MIKE: FOXX NEWS LEARNED THAT THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE WILL REPORT
ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEALINGS WITH
UKRAINE.
IT IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT THE
REPORT TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.
AS THE JUDICIARY PANEL INVITES
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE FIRST
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING
WEDNESDAY.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT
RESPONDED PUBLICLY.
THE HEARING SCHEDULE SHOWS THE
COMMITTEE DRAFTING THE REPORTS
ON THE FINDINGS ON MONDAY,
VOTING ON IT TUESDAY.
THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
WILL USE THE REPORT TO CONSIDER
FORMAL CHARGES IN WEDNESDAY'S
HEARING.
AS THE INQUIRY ENTERS A NEW
PHASE, THE HOUSE GIVING THE
PRESIDENT FRIDAY WHETHER HIS
COUNSEL WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROCEEDS AND WHETHER THE
REPUBLICANS WHICH IS HAVE
COUNTERWITNESSES.
YOUR GUEST SERVES ON THAT
COMMITTEE.
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
ANDY BIGGS, CHAIR OF THE HUGHES
FREEDOM CAUCUS.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, MIKE.
>> THE FIRST LINE, WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ASKED TO TELL
FARED NADLER THE HEAD OF YOUR
COMMITTEE WHETHER THEY WILL
PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE
PROCESS WHAT ARE THE EXPECT
TANKS ON THAT FRONT?
>> I WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO
SAY HE WOULD ANSWER BY DEADLINE
ARTIFICIALLY SET BY MR. NADLER.
WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE WHO THE
PANEL WILL BE YET.
IT WILL WILL BE A BUNCH OF LAW
PROFESSOR TYPES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE INTEL REPORT.
THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN
ILLEGITIMATE PROCESS FOR NOW WHY
LEGITIMATIZE IT WITH THE
PRESIDENT'S COUNSEL APPEARING ON
WEDNESDAY.
MIKE: THE HOUSE WILL VOTE ON IT
IS REPORT ON WEDNESDAY, SEND IT
ON TO JUDICIARY ON THURSDAY.
HOW HEATED WILL IT GET ON THE
COMMITTEE YOU SERVE?
>> A BUNCH OF BRAWLERS ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
IT SHOULD GET PRETTY HOT UNDER
THE COLLAR AS WE GO ALONG.
I DON'T THINK THINGS HAVE BEEN
DONE THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN DONE
IN THE PAST, MIKE SO IT CAUSES
SOME RANCOR AND, IT SHOULD BE
PRETTY MUCH MORE FEISTY I WOULD
SAY THAN THE INTEL COMMITTEE
WAS.
MIKE: INTERESTING.
ON WEDNESDAY YOUR COMMITTEE WILL
HOLD THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT
HEARING.
SOUNDS LIKE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
OF IMPEACHMENT FEATURING
SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS.
WHAT WILL BE YOUR APPROACH?
>> WELL SINCE, RANKING MEMBER
COLLINS HAS ASKED THAT WE HAVE A
FAIR DISPERSEMENT OF GUESTS,
THESE ARE LAW PROFESSOR TYPES.
THEY WILL COME IN.
THEY WILL HARANGE US ABOUT WHY
WE SHOULD IMPEACH AND WE'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN ONE
PERSON AT THIS POINT.
SO IT IS REALLY NOT FAIR ODDS.
HOPEFULLY HE WILL BROADEN IT OUT
AND WE GET A BROAD PERSPECTIVE
SO WE GO THAT WAY.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ASKED AND A LOT OF SPEECHES
GIVEN IN MY COMMITTEE.
>> I WANT TO PLAY A CLIP FROM
YOUR COLLEAGUE HAKEEM JEFFRIES
FROM "FOX NEWS SUNDAY."
>> WE DON'T WORK FOR THIS
PRESIDENT OR ANY PRESIDENT.
WE WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE ON THE
CHECK AND BALANCE ON POTENTIALLY
OUT OF CONTROL EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
THAT IS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
PLAYBOOK.
THAT WAS THE JAMES MADISON
PLAYBOOK.
FOUNDERS DIDN'T WANT A KING,
THEY DIDN'T WANT A DICTATOR,
THEY DIDN'T WANT A MONARCH.
THEY WANT AD DEMOCRACY.
MIKE: CONGRESSMAN, YOUR REACTION
TO THE CLIP?
>> I GET ALONG WITH
MR. JEFFRIES.
I WOULD SAY HE IS ALL WRONG
ABOUT IMPEACHMENT HERE.
