SHE TWEETED THIS IS DEFINITELY ARE YOU KIDDING ME KIND OF A DAY
WITH AN EXPLETIVE ADDED.
>> FORMER FLORIDA ATTORNEY
GENERAL PAM BONDI WILL BE PART
OF THE PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE TEAM
AT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
PAM, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE’LL ASK YOU ABOUT THE NEW
DOCUMENTS, THAT NEW EVIDENCE IN
A MOMENT.
A MOMENT. BUT FIRST TAKE US INSIDE THE
PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE STRATEGY,
HOW YOU’RE PREPARING FOR
TUESDAY, WHAT’S HAPPENING BEHIND
THE SCENES RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU
KNOW, PAT CIPOLLONE, IT’S BEEN A
JOY TO WORK WITH HIM SIDE BY
SIDE.
SIDE. HE’S ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST
LAWYERS I’VE EVER MET, JAY
SEKULOW.
SEKULOW. THIS TEAM HAS BEEN READY TO GO,
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL WORKING
WITH JAY.
WITH JAY. WE’VE BEEN READY.
WE WERE READY LAST MONTH, WE’RE
READY NOW AND WE’LL BE READY
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. BECAUSE IMPEACHING A PRESIDENT
IS ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENT S
THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. AND THE WAY THIS GOT STARTED OUR
FOUNDING FATHERS HAVE NEVER,
EVER ANTICIPATED THIS WOULD
HAPPEN THE WAY IT DID.
NO ONE COULD THAT IT WOULD
HAPPEN WITHOUT A FULL VOTE OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THE WAY IT STARTED IN THE HOUSE
AND SO ON.
>> PAM, WE DO WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS NEW EVIDENCE KELLY
JUST REPORTED ON OVERNIGHT.
SO NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE PICTURES
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH LEV
PARNAS, HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WITH
LEV PARNAS, HIS TOP ASSOCIATES,
YOU’RE EVEN IN ONE OF THE
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN ELECTRONIC
CALENDAR ENTRY OF A BREAKFAST
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
JUST DAYS BEFORE PARNAS WAS
ARRESTED.
ARRESTED. SO DOES THE PRESIDENT STILL
MAINTAIN HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO
LEV PARNAS IS?
>> WELL, I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO THE
PRESIDENT THIS MORNING, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU AS A FORMER FLORIDA
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN A STATE WITH
ALMOST 22 MILLION PEOPLE WE TOOK
PICTURES CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY
WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
AND CLEARLY LEV PARNAS LIKED TO
TAKE PICTURES WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. I REMEMBER HIM BEING AT A
REPUBLICAN A.G. EVENT.
HE SHOWED UP AT EVENTS PRETTY
MUCH EVERYWHERE WHERE
REPUBLICANS WERE, ELECTED
REPUBLICANS, PROMINENT
REPUBLICANS, PROMINENT REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT
MATTERS, WHAT THEY’RE PLANNING
ON DOING WITH IT, BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE’RE GOING TO STICK TO THE
FACTS AND STICK TO THE LAW IN
THIS CASE.
THIS CASE. AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING ELSE
THE DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO DO.
THEY JUST DROP THINGS AT THE
LAST MINUTE.
LAST MINUTE. THEY KEEP DROPPING PICTURES.
AND WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO --
THIS IS ALL ABOUT ONE PHONE CALL
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD WITH
PRESIDENT ZELENSKY, THE
TRANSCRIPT WAS RELEASED.
AND THEY HAVE NOT CHARGED --
I’VE GOT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
THEY HAVE NOT CHARGED THE
PRESIDENT WITH ANY CRIME, NOT
ONE.
ONE. >> AND TO BE CLEAR THEY SAY IT’S
MORE THAN JUST A SINGLE PHONE
CALL.
CALL. THEY SAY IT’S PART OF A LARGER
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN.
PRESSURE CAMPAIGN. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE
KEY FIGURES ON THE PRESIDENT’S
DEFENSE TEAM, ALLAN DERSHOWITZ
ALSO KEN STARR WHO SPEARHEADED
THE IMPEACHMENT BACK IN 1999.
THIS IS WHAT DONALD TRUMP SAID
ABOUT STARR THEN.
>> I THINK KEN STARR IS A
LUNATIC.
LUNATIC. I REALLY THINK KEN STARR IS A
DISASTER.
DISASTER. >> SO WHY WOULD THE PRESIDENT
PICK SOMEONE TO BE ON HIS
DEFENSE TEAM HE THINKICIZE AS IS
LUNATIC AND DISASTER?
>> WELL, CLEARLY HE DOES NOT
THINK SO NOW.
