Bounty, the Quicker Picker Upper.
Picker Upper. >>> TWO WEEKS AGO HE AND HIS
COMMITTEE SENT OUT DOCUMENT
REQUESTS TO 81 PEOPLE AND
ENTITIES FROM ALLEN GARTEN, THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION LAWYERS, SO
STARTS WITH "W" WIKILEAKS, AND
LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE IN
BETWEEN.
BETWEEN. THE DEADLINE TO RESPONDING TO
THOSE REQUESTS IS TODAY.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSE JUDICIARY
CHAIRMAN JERRY NEED LETTERS SET
THEY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS.
JOINING US IS CHAIRMAN NADLER,
WHO’S HERE IN THE STUDIO.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> A PLEASURE.
>> SO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOCUMENTS, SOUNDS LIKE A LOT.
I WANT TO ASK HOW THAT COMPORTS
WITH YOUR EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT
YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET.
>> WE REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD GET.
WE WANT TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO
COMMUNICATION WITH US, SO I’M
ENCOURAGED HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
RESPONDED.
RESPONDED. SOME HAVE SAID THAT THEY’RE
GOING TO, THAT THEY WANT TO WORK
WITH US.
WITH US. SOME HAVE SAID THEY WILL RESPOND
IF WE GIVE THEM A SUBPOENA, AND
WE’VE GOTTEN RESPONSES FROM
SURPRISING PEOPLE LIKE, FOR
INSTANCE STEVE BANNON.
WHO SENT US A FEW THOUSAND
DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS. WE’RE ENCOURAGED, BUT WE’LL HAVE
TO ANALYZE ALL OF THIS.
>> STEVE BANNON SENT YOU SEVERAL
THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS?
>> THAT’S WHAT MY STAFF TELLS
ME.
ME. >> IN TERMS OF PEOPLE SAYING SO
FAR THEY’RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND
OR THAT THEY’RE GIVING A HARD
TIME ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED
FOR, THERE WAS A REPORT TONIGHT
THAT THE PRESIDENT’S LAWYERS --
THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL LAWYERS
PLAN ON SENDING YOU NOTHING.
"THE DAILY BEAST" REPORTED TODAY
THAT THE PRESIDENT’S LEGAL TEAM
INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THEY
WON’T BE SENDING ANYTHING OVER.
IS THAT LIKELY TO TURN INTO A
STANDOFF?
STANDOFF? >> IT’S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
I DON’T KNOW YET.
WE’LL BE SEE IF WE CAN REACH
ACCOMMODATIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY
PEOPLE HAVE TO RESPOND, UNLESS
THE PRESIDENT PERSONALLY INVOKES
AN EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE, WHICH IS
A RARE THING.
THEY HAVE TO IMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO US.
OF COURSE, THE WHITE HOUSE AND
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT GENERALLY
HAS BEEN STONECALLING THE
COMMITTEE, NOT JUST ON THESE
DOCUMENTS, BUT STONEWALLING,
DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO IS
A WITNESSES SAY I WON’T TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THIS, I WOVEN TALK
ABOUT THAT, WITHOUT ASSERTING
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO THAT.
>> YOU HAVE SAID IN THE PAST
UPON ASCENDING TO THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF YOUR COMMITTEE,
YOU DID NOT INTEND TO ISSUE IS
THATS WITHOUT WORKING WITH THE
MINORITY.
MINORITY. IN TERMS OF THESE DOCUMENT
REQUESTS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T
RESPONDED, PEOPLE YOU THINK
MIGHT NOT RESPOND, DO YOU
ANTICIPATE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL
BE WILLING TO SIGN OFF.
I DON’T KNOW, BUT WHAT I PLEDGED
WAS IF THEY OBJECTED, WE WOULD
HOLD A VOTES OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE DID THAT ONCE FOR THE WHEN I
AKERR SUBPOENA.
AKERR SUBPOENA. BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL
COOPERATE IN WHAT IS A VERY
LEGITIMATE INQUEST BY THE
COMMITTEE ON WORK WE HAVE TO DO.
WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM.
ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, OF ALL THE ALLEGATIONS
AND SUSPICIONS OF PUBLIC
CORRUPTION, OF ABUSES OF POWER,
OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE,
BECAUSE WE MUST DEFEND THE RULE
OF LAW.
OF LAW. THAT IS OUR JOB.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS POSED A LOT
OF CHALLENGES TO THE RULE OF
LAW, AND WE CANNOT PERFORM THAT
TO GO ON.
