HE WILL BE QUESTIONING ATTORNEY
GENERAL BILL BARR LATER ON
TODAY.
CONGRESSMAN, I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU
IN A WHILE.
YOU ARE A FORMER PROSECUTOR AND
SO IS BILL BARR.
HE IS A SUPER, SUPER SKILLED
ATTORNEY.
DO YOU REALLY THINK TODAY IS
GOING TO BE A BIG AH-HA MOMENT?
BILL BARR KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT
HE’S DOING.
>> WELL, HE HAS TO TELL THE
TRUTH.
YOU KNOW, HE MAY BE A GOOD
LAWYER, BUT HE’S GOING TO BE
ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
POSITIONS HE HAS PUT OUR
COUNTRY, THE RULE OF LAW IN.
SO STEPHANIE, IN OUR COUNTRY IN
THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS, IT’S
REALLY BEEN DONALD TRUMP FIRST
EVERY OTHER AMERICA SECOND.
BUT DONALD TRUMP IS CORRUPT.
BUT HE’S NOT COMPETENT SO HE CAN
REALLY ONLY CARRY OUT A CORRUPT
SCHEME IF PEOPLE LIKE BILL BARR
ENABLE HIM.
WE’VE SEEN THIS THEME OF
PROTECTING FRIENDS AND PUNISHING
ENEMIES, PROTECTING ROGER STONE
AND MICHAEL FLYNN, GOING AFTER
YOUR ENEMIES LIKE MICHAEL COHEN
AND ALSO MOVING OUT THE TOP
PROSECUTOR IN NEW YORK WHO WAS
INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT’S
INAUGURAL CAMPAIGN AND HIS
DONORS AND LAWYERS.
SO THERE’S GOING TO BE TOUGH
QUESTIONS TODAY.
AND WE WANT AN HONEST ASSESSMENT
OF THE JOB THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IS DOING.
>> YOU MENTIONED MICHAEL COHEN.
YOU RECENTLY WROTE AN OP-ED
COMPARING ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL
BARR TO THE PRESIDENT’S FORMER
FIXER MICHAEL COHEN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY?
THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS THESE TWO.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
BUT THEY BOTH DO THE BIRTHY YDIR
FOR THE PRESIDENT AND HE HAS
POWER THAT MICHAEL COHEN WOULD
HAVE DREAMED TO HAVE.
HE TRIED TO USE A RESTRAINING
ORDER TO KEEP STORMY DANIELS
FROM GOING FORWARD.
HE’S GONE TO COURT TO KEEP JOHN
BOLTON FROM PUBLISHING HIS BOOK.
BILL BARR HAS TRIED TO KEEP THE
PRESIDENT’S TAX RETURNS FROM
BEING MADE PUBLIC.
SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TWO OF THEM TODAY IS THAT
MICHAEL COHEN SENT HIS BILLS TO
DONALD TRUMP AND BILL BAR SEND
HIS BILLS TO THE TAXPAYER.
>> WOW.
BUT YOU KNOW THE TONE HE’S
COMING IN WITH.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DONE.
OR YOU BELIEVE.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU
WANT TO FOCUS ON WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR QUESTIONING, BECAUSE
THERE’S A LOT OF GROUND TO
COVER?
>> THAT THERE IS A LOT OF GROUND
TO COVER.
I REALLY THINK IT’S ASSESSING
HIS CREDIBILITY AND WILLINGNESS
TO STAND UP TO THE PRESIDENT.
AT HIS JOB INTERVIEW, HIS
CONFIRMATION HEARING HE SAID IF
I SAW WRONGDOING, I WOULD CALL
IT OUT.
SO IT’S, PLEASE, TELL US, WHEN
HAVE YOU CALLED OUT WRONGDOING
BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A
LONG LIST OF WRONGDOING WE’VE
SEEN.
BUT ALSO YESTERDAY IN HIS
OPENING STATEMENT THAT HE
RELEASED PUBLICLY, STEPHANIE, HE
PARDONS RUSSIA.
