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I WANT TO ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
FIRST, INVESTIGATING THE
INVESTIGATORS.
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE
DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB EXPOSING
WHAT WENT ON EARLY IN 2016 IN
THE ELECT WHEN IT CERTAINLY
APPEARED THAT OFFICIALS AT THE
FBI AND THE DOJ PUT THEIR FINGER
ON THE SCALE.
THAT'S WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR IS LOOKING AT.
HE SAID THAT THE PUBLIC MUST
KNOW IF OFFICIALS, QUOTE, PUT
THEIR THUMB ON THE SCALE IN THE
RUSSIA PROBE.
TELL ME WHERE WE ARE IN THIS,
CONGRESSMAN, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
WE.
ARE WE WE GOING TO SEE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
GIVEN THERE WERE INFORMANTS,
WIRETAPPING, EVEN CASH DROPPED
IN GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS' LAP.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW.
>> WITH A U.S. ATTORNEY BEING
APPOINTED UNDER THE WATCH OF
BILL BARR, HAVE THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
PUTTING SOMEONE WHO IS HE VERY
CREDIBLE IN CHARGE.
I DIDN'T KNOW MR. DURHAM BEFORE
BUT HE COMES WITH A VERY SOLID
RESUME.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK
FOR NOW IS AS THEY BEGIN TO PUT
THIS TEAM TOGETHER, THEY'VE ALSO
SAID, WHICH THIS MAKES ME VERY
HAPPY, IS THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK
AT THE WORK OF THE I.G.,
MR. HOROWITZ, THEY'RE GOING TO
LOOK AT WHAT THE HOUSE HAS DONE,
HOUSE REPUBLICANS, THEY'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT WHAT THE SENATE HAS
DONE.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANY
OTHER INFORMATION THAT'S OUT
THERE INCLUDING WHISTLEBLOWERS
AND OTHERS TO MAKE AN
EVALUATION.
IS THERE GOING TO BE THE
ACCOUNTABILITY?
YES.
AND I THINK WHAT BILL BARR IS
SAYING IS, HE'S NOT JUMPING TO
ANY CONCLUSIONS, WHICH HE SHOULD
NOT.
HE JUST BECAME THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
HE WANTS TO HAVE AN ASSESSMENT
OF HOW THIS BEGAN.
YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE MADE
CRIMINAL REFERRALS.
THOSE ATTORNEY GENERAL-A-THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS WELL AWARE
OF WHAT THOSE ARREST.
WHEN DURHAM GETS UP AND GOING,
WE'LL BE READY TO MEET WITH HIM
WHEN HE'S READY.
MARIA: SOME SCEPTICS OF THIS
SAY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS PUT
IN BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT FIRED
JIM COMEY.
WE KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE, THAT
IN FACT THIS WAS A CONTINUATION
OF THE FBI'S INVESTIGATION INTO
DONALD TRUMP.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ALL
YOU CAN REALLY DO IS MAKE FUN OF
THESE FOOLS.
OKAY?
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO BUT
JUST LAUGH.
I MEAN, HOW IS IT THAT THE FBI
-- AGAIN, BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK
-- HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS.
THE FBI IS USING THE STEELE
INFORMATION AND NOBODY IN THE
FBI SEEMS TO KNOW THAT THERE'S
NOT A CONSOLATE, A RUSSIAN
CONSOLATE IN MIAMI.
THIS IS -- IT'S JUST OUT RAY.
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>> IN THE STEELE DOSSIER THEY
CLAIMED THE WHOLE OPERATION, THE
WHOLE OPERATION TO WORK WITH
TRUMP PEOPLE IS BEING RUN, THE
MONEY AND THE ASSETS ARE BEING
RUN OUT OF THE RUSSIAN CONSOLATE
IN MIAMI.
MARIA: RIDICULOUS.
>> THERE'S NOT ONE.
NOW, I DIDN'T PAY UP TO
$40 MILLION FOR THE MULE
$40 MILLION FOR THE MUEE
$40 MILLION FOR THE MUELLER TEAM
TO WRITE A REPORT THAT WAS
NUMBER ONE BASED ON NEWS
REPORTS, I MEAN, HOW LAUGHABLE
IS THAT.
IF I WOULD HAVE PUT A REPORT OUT
WHEN THE REPUBLICANS PUT THE
REPORT OUT-TAKE-
MARIA: THIS IS BASED ON YAHOO
NEWS.
