ASKING CHRISTOPHER WRAY TO OPEN
A CRIMINAL PROBE INTO THE PHONE
CALL.
JOINING US NOW IS MARK WARNER OF
VIRGINIA.
HE’S THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME TIME
WITH US.
IT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE STATE OF
AFFAIRS BUT FIRST REACTION TO
DONALD TRUMP ON THAT CALL.
DO YOU THINK A CRIME IS WORTH
INVESTIGATING THERE?
>> YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
I’LL LEAVE THE LAWYERS TO MAKE
THE DECISION WHAT KIND OF LEGAL
JEOPARDY TRUMP MAY BE IN.
I WILL SAY THIS, FROM THE SENATE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
PERSPECTIVE, OUR BIPARTISAN
REPORT ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016 WITH RUSSIAN
INTERVENTION, BUT THAT WE SAID
GOING FORWARD AMERICA OFFICIALS
SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
QUESTIONING THE LEGITIMACY OF OUR ELECTION BECAUSE IT PLAYS
OUR ELECTION BECAUSE IT PLAYS
DIRECTLY INTO THE NARRATIVE OF
VALD MERE PUTIN AND TRUMP AND
HISSIN ABLEIRES ARE DOING THAT
BITTING ONE MORE TIME.
>> AND AT SOMEONE WHO LOOKED AT
RUSSIA QUESTION IN 2016 THAN
JUST ABOUT ANYONE ON EARTH, WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT
DONALD TRUMP TOOK WHAT RUSSIA
DID AND DETAILS IN YOUR
COMMITTEE REPORT AND THE MUELLER
REPORT AND ASKED HIS AUDACITY
AND HIS SHAMELESSNESS AND IF YOU
LISTEN TO THE CALL YOU HAVE TO
ADD STUPIDITY, TO THE CONDUCT.
AND NOW WE HAVE AT LEAST 12
SENATORS WHO PLAN TO QUESTION
THE SINGLE FOUNDATION OF OUR
DEMOCRACY ON WEDNESDAY.
DID YOU EVER THINK THAT TRUMP
WOULD STUDY THE RUSSIAN ATTACK
AND IMPROVE UPON IT?
>> WELL, THE REMARKABLE THING
IS, OUR GOVERNMENT DID A PRETTY
GOOD JOB THIS ELECTION CYCLE
ABOUT KEEPING FOREIGN
DISINFORMATION OUT OF THE
PROCESS.
AND AMERICANS TURNED OUT FOR THE
ELECTION IN RECORD NUMBERS.
THE SYSTEM WORKED.
AND WHAT WE COULD HAVE NEVER
PREDICTED IS THAT THE CENTER OF
DISINFORMATION AND
MISINFORMATION WAS COMING FROM
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
WHERE DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
ENABLERS WERE SPEWING THIS
FALSEHOODS, THANK GOODNESS WE SO
SAY THE SYSTEM HELD BECAUSE
JUDGES, INCLUDING APPOINTEES BY
TRUMP, PUSHED BACK.
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS PUSHED
BACK.
LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS PUSHED
BACK.
BUT IT WAS STILL PRETTY AMAZING.
THIS GUY’S AUDACITY NOW ENABLED
BY 12 COLLEAGUES THAT AREN’T
OFFERING ANY EVIDENCE.
THEY SIMPLY WANT TO CLEAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> IT MAKES ME THINK HARD AND
REEXAMINE SOME OF OUR OWN
REPORTING AROUND IMPEACHMENT.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOME
REPUBLICANS SAID THAT IT WAS AN
ABUSE A
ABUSE OF POWER AND THAT AN
ELECTION IS NOW NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
WHAT IS THE PERMANENT DAMAGE OF
12 U.S. SENATORS TWO OF THEM WHO
HAVE THEIR NAMES ON ELECTION SO
FRAUDULENT THEY WON’T GO FORWARD
WITH CERTIFYING THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, WHAT STAIN DOES THAT
LEAD ON THE COUNTRY THAT JOE
BIDEN IS GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO
GOVERN.
>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
HARD FOR JOE BIDEN.
AND I COULD BEMOAN THOSE IN THE
HOUSE AND THE FACT THAT THERE
WERE CLOSE TO 40 REPUBLICANS WHO
AT THE END OF DAY WILL STAND UP
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
I COULD POINT TO THE FACT THAT
EVEN THROUGH THE MIDST OF ONCE
AGAIN DONALD TRUMP TRYING TO
SABOTAGE A COVID RELIEF PACKAGE,
WE GOT 92 SENATORS TO VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THE THAT RELIEF, NOT AS
MUCH AS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE GO
OUT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BUT
THE SYSTEM DID WORK.
I’M NOT APOLOGIZING OR STANDING
UP, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK
THE 12 SENATORS ARE TRYING TO
CHEAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FROM
THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION AND
UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY.
BUT I DO THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE OF
GOOD WILL IN BOTH PARTIES AND I
THINK THE BEST AT TRIBUTE THAT
JOE BIDEN BRINGS TO THE TABLE AT
THIS MOMENT IN TIME, IS THAT
SENSE OF HUMAN EMPATHY, THAT
WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO REACH OUT
A HAND TO TRY TO WORK WITH FOLKS
WHO MAY NOT FULLY AGREE WITH AND
I HOPE AND PRAY THERE WILL BE A
LOT OF US IN BOTH PARTIES WHO
WILL TRY TO GET THE JOB DONE.
I WANT TO SOUND POLLYANA-ISH,
BUT THIS IS SO SO GREAT WE COULD
BEMOAN THAT OR PICK UP THE
PIECES ON WEDNESDAY IN THE
AFTERMATH BUT IMPORTANTLY ON
JANUARY 20th WHEN JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS ARE SWORN IN AS
NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT AND MAKE SURE WE GET
IN COUNTRY FIXED.
>> YOU WORK AND KNOW MORE ABOUT
INTELLIGENCE AND NOW THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS
AND HOW STS STRAINED UNDER
DONALD TRUMP.
DEVIN NUNES IS GOING TO RECEIVE
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF
FREEDOM AND MAKING FOOLS OUT OF
THE 12 REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
FOR ANYONE WHO NOT AN EXPERT IN
DEVIN NUNES, YOU COULD TALK
ABOUT HIS ROLE IN TRYING TO
THWART AND THE PRICE HE PAID.
>> I’M NOT GOING COMMENT ON A
CERTAIN COLLEAGUE BUT I WILL SAY
THE HOUSE EFFORT WHEN IT WAS
CONTROLLED BY MR. NUNES PUT
FORWARD NOTHING OF MERIT,
NOTHING THAT WAS FACTUAL.
UNLIKE THE SENATE COMMITTEE
WHICH WAS BIPARTISAN VIRTUALLY
UNANIMOUS IN EACH ONE OF OUR
FIVE REPORTS THAT LAID OUT NOT
ONLY WHAT THE RUSSIANS DID BUT
HOW WE PREVENT THAT GOING
FORWARD, HOW RECOGNIZE THE
THREAT THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS
AND HOW OUR INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES NEED TO PICK UP THEIR
GAME AND THE CONCERN I HAVE FOR
OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHICH
AT THE END OF DAY THE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB IS TO SPEAK TRUTH
TO POWER AND THIS PRESIDENT
DIDN’T WANT TO HEAR THAT TRUTH.
AND I REALLY RESPECT TALKING
ABOUT CIA, NSA, THE FBI IN TERMS
OF OUR DOMESTIC SERVICES, THEY
HAVE HUNG IN BUT THEY’VE BEEN
UNDER BRUTAL ASSAULT FROM AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT DIDN’T WANT