TRUMP. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN OF THANK
YOU FOR JOINING ME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOVERNOR, YOU AND I SPOKE ON
THE MORNING AFTER THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.
HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. THIS OTHER STORY HAD NOT RIPENED
AT THAT POINT.
THIS WHOLE STORY ABOUT BILL BARR
AND DONALD TRUMP, AND THE ROGER
STONE STORY.
STONE STORY. IT IS KIND OF REMARKABLE.
I WAS JUST TALKING ON NEAL ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. THAT BILL BARR HAS SPUN THIS
STORY ABOUT WHAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS THAT IS NOT IN
KEEPING WITH OUR TRADITIONS OR
PERHAPS WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING.
DOING. >> I’M JUST SICK ABOUT THE WHOLE
THING WITH THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. I WAS INSPIRED TO GO INTO LAW
ENFORCEMENT BY MY WORK ON THE
NIXON IMPEACHMENT.
NIXON IMPEACHMENT. I GOT THERE AND I SEARCHED SEVEN
YEARS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT.
IN CHARGE OF THE CRIMINAL
DIVISION.
DIVISION. FIRST AMONG EQUALS IN WASHINGTON
OF THE AND MY ENTIRE TYPE THERE,
I WAS DEDICATED TO TRYING TO
KEEP POLITICS OUT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
SO BRAZEN AS WHAT THE PRESIDENT
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR ARE
TRYING TO DO.
AND DOING ON A DAILY BASIS.
I MEAN, WHEN A.G. BARR SAID THE
PRESIDENT IS MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DO MY JOB,
WHAT HE MEANT WAS, MR.
PRESIDENT, YOU’RE BLOWING MY
COVER.
COVER. DON’T CALL ATTENTION TO WHAT I’M
DOING.
DOING. AND WHEN I WAS A CRIMINAL, AND
STEVE TROT AND LOWELL JENSEN
WERE MY SUPERIORS, ALL CAREER
PROSECUTORS, LONG TIME
PROSECUTORS, THERE WAS SORT OF
AN INFOR THATTAL DEATH PENALTY
FOR ANYONE WHO INTERFERED WITH
THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN
THE FIELD, DOING WHAT THEY
THOUGHT HAD TO BE DONE.
THAT WAS A GOLDEN ERA OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. AND THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO AUDITIONED
FOR THE JOB ARE TRASHING THAT
ENTIRE TRADITION.
ENTIRE TRADITION. AND WITH IT GOES THE RULE OF LAW
AND THE IDEA OF A GOVERNMENT OF
LAWS AND NOT HAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
>> AND I REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU
ARE A REPUBLICAN.
EVERYBODY WE’VE HAD ON HERE WHO
IS A FORMER DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE EMPLOYEE HAS THE SAME
THING TO SAY.
THAT THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
PRESSURES, POLITICAL PRESSURES,
WHITE HOUSES WHICH WANTED THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
THIS LEVEL OF INTERFERENCE IS
NOT SOMETHING WE’VE SEEN BEFORE
OR ANYONE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.
>> IT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
WHEN I RECEIVED HINTS FROM
RANKING PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT
THAT MAYBE I SHOULD GO SLOW OR
FAST IN THE CASE BECAUSE SOMEONE
IS A FRIEND FROM THE PRESIDENT,
I RESIGNED AND THAT WAS A GOOD
JOB.
JOB. SO DID THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO DID HIS TOP TWO AIDES.
SO DID MY TOP TWO AIDES.
WE WEREN’T FUSSING AROUND.
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE RULE OF LAW
WAS AT THE CORE OF OUR
PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT.
PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT. >> SO YOU’RE DOING MORE THAN
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO.
YOU’RE ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. FOR THE REST OF US, WHAT ARE THE
OPTIONS?
OPTIONS? MARCH 31, BILL BARR GOES BEFORE
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN?
WHAT CAN COME OUT OF THAT?
>> I THINK THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS WAY OVER THE LINE.
I THINK THE MEMO HE SNENLT TO
ROD ROSENSTEIN IN NOT JU OF, IN
OF 18.
OF 18. HE SAID I HAVE THIS THING CALLED
ARTICLE TWO OF THE CONSTITUTION.
AND IT SAYS I CAN DO WHATEVER I
WANT.
WANT. THAT I BELIEVE CAME STRAIGHT
FROM BILL BARR.
BILL BARR USED TO BE A GOOD
STRONG GUY, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS A NOW PERSON TO ME.
AND YOU KNOW, HE HAS SAID THAT
THE PRESIDENT BASICALLY HAS
ABSOLUTE POWER WHEN HE IS
EXERCISING, AN ENUMERATED POWER
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
HE CAN’T BE QUESTIONED.
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF HE TOOK A