QUESTIONS FOR YOU THE NEXT TIME WE TALK.
WE TALK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU GOT IT.O MUCH.
>> YOU GOT IT. >>> JOINING ME NOW FROM LOS
ANGELES IS THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON
THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF.
WELCOME BACK TO "MEET THE
PRESS," SIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, YOU
HEARD ROGER STONES DENIALS WHEN
IT COMES TO THE SPECIFICITIES
AND THEYRE VERY SPECIFIC
DENIALS AND JUST CURIOUS OF YOUR
REACTION THERE.
YOUR COMMITTEE DID INTERVIEW HIM. COMMITTEE DID INTERVIEW
HIM.
DO YOU BELIEVE HIS DENIALS? >> WELL, LOOK, ROGER STONE IS
KNOWN FOR A LOT OF THINGS AND
CANDOR ISNT REALLY ONE OF THEM
AND EITHER HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE
OUR COMMITTEE ARE UNTRUE OR HIS
PUBLIC STATEMENTS ARE UNTRUE.
BOTH CANNOT BE FACT BECAUSE THEYRE INCONSISTENT WITH EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO FIND
OUT WHICH WAS THE CASE IN OUR
COMMITTEE.
WE SHOULD HAVE USED COMPULSORY
PROCESS TO OBTAIN HIS PRIVATE
TEXT OR TWITTER MESSAGES WITH WIKILEAKS AND SOMETHING THAT HE
WAS FORCED TO DISCLOSE WHEN THEY
CAME TO LIGHT, AND SO HIS PUBLIC
COMMENTS THAT HE NEVER HAD
CONTACT WITH WIKILEAKS AND HE NEVER HAD CONTACT WITH THE HE
NEVER HAD CONTACT WITH THE INTERMEDIARIES OF THE RUSSIANS
ARE INCONSIST WENT CERTAIN FACTS
AND WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO
FOLLOW THE EVIDENTIARY TRAIL,
AND I SUSPECT BOB MUELLER IS AND
THATS WHY SO MANY OF ROGER
STONES CONFEDERATES ARE BEING
BROUGHT IN, BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO
DO THAT INVESTIGATION AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT
PERMITTED TO.
PERMITTED TO.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT,
I ASKED MR. STONE IF HE WAS
PREPARING TO BE INDICTED AND HE
SAID HE WAS PREPARED IF THAT IS
WHAT CAME.
HE WASNT SAYING WHETHER HE EXPECTED IT SOON.HETHER HE
EXPECTED IT SOON. YOURE A FORMER PROSECUTOR.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO US, THERE
WERE FOUR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THIS INVESTIGATION THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN INTERVIEWED BY BOB MUELLER.
MICHAEL COHEN, BRAD PARSCALE,
THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR 2020,
BY THE WAY, ROGER STONE AND THE
PRESIDENTS SON DONALD TRUMP JR.
AS A FORMER PROSECUTOR WHY WOULD
SPECIAL COUNSEL BOB MUELLER,
SOMEONE WHO DID NOT INTERVIEW
SOMEBODY EVEN THOUGH THEY APPEAR
TO BE SO IMPORTANT TO AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION.
EXPLAIN WHY THAT WOULD BE THE CASE?IN WHY THAT WOULD BE THE
CASE? >> IT COULD BE ONE OF TWO
REASONS.
REASONS.
IT COULD BE THAT THEYRE SAVING
THE INTERVIEWS, LIKE THE
INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR
LAST AFTER THEYVE DONE THE
GROUNDWORK.
IT MAKES SENSE TO FIND OUT ALL
YOU CAN BEFORE YOU BRING IN CERTAIN KEY WITNESSES OR IT
COULD BE THAT THEYRE A TARGET
OF THE INVESTIGATION.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN
BREATHE EASY ABOUT THAT YOU
HAVENT BEEN CALLED IN.
SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT INDICATE
THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE TARGET OF
THE INVESTIGATION AND MORE
LIKELY TO BE CHARGED THAN
INTERVIEWED AND IT COULD BE
EITHER OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
CONTROVERSY INVOLVING THE FBI
INFORMANT.
INFORMANT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR
REPUBLICAN COUNTERPART IN THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, HE WANTS
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUST TOYS
RELEASE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS INFORMANT.
THIS INFORMANT.
WE NOW KNOW WHO THIS PERSON IS.
WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE OF THIS FBI INFORMANT? AWARE OF
THIS FBI INFORMANT? >> I DO NOT WANT TO CHARACTERIZE
WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL MAY OR MAY
NOT BE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE FBI,
EVEN THE WHITE HOUSE ALTHOUGH
CLEARLY NOT THE PRESIDENT HAS
SAID THAT REVEALING INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL COULD
COMPROMISE PEOPLES LIVES.
