BOY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
YOUR OFFICE IS RIGHT DOWN THE
BLOCK FROM US.
>> IT IS.
IT IS.
>> Jimmy: WITH THE SUPERHEROES
WANDERING BY ALL DAY LONG?
>> I HAD ONE OF THOSE
SUPERHEROES RUN AGAINST ME ONE
YEAR.
I KID YOU NOT.
>> Jimmy: WHO WAS RUNNING
AGAINST YOU?
>> SPIDER-MAN.
IT WAS AN OUTRAGE.
>> Jimmy: THERE'S A LOT OF
SPIDERMEN.
HE DIDN'T DO TOO WELL I'M
GUESSING.
>> HE DID NOT.
HE LOOKED BETTER ON THE SCREEN
THAN HE DID ON THE BALLOT.
>> Jimmy: HOW HAS YOUR LIFE
CHANGED OVER LIKE THE PAST YEAR
AS FAR AS YOUR DAILY LIFE, YOUR
DAILY ACTIVITIES?
>> IT'S CHANGED A LOT.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY WHEN I WALK
DOWN THE STREET I GET A
DIFFERENT REACTION, OFTEN VERY
EXTREME.
MOSTLY POSITIVE.
BUT SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT RIGHT?
HERE IN LOS ANGELES YOU GET
NEGATIVE REACTION?
>> I REMEMBER WALKING DOWN THE
STREET IN BURBANK.
THERE WAS A GUY WHO WAS ALMOST A
BLOCK AWAY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HE
RECOGNIZED ME.
BUT THE FIRST THING I HEAR IS
"THERE'S THAT A-HOLE.
THERE'S THAT SON OF A BITCH."
IN CASE I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT, HIS WIFE WAS
LIKE, WHAT'S THE MATTER, HONEY?
"THERE'S ADAM SCHIFF."
I'M LIKE, I GUESS HE WAS TALKING
ABOUT ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BUT IT'S MOSTLY GOOD.
IN FACT, I WAS IN NEW YORK
VISITING MY DAUGHTER AND WE WERE
WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND I'M
WEARING BLUE JEANS AND A CANVAS
JACKET AND SUNGLASSES AND I'M
SURPRISED PEOPLE ARE STOPPING
ME, THAT THEY CAN EVEN RECOGNIZE
ME.
MY DAUGHTER'S GETTING ANNOYED
BECAUSE --
>> Jimmy: HOW OLD'S YOUR
DAUGHTER?
>> SHE'S A SENIOR IN COLLEGE.
SHE'S WATCHING NOW.
AND PROBABLY EVEN MORE ANNOYED.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE'S GETTING ANNOYED BECAUSE
THERE'S ONLY ONE CENTER OF
ATTENTION IN THE FAMILY AND IT'S
HER.
SKRRPT I SEE.
>> THE LAST STRAW WAS SOMEBODY
ASKED HER TO HOLD THEIR BEER
WHILE WE TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH.
>> Jimmy: OH, WOW.
>> AND AS WE WALKED AWAY SHE WAS
LIKE, WHAT AM I NOW, THE BEER
HOLDER?
I SAID ALEXA, I'M JUST SHOCKED
THAT ANYBODY CAN RECOGNIZE ME.
AND SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW, DAD,
IT'S THE PENCIL NECK.
>> Jimmy: LOOKING AT YOUR NECK,
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM PENCILLY AT
ALL.
IN FACT, I WOULD ARGUE THAT
TRUMP HAS A BIG FAT ORANGE NECK.
>> AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT.
>> Jimmy: WHAT'S YOUR COLLAR
SIZE?
WHAT DO YOU WEAR?
>> I THINK IT'S A 16 1/2.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S PERFECTLY
REASONABLE.
>> I THOUGHT SO.
PEOPLE WILL COME UP TO ME AND
KIND OF LOOK ME OVER AND BE LIKE
YOUR NECK LOOKS PRETTY NORMAL.
THEY SEEM A BIT SURPRISED.
>> Jimmy: HE SEEMS TO BE VERY
FIXATED ON YOU IN GENERAL, AND I
THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD
THING, YES?
