUT THAT PROCESS.
PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT IS HOW THE HOUSE
WE KNOW THAT IS HOW THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS NOTIFIED
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS NOTIFIED SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER COMPLETED HIS INVESTIGATION.
COMPLETED HIS INVESTIGATION. WE ARE ASSUMING THAT A SIMILAR
WE ARE ASSUMING THAT A SIMILAR PROCESS OR AT LEAST A PROCESS
PROCESS OR AT LEAST A PROCESS WITH THE SAME EFFECT ALSO
WITH THE SAME EFFECT ALSO UNFOLDED AT THE SENATE JUDICIARY
UNFOLDED AT THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AROUND THE SAME TIME
COMMITTEE AROUND THE SAME TIME TODAY BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME
TODAY BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME READOUT ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
READOUT ABOUT THAT PROCESS. SO WE KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF HOW
SO WE KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF HOW WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION THAT IT
WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION THAT IT ENDED AND OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW
ENDED AND OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MOSTLY A TON OF
WE HAVE MOSTLY A TON OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT MUELLER'S
QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT MUELLER'S REPORT SAYS, HOW COMPLETE IT IS,
REPORT SAYS, HOW COMPLETE IT IS, WHO GETS TO SEE IT, WHO GETS TO
WHO GETS TO SEE IT, WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHO GETS TO SEE IT AND
DECIDE WHO GETS TO SEE IT AND WHEN.
WHEN. BUT AFTER TWO YEARS OF ALMOST
BUT AFTER TWO YEARS OF ALMOST ENTIRELY JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT
ENTIRELY JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT MUELLER IS DOING, SOME
WHAT MUELLER IS DOING, SOME ANSWERS WILL START TO EMERGE
ANSWERS WILL START TO EMERGE NOW.
NOW. WE GET ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT FROM
WE GET ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT FROM THE LETTER THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
THE LETTER THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR DID SEND TO THE CHAIR
BILL BARR DID SEND TO THE CHAIR OF THOSE COMMITTEES, TO JERRY
OF THOSE COMMITTEES, TO JERRY NADLER IN THE HOUSE AND
NADLER IN THE HOUSE AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY
REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM IN THE SENATE, THOSE ARE
GRAHAM IN THE SENATE, THOSE ARE THE TWO JUDICIARY CHAIRS.
THE TWO JUDICIARY CHAIRS. THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO THE
THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO THE RANKING MEMBERS, TO DOUG
RANKING MEMBERS, TO DOUG COLLINS, THE TOP REPUBLICAN AND
COLLINS, THE TOP REPUBLICAN AND DIANE FEINSTEIN.
DIANE FEINSTEIN. IT'S ADDRESSED TO THOSE FOUR
IT'S ADDRESSED TO THOSE FOUR PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THE LETTER IS ONE PAGE AND GIVES
THE LETTER IS ONE PAGE AND GIVES US KIND OF A LOT.
US KIND OF A LOT. HERE IS HOW IT STARTS.
HERE IS HOW IT STARTS. DEAR CHAIRMAN GRAHAM AND NADLER,
DEAR CHAIRMAN GRAHAM AND NADLER, I WRITE TO NOTIFY YOU PURSUANT
I WRITE TO NOTIFY YOU PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL
REGULATIONS THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT S. MUELLER, III CONCLUDED
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III CONCLUDED THE INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN
THE INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 ELECTION AND RELATED MATTERS.
ELECTION AND RELATED MATTERS. UNDER THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
UNDER THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS, THE ATTORNEY
REGULATIONS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY
GENERAL IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE SPECIFIC PEOPLE, THE
THE SPECIFIC PEOPLE, THE REGULATIONS SPELL OUT THAT THE
REGULATIONS SPELL OUT THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TO NOTIFY
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TO NOTIFY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBERS OF
THE CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES IN THE
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND THOSE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE
ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE NOTIFIED AND NEED TO BE NOTIFIED
NOTIFIED AND NEED TO BE NOTIFIED OF THREE THINGS.
OF THREE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THE APPOINTMENT OF
NUMBER ONE, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. THAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2017.
THAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2017. THE REMOVAL OF THE SPECIAL
THE REMOVAL OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
COUNSEL, THAT NEVER HAPPENED. AND NUMBER THREE, THE CONCLUSION
AND NUMBER THREE, THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SO THIS IS BILL BARR TELLING
SO THIS IS BILL BARR TELLING CONGRESS AS HE IS REQUIRED TO
CONGRESS AS HE IS REQUIRED TO DO, OKAY, HERE IS THE THIRD
DO, OKAY, HERE IS THE THIRD THING.
THING. THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THAT'S THE PART OF THIS SPECIAL
THAT'S THE PART OF THIS SPECIAL COUNSEL EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENED
COUNSEL EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENED ON MY WATCH.
ON MY WATCH. I AM NOTIFYING YOU.
I AM NOTIFYING YOU. HE THEN SAYS QUOTE, IN ADDITION
HE THEN SAYS QUOTE, IN ADDITION TO THIS NOTE TOOIFICATION THEY
TO THIS NOTE TOOIFICATION THEY REQUIRE I PROVIDE YOU WITH QUOTE
REQUIRE I PROVIDE YOU WITH QUOTE A DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION OF
A DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION OF INSTANCES IF ANY IN WHICH THE
INSTANCES IF ANY IN WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCLUDED THAT
ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCLUDED THAT A PROPOSED ACTION BY A SPECIAL
A PROPOSED ACTION BY A SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS SO INAPPROPRIATE OR
COUNSEL WAS SO INAPPROPRIATE OR UNWARRANTED UNDER ESTABLISHED
UNWARRANTED UNDER ESTABLISHED DEPARTMENT MENTAL PRACTICES THAT
DEPARTMENT MENTAL PRACTICES THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE PURSUED.
