DAY WITH MY WIFE. I’M SELF-ISOLATING FOR 14 DAYS.
COUNTING DOWN UNTIL SATURDAY
WHEN I CAN GO HOME.
>> SENATOR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS DOING
DURING A PANDEMIC?
THE FIRING IN A VERY SORT OF
DARK OF NIGHT WAY OF THE IC IG,
FRIDAY NIGHT LATE AT NIGHT PART
OF HIS RETRIBUTION TOUR.
IT’S VERY HARD TO GET SECRETARY
MATTIS TO BREAK HIS SILENCE.
AND ALSO, TARGETED THE HHS IG
WHO HAS A REPORT AND SURVEY OF
HUNDREDS OF HOSPITALS ON THE
SHORTAGE OF PPE AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT.
EQUIPMENT. HOW DO THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN
DONALD TRUMP’S LINE OF FIRE
DURING A CRISIS?
>> WELL, IT’S TERRIBLE.
IT’S TERRIBLE FOR THE COUNTRY.
IT’S TERRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF
THE COUNTRY AND ONE OTHER ITEM
YOU SHOULD ADD TO THAT LIST,
THINGS ARE MOVING SO FAST, WHEN
HE SIGNED THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT TWO
WEEKS AGO, HE OF ALL THE THINGS
IN THE WHOLE BILL HE ACCEPTED
THE PROVISION THAT SAID THE IG
THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING
THE $2.2 TRILLION OF COULDN’T
REPORT TO CONGRESS.
HE SAID I’M NOT GOING TO ALLOW
THE IG TO REPORT TO CONGRESS.
YOU ADD ALL THESE THINGS TO
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. NUMBER ONE, THE PEOPLE THAT HE’S
LETTING GO ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
ATKINSON AND FINE, THEY’RE
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
ATKINSON ESSENTIALLY WAS FIRED
FOR DOING HIS JOB.
BUT BEYOND THAT, NICOLLE, THIS
IS CUTTING OFF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE’S ACCESS TO WHAT’S GOING
ON WITHIN THEIR GOVERNMENT.
WHISTLE-BLOWERS AND IGs ARE
ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR CHECKS AND
BALANCES.
BALANCES. IT RAISES THE QUESTION, WHAT IS
THE PRESIDENT HIDING?
WHY DOES HE WANT TO BLOCK PEOPLE
FROM KNOWING WHAT’S GOING ON
WITHIN THIS MASSIVE PROGRAM?
I JUST -- I DON’T GET IT AND
IT’S REALLY HARMFUL AND FINALLY,
IT’S SENDING A CHICAGO EFFECT TO
ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
GOVERNMENT WHO SAY DON’T CROSS
THIS GUY OR YOUR JOB IS AT RISK,
THAT’S DISASTROUS FOR THE FUTURE
OF THE COUNTRY.
>> YOU KNOW, AND I’M STILL
SHOCKED BY DONALD TRUMP AND I’M
ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT.
HE SHOWED US WHO HE WAS WHEN HE
PARDON ED
PARDON ED PARDONED SHERIFF ARPAIO.
YOU RAISE CONCERN MOVING
FORWARD, ONE, WHAT IS HE HIDING?
AND TWO, WE’RE AT WAR IN
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. AND HE’S PURGING THE GOVERNMENT
OF SOME OF ITS MOST GIFTED,
TRUTH TELLERS, WHAT ARE YOUR
CONCERNS FOR JUST THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH?
BRANCH? >> WELL, ONE OF THE IRONIES OF
THIS IS, I THINK IN THE LONG RUN
HE’S HURTING HIMSELF, HE’S
CUTTING HIMSELF OFF FROM GOOD
ADVICE, WHEN YOU DON’T GET
STRAIGHT TALK FROM YOUR
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, XR
EXAMPLE, I DON’T THINK THERE’S A
SINGLE SENATE-CONFIRMED DIRECTOR
LEFT WHEN YOU POLITICIZE
INTELLIGENCE YOU’RE GOING TO GET
BAD ADVICE.
BAD ADVICE. WHEN PEOPLE TELL THE BOSS WHAT
HE OR SHE WANTS TO HEAR YOU’RE
GOING TO MAKE BAD DECISIONS.
.
. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF WILL
SUFFER FROM NOT GETTING THE
STRAIGHT ADVICE.
STRAIGHT ADVICE. JACK WELCH SAID THE ART OF
MANAGEMENT IS LOOKING REALITY IN
THE EYE AND DOING SOMETHING
ABOUT IT AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT
IS DOING IS CUTTING OFF THE FLOW