>>> WE’RE BACK.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR WILL
FACE THIS TESTIMONY BY A FORMER
MUELLER PROSECUTOR, MSNBC
CONTRIBUTOR AND LONG TIME
STRATEGIST, STEVE SCHMIDT IS
HERE.
STEVE, DOES BILL BARR HAVE
SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH
THIS TESTIMONY, AND WHAT HE HAS
DONE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, IS IT
OKAY IN.
>> WELL, WE’VE SEEN THIS LAWLESS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPERATE FOR
ENOUGH TIME TO KNOW NOW THAT NO
MATTER WHAT WE LEARN AT THE
HEARINGS, I THINK LIKELY TO
VALIDATE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW,
RIGHT IN HE’S INTERFERED
POLITICALLY TIME AND TIME AGAIN
IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT IS DANGEROUS.
IN A DEMOCRACY, THE RULE OF LAW
MUST BE SUPREME.
NO CITIZEN CAN BE ABOVE IT.
NO CITIZEN SHOULD BE BELOW IT.
NO CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE
KNEELING ON THEIR NECK.
NO PRIVILEGED FRIEND OF A
PRESIDENT SHOULD BE IMMUNE FOR
THEIR CRIMES.
SO WE’VE SEEN THIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL ACT LIKE DONALD TRUMP’S
ROY KOBE WHICH IS
ROY COHEN WHICH IS WHAT HE
ALWAYS WANTED.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE
CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF
THE UNITED STATES.
NOT THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL
ATTORNEY.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR HAS ACTED
IN A WAY THAT IS CONTRARY TO
EVERY OTHER ATTORNEY GENERAL’S
UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR DUTIES IN
THAT OFFICE, INCLUDING BARR,
WHEN HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED.
HIS CONDUCT HAS BEEN APPALLING.
MOST IMPORTANTLY TODAY IS
SENATOR HARRIS INSISTING THAT
SHE WILL NOT LET GO OF THE
INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER IT IS
THE CASE THAT THE ATTACK ON
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IN LAFAYETTE
SQUARE WAS ORDERED DIRECTLY BY
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
DID HE ORDER THE BEATING, THE
TRAMPLING OF PEACEFULLY
ASSEMBLED MERGE CITIZENS
ASSERTING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
SPEECH RIGHTS, AND I THINK
THAT’S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.
HE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL, NOT
INTERIOR MINISTER.
>> WE WERE JOINED BY CHAIRMAN
NADLER WHO HAS BEEN PRESSING THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO TESTIFY
UNDER SUBPOENA OVER A RANGE OF
MATTERS, INCLUDING THIS, AND WHO
IS NOW SEEKING TO ACTUALLY,
TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING POLICE
AND YOU MENTIONED THE ALLEGED
USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
CHERYL NADLER TOLD US LAST
NIGHT, HE MAY DEFUND BY $50
MILLION MR. BARR’S PERSONAL
OFFICE TO GO BEYOND EVEN THE
SUBPOENA THREAT.
TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT ELSE HE
SAID TONIGHT IN WE HAVE TO GET
SERIOUS ABOUT MR. BARR, WHO IS
TOTALLY LAWLESS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
HAS BEEN TURNED INTO, NOT JUST
THE LEGAL OFFICE FOR THE
PRESIDENT BUT THE LEGAL OFFICE
FOR THE PRESIDENT’S CRIMES.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU AND THE
CHAIRMAN ARE IN AGREEMENT AND
MANY NEWS VIEWERS ARE FAMILY
WITH SOME OF WHAT MR. BARR HAS
DONE.
WE DOCUMENTED, OF COURSE, HOW
MISLEADING HE WAS ON THE MUELLER
REPORT.
WE DID IT FROM DAY ONE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE, WHICH
IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT,
WHAT CHAIRMAN NADLER AND OTHERS
WILL DO WHEN THEY GATHER
EVIDENCE, IT SHOULD BE FACTUAL
AND UNDER OATH AND ALL THAT.
PUTTING ON YOUR STRATEGIST HAT,
STEVE, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO
GIVEN THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
IMPORTANT STUFF GOING ON?
BECAUSE IF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND OTHERS CAN DELAY, DUCK,
AVOID HEARINGS, AND BASICALLY
PUSH ALL THIS DOWN THE ROAD, IN
A WAY, THEY ESCAPE POTENTIALLY
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY NEED TO
DO TO MAKE THIS HEARING MATTER
NEXT WEEK?
