NEWS. >> IT’S BEEN HUGE FOR HIM.
>>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST THORNS IN
THE SIDE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW
AND THE DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. THEY RELEASED A MASSIVE REQUEST
FOR DOCUMENTS THAT COULD SET THE
TABLE FOR FUTURE PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THIS PRESIDENT.
MIKE MEMOLI HAS THIS STORY.
MIKE, WHAT’S THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE REQUESTING?
COMMITTEE REQUESTING? WHO IS ON THE LIST?
>> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, CRAIG.
NOW, WE’RE TWO MONTHS INTO THE
NEW DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED HOUSE.
JUST ABOUT EVERY COMMITTEE, AS
YOU KNOW, WANTS SOME PIECE OF
INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT, HIS
ADVISERS, HIS ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING TODAY FROM THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND
CHAIRMAN NADLER IS PERHAPS THE
MOST SWEEPING REQUESTS OF A
WIDE-RANGING PROBE THEY INTEND
TO CONDUCT IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS
AHEAD.
AHEAD. LET’S GO THROUGH THE LIST.
I HAVE ABOUT 81 INDIVIDUALS AND
ENTITIES THAT ARE RECEIVING
LETTERS AND REQUESTS TODAY.
THEY INCLUDE THE WHITE HOUSE
ITSELF, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
THE FBI.
THE FBI. THEY INCLUDE TRUMP’S OWN FAMILY
MEMBERS, ERIC TRUMP, DONALD
TRUMP JR., JARED KUSHNER, HIS
SON-IN-LAW.
SON-IN-LAW. THEY INCLUDE HIS CAMPAIGN, HIS
ORGANIZATION, HIS TRANSITION
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY YOU CAN
THINK OF WHO MIGHT HAVE ANY
INSIGHT INTO TRUMP AND SOME OF
THE POTENTIAL ABUSES OF POWER
THAT THE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING
INTO IS ON THIS LIST.
CHAIRMAN NADLER ANNOUNCING THAT
THE THREE MAIN TOPICS HIS
INVESTIGATION IS GOING TO
EXPLORE, I’LL READ THEM NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, TALKING ABOUT
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
DID THE PRESIDENT INTERFERE INTO
THE VARIOUS PROBES, INCLUDING
THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, OF
HIS CAMPAIGN AND POTENTIAL
COLLUSION WITH THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT?
GOVERNMENT? SECONDLY, PUBLIC CORRUPTION.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRUMP
HOTEL IN D.C., IS IT VIOLATING
THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT A
PRESIDENT NOT BE TIED TO FOREIGN
GOVERNORS FROM PROFITING FROM
HIS PERSONAL BUSINESSES?
THE THIRD CATEGORY IS ABUSES OF
POWER.
POWER. THESE ARE ATTACKS ON THE FREE
PRESS.
PRESS. THESE ARE ATTACKS ON THE
JUDICIARY SYSTEM AND ATTACKS ON
MEMBERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY ITSELF.
COMMUNITY ITSELF. A VERY AMBITIOUS PROBE THAT
CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER IS
ANNOUNCING TODAY.
ANNOUNCING TODAY. HE SAYS THE REQUESTS WILL HELP
BUILD A PUBLIC RECORD THAT THE
COMMITTEE WILL USE GOING FORWARD
FORWARD.
FORWARD. IT’LL TAKE THE FORM OF PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND WITNESS INTERVIEWS
WE SHOULD SEE PUBLICLY AND
PRIVATELY.
PRIVATELY. THIS LEADS TO A QUESTION OF, IS
THIS THE BEGINNING OF AN
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS?
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS? THE COMMITTEE ADVISERS ARE
SAYING THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY
THE END GAME HERE, AS WELL.
OF COURSE, THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE IS THE COMMITTEE WHERE
AN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS WOULD
BEGIN.
BEGIN. THE WORK THEY’RE NOW BEGINNING
TO UNDERTAKE WOULD LAY THE
GROUNDWORK FOR THAT, CRAIG.
>> MIKE, I’M LOOKING AT THIS
LIST ALONG WITH YOU.
REINES PRIEBUS, ROGER STONE, NOT
SURPRISING.
SURPRISING. STEVE BANNON IS ON THE LIST.
MIKECHAEL FLYNN ON THE LIST.
THERE ARE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS ON
THIS LIST, AS WELL.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THE TRUMP FOUNDATION, THE
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING FOR
INFORMATION FROM THE
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED FRONTIER SERVICES GROUP,
AND THE NRA, AS WELL.
ANY IDEA WHAT CONGRESSMAN NADLER
WANTS TO GET FROM THE NATIONAL
RIFLE ASSOCIATION?
RIFLE ASSOCIATION? >>
>> >> Reporter: WELL, OF COURSE,
THERE’S BEEN ACCUSATIONS THAT
THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
WAS IN TOUCH WITH KREMLIN-LINK
OPERATIVES AND MAY HAVE BEEN A
CONDUIT FOR CONTACTS BETWEEN THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
GOVERNMENT ITSELF. EVEN WITH A LITTLE HEAD START
HERE, I’VE ONLY BEGUN TO LOOK
THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECIFIC
LETTERS THEMSELVES.
LETTERS THEMSELVES. FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE
REQUESTS THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF
WAS LOOKING FOR ANY RECORDS THE
DEPARTMENT HAS, FOR INSTANCE,
CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY BETWEEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JIM COMEY.
OF COURSE, QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
HE FIRED HIM, WAS THIS AN
ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCTION JUSTICE
AND THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF?
SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
AN EFFORT BY US TO BEGIN LOOKING
AT WHAT THEY’RE REQUESTING.
WHAT’S INTERESTING IS ADVISERS
TO THE COMMITTEE TOLD REPORTERS
ON A CONFERENCE CALL EARLIER
THAT NOBODY WHO WAS RECEIVING
ANY OF THESE REQUESTS SHOULD BE
A SURPRISE THAT, IN FACT, THE
COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE
HAD SOME SORT OF CONTACT WITH
JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ON THAT
LIST, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR.
IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY ALSO TOLD
US WAS THAT THESE REQUESTS FOR
INFORMATION ARE VERY NARROW SO
FAR.
FAR. WHAT THEY’RE ASKING FOR IS
INFORMATION THE INDIVIDUALS AND
ENTITIES WOULD HAVE ALREADY
TURNED OVER TO THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR TO THE
MUELLER INVESTIGATION ITSELF.
THEY BELIEVE THAT WILL HELP
AVOID A FIGHT OVER EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE, SEPARATION OF POWERS
ISSUES THAT WE KNOW IS COMING.
THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING.
WE CERTAINLY WOULD EXPECT -- WE
HEARD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
ALREADY, THEY SAY THEY’LL BEGIN
TO LOOK AT THE REQUESTS AND
COMPLY WITH THAT.
THERE’S OBVIOUSLY SOME FIGHTS
AHEAD ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE