DIED.
SHANNON.
>> Shannon: BRIANNA'S CHORUS
IN NEW YORK, THANK YOU.
REVELATIONS FROM TODAY'S
TESTIMONY BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, YOU
HEARD THEY'RE SAYING FBI
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO
WHETHER OR NOT A "CRIMINAL
ENTERPRISE MAY HAVE PLAYED A
ROLE IN EPSTEIN'S DEATH."
COMES AS KEY LAWMAKERS DOUBLE
DOWN CALLING ON ABC NEWS TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT
KNEW ABOUT THE EPSTEIN CASE,
WHETHER THEY EVER CONTACTED
AUTHORITIES AND WHY THE STORY
NEVER MADE AIR.
JOINING ME NOW, RANKING
REPUBLICAN MEMBER ON THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, CONGRESSMAN
COLLINS, WHO HAS BEEN PUBLICLY
DEMANDING ANSWERS ON THE EPSTEIN
CASE FOR MONTHS NOW, GLAD TO
HAVE WITH US.
>> TO WITH YOU.
>> Shannon: YOU WROTE A LETTER
TO ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE BARREL
ASKING FOR ANSWERS BY AUGUST
AUGUST 21ST.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE
ABOUT THIS CASE.
HAVE YOU GOT ANY ANSWERS?
>> NO, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN
QUESTIONS.
THIS JUST BUILDS ON THE PROBLEM
THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND INVESTIGATIONS AND
WE UNDERSTAND YOU TO LOOK INTO
IT BUT THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS SITUATION
AND NOW WE SEE THE CHARGES BEING
MADE AGAINST THESE GUARDS ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, BEING NOT DILIGENT IN
THEIR JOB, FALSIFYING RECORDS
MATCHES RAISES RAISES THE
QUESTION BECAUSE THIS LOOKS FOR
SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE CASE OF A
KNOWN PREDATOR, WHEN IT WAS
THERE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW WAS IN
JAIL TO HAVE THIS ACTUALLY
HAPPEN, IT REALLY REEKS OF --
WAS THIS JUST SIMPLY A SUICIDE
WITH OTHER THINGS INVOLVED HERE?
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT HAS TO
BE GOTTEN INVOLVED.
THE BLACK OUT YOU SPOKE OF, IT
WAS MORE THAN A BLACK EYE, IT
WAS A BLACK MARK AND
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BOTTOM OF
THIS.
>> Shannon: THE GUARDS UNION
SAYS SIMPLY ASSIGNING BLAME WILL
NOT CORRECT THE STAFF SHORTAGES
BUT THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS IN
PLACE.
CLEAR TO US THAT THESE
INDICTMENTS ARE A MASK TO COVER
UP THE TRUE ISSUES AND REALLY BE
ABLE TO CREATE A NARRATIVE THAT
GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN ACTION.
THEY ARE NOT BUYING IT.
PICK A THINK ABOUT THIS.
THEY ARE JUST POINTING AT OTHERS
FOR THEIR OWN WORKERS NONABILITY
TO THEIR JOBS.
EVEN IF HE HAD COMMITTED
SUICIDE, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
FOR EIGHT HOURS.
THEY NEVER CHECKED ON THEM, THEY
NEVER DID WHAT WE ARE SEEING
HE'S BEING ACCUSED HERE OF DOING
EVERY 15 MINUTES.
THEY ARE SIMPLY HERE AS A UNIT
IN PROTECTING THEIR WORKERS, BUT
THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE A BASIS
HERE BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING
HERE IS WHAT WOULD SEEM
ALLEGEDLY HAPPEN, THEY DIDN'T DO
THEIR JOB.
THAT'S NOT BEING PART OF A
PRISON GUARD DOING WHAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE.
THAT'S NOT DUE DILIGENCE.
THIS IS NEGLIGENCE IS WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT HERE.
>> Shannon: ONGOING
INVESTIGATIONS OF HOPE WE WILL
GET A LOT MORE ANSWERS BECAUSE
WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
I WANT TO TURN OUT TO THE THIRD
DAY OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOW AND
HOUSE DEMOCRATS IMPEACHMENT PUSH
TODAY.
I WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING FROM
LIEUTENANT COLONEL BENJAMIN, WHO
TESTIFIED TODAY.
>> IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE, IT WAS
IMPROPER FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
REQUEST -- TO DEMAND AN
INVESTIGATION INTO A POLITICAL
OPPONENT -- OPPONENT.
ESPECIALLY A FOREIGN POWER.
>> Shannon: OKAY, SO THAT'S
HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE PHONE CALL
THE PRESIDENT HAD WITH UKRAINE'S
PRESIDENT.
