KENNEDY: THANK YOU TRISH, IT'S A
POLITICAL STANDOFF WHICH WE HAVE
NOT SEEN IN ABOUT A GENERATION.
THE WHITE HOUSE INVOKING
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO BLOCK THE
RELEASE OF THE FULL MUELLER
REPORT.
IT COMES THE SAME DAY DEMOCRATS
WANTED TO HOLD.
WILLIAM BARR IN CONTEMPT,
CALLING IT A COST INTENTIONAL
CRISIS IN TRYING TO TAKE IT OUT
THE WAY TO THIS REPORT.
COMING FROM PANAMA CITY,
FLORIDA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IS ALL A BUNCH
OF NONSENSE.
>> ALMOST $40 MILLION, 20 TOM
PETERS, DEMOCRATS, CALLED HIM
ANGRY DEMOCRATS.
AFTER TWO YEARS NOT SEEN A
COLLISION.
AND NOW THE DEMOCRATS WITH A
GREAT ATTORNEY GENERAL, THEY ARE
SAYING WE WANT MORE, IT WAS
GOING TO BE LIKE WE WANT THE
MUELLER REPORT NOW THEY SAY,
MUELLER REPORT, NO WE WANT TO
START OVER.
IT IS A DISGRACE.
KENNEDY: THE WAY, THE PRESIDENT
IS STILL SPEAKING, WE WILL DIP
INTO THE RALLY, DON'T YOU WORRY
ABOUT THAT.
LET'S GET BACK TO THE VOTE ON
CAPITOL HILL, THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THIS
AFTERNOON BOATING TO HOLD BAR IN
CONTEMPT, DEMOCRATS DID IT AFTER
HE REFUSED TO TURN OVER THE FULL
REJECTED MUELLER REPORT TO THEM
AND IT CAME AFTER EXPLOSIVE
PARTISAN FIGHTING ALL DAY LONG.
CHECK THIS OUT.
>> NO PERSON, AND CERTAINLY NOT
THE TOP 1% OF THE COUNTRY CAN BE
PERMITTED FOR THE WILL OF
CONGRESS AND TO PROVIDE A VALID
SUBPOENA, NO PERSON THAT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR PERSON CAN
BE ABOVE THE LAW.
DEMOCRATS HAVE NO PLAN, NO
PURPOSE AND NO AGENDA BEYOND THE
ATTACKING OF THIS MINISTRATION.
IF IT WERE FOR HIM BE A
PRESIDENT, HE WOULD BE IN PRISON
WITH MICHAEL COHEN TODAY AS
INDIVIDUAL ONE AND OBSTRUCTED
JUSTICE AS A MUELLER REPORT SAYS
IS SO, WE ARE IN DANGER, WE NEED
TO RESPOND AND WE NEED TO ACT
FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
>> IS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO
DESTROY BILL BARR, THEY ARE
SCARED HE IS GOOD TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF EVERYTHING, HE WILL
FIND OUT HOW AND WHY THIS
INVESTIGATION STARTED IN THE
FIRST BY.
>> HER DEMOCRATIC COLLIES HAVE
WEAPONIZE ARE RESPONSE
ABILITIES.
IN MOVING TO HOLD THE AG IN
CONTEMPT IS NOT ONLY PREMATURE,
UNPRECEDENTED AND UNWARRANTED,
IT IS SHAMEFUL.
WE BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE BETTER.
KENNEDY: CHAIRMAN NADLER RAN
RIGHT TO THE NEAREST MICROPHONE
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE SCREAMING
THAT THE WHITE HOUSE, TOO MUCH
POWER FROM CONGRESS.
>> THERE CAN BE NO HIGHER STAKES
THAN THIS ATTEMPT TO IRRIGATE
ALL POWER TO THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH AWAY FROM CONGRESS AND
MORE IMPORTANT FROM THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TALKED FROM A LONG TIME
ABOUT APPROACHING A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, WE ARE
NOW IN A.
WE ARE NOW IN A CONSTITUTIONAL
CRISIS.
KENNEDY: A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
IS NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN THE
HOUSE OR WIN THE PRESIDENCY, GO
BACK TO THE IDEA BOARD.
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
OVER THE MUELLER REPORT AND
HOLDING BARR IN CONTEMPT, IS
THIS REALLY A CRISIS FOR THE
NATION OR DO THE DEMOCRATS NEED
TO CHILL. ROBERT RAY WITH ME,
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> NICE TO BE WITH YOU.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ATTEMPT FROM
THE LEGAL SIDE AND HOW THIS IS
PLAYED OUT WITH THE PATH OF THE
FORMER AG, HARRIET MYERS, LOIS
LERNER AND THE OTHERS WHO HAVE
BEEN SUBJECT TO CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS, BUT NOTHING EVER
HAPPENS DOES IT?