IT SHOULD NOT BE PURSUED. THERE WERE NO SUCH INSTANCES
THERE WERE NO SUCH INSTANCES DURING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S
DURING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SO THIS ALONE IS REALLY
SO THIS ALONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF
THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LOTS AND LOTS OF SPECULATION AND
LOTS AND LOTS OF SPECULATION AND LOTS OF FIGHTING, HONESTLY.
LOTS OF FIGHTING, HONESTLY. THIS IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THIS IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INFORMING CONGRESS.
INFORMING CONGRESS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TO
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TO INFORM CONGRESS IF THERE IS
INFORM CONGRESS IF THERE IS ANYTHING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
ANYTHING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WANTED TO DO THAT THE ATTORNEY
WANTED TO DO THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BLOCKED HIM FROM DOING.
GENERAL BLOCKED HIM FROM DOING. THERE IS WORRY AND SPECULATION
THERE IS WORRY AND SPECULATION THE CONFIRMATION OF BILL BARR AS
THE CONFIRMATION OF BILL BARR AS ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATED AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CONFIRMED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION,
SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION, HE WAS NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED
HE WAS NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED AFTER HE HAD VOLUNTEERED A BIG
AFTER HE HAD VOLUNTEERED A BIG LONG SHARPLY WORDED MEMORANDUM
LONG SHARPLY WORDED MEMORANDUM THAT CRITICIZED THE SPECIAL
THAT CRITICIZED THE SPECIAL COUNSEL BECAUSE OF THE
COUNSEL BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH BILL
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH BILL BARR WAS BROUGHT ON.
BARR WAS BROUGHT ON. RIGHT?
RIGHT? PREDECESSOR JEFF SESSIONS WAS
PREDECESSOR JEFF SESSIONS WAS FIRED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
FIRED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL. THE PRESIDENT SAID OPENLY
THE PRESIDENT SAID OPENLY BECAUSE SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF
BECAUSE SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM OVERSEEING THE MUELLER
FROM OVERSEEING THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. WELL, HERE COMES BILL BARR WHO
WELL, HERE COMES BILL BARR WHO VOLUNTEERED TO THE WHITE HOUSE
VOLUNTEERED TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, HEY, I GOT
IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, HEY, I GOT TONS OF, YOU KNOW, I GOT TONS OF
TONS OF, YOU KNOW, I GOT TONS OF CRITICISM OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
CRITICISM OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND I THINK HE'S DOING TONS OF
AND I THINK HE'S DOING TONS OF THINGS WRONG THEN BILL BARR GETS
THINGS WRONG THEN BILL BARR GETS NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED AS A.G.
NOMINATED AND CONFIRMED AS A.G. THERE IS WORRIES AND SPECULATION
THERE IS WORRIES AND SPECULATION THAT THE REASON BILL BARR GOT
THAT THE REASON BILL BARR GOT THAT JOB, THE REASON HE WAS SEEN
THAT JOB, THE REASON HE WAS SEEN BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A SUITABLE
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AS A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT FOR JEFF SESSIONS
REPLACEMENT FOR JEFF SESSIONS AND THEREFORE WHAT MIGHT BE
AND THEREFORE WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED OF BILL BARR IN THAT
EXPECTED OF BILL BARR IN THAT JOB IS THAT ONCE HE GOT
JOB IS THAT ONCE HE GOT CONFIRMED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL,
CONFIRMED AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE'D STICK HIS FOOT OUT AND TRIP
HE'D STICK HIS FOOT OUT AND TRIP THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, RIGHT?
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, RIGHT? HE'D USE HIS POWER AS ATTORNEY
HE'D USE HIS POWER AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BLOCK MUELLER FROM
GENERAL TO BLOCK MUELLER FROM SOMETHING THAT MUELLER WAS
SOMETHING THAT MUELLER WAS OTHERWISE GOING TO DO.
OTHERWISE GOING TO DO. SOMETHING THAT MUELLER WAS
SOMETHING THAT MUELLER WAS OTHERWISE GOING TO PURSUE BARR
OTHERWISE GOING TO PURSUE BARR WAS GOING TO BLOCK HIM.
WAS GOING TO BLOCK HIM. AT LEAST AS FAR AS THIS LETTER
AT LEAST AS FAR AS THIS LETTER GOES, FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
GOES, FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR TONIGHT, BARR SAYS HE
BILL BARR TONIGHT, BARR SAYS HE NEVER EXCISED THAT POWER.
NEVER EXCISED THAT POWER. HE'S NOTIFYING CONGRESS
HE'S NOTIFYING CONGRESS FORMALLY.
FORMALLY. THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING THE
THERE IS NEVER ANYTHING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SOUGHT TO DO
SPECIAL COUNSEL SOUGHT TO DO THAT BILL BARR STOPPED MUELLER
THAT BILL BARR STOPPED MUELLER FROM DOING.
FROM DOING. AND THAT'S FASCINATING.
AND THAT'S FASCINATING. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM ROBERT MUELLER
TO HEAR THAT FROM ROBERT MUELLER AS WELL AS FROM BILL BARR
AS WELL AS FROM BILL BARR SPEAKING ON MUELLER'S BEHALF AND
SPEAKING ON MUELLER'S BEHALF AND ROBERT MUELLER IS STILL AT THIS
ROBERT MUELLER IS STILL AT THIS POINT PUBLICLY SILENT.
POINT PUBLICLY SILENT. AS HE HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY
AS HE HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ALTHOUGH WE'LL HAVE
BEGINNING ALTHOUGH WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT LATER.
MORE ON THAT LATER. HERE IS MORE FROM THE LETTER,
HERE IS MORE FROM THE LETTER, THOUGH.
