>>> THIS BLUE WAVE WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON IS GETTING BIGGER
AS MORE BALLOTS ARE COUNTED.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH SOMETHING
TRULY UNUSUAL.
TRULY UNUSUAL. A SITTING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
SUPREME COURT REBUTTING A
SITTING PRESIDENT.
SITTING PRESIDENT. JUSTICES TYPICALLY SPEAK THROUGH
THEIR RULINGS.
THEIR RULINGS. THEY AVOID ANY DEBATES THAT
COULD SEEM PARTISAN.
IT’S CLEAR JOHN ROBERTS HAD A
ENOUGH AND SPEAKING AS A JUDGE,
A CONSERVATIVE FROM THE SAME
PARTY AS DONALD TRUMP, ROBERT’S
WEIGHING IN.
WEIGHING IN. NOT TO ADD PARTISAN FUEL TO THE
FIRE.
FIRE. HIS WHOLE CAREER SUGGESTS HE
DOESN’T BELIEVE IN THAT BUT TO
TELL AMERICANS TONIGHT AS THEY
GET READY TO GATHER AROUND THEIR
HOLIDAY BEAMMEALS THAT DONALD TR
WAS WRONG.
WAS WRONG. DANGEROUSLY WRONG WHEN HE
REACTED TO ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE
WHO ACTED TO BLOCK TRUMP’S
ASYLUM BAN BY SAYING THIS.
>> YOU GO TO THE NINEth CIRCUIT
AND IT’S A DISGRACE.
I’M GOING TO PUT IN MAJOR
COMPLAINT.
COMPLAINT. YOU CANNOT WIN IF YOU’RE A CASE
IN THE NINEth CIRCUIT.
THIS WAS AN OBAMA JUDGE.
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT’S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> THIS IS IMPORTANT.
TRUMP’S DOING TWO THINGS RIGHT
THERE.
THERE. FIRST, HE’S TRYING TO REDIRECT
THE TOPIC AWAY FROM HIS MAJOR
AND QUICK LOSS IN COURT IN THAT
IMMIGRATION CASE AND AWAY FROM
THE REAL REASONS FOR IT TO
ATTACK SOMEBODY ELSE.
WE KNOW THAT.
WE KNOW THAT ROUTINE FROM A LOT
OF HIS POLITICAL WORK.
SECOND, THIS IS THE LEGAL PART.
HE’S FALSELY SUGGESTING THAT
FEDERAL JUDGE RULED AGAINST
TRUMP AS SOME SORT OF PARTISAN,
NOT ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE.
THAT APPEARS TO BE FALSE.
I CAN TELL YOU TONIGHT THERE’S
NO PUBLIC EVIDENCE, TRUMP HASN’T
OFFERED ANY, TO IMPUGN THE
JUDGE’S POLITICAL APPROACH TO
THE CASE.
THE CASE. THIS SOUNDS A LOT MORE LIKE WHAT
TRUMP DOES HIMSELF.
TRYING TO DISTORT THE LEGAL
PROCESSES OF OUR COUNTRY TO
ATTACK HIS ENEMIES.
MOST LAWYERS WOULD SAY IT BUT
TONIGHT LET’S BE CLEAR, IT’S NOT
JUST ANY LAWYER BUT THE MOST
POWERFUL JUDGE IN AMERICA WHO
YOU SEE YOUR SCREEN.
A PLAN WITH A LIFETIME TENURE
WHICH MEAN HE IS CAN OUT LAST
TRUMP.
TRUMP. HE MAY HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON
THE MUELLER PROBE.
HE SAYS WE DO NOT HAVE OBAMA
JUDGES OR TRUMP JUDGES, BUSH
JUDGES OR CLINTON JUDGES.
WHAT WE HAVE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
GROUP OF DEDICATED JUDGES.
HE GOES ONTO SAY THEY DO THEIR
LEVEL BEST TO DO EQUAL RIGHT TO
THOSE APPEARING BEFORE THEM.
