A SANDRA? >> Sandra: KRISTIN FISHER AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU.
>> Ed: BIG STUFF.
MORE ON THIS NOW, FLORIDA
REPUBLICAN SENATOR RICK SCOTT
JOINS US LIVE.
SENATOR, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AREN’T YOU TIRED?
THIS HAS GONE ON FOREVER.
WE SPENT, WHAT, EIGHT HOURS
YESTERDAY DOING Q&A -- NOTHING,
THERE IS NOTHING NEW.
WE JUST GET TO HEAR ADAM SCHIFF
LIE AND RANT AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THAT. ASK FOR MORE WITNESSES, WHEN
IT’S ACTUALLY HIS JOB AND HE
DECIDED NOT TO DO IT.
>> Ed: SENATOR, WHEN YOU SAY
THERE’S NOTHING NEW, OBVIOUSLY
DEMOCRATS WOULD PUSH BACK AND
SAY, "LET’S HEAR FROM
JOHN BOLTON, LET’S SEE IF WHAT
HE SAID IN THE VIDEOTAPE LAST
AUGUST RELEASE OF THE PHONE CALL
--" IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS ALMOST
THINK HE WAS PERFECT OR CORDIAL,
THAT IT WENT VERY WELL,
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS SUGGESTED,
WITH THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT.
OR WHAT HE SAYS IN HIS BOOK IS T
WHY NOT BRING HIM IN, I HEAR
SOMETHING NEW, AND SETTLE THIS
ONCE AND FOR ALL?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT’LL NEVER END
END.
END. THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE.
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE HAD A
CHANCE TO SUBPOENA JOHN BOLTON.
THERE ARE THE ONES WHO DECIDE
NOT TO SUBPOENA JOHN BOLTON.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE
DECIDED TO RUSH THIS CASE
THROUGH, AND THEN THEY SAID, "WE
WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF CALLING JOHN BOLTON."
THEY COULD HAVE DONE AND THEY
DIDN’T DO IT.
I THINK WE’VE ALL HEARD ENOUGH.
I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE TIRED.
I THINK BOTH REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ARE TIRED OF THIS.
WHAT THEY WANT BACK HOME, THEY
WANT US TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THEY WANT BORDER SECURITY, THEY
WANT THE MILITARY BUDGET, THEY
WANT A BALANCED BUDGET.
THEY WANT STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY DON’T WANT TO GET RID OF A
PRESIDENT NINE MONTHS BEFORE AN
ELECTION.
ELECTION. THERE’S AN ELECTION COMING UP,
GO TO THE ELECTION.
>> Ed: ’S EDITOR, AND THAT
POINT, YOU’RE RUNNING AN AD NOW
IN IOWA, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
I’VE TAKEN A LOOK AT IT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU ADD A LITTLE HUMOR TO THIS
PROCESS, PERHAPS CAUSING EVEN
STUCK IN WASHINGTON, A CHOICE OF
EITHER DRINKING MILK OR WATER.
IT SORT OF AN AD DEAD AND
JOE BIDEN OVER
ALL OF THIS, AND THE TIES THAT HIS SON HAD TO BURISMA.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE AD,
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?
>> I’M SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT
THE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT JOE BIDEN,
IT’S OKAY FOR HIM TO GET A
PROSECUTOR FIRED, HOLD UP
FEDERAL MONEY, AND THIS
PROSECUTOR WAS INVESTIGATING THE
COMPANY WHERE HUNTER BIDEN WAS
GETTING PAID $83,000 A MONTH.
THAT’S OKAY, BUT THERE HAS TO BE
SOMETHING SINISTER THERE.
I PUT THE AD UP, WE’VE GOT THE
IOWA CAUCUSES.
IOWA CAUCUSES. I HOPE EVERYBODY STARTS TALKING
ABOUT WHAT JOE BIDEN DID.
THERE’S A COVER UP HERE FOR
JOE BIDEN, THAT’S WHAT THIS IS.