THOUGH. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS SUBMITTED TO ME TODAY A QUOTE
SUBMITTED TO ME TODAY A QUOTE CONFIDENTIAL REPORT EXPLAINING
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT EXPLAINING THE PROSECUTION OR DECKLINATION
THE PROSECUTION OR DECKLINATION DECISION.
DECISION. I'M REVIEWING THE REPORT THAT I
I'M REVIEWING THE REPORT THAT I MAY BE IN A POSITION TO ADVICE
MAY BE IN A POSITION TO ADVICE YOU OF THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS
YOU OF THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND.
AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND. SO THIS IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SO THIS IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLING US HE HAS MUELLER'S
TELLING US HE HAS MUELLER'S REPORT AND HE IS NOT HANDING THE
REPORT AND HE IS NOT HANDING THE REPORT OVER TO CONGRESS.
REPORT OVER TO CONGRESS. RIGHT?
RIGHT? THIS LETTER FROM BILL BAR IS NOT
THIS LETTER FROM BILL BAR IS NOT A COVER LETTER WITH MUELLER'S
A COVER LETTER WITH MUELLER'S FINDINGS ATTACHED.
FINDINGS ATTACHED. BUT HE PLANS TO GIVE THEM I
BUT HE PLANS TO GIVE THEM I GUESS BULLET POINTS AND ADVICE
GUESS BULLET POINTS AND ADVICE RANKING MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL
RANKING MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL OF THE PRINCIPLE
COUNSEL OF THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS.
CONCLUSIONS. I SHOULD QUALIFY IT.
I SHOULD QUALIFY IT. I AM PRESUMING THAT WHEN HE SAYS
I AM PRESUMING THAT WHEN HE SAYS HE CAN ADVICE THEMED A SOON AS
HE CAN ADVICE THEMED A SOON AS THIS WEEKEND OF THE SPECIAL
THIS WEEKEND OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS,
COUNSEL'S PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS, I'M PRESUMEING THAT MEANS HE'S
I'M PRESUMEING THAT MEANS HE'S PLANNING ON ADVISING THE PEOPLE
PLANNING ON ADVISING THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS LETTER IS
TO WHOM THIS LETTER IS ADDRESSED.
ADDRESSED. JUST THE TOP DEMOCRATS AND TOP
JUST THE TOP DEMOCRATS AND TOP REPUBLICANS ON THE JUDICIARY
REPUBLICANS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE AND
COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
SENATE. ONCE THEY ARE ADVISED BY BILL
ONCE THEY ARE ADVISED BY BILL BARR AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND OF
BARR AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND OF THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS OF
THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS OF ROBERT MUELLER'S REPORT, WILL
ROBERT MUELLER'S REPORT, WILL THOSE CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS
THOSE CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMIT IS TELL
OF THE JUDICIARY COMMIT IS TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT BILL BARR TOLD
THE PUBLIC WHAT BILL BARR TOLD THEM?
THEM? AND WHAT COUNTS AS MUELLER'S
AND WHAT COUNTS AS MUELLER'S PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS ANYWAY?
PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS ANYWAY? HOW MUCH DETAIL IS THAT?
HOW MUCH DETAIL IS THAT? HOW MUCH IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HOW MUCH IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GOING TO TELL THOSE TWO HOUSE
GOING TO TELL THOSE TWO HOUSE MEMBERS AND THOSE TWO SENATORS
MEMBERS AND THOSE TWO SENATORS AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND?
AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND? WE DO NOT KNOW.
WE DO NOT KNOW. NOT YET.
NOT YET. BUT THEN HERE IS THE LAST
BUT THEN HERE IS THE LAST SUBSTANTIVE PART OF THE LETTER
SUBSTANTIVE PART OF THE LETTER AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE
AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE LETTER WHILE ALSO BEING THE MOST
LETTER WHILE ALSO BEING THE MOST FRUSTRATINGLY VAGUE.
FRUSTRATINGLY VAGUE. AGAIN, THIS IS BILL BARR'S
AGAIN, THIS IS BILL BARR'S LETTER.
LETTER. I INTEND TO CONSULT WITH DEPUTY
I INTEND TO CONSULT WITH DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN
ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN AND ROBERT MUELLER TO DETERMINE
AND ROBERT MUELLER TO DETERMINE WHAT INFORMATION FROM THE REPORT
WHAT INFORMATION FROM THE REPORT CAN BE RELEASED TO CONGRESS AND
CAN BE RELEASED TO CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE
THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW INCLUDING THE SPECIAL
LAW INCLUDING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS AND THE
COUNSEL REGULATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT'S LONG-STANDING
DEPARTMENT'S LONG-STANDING PRACTICES AND POLICIES.
PRACTICES AND POLICIES. QUOTE, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO AS
QUOTE, I REMAIN COMMITTED TO AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE
MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP YOU INFORMED TO THE
AND KEEP YOU INFORMED TO THE STATUS OF MY REVIEW.
STATUS OF MY REVIEW. SO COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS
SO COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS HERE.
HERE. NUMBER ONE, OBVIOUSLY, BARR IS
NUMBER ONE, OBVIOUSLY, BARR IS SAYING I DID NOT BLOCK ROBERT
SAYING I DID NOT BLOCK ROBERT MUELLER FROM DOING ANYTHING THAT
MUELLER FROM DOING ANYTHING THAT HE WANTED TO DO.
HE WANTED TO DO. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE WAS
THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE WAS TRYING TO PURSUE WHERE I SAID NO
TRYING TO PURSUE WHERE I SAID NO AS ATTORNEY GENERAL I'M STEPPING
AS ATTORNEY GENERAL I'M STEPPING IN AND BLOCKING THAT.
IN AND BLOCKING THAT. INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT BUT THAT'S THE BLUNT
THAT BUT THAT'S THE BLUNT ASSERTION TONIGHT FROM ATTORNEY
ASSERTION TONIGHT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR.
