AND AGAIN, LYING NOT ABOUT SWEDEN, NOT ABOUT THEIR LAST
TRIP TO NOECHVA SCOTIA, LYING AB
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. >> I’M GLAD TO HEAR A FULL
THROATED DEFENSE OF OUR
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SERVE
OUR READERS AND VIEWERS, THIS
PRESIDENCY IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER
WE HAVE SEEN.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
BEGINNING OF THIS AND REMEMBER
THAT RUSSIA WAS RUNNING A COVERT
ACTION TO SUBVERT OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. WE HAD AN ADVERSARY LITERALLY
THAT WANTED TO TAKE US AROUND,
DIVIDE US AGAINST EACH OTHER,
AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT, WHAT ARE THE STRAND
OF THAT.
OF THAT. >> FOOTNOTE, AND I’LL SHUT UP,
LET YOU FINISH.
FOOTNOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE, WHAT
DO WE DO WHEN KIRSTJEN NIELSEN,
THE PRESIDENT’S OWN HEAD OF
HOMELAND SECURITY SAID VLADIMIR
PUTIN WAS TRYING TO SUBVERT
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. TRUMP’S FBI DIRECTOR SAID, CIA
DIRECTOR SAID, IT TRUMP’S
MILITARY PEOPLE SAID IT.
EVERYBODY SAID IT.
>> AND SO DOES THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. >> AND THEY’RE ACTING LIKE THERE
WASN’T A RUSSIAN ATTEMPT TO
SUBVERT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.
>> WHAT I FOUND REALLY
TROUBLING, I WANT TO SAY
SICKENING WAS THE RUSSIANS
TRYING TO SAY THAT THEY WERE
EXONERATED BY THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. >> IF YOU WATCH FOX NEWS, YOU
WOULD THINK THEY WERE.
>> WHAT MUELLER TOLD US ABOUT
RUSSIA’S CAMPAIGN TO SUBVERT OUR
COUNTRY IS SOME OF THE MOST
FRIGHTENING MATERIAL THAT HE
GATHERED AND TO THIS DAY, DONALD
TRUMP AND MEMBERS OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION REALLY HAVING
ACCEPTED, OWNED UP TO HOW
SERIOUS THIS WAS.
PEOPLE IN MY BUSINESS MAKE
MISTAKES EVERY DAY, AND WE MADE
MISTAKES IN SOME OF OUR
COVERAGE, AND WE’RE LOOKING AT
THOSE AND THINKING ABOUT THOSE,
BUT THE BASIC POINT YOU MADE,
THAT WE ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO
FIND THE TRUTH WITH AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT DOESN’T
ALWAYS RESPECT IT IS RIGHT, AND
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN MY BUSINESS
HAVE TO KEEP GOING FORWARD AS
HARD AS THEY CAN WITH THAT JOB.
>> ANDREA, LET ME ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION.
QUESTION. I’M A SIMPLE COUNTRY LAWYER AS
YOU KNOW, I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE
WAYS OF YOU BIG CITY PEOPLE.
CERTAINLY NOT SOMEBODY AS SMART
AS MITCH McCONNELL.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> IF THIS WAS ALL MUCH ADIEU
ABOUT NOTHING, IF THIS WAS JUST
A HOAX, WOULDN’T YOU WANT
AMERICA TO SEE JUST HOW INNOCENT
THIS PRESIDENT WAS OF ALL
CHARGES?
CHARGES? WHY WOULD YOU HIDE THE REPORT
THAT DONALD TRUMP JUST LAST WEEK
SAID HE WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE?
>> HE REPEATED THAT IN RECENT
DAYS, YES, LET IT ALL BE OUT.
YOU KNOW, THE MUELLER REPORT AS
FAR AS WE KNOW FROM THE VERY
BRIEF FOUR-PAGE SUMMARY THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FORWARDED TO
CONGRESS CONCLUDED THAT THE
RUSSIANS WERE ATTACKING OUR
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. BUT THEY ALSO ACCORDING TO THOSE
TOP LINES, HE CONCLUDED THAT
THERE IS NO ACTIONABLE
PROSECUTABLE CRIME.
