OF THE PRESIDENT WAS UNWORTHY OF
THE GREAT TRADITIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
MARTHA?
>> Martha: JOINING ME NOW
EXCLUSIVELY, HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, DEVIN NUNES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
THERE'S A LOT TO TACKLE, BUT
FIRST TO CAPTAIN'S REPORT FROM
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, MR.
MR. McCABE.
WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE NATURE OF THE LEAKS, WHAT
DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS REPORT
TONIGHT?
>> I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE
MICHAEL HOROWITZ FOR FINALLY
FINDING ONE OF THE LEAKERS.
WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME THAT
TOO MUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN
GETTING OUT FROM THE FBI AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SO I
CONGRATULATE THE DOJ ON THE FBI
MICHAEL HOROWITZ TONIGHT BECAUSE
FINALLY ONE OF THE LEAKERS WERE
FOUND AND IT HAPPENS TO BE
SOMEBODY WHO WAS RIGHT AT THE
TOP.
THERE ARE MANY MORE LEAKERS TO
FIND.
>> Martha: WHEN YOU GO THROUGH
THIS REPORT AND YOU READ A
NUMBER OF THE SUBJECT LINES ARE
REPORTS IN
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND
THEN IT BREAKS DOWN EXACTLY WHAT
WAS LEAKED TO
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND
WHAT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOUND.
IT SAYS ACCORDING TO A PERSON
FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBES, ON
AUGUST 12, A SENIOR JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL CALLED
MR. McCABE TO VOICE HIS
DISPLEASURE AT FINDING THAT
NEW YORK FBI AGENTS WERE STILL
OPENLY PURSUING THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION PROBE DURING THE
ELECTION SEASON.
NOW IT TURNS OUT THAT McCABE
IS BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT
HIMSELF, HE'S THE PERSON THAT
WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY WHO
CALLED TO TALK ABOUT HIMSELF,
RIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS LIKE.
IT'S REALLY SCARY WHEN YOU PUT
TOGETHER THE TEXTS IF WE'RE
GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
PAIGE AND STRZOK AND ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THIS
PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THI
THIS.
PAIGE MAKES ANOTHER APPEARANCE
AND SHE IS ALSO
AT FRONT AND CENTER OF SOME OF
THE ABUSES THAT WERE LOOKING AT
IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
>> Martha: LISA PAGE IS THE
PERSON WHOSE NAME HAS SURFACED
IN THESE TEXTS WHICH WERE VERY
DEROGATORY TOWARDS THE
PRESIDENT.
NOW IT TURNS OUT SHE IS ALSO THE
ONE WHO IS EMPOWERED BY ANDREW
McCABE TO LEAK THESE STORIES
ON HIS BEHALF TO
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,"
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT
MESSAGES, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND
THOSE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDS.
MAYBE NOT, HARD TO READ TOO
MUCH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY
WERE PRETTY CLOSE.
>> Martha: I WANT TO GO TO
JAMES COMEY'S BOOK AND A LETTER
THAT YOU WROTE TODAY TO ROD
ROSENSTEIN, THE DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
YOU ARE ASKING AND YOU'VE BEEN
PRESSING HIM FOR A LOT OF THINGS
PRESSING HIM FOR A LOT OF THING
THINGS, FULL DISCLOSURE
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS,
BUT YOU WERE ASKING HIM FOR THE
MEMOS THAT JAMES COMEY WROTE
AFTER HIS MEETINGS WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND OTHER PARTS OF
THIS INVESTIGATION.
BUT DO YOU EXPECT YOU'RE GOING
TO RECEIVE THOSE?
WHAT RESPONSE HAVE YOU GOTTEN IF
ANY SO FAR?
>> THE LETTER JUST WENT OUT THIS
EVENING AND IT'S FROM CHAIRMAN
GOODLATTE, CHAIRMAN GAUDI, AND
MYSELF.
NOW THAT THE EXCERPTS OF THE
BOOK ARE OUT, IT APPEARS LIKE
THERE IS MUCH OF THE BOOK THAT
COMES FROM THE MEMOS.
THEY WERE ALREADY LEAKED TO
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," THEY
SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE, NOT
JUST TO ALL THE KEY
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, BUT
THEY ALSO SHOULD BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND
THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER THAT THE
THREE OF US SENT TONIGHT IS
ASKING FOR AND THEY HAVE UNTIL
MONDAY TO GET THOSE TO US.
I THINK THEY WILL.
>> Martha: IN TERMS OF ROD
ROSENSTEIN, I'M JUST CURIOUS
WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.
REPORTING AT THE WHITE HOUSE
TONIGHT IS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
NOT GOING TO FIRE HIM
IMMINENTLY.
THERE'S TOO REPORTS THAT HE SAYS
HE'S READY TO BE FIRED IF THAT'S
WHAT'S COMING HIS WAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN
TO ROD ROSENSTEIN?
