MINUTES FROM NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> Bill: PAM BONDI IS WITH US
NOW, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE
PRESIDENT ON IMPEACHMENT.
WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM.
TAKE IT A PIECE AT A TIME HERE.
WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE
STRATEGY NOW, PAM?
>> OUR WHITE HOUSE STRATEGY IS
WE'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG AND
WE'RE PREPARED TO GO.
BILL, WE SAW THIS COMING.
WE WERE HOPING IT WASN'T BUT
WE'RE PREPARED TO GO.
WE HAVE THE TRUTH, FACTS AND
LAW ON OUR SIDE AND WE WILL BE
GIVEN A FAIR SHOT IN THE SENATE
AND WE WILL PREVAIL.
SO WE'VE BEEN READY TO GO.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO START THIS
TODAY, TOMORROW.
IF NANCY PELOSI WILL SEND THE
RULES OVER.
WE ARE READY TO GO.
>> Bill: PAM, JUST ABOUT 30
MINUTES AGO TED CRUZ TALKED
ABOUT POSSIBLE WITNESSES IF IT
GETS TO THAT POINT IN THE
SENATE TRIAL.
HE MENTIONED HUNTER BIDEN, THE
WHISTLEBLOWER AND THIN HE SAID
IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS THEM AS
WITNESSES THAT'S HIS CALL.
DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT THEM AS
WITNESSES, PAM?
>> BILL, FROM DAY ONE IF YOU
WERE FALSELY ACCUSED YOU WOULD
WANT YOUR WITNESSES HEARD.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE HOUSE.
WE SAW WHAT A SHAM IT WAS
RUSHED THROUGH THE ENTIRE
PROCEEDING.
AND NOW IN THE SENATE, THOUGH,
THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE
THE PRESIDENT WITH CRIMES, WITH
QUID PRO QUO.
THEY POLLED THAT IT WOULD BE
BRIBERY AND YET THEY COME OUT
WITH THE WEAKEST OF WEAK FLIMSY
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
GIVEN THOSE OBSTRUCTION AND
ABUSE, THE PRESIDENT DID
NOTHING WRONG.
HE DID NOT ABUSE HIS POWER.
HE DID NOT OBSTRUCT CONGRESS.
AND SO THE LAW IS ON OUR SIDE.
AT THIS POINT, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE I THINK ARE OVER THIS.
EVEN AS "VANITY FAIR" SAID I
THINK THEY HAVE SCANDAL FATIGUE.
WE WANT CONGRESS TO GET BACK TO
WORK TO DO WHAT THEY'RE MEANT
TO DO TO BE THERE AND WHAT ALL
THE SENATORS WANT AS WELL.
>> Bill: ON THE QUESTION OF
WITNESSES.
BASED ON THE FIRST PART OF YOUR
ANSWER THAT WOULD BE A YES,
CORRECT, IS THAT WHAT I HEAR?
>> THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID.
AS THE HOUSE CASE PROGRESSED,
AS A SHAM.
THEY HAVEN'T CHARGED HIM WITH
CRIMES BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE.
THE ARTICLES THEY'VE CHARGED
HIM WITH HE DID NOT COMMIT.
SO NOW THAT IT'S TO THE SENATE
WE'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO LEADER
MCCONNELL AND CHUCK SCHUMER AND
THAT WILL BE THEIR DECISION HOW
THEY WANT TO PROCEED.
LET ME TELL YOU HOWEVER THEY'RE
READY TO PROCEED WE'RE READY TO
GO.
WE'RE -- WE WERE READY
YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW TO TAKE
THIS ON.
>> Bill: THE TUG-OF-WAR AS TO
WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD
DESIRE AND WHAT SOME SENATORS
WOULD DESIRE.
DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT A LONG
TRIAL OR DOES HE NOW WANT TO
GET IT OVER WITH, PAM?
>> I THINK AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE IS SO
WEAK, SO FLIMSY, WE WANT
CONGRESS TO GET BACK TO WORK TO
WHAT THEY WERE MEANT TO DO TO
BE THERE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER THE
SENATORS DECIDE.
LEADER MCCONNELL AND CHUCK
SCHUMER.
NANCY PELOSI IS NOT A SENATOR.