KEN STARR KNOWS WHAT HE’S DOING.
HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD.
PROFESSOR DERSHOWITZ IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT.
CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE’VE GOT
A GREAT TEAM, A GREAT MIX OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. AND AGAIN, LED BY PAT CIPOLLONE
WHO KNOWS THIS CASE INSIDE AND
OUT AND JAY SEKULOW AND THE REST
OF OUR TEAM.
AND WE ARE READY TO GO.
IN THE HOUSE -- YEAH, GO AHEAD,
KRISTEN.
KRISTEN. >> WE DO WANT TO GET ALL THIS IN
AND WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW, ARE
DEMANDING WITNESSES TESTIFY AS A
PART OF THE SENATE TRIAL.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE DID
NOTHING WRONG, SO WHY IS HE
BLOCKING THESE WITNESSES FROM
TESTIFYING?
TESTIFYING? WHY WOULDN’T HE WELCOME THAT?
>> I’M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT
QUESTION.
QUESTION. IN THE HOUSE -- WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE HOUSE?
THE HOUSE? I MEAN, IT WAS -- AS A CAREER
PROSECUTOR THE PRESIDENT DID NOT
HAVE THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, HE
DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO
PRESENT WITNESSES.
PRESENT WITNESSES. >> WHY NOT HAVE THEM NOW?
>> HE COULD NOT CROSS EXAMINE
WITNESSES.
WITNESSES. THEY COULD HAVE CALLED THESE
WITNESSES IN THE HOUSE HAD THEY
CHOSE, MEANING SCHIFF AND
NADLER.
NADLER. THEY DID NOT CHOOSE --
>> TO BE CLEAR THE WHITE HOUSE
BLOCKED A LOT OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING JOHN
BOLTON FROM TESTIFYING, RIGHT?
>> HOLD ON, LET ME TELL YOU THEY
BOTH HAD -- LOOK AT CHARLIE
CUPPERMAN, AND WHAT DID HE SAY
LET’S LITIGATE THIS.
I’M NOT SAYING I’M GOING TO
TESTIFY, I’M NOT SAYING I AM.
LET THE COURTS DECIDE.
THAT’S OUR LONG-STANDING SYSTEM
OF JUSTICE.
OF JUSTICE. ANY LAWYER KNOWS THAT.
SO WHEN HE DID THAT, WHAT DID
THEY DO?
THEY DO? THEY WITHDREW THE SUBPOENA.
I MEAN THE GAME PLAYING HAS JUST
BEEN GOING ON AND ON.
AND NOW THAT WE’RE AT THE SENATE
THIS IS THE TIME ALL THESE
WITNESSES SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT LET ME KEEP GOING ON THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO CALL A WITNESS,
IF THEY WANT TO FORCE A WITNESS
TO BE CALLED, YOU KNOW, THAT’S
GOING TO BE DISCUSSED BUT YOU
HAVE A SEPARATION OF POWERS.
THINK ABOUT THIS WITH EXECUTIVE
POWER IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO CALL
SOMEONE WITH NATIONAL SECURITY
ISSUES AT RISK, THAT COULD
JEOPARDIZE ANY FUTURE
PRESIDENT --
PRESIDENT -- >> PAM, LET ME ASK YOU THE
BROADER QUESTION, THOUGH.
DON’T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE TO KNOW ALL OF THE
FACTS?
FACTS? >> THEY DID AND THEY DID IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHEN
THEY HELD SECRET HEARINGS AND
THEY WEREN’T SECRET.
THEY HELD SECRET HEARINGS --
>> REPUBLICANS WERE IN THE ROOM
OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. >> SOME REPUBLICANS.
THEY WOULDN’T LET MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS IN.
CONGRESS IN. THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO TALK.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. HOW COULD YOU CALL THAT FAIR
WHEN IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL PART
THEY GOT TO CALL -- THIS IS THE
PRESIDENT BEING ACCUSED YET THEY
CALLED THREE WITNESSES AND ONLY
LET THE PRESIDENT CALL ONE.
AND NOW ONE OF THEIR WITNESSES
HAS EVEN COME BACK AND SAID THE
WAY NANCY PELOSI WAS HOLDING THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT JUST
WASN’T FAIR.
WASN’T FAIR. SHE CALLED HIM A CLEAR AND
PRESENT DANGER AND YET REFUSED
TO SEND THEM OVER TO THE SENATE.
SO WE’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS IN OUR HISTORY AND WE
WANT TO GET THIS RESOLVED IN A
FAIR WAY.
FAIR WAY. >> THE PROCESS BEGINS ON TUESDAY