GENERAL WILLIAM BARR. ALSO, BARR IS GOING TO MAYBE AS
ALSO, BARR IS GOING TO MAYBE AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND BRIEF
SOON AS THIS WEEKEND BRIEF MUELLER'S PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS
MUELLER'S PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PRINCIPLE
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS ARE AND DON'T KNOW
CONCLUSIONS ARE AND DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IT WILL BE THIS WEEKEND
FOR SURE IT WILL BE THIS WEEKEND AND DON'T KNOW HOW CONSTRAINED
AND DON'T KNOW HOW CONSTRAINED THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE
THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE COMMITTEES WILL BE FROM SHARING
COMMITTEES WILL BE FROM SHARING WITH OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING US
WITH OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING US THE PUBLIC.
THE PUBLIC. THREE SEPARATE AND APART FROM
THREE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THAT, BARR IS THINKING ABOUT
THAT, BARR IS THINKING ABOUT WHAT BEYOND THOSE PRINCIPLE
WHAT BEYOND THOSE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS CAN GO TO THE
CONCLUSIONS CAN GO TO THE CONGRESS AND TO THE PUBLIC AND
CONGRESS AND TO THE PUBLIC AND YOU GET THE SENSE FROM THE WAY
YOU GET THE SENSE FROM THE WAY HE WROTE THIS THAT HE THINKS OF
HE WROTE THIS THAT HE THINKS OF THAT AS ONE CONSIDERATION, NOT
THAT AS ONE CONSIDERATION, NOT TWO.
TWO. RIGHT?
RIGHT? YOU GET THE SENSE THE WAY HE
YOU GET THE SENSE THE WAY HE WROTE THIS THAT HE THINKS
WROTE THIS THAT HE THINKS ANYTHING THAT GOES TO CONGRESS
ANYTHING THAT GOES TO CONGRESS WILL ALMOST INSTANTLY END UP
WILL ALMOST INSTANTLY END UP GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE
GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AT LEAST
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS WILL
ONE MEMBER OF CONGRESS WILL DECIDE TO LEAK IT OR RELEASE IT
DECIDE TO LEAK IT OR RELEASE IT PROPERLY BUT HE'S THINKING ABOUT
PROPERLY BUT HE'S THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW.
THAT NOW. HE'S THINKING WHABLT CONABOUT WH
HE'S THINKING WHABLT CONABOUT WH CONGRESS CAN SEE AND THE PUBLIC
CONGRESS CAN SEE AND THE PUBLIC AND HE'S CONSULTING ON THAT
AND HE'S CONSULTING ON THAT MATTER WITH MUELLER HIMSELF AND
MATTER WITH MUELLER HIMSELF AND WITH ROD ROSENSTEIN WHO IS STILL
WITH ROD ROSENSTEIN WHO IS STILL THERE.
THERE. REMEMBER ROD ROSENSTEIN
REMEMBER ROD ROSENSTEIN APPOINTED MUELLER AND HE'S
APPOINTED MUELLER AND HE'S REPORTEDLY BEEN THE PRINCIPLE
REPORTEDLY BEEN THE PRINCIPLE SUPERVISOR/OVERSEER FOR THE
SUPERVISOR/OVERSEER FOR THE ENTIRE 22-MONTH DURATION OF THE
ENTIRE 22-MONTH DURATION OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S TIME.
SPECIAL COUNSEL'S TIME. THE DECISION ABOUT RELEASING
THE DECISION ABOUT RELEASING STUFF TO THE CONGRESS AND
STUFF TO THE CONGRESS AND RELEASING STUFF TO THE PUBLIC,
RELEASING STUFF TO THE PUBLIC, BARR SAYS THAT WILL BE
BARR SAYS THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW,
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW, CONSISTENT WITH THE REGULATIONS
CONSISTENT WITH THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
GOVERNING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND LONG-STANDING PRACTICES AND
AND LONG-STANDING PRACTICES AND POLICIES OF THE JUSTICE
POLICIES OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'VE NEVER HAD A SPECIAL
WE'VE NEVER HAD A SPECIAL COUNSEL -- I MEAN, WE'VE HAD
COUNSEL -- I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SPECIAL PROSECUTORS IN THE PAST
SPECIAL PROSECUTORS IN THE PAST AND OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE
AND OTHER KINDS OF PEOPLE CONVENE TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK
CONVENE TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK BUT UNDER THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
BUT UNDER THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATION, WE NEVER HAD THIS
REGULATION, WE NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF REPORT AT THIS TYPE OF
TYPE OF REPORT AT THIS TYPE OF STAGE.
STAGE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LONG-STANDING
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LONG-STANDING PRACTICES AND POLICIES OF THE
PRACTICES AND POLICIES OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARE WHEN IT
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARE WHEN IT COMES TO SHARING WITH CONGRESS
COMES TO SHARING WITH CONGRESS AND THE PUBLIC THE FINDINGS OF A
AND THE PUBLIC THE FINDINGS OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL.
SPECIAL COUNSEL. THERE ISN'T ANYTHING
THERE ISN'T ANYTHING LONG-STANDING BECAUSE THEY NEVER
LONG-STANDING BECAUSE THEY NEVER DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE.
DEALT WITH THIS BEFORE. BUT WHEN BARR SAYS HE'LL DECIDE
BUT WHEN BARR SAYS HE'LL DECIDE WHAT CAN GO TO THE REST OF
WHAT CAN GO TO THE REST OF CONGRESS AND WHAT CAN GO TO THE
CONGRESS AND WHAT CAN GO TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW,
PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW, CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIAL
CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS AND JUSTICE
COUNSEL REGULATIONS AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND
DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES, THAT IS THE PART THAT
PRACTICES, THAT IS THE PART THAT IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE
IS GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE FIGURE THIS THING OUT AS A
FIGURE THIS THING OUT AS A COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. WHETHER WE THE COUNTRY ARE EVER
WHETHER WE THE COUNTRY ARE EVER FULLY TOLD WHAT ROBERT MUELLER
FULLY TOLD WHAT ROBERT MUELLER REALLY FIGURED OUT ABOUT RUSSIA
REALLY FIGURED OUT ABOUT RUSSIA MESSING WITH OUR ELECTION TO
MESSING WITH OUR ELECTION TO ELECT DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT AND
ELECT DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT AND WHETHER TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN
WHETHER TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN WERE IN ON THAT.