>> WELL, THE CHAIRMAN NEEDS TO
EXECUTE HIS OVERSIGHT DUTIES AS
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF
JURISDICTION FROM A CO-EQUAL
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
AND IT IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE
FOR HIM TO THREATEN WITH A
REDUCTION IN SPENDING BECAUSE OF
THE LAWLESSNESS OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
IT IS A PROPER USE OF
CONGRESSIONAL POWER.
LOOK, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
TOTALITY OF EVERYTHING, THE
FOCUS SHOULD NOT BE GETTING
ATTENTION ON THE HEARINGS AND ON
BARR.
IT SHOULD BE MAKING PART OF A
COMPOSITE CASE AGAINST THE
LAWLESSNESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
AND DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T DO THIS
WITHOUT ABETTORS AND
COLLABORATORS AND ACCOMPLICES.
AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR IS ONE
OF THOSE.
SO HE SHOULD BE HELD INTO
ACCOUNT.
HE SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE PUBLIC
RECORD.
WHAT MATTERS MOST WITH UNDER 150
DAYS TO GO IS THE ELECTION THAT
IS COMING UP.
WE SEE NOW THE WIDE FRAME OF THE
CHOICE COMING INTO PLAY.
IT’S BETWEEN LAW AND ORDER WITH
JOE BIDEN AND LAWLESSNESS WITH
DONALD TRUMP.
BETWEEN DECENCY WITH JOE BIDEN,
AND INDECENCY WITH DONALD TRUMP.
BETWEEN SOMEBODY WHO DIVIDES,
DONALD TRUMP, AND SOMEBODY WHO
UNITES.
SO THAT FRAIL WORK FOR THIS
ELECTION, AS OUR ECONOMY IS
SHATTERED, WITH 40 MILLION
PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, CORONAVIRUS
CASES OUT OF CONTROL IN 14
STATES, WITH OVER 100,000 DEAD,
THE BILL IS COMING DUE FOR THE
REALITY SHOW PRESIDENCY.
WE SEE THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER
THE YEARS WHO HAVE DONE A
BUSINESS DEAL WITH DONALD TRUMP
ONCE.
THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW WHO DID
THAT BUSINESS DEAL WITH TRUMP A
SECOND TIME.
THAT’S WHAT VOTERS, SOME OF WHOM
VOTE TRUMP, SOME OF WHOM VOTED
FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THEN
TRUMP ARE LOOKING SAYING,
THERE’S NO ONE IN THE COUNTRY
EXCEPT THE TRUMP KIDS WHO SEEMS
ONLY THE BETTER OFF THAN THEY
WERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND A MOMENT OF UNPRECEDENTED
WEAKNESS DOMESTICALLY AND
GLOBALLY, AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
ELECTION IS ABOUT.
>> I KNEW YOU KNEW HOW TO
COMMUNICATE, EVEN THE.
YOU ALWAYS NAIL IT HOME.
THAT’S AN INTERESTING LINE ABOUT
NOT WANTING TO DO THE DEAL
TWICE.
MANY PLACES LIKE TRUMP
UNIVERSITY, COULD YOU ATTEND.
BUT IT WAS VERY UNLIKELY YOU
COULD GET YOUR LITTLE BROTHER OR
SISTER TO GO.
BY THE TIME YOU QUOTE/UNQUOTE
GRADUATED, THEY WERE OUT OF
BUSINESS.
I DO HAVE SOME QUICK LIGHTER
BUSINESS WITH YOU.
THESE ARE SERIOUS TIMES.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN’T
NOTICE WE’RE IN ANOTHERNATION.
THEY’RE A FISSION NATIONS TRIBE
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ON THE
ISLAND.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
PART OF THE WORLD, AND I JUST
LOVE THAT.
>> I LOVE IT.
ONE OF MY PRODUCERS IN MY EAR IS
SAYING WE’RE GOING TO GO BACK
OUT AND LOOK AT THE WIDE SHOT OF
YOU.
WE’RE WONDERING, WILL THE
PINEAPPLE BE USED FOR FRUIT
SALAD OR FOR A DRINK BY THE END
OF YOUR DAY?
>> THAT’S HEADED INTO A DRINK,
ARI.
FOR SURE.
>> ALL RIGHT.