IT COULD BETRAY A RELATIONSHIP
WITH OUR ALLIES, IT COULD
COMPROMISE THE INVESTIGATION
ACCIDENT PRESIDENTS RESPONSE
AND CHAIRMAN NUNES, GOWDEN AND
OTHERS SAY WE DONT CARE.
WHATEVER IS IN SERVICE OF THE
PRESIDENT WERE WILLING TO DO.
THIS IS A DRAMATIC AND NEW AND
DESTRUCTIVE LOW FOR THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES BASICALLY
TO IGNORE THE WARNINGS OF THE
FBI AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND
POT SHALLY RISK PEOPLES LIVES.
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THIS
INFORMATION FOR IS CLEARLY TO BE
OF SERVICE TO THE TRUMP DEFENSE
TEAM AND FURTHER ANY NARRATIVE
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE.
THE MOST I CAN TELL YOU, CHUCK, THIS CLAIM BY THE PRESIDENTSCK,
THIS CLAIM BY THE PRESIDENTS SUGGESTION BY GIULIANI IS THAT
THERE IS A POLITICAL SPY
EMBEDDED IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
IS NONSENSE AND YOU HEAR IT IN
THE SAME TERMS THAT TRUMP OFTEN
SPEAKS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING OR
IM HEARING OR WERE BEING TOLD,
THATS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING
THIS IS PATENTLY UNTRUE, BUT WE
WOULD LIKE TO SPREAD IT ANYWAY
AND ITS SINGULARLY DESTRUCTIVE
OF OUR INSTITUTIONS, BUT THATS
THE POINT.
THE POINT.
>> IN FAIRNESS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTERS, THEY LOOK AT
THE HISTORY OF THIS INFORMANT.
THEY SEE THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND EVEN
POSSIBLY POLITICAL ESPIONAGE IN
1980 AND THEY THINK WHY
SHOULDNT THEY BE SUSPICIOUS OF
THIS?
THIS?
>> AGAIN, I CANT COMMENT ON THE
IDENTITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OR
SOURCE, BUT I CAN SAY THIS. THIS IS PART OF A STRING OF
MERITLESS ALLEGATIONS FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING THAT I WAS
WIRETAPPED IN TRUMP TOWER, THERE
IS A VAST UNOF COURSEMASKING CON
AND THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WITH
THE STEELE DOSSIER AND ALL OF
WHICH IS UNTRUE ITS DESIGNED TO
CREATE THIS ALTERNATE REALITY
FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
>> VERY QUICKLY, YOU ARE
CONFIDENT THE FBI ACTED
APPROPRIATELY.
APPROPRIATELY.
>> I AM CONFIDENT.
EVERYTHING IVE SEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NEGLIGENT FOR THE FBI
NOT TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THE
COUNTRY IN THE MIDST OF THE
INFORMATION IT WAS RECEIVING.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A BOMBSHELL NEW
ADDITION TO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
THE MUELLER PROBE.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND "WALL
STREET JOURNAL," ANOTHER MEETING
THAT MIGHT BECOME INFAMOUS.
TRUMP JUNIOR AND OTHER AIDES MET
WITH GOLF EMISSARY TO WIN
ELECTION.
ELECTION.
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PLAYERS?YOU TELL ME ABOUT
THE PLAYERS? YOU HAVE GEORGE NADER AS THE
EMISSARY CLAIMING HE HAD TWO
PRINCES IN GULF STATE COUNTRIES
WILLING TO HELP THE PRESIDENT
AND BETSY DeVOS BROTHER AND
ALSO SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS,
ANIS RAILAN
ANIS RAILAN ISRAELI FORM IS INCLUDED IN
HERE.
HERE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? >> WE SOUGHT TO BRING IN GEORGE?
>> WE SOUGHT TO BRING IN GEORGE NADER AND THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS
WERE UNWILLING TO DO SO.
HE COULD HAVE SHED LIGHT ON THIS
AS WELL AS ERIC PRINCES
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
WAS TRUE OR UNTRUE.
I CAN SAY THIS, IF THESE FACTS
ARE ACCURATE IT DEMONSTRATES YET
AGAIN HOW NOT ONLY WILLING, BUT
EAGER THE PRESIDENTS SON AND
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WERE TO
SOLICIT TO RECEIVE FOREIGN HELP,
AND I COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH
MR. GIULIANI, RECEIVING,
SOLICITING, USING FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE IS A CRIME.
YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO GET THE
HELP OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT,
FRIENDLY OR UNFRIENDLY.
IF IT IS ACCURATE, IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TRUMP
TOWER MEETING.
TOWER MEETING. >> WAS THIS STUFF NEW TO YOU
GUYS?
GUYS?
ON THE HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE?
>> THE SPECIFICS OF THIS WERE
CERTAINLY NEW, YES, AND OF COURSE, DISTURBING AS YETF
COURSE, DISTURBING AS YET ANOTHER INDICATION OF THE
WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT FOREIGN