CABINET LEVEL OFFICIALS
AUTHORIZED TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> Steve: GOP SENATOR FROM
FLORIDA MARCO RUBIO.
JOINS US NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Steve: WELL MAYBE IT IS
THINGS A NOTE FROM KIM JONG UN
TO PRESIDENT TRUMP HE WANTED TO
KEEP HIS HANDS ON.
IF TRUE, THIS "WASHINGTON POST"
REPORT HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS MAR-A-LAGO ONLY A
CABINET-LEVEL OFFICER SHOULD
LOOK AT.
DOESN’T SEEM LIKE SOMETHING YOU
SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR POST
PRESIDENTIAL DRAWER.
>> ALL THIS INFORMATION IS
COMING FROM ONE SIDE, ONE PLACE.
WHO ARE THE SOURCES?
FBI AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE LEAKING TO THE MEDIA.
GENERALLY, WHEN THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION BY FBI OR JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT THEY ARE NOT
ACKNOWLEDGING THERE IS AN
INVESTIGATION.
THESE PEOPLE ARE STRATEGICALLY
LEAKING INFORMATION CAN’T BE
REBUTTED FOR A REASON.
THAT IS POLITICS TO INFLUENCE
THE NARRATIVE.
I AM SKEPTICAL.
WHOLE THING ABOUT ONLY CABINET
OFFICIALS COULD KNOW.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY
CLASSIFICATION WORKS.
IT IS BASED ON THE COMPARTMENT,
WHAT LEVEL THEN THE NEED TO KNOW
BASIS.
THIRD THING I WOULD SAY IS, AS A
MEMBER OF THE GANG OF EIGHT
WHICH IS EIGHT OFFICIALS IN
CONGRESS WITH INSIGHT AND
INTELLIGENCE.
WE ARE READ INTO ALL KINDS OF
THINGS, WE WERE NEVER APPROACHED
THERE IS A MASSIVE BREWING
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE THREAT TO
THE UNITED STATES.
IF YOU READ ALL OF IT, THEY ARE
HEAVILY REDACTED.
VERY EARLY ON, GOVERNMENT SENT A
LETTER TO TRUMP’S LAWYER SAYING
WE THINK YOU ARE IN POSSESSION
OF X NUMBER OF BOXES, DIDN’T SAY
IMMEDIATELY RETURN THEM.
STORE THEM SOME WHERE BEHIND
LOCK AND KEY.
WHY DIDN’T THEY IMMEDIATELY
DEMAND THE RETURN?
WHY DIDN’T THEY COME TO GANG OF
EIGHT.
WE HAVE THIS MAJOR PROBLEM ON
OUR HANDS.
WE GET CONSTANT LEAKS.
ONLY REASON TO LEAK TO THE MEDIA
TO INFLUENCE THE NARRATIVE.
THIS IS BEING POLITICIZED DOING
DAMAGE TO FBI AND JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO IMPORTANT
INSTITUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> Ainsley: IN THE ARTICLE,
AGENTS GREW SO ALARMED THEY
REALIZED THEY SHOULDN’T EVEN BE
READING THEM.
IF THAT IS TRUE, COULD THAT
EXPLAIN WHY THEY TOOK MEDICAL
RECORDS TRUMP SAYS THEY DID OR
TAX RETURNS?
>> THAT WOULDN’T EXPLAIN IT.
NEITHER WOULD BE RELEVANT.
SECOND POINT, WE GO BACK TO
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT STATE OF
MIND OF THE AGENTS IF THAT IS
EVEN TRUE.
WHAT IS THE ONLY REASON TO DO
THAT?
IF YOU ARE CONDUCTING A SERIOUS
INVESTIGATION YOU DON’T HEAR
ABOUT THEM.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WON’T
ACKNOWLEDGE SOMEONE IS BEING
INVESTIGATED.
THEY WON’T DO IT EITHER WAY,
THEY WON’T COMMENT ESPECIALLY
SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES A FORMER
PRESIDENT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
EVERYDAY SOMEONE IN THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS LEAKING.
WHY WOULD YOU LEAK?
THAT IS TO CREATE A NARRATIVE.
WHY DO YOU CREATE A NARRATIVE?
FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE.
THEY ARE PROVING THEY ARE
POLITICIZING BY WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING THE
PLEADINGS TO SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
>> Brian: SENATOR, I KNOW YOU
ARE IN A BIG ELECTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FBI LOSES CONTROL.
LET ME GRAB CONTROL BACK