>> I LIKE ROD ROSENSTEIN AND
CHRISTOPHER WRAY COME OF THE NEW
DIRECTOR OF THE FBI.
THEY INHERITED A MESS.
THEY INHERITED A BIG MESS.
THEY INHERITED SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED IN THE CAMPAIGN WHERE
THEY USE THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
CAPABILITIES OF OUR COUNTRY TO
TARGET THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
THEY CAME INTO THIS, YOU HAVE
DIRECTOR COMEY WHO WAS FIRED,
RIGHTFULLY FIRED WERE FINDING
OUT NOW BY THE BEHAVIOR THAT
HE'S EXHIBITING RECENTLY WITH
HIS NEWFOUND BOOK TO HER.
I GIVE THEM SOME CREDIT AND SOME
LEEWAY THAT THEY NEED TO FIND
THEIR WAY.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS OF THE
UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT
MR. ROSENSTEIN AND DIRECTOR RAY
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S THE BEST POSSIBLE THING
THAT THEY CAN DO AND I THINK I
CAN SET US ON THE PATH FOR THEIR
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT, OUR BRANCH CAN LET
US DO OUR JOBS TO TRY TO PUT
THIS ALL TOGETHER.
SECONDLY, I WOULD SAY, I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THE INVESTIGATORS TO INVESTIGATE
THEMSELVES.
I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MANY,
MANY MONTHS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO
BE A SPECIAL COUNSEL, I KNOW
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF U.S.
ATTORNEYS LOOKING AT SOME OF
THIS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME
PROCESS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF CLEANUP THAT
HAS TO BE DONE.
>> Martha: IN TERMS OF THE
NEWS THAT ALSO WAS BREAKING
TONIGHT WITH REGARDS TO MICHAEL
COHEN THAT WARRANTS THAT WAS
TURNED AT HIS OFFICE, WE KNOW IT
WAS HIS SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX, ALSO
SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY GOT
SOME REPORTING'S AS A RESULT OF
THIS.
ROD ROSENSTEIN HAD TO SIGN OFF
ON THAT.
DO YOU THINK THAT WAS A BRIDGE
TOO FAR FOR HIS JURISDICTION?
>> YOU'RE ASKED ME TO DO SOME
MAJOR SPECULATION WHICH I'LL DO,
BUT I NEED TO CAVIAR AT IT.
THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR DEAL.
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND HOW BIG THIS IS TO
ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE SEARCHED
LIKE THAT.
I WILL ONLY SAY THIS.
WHATEVER THEY HAVE ON MR. COHEN,
IT BETTER BE SOMETHING REALLY,
REALLY BIG.
IF IT ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING
MINOR LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO
FAR, BUT NOT EVEN RELATED TO
RUSSIA COLLUSION, LIKE WE'VE
SEEN WITH SOME OF THESE
INDICTMENTS SO FAR AND THE
MUELLER INVESTIGATION, THEY'RE
SAYING IT'S CRIMINAL, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT POSSIBLY COULD BE,
BUT IT'S A BAD PRECEDENT TO SET,
SO IT BETTER BE SOMETHING BIG.
>> Martha: AS YOU SAY COME OUT
WE ARE READING TEA LEAVES AT
THIS POINT, BUT THEY ARE
INDICATING THAT IT'S CONNECTED
TO HIS PERSONAL FINANCES.
THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THESE TWO
THINGS, IT MAY BE LARGER THAN IT
FIRST APPEARED AND THEN AS YOU
POINT OUT, IT BECOMES A QUESTION
OF WHY THERE IS ANY CONNECTION
WHATSOEVER WITH ROD ROSENSTEIN
AND THE SIGNING OFF ON THIS
WARRANT.
>> WHEN THEY FIRST OPEN THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL, I SUPPORTED IT.
THERE WERE SOME LEAKS THAT WERE
CONFIRMED.
ED WAS A FELONY LEAK AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
I THOUGHT THERE'S DEFINITELY A
CRIME THERE THAT THEY CAN GO AND
LOOK AT.
I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD FIND
IN A COLLUSION, I STILL THINK
THEY DID.
WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY EVIDENCE IN
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN INCLUDING
WITH RUSSIANS.
WE DID FIND EVIDENCE OF THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN COLLUDING WITH
THE RUSSIANS.
I THOUGHT WE'LL GET TO THESE
FELONIES, WILL CLEAR THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND WILL BE PASSED
THAT.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS IT
JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN
INVESTIGATION IN SEARCH OF A
CRIME SO THE MUELLER TEAM HAS
NOW THROWN US OFF TO ANOTHER
JURISDICTION AND MICA SAID, IT
BETTER BE SOMETHING BIG OR I
THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A BAD