>> Ed: ON THE FLIP SIDE OF
THAT, WE PLAYED A CLIP A SHORT
TIME AGO FROM ALAN DERSHOWITZ,
WHO SEEMED TO BE SAYING, "IF ANY
PRESIDENT DOES SOMETHING IN THE
INTEREST OF THEIR REELECTION,
THAT’S OKAY.
THAT’S OKAY. IT SHOULDN’T BE IMPEACHABLE."
HE’S BEEN TRYING,
ALAN DERSHOWITZ, TO SORT OF
CLARIFY WHAT HE MEANT.
>> I CANNOT IMAGINE THERE WILL
BE ANY REPUBLICAN SENATOR ON THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE THAT
WOULD ENDORSE THE PRESIDENT’S
COUNCIL’S POSITION
THAT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE, AS LONG AS IT DOESN’T MEET
BILL BARR’S
BILL BARR’S CONTRIBUTION DEFINITION UNDER
THIS DOJ, IS TOTALLY OKAY.
THAT IS NOT OUR POLICY.
IT IS DANGEROUS.
>> Ed: YOU MADE A CASE A
MOMENT AGO THAT YOU BELIEVE THE
BIDEN SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
LET’S TURN IT AROUND ON YOU AND
SAY, WHEN ALAN DERSHOWITZ SAYS
THE PRESIDENT IS DOING SOMETHING
IN HIS REELECTION INTEREST, THAT
IT’S OKAY.
IT’S OKAY. ANSWER MIKE WARNER’S QUESTION
ABOUT WHAT WHETHER YOU ARE LETTI
THE PRESIDENT OFF THE HOOK.
>> WHEN YOU GET ELECTED, YOU SAY
YOU WILL DO CERTAIN THINGS.
IF YOU HUSTLE TO DO ALL THOSE
THINGS, IS THAT IMPEACHABLE?
WOULD YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
SUPPOSED TO DO?
IF YOU ARE SITTING IN OFFICE YOU
WILL DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU NEED
TO DO.
TO DO. IS IT BECAUSE YOU DID THAT?
IS THAT IMPEACHABLE?
BY THE WAY, JOE BIDEN, WHO
THINKS WE ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO
BELIEVE THAT JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE
ABLE TO GET A PROSECUTOR FIRED,
HIS SON GETS PAID $83,000 A
MONTH, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
OKAY WITH THAT?
THE THING SINISTER ABOUT THIS?
IT’S THEN TRYING TO COVER UP AND
HELP JOE BIDEN, THAT’S ALL THIS
IS.
IS. THIS IS PARTISAN STUFF.
ADAM SCHIFF IS A COMPLETE LIAR,
BY THE WAY.
HE DIDN’T PRESENT ALL THE FACTS
IN THIS CASE.
HE SHOULD HAVE PRESENTED ALL THE
FACTS.
FACTS. >> Ed: YOU BEEN FIRED UP FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THIS INTERVIEW
SAYING YOU ARE TIRED, YOU WANT
TO MOVE ON.
YOU THINK ADAM SCHIFF IS A LIAR.
SO WHERE DOES THIS END?
ARE WE HEADED NOW FOR NO
WITNESSES AND A VOTE AS EARLY AS
TOMORROW ON ACQUITTAL OR
CONVICTION?
CONVICTION? >> I THINK EVERYBODY IS TIRED,
COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS
WAS THE HOUSE’S JOB.
WHOEVER WE PICK TO COME TALK,
WE’LL NEVER STOP.
WE’LL NEVER GET BACK TO DOING
STUFF.
STUFF. WE WILL SPEND THE WHOLE YEAR.
THERE’S AN ELECTION IN NINE
MONTHS.
MONTHS. REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
DO, THEY ARE TRYING TO IMPEACH A
PRESIDENT OVER WHAT HE THOUGHT
HE WANTED TO DO.
BECAUSE HE DIDN’T DO IT.
HE DIDN’T HOLD UP THE MONEY.
THE MONEY GOT THERE ON TIME.
THEY GOT THE MEETING.
THIS IS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, IT
JUST DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE WHAT
THEY’RE DOING.
THEY’RE DOING. IT’S ALL PARTISAN.