An "Unjection™".
>>> AS THE WHITE HOUSE FACES A An "Unjection™".
>>> AS THE WHITE HOUSE FACES A STORM OF RUSSIA-RELATED
QUESTIONS TODAY, TOMORROW THE
PRESIDENT’S PICKED TO LEAD THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED
TO TELL SENATORS IT IS, QUOTE,
VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT ROBERT
MUELLER BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETE
HIS INVESTIGATION.
HIS INVESTIGATION. THAT’S ACCORDING TO NEW EXCERPTS
RELEASED BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
PRESS. THAT WILL BE PART OF BARR’S
CONFIRMATION HEARING BEGINNING
23 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES FROM
THIS EXACT MOMENT.
AND DEMOCRATS ARE ZEROING IN ON
THE 19-PAGE MEMO BARR SENT POP
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
CRITICIZING THE INVESTIGATION.
HERE’S DEMOCRATIC SENATOR DICK
DURBIN.
DURBIN. >> I’M WORRIED ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, IT CLEARLY HE’S A GOOD
LAWYER.
LAWYER. NO QUESTION.
NO QUESTION. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
DELICATE POLITICAL SITUATION,
THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENPRESIDE
BILL BARR HAD BETTER GIVE US
IRONCLAD ROCK BOTTOM ASSURANCES
IN TERMS OF HIS INDEPENDENCE AND
HIS WILLINGNESS TO STEP BACK AND
LET MUELLER FINISH HIS JOB.
>> LET ME BRING IN NOW NBC’S
PETE WILLIAMS.
PETE WILLIAMS. THAT NEW EXCERPT THAT BARR WILL
ASSURE SENATORS IT’S VITALLY
IMPORTANT THAT MUELLER FINISHES
HIS WORK, DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU
BASED ON YOUR REPORTING OF BILL
BARR?
BARR? >> NO.
>> NO. AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
RELEASED THE PREPARING OPENING
STATEMENT, AND WHAT HE SAYS IS I
BELIEVE IT’S IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF EVERYBODY THAT THIS
MATTER BE RESOLVED BY ALLOWING
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO COMPLETE
HIS WORK.
HIS WORK. HE SAYS THE COUNTRY NEEDS A
CREDIBLE RESOLUTION OF THESE
ISSUES.
ISSUES. AND THAT HE WON’T LET PARTISAN
POLITICS, PERSONAL INTERESTS OR
ANY OTHER IMPROPER CONSIDERATION
INTERFERE WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. HE ALSO SAYS HIS GOAL WILL BE TO
PROVIDE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS
HE CAN CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW.
I THINK T A PRACTICAL MATTER
HERE.
HERE. MUELLER IS BASICALLY NEARING THE
END OF HIS WORK, AND IN THE
PREPARED STATEMENT BARR TIPS HIS
HAT TO THIS A LITTLE BIT.
HE SAYS THIS A, QUOTE, GIVEN HIS
PUBLIC ACTIONS TODAY, I EXPECT
THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS WELL
ALONG IN HIS INVESTIGATION.
NOW, MY GUESS IS, FRANKLY, BARR
KNOWS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT
THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS ARE, BUT
NONETHELESS, HE SEEPS TO ECHO
THAT.
THAT. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, IF HE IS
CONFIRMED, HIS MAIN
RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE DECIDING
HOW IT’S TRANSMITTED, THE REPORT
IS TRANSMITTED TO THE CONGRESS
AND MADE PUBLIC.
THAT’S NO SMALL THING, BUT I
THINK MOST OF THE OVERSEEING OF
THE INVESTIGATION ITSELF IS
PRETTY WELL DONE OR WILL BE DONE
BY ROD ROSENSTEIN BY THE TIME
BARR IS CONFIRMED AND DECIDES HE
WANTS A NEW DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
GENERAL. CLEARLY HE INTENDS TO SAY HE’S
NOT GOING TO TRY TO PUT HIS FOOT
ON BOB MUELLER’S THROAT AND
INTENDS TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IN
HIS TESTIMONY.
HIS TESTIMONY. HE KNOWS THAT HE -- THAT’S JUST
ESSENTIAL FOR HIM IN ORDER TO
GET CONFIRMATION WITH
REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> PETE, THAT LINE YOU READ FROM
THE EXCERPTS THAT YOU JUST GOT
YOUR HANDS ON THAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT RELEASED ABOUT
TRANSSI, BEING AS TRANSPARENT AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. IS THAT AN INDICATION THAT MAYBE
BARR WOULD BE OPEN TO RELEASING
PART OF THE REPORT PUBLICLY?
>> THERE’S BEEN DISCUSSION
WITHIN THE JUSTY DEPARTMENT
ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS.
BEFORE BARR WAS NOMINATED AND I
THINK THEIR EXPECTATION IS THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BECOME PUBLIC.
NOW, MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS ANYONE.
THERE’S GOING TO BE A FIGHT
ABOUT HOW MUCH OF IT GETS MADE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. I ASSUME MUELLER’S REPORT WILL
CONTAIN TWO THINGS THAT CANNOT
BE MADE PUBLIC.
GRAND JURY MATERIAL WHICH ISN’T
ALLOWED TO BE MADE OPINION, AND
ANY KIND OF INTELLIGENCE
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. THOSE THINGS ALL HAVE TO BE
REDACTED.
REDACTED. WHO DUZOES THE REDACTING? THE LA
I HEARD THAT HADN’T BEEN
RESOLVED.
RESOLVED. THAT’S ONE THING.
AND AS YOU KNOW THE PRESIDENT
MAY ASSERT EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
UNDER OVER THE OBSTRUCTION
INVESTIGATION AND IN TERMS OF
WHAT HE SAID TO ANYTHING IN THE