INTEREST TO ME POLITICALLY. THANK YOU, SIR.
A FELLOW DEMOCRATIC LAW MAKER
THAT U.S. MEXICO BORDER
YESTERDAY, THEY WARNED THE
PRESIDENT NOT TOUSURP THE OFFICE
TO GET HIS WALL.
>> I EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO LIE
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WHY?
WHY? BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN LIE THUG
MARECON PEOPLE AND HIS SPOKES
PEOPLE CONTINUE LYING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND WE WOULD CIRCUMVENT THE
PRESIDENT MAKING HIMSELF A KING
AND A TYRANT SAYING HE CAN
APPROPRIATE MONEY WITHOUT
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. THAT IS PERHAPS THE MOST
DANGEROUS THING HE’S TALKING
ABOUT SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT.
>> HE IS REPORTEDLY LAYING THE
GROUNDWORK FOR DOING JUST THAT,
DEMANDING EXPANSIVE POWERS.
HE OVER SEES THE COMMITTEE.
AND ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT,
SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED.
AND LAST NIGHT ON THIS SHOW,
U.S. CONGRESSMAN OF CALIFORNIA
SAID IF THE PRESIDENT DECLARES
AN EMERGENCY TO BUILD HIS WALL,
IT COULD BE AN IMPEACHABLE
OFENCE.
OFENCE. >> FOR A PRESIDENT TO
ARBITRARILY TAKE BILLIONS EAR
MARKED FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND
USE IT FOR A WALL, WOULD THAT BE
AN ART CANICAL?
>> IT COULD BE IF HISSED AVERS
TOLD HIM IT’S ILLEGAL AND HE DID
IT ANYWAY AND PUT MILITARY AT
RISK OF COMMITTING FEDERAL
CRIMES.
CRIMES. THAT’S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
OBLIGATION TO PROTECT MILITARY
FOLKS AS WELL.
AND MR. CHAIRMAN, WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF WHAT MR. LOU SAID?
WHAT’S YOUR VIEW OF A PRESIDENT
WHO USES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
DECLARATION TO GRAB POWER?
>> IT’S VERY WRONG.
IT’S AN ABUSE OF POWER TO TRY TO
GRAB POWER, FOR THE PRESIDENT TO
TRY TO CIRCUMVENT CONGRESS’S
POWER OF THE PURSE.
IT’S IN THE SERVICE OF A LIE.
THE PRESIDENT IS LYING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY. THERE IS NO EMERGENCY.
THE ILLEGAL CROSSINGS ARE WAY
DOWN BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
I WAS AT THE BORDER YESTERDAY
AND WE WENT TO THE ALAMO BORDER
STATION.
STATION. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
THEY’RE NOT BEING INUNDATED.
THE ONLY PEOPLE COMING TO THE
BORDER AT THE SOUTH ARE PEOPLE
WHO WANT POLITICAL ASYLUM AND
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
WALL.
WALL. THEY’RE SAYING HERE I AM.
GIVE ME ASYLUM.
SO IT’S IN THE SERVE OOFS LIE
AND THE PRESIDENT MUST NOT BE
PERMITTED TO DECLARE A FALSE
EMERGENCY AND TRY TO CIRCUMVENT
THE POWER OF CONGRESS.
>> WOULD THIS BE A HIGH CRIME IF
HE DOES SO?
>> IT MIGHT.
BUT THE REAL ISSUE IS WE CANNOT
PERMIT IT TO HAPPEN.
I THINK THE COURTS WILL LIKELY
THROW IT OUT QUICKLY.
AGAIN IT’S ENTIRELY A LIE ONLY
TO GET DIMINISHING BAND OF
FOLLOWERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS TO
BE FRIGHTENED AND TO STAY
ABOARD.
ABOARD. >> I GET BACK TO THE QUESTION.
YOUR COLLEAGUE FROM NEW YORK.
CAN THE CONGRESS THROUGH THE
COURTS INJOIN THE PRESIDENT,
STOP HIM FROM TAKING $4 BILLION
AND BUILDING A WALL WITH IT?
CAN YOU STOP HIM IN THE ACT?
>> I THINK THE ODDS ARE VERY
HIGH HE CAN BE STOPPED IN COURT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
STAPDING TO SUE.
THE GOVERNORS, LOCAL MAYORS,
LAND OWNERS.
LAND OWNERS. >> DOES CONGRESS HAVE STANDING?
>> I THINK THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE
STANDING.
STANDING. I’M NOT SURE BUT I THINK WE
WOULD HAVE STANDING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY.
LAWYERS FOR PAUL MANAFORT HAVE
RESPONDED TO THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL’S ALLEGATIONS THAT HE
LIED TO INVESTIGATORS.
AND FAILED TO ADEQUATELY REDACT
THE SENSITIVE PORTIONS OF THE
DOCUMENT.
DOCUMENT. THOSE SECTIONS SHOW PROSECUTORS
HAVE ALLEGED MANAFORT LIED ABOUT
HIS CONTACTS WITH A RUSSIAN
BUSINESS PARTNER WHO HAS BEEN
LINKED TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE,
SPECIFICALLY PROSECUTORS SAY
MR. MANAFORT LIED ABOUT SHARING
POLLING DATA WITH MR. KILLMNIK.
AND MANAFORT CONCEDED HE MAY
HAVE DISCUSSED A UKRAIN PEACE
PLAN ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.
THEY APPEAR TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE
AT MORE THAN ONE TIME IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. THIS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
OUR POLITICS, MANAFORT’S DOING
BUSINESS AND TALKING ABOUT
THINGS LIKE POLLING IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT’S SO
INTERMINGLED, THE WHOLE THING.
>> I AGREE.
THIS IS MORE EVIDENCE OF THE
INTERMINGLING OF THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN AND THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO HELP THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN. THIS IS MORE EVIDENCE OF THAT.
AND SEEMS QUITE CLEAR THE
PRESIDENT KEEPS SAYING NO
COLLUSION AND IT’S QUITE CLEAR
THERE WAS COLLUSION AND THE
QUESTION IS HOW FAR IT WENT.
IT WAS CLEARY AN EFFORT TO
DEFRAUD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OF
AN HONEST ELECTION.
THE QUESTION IS WAS THE
PRESIDENT PART OF THE CONSPIRACY
AS HIS ASSOCIATES WERE?
AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE
INTEGRITY OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. HE KNOWS A LOT MORE THAN WE EDO
AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THAT AGAINST
WHITE HOUSE INTERFERENCE SO WE
CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS
AND FIND OUT EXACTLY TO WHAT EX
EXTENT WAS OR WAS NOT INVOLVED
IN WHAT WAS CLEARLY A CRIMINAL
CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> WE WERE GETTING GOOD
REPORTING THAT REPORT WAS COMING
AS SOON AS FEBRUARY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION IN
THAT DIRECTION OR OTHERWISE?
>> I DO NOT.
I WATCH MSNBC TO TRY FIGURE OUT
WHEN THE REPORT’S GOING TO COME.
>> SO DO I.
>> BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW.
WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION FROM THE ATTEMPTS
BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO