COLLUSION IN 2016. >> Ed: MAY BE MORE DOCUMENTS
COMING, THANK YOU.
>> Sandra: JOINING US FOR MORE
ON ALL OF THIS, CHRIS WALLACE.
GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE.
WE’LL GET YOUR REACTION TO ALL
OF THAT, BUT FIRST, MORE FROM
BILL BARR AND THAT BRAND-NEW CBS
INTERVIEW REACTING.
INTERVIEW REACTING. >> OF CRIME CANNOT BE
ESTABLISHED HERE.
ESTABLISHED HERE. THEY DID NOT HAVE A BASIS FOR A
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION AGAINST FLYNN AT
THAT STAGE.
THAT STAGE. PEOPLE SOMETIMES PLEAD TO THINGS
THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE CRIMES
CRIMES.
CRIMES. >> Sandra: WHAT DOES ALL OF
THIS TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
NEXT?
NEXT? WE HEARD A BIT FROM
LINDSEY GRAHAM THEY ARE ABOUT
PEOPLE, POLITICIANS BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE AFTER ALL THE YEARS
OF THIS.
OF THIS. >> WHAT IT TELLS YOU, SANDRA,
AND GOOD MORNING IS THE PARTISAN
DIVIDE IN WASHINGTON IF YOU ARE
LINDSEY GRAHAM IF YOU ARE A
SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT, YOU
THINK THAT THE ENTIRE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION WAS A HOAX, AND
YOU THINK THAT THE FBI’S
DECISION TO INTERVIEW MICHAEL
FLYNN AT A PARTICULAR POINT
ABOUT HIS CONVERSATION WITH THE
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, WHEN THE SET
UP IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET
HIM TO COMMIT PERJURY AND THEN
DISCHARGED WITH IT.
IF YOU ARE A CRITIC AND YOU
HEARD JERRY NADLER THERE BEFORE,
YOU THINK THIS HAS BEEN A
LEGITIMATE INVESTIGATION, YOU
THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE FACT
THAT MICHAEL FLYNN WASN’T
CONVICTED, HE PLED GUILTY TWICE
TO LYING NOT ONLY ABOUT RUSSIA
BUT ALSO ABOUT HIS DEALINGS WITH
TURKEY WHILE HE WAS A NATIONAL
SECURITY ADVISOR TO CANDIDATE
TRUMP IN THE EVENT THAT
BILL BARR IS MORE OF A PERSONAL
ATTORNEY THAN FOR THE PRESIDENT
THAN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS I
SAY.
SAY. THE PARTISAN DIVIDE CONTINUES,
AND THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE THAT
THAT.
THAT. >> Sandra: FOX NEWS REPORTING
YESTERDAY THAT ADAM SCHIFF WAS
IN PANIC MODE AFTER THE
REVELATIONS OF SOME OF THOSE
BRAND-NEW DOCUMENTS AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SEE
SOME OF THE DEPTHS OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS. YOU GO BACK TO ADAM SCHIFF
CLAIMING THAT HE HAD EVIDENCE OF
COLLUSION.
COLLUSION. HE IS RESPONDING TO THE DOJ
MOVING TO DROP THIS CASE AND A
BRAND-NEW TWEED HE SAYS THIS.
FLYNN PLED GUILTY TO LYING TO
THE FBI ABOUT ILLICIT RUSSIAN
CONTACTS.
CONTACTS. HIS ALLIES DO NOT NOW BECOME
TRUTHS.
TRUTHS. THIS DISMISSAL DOES NOT
EXONERATE HIM, BUT IT DOES
INCRIMINATE BILL BARR IN THE
WORST POLITICIZATION OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN ITS
HISTORY.
HISTORY. CHRIS?
CHRIS? >> AS I SAID, THE PARTISAN
DIVIDE IS IF ANYTHING EVEN
DEEPER.
DEEPER. IN TERMS OF ADAM SCHIFF, IT WAS
ALWAYS IN EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE
THESE INTERVIEWS THAT WERE DONE,
REPUBLICANS WERE IN CHARGE OF
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
THEN WAS THE CHAIR BACK IN 2017
AND 18 BEFORE DEMOCRATS TOOK
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE,
NANCY PELOSI BECAME A SPEAKER
AND ADAM SCHIFF TOOK CONTROL.
DURING THAT PERIOD MET, HE CAME
OUT AND SAID HE HAD HARD
EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION BETWEEN
THE PRESIDENT AND THE RUSSIANS,
THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP AND THE
RUSSIANS, AND HE WAS CALLED BY A
LOT OF US ON THAT WHEN THE
MUELLER REPORT CAME OUT AND
COULDN’T MAKE A CASE ABOUT
COLLUSION WHEN YOU SEE THE
ACTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE INCLUDING
JAMES CLAPPER WHO HAD BEEN THE
HEAD OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION, ALL OF THEM
SAYING THEY DIDN’T HAVE HARD
EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION.
JUST RAISES THE QUESTION AS TO
WHAT WAS THE BASIS ON WHICH
ADAM SCHIFF SAID THAT IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
FIRST PLACE. >> Sandra: MEANWHILE, I WANT
TO TRANSITION NOW TO JOE BIDEN
AND THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM
BY TARA READE.
MEGYN KELLY SITTING DOWN AND A
BRAND-NEW INTERVIEW ASKING THIS
KEY QUESTION.
