>>> WELCOME BACK. I’M DAVID GURA.
A CHORUS OF CALLS -- I’M GOING
TO READ FROM A STATEMENT FROM
PELOSI AND SCHUMER.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE
RIGHT FOR TRUTH.
THE WATCH WORD IS TRANSPARENCY.
HERE IS HOW THE NEXT STEPS ARE
DESCRIBED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.
THE MAKING OF THE EPIC
INSTITUTIONAL VALUE TO KEEP
INFORMATION SECRET FROM CONGRESS
STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE ON FRIDAY.
JOINING ME NOW IS CONGRESSMAN
PRIM LA JAYAPAL A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I WANT TO START WITH WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE KELLY O’DONNELL
REPORTED.
REPORTED. THERE’S GOING TO BE A PHONE
CALL.
CALL. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HEAR?
>> THE PHONE CALLS ARE TO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY IS IN THE SAME
PLACE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE KNOW
AND WHAT OUR STRATEGY IS, I ON
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND WE
IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAVE
BEEN IN TOUCH OVER THE WEEKS AND
MONTHS OF WHAT IS COMING
FORWARD.
FORWARD. WE KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS THE MUELLER
REPORT NEEDS TO BE RELEASED IN
ITS ENTIRETY.
ITS ENTIRETY. WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CERTAIN
PIECES THERE THAT MAY NEED TO
ONLY BE PRESENTED TO CONGRESS
AND NOT TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT, REALLY, THE PUBLIC HAS A
RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THIS
REPORT, NOT JUST THE OVERALL
CONCLUSIONS THAT ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR IS TALKING ABOUT,
BUT ACTUALLY THE UNDERLYING
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. I THINK, SECOND ON THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR,
THE MUELLER REPORT IS A KEY
PART, BUT ONLY A PART OF THE
ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE,
IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT.
THAT INCLUDES INTO OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE, PUBLIC CORRUPTION
AND ABUSE OF POWER.
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS WILL
CONTINUE.
CONTINUE. FINALLY, I THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
REFLECT ON A 22-MONTH
INVESTIGATION THAT HAS PRODUCED
34 PUBLIC INDICTMENTS, INCLUDING
SEVEN GUILTY PLEAS, INCLUDING
SIX OF THOSE GUILTY PLEAS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO TOP TRUMP
CAMPAIGN OFFICIALS COMMITTING
CRIMES.
CRIMES. I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY WE
HAVE TO OUR CONSTITUTION, AND TO
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY AS
WE LOOK AT ALL THIS INFORMATION
AND CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATIONS.
>> YOU MENTION THAT STRATEGY.
I WONDER HOW MUCH UNITY THERE IS
AMONG DEMOCRATS AT THIS POINT?
WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?
IS IT TO SEE THE REPORT IN FULL?
TO GET BOB MUELLER BEFORE THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY?
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY TO SEE THE
REPORT IN FULL.
WE NEED THAT INFORMATION.
IT’S IMPORTANT.
IT’S IMPORTANT. BOB MUELLER IS A VERY CREDIBLE
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND CAME
UP WITH A LOT OF PIECES OF
INFORMATION THAT ARE RELEVANT TO
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ON
JUDICIARY.
JUDICIARY. I THINK, ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU
MAY KNOW, WE LAUNCHED AN
INVESTIGATION CHAIRMAN NADLER
AND THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS, 81
PIECES OF INFORMATION WE WERE
SEEKING.
SEEKING. THEY ARE PIECES OF INFORMATION
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED,
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
IN OTHER CASES THAT ARE ONGOING.
REMEMBER, JUST BECAUSE BOB
MUELLER MAY NOT BE RECOMMENDS
INDICTMENTS, WE DON’T KNOW THAT
FOR SURE, THERE ARE PIECES THAT
HE HAS ALMOST FARMED OUT TO
OTHER PLACES THAT WE NEED TO GET
THE INFORMATION ON.
AND, WE, THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
NEED TO CALL FORWARD WITNESSES
TO CONTINUE OUR MASSIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO ALL THESE
DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE
RELATED TO THE CONSTITUTION AND
THAT REALLY OUR COMMITTEE HAS
JURISDICTION OVER.
JURISDICTION OVER. >> I’M GLAD YOU TOOK US THERE.
FELIX IS GOING TO SIT DOWN IN
FRONT OF YOUR COMMITTEE, HE’S
SCHEDULED TO.
SCHEDULED TO. IT’S BEEN MOVED AT LEAST ONE
TIME.
TIME. HOW HAS THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS
REPORT CHANGED TO A HEARING OF
THAT ONE?
THAT ONE? >> AGAIN, THE REPORT IS GOING TO
HAVE VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. IT’S NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SAY HE IS
GOING TO BRIEF US.
WE THEEDNEED TO SEE THE ENTIRE T
THERE ARE PIECES IN THAT REPORT
THAT WILL BE RELEVANT TO OUR
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CAN’T
HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, OR THE
PRESIDENT TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,
IF IT IS LONG-STANDING POLICY,
WE DON’T AGREE WITH THIS.
IF THEY ARE CLAIMING THERE’S
LONG-STANDING POLICY YOU CAN’T
INDICT A SITTING PRESIDENT, BUT
THERE’S INFORMATION WITHIN THIS
THAT ALLOWS US, CONGRESS, TO DO
OUR JOB IN DECIDING WHAT ROLE
THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD OR WHAT
CRIMES MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED,
THEN IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THAT
INFORMATION, TO MAKE THE
DETERMINATION ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER. VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AS
WELL TO KNOW WHAT THIS
PRESIDENT’S ROLE HAS BEEN, WHAT
POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE
CONSTITUTION OR LACK THEREOF,
MAY BE HERE.
THIS IS CRITICAL TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
DEMOCRACY. >> LASTLY, I’M LOOKING AT THIS
ONE-PAGE LETTER SENT TO YOUR
COMMITTEE AND THE RANKING MEMBER
ANNOUNCING THIS HAPPENED.
I WANT TO GET A SENSE OF YOUR
ESTIMATION, THE WAY YOU HOLD
BILL BARR IN YOUR ESTIMATION IN
LIGHT OF THIS LETTER SAYING
MUELLER DIDN’T ENCOUNTER
INTERFERENCE AND INTENDS TO HAVE
TRANSPARENCY AND WORK WITH
MUELLER GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT
TO RELEASE.
TO RELEASE. GIVE YOUR SENSE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE YOU
HAVE IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> I WANT TO TRUST THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS GOING TO BE
COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
AMERICAN PUBLIC. THERE HAVE BEEN STATEMENTS HE
MADE IN THE PAST THAT MAKE ME
NERVOUS ABOUT THAT.
AT THIS POINT, I AM BELIEVING
THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS
GOING TO RELEASE ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION AND THAT HE IS ON
THE SIDE OF OUR CONSTITUTION, ON
THE SIDE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND NOT DISPLAYING UNDUE LOYALTY
TOWARD THE PRESIDENT.
REPUBLICANS, FRANKLY, HAVE
REALLY UNDERMINED WHATEVER LONG
STANDING PRECEDENT MAY HAVE BEEN
AROUND THE RELEASE OF
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, AS WE
SAW WITH DEVIN NUNES, YOU KNOW,
800,000 PAGES OF HILLARY
CLINTON’S E-MAILS AND GOING BACK
TO WATERGATE.
TO WATERGATE. THERE IS REAL PRECEDENT FOR THIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DO EXACTLY