PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
>> GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA.
>> DIRECTOR MUELLER, CAN YOU
STATE WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THE
STEELE DOSSIER WASN’T PART OF
THE --
THE -- >> AS I SAID IN THE OPENING
STATEMENT, PART OF THE BUILDING
OF THE CASE WAS PREDATED MAY BY
AT LEAST TEN MONTHS.
>> MANAFORT’S ALLEGED CRIMES TAX
EVASION, YOU HAD NO PROBLEM
CHARGING HIM.
CHARGING HIM. WHEN SENATOR CORNYN ASKED THE
DIRECT QUESTION I ASKED YOU, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, I’M QUOTING,
NO, I CAN’T STATE THAT WITH
CONFIDENCE.
CONFIDENCE. THAT’S ONE OF THE AREAS I’M
REVIEWING.
REVIEWING. I’M CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND I
DON’T THINK IT’S ENTIRELY
SPECULATIVE.
SPECULATIVE. IT MUST HAVE SOME FACTUAL BASIS.
NOW, CHRISTOPHER STEELE’S REPORT
IS REFERENCED IN YOUR REPORT,
STEELE REPORTED TO THE FBI THAT
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY FIGURES
TOLD HIM THAT I’M QUOTING,
INTENSIVE EVIDENCE OF CONSPIRACY
BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TEAM
AND THE KREMLIN.
HERE’S MY QUESTION, DID RUSSIANS
REALLY TELL THAT TO CHRISTOPHER
STEELE OR DID HE MAKE IT UP OR
LIE TO THE FBI.
>> LET ME BACK UP A SECOND, AS I
SAID EARLIER WITH REGARD TO THE
STEELE -- THAT’S BEYOND MY
PURVIEW.
PURVIEW. >> THAT’S EXACTLY YOUR PURVIEW.
HERE’S WHY, EITHER STEELE MADE
THIS WHOLE THING UP AND THERE
WERE NEVER ANY RUSSIANS TELLING
THEM OF THIS VAST CRIMINAL
CONSPIRACY OR THE RUSSIANS LIED
TO STEELE.
TO STEELE. THAT WOULD BE PRECISELY YOUR
PURVIEW.
PURVIEW. YOU STATED IN YOUR OPENING THE
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE WAS TO
INVESTIGATE RUSSIA’S
INVESTIGATE RUSSIA’S INTERFERENCE.
INTERFERENCE. YOU CHARGED HIM WITH LYING.
YOU SAY NOTHING ABOUT THIS IN
REPORT.
REPORT. MEANWHILE, YOUR DIRECTOR, YOU
WRITE 3500 WORDS ABOUT THE JUNE
9 MEETING BETWEEN THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIAN LAWYER.
YOU WRITE ON PAGE 103 OF YOUR
REPORT THAT THE PRESIDENT’S
LEGAL TEAM SUGGESTED, QUOTE, THE
MEETING MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SETUP.
BY INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH THE
FIRM THAT PRODUCED THE STEELE
REPORTING.
REPORTING. I’M GOING TO ASK YOU A VERY EASY
QUESTION, DIRECTOR MUELLER, ON
THE WEEKEND ON JUNE 9th WHO DID
THE RUSSIAN LAWYER MEETING WITH
MORE FREQUENTLY THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN --
CAMPAIGN -- >> WHAT’S MISSING HIGHER IS THE
FACT THAT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION
ELSEWHERED IN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AND IF I CAN FINISH,
SIR, CONSEQUENTLY IT’S NOT
WITHIN MY PURVIEW, THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE
FBI TO BE RESPONSIVE ON
QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE.
ISSUE. >> IT’S ABSURD TO SUGGEST THAT
AN OPERATIVE FOR THE DEMOCRATS
WAS MEETING WITH THIS RUSSIAN
LAWYER THE DAY BEFORE AND THE
DAY AFTER THE TRUMP TOWER
MEETING.
MEETING. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU
REFERENCED.
REFERENCED. DO YOU HAVE ANY BASIS AS YOU SIT
HERE TODAY THAT STEELE WAS
LYING?
LYING? >> AS I SAID BEFORE, I’LL SAY
AGAINING IT’S NOT PURVIEWS, SPUR
OTHERS ARE INVESTIGATE ZMRG IT’S
NOT YOUR PURVIEW THAT WHETHER OR
NOT GLENN SIMPSON WAS MEETING