HE CALLS THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION WHERE THERE WERE
199 CHARGES, 34 INDIVIDUALS
INDICTED, A FOREIGN COUNTRY THAT
INTERFERED AND A SWEEPING WAY IN
OUR ELECTIONS, HE CALLED THAT
RUSSIAGATE AND CALLED IT BOGUS.
AND I WANT TO KNOW IS IT BOGUS
WHAT THEY ARE STILL DOING RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE WE WERE JUST BRIEFED
LAST WEEK IN THE ODNI THAT
RUSSIA CONTINUES TO INTERFERE IN
OUR ELECTIONS.
>> YOU’VE CALLED FOR BILL BARR
TO BE IMPEACHED IN THE PAST.
ARE YOU STILL PUSHING FOR HIS
IMPEACHMENT?
>> I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPEACHED BEFORE DONALD TRUMP.
HE’S WORTHY OF IT.
I WANT TO SET A STANDARD FOR
WHAT WE EXPECT OF ATTORNEYS
GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT’S A DECISION FOR OUR
LEADERSHIP.
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT.
I DON’T THINK HE’S GOTTEN BETTER
SINCE I MADE THAT CALL.
HERE HE IS TODAY, AND WE’LL BE
READY FOR HIM.
>> HE HASN’T GOTTEN BETTER, AND,
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN,
I’M THINKING ROGER STONE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN
WORSE.
GIVEN ALL OF THAT, LET’S BE
HONEST.
BESIDES QUESTIONING BILL BARR
TODAY AND HOPEFULLY, FOR YOU,
TRIPPING HIM UP, WHAT OVERSIGHT
CAN YOUR COMMITTEE REALISTICALLY
DO WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN
OFFICE?
>> WE HAVE THE POWER OF THE
PURSE, AND WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE
TO FUND THE MILITARIZATION OF
THE POLICE TO USE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.
WE’RE DOING AN APPROPRIATIONS
PROCESS THIS WEEK ON HOMELAND
SECURITY FUNDING.
AND THERE’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
MEASURES TO REDUCE THEIR ABILITY
TO DO THAT.
AND ALSO, STEPHANIE, WE HAVE TO
INOCULATE THE PUBLIC FROM THE
BOGUS CLAIMS THE PRESIDENT AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL HAVE MADE ABOUT
MAIL-IN BALLOTING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC
KNOWS IT’S SAFE TO DO THAT.
NO HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATING FRAUDULENT MAIL-IN
BALLOTING, BUT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL HAS SHOWN A WILLINGNESS
TO COSIGN ON THE PRESIDENT’S
CLAIMS THERE IS FRAUD AROUND
THIS, AND WE THINK AS WE GET
CLOSE TO NOVEMBER, THIS MAY BE A
WAY THE PRESIDENT WOULD REFUSE
TO LEAVE OFFICE AND HAVE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO WOULD GO
BACK TO WORK AS THE NEW MICHAEL
COHEN TO FILE LAWSUITS TO KEEP
THE PRESIDENT THERE.
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU THINK
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR IS DOING?
THE FACT HE’S TOLD "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" THAT HE THINKS A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY COULD PRINT MILLIONS
OF FAKE BALLOTS, DO YOU THINK
WHAT HE’S DOING IS, A, EITHER
GIVING A PLAYBOOK FOR A FOREIGN
ADVERSARY TO DO IT OR, B,
STARTING TO PLANT THE SEEDS TO
CLAIM THAT THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION IS ILLEGITIMATE?
>> BOTH.
AND WE CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.
AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEY
CAN VOTE BY HOME.
THEY DON’T HAVE TO RISK THEIR
HEALTH AND THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND HE SHOULD SPEND HIS TIME
MAKING SURE THE ELECTION SYSTEMS
ARE SECURE, NOT TRYING TO
TERRIFY PEOPLE INTO THINKING