PROSECUTABLE CRIME. WELL, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN
THE CLASSIFIED SECTION WHICH
WILL BE TURNED OVER PRESUMABLY
TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.
WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE
CLASSIFIED FINDINGS OF WHAT TOOK
PLACE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY A
CRIME BUT WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT
OUR CONGRESS NEEDS TO LOOK AT
WHICH OUR FBI NEEDS TO LOOK AT,
WHICH OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
ACT ON, WHICH IS AND CERTAINLY
BEFORE THE 2020 CAMPAIGN, MY
INFORMATION FROM VERY OFFICIAL
SOURCES IS THAT THERE WAS
ANOTHER ATTACK IN 2018 AND IT
WAS DEFLECTED BECAUSE THE
AGENCIES WERE SMART ENOUGH TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO AGAINST
THIS CYBER ATTACK.
>> AND I HAVE HEARD THE WORD
SEVERAL TIMES EXONERATED.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVEN’T
SEEN THE REPORT, AND NOTHING
ABOUT BARR’S INTERPRETATION SAYS
THERE WAS ANY EXONERATION AND
MAKES A VERY CLEAR POINT, THE
ONE QUOTE IN IT THAT BARR DID
PUT FORWARD IS THAT HE IS NOT
EXONERATED IN TERMS OF
OBSTRUCTION.
OBSTRUCTION. IF YOU LISTEN TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND IF YOU LISTEN TO FOX,
AND IF YOU LISTEN OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, THEY ARE
BRANDING THIS AS A FULL
EXONERATION.
EXONERATION. IT IS NOT.
>> IT’S JUST NOT.
>> IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO AN
EXONERATION.
EXONERATION. IT IS NOT AN EXONERATION.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ARGUE THAT?
IT’S NOT.
IT’S NOT. >> ACTUALLY, SINCE ROBERT
MUELLER SAID THEY COULDN’T
EXONERATE HIM, AND WE ONLY GET
SENTENCE FRAGMENTS, I THINK WE
SHOULD DO SOMETHING REALLY
RADICAL.
RADICAL. WE SHOULD WAIT AND READ THE
ENTIRE REPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE
READ WITH A LETTER FROM THE MAN
WHO APPLIED FOR HIS JOB BY
SENDING A MEMO TO DONALD TRUMP
SAYING I DON’T THINK THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL SHOULD BE DOING ALL THE
TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HE’S DOING
TO YOU.
TO YOU. THAT’S NOT A LETTER I’M GOING TO
PUT A LOT OF STOCK IN.
I’M GOING TO WAIT FOR THE REAL
REPORT.
REPORT. >> HERE’S DAVID FRUM, THE REAL
REACTION IS THE FINAL COLLAPSE
OF THE ANTI-TRUMP INTO OUTRIGHT
PRO-TRUMP, UNTROUBLED BY PUTIN’S
INTERVENTION IN THE 2016
ELECTION AND TRUMP’S UNDISCLOSED
RUSSIAN BUSINESS DEALINGS.
>> JEREMY BASH, HE LIED TIME AND
AGAIN ABOUT HIS DEALINGS WITH
RUSSIA, HIS LAWYER LIED TIME AND
TIME AGAIN ABOUT HIS DEALINGS
WITH RUSSIA, HE’S GOING TO JAIL.
AGAIN, I MEAN, THE LIES JUST
STACK UP.
STACK UP. AGAIN, THE QUESTION REMAINS,
WHAT DOES THE MEDIA DO?
DO THEY IGNORE ALL OF IT?
NO, THEY DON’T.
MY GOD, YOU STILL HAVE
REPUBLICANS SAYING THEY WANT TO
INVESTIGATE HILLARY CLINTON
THREE YEARS LATER.
>> AND IF YOU UNPACK THE
CONSPIRACY ISSUE IN THE BARR
SUMMARY, I THINK IT’S VERY
INTERESTING, WHICH IS WHY WE
NEED TO SEE THE MUELLER REPORT.
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT ASKED FOR
RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE.
RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE. WE KNOW HE RECEIVED RUSSIAN
ASSISTANCE.
