PERFORMANCE WILL NOT MAKE IT A FAIR ELECTION.
FAIR ELECTION. >> THAT GIVES US THE URGENCY TO
PROCEED WITH IMPEACHMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING ON,
SHARING YOUR VIEWS.
>>> JOINING ME NOW IS REPUBLICAN
SENATOR TED CRUZ OF TEXAS WHO
SITS ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. SENATOR CRUZ, WELCOME TO MEET
THE PRESS, SIR.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHUCK, GOOD TO
BE WITH YOU.
>> I WANT TO LOOK AT A FOREST
HERE THROUGH ALL OF THESE
INDIVIDUAL TREES, IT WAS A BUSY
WEEK IN THIS LARGER FOREST HERE
FOR THE THIRD TIME THE WHITE
HOUSE ENLISTED HELP OF ONE OF
YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO
BLOCK A BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO
RECOGNIZE YOURARMENIAN GEN SIDE
TURKEY.
TURKEY. YOU FAILED TO BLOCK THE NORD
STREAM PIPELINE FROM WASHINGTON
TO GERMAN.
TO GERMAN. SFERNT HOUSE
SFERNT HOUSE 70 HOUSE REPUBLICANS VOTED IT
WOULD BE FINE IF RUSSIA CAME
BACK INTO THE G7 BEFORE THEY
GAVE BACK CRIMEA TO UKRAINE?
HAVE YOU ASKED YOURSELF WHY IS
IT THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION
CONTINUES TO PUBLICLY SAY TOUGH
THINGS AGAINST RUSHSIA, BUT IN
THEIR ACTIONS THEY DON’T SEEM TO
GET TOUGH ON RUSSIA.
>> CHICK, LISTEN I DON’T THINK
THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU
MENTIONED RIGHT THERE THE
ARMENIAN RESOLUTION AND NORD
STREAM 2 I THINK WE ARE LIKELY
TO GET BOTH OF THOSE DONE IN THE
COMING WEEKS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HORRIFIC ARMENIAN GENOCIDE I
HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS TO
DO AND WE ARE LIKELY IN THE
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT TO
PASS MY BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION
STOPPING WITH NORD STREAM 2, IT
WILL STOP A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FROM RUSSIA
TO GERMANY AND WILL COST PUTIN
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
ACTUALLY THOSE QUESTIONS
ILLUSTRATE PART OF THE JOKE OF
WHAT WE’RE FACING RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT SUBSTANCE, THE
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY WE ARE
IMPLEMENTING HAS BEEN TOUGHER ON
RUSSIA BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
THAT BARACK OBAMA EVER WAS AND
WHY ET THE MEDIA IS PLAYING
ALONG WITH THIS SHOW TRIAL THE
DEMOCRATS ARE PUTTING ON IN THE
HOUSE AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING
REALLY DISGUSTED WITH IT.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE
PRESIDENT DID WITH UKRAINE
SOMEHOW WAS TOUGH ON RUSSIA OR
DIDN’T THE PRESIDENT BY JUST
INTRODUCING ALL OF THIS DELAYED
AID PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF
RUSSIA?
RUSSIA? >> HA, HA, HA.
YOU KNOW, CHUCK, SUBSTANCE
MATTERS.
MATTERS. BY ANY MEASURE THE PRESIDENT’S
POLICY, THIS ADMINISTRATION’S
POLICY HAS BEEN TOUGHER ON
RUSSIA AND ACTUALLY BETTER FOR
UKRAINE THAN OBAMA’S WAS.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
YOU MENTIONED THE UKRAINIAN AID,
DONALD TRUMP GAVE LETHAL JAVELIN
MISSILES TO TAKE OUT RUSSIAN
TANKS.
TANKS. YOU KNOW WHAT THROUGHOUT THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION I
REPEATEDLY PRESSED PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO GIVE LETHAL AID TO
UKRAINE.
UKRAINE. I TRAVELED TO UKRAINE.