I MEAN, IT TELLS ME THAT YOU'RE
DOING YOUR JOB.
>> I SPEND HALF MY DAY INSIDE
HIS HEAD APPARENTLY.
AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'S
PRETTY SCARY IN THERE.
IT'S EVERYTHING I CAN DO --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT'S EVERYTHING I CAN DO TO
AVOID ALL THE MARBLES ROLLING
AROUND.
>> Jimmy: JUST YESTERDAY, FOR
INSTANCE, BEFORE HE LEFT FOR THE
BIG TRIP TO INDIA WHERE HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO WORK ON A TRADE
AGREEMENT, HE'S OUT -- LOOK,
HE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
>> THEY LEAKED IT.
ADAM CSCHIFF AND HIS GROUP.
THEY LEAKED IT TO THE PAPERS.
AND AS USUAL, THEY OUGHT TO
INVESTIGATE ADAM SCHIFF FOR
LEAKING THAT INFORMATION.
HE SHOULD NOT BE LEAKING
INFORMATION OUT OF INTELLIGENCE.
THEY OUGHT TO INVESTIGATE ADAM
SCHIFF.
>> Jimmy: NOW, SHOULD THEY
INVESTIGATE YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Jimmy: WHO IS THEY THAT HE
WANTS TO -- WANTS TO DO AN
INVESTIGATION OF YOU?
WOULD THIS BE YOUR FELLOW
CONGRESSMEN?
>> ACTUALLY, NO.
IT'S MUCH MORE MALICIOUS THAN
THAT.
HE WANTS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
HIS HAND-PICKED HACK AT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, BILL
BARR, TO INVESTIGATE HIS
POLITICAL ENEMIES.
>> Jimmy: SHOULDN'T EVERYONE,
REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARTY, BE
VERY TROUBLED BY THIS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND AFTER WATERGATE WE TRIED TO
BUILD A STRONG WALL BETWEEN THE
OVAL OFFICE AND THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SO THAT NO PRESIDENT
WOULD SEEK TO PROSECUTE HIS
ENEMIES, ABUSE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT THAT WAY.
AND THAT WALL HAS BEEN SO BROKEN
DOWN BY THIS PRESIDENT.
HE AS YOU KNOW INTERVENED IN THE
SENTENCING OF ONE OF HIS
ACCOMPLICES, ROGER STONE.
>> Jimmy: YES.
>> HE HAS URGED THE
INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION OF
JAMES COMEY, ADAM SCHIFF, YOU
NAME IT.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF IT
WASN'T SUCH A SERIOUS ASSAULT ON
THE RULE OF LAW.
AND THEN JUST THIS WEEK OF
COURSE HE FIRED THE HEAD OF ALL
THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES FOR
DOING HIS JOB, WHICH IS BRIEFING
CONGRESS ON THE THREAT TO OUR
ELECTIONS POSED BY A FOREIGN
POWER.
AND HE'S REPLACED HIM WITH
SOMEONE WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE
EXCEPT BEING A LACKEY OF THE
PRESIDENT.
THIS IS JUST SO DANGEROUS FOR
THE COUNTRY.
>> Jimmy: WHEN YOU ARE -- YOU'RE
IN THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE, YOU RUN THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
YOU'RE THERE WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUES, SOME OF WHOM ARE
REPUBLICANS.
DO THEY SHARE THIS CONCERN?
DO YOU GET ANY SENSE FROM THEM
THAT THEY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS
WRONG?
>> YOU MEAN LIKE DEVIN NUNES?
>> Jimmy: DEVIN NUNES, FOR
INS
INSTANCE.
DEVIN NUNES WHO FOR WHATEVER
REASON JUST KIND OF CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE AND REALLY HAS DEVOTED
HIS LIFE TO PROTECTING DONALD
TRUMP, FOR REASONS THAT ARE
UNKNOWN TO ME.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S DUMB, IF
HE'S EVIL, IF HE'S SOME
COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE'S DUMB.
I WON'T SPEAK TO EVIL.
BUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW EXCEPT I WAS
THINKING DURING YOUR LAST
SEGMENT THAT I NEED A CANDLE
THAT SAYS "THIS SMELLS LIKE
DEVIN NUNES."