WERE IN ON THAT. THERE HAS NEVER BEFORE BEEN A
THERE HAS NEVER BEFORE BEEN A PRESIDENT -- I PANEMEAN, NOT SIN
PRESIDENT -- I PANEMEAN, NOT SIN THE 1700s HAS THERE BEEN A
THE 1700s HAS THERE BEEN A HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
HIGH-RANKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO WAS INVESTIGATED FOR
WHO WAS INVESTIGATED FOR POTENTIALLY BEING ITHE FOREIGN
POTENTIALLY BEING ITHE FOREIGN POWER.
POWER. IT CERTAINLY NEVER HAPPENED TO A
IT CERTAINLY NEVER HAPPENED TO A PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT ROBERT MUELLER FOUND OUT WHAT HE
ROBERT MUELLER FOUND OUT WHAT HE INVESTIGATED THAT CORE ISSUE?
INVESTIGATED THAT CORE ISSUE? WELL, DEPENDS ON WHAT WILLIAM
WELL, DEPENDS ON WHAT WILLIAM BARR THINKS ABOUT LONG-STANDING
BARR THINKS ABOUT LONG-STANDING PRACTICES AND POLICIES AND HOW
PRACTICES AND POLICIES AND HOW THOSE CAN BE APPLIED TO THIS
THOSE CAN BE APPLIED TO THIS QUESTION BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO
QUESTION BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT BILL BARR SAYS
WORTH NOTING THAT BILL BARR SAYS THERE IS SOME OTHER INFORMATION
THERE IS SOME OTHER INFORMATION IN THE MUELLER REPORT.
IN THE MUELLER REPORT. REMEMBER ALL THAT THE SPECIAL
REMEMBER ALL THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS REQUIRE IS
COUNSEL REGULATIONS REQUIRE IS THAT MUELLER PROVIDE THE
THAT MUELLER PROVIDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH A
ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT EXPLAINING
CONFIDENTIAL REPORT EXPLAINING THE PROSECUTION OR DECLINATION
THE PROSECUTION OR DECLINATION DECISIONS.
DECISIONS. IN THEORY THAT COULD MEAN
IN THEORY THAT COULD MEAN MUELLER'S FINAL REPORT WOULD BE
MUELLER'S FINAL REPORT WOULD BE AS BARE BONES AS I PROSECUTED
AS BARE BONES AS I PROSECUTED THIS LIST OF PEOPLE.
THIS LIST OF PEOPLE. HERE ARE THE INDICTMENTS THAT I
HERE ARE THE INDICTMENTS THAT I BROUGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS ENOUGH
BROUGHT BECAUSE THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE THEM AND I
EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE THEM AND I DID NOT PROSECUTE ANYBODY ELSE
DID NOT PROSECUTE ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH
BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE ANYBODY
EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE ANYBODY ELSE.
ELSE. HE COULD HAVE JUST DONE THAT,
HE COULD HAVE JUST DONE THAT, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. ONE SENTENCE AND A LIST OF THE
ONE SENTENCE AND A LIST OF THE INDICTMENTS HE FILED.
INDICTMENTS HE FILED. BOOM.
BOOM. DONE.
DONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IS
A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT MUELLER WOULD DO IN TERMS
WHAT MUELLER WOULD DO IN TERMS OF FILING HIS FINAL REPORT.
OF FILING HIS FINAL REPORT. I MEAN, IF HE HAD DONE THAT, THE
I MEAN, IF HE HAD DONE THAT, THE BULLET POINTS BRIEFING THAT BILL
BULLET POINTS BRIEFING THAT BILL BARR SAYS HE'LL PROVIDE AS SOON
BARR SAYS HE'LL PROVIDE AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND WOULD MORE OR
AS THIS WEEKEND WOULD MORE OR LESS BE THE WHOLE REPORT.
LESS BE THE WHOLE REPORT. HE SAID HE PROSECUTED THESE
HE SAID HE PROSECUTED THESE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. APPARENTLY, MUELLER DIDN'T DO
APPARENTLY, MUELLER DIDN'T DO SOMETHING THAT BONES, THAT BARE
SOMETHING THAT BONES, THAT BARE BONES.
BONES. THE REPORT IS APPARENTLY MORE
THE REPORT IS APPARENTLY MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN JUST THAT
COMPREHENSIVE THAN JUST THAT SORT OF LIST.
SORT OF LIST. AND NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
AND NOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SAYING HE'S REVIEWING IT.
SAYING HE'S REVIEWING IT. HE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH IT TO
HE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH IT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT -- FIRST OF ALL
FIGURE OUT WHAT -- FIRST OF ALL TO FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHEN HE
TO FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHEN HE CAN RELEASE THE PRINCIPLE
CAN RELEASE THE PRINCIPLE CONCLUSIONS AND THEN BEYOND
CONCLUSIONS AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WHAT FURTHER CAN BE
THAT, WHAT FURTHER CAN BE RELEASED AND WHAT CANNOT.
RELEASED AND WHAT CANNOT. SO I MEAN, JUST THE FACT THAT
SO I MEAN, JUST THE FACT THAT INFORMATION EXISTS TO BE DECIDED
INFORMATION EXISTS TO BE DECIDED UPON, THAT IS SOMETHING WE NOW
UPON, THAT IS SOMETHING WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE MUELLER REPORT
KNOW ABOUT THE MUELLER REPORT TONIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW
TONIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE HE TURNED IT IN.
