EMERGING ON WHAT EXACTLY THEY
WERE WORKING FOR.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" SAID --
LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS
THAT THE NUCLEAR STORY ISN’T
REAL, THERE’S NO TRUTH.
HE SAID HE WANTS TO RELEASE THE
DOCUMENTS, IT’S UP TO HIS
ATTORNEY, AND IF THEY RELEASE
THEM, THEY MAY DO IT BY TODAY.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN UNUSUAL
MOVE TO SEE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT THE ONGOING
CASE, BUT THIS IS AN UNUSUAL
CIRCUMSTANCE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THAT
INVOLVING THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> FIRST, I PERSONALLY APPROVE
THE DECISION TO SEEK A SEARCH
WARRANT IN THIS MATTER.
SECOND, THEY DON’T TAKE THIS
DECISION LIGHT TO LEE.
IT IS A PRACTICE TO SEEK LESS
INTRUSIVE MEANS AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO A SEARCH AND
NARROWLY SCOPE ANY SEARCH
UNDERTAKEN.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID HE
DECIDED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CASE
THAT SHE WAS UNDER INTENSIVE
POLITICAL AND PUBLIC PRESSURE TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> ALL AMERICANS ARE ENTITLED TO
THE LAW, THE DUE PROCESS OF THE
LAW, AND TO NO PRESUMPTION OF
INNOCENCE.
-- AND TO A PRESUMPTION OF
INNOCENCE.
MUCH OF OUR WORK --
>> FOX NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT --
A SECRET SUBPOENA IN EARLY JUNE
WHEN A TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
FBI TEAM VISITED MAR-A-LAGO.
THOSE INVESTIGATORS TOWARDS THAT
AREA OF FLORIDA STATE WERE SOME
OF THE DOCUMENTS WERE STORED,
BRIEFLY VIEWED AND TOOK CUSTODY
OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF POTENTIALLY
SENSITIVE MATERIALS.
SOURCES ALSO SAY THAT FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS HAD SPOKEN WITH AT
LEAST ONE PERSON WHO RELAYED THE
POSSIBILITY OF MORE SENSITIVE
NATIONAL SECURITY MATERIAL --
FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE
PROPERTY.
WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR
EVERYONE ON THE CANDLE, IT’S THE
UNSEALED ASH ON THE PANEL, THE
UNSEALED SEARCH WARRANT.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LIST OF
WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE
PROPERTY.
THESE DETAILS, MORE WILL BE IN
THE AFFIDAVIT.
THAT’S STILL SEALED, AND THERE’S
NO TELLING IF THE JUDGE WOULD
CONSIDER UNSEALING THE AFFIDAVIT
AFFIDAVIT.
THAT WOULD OF COURSE CONTAIN PROBABLE CAUSE.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THIS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEMS
SURPRISED THAT HE IS THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE’S THE NUMBER ONE GUY IN THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
DID HE SAY ENOUGH YESTERDAY?
>> DONALD TRUMP WON THE ELECTION
AND THEN SAID "I WILL PICK
SOMEBODY ELSE."
HE MIGHT HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP, BUT WE LEARNED
NOTHING IN THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE, BUT TO BE FAIR WE
PUBLISH AND HAVE LEARNED MUCH
FROM IT.
WHAT CONCERNS ME IS WHEN YOU
HAVE THESE UNNAMED SOURCES
TALKING TO "THE WASHINGTON POST"
SAYING IT’S ABOUT NUCLEAR
DOCUMENTS, YOU SAW IT, YOU LIVED
THIS FOR FOUR YEARS, WERE
DONALD TRUMP HAD UNNAMED
SOURCES.
IN THE END, IT WAS -- DO THEY
DRIVE IN THERE?
DONALD TRUMP TOOK HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED NUCLEAR SECRETS AT
MAR-A-LAGO, AND THEY DO NOT HEAR
THE CORRECTION, THEY DO NOT HEAR
THE ACTUAL TRUTH.
IT FRUSTRATES ME, WHICH IS WHY I
DON’T GIVE CREDENCE TO THE
STORY.
DONALD TRUMP WAS WILLING TO
COOPERATE.
YOU ARTIE HEARD THAT THEY SERVED
THE SUBPOENA, TOOK THESE
DOCUMENTS.
DONALD TRUMP GAVE THEM TO THEM.
HE WAS COOPERATING.
WHEN DO THEY GO "DONALD, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE -- THESE SECRET
DOCUMENTS IN REGARDS TO NUCLEAR
WEAPONS HANDED OVER."
>> HAVE YOU TALKED TO ANYONE
INSIDE THE INNER CIRCLE?
AND, HOW ARE THEY FEELING ABOUT
HOW PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TIPPED OFF
INVESTIGATOR’S?
>> I HAVEN’T TALKED TO ANYONE IN TRUMP WORLD ABOUT THIS, BUT I’VE
TRUMP WORLD ABOUT THIS, BUT I’VE
READ A WIDE ARRAY OF REPORTING
ON THIS.
THEY READ THAT EVERYTHING THE
MORNING BEFORE THEY GO TO
CONGRESS.
THE WEST WING SAID THIS.
HE CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.
EXTRAORDINARY -- ON THE PART OF
POLITICO.
