WE'LL BE WATCHING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST TWEETED.
HE SAID THIS, IT WAS NEVER
AGREED THAT ROBERT MUELLER COULD
USE ONE OF HIS NEVER TRUMPER
LAWYERS TO SIT WITH HIM AND HELP
HIM WITH HIS ANSWERS.
THIS WAS NOT AGREED TO.
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CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF
WHAT YOU WANT TO GET FROM
MUELLER?
HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO STICK TO
THE REPORT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE NEEDS TO ASK?
>> WELL, WE NEED TO GET TO THE
ORIGINS OF THIS REPORT, THE
CONFLICTS THAT MR. MUELLER HAD.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN HE
DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO
COORDINATION, COLLUSION AND
CONSPIRACY WITH THE RUSSIANS.
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS.
AND HE'S GOING TO TRY TO LIMIT
TESTIMONY BUT HE'S A SUBPOENAED
WITNESS.
HE DOESN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO
COME IN AND JUST SAY WELL, I'M
GOING TO ONLY ANSWER QUESTIONS I
WANT TO ANSWER.
UNLESS HE'S GOING TO ASSERT SOME
KIND OF PRIVILEGE, I EXPECT HIM
TO ANSWER EVERY QUESTION THAT'S
PUT TO HIM TODAY, INCLUDING THE
ONES I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT.
MARIA: HE'S GOING TO BE ASKED
ABOUT THE STEELE DOSSIER, WHAT
HE DID IN TERMS OF WHEN HE FOUND
THAT STEELE DOSSIER, WHEN HE
LOOKED AT IT, WHAT IT DID IN
TERMS OF HIS MUELLER REPORT, HOW
MUCH OF THAT IS IN IT.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND THE ORIGINS OF THAT, WHY HE
CONTINUED TO GET FISA WARRANTS,
WHY HE STOPPED GETTING FISA
WARRANTS, ALL OF THESE THINGS
ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
FLESH OUT WHAT WAS NOT PUT INTO
THE MUELLER REPORT AND WE'LL SEE
HOW IT GOES.
BUT I THINK ON ONE HAND IT COULD
BE POTENTIALLY A BIG DUD BECAUSE
IF THE CHAIRMAN ALLOWS HIM TO
JUST SAY I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER
THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN MY
REPORT, IT'S GOING TO BE
BASICALLY A DUD FOR BOTH SIDES.
BOTH SIDES WON'T GET WHAT THEY
WANT TO KNOW AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL BE LEFT IN THE DARK
ON THIS.
DAGEN: CONGRESSMAN, BOB MUELLER
PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT THE REPORT
IS HIS TESTIMONY AND HE PLANS TO
SUBMIT THE FULL REPORT AS HIS
OPENING STATEMENT.
PUTTING AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON
THAT.
BUT DO THE REPUBLICANS, YOURSELF
INCLUDED, RUN THE RISK THAT IF
YOU HAMMER HIM ON QUESTIONS THAT
HE CLEARLY IS NOT WILLING TO
ANSWER, THAT YOU LOOK BAD AND
THAT YOU OVERPLAY YOUR HAND?
>> WELL, IT THOSE BE DONE IN A
CERTAIN WAY, DAGEN.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ASK THE
QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE NEED TO
ALSO SHOW THAT MR. MUELLER WON'T
ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT I THINK
ALL OF US WANT TO KNOW.
WHEN I SAY ALL OF US, LET'S JUST
FACE IT.
MOST OF AMERICA HAS GOTTEN OVER
THE MUELLER THING.
BUT THOSE OF US WHO ARE STILL
INVOLVED IN THIS, WE REALLY WANT
TO KNOW ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
LIKE ORIGINS, WHEN DID YOU KNOW
THERE WAS NO CONSPIRACY, THE
FISA ISSUES.
I MEAN, THESE THINGS WE WANT TO
KNOW AND IF HE'S NOT GOING TO
ANSWER THEM, THEN WE'RE GOING TO
MAKE HIM SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
MARIA: WHAT ABOUT THAT?
ROBERT MUELLER TAKES OVER IN MAY
OF 2017.
MAY OF 2017.
YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE YEAR
AND-A-HALF.
THEN YOU HAVE THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
WHEN DO YOU THINK HE FIGURED OUT
THERE WAS NO COLLUSION.
>> I'M LOOKING TO WHEN HE QUIT
GETTING FISA WARRANTS AND THAT
WAS IN THE FALL OF '17.
I THINK HE KNEW PRETTY EARLY ON
THAT CERTAIN AREAS OF THIS WERE
NOT GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO
RUSSIAN COLLUSION OR CONSPIRACY.
AND THAT HE SWITCHED HIS
DIRECTION.
LOOK, HE STARTED LOOKING AT
10-YEAR-OLD TAX BEEFS FOR PAUL
MANAFORT, 10-YEAR-OLD.
AND I MEAN SO AT SOME POINT THEY
SWITCHED THEIR FOCUS AND REALLY
EXPANDED THEIR SCOPE AND STOPPED
LOOKING AT RUSSIAN CONSPIRACY
WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
MARIA: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
JOSEPH MISSFOOT IN A SECOND.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REPORTING ON
THIS GUY.
WE'VE GOT A FORMER U.S.
ATTORNEY, BUD CUMMINGS ON THE
SET THIS MORNING.
>> I THOUGHT THE CONGRESSMAN
MADE A GOOD POINT.