ASSISTANCE. WE KNOW HE BENEFITTED FROM
RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE, AND WE KNOW
HE REWARDED RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE,
SO WHAT I THINK MUELLER IS
TELLING US IS THAT THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND DONALD TRUMP DID
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE AND ASSIST
THE RUSSIANS IN THEIR
INTERFERENCE AND BASED ON THAT,
THAT DOES NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL
OF A CRIME, ALTHOUGH, IF YOU
TAKE THAT STORY IN ITS TOTALITY,
ANALYZE FROM THE LENS OF
NATIONAL SECURITY AS ANDREW
POINTED OUT AND AS DAVID HAS
BEEN REPORTING, THIS CONSTITUTES
A GRAVE THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED BEFORE.
HAPPENED BEFORE. IT’S ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN
THE FUTURE, SO I THINK WE
SHOULDN’T DRAW THE CONCLUSION
THAT IF YOU ASK FOR THE
ASSISTANCE OF AN ADVERSARY, YOU
RECEIVE IT, YOU BENEFIT FROM IT,
AND YOU REWARD IT, YOU’RE OKAY
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, IT’S
GOING TO BE A GREEN LIGHT FOR
PEOPLE TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> AND BY THE WAY, YOU LIE ABOUT
IT, DAVID, AS THE PRESIDENT DID
ON AIR FORCE ONE.
YOU SIT DOWN, GET EVERYBODY
AROUND, AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS
THE LIE WE’RE GOING TO TELL "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" AND THE WORLD.
>> THERE IS THE ENDURING MYSTERY
OF WHY IF HE WAS SO INNOCENT HE
HAS ACTED SO GUILTY FOR TWO
YEARS.
YEARS. THAT’S GOING TO TAKE HISTORIANS
TO SORT OUT, PROBABLY.
>> AND IT MATTERS.
>> IT MATTERS A LOT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE BASIC POINT
WE’RE ALL MAKING IS WE NEED TO
DO OUR JOBS UNTHREADING THIS
PRESIDENCY, TRYING TO HELP
READERS AND VIEWERS UNDERSTAND
WHAT’S TRUE AND WHAT ISN’T,
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THIS INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, FULL
SCALE ASSAULT ON OUR POLITICS BY
RUSSIA, TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE
DIVISION IN THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THAT.
IF WE SLOW DOWN IN THAT BECAUSE
WE’RE BACKED OFF BY THE
AFTERMATH OF THE MUELLER REPORT,
WE WILL LOOK BACK ON THAT,
REALLY, I THINK WITH SHAME.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS YOU
HAVE TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’RE
DOING.
DOING. AND KIND OF JUST BE CONFIDENT
THAT THAT’S WHAT YOUR READERS
AND VIEWERS WANT YOU TO DO.
>> AFTER THE ELECTION, THE MEDIA
IS A GREAT PUNCHING BAG.
THIS IS NOT LIKE THE ELECTION AT
ALL.
ALL. JONATHAN SWAN, THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE OR
SOME TYPE OF MESSAGE TO NEWS,
THIS IS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AS
TO NEWS OUTLETS OF WHO NOT TO
BOOK.
BOOK. >> YES, I TWEETED IT OUT
YESTERDAY, THEY SENT A MEMO FROM
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO -- THEY
TOLD ME ALL NETWORKS, I SAID DID
THAT INCLUDE FOX, AND THEY SAID
ALL NETWORKS, BUT IT WAS
BASICALLY TRYING TO SINGLE OUT
DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS AND GUESTS
WHO HAVE SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT
COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA ON AIR,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GIMMICK,
AS ONE OFFICIAL ADMITTED TO ME,
BUT THEY’RE OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO
PUSH THIS.