BEFORE HE TURNED IT IN. ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR SAYING
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR SAYING HE'S COMMITTED TO AS MUCH
HE'S COMMITTED TO AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE.
TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, THAT IS A SUBJECTIVE
AGAIN, THAT IS A SUBJECTIVE THING BUT HE SAYS HE'LL TRY.
THING BUT HE SAYS HE'LL TRY. ON THAT POINT FOR WHAT IT'S
ON THAT POINT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'LL NOTE THAT BILL BARR
WORTH, I'LL NOTE THAT BILL BARR HAS MADE HIS FIRST DECISION ON
HAS MADE HIS FIRST DECISION ON TRANSPARENCY WITH THE MUELLER
TRANSPARENCY WITH THE MUELLER REPORT WITH THIS LETTER TONIGHT.
REPORT WITH THIS LETTER TONIGHT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE ATTORNEY
REQUIRE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKE THIS NOTIFICATION,
GENERAL MAKE THIS NOTIFICATION, THIS NOTIFICATION TO THE
THIS NOTIFICATION TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, TO THE CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS OF
CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES AND
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES AND ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS NOT
ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS NOT REQUIRED TO RELEASE THIS LETTER
REQUIRED TO RELEASE THIS LETTER PUBLICLY.
PUBLICLY. THAT'S A CHOICE LEFT UP TO HIM
THAT'S A CHOICE LEFT UP TO HIM BY THE REGULATIONS BUT HE WRITES
BY THE REGULATIONS BUT HE WRITES IN THIS LETTER TO THE JUDICIARY
IN THIS LETTER TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND RANKING
COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND RANKING MEMBERS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
MEMBERS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT THE
REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DETERMINE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DETERMINE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE
PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE NOTIFICATION WOULD BE IN THE
NOTIFICATION WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST I HAVE SO
PUBLIC INTEREST I HAVE SO DETERMINED.
DETERMINED. HE SAYS I WILL DISCLOSE THIS
HE SAYS I WILL DISCLOSE THIS LETTER TO THE PUBLIC AFTER
LETTER TO THE PUBLIC AFTER DELIVERING IT TO YOU.
DELIVERING IT TO YOU. SO THAT WAS BILL BARR'S FIRST
SO THAT WAS BILL BARR'S FIRST JUDGMENT CALL ON WHETHER TO MAKE
JUDGMENT CALL ON WHETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING PUBLIC, HE DECIDED
SOMETHING PUBLIC, HE DECIDED YES, HE WOULD MAKE IT PUBLIC.
YES, HE WOULD MAKE IT PUBLIC. BUT IT'S EARLY DAYS YET, EARLY
BUT IT'S EARLY DAYS YET, EARLY HOURS EVEN I SHOULD TELL YOU
HOURS EVEN I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS
THAT MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS INCLUDING NBC NEWS REPORTING
INCLUDING NBC NEWS REPORTING TONIGHT THAT ACCORDING TO SENIOR
TONIGHT THAT ACCORDING TO SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MUELLER
THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER MUELLER INDICTMENTS.
INDICTMENTS. WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY SEALED INDICTMENTS IN OTHER
SEALED INDICTMENTS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
JURISDICTIONS. THERE IS NO INDICATION THERE ARE
THERE IS NO INDICATION THERE ARE OR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ABOUT
OR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ABOUT WHETHER OTHER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
WHETHER OTHER JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTORS FOR INSTANCE, U.S.
PROSECUTORS FOR INSTANCE, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICES LIKE THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICES LIKE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA OR ANYBODY ELSE, WE DON'T KNOW
OR ANYBODY ELSE, WE DON'T KNOW IF ANY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICES
IF ANY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICES OR PROSECUTORS IN JUSTICE MIGHT
OR PROSECUTORS IN JUSTICE MIGHT BRING FURTHER INDICTMENTS BASED
BRING FURTHER INDICTMENTS BASED ON MATERIAL THE SPECIAL
ON MATERIAL THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE PASSED ON TO
COUNSEL'S OFFICE PASSED ON TO THEM BUT NBC REPORTS THAT NO NEW
THEM BUT NBC REPORTS THAT NO NEW INDICTMENTS WILL COME FROM
INDICTMENTS WILL COME FROM MUELLER'S TEAM ITSELF THAT MAKES
MUELLER'S TEAM ITSELF THAT MAKES SENSE WE SEEN THE TEAM DISBAND
SENSE WE SEEN THE TEAM DISBAND AND PROSECUTORS TAKE OTHER GIGS
AND PROSECUTORS TAKE OTHER GIGS ELSEWHERE IN THE GOVERNMENT OR
ELSEWHERE IN THE GOVERNMENT OR OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT.
OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT. I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT ALTHOUGH
I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT ALTHOUGH THIS NOTIFICATION MEANS THE
THIS NOTIFICATION MEANS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION,
SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE IS
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE IS CLOSING ITS PART OF THE
CLOSING ITS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, ACCORDING TO THE
INVESTIGATION, ACCORDING TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ROBERT
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ROBERT MUELLER FOR NOW REMAINS THE
MUELLER FOR NOW REMAINS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
SPECIAL COUNSEL. HE'S NOT GONE.
HE'S NOT GONE. HE AND A SMALL STAFF ARE
HE AND A SMALL STAFF ARE REMAINING IN PLACE TO CLOSE UP
REMAINING IN PLACE TO CLOSE UP THE OFFICE AND HANDLE ANY
THE OFFICE AND HANDLE ANY DANGLING THREADS AND THEY HAVE
DANGLING THREADS AND THEY HAVE BEEN THERE ALMOST TWO YEARS.
BEEN THERE ALMOST TWO YEARS. SOMEBODY HAS TO TIGHTY THAT
SOMEBODY HAS TO TIGHTY THAT PLACE UP, RIGHT?