>> THIS ONE IS STRIKING.
REMINDER VIEWERS, BILL BARR HAS
ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE LESS THAN
THREE MONTHS AND LO AND BEHOLD
HE NOW FINDS HIMSELF IN THE
MIDDLE OF CONTEMPT PROCEEDING
WHICH IS A RATHER EXTRAORDINARY
DEVELOPMENT, MOST OF THE TIME IT
HAPPENS, IT ENDS UP IN
LITIGATION AND IT FIZZLES OUT.
BECAUSE THE COURT SYSTEM
OBVIOUSLY TAKES MUCH LONGER THAN
ANY OTHER WAY TO SPEEDILY
RESOLVE THE DISPUTE.
BUT THE OTHER STRIKING THING TO
ME ABOUT, TODAY DURING THE
NEGOTIATION WHICH CONTINUED ON
APPARENTLY THROUGH LAST EVENING,
THE DEMOCRATS WERE PREPARED TO
OFFER THAT IS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF DEPARTMENT JUSTICE
AGREED TO GO TO COURT TO SEEK AN
ORDER TO RELEASE THE GRAND JURY
MATERIAL, THEY WOULD DROP THE
CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS, THAT TELLS
YOU ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.
THEY ARE NOT REALLY SERIOUS
ABOUT CONTEMPT, CONTEMPT WAS A
MEANS OF LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO
GETTING ACCESS TO MORE OF THE
REPORT, WHICH THEY KNOW THEY
CANNOT BECAUSE THE JURY NADLER,
A PROFILE IN COWARDICE WANTS TO
HAVE ABOUT THREE.
HE DOES NOT WANT TO ACTUALLY SAY
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS AN
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING AND HE
KNOWS THAT HE HAS TO SAY THAT
UNDER THE LAW IN ORDER TO HAVE A
CREDIBLE APPLICATION BEFORE A
COURT TO UNSEAL THE GRAND JURY
MAKE UNDER MATERIAL.
KENNEDY: HE CAN LOOK AT THE
UNREDACTED PORT UNDER REPORT.
HE HAS WARNED THEM THAT THEY CAN
DO THAT AND HE COULD GO BACK AND
INFORM HIS CAUCUS, HE CANNOT
STAFF MEMBERS TAKE NO AND KEEP
THOSE NOTES --
>> IS REALLY ABOUT PROCEDURE,
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WE
WILL BRING IT TO YOU, WILL MAKE
IT AVAILABLE, WHILE I WANT TO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE NOTES
AND TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES, IS A
WHOLE LOT ABOUT PROCEDURE WHEN
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
REALLY SERIOUS WHICH IS CONTEMPT
AND THAT IS JUST THE BOOTSTRAP
FOR WHAT NATALIE WANTS TO DO
JUST TO ARGUE THERE'S A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS WHEN THERE
IS NOT ONE.
KENNEDY: THIS SHOULD BE
WITHHELD, AND CLEAR OF ALL
ACTIONS, IS SOMETHING VERY
SERIOUS, UNTIL THERE IS A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS AND THE
HELP OF THE NATION IS AT RISK,
AND LOSING THE MAJORITY IN THE
HOUSE, THAT DOES NOT NEED THE
PARTIAL, THAT IS WHEN YOU GET
INTO REALLY DANGEROUS TERRITORY
IN TERMS OF WHO THE VOTERS,
PEOPLE ALREADY DO NOT LIKE
CONGRESS, THEY DISTRUST
CONGRESS, PRESIDENT IS ENJOYING
BETTER APPROVAL RATING RIGHT NOW
IN THE WAKE OF THE MUELLER
REPORT BUT HE STILL HAS AN ISSUE
WITH THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR,
HOW MUCH OF A THREAT AS OPPOSED
TO THE PRESIDENT.
>> I SUPPOSE THEORETICALLY IT
DOES, BUT IF YOU LOOK TO THE
MEDIA, IS SUGGEST ALMOST THAT
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IS AN ISLAND, IT IS NOT AN
ISLAND, IT IS, LAST TIME I
CHECKED, PART OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE.
INTERVAL TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
CERTAINLY TO SIGNIFICANT AND
HIGH-PROFILE MATTERS YOU ARE
EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE SUPERVISION
AND EXERCISE BY NOW THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
JUST AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY, AT
LEAST CERTAINLY WITH REGARDS TO
MATTERS INVOLVING RUSSIA AND
ANYTHING RELATED TO THE
PRESIDENT, WOULD'VE BEEN