TO GO ON. >> YOU’RE AT A POINT WHERE YOU
ARE RAKING IN A TON OF TERMS,
ALREADY THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS
FROM STEVE BANNON ALONE.
I ASKED YOU BEFORE WHETHER YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ADEQUATELY
STAFFED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE
THIS MATERIAL.
THIS MATERIAL. THIS IS MULTIPLE LINES OF
INQUIREY THIS IS NOT A PRESIDENT
SUSPECTED OF DOING ONE THINGS.
HOW ARE YOU APPROACHING THAT IN
TERMS OF JUST GETTING THE WORK
DONE?
DONE? >> WELL, WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES
WHEN WE REVIEW THESE DOCUMENTS.
I THINK WITH MODERN COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY AND OUR STAFF, WE CAN
DO A LOT OF WORK.
IF WE NEED MORE STAFF, WE’LL ASK
FOR IT, BUT I’M NOT TERRIBLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
I’M CONCERNED ABOUT DOING THE
JOB WE MUST DO FOR THE AMERICA
PEOPLE AND CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT
WILL HAPPEN WITH THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. NOW, WE WAIT FOR THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN IT WILL COME
OUT.
OUT. WE DON’T KNOW HOW BROAD IT WILL
BE.
BE. WE DON’T KNOW IF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL WILL LET US SEE IT.
BUT WE’LL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
SEE IT, BUT OUR WORK IS BROADER
THAN MUELLER.
THAN MUELLER. MUELLER IS WORKING AT CRIMES
ONLY.
ONLY. HE’S A PROSECUTOR.
AND HE’S LOOKING AT THE ISSUE OF
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN THE LAST
ELECTION, AND OF ANY OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE IN CONNECTION WITH
THAT.
THAT. WE HAVE A MUCH BROADER MANDATE,
AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
GENERALLY, ABUSES OF POWER.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT ATTACKS THE
FREE PRESS, THE
YOU DISHARY, OUR AGENCIES, WHEN
HE ATTACKS THE STRUCTURES ON
WHICH OR GOVERNMENT DEPENDS,
THAT’S A REAL PROBLEM.
WE CAN’T DEPEND ON THAT.
IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR,
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS SAID,
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR HAS
SAID THAT WHATEVER MUELLER
REPORTS, THEY WILL MAKE WHAT
THEY CAN PUBLIC, BUT THEY WILL
NOT MAKE -- HE SAID IT’S THEIR
POLICY, THE POLICY OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOT TO MAKE
PUBLIC EVIDENCE ABOUT SOMEONE
THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO INDICT.
THAT’S FINE WHEN YOU HAVE CHOSEN
NOT TO INSIDE SOMEBODY BECAUSE
YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE,
BUT WHEN YOU CAN’T INDICT
SOMEBODY OR BELIEVE YOU CAN’T,
BECAUSE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
TAKES THE POSITION THAT THE LAW
PROHIBITS THE INDICTMENT OF A
SITTING PRESIDENT, THAT MEANS
THEY HAVE TAKEN THEMSELVES OUT
OF THE BUSINESS, AND THEN TO
DENY CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT, THEN IT
HAMSTRINGS CONGRESS OF DOING ITS
I DON’T SEE, AND IF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT WON’T DO IT, AND THE
CONGRESS CAN’T OR WON’T, THEN
THE PRESIDENT IS ABOVE THE LAW,
AND THAT’S UNDEMOCRATIC AND
SUBVERSIVE OF OUR FORM OF
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. WE CANNOT PERFORM THAT, AND
THAT’S WHY WE’LL DO WHATEVER WE
HAVE HAVE TO THAT THE MUELLER
REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC.
>> I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE TOOLS
TO DO THAT?
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE TOOLS
TO DO THAT.
I BELIEVE THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS THIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GAVE
THE JUJU DISHARY COMMITTEE UNDER
REPUBLICAN CONTROL LAST YEAR
880,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS,
WHICH NORMALLY ABOUT PEOPLE
WORKING IN THE FBI, ET CETERA ON
THE HILLARY CLINTON
INVESTIGATION, ON THE BEGINNING
OF THE MUELLER PROBE, THEY
MADE -- THEY GAVE IT TO THE
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. AND THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO
LIVE BY THAT PRECEDENT.
>> CONGRESSMAN JERRY NADLER OF
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THE
CHAIRMAN TELLING US TONIGHT THE
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES THEY
HAVE RECEIVED INCLUDING
THOUSANDS FROM STEVE BANNON