PUSH THIS. TRUMP HAS SAID PRIVATELY THAT HE
WANTS PEOPLE FIRED OVER THIS,
THAT HE WANTS PEOPLE IN THE
MEDIA FIRED OVER THIS, AND
LINDSEY GRAHAM TOLD ME LAST
NIGHT THAT HE PROMISED THE
PRESIDENT AT PALM BEACH OVER THE
WEEKEND THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO
THE ORIGINS OF THE INVESTIGATION
AND INVESTIGATE THE FISA
PROCESS, SO I THINK WE WILL SEE
LINDSEY GRAHAM DO THAT IN HIS
CAPACITY AS SENATE JUDICIARY
CHAIR.
CHAIR. >> WHAT DO DEMOCRAT DOSS DO NOW?
IT’S INTERESTING.
IT’S INTERESTING. WE HAVE SAID THIS ON THE AIR.
THIS ISN’T MONDAY MORNING
QUARTERBACK.
QUARTERBACK. WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT
NOBODY IN AMERICA CARED ABOUT
THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
NOBODY WAS ASKING ABOUT
COLLUSION, IN FACT, DEMOCRATS
TOLD US THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER
WHEN WE WENT TO A MEETING TO ASK
THEM HOW THEY WERE PREPARING FOR
2018, AND NONE OTHER THAN ADAM
SCHIFF SAID I’VE GOT TO CONDUCT
THE INVESTIGATION, BUT I WILL
TELL YOU, NOBODY IN MY DISTRICT
IS TALKING ABOUT RUSSIA.
IT MATTERS BUT NOT TO VOTERS.
HOW DO THEY MOVE FORWARD IN
2020?
2020? >> I THINK IT’S A TWO-TRACK
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE DEMOCRATS
CONDUCT OVERSIGHT IN CONGRESS,
THAT IS THEIR JOB, THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL ABILITY, YOU LET
PELOSI, AND SCHIFF AND CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMITTEES, AND WHEN IT
COMES TO 2020 CANDIDATES, YOU
FOCUS ON THE ISSUES, BECAUSE THE
ISSUES ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, HEALTH CARE,
THE ECONOMY, JOBS, RAISING
WAGES, THAT IS HOW DEMOCRATS
FLIPPED THE HOUSE IN 2018,
PICKED UP HUNDREDS OF DOWN
BALLOT SEATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
TO THE IMPEACHMENT WING OF MY
PARTY THAT HAS BEEN SO ADAMANT
ABOUT TAKING TRUMP DOWN VIA
IMPEACHMENT, LET THIS BE A
WARNING SIGN.
WARNING SIGN. YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIM DOWN ON THE
ISSUES, WE CAN DO IT.
THE ISSUES ARE ON OUR SIDE.
>> THAT’S SOMETHING NANCY PELOSI
SAID WEEKS AGO.
>> MIKE BARNICLE, YOU HAVE BEEN
WAITING PATIENTLY, STANDING BY.
I’M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
ALL THE NOISE FROM PEOPLE SAYING
THAT THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND
THE "WASHINGTON POST" AND
EVERYBODY INVOLVED SHOULD HAVE
NEVER FOLLOWED THIS STORY
DESPITE THE FACT DONALD TRUMP
AND ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN AND
WOMEN AROUND HIM WERE LYING FOR
TWO YEARS ABOUT RUSSIA.
>> YOU KNOW, JOE, THIS
DISCUSSION FOR THE PAST 19
MINUTES NOW THAT’S BEEN GOING ON
IN BITS AND FRAGMENTS FOR MONTHS
IS TRULY DEPRESSING, AND TRULY,
I THINK, PROOF THAT VLADIMIR
PUTIN WON BEYOND HIS WILDEST
DREAMS.
DREAMS. HE HAS TURNED OUR POLITICAL,
CULTURAL, SOCIAL SYSTEMSIDE UPSI
DOWN.
DOWN. HE HAS TWO POLITICAL PARTIES
HATING ONE ANOTHER.
THERE’S NO DIALOGUE.
THEY HATE EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE THE SOCIAL TOOLS LIKE
TWITTER THAT THEY USE LIKE
BUNSON BURNERS TO TORCH EVERY
IDEA AND EVERY HUMAN BEING
INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT.
VLADIMIR PUTIN WON, AND HE’S
STILL OUT THERE ON THE FIELD
TAKING US ON.
