. for you.
. >>> I’VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF
LETTERS FROM SENATORS TO OTHER
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND I HAVE
NEVER SEEN A LETTER LIKE THIS.
THIS LETTER IS FROM TWO SENATORS
ADDRESSED TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE
TRUMP CABINET.
TRUMP CABINET. THOSE TWO SENATORS ARE FOREIGNME
ATTORNEYS GENERAL IN THEIR
STATES.
STATES. SENATOR CAMILLAKAMALA HARRIS AND
BLUMENTHAL AND THEY ARE
DEMANDING EVERY MEMBER OF THE
TRUMP CABINET QUOTE TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO IDENTIFY AND
PRESERVE ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE
AND COOPERATE WITH ON GOING
FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS.
FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS. BOTH SENATORS ARE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND
YESTERDAY THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED
THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION HE
WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE TO
PURSUE.
PURSUE. CHAIRMAN GRAHAM SAID HE WOULD
INVITE RUDY GIULIANI TO TESTIFY
BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE ABOUT QUOTE CORRUPTION
IN UKRAINE.
IN UKRAINE. SENATOR HARRIS RESPONDED TO THAT
ON TWITTER SAYING GOOD.
I HAVE QUESTIONS.
JOINING US NOW IS SENATOR KAMALA
HARRIS, DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA
A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AND NOW A DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. SENATOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT.
I WANT TO BEGIN WITH WHAT READS
LIKE A PROSECUTOR’S NOTICE
LETTER SAYING PRESERVE ALL YOUR
DOCUMENTS, THIS COMES FROM YOU
AND SENATOR BLUMENTHAL TO FORMER
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, YOU
ACTUALLY REFERENCED THAT IN YOUR
LETTER.
LETTER. I THINK THE PRECIPRECIPIENTS OF
LETTER TODAY KNOW THAT VERY WELL
ABOUT BOTH OF YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO
ACCOMPLISH?
ACCOMPLISH? >> TO PUT EVERYONE ON NOTICE,
LAWRENCE, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT
IS ABOUT PURSUIT OF JUSTICE AND
TRUTH AND THAT WE ARE NOT GOING
TO TOLERATE IN OUR ROLE OF
OVERSIGHT ANY CONDUCT THAT
INTERFERES WITH THAT PROCESS AND
SO WE ARE PUTTING MEMBERS OF THE
CABINET ON NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE
A DUTY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO
PRESERVE EVIDENCE TO PROTECT
WHISTLE BLOWERS AND THE
INSPECTOR’S GENERAL OF THE
VARIOUS AGAINENCYIES AND COOPERA
WITH THE PROCESS AND FRANKLY, TO
YOUR POINT, THE LETTER PERHAPS
IS UNIQUE BECAUSE I DON’T THINK
IN RECENT HISTORY WE’VE SEEN THE
NEED FOR THOSE KINDS OF OBVIOUS
POINTS TO BE MADE BUT WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION, WE CAN’T TAKE
ANYTHING FOR GRANTED, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE’VE SEEN THE HIGHEST
ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OUR
GOVERNMENT DONALD TRUMP ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IN THE SUPPRESS OF
EVIDENCE AND THE INTIMIDATION OF
WITNESSES.
WITNESSES. SO I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUE AND
FRIEND SENATOR BLUMENTHAL FOR
ALL THE WORK HE HAS DONE FOR SO
MANY YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES
SENATE AND HE AND I TOGETHER
HAVE MANY SHARED EXPERIENCES
THAT TELL US THAT AS FORMER
PROSECUTORS, THIS KIND OF LETTER
AND INSTRUCTION IS NECESSARY
WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
>> I SAW ONE COMMENT ON TWITTER
TODAY ACTUALLY BY RICK, A
FREQUENT QUEST ON THIS PROGRAM
SAYING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL’S LETTER YESTERDAY TO
THE HOUSE, TO THE COMMITTEE’S
ABOUT THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
BASICALLY SAID THAT THE
CONSTITUTION IS
CONSTITUTION IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WHICH I THINK
IS THE SHORT-HAND FORIT. HAND FO
I WANT TO GET A LEGAL,
PROFESSIONAL REACTION TO THAT
LETTER.
