RECOGNIZE THAT A SHAKEN DOWN PERSON OFTEN CAN’T CONFESS TO
THE PERSON WHO IS SHAKING THEM
DOWN IN FRONT OF THEM.
>> LET ME BRING IN CONGRESSWOMAN
KATHERINE CLARK HERE, DEMOCRAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
LET ME ASK THIS BECAUSE THE NEXT
SORT OF PHASE OF -- AND WE’VE
OBVIOUSLY BEEN IN ROLLING
COVERAGE, BUT THE NEXT PHASE OF
THE CONVERSATION I WANTED TO
HAVE BEGINNING WITH YOU WAS,
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE NOW
GOING FORWARD?
GOING FORWARD? WHAT SHOULD THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
BE PREPARED FOR OVER THE NEXT 90
DAYS?
DAYS? AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT DOES
SEEM THAT EVERYBODY ON YOUR SIDE
OF THE AISLE BELIEVES YOU NEED
TO SORT OF HAVE A BEGINNING AND
END HERE.
END HERE. THAT THIS CAN’T SORT OF GO ON
FOREVER.
FOREVER. >> THAT’S RIGHT, CHUCK.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE
ACTING WITH THE URGENCY THAT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER IDENTIFIED.
WHISTLE-BLOWER IDENTIFIED. LET’S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING
OF THIS STORY.
WE HAD A WHISTLE-BLOWER WHO
ISSUED A COMPLAINT THAT WAS
FOUND TO BE URGENT AND CREDIBLE.
WE NOW HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS ARE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT
COMPLAINT AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW FROM THIS
PRESIDENT HIMSELF IS THAT HE PUT
HIS POLITICAL GAIN OVER OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY.
NATIONAL SECURITY. AND THAT IS AN ABUSE OF POWER.
THAT IS CORRUPTION.
THAT IS WHAT WE JUST CANNOT
TOLERATE.
TOLERATE. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET THE FACTS
OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS
EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE CAN --
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> -- AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING WE’VE SEEN
TODAY --
TODAY -- >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- BACKS UP WHAT DONALD TRUMP
SAID THAT HE DID AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
FOLLOW UP AND THAT WE STAND UP
FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
ELECTIONS AND THAT WE STAND UP
FOR THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. >> CONGRESSWOMAN, YESTERDAY
SPEAKER PELOSI SAID THE SIX
COMMITTEES WILL CONTINUE UNDER
THE UMBRELLA OF AN IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.
INQUIRY. THAT -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT
TO TRY TO HERD INTO ONE THING.
YOU COULD MAKE THE CASE IF YOU
HAVE SIX COMMITTEES LOOKING INTO
IMPEACHMENT YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE
ONE, RIGHT?
ONE, RIGHT? IT COULD GO IN ALL DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS.
DIRECTIONS. HOW DO YOU -- HOW -- SHOULD
THERE BE ONE COMMITTEE THAT --
SHOULD ALL THIS FUNNEL INTO ONE
COMMITTEE VERY QUICKLY?
>> I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN
OUR SIX CHAIRMEN THAT THEY CAN
MANAGE THIS EFFECTIVELY.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE A
CONCENTRATION IN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ABLE
TO READ THIS COMPLAINT, KNOW
WHAT DOCUMENTS WE NEED TO SEE,
KNOW WHAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO
GET OUT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
BUT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE
CAN MANAGE.
CAN MANAGE. AND AT THE SAME TIME WE’RE GOING
TO CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA OF
WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY I THINK
THIS IS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
WE’VE SEEN BEFORE --
>> MMM-HMM.
>> MMM-HMM. >> -- AND WHY I DON’T -- IT’S --
WHEN I TRAVELLED THE COUNTRY
DURING THE MIDTERMS, WHETHER I
WAS IN A RED STATE OR A BLUE
STATE I FOUND THAT PEOPLE
RESPONDED TO CORRUPTION.
>> MMM-HMM.
>> MMM-HMM. >> THEY WANT TO KNOW WE’RE GOING
TO BE PUTTING THE ISSUES OF
HEALTH CARE, OF INFRASTRUCTURE,
OF FIGHTING GUN VIOLENCE --
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- ON THE TABLE HERE IN
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
WHEN YOU’RE TALKING TO A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT --
GOVERNMENT -- >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- ASKING THEM TO DO A FAVOR
TO INVESTIGATE A PRIVATE
AMERICAN CITIZEN, THAT IS
CORRUPTION.
CORRUPTION. AND THAT IS USING NOT ONLY THE
OVAL OFFICE BUT ALSO INVOLVING
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN IT.
>> REPORTEDLY THE PRESIDENT
TALKED TO THE SPEAKER YESTERDAY
MORNING ABOUT SOME OTHER
LEGISLATION AS WELL AS THIS A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. WHILE YOU’RE DOING THIS
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY DO YOU THINK
IT’S REALISTIC THAT YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH
LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PRICES?
PRICES? FOR INSTANCE.
FOR INSTANCE. >> WE ARE GOING TO KEEP REACHING
OUT TO THIS PRESIDENT AND TO THE
DO NOTHING SENATE AND SAYING
LET’S GET GOING WITH THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE’S AGENDA.
WE HAVE PASSED 250 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION.
LEGISLATION. SOME OF THEM ARE MAJOR.
ABOUT 50 OF THEM.
AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THEY
ARE LANGUAGEISHING.
ARE LANGUAGEISHING. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT
TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH OF
THIS GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
STREETS.
STREETS. WE HAD A RALLY TODAY AND
CONSTITUENTS WERE IN MITCH
McCONNELL’S OFFICE BEGGING HIM
FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN
THAT THEY’VE LOST TO GUN
VIOLENCE TO HOLD A VOTE.
IT IS LONG PAST TIME THAT WE
STOP THE SILENCE --
>> MMM-HMM.
>> MMM-HMM. >> -- AND PUT THESE FAMILIES AND
THE SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
FIRST.
FIRST. IT IS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS PUSHED US THROUGH
HIS MALFEASANCE HERE, HIS ABUSE
OF POWER TO THIS PLACE WHERE WE
ARE.
ARE. >> CONGRESSWOMAN, VERY QUICKLY,
SHOULD RECESS BE CANCELLED FOR
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS?
SHOULD YOU GUYS STAY -- STAY IN
SESSION TO DEAL WITH THIS OTHER
MATTER?
MATTER? >> I CAN TELL YOU WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN IS THAT THE WORK OF
THIS INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE
WHETHER WE ARE --
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- OFFICIALLY HERE OR NOT.
WHETHER THE --
>> SO RECESS WON’T BE CANCELLED?
ALREADY.
ALREADY. SO IT SOUND LIKE RECESS IS NOT
BEING CANCELLED IS WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING?
SAYING? >> I HAVE NOT HEARD THAT IT IS
CANCELLED.
CANCELLED. >> GOTCHA.