I WENT TO THE MAIDEN SQUARE IN
CAN IIEV.
CAN IIEV. THEY SENT TEDDY BEARS AND MREs.
THEY WOULDN’T GIVE WEAPONS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, CHAIRMAN
NADLER DOESN’T WANT TO TALK
ABOUT ANY OF THAT HE DOESN’T
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE
U. KNOW IT WAS INTERESTING AT
ONE POINT HE SAID, THERE’S NO
IMCEO.
IMCEO. YOU KNOW, HE’S RIGHT.
THERE IS NO CRIME.
>> HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S LAWYER.
PRESIDENT’S LAWYER. NOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
>> YESTERDAY.
>> YESTERDAY. >> BUT GO AHEAD.
DON’T TAKE IT OUT OF CONTEXT ON
THAT.
THAT. >> YESTERDAY, YOU’RE RIGHT, HE
SAID AT FIRST HE SAID IT WAS
CONTEMPT OH WELL NOT REALLY
CONTEMPT.
CONTEMPT. THERE’S NO CRIME.
BUT LET’S BE CLEAR ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT SINCE THIS IS
IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT.
YESTERDAY HOUSE DEMOCRATS PUT
OUT A 55-PAGE REPORT THEY CALLED
IT A SCHOLARLY REPORT THAT
PURPORTS TO SAY YOU DON’T HAVE
TO PROVE A CRIME, YOU DON’T HAVE
TO PROVE A LAW WAS VIOLATED TO
IMPEACH A PRESIDENT.
THAT’S GARBAGE.
THAT’S GARBAGE. WHAT NONSENSE.
WHAT NONSENSE. >> WAIT A INNOCENT.
>> WOE WHOA WHOA.
>> THAT IS EXACT LE WHY THE
IMPEACHMENT WAS WRITTEN INTO THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THE PHRASE
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IS
IN THERE BECAUSE THEY DID IT
BEFORE THEY EVEN WROTE OUR LAWS,
SIR.
SIR. BEFORE WE HAD --
>> SO ACTUALLY WHAT THE
CONSTITUTION --
CONSTITUTION -- >> YOU ARE SAYING THAT, THAT’S
EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS
TRUE.
TRUE. >> CHUCK, ACTUALLY WHAT THE
CONSTITUTION SAYS IS YOU CAN
IMPEACH A PRESIDENT FOR TREASON,
BRIBERY OR HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS.
MISDEMEANORS. IT SPECIFIES HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS.
MISDEMEANORS. HOLD ON, CHUCK, DON’T INTERRUPT
ME.
ME. >> DEFINE MISDEMEANOR.
>> SO HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS WAS A TERM OF ART
THAT THE FRAMERS USED AND YOU
KNOW IT’S STRIKING, IN POKER,
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A
THEM.
THEM. WHEN A PLAYER HAS A REALLY BAD
HAND, THEY REVEAL IT, IT’S A
TELL.
TELL. WHAT WE SAW LAST NIGHT WAS A
TELL FROM THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS.
YOU KNOW JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO,
THEIR TALKING QUOTE WAS BRIBERY,
BRIBERY, BRIBERY, THEY’RE NOW
ADMITTING THEY CAN’T PROVE A LAW
WAS VIOLATED, HERE’S Y. ANY
PRESIDENT, ANY ADMINISTRATION IS
JUSTIFIED IN INVESTING
CORRUPTION.
CORRUPTION. THERE WAS SERIOUS EVIDENCE OF
REAL CORRUPTION CONCERNING
HUNTER BIDEN ON THE BOARD OF
BURISMA, THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS
COMPANY IN UKRAINE.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE WAS PAID
EVERY MONTH, $83,000.
>> SO FAR THERE HASN’T BEEN A
LOT OF CONFIRMATION ON EXACTLY
THAT.
THAT. THE NUMBER CHANGES.
>> BECAUSE THE HOUSE.