THE DEAL IS THIS, WHEN JAMES
MADISON AND THE FOUNDERS WERE
DEBATING IMPEACHMENT, THEY PUT
THAT INTO THE CONSTITUTION AND
DEBATE IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION IS VERY CLEAR.
THEY PUT THAT IN THERE, IF YOU
HAVE AN EXECUTIVE THAT IS SO
DANGEROUS TO THIS COUNTRY YOU
NEED TO REMOVE HIM IMMEDIATELY.
THAT IS WHY THEY PUT IN HIGH
CRIMES, MISDEMEANORS, BRIBERY
AND TREASON.
THOSE ARE VERY UNIQUE, VERY
EMERGENCY TYPE SITUATIONS.
IF THIS IS AN EMERGENCY TYPE
SITUATION, WHY HAVE THE
DEMOCRATS TRYING FOR THREE PLUS
YEARS TO REMOVE THIS PRESIDENT?
IT JUST DOES NOT RING TRUE WHEN
I HEAR SOMEBODY SAY, WELL WE
DIDN'T RUN TO BE IMPEACHING A
PRESIDENT OR WE'RE NOT IN IT
WITH A PRECONCEIVED NOTION.
THE REALITY IS, IT HAS BEEN
COOKED IN FOR THREE YEARS ON THE
DEMOCRATS TO TRY TO REMOVE THIS
PRESIDENT.
THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO THE VERY
REASONS WHY YOU HAVE
IMPEACHMENT.
MIKE: YOU'VE BEEN BACK IN YOUR
DISTRICT THERE IN ARIZONA.
DO YOU EXPECT SOME MODERATE
DEMOCRATS WILL COME BACK TELLING
LEADERSHIP THEY GOT HAMMERED BY
THEIR CONSTITUENTS BACK HOME WHO
DO NOT WANT IMPEACHMENT?
>> I DO.
IN THE 31 SWING DISTRICTS RIGHT
NOW THAT HAVE DEMOCRATS IN THOSE
SEATS THAT COULD GO BACK TO THE
REPUBLICANS I THINK THEY HAVE
GOT TO BE LOOKING AT POLLING
DATA I'VE SEEN SHOWS SUPPORT BY
INDEPENDENTS, LEAVE OUT THE
DEMOCRATS, LEAVE OUT THE
REPUBLICANS, BY INDEPENDENTS IS
SOFTENING ON IMPEACHMENT.
THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFERENT CUT
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET
REELECTED TO COME BACK IN THE 31
SEATS.
MIKE: THERE IS THE ISSUE OF
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR
GENERAL REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE
OF THE TRILLION CAMPAIGN IN
2016.
THAT IS DUE IN EIGHT DAYS.
ARE YOU EXPECTING ANY BOMBSHELLS
IN IT?
>> I KIND OF THINK IT WILL BE
PRETTY HARD-HITTING.
I THINK WE'LL SEE A LOT OF
MISCONDUCT ON THE PART OF SENIOR
LEADERS IN THE FBI, DOJ WITH
REGARD TO OBTAINING FISA
WARRANT.
FAILURE TO HAVE EXCULPATORY
EVIDENCE.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE SOME PROPS
WITH THE AFFIDAVITS SUBMITTED TO
THE COURT IN SUPPORT OF THOSE
FISA WARN THEY WERE TRYING TO
GET.
THE QUESTION WILL BE, WILL THE
DURHAM TEAM, WILL MR. ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR'S TEAM BRING
INDICTMENTS AND PROSECUTE ANY OF
THESE PEOPLE FOR MISCONDUCT.
MIKE: "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTED WHILE THE FBI WAS
CARELESS AND UNPROFESSIONAL
PURSUING THE CARTER PAGE WIRETAP
THERE WAS NO CRIMINAL
WRONGDOING.
SHOULD FOLKS HOLD OFF TO READ
THE ENTIRE REPORT, SIR?
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" GOT A
LEAKED VERSION OR CLAIMS THEY
HAVE A LEAKED VERSION AND
ALREADY TRYING TO SPIN IT.
THIS IS A NORMAL PROCESS FROM
THE LEFT, GET SOMETHING OUT TO
TRY TO LEAK IT, SPIN IT, CREATE
A NARRATIVE BEFORE THE ACTUAL
DOCUMENT OR HEARING TAKES PLACE.
MIKE: WE KNOW THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS DUE BEFORE THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM ON THE
HOUSE SIDE AS WELL?
>> I WOULD.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE WOULD AT
SOME POINT JUST AS WE DID IN THE
LAST REPORT THAT HE ISSUED.
MIKE: CONGRESSMAN ANDY BIGGS
FROM THE GREAT STATE OF ARIZONA