TEXTS WERE FIRST LEARNED
OVER THE SUMMER MUELLER
PUSHED THEM ASIDE, MARTHA.
>> Martha: ED, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
SO TODAY CONGRESSMAN TREY
GOWDY PRESSED ROSENSTEIN ON
THE REPORTS OF BIAS ON THE
MUELLER RUSSIA INVESTIGATIVE
TEAM.
>> SO LET'S BE REALLY CLEAR
WHY WE HAVE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
IT WAS EITHER A REAL OR
PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF
INTEREST THAT WE WERE
FEARFUL THAT EITHER IMPACT
THE RESULT OR PEOPLE'S
CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS.
LO AND BEHOLD, THOSE WHO ARE
INTERESTS SEEM TO HAVE A FEW
OF THEIR OWN.
THERE IS A SENIOR PROSECUTOR
WHO SENT EMAILS TO A FACT
WITNESS.
SHE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
FACT WITNESS IF YOU PURSUE
THE LINE OF INQUIRY THAT MY
DEMOCRAT FRIENDS WANT TO
PURSUE.
THEY GOT OFF OF COLLUSION
AND NOW THEY'RE ON
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
>> Martha: HERE EXCLUSIVELY
ON THE STORY TONIGHT HOUSE
CONGRATULATING HER ON NOT
DEFENDING THE TRUMP BAN AND
SAYING THAT HE WAS IN AWE OF
HER I THINK ARE THE WORDS HE
SO YOU PRESSED ROD
ROSENSTEIN ON THIS TODAY.
WERE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE
ANSWER YOU GOT TO THAT
QUESTION?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS
EXPLAINING ALL DAY.
THIS IS A REALLY BAD FACT
PATTERN.
I HATE IT FOR ROD ROSENSTEIN
THAT HE'S THE ONE EXPLAINING
IT BECAUSE HE'S NOT PETER
STRZOK AND HE'S NOT ANDY
MCCABE AND HE IS NOT JAMES
COMEY SO HE IS HAVING TO DO
FACTS IF YOU CARE ABOUT AN
IMPARTIAL OBJECTIVE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
FBI.
>> Martha: I WANT TO GO TO
BECAUSE AS ED HENRY LAID OUT
THE TIME LINE ON ALL OF THIS
VERY PROBLEMATIC.
THIS IS ALL TEXT MESSAGE
FROM PETER STRZOK TO LISA
PAGE.
I WANT TO BELIEVE THE PATH
YOU THROUGH OUT FOR
CONSIDERATION IN ANDY'S
OFFICE THAT THERE IS NO WAY
HE GETS ELECTED.
I'M AFRAID WE CAN'T TAKE
THAT RISK.
IT'S LIKE AN INSURANCE
POLICY IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
THAT YOU DIE BEFORE YOU'RE
40.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IS
GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT HE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU COULDN'T TAKE THAT RISK.
BUT IT WOULD HELP EVERYONE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE
TIME THAT HE SAID THAT, HE
WAS INVESTIGATING HILLARY
CLINTON TO DECIDE WHETHER
THEY WERE GOING TO PURSUE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY
THREE FBI AGENTS ARE
DISCUSSING POLITICS AND IN
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED
TO DISCUSS POLITICS ON
FEDERAL GROUND AND FBI
AGENTS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO
ENGAGE IN POLITICS.
FOR HATCH ACT REASONS.
REMEMBER, WE WERE SUPPOSED
TO INTERVIEW ANDY MCCABE
YESTERDAY ON ANOTHER
HE IS GOING TO COME NEXT
WEEK.
I WILL BE SHOCKED IF HE
COMES NEXT WEEK.
I WILL BE A LITTLE BIT
SURPRISED IF HE IS STILL AN
EMPLOYEE OF THE FBI THIS
TIME NEXT WEEK.
BUT THE MOTION THAT THREE
BUREAU AGENTS WOULD BE
CONSPIRING OR PLOTTING ON
THOUSAND HANDLE THE OUTCOME
OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU
>> Martha: YOU SAID THAT
WHEN YOU GO HOME TO SOUTH
CAROLINA NEXT WEEK YOU WILL
GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS.
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> Martha: I WOULD IMAGINE
YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING
TO WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO RIGHT
THIS SHIP THEY WILL WANT TO
KNOW THAT AND THEY WILL WANT
TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE
CAN TRUST OR RELY UPON WHAT
ROBERT MUELLER COMES UP WITH
I HAVE BEEN VERY DEFENSIVE
OF ROBERT MUELLER FROM DAY
ONE UP UNTIL AS RECENTLY AS
A WEEK AGO.
BUT, HE HIRED SOME PEOPLE
THAT HAVE TERRIBLE BIAS.
AND HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.
TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF
PROSECUTORS HE COULD HAVE
HIRED.
SO, AT SOME POINT, BOB
MUELLER IS GOING TO HAVE TO
EXPLAIN HOW DID HE VET THESE
PROSECUTORS AND AGENTS?
HOW DID THESE FOLKS SLIP BY
BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OR
ARGUMENT FOR BIAS.
AND IF HE CLEARS PRESIDENT
TRUMP, THEN THE DEMOCRATS
ARE GOING TO SAY WELL, THE
UNRELENTING.
HE IS IN A NO-WIN SITUATION
BUT HE'S THERE BECAUSE OF
SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT
HE HAS MADE.
>> Martha: DO YOU THINK THAT
THAT CONSPIRACY POINT THAT
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, DOES
THAT LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR
ANY HATCH ACT INVESTIGATION,
DO YOU THINK, BEFORE I LET
YOU GO?
POLITICS IS A HATCH ACT
VIOLATION.
THAT'S MY OLD JOB.
IT IS INCREDIBLY PROBLEMATIC
THAT YOU ARE -- REMEMBER
JAMES COMEY VERY AN MONEYOUS
WHEN HE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT
POLITICIZED FBI.
VERY SANCTIMONIOUS.
GUESS WHAT?
AND HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S
OFFICE, THEY WERE DISCUSSING
HOW TO PREVENT ONE CANDIDATE
FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> Martha: THAT THEY WANTED
SOME KIND OF INSURANCE
POLICY AGAINST THAT
POTENTIAL EVENTUALITY WHICH
THEY OBVIOUSLY ALL FOUND
ATROCIOUS IDEA.
TREY GOWDY.
>> ALMOST AS BAD AS TED
CRUZ.