HOLD ON, CHUCK.
CHUCK.
CHUCK. HOLD ON A SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THE MEDIA OUGHT TO CARE IF
THERE IS ACTUAL CORRUPTION.
A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE MAKES
SERVING ON ExxonMobile TO GET
$110,000 A YEAR.
DO YOU THINK HUNTER BIDEN.
JUSTIFIES MAKING TEN TIMES AS
MUCH AS THE BOARD MEMBER OF
ExxonMobile?
ExxonMobile? >> WHAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND IS
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IF AN
AMERICAN IS COMMITTING
CORRUPTION WE SHOULD HAVE A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE
AN INVESTIGATION, IS THAT
APPROPRIATE OR DO YOU GO TO
AMERICAN AUTHORITIES?
AMERICAN AUTHORITIES? >> SO, I BELIEVE ANY PRESIDENT,
ANY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE
AUTHORITY INVESTIGATE
AUTHORITY INVESTIGATE CORRUPTION, IN THIS CASE, THERE
WAS SERIOUS EVIDENCE ON FACE OF
CORRUPTION, THE REASON HUNTER
BIDEN GOT THAT POSITION IS HIS
DAD, HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE --
>> HUNTER BIDEN THEY PAIDLE A
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO SERVE
ON THE BOARD.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE UKRAINE
MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION IN 2016.
>> I DO.
>> I DO. AND I THINK THERE IS
CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE.
CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE. >> YOU DO?
>> YOU DO?
>> CHUCK, LET ME SAY.
>> SENATOR, THIS SORT OF STRIKES
ME AS ODD BECAUSE YOU WENT
THROUGH A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN WITH
THIS PRESIDENT.
THIS PRESIDENT. HE LAUNCHED A BIRTHER-ISM
CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOU.
HE WENT AFTER YOUR FAITH,
THREATENED TO QUOTE SPILL THE
BEANS ABOUT YOUR WIFE ABOUT
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. HE PUSHED A NATIONAL ENQUIRER
STORY WHICH WE NOW KNOW HE HAD A
REAL RELATIONSHIP.
REAL RELATIONSHIP. >> YOU ARE DRAGGING UP ALL THAT
GARBAGE, THAT’S VERY KIND OF
YOU.
YOU. >> SIT.
>> SIT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IS IT NOT POSSIBLE THAT THIS
PRESIDENT IS CAPABLE OF CREATING
A FALSE NARRATIVE ABOUT SOMEBODY
IN ORDER TO HELP HIM
POLITICALLY?
POLITICALLY? >> HA, HA, HA.
EXCEPT THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
THE PRESIDENT RELEASED THE
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PHONE CALL.
YOU CAN READ WHAT WAS SAID IN
THE PHONE CALL.
>> AND THE BIDEN, YOU, YOURSELF,
THOUGHT THE BIDEN POT WAS
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. >> CHUCK, LET ME POINT OUT A
GAME THAT THE MEDIA IS PLAYING.
A QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE ASKED A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
IS YOU’VE SAID THE SENATOR IS
SORT OF AGASP, DO YOU BELIEVE
UKRAINE AND NOT RUSSIA
INTERFERED IN THE ELECTION?
NOW THAT IN A COURT OF LAW WOULD
BE STRUCK AS A MISLEADING
QUESTION.
QUESTION. OF COURSE, RUSSIA INTERFERED IN
OUR ELECTION.
OUR ELECTION. NOBODY LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE
DISPUTES THAT.
DISPUTES THAT. >> THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES DOES.
STATES DOES. >> LOOK.
>> LOOK. ON THE EVIDENCE, RUSSIA CLEARLY
INTERFERED IN OUR ELECTION BUT
HERE’S THE GAME THE MEDIA IS
PLAYING BECAUSE RUSSIA
INTERFERED, THE MEDIA PRETENDS
NOBODY ELSE DID.
UKRAINE BLATANTLY INTERFERED IN
OUR ELECTION.