THAT INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE
THANKFUL FOR.
THANKFUL FOR. THAT’S A THANKSGIVING MESSAGE IF
YOU’VE EVER HEARD ONE FROM THE
CHIEF JUSTICE.
CHIEF JUSTICE. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I KNOW
FROM BEING A LAWYER BUT YOU’VE
PROBABLY OBSERVED FROM WATCHING
PLENTY OF NEWS COVERAGE OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
SUPREME COURT. THESE JUSTICES, REGARDLESS OF
HOW THEY RULE OR WHO APPOINTED
THEM, THEY TEND TO SPEAK QUITE
CAREFULLY.
CAREFULLY. THEY DON’T PICK POLITICAL
FIGHTS.
FIGHTS. SOMETIMES THEY DO DRAW A LINE.
THEY CORRODE OUR RULE OF LAW AND
TRY TO BEND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
TOWARD SOMETHING YES, MORE
AUTHORITARIAN.
AUTHORITARIAN. WHY IS ROBERTS ACTING NOW?
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT ON
THIS HOLIDAY WEEK.
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST OR THE
SECOND OR THE THIRD TIME THAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS LASHED OUT AT
OUR INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY NOR
THE FIRST TIME THAT CONCERNED
CITIZENS HAVE ASKED FOR OUR
LEADERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN
POSITION LIKE ROBERTS TO STAND
UP TO REBUKE THIS PRESIDENT AND
USE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AGAINST
HIS CORROSIVE PARTISANSHIP.
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW? WELL, THIS IS A WEEK WHERE IT’S
BECOME UNDENIABLE THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS NOT MAKING SIMPLY SOME
SORT OF RHETORICAL ATTACK WITH
REGARD TO MISUSING THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OR LEARNING ON THE
JOB AS PRESIDENT.
DONALD TRUMP’S LITERALLY TRYING
TO GET HIS DOMESTIC OPPONENTS
INDICTED WHILE HIS LAWYERS ARE
DEMANDING AN END TO THE PROBE
INTO HIS WHITE HOUSE.
WHILE ALSO INSTALLING A STAFFER
AS NOW BASICING ATTORNEY GENERAL
WHO HAS CRITICIZED THE MUELLER
PROBE REPEATEDLY AND PUSHING TO
KPANL
KPANL CAMPAIGN AND OUST AND PROSECUTE
ANOTHER WITNESS.MUELLER PROBE RE
PUSHING TO CAMPAIGN AND OUST AND
PROSECUTE ANOTHER WITNESS.WHO HA
PROBE REPEATEDLY AND PUSHING TO
CAMPAIGN AND OUST AND PROSECUTE
ANOTHER WITNESS.
ANOTHER WITNESS. THEY’RE SAYING WE’RE SEEING A
DIFFERENT STANDARD THAT APPLIES
TO HIS ENEMIES.
ALL THIS THAT COMES AFTER A
REPORT THAT HE TRIED TO FIRE BOB
PUBLIC SCHOOLER AS RE
MUELLER AS RECENTLY AS DECEMBER.
ANY ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS COULD
BE A CRIME OF OBSTRUCTION.
TOGETHER A PROSECUTOR OR A
CONGRESS COULD FIND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS ARE GROUNDS FOR MUCH
MORE, WHICH IS WHY TRUMP’S OWN
LAWYERS, WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT,
WARNED HIM OF IMPEACHMENT OVER
JUST SOME OF THAT AND WHY ANY
PROCESS TO HOLD TRUMP
ACCOUNTABLE MAY WIND UP BEFORE
THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH
BRINGINGS ITBRINGS
BRINGINGS ITBRINGS IT’S ALL FULL CIRCLE WHERE ONE
JUSTICE IS NOT WAITING TO TAKE A
FIRST PUNCH ON BEHALF OF THAT
INSTITUTION BUT IS MOVING FIRST
FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND
CLEARLY AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
I’M EAGER TO TURN TO MY PANEL.