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
HONESTLY, WE USED TO GET ALONG
QUITE WELL.
BUT LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT GET
TOO CLOSE TO DONALD TRUMP, THEY
END UP BADLY TAINTED.
AND HE'S JUST GONE DOWN A RABBIT
HOLE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A
GREAT SHAME.
AND MORE THAN A SHAME, WHEN HE
WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IT WAS
DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
AND NOW HE'S THE RANKING MEMBER
IT'S LESS DANGEROUS BUT
NONETHELESS PROBLEMATIC.
IT APPEARS THAT IT WAS NUNES WHO
MAY HAVE GONE, REPORTEDLY WENT
TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO COMPLAIN
THAT WE WERE BEING BRIEFED, THE
WHOLE COMMITTEE WAS BEING
BRIEFED ABOUT THE ONGOING THREAT
TO OUR ELECTIONS FROM RUSSIA.
AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO GET THE
PRESIDENT TO FIRE THE TOP INTEL
OFFICIAL AND TO GIVE HIM A NEW
DEPUTY, WHICH WAS DEVIN NUNES'S
FORMER STAFF.
>> Jimmy: IT'S CRAZY.
IT IS CRAZY.
>> IT'S TOTALLY CRAZY.
I NEVER IMAGINED IN MY WILDEST
NIGHTMARE THAT ANY OF THIS COULD
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND I THINK IT CALLS ON ALL OF
US IN OUR PUBLIC LIFE, OUR
PRIVATE LIFE, OUR CIVIC LIFE,
OUR CORPORATE LIFE, TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN RIGHT NOW TO
DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY.
>> Jimmy: WHAT CAN WE DO TO
DEFEND OUR -- OBVIOUSLY THIS
PRESIDENT ISN'T -- SOME PEOPLE
SUPPORT HIM.
I DON'T.
BUT OTHER THAN REMOVING HIM FROM
OFFICE WHAT CAN WE DO?
>> WELL, WE CAN REMOVE HIM FROM
OFFICE.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE MAIN THING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE GOOD NEWS, THE GOOD NEWS IS
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DO NOT BUY
WHAT HE'S SELLING.
THEY DON'T LIKE HIM.
A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS HAVE
NEVER AGREED WITH HIM.
IF WE TURN OUT OUR PEOPLE, THOSE
PEOPLE THAT ARE DECENT, THAT
CHERISH THE VALUES OF THIS
COUNTRY, IF WE REGISTER THEM TO
VOTE AND WE TURN THEM OUT, HE IS
A ONE-TERM NIGHTMARE ONLY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING RIGHT AND
STILL LOSE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE THE NUMBERS.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT SUPPORTS
HIM IS AN OLDER AND DYING,
LITERALLY DYING DEMOGRAPHIC.
MITCH McCONNELL'S WHOLE
POLITICAL BUSINESS MODEL IS
BUILT ON FEWER PEOPLE VOTING.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY STAY IN
POWER, IS WITH FEWER PEOPLE
VOTING, WHICH IS WHY THEY WORK
SO HARD TO DISENFRANCHISE
PARTICULARLY MINORITY
COMMUNITIES FROM VOTING.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED
TO REGISTER EVERY SINGLE
ELIGIBLE VOTER.
WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHO THE
NOMINEE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT
NOW.
WE CAN REGISTER PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME IN
THE FALL, WE TURN THEM OUT AND
WE LOOK BACK ON THIS AS A
TERRIBLE GAUNTLET WE WENT
THROUGH.
AND I THINK FRANKLY ANYONE THAT
STOOD BY, STOOD WITH THIS
PRESIDENT, LACKED THE KIND OF
COURAGE THAT MITT ROMNEY
DISPLAYED, WILL BE COVERED WITH
SHAME.
COVERED WITH SHAME.
>> Jimmy: ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, A LITTLE MORE
CHAT WITH ADAM SCHIFF.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> CAN WE BE CONFIDENT THAT
AMERICANS AND NOT FOREIGN POWERS
WILL GET TO DECIDE AND THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL SHUN ANY FURTHER
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN OUR
DEMOCRATIC AFFAIRS?