PLACE UP, RIGHT? ONE WATCHDOG GROUP ANNOUNCED
ONE WATCHDOG GROUP ANNOUNCED ALREADY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY
ALREADY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY FILED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
FILED FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ABOUTACT
ABOUTACT REQUESTS TO OBTAIN THE FULL
REQUESTS TO OBTAIN THE FULL VERSION OF MUELLER'S REPORT.
VERSION OF MUELLER'S REPORT. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE ADAM SCHIFF SAYS
COMMITTEE ADAM SCHIFF SAYS TONIGHT AND THIS IS AN
TONIGHT AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING CURVEBALL TONIGHT.
INTERESTING CURVEBALL TONIGHT. HE'S SAYING SEPARATE AND APART
HE'S SAYING SEPARATE AND APART FROM ANY MINDINGSFINDINGS FROM T
FROM ANY MINDINGSFINDINGS FROM T SPECIAL COUNSEL, HE'S SAYING IF
SPECIAL COUNSEL, HE'S SAYING IF THERE ARE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
THERE ARE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS FROM MUELLER'S
FINDINGS FROM MUELLER'S INVESTIGATION, COUNTER
INVESTIGATION, COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS ABOUT,
INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS ABOUT, SAY, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
SAY, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS, TARGETING OR
OPERATIONS, TARGETING OR COMPROMISING U.S. PERSONS IN
COMPROMISING U.S. PERSONS IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, THOSE
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, THOSE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS BY
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS BY LAW ACCORDING TO ADAM SCHIFF
LAW ACCORDING TO ADAM SCHIFF MUST BE BRIEFED IN THE HOUSE
MUST BE BRIEFED IN THE HOUSE EVEN IF BARR DOESN'T WANT TO
EVEN IF BARR DOESN'T WANT TO RELEASE THE REST OF THE STUFF TO
RELEASE THE REST OF THE STUFF TO THE REST OF THE CONGRESS.
THE REST OF THE CONGRESS. HERE IS THE STATEMENT TONIGHT
HERE IS THE STATEMENT TONIGHT FROM ADAM SCHIFF.
FROM ADAM SCHIFF. QUOTE, TODAY THE ATTORNEY
QUOTE, TODAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL INFORMED THE CONGRESS
GENERAL INFORMED THE CONGRESS AND PUBLIC THAT THE SPECIAL
AND PUBLIC THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CONCLUDED THE
COUNSEL CONCLUDED THE INVESTIGATION AND SUBMITTED A
INVESTIGATION AND SUBMITTED A REPORT OF FINDINGS.
REPORT OF FINDINGS. THAT REPORT NEEDS TO BE RELEASED
THAT REPORT NEEDS TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
TO THE PUBLIC. QUOTE, PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL
QUOTE, PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATION, MUELLER'S
COUNSEL REGULATION, MUELLER'S REPORT IS LIKELY TO FOCUS ON THE
REPORT IS LIKELY TO FOCUS ON THE PROSECUTION DECISIONS AND MAY
PROSECUTION DECISIONS AND MAY NOT SHED NECESSARILY LIGHT ON
NOT SHED NECESSARILY LIGHT ON COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS OF
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE FINDINGS OF PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE TO THE
PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COMMITTEE AND NATION WHETHER THE
COMMITTEE AND NATION WHETHER THE PRESIDENT OR OTHERS AROUND HIM
PRESIDENT OR OTHERS AROUND HIM HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED BY A
HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED BY A FOREIGN POWER.
FOREIGN POWER. THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION LIKE
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION LIKE OUR PROBE BEGAN AS AN INQUIRY
OUR PROBE BEGAN AS AN INQUIRY INTO WHETHER INDIVIDUALS
INTO WHETHER INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRUMP
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WERE COMPROMISED BY A
CAMPAIGN WERE COMPROMISED BY A HOSTILE FOREIGN NATION.
HOSTILE FOREIGN NATION. BY LAW, THE EVIDENCE MUELLER HAS
BY LAW, THE EVIDENCE MUELLER HAS UNCOVERED ON ALL COUNTER
UNCOVERED ON ALL COUNTER INTELLIGENCE MATTERS MUST BE
INTELLIGENCE MATTERS MUST BE SHARED WITH THE HOUSE
SHARED WITH THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHETHER
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE WHETHER IT RESULTED IN INDICTMENT OR
IT RESULTED IN INDICTMENT OR NOT.IS HIM SAYING BARR YOU DO
NOT.IS HIM SAYING BARR YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LEEWAY.
NOT HAVE THE LEEWAY. ANY INTELLIGENCE MATTERS MUST BE
ANY INTELLIGENCE MATTERS MUST BE DISCLOSED TO US.
DISCLOSED TO US. WE WILL INSIST THEY MEET
WE WILL INSIST THEY MEET STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND BE
STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMITTEE.
TRANSPARENT WITH THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHINGLESS YOUR NEGLIGENT.
ANYTHINGLESS YOUR NEGLIGENT. THAT'S THE INTELLIGENCE
THAT'S THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYING I HEAR
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYING I HEAR YOU MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL WHEN
YOU MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE DECIDING WHAT
YOU SAY YOU'RE DECIDING WHAT INFORMATION IN THE REPORT CAN BE
INFORMATION IN THE REPORT CAN BE RELEASED TO CONGRESS BUT ANY
RELEASED TO CONGRESS BUT ANY COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPORT
INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPORT MUST BY LAW BE RELEASED TO THE
MUST BY LAW BE RELEASED TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, WHICH IS AGAIN NOT AT ALL THE WAY
AGAIN NOT AT ALL THE WAY ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR IS
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR IS TALKING ABOUT HE'LL DO WITH THE
TALKING ABOUT HE'LL DO WITH THE INFORMATION BUT THE INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION BUT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MAY HAVE A
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MAY HAVE A POINT IN TERMS OF THEM HAVING
POINT IN TERMS OF THEM HAVING THE LAW FOR BEING ABLE TO ACCESS
THE LAW FOR BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THIS INFORMATION SORT OF DESPITE
THIS INFORMATION SORT OF DESPITE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR'S DISCRETION AND NOW TONIGHT,
DISCRETION AND NOW TONIGHT, THERE IS THIS STATEMENT FROM
THERE IS THIS STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER, THE
CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER, THE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN OF JUDICIARY
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN OF JUDICIARY IN THE HOUSE.
