>> Charles: INVESTIGATING THE
INVESTIGATORS.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR HAS
CRITICS ALL FIRED UP AFTER
LAUNCHING A PROBE INTO HOW THIS
WHOLE TRUMP RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
STARTED.
SOMETHING TELLS ME THOUGH, HE
COULD CARE LESS WHAT HIS CRITICS
HAVE TO SAY.
>> ANY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THIS
PERIOD IS GOING TO END UP LOSING
A LOT OF POLITICAL TA
A LOT OF POLITICAL CAPITAL.
I REALIZE THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHY I SHOULD
TAKE IT ON.
MY STAGE IN LIFE, IT DOESN'T
MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
>> THE END OF YOUR CAREER OR --
>> I'M AT THE END OF MY CAREER.
>> IT'S A REPUTATION THAT YOU
WORKED YOUR WHOLE LIFE ON.
>> YEAH, BUT EVERYONE DIES.
>> Charles: FORMER REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN AND FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, TREY GOWDY.
TREY, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
I HAVE TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY,
BILL BARR HAS BEEN REFRESHING
AND I FEEL CONFIDENT AND TO
GETTING SOME TRUE CLOSURE ON ALL
OF THIS.
>> YEAH, HE'S A SERIOUS LEGAL
MIND TRYING TO DO A LEGAL JOB IN
AN IMPOSSIBLE POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
I APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO
ACCEPT THIS ROLE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE
NAMED JOHN RATCLIFFE THAT WAS UP
FOR IT.
MOST PEOPLE WILL TAKE A LONG
HARD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WANT TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THE
CONFIRMATION PROCESS AND
SECONDARILY, THE UNMITIGATED
DUPLICITY AND HYPOCRISY THAT
EXISTS IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
I'M GLAD HE DID IT.
HE'S A REALLY GOOD LAWYER.
BUT EVERYTHING THAT COPS OUT OF
HIS MOUTH IS SUBJECT TO A
POLITICAL ANALYSIS.
NO LAWYER CAN FUNCTION IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
>> Charles: YOU HIT THE NAIL ON
THE HEAD.
IT'S POLARIZING POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT IS NOT GOING TO GO
AWAY ANY TIME SOON.
YOU KNOW, WHILE BILL BARR TALKS
ABOUT BEING AT THE END OF HIS
CAREER, HE'S AT A POINT RIGHT
NOW WHERE HE CAN GET SOMETHING
DONE.
OTHERWISE, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
LEFT OUT THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO
INTERPRETATION.
EVEN AFTER PERHAPS THE I.G.'S
REPORT, HIS REPORT, EVERYTHING
ELSE.
BOTH SIDES WILL PROBABLY TAKE
WHAT THEY WANT FROM THIS.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESPERATELY
ARE SEEKING CLOSURE.
>> I THINK THEY ARE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESPERATELY
WANT A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
THAT THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN,
EVEN IF THEY MAY DISAGREE WITH
CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
HE'S A DOJ GUY FROM WAY BACK.
HE CARES ABOUT REPAIRING THE
REPUTATION OF THAT DEPARTMENT
AND THE BUREAU.
HE'S THE BOSS OF THE BUREAU IN A
SENSE AS WELL.
SO I'M GLAD HE'S THERE.
I THINK IF GIVEN THE TIME AND
THE OBJECTIVITY AND AN
OPEN-MINDED JURY, HE CAN GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF SOME OF THESE.
HALF THE COUNTRY AT LEAST AND
CERTAINLY HALF THE CONGRESS
DOESN'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN
GETTING TO THE FACTUAL PREDICATE
OF RUSSIA OR WHETHER OR NOT THE
FISA APPLICATION PROCESS WAS
ABUSED.
IT'S AN OUTCOME DETERMINATIVE
WORLD.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE TRUMP, NOTHING
WILL CHANGE THAT.
IF YOU LIKE TRUMP, NOTHING WILL
CHANGE THAT.
>> Charles: SO IF WE FIND THE
ORIGINS OF THIS RUSSIA PROBE
WERE NEFARIOUS TO BEGIN WITH AND
THE COMPLAINTS VOICED FROM DAY
ONE ARE LEGITIMATE, THEN WHAT
DOES -- YOU'RE SAYING THAT
SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THE
WAY THINGS ARE?
>> I'M SAYING IT WON'T.
>> Charles: REALLY?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
YOU'VE GOT PETER STRZOK WITH A
HISTORIC LEVEL OF BIAS WHO IS
LEADING THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
HE SAID HIS REAL CONCERN WAS
THAT THERE WAS NO THERE THERE.
IF IT WOULD RESULT IN
IMPEACHMENT, HE WASN'T
INTERESTED.
THIS IS THE LEAD FBI AGENT.
I FINALLY FOUND A COP THAT
DEMOCRATS CAN DEFEND AND
SUPPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS PETER
STRZOK.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IN THAT
HEARING THEY'RE DEFENDING
SOMEONE WITH A HISTORIC LEVEL OF
ANIMUS AND BIAS.
>> Charles: LISTEN TO THIS.
>> OVER TIME I'VE HAD SENIOR
REPUBLICANS THAT WILL SAY IN
HUSH TONES, KEEP DOING WHAT
YOU'RE DOING.
BUT I'M FRANKLY EXHAUSTED BE I
THE PRIVATE MISGIVINGS.
PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK OUT.
[APPLAUSE]
I THINK THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OF
COWARDESS IN THE GOP.
THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T STAND FOR
ANYTHING THE REPUBLICAN PART
STOOD FOR.
>> AN EPIDEMIC OF COWARDESS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY
REPUBLICAN WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
THERE'S THREE THAT HE LIKES.
THOSE THAT VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS,
THOSE THAT LOSE AND NOSE THAT
DIE.
THIS IS THE SAME ADAM SHERIFF
THAT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO
KEEP YOU FROM FINDING OUT THAT
HILLARY CLINTON HAD HER OWN
SERVER AND CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION TRAVERSED THAT
SERVER.
HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO
MAKE SURE YOU NEVER FOUND THAT
OUT, CHARLES.
THE DOSSIER?
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT WAS
UP TO ADAM SCHIFF.
HE WENT TO COURT TO MAKE SURE
YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT THE DNC
FUNDED CHRISTOPHER STEELE'S WORK
AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS
STRZOK-PAGE TEXT IF IT WAS UP TO
ADAM SHERIFF.