AND THE SHORT, PLAIN, SAD,
INCONTESTABLE ANSWER IS NO, YOU
CAN'T.
YOU CAN'T TRUST THIS PERSON TO
DO THE RIGHT THING, NOT FOR ONE
MINUTE, NOT FOR ONE ELECTION,
NOT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR COUNTRY.
YOU JUST CAN'T.
HE WILL NOT CHANGE.
AND YOU KNOW IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT IS ADAM SCHIFF,
OUR LOCAL CONGRESSMAN.
SPEAKING TO THE SENATE.
MAKING A CASE FOR THE REMOVAL OF
DONALD TRUMP.
ONLY AS WE MENTIONED MITT ROMNEY
IS THE ONLY REPUBLICAN SENATOR
WHO DID THE RIGHT THING, I
GUESS.
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY I'M
IN AWE OF THE COURAGE THAT HE
SHOWED.
AND --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: HE DID.
>> HE REALLY DID.
THE GAMBLE THE FOUNDERS MADE WAS
THAT HUMAN BEINGS POSSESS
SUFFICIENT VIRTUE TO GOVERN
THEMSELVES, THAT THEY DIDN'T
NEED TO BE RULED BY A DESPOT.
AND THAT SEEMS QUITE INTUITIVE
NOW, BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS
UNPRECEDENTED.
THEY LITERALLY BET THEIR LIVES
AND THEIR SACRED HONOR ON THIS
PROPOSITION.
AND LISTENING TO MITT ROMNEY,
FOR ME VINDICATED THAT FAITH
THEY PUT IN HUMAN BEINGS.
AND NOT JUST MITT ROMNEY BUT
OTHER COURAGEOUS PEOPLE LIKE JOE
MANCHIN AND DOUG JONES, THE MANY
HOUSE MEMBERS THAT COME FROM
DIFFICULT DISTRICTS AND YET
VOTED THEIR CONSCIENCE AND THEIR
CONSTITUTION.
THAT SHOULD GIVE US OPTIMISM
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE
LOOK BACK ON THIS TIME WE CAN
SEE WHAT WE CAN'T SEE BECAUSE
WE'RE LIVING THROUGH IT, AND
THAT IS THAT WHAT MITT ROMNEY
DID WE CAN POINT TO AS THE
MOMENT THAT THE FEVER BEGAN TO
BREAK.
>> Jimmy: I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT -- IT SEEMS
LIKE WE LOSE FOCUS SO QUICKLY
THAT WE'RE JUST RIGHT ON TO THE
NEXT THING.
AND HE'S -- TRUMP IS ALWAYS UP
TO SOMETHING.
HAVE YOU MET DONALD TRUMP?
HAVE YOU --
>> I HAVE.
I MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME IN THE OVAL
OFFICE HE CAME AROUND THE DESK
TO GREET ME.
IT WAS --
>> Jimmy: WHEN WAS THIS?
>> IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE DEVIN
NUNES MIDNIGHT RUN DEBACLE.
AND I WENT OVER TO SEE THE
DOCUMENTS.
AND HE SENT HIS STAFF OVER
SAYING HE WANTED TO SEE ME IN
THE OVAL OFFICE.
I COULDN'T BRING STAFF WITH ME.
WHICH MADE ME NERVOUS FRANKLY.
THAT THERE BE NO WITNESS TO WHAT
HE WOULD SAY.
BUT THE FIRST THING HE SAID, HE
CAME AROUND THE DECEMBERING, HE
SAID, "YOU KNOW YOU DO A REALLY
GOOD JOB."
AND WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT YOUR
NATURAL IMPULSE IS TO SAY "SO DO
YOU."
BUT I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO
SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THERE WAS THIS LONG, VERY
AWKWARD PAUSE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT'S WHERE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WENT WRONG.
YOU GUYS COULD HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE GOLFING TOGETHER.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST FINE.
>> Jimmy: WELL, I JUST WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU FOR -- I WATCH YOU
AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU
DO.
IN FACT, I DO WANT YOU TO HAVE
THIS SPECIAL GIFT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOU CAN GIVE THAT TO DEVIN IF
YOU LIKE.