MAYA, YOU KNOW HOW CAREFUL JOHN
ROBERTS IS.
ROBERTS IS. YOU KNOW HOW HE HAPPENS TO BE ON
MANY LEGAL ISSUES ON THE MORE
CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF
JURISPRUDENCE.
JURISPRUDENCE. WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU?
>> IT TILLS USELL US THAT DONALD
HAS CROSSED THE LINE FOR JUSTICE
ROBERTS.
ROBERTS. IT’S NOT A NEW LINE.
THIS IS THE DONALD TRUMP THAT
ATTACKED A FEDERAL JUDGE FOR
MAKING A RULING BASED ON HIS
MEXICAN HERITAGE AND SUGGESTING
THAT SOMEHOW HE WAS NOT ABLE TO
MAKE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS
BECAUSE OF HIS MEXICAN HERITAGE.
IT’S FAR FROM THE FIRST TIME I’D
SAY DONALD TRUMP’S ATTACK ON AN
INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY OARE SECON
ONLY TO HIS ATTACK ONS THE NEWSS
MEDIA.
MEDIA. I’M WONDERING WHAT THE INTERVIEW
PROCESS IS LOOKING FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE TURKEY IN TERMS HOUF IT
WILL
WILL -- OF HOW IT WILL BE PARDONED.
I EXPECT THERE’S A LONG LIST OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LOYALTY TO
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. >> I HAVEN’T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
YOU BRING IDEAS WE HAVEN’T FULLY
PROCESSED.
PROCESSED. YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE CORRUPT
APPROACH TO THE TURKEY PARDON?
>> I THINK THE TURKEY IS GOING
TO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT
WILL VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION IN
ORDER TO SAVE ITS LIFE.
>> AS IS SOMETIMES THE CASE
THESE DAYS.
THESE DAYS. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR
SHED A TEAR FOR OUR REPUBLIC.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THE PRIOR
EXAMPLES THAT MAYA MENTIONS THAT
I MENTIONED AS WELL THAT DIDN’T
BRING THIS RESPONSE FROM JFRSUST
ROBERTS WHERE DONALD TRUMP GOES
AFTER JUDGES.
AFTER JUDGES. TAKE A LOOK.
>> IT WAS A POLITICAL DECISION
MADE BY A JUDGE.
I THINK IT’S A DISGRACE.
>> A JUDGE HAS JUST BLOCKED OUR
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRAVEL.
YOU DON’T THINK THIS WAS DONE BY
A JUDGE FOR A POLITICAL REASONS
DO YOU?
DO YOU? NO.
NO. >> LISTEN, I’M GRATEFUL THAT
JUDGE ROBERTS CAME OUT AND SAID
WHAT HE SAID.
I THINK IT’S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. WHAT’S DISTURBING IS WE HAVE ONE
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL STATEMENT
FROM A CHIEF JUSTICE BUT THAT
HAS TO GO UP AGAINST TIME AND
TIME AGAIN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IMPUGNING THE
COURT AND THE NATION’S
INSTITUTIONS.
INSTITUTIONS. THAT CREATES A NARRATIVE OVER
TIME WHERE A LOT OF AMERICANS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN THE
PRESIDENT’S BASE, START TO JUST
NOT HAVE FAITH IN OUR
INSTITUTIONS.
INSTITUTIONS. THAT’S REALLY WHERE THE MOST
DAMAGE IS DONE.
IT’S KIND OF A GRADUAL CHIPPING
AWAY. OF FAITH AND INSTITUTIONS.
THAT’S WHEN WE’RE PRIMED TO NOT
JUST ONE ANOTHER.
IT’S WHEN WE’RE PRIMED TO SEE
OUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS ENEMY
ENEMIES INSTEAD OF FELLOW
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. WHEN THE PRESIDENT TWEETED THIS
AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO THE
CHIEF JUSTICE, IT WAS ANOTHER
DISTURBING RESPONSE AGAIN ON
TWITTER.
