HIS AIDES. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
REPORTING ON IT.
JOSH LEDERMAN AND MATT MILLER.
JOINING US NOW IS DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN OF CONNECTICUT OF
THE HE IS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. SIR, IS YOUR HEAD SPINNING FROM
THE LAST 72 HOURS OF -- OF
INFORMATION THAT HAS COME TO
LIGHT?
LIGHT? THAT I THINK, LARGELY,
CORROBORATES A LOT OF THE
INFORMATION YOU ALREADY HAD BUT
IT’S JUST MORE DETAIL.
MORE FLESH ON THE BONES, IF YOU
WILL.
WILL. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IT -- IT DOES.
AND I’VE SORT OF REFLECTING ON
THIS, ALI.
THIS, ALI. YOU KNOW, IT’S -- IT’S A
REVELATION TODAY OR A REVELATION
A WEEK.
A WEEK. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOUR WEEKS AGO
OR SO THAT SONDLAND CAME BEFORE
US AND TOLD -- TOLD THE STORY
ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS FORCED TO OF
THE PHONE CALL THAT HE HAD WITH
THE PRESIDENT IN WHICH THE
PRESIDENT ASKED HIM ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION AND THERE’S JUST
REVELATION AFTER REVELATION.
BUT IT GETS MIXED UP IN ALL
THESE CHARACTERS LIKE ROB HYDE
AND ALL THESE SORT OF COLORFUL
CHARACTERS THAT WE SORT OF LOSE
THE LINE.
THE LINE. AND THE LINE THAT WE CAN’T LOSE
HERE, ALI, IS THAT JUST EVERY
SINGLE FACT -- EVERY SINGLE FACT
AND BELIEVE ME I’M ACQUAINTED
WITH ALL OF THEM HAVING BEEN ON
THE INVESTIGATION FROM THE
BEGINNING -- POINTS TO SOME
REALLY SERIOUS MISBEHAVIOR THAT
THE SENATE CANNOT POSSIBLY SAY
WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS.
WITHOUT TALKING TO MIKE POMPEO,
WITHOUT TALKING TO THE CHIEF OF
STAFF, WITHOUT TALKING TO RUDY
GIULIANI, IF THE SENATE SAYS,
GOSH, WE’VE HEARD ENOUGH.
WE DON’T NEED TO TALK TO THOSE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST
IRRESPONSIBLE MOMENTS IN
AMERICAN HISTORY BECAUSE AS YOU
POINT OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY,
THERE IS NEW AND INCRIMINATING
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. >> BUT THE SENATORS ARE NOT
BLIND TO THIS INFORMATION.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY HEAR IT IN
THE SENATE, WHETHER OR NOT
IT’S -- THESE -- THESE WITNESSES
ARE CALLED OR THE DOCUMENTS ARE
SUBPOENAED.
SUBPOENAED. THE SENATE IS NOT BLIND TO THE
CONVERSATION THAT IS GOING ON
AROUND US, WHICH INDICATE THAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED
IN SOME SERIOUS MISDEEDS.
AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CHICKEN
COME HOME TO ROOST?
AT WHAT POINT DO THEY HAVE TO
SAY WE CANNOT AVOID THIS ANY
LONGER?
LONGER? >> WELL, I MEAN, IT’S -- THERE’S
A REALLY DISAPPOINTING ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION THAT JUST REFLECTS
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COUNTRY
HAS BECOME TRIBAL IN ITS
POLITICS.
POLITICS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT,
THE EXTENT TO WHICH DONALD TRUMP
AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE
REALLY BECOME A CULT.
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT THE SAME THREE OR FOUR
SENATORS WHO ARE IN, YOU KNOW,
NON-TRUMPY AREAS WHO WILL
OCCASIONALLY SHOW FLASHES OF
IMPARTIALITY.
IMPARTIALITY. BUT EVERY OTHER SENATOR IS GOING
TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT IF
THEY TURN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP,
CHIEFLY AMONGST THEM BY THE WAY,
MITCH McCONNELL, WHO IS UP FOR
RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, IF THEY
TURN AGAINST DONALD TRUMP
REGARDLESS OF THE FACT, YOU
KNOW, WE GO BACK TO SHOOTING
SOMEBODY AN 5th AVENUE AND THERE
BEING NO CONSEQUENCES.
IF THEY TURN AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP, THEY LOSE A PRIMARY.
AND VERY, VERY SADLY, DESPITE
THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE AND,
ALI, YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS,
TOO.
TOO. YOU KNOW AT NO POINT REALLY HAVE
THE REPUBLICANS ENGAGED WITH THE
BODY OF EVIDENCE.
WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SAY, WELL,
ADAM SCHIFF IS A BAD GUY.
THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING
OFFICER, WHICH SAID -- YESTERDAY
SAID THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
BROKE THE LAW.
WELL, THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING
OFFICE, IT PROBABLY HAS
DEMOCRATS IN IT.
I MEAN, IT’S JUST -- SADLY, IT’S
REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT THE
REPUBLICANS NOW ARE COMPLETELY
ENTHRALL ALMOST IN A RELIGIOUS
WAY TO DONALD TRUMP.
>> LEV PARNAS CALLED IT A CULT.
WHEN YOU SAY IT’S TRIBAL, I
MEAN, TRIBES CHANGE THEIR
LEADERS.
LEADERS. THIS DOESN’T DO AWAY WITH THE
TRIBE OF REPUBLICANS TO SAY THAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE THINGS
INCORRECTLY.
INCORRECTLY. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT DEVIN NUNES
FOR A SECOND BECAUSE YOU WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT ADAM SCHIFF.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
COMMUNICATION THAT PUTS LEV
PARNAS IN PROXIMITY TO DEVIN
NUNES?
NUNES? >> SADLY, IT’S NOT A SURPRISE.
YOU KNOW, AND -- AND I’VE --
I’VE WATCHED DERCHVIN NUNES SINC
THE DAY THAT JIM COMEY CAME AND
ANNOUNCED THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. FROM THAT MOMENT ON, DEVIN NUNES
BECAME ATTORNEY, ADVOCATE,
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, ON BEHALF
OF THE PRESIDENT.
AND THIS GOES WAY BACK TO WHEN
DEVIN NUNES WAS TRYING TO RUN A
SORT OF ONE-MAN INVESTIGATIVE
CAMPAIGN OF TRYING TO HUNT DOWN
THE STEELE DOSSIER SOURCES AND
THIS SORT OF THING.
AND BIG PICTURE HERE, YOU KNOW,
AND LOOK, HE EMBARRASSED
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. I MEAN, AS YOU KNOW A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO WHEN HE WAS ASKED
ABOUT THIS, HE DENIED REALLY
HAVING ANY MEMORY OF LEV PARNAS.
IT TURNS OUT, OF COURSE, HE DID.
HE HAD AN EIGHT-MINUTE
CONVERSATION WITH THE GUY.
SO HE’S DAMAGED HIS OWN
CREDIBILITY.
CREDIBILITY. AND WHAT HE’S DONE TO THE
COUNTRY IS RATHER THAN BEING
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION WOULD HAVE
HIM BE, WHICH IS A CHECK AND A
BALANCE ON THE PRESIDENT, HE OF
COURSE HAS BECOME AN ADVOCATE
AND A FIGHTER FOR THE PRESIDENT.
AND THAT’S -- THAT’S A HUGE
PROBLEM AND FURTHER EVIDENCE OF
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME A
CULT IN SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP.
>> LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS, CONGRESSMAN.
WHETHER OR NOT THIS -- THIS
PILING ON OF EVIDENCE MOVES
ANYBODY TO DO THE THING THAT THE