OUR ELECTION. THE SITTING AMBASSADOR FROM
UKRAINE WROTE AN OP-ED BLASTING
DONALD TRUMP DURING THE ELECTION
SEASON.
SEASON. >> YOU KNOW WHY HE DID THAT?
>> THAT IS UNUSUAL.
>> WHAT DID DONALD TRUMP AS A
CANDIDATE SAY ABOUT UKRAINE AND
CRIMEA DURING THE ELECTION THAT
MIGHT HAVE INSPIERTD THE
AMBASSADOR.
AMBASSADOR. >> YOU ARE SAYING THEY HAD
DISAGREEMENTS WITH DONALD TRUMP
AND THEY WANTED HILLARY CLINTON
TO GET ELECTED.
>> I TELL YOU.
>> A UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARIAN.
>> THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING.
YOU ARE SAYING A PICK POCKET,
WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS A HILL
OP-ED COMPARED TO BERNIE MADOFF
AND VLADIMIR PUTIN.
YOU ARE TRYING TO EQUAL MAKE
THEM BOTH SEEM EQUAL.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> CLUCK, CHUCK, I UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU WANT TO DISMISS
UKRAINIAN INTERFERENCE BECAUSE,
A, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET
HILLARY CLINTON ELECTED.
WHICH IS WHAT THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE MEDIA WANTED ANYWAY, B,
IT’S INCONVENIENT FOR THE
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. IT’S HYSTERICAL TWO YEARS AGO
THERE WAS ARTICLE AFTER ARTICLE
OF ARTICLE THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA
ABOUT UKRAINIAN INTERFERENCE IN
THE ELECTION, BUT NOW, THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF A
CRIME.
CRIME. NO EVIDENCE OF VIOLATING THE
LAW.
LAW. AND SO SUDDENLY UKRAINE
INTERFERENCE IS TREATED AS THE
MEDIA CLUTCHES THEIR PEARL, OH
MY GOODNESS, YOU CAN’T SAY THAT
LAST WEEK, CHUCK, YOU CALLED
SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY BASICALLY A
STOOGE FOR PUTIN.
>> I DID NOT.
>> THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
AND ACTING LIKE THEY WERE FORWOR
FOR ADAM SCHIFF.
>> SO DID YOU GET THE BRIEFING
FROM THE INTEL COMMUNITY THAT
SAID THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE
SERVICES ARE TRYING TO ACTIVELY
USE THIS UKRAINE STORY TO FRAME
UKRAINE FOR THE RUSSIAN, THE
INTERFERENCE IN 2016?
>> I HAVE BEEN IN MULTIPLE
BRIEFINGS, YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
YEAR ABOUT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
IN OUR ELECTION.
RUSSIA HAS TRIED TO INTERFERE IN
OUR ELECTIONS.
OUR ELECTIONS. CHINA HAS TRIED TO INTERFERE.
UKRAINE HAS TRIED TO INTERFERE
IN OUR ELECTIONS.
THIS IS NOT NEW, 2016 IS NOT THE
FIRST YEAR THEY DID IT.
THEY WILL KEEP TRYING.
SO WE NEED TO BE STRONG IN
DEALING WITH IT.
BUT THE MEDIA NEEDS TO ACTUALLY
REPORT FACTS.
REPORT FACTS. THIS IS A KANGAROO COURT IN THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THEY’RE GOING TO IMPEACH NOT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE EVERYDAY
BUT BECAUSE THEY HATE THE
PRESIDENT AND WANT TO DO THE
ELECTION BUT IT’S GOING TO GO TO
THE SENATE.
THE SENATE. IT’S GOING TO GO NOWHERE.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW
THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME AND THIS
IS DEMOCRATS PUTTING ON A
CIRCUS.
CIRCUS. >> SENATOR TED CRUZ, REPUBLICAN
FROM TEXAS, ALWAYS GOOD TO GO