>>> BREAKING NEWS, WE HAVE
BRAND-NEW COURT RECORDS WE JUST
GOT INTO THE NEWSROOM REVEALING
A DOJ INVESTIGATION INTO AN
ALLEGED CRIME RELATING TO
BRIBERY AND EXCHANGE FOR A QUOTE
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
I REPEAT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN CONDUCTING WHAT HAS
BEEN UNTIL TODAY A SEALED AND
SECRET INVESTIGATION OF AN
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY SCHEME FOR A
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
THIS IS BIG NEWS.
THE DOCUMENTS DETAIL A RELATED
BRAVERY CONSPIRACY SCHEME AND
ONE OF THE OFFICERS IS A
SUBSTANTIAL POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR A
QUOTE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.
I WILL TELL YOU, AS WELL, BRING
I BRING IN EXPERTS, THIS IS NOT
MUCH WE DON’T YET KNOW ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE OF THIS KIND OF
UNSEALED FILING.
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT HERE AND
WE JUST GOT THIS, THIS IS
BRAND-NEW THIS HOUR, IS A
FEDERAL UNSEALED FILING THAT
STILL HAS A LOT REDACTED.
WE’LL GET INTO THE REASONS WHY
BUT THE PARTS THAT ARE NOT
REDACTED AND I QUOTED YOU FROM
ARE FROM OTHER PARTS.
THE FIRST FEW PAGES THAT HAVE
HEAVY REDACTIONS BUT REVEAL AS
OF AUGUST, THIS WAS AN
INVESTIGATION WITH EVIDENCE OF
AT LEAST A SCHEME TO TRY TO USE
A BRIBE TO SECURE A QUOTE
PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL PARDON.
WE ARE STILL MAKING OUR WAY
THROUGH IT.
I WILL SAY IN THE INTEREST OF
FAIRNESS, WHAT IS UNSEALED HERE
AND WHAT WE HAVE DOES NOT TO MY
THAT BREAKS ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS FROM
YOUR PRACTICE EXPERIENCE BEFORE
I RETURN -- CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF AGREED TO REJOIN US.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS, THIS REMINDS
US OF A CI ARKS REA REPORT THAN
WHAT MORE MIGHT WE LEARN ABOUT
THIS IF THE GOVERNMENT IS
SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CASE AND GETS
MORE OF THIS EVIDENCE?
>> I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN
WHO IT WAS THAT WAS TRYING TO DO
THE BRIBE.
YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN WHO IS
FACILEITATEING THE BRIBE.
YOU’RE GOING TO LEARN WHAT THEIR
CONNECTION WAS TO FACILITATE THE
BRIBE, SO IT COULD ACTUALLY
HAPPEN.
IT HAD TO BE SOMEBODY LIKE I SAY
CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A
LAWYER INVOLVED BECAUSE YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE.
ANY KIND OF ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE DOES NOT APPLY TO
STATEMENTS MADE IN FURTHER
CRIME.
STATEMENTS MADE IN FURTHER OF A
BRIBERY SCHEME ARE NOT COVERED
BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE.
SO THERE IS A LOT --
>> I’M ONLY CUTTING IN BECAUSE I
TOLD I MIGHT LOSE THE
CONGRESSMAN.
OUR LAWYERS STAY BUT I TURN BACK
TO CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF,
CHAIRMAN OF THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, YOUR REACTION TO THIS
NEWS, CONGRESSMAN?
>> MOST OF THE COURT ORDER
DEALS, THERE IS A LAWYER THAT IS
EITHER MAKING THE CLAIM OR THE
COURT IS PROACTIVELY CONSIDERING
WHETHER HE WAS ACTING AS A
LAWYER OR WHETHER THEY WERE IN
FACT ACTING AS A CO-CONSPIRATOR
AND HERE THE JUDGE IS CONCLUDING
THAT THEY’RE NOT ACTING AS A
LAWYER NO MATTER WHAT THEY’RE
DOING.
THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT
PROTECTED AND THEREFORE THEY CAN
BE DISCLOSED AND OBTAINED AND
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONLY
THING WE CAN GATHER FROM THIS
ORDER IS AN ATTORNEY WITH A
CLIENT WAS REPRESENTING THAT
CLIENT NOT IN A LEGAL WAY BUT IN
ATTEMPTING TO THROUGH THE USE OF
BRIBERY SECURE A BARDPARDON AND
AGREE THAT ITSELF WOULD BE A
CRIME IF THE PRESIDENT WAS
INVOLVED HE WOULD NOT BE IMMUNE
FROM PROSECUTION FOR IT.
IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS IN OUR REFORM BILL WE
MAKE EXPLICIT BUT IT IS ALREADY
OR SHOULD BE CLEAR UNDER
EXISTING LAW AND WHAT THEY’RE
REDACTING THERE IS NOT BEING
REDACTED BECAUSE IT’S CLASSIFIED
IN A WAY WE’RE USED TO SEEING.
IT’S BEING REDACTED BECAUSE IT
WOULD DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF
THE PARTIES.
IT WOULD DISCLOSE THE
COMMUNICATIONS PART OF THE
EFFORT TO SECURE A PARDON
THROUGH BRIBERY AND THE
INVESTIGATION IS ON GOING AND
THAT WOULD HARM THE ON GOING
INVESTIGATION BUT IT IS SERIOUS
ENOUGH IN THIS RESPECT, IT’S NOT
EASY TO TAKE ON ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE AND HERE IF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS WILLING
TO TAKE ON THAT ISSUE AND THE
COURT IS WILLING TO RULE ON IT,
IT MEANS IT’S PRETTY SERIOUS
BUSINESS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING.
>> I SHOWED THE VIEWERS WHAT WE
HAVE AND DON’T HAVE AND I DO
THAT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION
BECAUSE THERE IS MUCH YET TO
LEARN BY DEFINITION.
HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT WE DO
HAVE AND WHY THIS IS A
BLOCKBUSTER, EVEN IF WE DON’T
KNOW HOW HIGH THE KNOWLEDGE WENT
IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS THE
LANGUAGE ON PAGE 2 AND I WANT TO
READ IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT’S A
BREAKING STORY CHAIRMAN, SO I
APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE
COVERAGE TO US.
THE REFERENCE TO A BRIBERY CONSPIREACY SCHEME THAT WOULD
CONSPIREACY SCHEME THAT WOULD
OFFER A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON OR
REPRIEVE.
WITH THE CAV YACHTEAT I DON’T RE
THIS DEFINING WHO IS WHAT IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, WOULD YOU BE
CONCERNED CONGRESSMAN IF IT’S A
BRIBERY SCHEME AND THE PRESIDENT
IS THE PERSON WHO HAS TO GIVE
THE GOVERNMENT BENEFIT, THE
PARDON OR COMMUTATION THAT THAT
REF PRANCEERENCE TO A POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTION MIGHT REASONABLY
ONLY APPLY TO A VERY FEW NUMBER
OF PEOPLE INCLUDING POTENTIALLY
THE PERSON PROVIDING THE PARDON.
>> WELL, SOMEONE IN THIS
CONSPIRACY HAS TO HAVE A CLOSE
ENOUGH RELATIONSHIP TO THE
PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE AROUND THE
PRESIDENT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THEY’RE GOING TO -- YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO PAY A BRIBE TO SOMEONE
THAT HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THE
PARTY THAT HAS THE POWER TO GIVE
THE PARDON.
PEOPLE SHOULDN’T PRESUME AND
THERE MAY BE A TENDENCY TO LEAD
TO THE CONCLUSION THIS MAY