AND WE’RE FOLDING IN OUR OWN
SELF-CONTEMPT FOR EACH OTHER,
POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, WE ARE
FOLDING AND YET OUT IN THE
LARGER COUNTRY, THERE ARE
PEOPLE, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
DEPEND ON INSTITUTIONS LIKE "THE
WASHINGTON POST," LIKE "THE NEW
YORK TIMES," LIKE THEIR LOCAL
PAPERS, LIKE US IN SOME
COMPONENT PARTS TO GIVE THEM THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH. IT’S OUR JOB TO DO OUR JOB.
>> WELL, SO MIKE, LET ME ASK
YOU, DID "THE WASHINGTON POST,"
DID "THE NEW YORK TIMES," DID
EVERYBODY DO THEIR JOB?
>> YOU KNOW, JOE, WE HAVE NOW
SUCH A CONFUSION AS TO WHAT IS
THE MEDIA, AND WHAT IS NOT.
I MEAN, I AM A STRONG PROPONENT,
ADVOCATE OF REPORTERS.
REPORTERS, NOT COLUMNISTS,
REPORTERS STAYING OFF TWITTER
BECAUSE PEOPLE CONFUSE THE
REPORTER AS AN EDITORIALIST, AND
THEY THINK THE REPORTERS ARE
INJECTING THEIR OWN OPINIONS
INTO NEWS STORIES.
I THINK THE "POST" AND THE
"TIMES" AND MANY NEWSPAPERS DID
THEIR JOBS.
THEIR JOBS. YOU FOLLOW THE STORY.
DONALD TRUMP GAVE US SO MANY
KERNELS TO FOLLOW.
YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STORY.
YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR JOB.
NOW IN RETROSPECT, DID WE GET
SOME COMPONENT PARTS OF THE
STORY WRONG, YEAH, WE DID, BUT
HOW DID WE GET IT WRONG, WE GOT
IT WRONG FROM FOLLOWING THE
STORY.
STORY. THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
IT HAPPENS IN LOCAL COVERAGE OF
POLICE DEPARTMENTS, IT HAPPENED
HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. ON THE MUELLER REPORT, WE DON’T
KNOW WHAT’S IN IT.
WE DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT’S 5
PAGES OR 500 PAGES.
WE KNOW ON THE COLLUSION ASPECT
THAT CLEARLY ONE THING HAPPENED,
ENCOURAGING THE RUSSIANS TO DO
THINGS IS NOT A CRIME.
YOU CAN’T INDICT FIBANYBODY FOR
SAYING, I LOVE IT, AS DONALD
TRUMP, JR., DID, BUT PUTTING
THAT IN THE STORY MAKES IT
APPEAR LIKE, OH, THEY’RE IN BED
WITH THE RUSSIANS.
MAYBE THEY WERE, MAYBE THEY
WEREN’T.
WEREN’T. I DON’T KNOW.
I’M NOT APOLOGIZING FOR ANYTHING
THAT THE NEWS MEDIA DID.
>> AND WHEN YOU EVEN TALK ABOUT
THAT LANGUAGE THAT NOBODY
COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT, OKAY.
GOVERNMENT, OKAY. DID THEY COLLUDE WITH RUSSIAN
OLIGARCHS T
OLIGARCHS T OLIGARCHS, DID THEY COLLUDE WITH
OTHER RUSSIANS.
OTHER RUSSIANS. AGAIN, RELEASE EVERYTHING.
SHOW THE TRANSPARENCY THAT
DONALD TRUMP WANTED SHOWN A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND JOURNALISTS JUST KEEP DOING
YOUR JOB.
YOUR JOB. JONATHAN SWAN, SPEAKING OF THAT,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY, WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
>> I’M JUST CHASING TRYING TO
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT’S ON THE LINE.
WE CAN’T EMPHASIZE NUCHENOUGH TH
WE ONLY HAVE THE BARR REPORT.
WHEN WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT
MORE, WHEN CONGRESS IS GOING TO
RECEIVE IT.
RECEIVE IT. >> AND HOW AGGRESSIVE ARE THE
DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW GOING TO BE
TO GET THE FULL TRANSPARENCY
THAT DONALD TRUMP ASKED FOR LAST
WEEK?