IN THE HOUSE. >> THE IMPORTANT THING TO SAY IS
>> THE IMPORTANT THING TO SAY IS THE MUCHELLER REPORT MUST BE MAD
THE MUCHELLER REPORT MUST BE MAD PUBLIC IN THE ENTIRETY.
PUBLIC IN THE ENTIRETY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE EVIDENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OR LACK
EVIDENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OR LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST PEOPLE AND
OF EVIDENCE AGAINST PEOPLE AND WE ARE GOING TO INSIST THAT THE
WE ARE GOING TO INSIST THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKE PUBLIC THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKE PUBLIC THE ENTIRE REPORT AND GIVE TO THE
ENTIRE REPORT AND GIVE TO THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES THE UNDER
RELEVANT COMMITTEES THE UNDER LYING EVIDENCE.
LYING EVIDENCE. THE PRECEDENCE TO DO THIS,
THE PRECEDENCE TO DO THIS, 880,000 PAGES OF EVIDENCE OF
880,000 PAGES OF EVIDENCE OF INTERNAL EVIDENCE FROM THE FBI
INTERNAL EVIDENCE FROM THE FBI GIVEN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
GIVEN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT JUST LAST YEAR TO THE JUDICIARY
JUST LAST YEAR TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHEN THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WHEN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WAS RUN BY
COMMITTEE WAS RUN BY REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. THEY SET THE PRESIDENT.
THEY SET THE PRESIDENT. IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
IF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T RELEASE THE WHOLE REPORT
DOESN'T RELEASE THE WHOLE REPORT OR KEEPS PART SECRET, WE WILL
OR KEEPS PART SECRET, WE WILL CERTAINLY SUBPOENA THE PARTS OF
CERTAINLY SUBPOENA THE PARTS OF THE REPORT AND RESERVE THE RIGHT
THE REPORT AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CALL MUELLER OR TO TESTIFY
TO CALL MUELLER OR TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR SUBPOENA
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR SUBPOENA HIM AS SEVERAL OTHER COMMITTEES
HIM AS SEVERAL OTHER COMMITTEES MIGHT DO BUT WE'LL ONLY DO THAT
MIGHT DO BUT WE'LL ONLY DO THAT IF NECESSARY.
IF NECESSARY. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE
THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE ENTIRE REPORT BE MADE PUBLIC AND
ENTIRE REPORT BE MADE PUBLIC AND EVIDENCE BEHIND IT BE GIVEN TO
EVIDENCE BEHIND IT BE GIVEN TO THE RELEVANT COMMITTEE SO THE
THE RELEVANT COMMITTEE SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE INFORMED.
AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN BE INFORMED. >> TONIGHT IS A LANDMARK MOMENT.
>> TONIGHT IS A LANDMARK MOMENT. I WOULD STILL BE FISHING
I WOULD STILL BE FISHING OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. BUT WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA AS TO
BUT WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA AS TO WHAT ROBERT MUELLER HAS FOUND.
WHAT ROBERT MUELLER HAS FOUND. YOU HEARD THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
YOU HEARD THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THERE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO
TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION AND
DISCLOSE THIS INFORMATION AND PLANS TO GET IT.
PLANS TO GET IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ROBERT
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ROBERT MUELLER FOUND OUT IN THE
MUELLER FOUND OUT IN THE INVESTIGATION AND HONESTLY, WE
INVESTIGATION AND HONESTLY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW HIS INVESTIGATION
DON'T KNOW HOW HIS INVESTIGATION PROCEEDED AND WHETHER IT WAS
PROCEEDED AND WHETHER IT WAS IMPEDED BY ANY SORT OF PRESSURE
IMPEDED BY ANY SORT OF PRESSURE OR INTERFERENCE BY ANYONE AT ANY
OR INTERFERENCE BY ANYONE AT ANY TIME.
TIME. NOW THE FIGHT TO FIND OUT ALL OF
NOW THE FIGHT TO FIND OUT ALL OF THAT STUFF STARTS IN EARNEST AND
THAT STUFF STARTS IN EARNEST AND THIS IS TRULY UNCHARTED
THIS IS TRULY UNCHARTED TERRITORY.
TERRITORY. WE NEVER HAD A SPECIAL COUNSEL
WE NEVER HAD A SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORTING TO CONGRESS IN THE WAY
REPORTING TO CONGRESS IN THE WAY THAT -- REPORTING TO THE AGAIN
THAT -- REPORTING TO THE AGAIN GENERAL REPORTING TO CONGRESS IN
GENERAL REPORTING TO CONGRESS IN THE WAY THAT STARTED TONIGHT
THE WAY THAT STARTED TONIGHT WITH THIS REPORT FROM ROBERT
WITH THIS REPORT FROM ROBERT MUELLER.
MUELLER. WE DON'T HAVE PRESIDENT AS A
WE DON'T HAVE PRESIDENT AS A COUNTRY TO SEE HOW THIS WILL GO
COUNTRY TO SEE HOW THIS WILL GO AND A LONG WAY TOWARD THE WAY
AND A LONG WAY TOWARD THE WAY THIS WILL BE FIGURED OUT WILL BE
THIS WILL BE FIGURED OUT WILL BE BASED ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE
BASED ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE LEADERS INVOLVED HERE AND ON THE

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