TWITTER. SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
SURPRISE, SURPRISE. THE PRESIDENT SAID SORRY, CHIEF
JUSTICE, SORRY ROBERTS, THESE
ARE OBAMA JUSTICES AS THOUGH
BARACK OBAMA WAS AN ILL
LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT OR THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WHO IS
VOTED FOR HIM ARE ILL
LEGITIMATE.
LEGITIMATE. IT’S WRONG AND IT’S DANGEROUS
AND IT CONTINUES.
>> MALCOLM, GIVEN YOUR EXPERTISE
IN HOW OTHER COUNTRIES DO THIS
AND OBVIOUSLY THE DONALD TRUMPS
BEEF
BEEF BEEFS ARE CAREFULLY SELECTED.
THEY ARE NOT RANDOM.
THEY ARE WITH THE INSTITUTIONS
THAT HAVE POWER.
WE IN THE MEDIA HAVE SOME TYPE
OF INFLUENCE AND POWER.
WE TRY TO EXERCISE IT
RESPONSIBLY.
RESPONSIBLY. JUDGES HAVE A LOT OF POWER.
THEY HAVE LIFE TENURE AND THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT YOU
WERE A PART OF HAS A TYPE OF
POWER AND FACT FINDING THAT HE
RESENTS.
RESENTS. TAKE A LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP
GOING AFTER THOSE INSTITUTIONS
THAT CONCERN JOHN ROBERTS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> SHOULD JAMES COMEY BE LOCKED
UP?
UP? >> WHAT HE DID WAS CRIMINAL?
SHOULD HE BE LOCKED UP?
LET SOMEBODY MAKE A
DETERMINATION.
DETERMINATION. >> I’M GOING TO ASK MY ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO APPOINT A SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR TO LOOK INTO HER
CRIMES.
CRIMES. >> COMEY IS LEAKER AND HE’S
LIAR.
LIAR. HE’S GUILTY OF CRIMES.
>> SHE SHOULD BE IN PRISON.
>> SPECIAL PROSECUTOR HERE WE
COME.
COME. >> MALCOLM.
>> MALCOLM. >> WHAT YOU JUST SAW THERE IS A
LITANY OF ACTIVITYIES AND WORDS
DESIGNED TO FUNDAMENTALLY
DESTROY THE FOUNDATIONS OF
AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE, AMERICAN
POLITICS, AMERICAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT, AMERICAN
ENFORCEMENT, AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE. DONALD TRUMP IS THE LIVING
EMBODIMENT, OF THE STATE IS ME.
HE VIEWS HIMSELF AS THE SINGLE
AND SOLE ARBITOR OF WHAT IS
INSTITUTION
INSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AND WHAT IS
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. THERE WOULD BE A RULER WHO
COMMENCES AS A DEMAGOGUE BUT
ENDS AS A TYRANT.
I THINK WE’RE AT THE TYRANT
POINT NOW.
POINT NOW. >> THAT’S HAMILTON AND --
>> ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
>> DOES THAT BEAT THE TURKEY OR
DOES THE TURKEY STILL --
>> TURKEY STILL IN TROUBLE.
I’M STICKING WITH THE TURKEY.
JAMES MADISON IS ALSO THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAFTING THE
IMPEACHMENT LANGUAGE IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. WE SHOULD QUOTE HIM AS WELL AND
HE’S ALSO ONE THAT’S VERY NEAR
AND DEAR TO THE FEDERALIST
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. >> MARA, DO YOU HAVE A TURKEY
THOUGHT BEFORE I BRING IN A
CONGRESSMAN?
CONGRESSMAN? >> IF I WAS A TURKEY, I WOULD
NOT WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. WOULDN’T WANT TO BE ANYWHERE
NEAR HIM IN GENERAL.