THEY LEAKED THE STORIES TO YAHOO
NEWS.
>> IN SOME CASES IT WAS CIRCULAR
REPORTING.
YOU'VE GOT THAT GOING ON IN THE
MUELLER REPORT.
AND THE MUELLER REPORT DOESN'T
MENTION THAT, HEY, THERE IS NO
RUSSIAN CONSOLATE IN MIAMI.
SO IT APPEARS THE ONLY ONES THAT
KNOW ABOUT A RUSSIAN CONSOLATE
IN MIAMI IS CHRISTOPHER STEELE
AND THE MUELLER DOSSIER TEAM.
MARIA: AS THE PUBLIC HAD THEIR
HAIR ON FIRE FOR TWO YEARS,
SPECULATING THAT DONALD TRUMP
COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS,
YOU'VE GOT JOHN BRENNAN, THE
FORMER CIA DIRECTOR, SAYING THAT
DONALD TRUMP COMMITTED TREASON
WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY THAT HE
IS USING HIS TITLE TO GO AROUND
AND MAKE THESE CLAIMS WHICH NOW
OF COURSE WE KNOW OFFICIALLY WAS
NONSENSE.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOME OF THESE
GUYS, BRENNAN, COMEY, PETER
STRZOK?
>> ALL OF THOSE GUYS ARE --
THERE'S A LOT OF LAWS HERE THAT
I THINK WE'RE CONCERNED WITH.
NUMBER ONE, LYING TO CONGRESS.
DID YOU LIE TO CONGRESS?
DID YOU LEAK INFORMATION TO THE
MEDIA?
I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT ONE IS
DID YOU OBSTRUCT OUR
INVESTIGATION, RIGHT, BECAUSE
PEOPLE FORGET THIS INFORMATION
THAT CAME OUT JUST RECENTLY IS
IS THAT THERE'S.
MAILS THAT ARE SITTING, I THINK
JOHN RATCLIFFE TALKED ABOUT
THESE ON YOUR SHOW.
MARIA: YES, HE DID.
>> THERE ARE E-MAILS AT THE --
THEY WERE AT THE FBI THAT WERE
PERTINENT TO OUR INVESTIGATION,
INTERVIEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER
STEELE WHO WROTE THE DOSSIER
THAT STARTED THIS WHOLE MESS OR
ONE OF THE REASONS FOR STARTING
THIS WHOLE MESS, THEY WERE NEVER
GIVEN TO CONGRESS, NOT TO
MENTION THEY WEREN'T EVEN GIVEN
TO THE I.G.
THE I.G. DIDN'T HAVE THEM UNTIL
A FEW WEEKS AGO.
MARIA: THE I.G. REPORT IS OUT
WITHIN A MONTH, DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS
IS THAT THE I.G. IS WRAPPING UP
AND I THINK NOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE
TO GO AND REVIEW.
REMEMBER, THE I.G. CAN ONLY
INTERVIEW PEOPLE THAT CURRENTLY
WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
MARIA: WE'RE GOING TO BE ON IT
AS WE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
I WAS.
TO GIVE THIS BREAKING NEWS TO
OUR AUDIENCE.
THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED UP TO
A SIX MONTH DELAY ON THE AUTO
TARIFFS DECISION, A LITTLE
BREATHING ROOM FOR SOME PEOPLE
WHO ARE LOOKING AT EUROPE AND
JAPAN WITH WORRIES THAT THOSE
IMPORTS ARE GOING TO BE
TARIFFED.
THE WHITE HOUSE MADE IT
OFFICIAL, THEY WILL DELAY THAT
AND WATCH THE SITUATION FOR SIX
MONTHS.
WANT TO TURN TO IMMIGRATION,
CONGRESSMAN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP UNVEILED A NEW
IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL YESTERDAY.
USES A MERIT-BASED POINT SYSTEM.
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE-AWAY OF THE
PRESIDENT'S PLAN YESTERDAY?
>> THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY HAS A
PLAN WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN
SAY FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN THE
HOUSE.
THE PRESIDENT SEVERAL TIMES HAS
PUT VERY REASONABLE PLANS ON THE
TABLE.
HE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE BORDER SECURITY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M
WILLING TO WORK WITH PERMIT
SYSTEMS FOR HIGH TECH WORKERS,
SKILLED WORKERS, AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS.
