ENDING THE CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAM THAT COLLECTS AMERICANS’ PHONE
AND TEXT RECORDS.
WE BEGIN TODAY WITH THE HEAD OF
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
CASTING A VERY WIDE NET CALLING
FOR DOCUMENTS PRODOZENS OF
CURRENT AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS FROM TRUMP FAMILY
MEMBERS EVEN WIKILEAKS AND THE
NRA.
NRA. THE PRESIDENT TWEETING THIS
MORNING THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE
AND I’M QUOTING HIM HERE, "STONE
COLD CRAZY."
COLD CRAZY." I’VE GOT A GREAT TEAM TO HELP ME
BREAK IT DOWN.
BUT FIRST, LET’S BREAK DOWN WHAT
WE’VE LEARNED.
WE’VE LEARNED. THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS
SPEARHEADING ONE OF SIX
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE.
BUT IT’S THE ONLY COMMITTEE, OF
COURSE THAT, CAN INITIATE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS. LAST NIGHT CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER
SAID WHAT HE IS LOOKING INTO AND
IT’S A LOT.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THREE
MAJOR THREATS OF THE RULE OF LAW
THAT WE’VE SEEN AND THAT IS
CORRUPTION, PERSONAL ENRICHMENT
AND VIOLATION OF THE CLAUSE.
IT MEANS ABUSE OF POWER, ATTACKS
ON THE PRESS, ATTACKS ON THE
JUDICIARY, ATTACKS ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE,
INTERFERENCE WITH THE VARIOUS
INVESTIGATION THAT’S ARE GOING
ON.
ON. >> HE ALSO SAID THAT HIS
INVESTIGATION IS DIFFERENT FROM
THE ONES BEING RUN BY ROBERT
MULE EASTERN THE SDNY.
LISTEN.
LISTEN. >> OUR JOB IS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
AGENCIES. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR HAS A
SPECIFIC MANDATE TO INVESTIGATE
ONLY THE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
WITH THE ELECTION AND POSSIBLE
COLLUSION BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OR ANYBODY WELS
THAT INTERFERENCE WITH THE
ELECTION AND ONLY TO LOOK AT
CRIMES.
CRIMES. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK ALSO ONLY LOOKS AT CRIMES.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A MUCH
BROADER QUESTION.
BROADER QUESTION. OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE RULE
OF LAW.
OF LAW. >> A COMMITTEE COUNCIL TOLD NBC
TAKE A CHECK OF WHAT WE
REPORTED, THAT THE GOAL FOR
JUDICIARY IS TO HE MASSGET A
TREASURE-TROVE OF EVIDENCE AS
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. INITIALLY THAT INCLUDED DOCUMENT
REQUESTS TO MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE
BUT ULTIMATELY THOSE REQUESTS
WENT OUT TO JUST 81.
BUT IT INCLUDES A WHO’S WHO OF
THE MOST NOTABLE PEOPLE
CONNECTED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
HIS BUSINESS AND CAMPAIGN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRESIDENT’S
OLDEST SONS, ERIC AND DON JR.
ARE ON THE LIST AND SO IS JARED
KUSHNER, ALL OF THE MEN TARGETED
BY ROBERT MUELLER INCLUDING PAUL
MANAFORT, MICHAEL COHEN, ROGER
STONE, EVEN THE FBI AND THE NRA
ARE NAMED.
ARE NAMED. BUT TWO NOTABLE NAMES NOT ON
THAT LIST, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF
JOHN KELLY AND THE PRESIDENT’S
DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS ALSO
REQUESTING DOCUMENTS FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. NOW PRESS SECRETARY SARAH
SANDERS INITIALLY ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING ONLY THAT THE
REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND
THEY WOULD RESPOND AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
APPROPRIATE TIME. TOOK JUST A FEW HOURS THOUGH AND
THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
HERE’S THAT EXCHANGE.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO COOPERATE
WITH MR. NADLER?
>> I COOPERATE ALL THE TIME WITH
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. AND YOU KNOW THE BEAUTIFUL
THING, NO COLLUSION.
IT’S ALL A HOAX.
YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT THAT AS YOU
GROW OLDER.
GROW OLDER. IT’S A POLITICAL HOAX.
THERE’S NO COLLUSION.
THERE IS --
FOLKS GO, AND EAT.
>> SO PRETTY FAMILIAR, PRETTY
CALM RESERVED RESPONSE.
BUT THEN CONTRAST THAT WITH THE
BORDERLINE STATEMENT THAT CAME
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER 9:00
P.M.
P.M. IT READS IN PART, "TODAY
CHAIRMAN NADLER OPENED A
DISGRACEFUL AND ABUSIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO TIRED, FALSE
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS. CHAIRMAN NADLER AND FELLOW
DEMOCRATS EMBARKED ON THIS
FISHING EXPEDITION BECAUSE
THEY’RE TERRIFIED THAT TWO YEAR
FALSE NARRATIVE OF RUSSIA
COLLUSION IS CRUMBLING.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN PATHETIC POLITICAL
GAMES AND CATERING TO A RADICAL
LEFTIST BASE THAN PRODUCING