>> IF YOU KNEW THE RIGHT PEOPLE,
IF YOU WERE A TURKEY THAT KNOWS
KIM KARDASHIAN, YOU’RE BETTER
OFFER UNDER
OFFER UNDER OFF UNDER THIS SYSTEM.
STAY WITH ME AS WE MIX -- WE’RE
MIXING THE LIGHT IN THE DARK.
NOT UNLIKE THE MEAT AT A
THANKSGIVING --
THANKSGIVING -- >> MIX THE MEAT.
>> EVERY ONE STAY WITH ME.
WE’RE GOING TO BRING IN A
CONGRESSMAN.
CONGRESSMAN. I’LL HAVE TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE
FORMAL.
FORMAL. CONGRESSMAN, I’M NOT GOING TO
ASK YOU TO WEIGH IN ON SOME OF
OUR TURKEY TALK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UNLESS YOU WANT TO.
AS A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, WALK US THROUGH HOW
UNUSUAL IT IS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CHIEF
JUSTICE DO THIS TO A SITTING
PRESIDENT, STAND UP IN THIS WAY?
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU AND WHAT
IS YOUR COMMITTEE GOING TO DO
WITH ALL OF THESE ISSUES WE JUST
LAID OUT?
LAID OUT? I DON’T NEED TO REPEAT THEM THAT
ARE RIPE FOR OVERSIGHT IN
JANUARY.
JANUARY. >> IT’S VERY FLUSHLUNUSUAL.
I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THERE.
THERE. I THINK IT’S VERY SIGNIFICANT.
I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES THE
GRAVER CONCERN THAT THE CHIEF
JUSTICE HAS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S LANGUAGE AND
ACTIONS.
ACTIONS. IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THIS
PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T REALLY
RESPECT THE INDEPENDENCE AND
INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIARY.
HE TRIES IN THE SAME WE HE TRIES
TO DIMINISH THE JUDICIARY,MINISH
THEY HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE SAID, WE
HAVE TO BE VERY THANKFUL BECAUSE
OUR DEMOCRACY IS BEING REALLY
TESTED.
TESTED. I THINK THE INDEPENDENT
JUDICIARY HAS BEEN VERY
IMPORTANT TO UPHOLDING THE RULE
OF LAW AND TO DEMONSTRATE ARE
OUR COUNTRY OF LAWS AND NO ONE
IS ABOVE THE LAW.
I THINK THE CHIEF JUSTICE
STATEMENT WILL GIVE SOME OF MY
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES SOME
BACKBONE AND ALLOW THEM TO WEIGH
IN AND CONDEMN THESE EFFORTS TO
UNDERMINE THE INDEPENDENCE OR
INTEGRITY OF THE JUDICIARY.
>> CONGRESSMAN, ONE OFRT BIG
QUESTION --
QUESTION -- OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS HOW
OTHER PEOPLE WILL DEAL WITH
WHAT’S BEEN EXPOSED ABOUT THIS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE
ILLEGAL ATTEMPT TO GET ENEMIES
PROSECUTED WHEN MATT WHITTAKER
IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE
QUESTION IF HE WOULD BE DOWN
WITH THAT THAN SOME OTHER
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I’LL SHOW YOU WHAT HE SAID THAT
THE TRUMP DOJ COULD RE-OPEN A
CLINTON CASE.
CLINTON CASE. TAKE A LOOK.
>> LONG STORY SHORT IS THERE’S
PLENTY OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT A
CRIMINAL CHARGE.
CRIMINAL CHARGE. I THINK ANYTHING UNDER THE
ESPIONAGE ACT WHICH IS THE
CRIMINAL SECTION COULD BE
JUSTIFIED HERE.
JUSTIFIED HERE. >> I COULD IMAGINE IN THIS WORLD
THAT WE LIVE IN THAT A TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION COULD OPEN THIS
CASE AND RELOOK AT THESE CHARGES
HOWEVER PETTY THAT MIGHT SEEM TO
SOME.
SOME. >> IS THAT WRONG?