I DO ANTICIPATE THAT IF YOU ASK
HIM THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS
THAT AREN'T IN THE REPORT, ABOUT
THE ORIGIN AND THE
INVESTIGATION, THAT HE'S GOING
TO TRY AND SAY, WELL, I'M A
PROSECUTOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE
CONFIDENTIAL MATTERS AND IT'S
NOT IN THE REPORT.
BUT YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE
REPORT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
PUBLIC.
SO WHERE DOES HE DRAW THAT LINE.
THIS REPORT SHOULD NOT BE
PUBLIC, CONGRESSMAN.
SO HOW DOES HE SAY, WELL,ISM
ONLY GOING TO ADDRESS THINGS IN
THE REPORT AND NOT OTHER THINGS
BECAUSE HE REALLY CAN'T DEFEND
THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO
BE READING ALLOWED FROM THIS
REPORT TODAY.
IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
>> WELL, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND SO THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING
TO TURN IT INTO A READERS'
THEATER WHICH I DON'T THINK
MAKES FOR GOOD TELEVISION IF YOU
WANT THE TRUTH.
MR. MUELLER IS GOING TO TRY TO
SAY, LOOK, I JUST DID WHAT I HAD
TO DO.
HE'S GOING TO ON ONE HAND HE'S
GOING TO SAY THIS WAS UNIQUE,
WHICH IS WHY WE PUBLISHED THIS.
AND ON THE OTHER HAND HE'S GOING
TO SAY THIS IS UNIQUE, THAT'S
WHY I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS
BEYOND THE REPORT AND WHAT I
TOLD YOU.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS, I THINK AND I DON'T
THINK THAT'S GOING TO PLAY VERY
WELL FOR EITHER SIDE.
MARIA: AG BARR HAS JOHN DURHAM
INVESTIGATING THIS AND DURHAM'S
TEAM IS LOOKING TO INTERVIEW
JOSEPH MISSFOOT ACCORDING TO
JOHN SOLOMON FROM THE HILL.
MISSFOOT TASKED WITH GIVING
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS ACCESS TO
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE, BASICALLY
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS MET MISSFOOT
IN ROME AND HE DROPS A BOMB ON
HIS LAP BY SAYING THE RUSSIANS
HAVE HILLARY CLINTON'S.
MAILS.
I ASKED GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS
ABOUT THAT MEETING IN ROME.
HE TELLS YOU RUSSIA HAS E-MAILS
OF HILLARY CLINTON'S AND THIS IS
THE BOMB THAT YOU FEEL WAS THE
WHOLE REASON THAT THEY WANTED
YOU TO GO TO ROME, TO MEET HIM,
BECAUSE THEY WANTED HIM TO TELL
YOU ABOUT THESE.
E-MAILS THAT
RUSSIA HAD OF HILLARY CLINTON,
IS THAT RIGHT.
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
MARIA: THEY WANTED YOU TO TELL
TRUMP ABOUT RUSSIA HAVING
HILLARY CLINTON E-MAILS.
DID YOU DO THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THAT WASN'T MY JOB.
MARIA: YOU TOLD THE FBI, YOU
BELIEVE YOU MET HIM IN MARCH
WHEN IN FACT YOU MET HIM IN
APRIL AND THAT WAS THE PERJURY.
SO YOU WENT TO JAIL FOR WHAT?
HOW MANY NIGHTS?
>> I WENT TO JAIL FOR 11 NIGHTS
BECAUSE OF THIS, AFTER I HAD
HONEY POTS MONEY THROWN MY WAY,
WIRETAPS, SURVEILLANCE BY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND I GET
CAUGHT IN SOME PERJURY TRAP AND
GO TO JAIL TORE 11 NIGHTS.
IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
MARIA: YOU FEEL THIS WAS
ENTRAPMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I FEEL IT WAS ENTRAPMENT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE
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LETTER HE SET TO SECRETARY
POMPEO AND GINA HASKELL TO GET
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PERSON,
MISSFOOT.
IF IT'S PROVEN HE WAS ENTRAPPING
ME, AND THERE WAS A COORDINATED
EFFORT BETWEEN VARIOUS
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, INCLUDING
THE DIA AND AUSTRALIANS TO
EXTRACT FAKE INFORMATION AND SPY
ON ME WITH ANOTHER HONEY POT IN
LONDON, THIS THING REEKS OF
SPYING,EN P
SPYING, E P
SPYING, ENTRAPMENT AND ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR.
MARIA: WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF FINDING OUT THAT JOSEPH
MISSFOOT WORKED FOR THE FBI?
>> THE SIGNIFICANCE IS, THIS WAS
THE INCIDENT THAT STARTED THE
WHOLE WRETCHED AFFAIR AND
MISSFOOT IS WORKING FOR THE FBI
AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHY HE WAS
WORKING THERE AND WHY THEY SET
UP PAPADOPOULOS.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN ABSOLUTE SETUP
BASED ON EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN,
BOTH PUBLICLY AND BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AND IT LOOKS LIKE A SETUP
TO HE ME
TO ME ME
TO ME AE
TO ME AND IF THIS WHOLE THING
WAS STARTED WITH BAD FALSE
MOTIVES AND INTENTIONS ON THE
PART OF SOME PEOPLE IN OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IMAGINE WHAT
THAT DOES TO A FREE REPUBLIC,
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC LIKE WE
V WE
HAWE
HAVE.