WEEK? >> WELL, VERY MUCH SO.
BUT WE’RE ALREADY SEEING WHEN
WE’RE TALKING TO SOME DEMOCRATS
IN THE HOUSE, AND THERE IS SOME
RECOGNITION PRIVATELY THAT
THEY’RE IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE
POSITION.
POSITION. SOME OF THEM HAVE LEANED HARD
INTO THE COLLUSION NARRATIVE,
AND THEY’RE IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE
POSITION.
POSITION. IT DOES UNDERSCORE NANCY
PELOSI’S PRECEDENCE HERE.
FOR HER, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
SHE REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST
LIBERAL DISTRICTS IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. SHE HAD A PROGRESSIVE BASE,
PROBABLY EVERYONE IN HER
DISTRICT WANTED TO IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT AND FOR HER TO COME
OUT BEFORE THIS REPORT WAS
ISSUED TO SAY, NO IMPEACHMENT,
LET’S POOR COLD WATER ON IT.
THAT WAS POLITICALLY KIND OF A
RISKY MOVE FOR HER, AND SHE
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD NOW, ACTUALLY.
>> YES, SHE DOES.
>> BUT SHE STILL HAS TO FIGHT
OFF RASHIDA TLAIB, AND I THINK
IT’S NANCY PELOSI’S BIRTHDAY
TODAY.
TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> THAT’S AMAZING.
>> SHE HAS A LOT ON HER PLATE.
>> YES, SHE DOES.
>> AND LOOK AT ADAM SCHIFF BEING
TARGETED BY THE REPUBLICANS,
INCLUDING STEVE SCALISE AND
KEVIN McCARTHY SAYING HE SHOULD
BE REMOVED AS INTELLIGENCE CHAIR
FOR CITING COLLUSION BASED ON
WHAT THEY WERE SEEING.
>> THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DID
THE BENGHAZI REPORT THROUGH THE
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. HOW LONG DID THEY DO THE
BENGHAZI REPORT?
BENGHAZI REPORT? >> IT WAS AN 11-HOUR HEARING.
>> AND WAITED UNTIL AFTER THE
ELECTION ABOUT DROPPING IT.
AND NOW THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT
GOING BACK AND INVESTIGATING
HILLARY CLINTON.
HILLARY CLINTON. YEAH, I DON’T THINK ANY
REPUBLICANS --
REPUBLICANS -- >> BY THE WAY, HOW ABOUT LINDSEY
GRAHAM ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WAS
HE, NOT HIS FRIEND JOHN McCAIN
WHO GOT THE DOSSIER.
NOBODY IS MENTIONING THAT.
>> GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
>> JOHN McCAIN TURNED THAT
DOSSIER OVER AT THE SUGGESTION
OF LINDSEY GRAHAM AND IT WAS
AFTER THE HALIFAX SECURITY
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. AFTER THEY ALREADY HAD IT.
>> SO ALEX, WE’RE GOING TO ALEX,
JUST SO WE GET THIS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >> WE LEARNED PER LINDSEY GRAHAM
THAT McCAIN SHOWED LINDSEY WHAT
TO DO WITH IT, AND LINDSEY SAID
YOU SHOULD SEND THAT TO THE FBI.
FOR ALL THE TIME TRUMP RAILING
AGAINST McCAIN.
AGAINST McCAIN. IT WAS ALL AT THE DIRECTION OF
LINDSEY.
LINDSEY. >> JONATHAN SWAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
MUCH. >> HOLD ON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT THE GOOD VOTERS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, I LOVE YOUR STATE, I
DON’T KNOW WHETHER I LOVE
CHARLESTON OR GREENVILLE, SPART
SPARTANSBURG.
SPARTANSBURG. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR
SENATOR WAS THE ONE THAT
ACTUALLY TOLD JOHN McCAIN TO
TURN THE DOSSIER OVER TO THE
FBI.
FBI. LOTS OF LUCK WITH THAT, LINDSEY.
>> JONATHAN SWAN, THANK YOU VERY