HE'S ALSOD SAID, LOOK, I'LL TAKE
MORE DREAMERS THAN OBAMA WAS
WILLING TO TAKE, THE KIDS THAT
WERE BROUGHT HERE BY NO FAULT OF
THEIR OWN.
HE HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROPOSALS.
I THINK HE HAS A SEARS JUST
PROPOSAL.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE HOUSE --
REMEMBER, THE REPUBLICANS, WE
COULDN'T GET ONE DEMOCRAT TO
VOTE WITH US ON A COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION BILL.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A BILL.
THEY HAVE NO BILL.
MARIA: IN FACT --
>> YOU WOULD THINK -- THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN IN POW PER FOR ALL
THIS TIME -- POWER FOR ALL THIS
TIME, MAKING PROMISES, PLAYING
IDENTITY POLITICS, TELLING THE
LATINOS, YOU VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS,
WE'LL MAKE THESE PEOPLE LEGAL AS
LONG AS YOU VOTE FOR US.
THEY CAN'T GET A BILL OUT OF A
COMMITTEE.
MARIA: NANCY PELOSI SAID SHE
NEVER SAID IT WASN'T A CRISIS.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SOUND
BITE FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE IN JANUARY AND WHAT SHE
SAID YESTERDAY.
WATCH THIS.
>> THE PRESIDENT'S MANUFACTURED
CRISIS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST STOP
HOLDING AMERICAN PEOPLE HOSTAGE,
MUST STOP MANUFACTURING A
CRISIS.
WE'VE NEVER NOT SAID THERE'S A
CRISIS.
THERE IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
AT THE BORDER.
YES, IT IS A CRISIS.
WE'VE ALWAYS SAID IT GETS TO BE
MORE OF A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
MARIA: SO SHE SAID WILLIAM BARR
LIED.
WAS THAT A LIE?
WHO'S LYING?
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I THINK
ARE GETTING -- FOR THOSE PEOPLE
WHO REMEMBER BACK WHEN NANCY
PELOSI WAS FIRST SPEAKER, THIS
IS WHY SHE WAS THROWN OUT.
RIGHT.
THEY WERE INEFFECTIVE.
THEY COULDN'T TELL THE TRUTH.
THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT.
THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE CRISIS, NOT
ONLY AT THE BORDER THAT'S MADE
WORSE BY CUBANS AND VENEZUELANS
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING
FORWARD.
THIS ISN'T JUST PEOPLE THAT
CROSS THE BORDER IN MEXICO.
THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
WE NEED TO FIX THIS SYSTEM.
THERE'S A NEED FOR SKILLED
WORKERS IN THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE -- THAT ARE
HIGHLY EDUCATED OR PEOPLE THAT
WILL DO COMPLICATED AGRICULTURAL
WORK.
IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND RIGHT
NOW I DON'T THINK NANCY PELOSI
IS GOING TO DO IT.
MARIA: ANY CHANCE ANY
IMMIGRATION REFORM GETS DONE
BEFORE THE 2020 ELECTION OR IS
THIS JUST POLITICS?
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE IT'S ANYTHING
BUT POLITICS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A BILL.
MARIA: YOUR REACTION TO THE
WHITE HOUSE DELAYING THE AUTO
TARIFFS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT THE TARIFFS THAT WERE
GOING TO PUT ON VEHICLES IN
PARTICULAR.
>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT
THAT GOES BACK TO PELOSI.
WE HAVE THE DEAL READY TO GO,
THE CANADA, MEXICO AGREEMENT.
WE NEED TO GET THIS PASSED.
IT'S READY.
IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.
THIS SHOULD BE VOTED ON
TOMORROW.
IT SHOULD GET 400 VOTES.
MARIA: SHE'S NOT BRINGING IT TO
THE FLOOR.
>> SOMEBODY HAS TO BE --
ULTIMATELY, THIS HAS TO BE PART
OF HOW REPUBLICANS MAKE THEIR
CASE.
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT, RAN ON
REDOING NAFTA, GETS IT DONE.
IT'S BETTER FOR LABOR, BETTER
FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
I SEE THE BENEFITS OVERALL FOR
THE ECONOMY.
SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY
IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE
DEMOCRATS, WE'RE RELIVING WHAT
HAPPENED, AMERICANS ARE GETTING
TO RELIVE WHY THEY WERE THROWN