KEY QUESTION. >> WOULD YOU GO UNDER OATH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> WOULD YOU DO THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THEY ALSO POINT OUT THAT SHE
TOOK A POLYGRAPH CONTROLLED BY
SOMEONE ON HER TEAM.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
DO?
DO? >> I’M NOT A CRIMINAL.
JOE BIDEN SHOULD TAKE THE
POLYGRAPH.
POLYGRAPH. >> YOU WANT HIM TO WITHDRAW.
>> I WISH HE WOULD, BUT HE
WON’T.
WON’T. THAT’S HOW I FEEL EMOTIONALLY.
>> DO YOU WANT AN APOLOGY?
>> I THINK IT’S A LITTLE LATE.
>> Sandra: OBVIOUSLY MADE A
LOT OF HEADLINES.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT
THIS MORNING?
THIS MORNING? >> TARA READE LISTENING TO HER
SHE IS A CREDIBLE PERSON.
SHE SOUNDS LIKE A SERIOUS PERSON
AND SHE MAKES HER CASE FOR THE
FACT THAT SHE WAS A VICTIM OF
HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
ON THE OTHER HAND IN THE END, I
THINK YOU’VE GOT A MUCH STRONGER
CASE THAN CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD
BECAUSE THERE IS MANY MORE
INSTANCES OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT
SHE TOLD THEM CONTEMPORANEOUSLY
ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.
CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD DIDN’T
TELL ANYBODY FOR A
QUARTER-CENTURY OR MORE BUT IN
THE END, THERE’S NO HARD
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. IT’S HIS WORD AGAINST HER WORD,
AND THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE THE
KIND OF REACTION FROM DEMOCRATS
THAT INDICATES THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO JUMP SHIP ON JOE BIDEN
OR TRY TO FORCE HIM OUT AS A
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN
CONTRADICTION, I WILL SAY TO HOW
THEY REACTED TO THE KAVANAUGH
CASE WHERE THEY SAID ACCUSERS
MUST BE BELIEVED, HERE HERE THER
SAYING THEY MUST BE LISTENED TO
AND CHECKED OUT AND THERE IS NO
SMOKING GUN.
SMOKING GUN. THERE IS NO FIRM EVIDENCE THAT
WHAT SHE SAID HAPPEN HAPPEN.
SO I LOOK BACK AT THIS AND I SAY
SHE ACCUSED KAVANAUGH AND HE IS
ON THE SUPREME COURT.
A NUMBER OF WOMEN ACCUSED ON THE
FRONT, HE IS ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND MY GUESS IS DESPITE
HARRY REID’S ACCUSATIONS THAT
UNLESS SOMETHING DRAMATIC COMES
OUT THAT JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO
END UP AS A DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
>> Sandra: INTERESTING TAKE ON
ALL OF THAT PERIOD OF MEANWHILE,
WHAT THIS ALL MEANS FOR 2020 IS
A BIG QUESTION AND HOW JOE BIDEN
HAS BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE
RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. HE HELD THIS VIRTUAL REALITY,
VIRTUAL TAMPER RALLY, THERE WAS
A LOT OF AWKWARD MOMENTS, LET’S
LISTEN TO THIS TOGETHER AND I’LL
GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE. >> PLEASE WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. >> INTRODUCED ME?
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TUNING IN.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS
TOGETHER AND IT COULD’VE GONE A
A LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY.
>> Sandra: JUST TO BE CLEAR,
THAT WAS NOT OUR TECHNICAL
GLITCH.
GLITCH. THOSE WITH A TECHNICAL GLITCH IS
THAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME.
DID THEY INTRODUCE ME YET?
AM I ON?
AM I ON? WE WERE ALL EXPERIENCING THOSE
PROBLEMS AS WE WORK FROM HOME
AND JOE BIDEN AS WELL BUT HOW IS
THIS GOING TO AFFECT HIS RUN FOR
THE PRESIDENCY?
THE PRESIDENCY? SOMEONE MADE THE CASE THAT IT
COULD BE A GOOD THING BUT THAT
WAS KIND OF AWKWARD.
>> IT WAS AWKWARD.
I’M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT WE HAVE
HAD SOME TECHNICAL GLITCH IS
OURSELVES AND WE ARE
PROFESSIONAL BROADCASTERS.
PROFESSIONAL BROADCASTERS. THIS NEW WORLD OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
WORKS REMARKABLY WELL BUT IT
DOESN’T WORK PERFECTLY.
IN TERMS OF BIDEN AND IN BEING A
CAPTIVE IN HIS TV STUDIO
BASEMENT, ONE EXPECTS AT SOME
POINT THAT’S GOING TO END.
WE ARE STILL SIX MONTHS FROM THE
ELECTION SO I DON’T KNOW THAT
THAT’S GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL IN
THE END, AND SOME WOULD SAY THAT
GIVEN THAT BIDEN DOES HAVE A
RECORD FOR MESSING UP, FOR
MALAPROPISMS THAT MAY BE TO THE
DEGREE THAT HE IS FLYING UNDER
THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, IT WORKS TO
HIS BENEFIT AND NOT AGAINST IT.
RIGHT NOW, HE IS LEADING IN
ALMOST ALL THE POLLS SO MAYBE
THE BASEMENT IS A PRETTY GOOD
PLACE FOR HIM TO BE RIGHT NOW.
>> Sandra: I GUESS THAT IS
GOING TO BE WE’LL SEE AS THE
MONTHS GO ON.