ADMINISTRATION POINTS OUT,
WITHOUT A HOUSE INQUIRY VOTE TO
LAUNCH IT.
>> Julie: MATT GAETZ,
REPUBLICAN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, HE IS
MAKING A POINT THAT HE SHOULD BE
INVOLVED IN THE IMPEACHMENT.
HOWEVER, HE'S NOT ON THE THREE
COMMITTEES RUNNING THE INQUIRY.
HERE'S WHAT HE BELIEVES, AS FAR
AS TRANSPARENCY IS CONCERNED,
AND WHAT HE CALLS A "KANGAROO
COURT."
LET'S LISTEN.
>> WHY IS ADAM SCHIFF TRYING TO
RUN A KANGAROO COURT?
WHY IS HE CONTINUING TO LIMIT
ASSETS DONE LIKE
ACCESS?
I'M DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED, THAT IS
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE COME ON THE DELL MIGHT
BE HALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, I'M
UNABLE TO PURCHASE PAID IN
LISTEN TO THE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.
>> Julie: SPEAKING ABOUT THAT,
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE RIPPING
THE FACT THAT THE INTERVIEWS ARE
BEING HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
>> THEY SAY WE CAN'T WIN THIS IN
THE PUBLIC EYE, SO WE WILL TAKE
IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS THEY HAVE
TAKEN IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
ADAM SCHIFF, WHO HAS TROUBLE
TELLING THE TRUTH, MUCH LESS
SPELLING IT.
HE'S A VERY GOOD LEAGUER, BUT AS
LONG AS HE CAN KEEP IT BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS THEY CAN LEAK OUT
ONLY WHAT THEY WANT TO LEAK
OUT.
THIS IS WHY YOU'VE SEEN THIS
PROGRESSION UP TO THIS POINT.
>> Julie: SOME TOP DEMOCRAT
ADAM SCHIFF, SUGGEST THAT THE
REPUBLICANS ARE BAD INTENTIONS.
WE WILL PLAY THIS AS WELL AND
HAVE YOU REACT.
>> THE REPUBLICANS WOULD LIKE
NOTHING BETTER, BECAUSE THEY
VIEW THEIR ROLE AS DEFENDING THE
PRESIDENT, BEING THAT IT'S THE
PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS.
IF THEY COULD TAILOR THEIR
TESTIMONY TO OTHER WITNESSES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND
NOT GIVE THE PRESIDENT OR HIS
LEGAL MINIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAILOR THEIR TESTIMONY AND IN
SOME CASES FABRICATE TESTIMONY
TO SUIT THEIR INTERESTS.
>> Julie: NOW I NEED YOU TO
REPLY.
[LAUGHS]
>> THERE'S A LOT THERE TO
DIGEST.
MATT GAETZ IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG
DEFENDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AND
HE IS TRYING TO GET IN THERE TO
LISTEN TO THE TESTIMONY
FIRSTHAND.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, BUT NOT
ARTICULATE THAT COMMITTEE THAT
WAS HEARING THAT WITNESS.
ADAM SCHIFF KICKED HIM OUT OF
THE ROOM.
AS FAR AS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,
IT IS THEIR CHOICE.
THEY WON THE ELECTION IN 2018.
THEY WILL RUN THIS SHOW.
THE BIGGEST THING FOR DEMOCRATS
IS THEY HAVE TO PROVE TO THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT THIS IS THE
RIGHT MOVE FORWARD.
EVENTUALLY ALL THIS HAS TO
BECOME PUBLIC BEYOND LEAKED OUT
INFORMATION AND NEWSPAPERS.
IT HAS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER
BECAUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO MAKE
THEIR CASE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE IN ORDER FOR AN
IMPEACHMENT TO STICK, LET ALONE
FOR A CHILD TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THE SENATE.
>> Julie: THERE IS NOW THIS
ONGOING DISPUTE BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS AS TO WHO GETS TO WITNESS
THIS WITNESS TESTIFYING.
MATT GAETZ IS BASICALLY SAYING
HE HAS TO BE IN THERE.
HE TRIED, HE SHOWED UP, HE
WANTED TO SIT IN ON THE
INTERVIEW.
THEIR QUESTION WHETHER HE SHOULD
BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHOULD HE?
WHO GETS TO BE INSIDE THESE
INTERVIEWS?
>> THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
DECIDES WHAT THE RULES ARE.
MATT GAETZ IS NOT ON THOSE
COMMITTEES THAT ARE HANDLING THE
INTERVIEWS.
AGAIN, ONCE YOU WIN THE ELECTION
AT THE MIDTERM, YOU CONTROL THE
COMMITTEE AND YOU MAKE THE
RULES.
THESE ARE THE RULES THEY ARE
PLAYING BY.