WE DON’T HEAR IT OFTEN ENOUGH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
BUT YOU HEARD IT FROM MUELLER
TODAY.
TODAY. >> A QUICK REMINDER HERE.
THIS IS THE SOUND BITE THAT
PROBABLY IS GOING TO GET A GREAT
DEAL OF ATTENTION FROM ROBERT
MUELLER, WHICH IS WHAT HE SAID A
FEW MOMENTS AGO AS IT RELATED TO
EVIDENCE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE DO NOT, HOWEVER, MAKE A
DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT DID COMMIT A CRIME.
THE INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME
TWO OF OUR REPORT EXPLAINS THAT
DECISION.
DECISION. IT EXPLAINS THAT UNDER
LONG-STANDING DEPARTMENT POLICY
A PRESIDENT CANNOT BE CHARGED
WITH A FEDERAL CRIME WHILE HE IS
IN OFFICE.
IN OFFICE. THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
EVEN IF THE CHARGE IS KEPT UNDER
SEAL AND HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC
VIEW, THAT TOO IS PROHIBITED.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE IS
PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND BY REGULATION IT WAS
BOUND BY THAT DEPARTMENT POLICY.
CHARGING THE PRESIDENT WITH A
CRIME WAS, THEREFORE, NOT AN
OPTION WE COULD CONSIDER.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND YOU
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG HERE,
GLEN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL IS VERY MUCH LEAVING
OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONCE
PRESIDENT TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE,
THERE COULD VERY WELL BE SOME
SORT OF INDICTMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU,
CRAIG.
CRAIG. I THINK IN THE NEAR TERM WHAT
HE’S ALSO SAYING, AND THIS WAS
ONE OF MY TOP LINE TAKEAWAYS,
AFTER HE SAID I AM NOT PERMITTED
TO INDICT THE PRESIDENT HE WENT
ON TO SAY, THAT REQUIRES A
PROCESS OTHER THAN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM TO FORMALLY
ACCUSE A PRESIDENT OF WRONG
DOING.
DOING. YOU DON’T NEED TO BE RAND
McNALLY TO SEE THAT ROAD MAP.
HE WAS VIRTUALLY ANNOUNCING
CONGRESS, DO YOUR JOB.
>> ALSO JOINED NOW BY --
REJOINED I SHOULD SAY, BARBARA
McQUADE IS WITH ME AND SO IS
FRANK FIGLIUZZI.
FRANK FIGLIUZZI. ANOTHER TOP LINE AND BOB MUELLER
SAVED THIS TO THE END PERHAPS
WANTING TO REMIND ALL OF US, ONE
OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS HERE,
THE FACT THAT THE RUSSIANS
TRIED, ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS --
IN FACT, I THINK WE HAVE THE
SOUND.
SOUND. LET’S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
OFFICE’S WRITTEN WORK SPEAK FOR
ITSELF.
ITSELF. LET ME BEGIN WHERE THE
APPOINTMENT ORDER BEGINS, AND
THAT IS INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. AS ALLEGED BY THE GRAND JURY IN
AN INDICTMENT, RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS WHO WERE
PART OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
LAUNCHED A CONCERTED ATTACK ON
OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.
THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THAT THEY
USED SOPHISTICATED CYBER
TECHNIQUES TO HACK INTO
COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS USED BY
THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
THEY STOLE PRIVATE INFORMATION
AND RELEASED THAT INFORMATION
THROUGH FAKE ONLINE IDENTITIES
AND THROUGH WIKILEAKS.
THE RELEASES WERE DESIGNED AND
TIMED TO INTERFERE WITH OUR
ELECTION AND DAMAGE A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. >> FRANK, IT SOUNDS LIKE BOB
MUELLER IS CHALLENGING CONGRESS,
CHALLENGING THE WHITE HOUSE, AND
CHALLENGING ALL OF US TO
REMEMBER PRECISELY WHAT IT IS
THAT THE RUSSIANS DID.
>> BOB MUELLER DECIDED TO OPEN
HIS STATEMENT WITH THE RUSSIAN
PROBLEM AND HE DECIDED TO END
HIS STATEMENT WITH THE RUSSIAN
PROBLEM BY SAYING IT’S SOMETHING
THAT ALL AMERICANS SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
CONCERNED ABOUT. AND IF YOU UNDERSTAND BOB
MUELLER, IF YOU’VE SAT ACROSS
HIM EVERY MORNING AND PERHAPS
EVERY AFTERNOON, AS I HAVE AS
HIS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND YOU
LEARN THAT HE SPEAKS IN MEASURED
BUT CLEAR TONES AND STYLE, YOU
UNDERSTAND HE’S SAYING THIS IS A
HUGE PROBLEM, AND IT’S NOT BEING
ADDRESSED, AND EVERY AMERICAN
NEEDS TO GET ON THIS AND
UNDERSTAND THIS IS STILL
ONGOING.
ONGOING. THAT’S HOW I READ THIS AND HIS
CHOICE TO START AND END HIS
STATEMENT WITH RUSSIA REMINDS
ALL OF US WE’RE STILL NOT
RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM.
>> GLEN, YOU ALSO WORKED FOR BOB
MUELLER, WHAT YOU SAW AND HEARD
THERE FROM YOUR FORMER BOSS, IS
THAT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING?
IF.
IF. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE
MAN BOB MUELLER IS.
HE’S PRECISE, HE’S FACTUAL, HE’S
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE. THE MAN DOESN’T KNOW THE
DEFINITION OF HYPERBOLE.
AND WHAT HE JUST TOLD US, CRAIG,
IS THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU
NEED IN THIS REPORT TO MOVE
FORWARD AND DO THE RIGHT THING,
DO JUSTICE, HOLD RUSSIA
ACCOUNTABLE, I WOULD ADD HOLD
THE PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK WHEN HE SAID, LISTEN, I
WILL NOT GO BEYOND WHAT’S IN MY
REPORT IF CALLED BEFORE
CONGRESS, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO
TAKE THAT, CRAIG, AS AN
AFFIRMATION THAT EVERYTHING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR ELECTED
POLITICIANS NEED TO MAKE THEIR