>> Ed: IT’S A SAD SITUATION
INDEED, MARIA BARTIROMO, WE
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON.
>> Sandra: THE SENATE HOMELAND
SECURITY COMMITTEE MOVING
FORWARD NOW WITH ITS
INVESTIGATION OF JOE BIDEN’S
SON, HUNTER.
DESPITE OBJECTIONS FROM
DEMOCRATS AND A PARTY LINE VOTE,
THE COMMITTEE IS AUTHORIZING A
SUBPOENA FOR DOCUMENTS RELATED
TO HUNTER BIDEN’S CONSULTING
WORK IN THE UKRAINE.
LET’S BRING IN KEN STARR, FORMER
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS
MORNING.
WE ARE ULTIMATELY DO YOU BELIEVE
REPUBLICANS WILL GET WITH THIS?
>> WELL, WE DON’T KNOW.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THE CHAIRMAN
RON JOHNSON, REALLY AMERICA IS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN OTHER
THAN NEW YORK AND HE IS NOW OPEN
FOR BUSINESS AGAIN.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A CONTINUATION,
A LONG-RUNNING INVESTIGATION SO
WE’VE BEEN ON HOLD.
AND ALL THIS REPRESENTS IS,
UKRAINE IS BACK.
BUT UKRAINE NEVER REALLY WENT
AWAY.
SO I VIEW THIS AS
ACCOUNTABILITY, AS
SENATOR JOHNSON HAS SAID COME ON
FOX NEWS.
LET’S JUST GET THE FACTS AND
THERE IS NO THERE THERE, BUT WHY
ALL THE PROTESTING?
WHY DON’T WE JUST GET THESE
DOCUMENTS IN GOOD ORDER AND
ANALYZE THEM?
THE FINAL POINT ON THIS IS, WHAT
WE DO KNOW IS THAT THIS FIRM,
BLUE STAR, DID MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR BURISMA WHICH IS A CORRUPT
COMPANY IN THE UKRAINE TO HAVE
MEETINGS WITH THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING AN
ELECTION YEAR.
LET’S JUST FIND OUT, MAYBE THEY
WERE INNOCENT AND MAYBE THEY
WANT.
>> THIS IS A POINT THAT
SENATOR RON JOHNSON MAKES.
HE SAID HE COULD HAVE DONE IT
QUICKLY AND HAVE THE DOCUMENTS
TURNED OVER AND MOVED ON BUT HE
CLAIMS DEMOCRATS ARE THROWING A
HISSY FIT AND THEIR OBJECTIONS
QUITE FRANKLY, HE SAYS, I HAVE
LEFT HIM SUSPICIOUS.
HE SAYS NOW IT’S ABOUT GETTING
TO THE TRUTH.
>> BECAUSE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED
TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE UNCOVERED
CORRUPTION WITHIN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND WE WILL GET
THE DOCUMENTS AND WE WILL SEE
WHAT’S IN THE DOCUMENTS.
I’M NOT THE ONE WHO MADE A BIG
DEAL OF THIS, I WOULD HAVE
QUIETLY SUBPOENAED ANDRE TELL US
GENCO AND GOT THE DOCUMENTS AND
MOVED ON.
BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE OBJECTING
AND I THINK MAYBE THEY ARE
PROTESTING TOO MUCH.
>> SO IS HE HITTING ON SOMETHING
THERE?
HE MAKES THE CASE THAT IT
APPEARS WE HAVE STRUCK A NERVE.
>> IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WAY.
YOU SAY HUNTER BIDEN AND THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE AISLE
GOES CRAZY BUT EVEN HUNTER BIDEN
SERVING ON THE BURISMA BOARD
LATER SAID THAT WASN’T AN
EXERCISE OF POOR JUDGMENT ON HIS
PART.
WELL, WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE BURISMA WAS CORRUPT.
NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BEREAVEMENT NOT IN THE UKRAINE
BUT ACTIVITIES IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING AN
ELECTION YEAR.
THIS IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND THIS
IS FACT-FINDING AND THAT’S WHAT
THEY SHOULD DO.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT
BEGAN, LITERALLY, MONTHS AGO.
SO IT’S A RESTART.
>> Sandra: TO THAT POINT WHEN
YOU SEE THE DEMOCRATS MAKING
OBJECTIONS TO THIS, THEY SAY IT
UNDERMINES NATIONAL SECURITY AND
TO THAT, YOU SAY WHAT?
>> THAT’S NONSENSE.
HOW CAN IT AFFECT ANYTHING OTHER
THAN WE WILL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
TO 2016, WHY DID HUNTER BIDEN GO
ON THAT BOARD?
IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE WAS
OF COURSE ACTING WITHOUT ALL
THAT MANY CREDENTIALS.
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
NOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY -- SO LET’S JUST BE
VERY DIRECT.
THERESA MAY IN WASHINGTON AND IS
TRYING TO USE ITS INFLUENCE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WE DESERVE TO KNOW THAT.
WE DESERVE TO KNOW AND
SENATOR JOHNSON AND I, HE’S LONG
BEEN A FRIEND OF THE UKRAINE AND
HE WANTS TO SEE HIS STRONG U.S.
AND UKRAINE RELATIONSHIPS AND I
THINK IF ANYTHING THIS
BUTTRESSES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY AND THE NEW
REFORM TO GOVERNMENT AND THE
UKRAINE.
SO DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH
DEMOCRATS, LET’S JUST SEE WHAT
THE FACTS ARE.
>> Sandra: FINAL THOUGHTS MORE
BROADLY SPEAKING, SINCE THIS IS
A FIRST TIME WE’VE HAD A CHAT
WITH YOU IN A WHILE.
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
REPUBLICANS MAKING THE CASE MORE
BROADLY THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
AND AT THE INCOMING TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WAS BEING
TARGETED BY THE OUTGOING OBAMA
WHITE HOUSE WITH THE MOST
RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED LIST OF
NAMES AND TURNED OVER DOCUMENTS.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THAT
THIS MORNING?
>> THESE ARE VERY TROUBLING
REVELATIONS.
THE MEETING OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
WHY DID SHE WRITE THAT EMAIL ON
INAUGURATION DAY, TO ESSENTIALLY
COVER PRESIDENT OBAMA’S TRACKS.
LET’S GO BUY THE BOOK.
YOU CAN JUST SEE LAWYERS GUIDING
THE FORMATION OF THAT EMAIL,
WRITTEN TWO WEEKS LATER, TO
ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT JIM COMEY
WAS EXPRESSING THESE CONCERNS ABOUT GENERAL FLYNN.
ABOUT GENERAL FLYNN.
BUT BY THE WAY, AND JIM COMEY
REFUSED TO DO WHAT THE RESPONSIBLE DIRECTIVE OF THE FBI
RESPONSIBLE DIRECTIVE OF THE FBI
WOULD BE TO DO, AND THEY HE
IRRIGATED POWER, AND WHY DID THE
TRANSITION OCCUR.
WHY WERE THERE INVESTIGATIONS
GOING ON IN THE TRUMP
TRANSITION’S? THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO
THERE WERE SO MANY QUESTIONS TO