SENATOR RON WYDEN JOINS US
IN THE STUDIO. IT'S A PLEASURE
TO HAVE YOU HERE AND I GET OFF
A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED
CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE YOU'RE
NOT WEARING VALENTINE'S READ
TODAY. BUT ON A MORE SERIOUS
NOTE. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM
BARR IN THE NEWS FOR
INTERFERING. BOTH IN THE ROGER
STONE CASE NOW AND ALSO
INTERFERING THE MICHAEL FLYNN
CASE AND BOTH YOU AND SENATOR
MERKLEY OF CALLED FOR HIS
IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION CAN YOU
EXPOUND ON THAT THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT I
GUESS IT'S JUST AN HOUR OR SO
ALL DOES THE PRESIDENT.
SAYS THAT HE HAS THE LEGAL
RIGHT TO INTERFERE IN THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MATTERS AND
FILEIN TELL THE PRESIDENT IS
JUST CRANKING OUT THESE LEGAL
THEORY FASTER SHORT ORDER
COOK. BUT THIS IS REALLY
OMINOUS STUFF BECAUSE THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED
TO REPRESENT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IT IS NOT AN AGENCY
THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S
PERSONAL LAWYER, SAUL. I THINK
OF THE CONGRESS AND I HOPE
THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE WILL SAY
THAT THERE REALLY IS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT A MORE LOCAL CASE ONE
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING PRETTY
CLOSELY ALL WEEK ABOUT.
I'M A BLACK MAN WHO WAS
ARRESTED A WHILE BACK HE HAS
SINCE WON. A CASE FOR ABOUT
$600,000. WRONGFULLY ARRESTED
BY THE FORMER WEST LINN POLICE
CHIEF NOW YOU ARE CALLING FOR
THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
INVESTIGATE WHETHER HIS CIVIL
RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED.
AND IN A STORY WE JUST DID
EARLIER. IN OUR 5 O'CLOCK HOUR
A LOCAL PASTOR SAID WE HEAR
FROM PEOPLE THAT THIS IS 2020.
WE CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS STILL
HAPPENING OTHER PEOPLE SAY NO
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS ALL THE
TIME WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS
HAPPEN WHAT DOES THAT DO TO
PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE WHY JUST
DEVASTATING ENEMY. THIS THIS
IS CONDUCT THAT I DON'T THINK
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IN
1920 LET ALONE 2020 AND THAT
IS WHY YOU'VE GOT THE
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
DIGGING IN AND WE'RE GOING
TO A PUSH HARD FOR JUSTICE.
ON A NOTHER NOTE ELECTION
SECURITY HERE WE HAVE THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COMING
UP IN A FEW MONTHS. AND NOW WE
COME TO FIND OUT THAT HERE IN
OREGON. JACKSON HUMAN TELLER
COUNTY RAN A PILOT PROGRAM
WITH A VOTING APP WHICH LATER
WAS WARNED THAT THAT VOTING AT
COULD BE SUBJECT TO HACKING
AND SECURITY FALLS THAT LIST
DESCENT YOU BANANAS BECAUSE
YOU'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG
DO IT. THE OLD FASHION WAY
LIKE OREGON WITH PAPER
BALLOTS. WHETHER YOU WANT MAIL
IN OR NOT GET BACK TO PAPER
BALLOTS, LET'S GET AWAY FROM
THIS TECHNOLOGY, IT'S
VULNERABLE TO HACKING JEFF MY
MY TECH PEOPLE POLLED THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE PROBLEMS IN IOWA
BECAUSE THAT APP THERE HAD NOT
BEEN TESTED IT HAD NOT BEEN
AUDITED.
AND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW
WE COULD BE GOING THROUGH THE
SAME SITUATION WITH THIS A NEW
APP THAT COULD BE USED WITH
OUR SERVICE MEMBERS ARE
WONDERFUL COURAGEOUS SERVICE
MEMBERS WE WANT THEIR BALLOTS
TO COUNT OKC THIS WAS VOTING
FIRST FOR FOR PEOPLE OVERSEAS
AND THESE 2 COUNTIES ARE USING
AN APP DID YOU LET THE
SECRETARY OF STATE HERE IN
OREGON KNOW THAT YOU'RE
CONCERNED BY I CERTAINLY DID I
TOLD SECRETARY KLAR NOW.
THAT AT A MINIMUM WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO ASK
FOR THE TEST RESULTS YOU NEED
TO ASK FOR THE AUDIT. YOU NEED
TO KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, HOW
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TRAINED
THE PROBLEM IN IOWA FOR
EXAMPLE AT PROBLEM
DOWNLOADING. SO THESE ARE JUST
THE BASICS WE'VE PROBABLY MADE
THE LETTER THAT SENT THE
SECRETARY OF SECRETARY KLEIN
AVAILABLE, I KNOW YOU'VE
PUSHED FOR THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.
AND PROPOSE SEVERAL BILLS
ON ELECTION SECURITY WHERE
SOME OF THOSE STAND WELL
ACTUALLY SPOKE ON ELECTION
SECURITY ON THE FLOOR THIS
WEEK BECAUSE I WAS SO
TROUBLED.
THAT NUMBER OF REALLY
PRETTY NEW REPUBLICANS JUST
SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING AND FINALLY I SAID
LET'S MAKE SURE THE COUNTRY
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NOW HAVE
VOTING MACHINES WITH AN OPEN
CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET
YEAH AND YOUR VIEWERS SHOULD
KNOW THAT IS LIKE STASHING OUR
BALLOTS IN THE KREMLIN IS
INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE. WE
OUGHT TO BE WORKING ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS DO YOU THINK
SOME OF THIS IS YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND OTHER
POLITICIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND
REALLY HAVE TECHNOLOGY WORKS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A BASIC
KNOWLEDGE OF LIKE WHAT YOU
SAID THIS JUST AN OPEN LINE.
THAT MAY BE PART OF THAT
AND CERTAINLY WHAT I'VE TRIED
TO SAY AS A MEMBER OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND I'M
NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING
CLASSIFIED AS OF RIGHT NOW I
THINK THE THREATS WE'RE GOING
TO FACE FROM HOSTILE FOREIGN
POWERS IN 2020 WE'RE GOING TO
2016 LOOK LIKE SMALL POTATOES
AND I THINK A NUMBER OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE REALLY BEEN
WILLING TO LOOK AT THIS YOU
KNOW THEY'VE ALWAYS SAID OH
YOU KNOW PUTIN DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING WRONG. YOU KNOW THIS
THIS KIND OF THING BUT I THINK
ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS MAY
JUST BE A WILLING TO SUPPORT
THAT TO SUPPORT VOTER
SUPPRESSION TO NOT WANT TO
PEOPLE VOTE.
EVERY TIME YOU COME HERE. I
THINK WE SAY THERE'S A LOT