>> WELL, CLEARLY NOT.
CONSIDERING THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENED.
ED: LET'S TURN TO IMPEACHMENT.
WANT TO START WITH YOU BECAUSE
YOU'VE BEEN UNDER FIRE, AS YOU
KNOW, IN RECENT DAYS WITH THE
CHAIRMAN WHO YOU DON'T GET ALONG
WITH.
ADAM SCHIFF SORT OF DROPPED IN
THE REPORT THERE ARE PHONE
RECORDS SUGGESTING THAT YOU WERE
SPEAKING TO NOT JUST RUDY
GIULIANI, BUT ONE OF HIS
ASSOCIATES WHO'S NOW BEEN
INDICTED.
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR PHONE
RECORDS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
WHAT THE CHAIRMAN IS ALLEGING IS
TRUE?
>> YEAH.
SO I'VE BEEN UNDER FIRE FOR
THREE YEARS BECAUSE WE CONTINUE
TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION, RIGHT?
WHETHER IT'S THE DEMOCRATS
UNMASKING TRUMP TRANSITION
OFFICIALS TO THEM FUNDING THE
DOSSIER THAT WAS USED TO -- THEY
GAVE IT TO THE FBI TO GET A FISA
WARRANT ON CARTER PAGE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OVER THE
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, I
THINK THEY WERE EMBARRASSED BY
THEIR LACK OF EVIDENCE THEY WERE
ABLE TO PRESENT THROUGH THE
HEARING.
IS SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THE
FRIDAY THANKSGIVING THIS FAKE
NEWS STORY DROPS ABOUT ME
SUPPOSEDLY BEING IN VIENNA, AND
THEN WE GET BACK FROM
THANKSGIVING AND, LO AND BEHOLD,
MY NAME -- ALONG WITH ONE OF MY
CURRENT TAFFE PEOPLE, I THINK
THIS IS IMPORTANT, AND A FORMER
STAFF PERSON -- ALL OF A SUDDEN
OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE VIOLATED
BECAUSE OUR PHONE RECORDS SHOW
UP IN THIS REPORT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU I HAD, I WAS
BUSY ALL WEEK SO FINALLY
YESTERDAY I HAD A CHANCE TO GO
THROUGH ALL MY PHONE RECORDS,
AND I CAN TELL YOU MY PHONE
RECORDS DO NOT MATCH WHAT SCHIFF
AND THE DEMOCRATS PUT IN THAT
REPORT.
ED: SO YOU DID NOT TALK TO LEV
PARNAS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS MANY
FINALS AS THEY'RE ALLEGING?
>> WHAT I HAVE, I CAN TELL YOU
IT DOESN'T MATCH.
I HAVE ONE CALL WITH RUDY
GIULIANI IN APRIL, ONE IN MAY,
OKAY?
THE REST OF THE CALLS ARE EITHER
THEY DIDN'T CONNECT OR IT WAS A
VOICEMAIL, RIGHT?
SO ONE IN APRIL, ONE IN MAY.
I HAVE A CALL FROM SOMEBODY
NAMED -- I ASSUME IT'S PARNAS'
WIFE, BECAUSE IT'S REGISTERED TO
A LADY, INCOMING CALL TO MY
PHONE.
I WOULD DO WHAT I WOULD NORMALLY
DO IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU
DON'T RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY, YOU
DON'T KNOW SOMEBODY, YOU SAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LET ME GET
YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF
PERSON.
ED: SO DID YOU EVER HAVE A
SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT
INFORMATION IN UKRAINE?
>> WELL, ANYTHING -- REMEMBER, I
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE NAME UNTIL
JUST IN THE LAST MONTH WHEN HE
WAS INDICTED BECAUSE I DIDN'T
KNOW WHO THIS PERSON WAS.
SO WE GET SO MANY CALLS ALL THE
TIME FROM RANDOM PEOPLE BECAUSE
WE'RE THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE,
RIGHT?
WE GET CALLS FROM AMERICANS,
CALLS FROM FORMERS.
I DON'T REMEMBER IT BEING A
FEMALE VOICE.
SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER
A CALL, SOMEBODY I DIDN'T KNOW.
SAID, HEY, I'LL GET YOU TO THE
APPROPRIATE STAFF PERSON.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT, OKAY?
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NO
WAY I TALKED ABOUT ME BEING IN
VIENNA MEETING WITH RANDOM
UKRAINIANS.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, RIGHT?
SO I CAN TELL YOU WE DIDN'T TALK
ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THERE'S -- AND THE
OTHER ISSUE ABOUT PARNAS THAT WE
KNOW OF IS THAT THE ONLY PERSON
THAT'S BEEN TALKING TO PARNAS
ARE ADAM SCHIFF AND THE
DEMOCRATS.
I RECEIVED ONE CALL, LIKE I
SAID, WE RECEIVE CALLS ALL THE
TIME.
THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH PARNAS ALL
THE TIME.
SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM, THEY
NEED TO INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES.
PETE: ON THIS ISSUE SCHIFF AND
RUDY GIULIANI, A LOT OF PEOPLE
POINTING TO BASIC CIVIL
LIBERTIES.
NOT JUST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
BUT REPORTERS AND OTHERS, ANYONE
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING TO
RUDY GIULIANI, NOW THEIR PHONE
RECORDS OUT THERE?
>> SO I BELIEVE I AM THE FIRST
MEMBER OF CONGRESS, AND I
BELIEVE MY STAFF AND FORMER
STAFF ARE THE FIRST ONES EVER TO
HAVE THEIR PHONE RECORDS EXPOSED
LIKE THIS.
SO WE'RE SITTING ON ROUGHLY 3500
PAGES OF METATODAY TAXER OF
PHONE -- METADATA, OF PHONE
RECORDS THAT THE DEMOCRATS
SUBPOENAED.
THEY STARTED DROPPING PHONE
NUMBERS IN AND SEARCHING, LET ME
SEE WHAT NUMBERS POP UP.
SO THE TRUTH IS TWO CALLS TO
RUDY GIULIANI AND ONE CALL WITH
A GUY THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW
SEEMS PRETTY ODD TO SAY THAT
THAT'S A CONSPIRACY, RIGHT?
AND THEN HE POPS ME IN THE
REPORT SAYING THAT I HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS
AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH BEING
FIRED.
I ARE NEWS FOR THEM, I DIDN'T
KNOW WHO SHE WAS.
>> YOU GOING TO RELEASE YOUR
PHONE RECORDS --
>> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO.
I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION
BETWEEN A, THE IF, THE -- AT&T,
HOUSE DEMOCRATS, VERIZON --
>> RIGHT.
>> -- AND THE COURTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
LEGAL ACTION HERE --
>> ARE YOU TAKING LEGAL ACTION
RIGHT NOW IN.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO
TAKE LEGAL ACTION.
>> RIGHT.
>> REMEMBER, THEY HAVE THE PHONE
RECORDS OF MANY JOURNALISTS, OF
MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, RIGHT?
RUDY GIULIANI -- I'M NOT THE
ONLY MEMBER OF CONGRESS RUDY
GIULIANI KNOWS.
SO THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE
BECAUSE THOSE PHONE RECORDS ARE
DOWN THERE, AND AT ANY GIVEN
TIME IF THEY DON'T LIKE A
REPORTER OR A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS, THEY CAN GIN UP A