SHOULD HE BE THE ACTING ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
WILL YOUR COMMITTEE DO ABOUT IT
WHEN YOU TAKE CHARGE IN JANUARY?
>> IT’S DEAD WRONG.
HE SHOULD NOT BE THE ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. HE WAS YANKED OUT BECAUSE HE’S
THE POLITICAL HATCHET MAN FOR
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS PART OF THE PRESIDENT’S
ONGOING EFFORTS TO DO TWO
THINGS.
THINGS. TO UNDERMINE OR STOP OR IMPEDE
THE INVESTIGATION BY MR. PUBLIC
SCHOOLER -- MUELLER AND CONTINUE
TO PROMOTE THIS IDEA OF
PROSECUTING HIS POLITICAL
ADVERSARYIES
ADVERSARYIES ADVERSARIES.
ADVERSARIES. WE DON’T LOCK UP POLITICAL
POENTSPOENT
POENTSPOENT OPPONENTS.
OPPONENTS. WE BEAT THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX.
THIS CONVERSATION IS REMINISCENT
OF THE ENEMY’S LIST OF RICHARD
NIXON.
NIXON. IT HAS NO PLACE IN OUR POLITICS.
MR. WHITTAKER DOES NOT BELONG AS
ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL.
HE’S NOT SENATE CONFIRMED.
HE DIDN’T MET THE SUCCESSION
REQUIREMENTS.
REQUIREMENTS. HIS DISQUALIFIED IN TERMS OF
OVERSEEING THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF HIS
OPINIONS ON IT ALREADY AND THE
POSITIONS HE’S TAKEN PUBLICLY.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
THE FIRST THING I HOPE THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL DO ONCE
IN DEMOCRATIC HANDS IS TO BRING
MR. WHITTAKER BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE AND FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE FIRING OF JEFF
SESSIONS AND HOW MR. WHITTAKER
WAS HIRED AND WHAT CONSIDERATION
TOOK PLACE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> I’M CURIOUS AS WE WIDEN OUT
FROM JUST THE LAW, AS A STUDENT
OR OBSERVER OF DONALD TRUMP,
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
COUNTER PRODUCTIVE RISK HE’S
TAKING.
TAKING. HE’S BEEFING WITH JOHN ROBERTS,
SOMEONE HE CAN’T FIRE WHO COULD
HAVE THE FINAL WORD ON THE
MUELLER PROBE, EFFORTS TO
SUBPOENA TRUMP AND OTHER BIG
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. >> I MEAN WHAT’S REALLY SCAREY
ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT IS HE
CONTINUES TO NOT JUST PUSH THE
LAW BUT PUSH NORMS.
THERE BY FORCING CONGRESS,
ALMOST CHALLENGING THEM, DARING
THEM TO STOP HIM.
POLITICALLY IT’S VERY DIFFICULT
EVEN UNDER A DEMOCRATIC HOUSE.
IT’S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO SPEND THE TIME TO ACTUALLY
SUBPOENA AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE
HIS ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THESE
DEMOCRATS PROMISED VOTERS AND
EVERY ONE PROMISED VOTERS THAT
THEY WOULD FOCUS ON HEALTH CARE,
ON JOBS.
ON JOBS. THAT’S REALLY VERY IMPORTANT.
THE PROBLEM THAT THE PRESIDENT
IS FORCING THEIR HAND AND THE
CONGRESS IS GOING TO HAVE TO
MAKE A VERY DIFFICULT POLITICAL
DECISION AND DONALD TRUMP IS
MAKING THEIR JOBS MUMPCH HARDER.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, DEMOCRATS
WILL BE ABLE TO DO BOTH.
WE’RE GOING TO DRIVER DOWN
HEALTH CARE COSTS, PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS, REBUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR COUNTRY
AND TAKE ON THIS SERIOUS
CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON.
WE CAN DO ALL OF THAT BUT STILL
FULFILLING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO DO A
MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT.
MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT. >> CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT.
>> THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE
YOU AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION