SO MANY OBVIOUSLY POTENTIALLY
CRIMINAL LANES OF THIS SET OF
PLOTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION.
THE TIMES ALSO REPORTED SOME OF
THE WITNESS TESTIMONY OUTRIGHT
SURPRISED THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, REPORTING,
PROSECUTORS THERE WERE, QUOTE, A
STONISHED BY THINGS LIKE THIS,
WHAT HUTCHINSON LAID ALL THE.
>> I OVERHEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY
SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, I
DON'T EFF'ing CARE THAT THEY
HAVE WEAPONS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HURT ME.
WE'RE GOING TO GET CHARGED WITH
OF CRIME IMAGINABLE IF WE MAKE
THAT MOVEMENT HAPPEN.
>> IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE
6th WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
DEFRAUDING JUSTICE OR THE
ELECTORAL COUNT.
>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WITNESS
YOU WANT TO TALK TO, NOT
PREJUDGES WHETHER IT LEADS TO A
CHARGE OR HOW HIGH IT GOES.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT BUSINESS OF
PROSECUTING FEDERAL CRIMES AND
YOU HEAR THEM COMING OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE YOU WANT TO KNOW
THAT.
BEFORE WHAT WASHINGTON VIEWED AS
A BLOCKBUSTER HEARING, CASSIDY'S
NAME DID NOT APPEAR ON ANY
SUBPOENAS, WAS NOT A PRIMARY
WITNESS WITH REGARD TO WHAT THE
DOJ WAS DOING.
PROSECUTORS MUST FOLLOW
EVIDENCE, INCLUDING ABOUT WHAT
THEY LEARN IN THE PUBLIC.
JOURNALISTS DO THEIR JOB THEIR
OWN WAY, NOT AS A DRY RUN OR
GHOSTWRITING FOR GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, BUT WE ALL KNOW
SOMETIMES THINGS THAT ARE
REPORTED BECOME LEDES, AND THAT
TESTIMONY JOLTED THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS TRUMP'S
ROLE, WHICH BRINGS US TO
SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF
BEFORE, ANDREW WEISSMAN, LONG
TIME PROSECUTOR, CONSIDERED A
STRAIGHT SHOOTER AND SOMEONE
WHO'S PUT FEAR INTO THE HEARTS
OF MOBSTERS, WHICH AIN'T
NOTHING.
NOW, HE SPOKE OUT AFTER THAT
TIMES STORY, AND THEN ELABORATED
IN AN INTERVIEW HERE ON MSNBC.
YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING WITH
REGARD TO SOME OF THESE
WITNESSES, THEY HAVE BEEN ASLEEP
AT THE WHEEL.
>> I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY
RIGHT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS
MORE TOOLS, NOT FEWER TOOLS THAN
CONGRESS TO GET AT THE TRUTH.
>> NOW, THAT'S ONE PROSECUTOR'S
VIEW.
WHAT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ITSELF?
AGAIN, WE TRY TO CONNECT THE
DOTS HERE FOR YOU.
ONE OF ITS MOST PROMINENT
MEMBERS, IMPEACHMENT MANAGER
ADAM SCHIFF RESPONDED TO
WEISSMAN IN A "THE BEAT"
INTERVIEW HERE AS WELL.
>> I VERY MUCH SHARE HIS CONCERN
AND HAVE BEEN EXPRESSESINGING A
SIMILAR CONCERN FOR MONTH
ANNOUNCEMENTS IT'S UNPRECEDENTED
FOR CONGRESS TO BE SO FAR AHEAD
OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN A
COMPLEX INVESTIGATION.
AS HE WAS SAYING, AS ANDREW WAS
SAYING, THEY'VE GOT POTENT TOOLS
TO GET INFORMATION.
THE IDEA THAT A YEAR AND A HALF
AFTER THESE EVENTS THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE TALKED TO THESE
WITNESSES, BUT THAT THE -- EVEN
THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY IS WAY AHEAD OF THEM
IS, I THINK, CAUSE FOR GREAT
CONCERN.
>> SCHIFF, VERY CONCERNED.
OTHERS SPEAKING OUT, SAYING YOU
GOT TO PUT THE HEAT ON TRUMP,
AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TIMING, THIS ISN'T LIKE
WEDDING PLANNING WHERE SOME
PEOPLE WANT A YEAR AND OTHERS
WANT TWO, AND YOU JUST KIND OF
FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
INVESTIGATIONS TO DECIDE WHETHER
TO CHARGE OR NOT.
THEY HAVE DEADLINES IN LAW.
THEY'RE CALLED STATUTES OF
LIMITATIONS, AND DEPENDING ON
THE CHARGES, YOU COULD FIND HOW
SOMEONE COMMITTED A CRIME, AND
IT'S TOO LATE TO CHARGE THEM.
ALSO, IN FAIRNESS TO EVERYONE
ELSE, IT'S HOW THEY WANT TO LEAD
THEIR LIVES, SOME WANT TO RUNNER
IF OFFICE, THERE SHOULD BE A
FULL AND FREE INVESTIGATION AND
THEN THINGS SHOULD BE CLOSE OUT.
MEADOWS WAS FACING CRITICISM HE
SHOULD BE INDICTED FOR DUCKING
THE COMMITTEE.
THE DOJ LOOKED INTO IT AND
DECLINED TO CHARGE HIM WHILE
CHARGING NAVARRO AND BANNON.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE TO DO
THIS BET SWER FASTER.
THE DOJ HAS ARRESTED 800 PEOPLE
IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIOT THAT
DAY, BUT MORE WERE MISDEMEANOR
CHARGES.
A SELECT FEW FACED DESISHS
CONSPIRACY
SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY.
ONE MORE COUNTERPOINT.
THERE ARE ALLIES AT THE DOJ WHO
SAY, DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
JUST SITTING AROUND?
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
AFRAID OF TRUMP INSIDERS?
JOHN EASTMAN GETTING THE PATDOWN
LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON IN AMERICA
AND HAVING HIS PHONE SEIZED FROM
HIM AND BEING TREATED LIKE
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T GET TO
DECIDE WHAT HE DOES WITH HIS
PHONE OR BODY, BEING TREATED
LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS, WELL,
SUBJECT TO A LAWFUL SEARCH.
AND THEY SHOW HIM THE WARRANT.
TAKE JEFFREY CLARK, A HIGH
RANKING OFFICIAL.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU
CAN SEE FROM BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
WHEN HE WAS PULLED OUT FOR THAT
SEARCH, AGAIN, SUBJECT TO A
LAWFUL WARRANT.
HE ASKED IF HE COULD PUT PANTS
ON.
HE WAS INFORMED, NO, SIR.
THEY HAVE A PROCESS.
CAN'T GO BACK IN THE HOUSE.
THERE ARE ALLIES WHO SAY, THIS
IS WHAT LITTLE WE KNOW ABOUT IN
PUBLIC, AND THEY ARE DOING THE
WORK, EXECUTING THE WARRANTS.
THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF ANYBODY.
SO, THOSE ARE MULTIPLE