LETTER. >> YOU KNOW, LAWRENCE, I --
THERE IS -- EVERYTHING THAT IS,
YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE UP IS DOWN
AND DOWN IS UP WITH THIS
ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING THAT
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. IT IS RIDICULOUS ON ITS FACE AND
THIS IS A MOMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS
THE MAGNIFICENT BRILLIANCE OF
THE FRAMERS OF OUR CONSTITUTION
AND THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATION
WHO IMAGINED SUCH A MOMENT WHERE
THERE WOULD BE AN OUT RIGHT AND
OBVIOUS, AT THIS POINT, ABUSE OF
POWER BY ONE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT IN THIS CASE THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE NEED
THEREFORE FOR THESE KINDS OF
CHECKS AND BALANCES.
SO THE LETTER TODAY FROM SENATOR
BLUMENTHAL AND MYSELF AND SO
MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE STOOD UP TO
STAND FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOR
OUR DEMOCRACY IS ABOUT LIVING
WHAT OUR FOUNDERS IMAGINE MIGHT
BE NECESSARY, WHICH IS TO HAVE
THESE CHECKS AND BALANCES.
BUT THAT STATEMENT IS RIDICULOUS
AND IS CLEARLY JUST ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF MEMBERS OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION WHO FRANKLY ARE
VIOLATING THEIR OATH LAWRENCE.
I SAY THAT PURPOSELY.
IT’S NOT LIKE THEY ARE IGNORING
IT OR OVERLOOKING IT.
THEY ARE VIOLATING IT.
THEY TOOK AN OATH TO DEFEND THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AND I THINK
IT IS CLEAR THAT THERE ARE
ENEMIES WHO ARE AMERICAN
CITIZENS, ENEMIES TO OUR
DEMOCRACY AND THIS IS A MOMENT
WHERE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE
COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SPEAK TO
THE VALUES OF OUR CONSTITUTION
AND OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR SYSTEM
OF JUSTICE.
OF JUSTICE. >> SENATOR, I FOR ONE, BELIEVE
THAT FRIENDS DO NOT ALLOW RUDY
GIULIANI TO TESTIFY UNDER OATH,
SO YOU MAY NEVER GET YOUR DAY IN
THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT LINDSEY
GRAHAM INVITATION WON’T EVER BE
DELIVERED BUT IF IT IS AND IF HE
DELIVERS TO CABLE NEWS THE GIFT
OF RUDY GIULIANI TESTIFYING,
WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD YOU HAVE
FOR RUDY GIULIANI?
>> I WOULD ASK AND THE PUBLIC
HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHETHER AND
WHAT THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED HIM
TO DO AND WHAT EXACTLY UNDER
WHAT CONDITIONS THOSE DIRECTIONS
TOOK PLACE.
TOOK PLACE. THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO
GAVE RUDY GUNIULIANI THE AUTHORI
TO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT WHEN IN FACT
HE WAS THE PRIVATE ATTORNEY OF
THE PRESIDENT DOING HIS PERSONAL
BIDDING FOR THE PRESIDENT’S
POLITICAL BENEFIT.
POLITICAL BENEFIT. I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS, LAWRENCE,
ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS ANY
BRIBERY AT PLACE HERE.
BECAUSE IT -- THAT IS A QUESTION
IN MY MIND.
WERE ANY OFFICIALS, FOREIGN OR
DOMESTIC BRIBED IN ANY WAY TO
CARRY OUT WHAT CLEARLY WAS AN
ACT AGAINST THE BEST INTEREST OF
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY?
SO I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO RUDY GIULIANI
TESTIFYING BEFORE THE SENATE
UNDER OATH.
UNDER OATH. I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
REVEALING OF THE PRESIDENT, HIS
ADMINISTRATION AND THE FOLKS
THAT HE CHOOSES TO SERVICE HIS
ADVISORS.
ADVISORS. >> SENATOR, PLEASE STAY WITH US
ACROSS THE BREAK AND WHAT WE
COME BACK, I’LL ASK ABOUT THE
SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
BIPARTISAN REPORT.
BIPARTISAN REPORT. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW
BIPARTISAN SENATE COMMITTEE IS
THAT YOU RELEASED YESTERDAY
SPECIFICS ABOUT THE RUSSIAN
INTERFERENCE AND THE ELECTION,
NEW STEPPECIFICS INCLUDING THE W
THE RUSSIANS SPECIFICALLY
TARGETED BLACK VOTERS AND THEIR
DISINFORMATION.
DISINFORMATION. WE’LL DO THAT ACROSS THIS