I GUESS SHE FORGOT THAT.
>> Bill: SHE SAID LAST NIGHT
LEADER MCCONNELL HAS STATED HE
IS NOT AN IMPARTIAL JUROR.
THAT CAME FROM INTERVIEW ON OUR
NETWORK ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF
AGO.
THAT HE IS TAKING HIS CUES FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE AND WORKING
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S
OFFICE.
IS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS
POINT WITH PAT CIPOLLONE, THE
ATTORNEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE?
>> FIRST PAT CIPOLLONE IS A
GENIUS ON COMPLETELY PREPARED
TO GO.
SHOULD WE BE WORKING ON
PROCEDURE WITH THE SENATE,
ABSOLUTELY?
WE WOULDN'T BE DOING OUR JOBS
IF WE WEREN'T.
THEY HAVE CHARGED -- THEY WANT
TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WE
ARE GOING TO DEFEND HIM WITH
EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT.
AND IF NANCY PELOSI WANTS TO
CALL HERSELF IMPARTIAL THAT'S
THE BIGGEST JOKE OF ALL.
THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN -- SHE HAD
THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT
READY TO GO BEFORE IT EVEN WENT
OVER TO JUDICIARY SHE WAS
DEMANDING THEM.
THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN A
SHAM AND WE KNOW WE'LL GET A
FAIR SHAKE IN THIS SENATE AND
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
>> Bill: I WANT TO GET ONE MORE
POINT.
SHE TALKED ABOUT A FAIR TRIAL
LAST NIGHT AND ASKED BY
REPORTERS WHEN SHE HAD A PRESS
CONFERENCE AFTER THE FINAL VOTE.
SHE SAID WE'LL MAKE A DECISION
AS WE GROUP AS WE ALWAYS HAVE
AS WE GO ALONG WITH REGARD TO
WHEN SHE DELIVERS THE ARTICLES
TO THE SENATE.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE HER
STRATEGY IS TODAY?
>> OH, I THINK SHE HAS NO
SUBSTANCE, THE LAW ISN'T ON HER
SIDE.
NOW SHE WILL TRY TO PLAY SOME
UNPRECEDENTED PROCESS GAME THAT
SHE IS GOING TO HOLD THEM
PERPETUALLY UNTIL THE SENATE --
UNTIL SHE IS HAPPY WITH WHAT
THE SENATORS DO?
AS YOU'VE HEARD GUESTS SAY ALL
MORNING THAT IS NOT HER CHOICE.
>> Bill: THE RUB BETWEEN
MCCONNELL AND SCHUMER.
WE'LL HEAR FROM MITCH MCCONNELL
ON THE FORM.
IS SHE TRYING TO GET CHUCK
SCHUMER MORE LEVERAGE WHEN HE
NEGOTIATES THIS WITH MCCONNELL
AND HOW TO PROCEED?
>> SHE HAS NO LEVERAGE.
THIS IS BETWEEN LEADER
MCCONNELL AND CHUCK SCHUMER.
THEY'LL WORK IT OUT.
BUT SHE IS NOT A SENATOR.
SHE THINKS SHE IS.
SHE CAN PLAY THIS POLITICAL
GAME AND TRY TO HOLD BACK THESE
ARTICLES SO SHE CAN SAY THE
PRESIDENT IS UNDER IMPEACHMENT
A BIT LONGER.
IT IS GOING TO FAIL MISERABLY.
MORE EVIDENCE OF THE GAMES SHE
IS PLAYING AND THE COMPLETE
SHAM ON WHICH THIS PROCESS HAS
PROGRESSED FROM DAY ONE THROUGH
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
>> Bill: DID YOU GO TO MICHIGAN
LAST NIGHT FOR THE RALLY OR DID
YOU STAY IN WASHINGTON
>> I WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WORKING.
>> Bill: HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT OR THIS
MORNING?
>> I HAVE NOT.
I SPOKE TO HIM YESTERDAY.
HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS DESPITE
THE FACT THAT WHILE HE WAS ON
STAGE HE HAS RECEIVED INCOMING
ABUSE BY THE HOUSE CONSISTENTLY
AND WHILE HE WAS ON STAGE GOING