>> COLONEL INMAN IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
YOU LOOK AT IT TODAY, HE
ACTUALLY HAD TO GO BACK IN AND
CHANGE HIS RESUME.
HE'S LIKE ON THE DIRECTOR --
RESPONSIBLY FOR UKRAINE TO THE
PRESIDENT, HE IS NEVER TALKED TO
THE PRESIDENT.
IT'S HIS JOB TO COORDINATE
STUFF, GET TO THE PAPERWORK BUT
I THINK THE THING WE ARE SEEING
IN THESE HEARINGS OVER THE PAST
THREE DAYS IS WHAT HAS AMAZED
ME.
YOU SAW IT LAST WEEK IN THE
HEARING WITH TAYLOR IN CANTON,
YOU'RE NOW SEEING WITH BENJAMIN
AT OTHERS.
THESE ARE CAREER BUREAUCRATS FOR
WORKERS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR
EXPERIENCE IS WHAT SHOULD BE
PARAMOUNT, NOT THE PRESIDENT AND
NOT THE SENIOR ADVISORS WHO HAVE
DIRECT ACCESS TO UKRAINE.
THE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE LATEST
AND THE PRESIDENT TO SUPPOSEDLY
NOT TO BE SET IN THE POLICY.
FOR HIS STATEMENT THERE, THAT HE
DIDN'T LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT
DID, NOTICED HE NEVER SAID
ANYTHING WRONG, HE SAID I DIDN'T
LIKE THIS AND THIS IS THE KIND
OF PLAYGROUND STUFF THAT YOU SAY
I DON'T LIKE WHAT SUSIE DID TO
ME SO I'M GOING TO GET HER IN
TROUBLE.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE
DEMOCRATS ARGUMENT.
THEY HAVE NOTHING OF THE
PRESIDENT DID WRONG, BUT WE HAVE
A POLICY DISPUTE BEING BROKEN
OUT HERE BECAUSE BENJAMIN'S BOSS
MR. MORRISON AND OTHERS SAID
THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH
THIS CALL.
THE FACT THAT BOTH VOLKER SAID
THAT I HAD NO PART IN CHARGE OF
IT AND THAT'S THE PART THAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR NOW.
THE ONES WERE ACTUALLY HAVING
THE DIRECT CONTACT SO THERE'S NO
PROBLEM.
WE ARE TAKING SIDESHOW PEOPLE
LIKE BENJAMIN AND OTHERS WHO
JUST DON'T LIKE THE POLICY AND
FRANKLY DON'T LIKE THE
PRESIDENT.
>> Shannon: SO WILL BOTH SPEAK
SHIFTED ON HOW SIDE WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO IT?
BECAUSE OF COURSE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT HAVE TO GO NOW
THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE, THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE 31 DEMOCRATS WE KNOW
WHERE -- THE WON ELECTION LAST
TIME, THEY WERE IN DISTRICTS WON
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2016.
WHERE DID THEY VOTE?
YOU HAVE TO DEMOCRATS VOTE WITH
YOU AGAINST PROCEEDING WITH THIS
WHOLE THING BUT YOU'RE GOING TO
NEED A LOT MORE VOTES THAN THAT
TO STOP IMPEACHMENT.
>> I THINK HIM A LOOK,
NANCY PELOSI IS AN EXCELLENT
VOTE COUNTER AND SHE -- THERE'S
GOING TO BE A REAL TEST OF
METAL, IF YOU WOULD, FOR THESE
31 IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
WE ARE TO HAVE TWO KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AND
THEY'RE GOING TO STICK THAT WAY.
THE REST OF THEM ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THEY ELECTED THEM, AND
SAY I VOTED TO OVERTURN
63 MILLION VOTES FOR A PRESIDENT
OF UNITED STATES BASED ON PEOPLE
WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIS POLICIES,
WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIM AND WHEN WE
MAKE OUR ARGUMENT AS JUDICIARY
AND WE MAKE OUR CASE IN THE
INTEL, THIS STARTED IN NOVEMBER
OF 2016.
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING IMPEACHMENT
IS BEFORE THE PRESIDENT WAS EVER
SWORN IN.
THEY ARE SEEING THIS FOR WHAT
THIS IS AND THAT IS A VENDETTA
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT WHO IS
DOING THINGS THAT THEY WOULD
WISH THEY COULD HAVE DONE LIKE
AN ECONOMY, FOREIGN STANDING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS GOES BACK TO JUST A
PERSONAL PREFERENCE ISSUE AND
ADAM SCHIFF IS A MORE THAN
WILLING ACCOMPLICE.