THEY SAID THERE WERE A FEW OTHER
DETAILS, AND ENOUGH TIMES WHEN
TRUMP SCANDALS OVER THE PAST 70
YEARS HAVE SEEMED POTENTIALLY
EXPLOSIVE IN THEIR ALLEGATIONS.
THE STORIES FAILED TO DETONATE.
THEY ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
I WENT THROUGH LAFAYETTE SQUARE,
I WAS THERE.
WE WERE TOLD ONE THING, AND THEN
THE GENERAL’S REPORT CAME OUT
AND DISMISSED IT ALL.
LAST WEEK’S STORY WAS DISMISSED
CATEGORICALLY.
THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THIS AS A
CREDIBLE AND LIKELY PEACE,
WHICH -- THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY, THEY CAME OUT AND
DISMISSED IT.
THESE WERE ALL ANONYMOUS SOURCES
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFERENT
LATER.
I PROCEED WITH CAUTION,
PARTICULARLY WHEN
"THE WASHINGTON POST" -- PEOPLE
WHO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE
MATERIALS BUT DID NOT OFFER
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE
TYPE OF INFORMATION IN THE
REPORT.
THAT’S NOT DETAILED SEEKING TO
THE LEVEL OF THREE ANONYMOUS
SOURCES, SENIOR LEVEL IN THE FBI
WHO ARE DIRECTLY WORKING ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
MY POINT IS, WAIT FOR THE FACTS
TO COME OUT.
THERE’S A HISTORY FOR THEM,
STORIES OF ANONYMOUS SOURCES
THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE.
MANY NETWORKS DO NOT WAIT FOR
THE FACTS.
I HEARD JAMES CLAPPER LAST NIGHT
GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN THAT THIS
IS SOMEHOW A RUSSIA/POTENT
RELATED DOCUMENT THAT TRUMP TOOK
TOOK.
I AM NOT PARAPHRASING THERE.
HE JUMPED TO RUSSIA, AND WE
LEARN THAT THAT DOES NOT END
WELL.
THERE IS SPECULATION, WHICH IS
THE PROBLEM.
THERE IS FACT AND THEN THERE IS
SPECULATION, BUT THERE ARE
PEOPLE REPORTING AS THOUGH THE
SPECULATION IS FACT, AND THAT IS
PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH KNOWING
WHAT HAPPENED.
PEOPLE FILL UP THAT VACUUM WITH
THEIR OWN IDEAS.
WE WON’T GET THE AFFIDAVIT.
WE AREN’T GOING TO GET ANYTHING
ABOUT THE SOURCE THAT VERY
LIKELY COULD HAVE BEEN A
SECRET SERVICE AGENT, FEDERAL
OFFICERS WHO WORK WITH
COLLEAGUES.
>> THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS IT
COULD BE.
IT’S INTERESTING THAT WITHIN 100
DAYS OF ELECTION -- HAPPENING
FOR 18 MONTHS.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE
ON THE RECORD.
PRESENT TRUMP HAS A BETTER
RECORD, AS WE DISCUSSED, WHEN IT
COMES TO SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
HE WAS CALLED AN IDIOT AND
BOMBASTIC FOR SAYING HE WAS
BEING WIRETAPPED AT TRUMP TOWER,
BUT LORD KNOWS THAT HE WAS.
WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING ELSE, OR
PUSHES BACK VERSUS SOMETHING
NEW, THAT HAS LASTED AS THE FALL
ELEMENTS.
I THINK WHAT WE’VE SEEN WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHICH SHOULD
DISTURB EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF
WHAT YOU THINK THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE JUST SIMPLY DON’T BELIEVE
WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS TELLING
US.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN.
YES, PERHAPS THE TARGET IS
DONALD TRUMP, THE MOST LIED
ABOUT MAN.
BEYOND THAT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT
SEEMS WILLING TO DO TO TARGET
HIM IS SHOCKING, AND YES, IF
THEY ARE DOING IT TO HIM, ONE OF
THE RICHEST MEN IN THE COUNTRY,
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL, LIKELY
CANDIDATE AGAIN, FORMER
PRESIDENT -- IT TELLS YOU
THERE’S A COMFORT LEVEL WITH
BREAKING THOSE KINDS OF
REGULATIONS VIA THE MOST
PREVALENT EXAMPLE.
WITH THESE SAME AGENCIES
INVOLVED, THE SAME MEDIA.
WE ARE CHARLIE BROWN, AND THE
GOVERNMENT IS LUCY.
STANDING THERE ASKING US AGAIN
TO KICK THE FOOTBALL, AND WE
FALL FOR IT.
WE MUST STOP FALLING FOR IT.
WE MUST NOT BECOME CYNICAL, BUT
WE MUST STOP AND NOT LET GOSSIP
BE PUSHED BY THE SAME MEDIA
OUTLETS THAT PUSH THAT GOSSIP AS
TRUE.
PERHAPS DELIBERATELY TO ALLOW
THAT VACUUM TO FILL WITH
WANDERINGS, IMAGINATIONS THAT
YOU CAN FILL UP WITH YOUR OWN
LITTLE DETAIL.
AIMED AWAY FROM THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
DONALD TRUMP MAY ANNOUNCE
WHETHER HE IS RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT OR NOT.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS BEING
MANIPULATED BY THESE
INDIVIDUALS -- SAFE TO SAY -- OR
HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF