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DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
CONGRESSMAN MARK MEADOWS
INTRODUCED ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT AGAINST ROD
ROSENSTEIN THIS PAST WEEK.
ROSEN TIME THE TOP --
ROSENSTEIN THE TOP OFFICIAL
OVERSEEING ROBERT MUELLER'S
INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN
MIDDLING.
MEADOWS SAYS HE HAS CONTINUED
TO HIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INVESTIGATION.
HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN SAYING
HE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS?
AS WE SAID IN THE PAST THE
HOUSE IS IN CHARGE OF
OVERSIGHT.
THAT IS IN THEIR JOB OTHER SAY
THAT IS FINE BUT THAT GUY IS
STILL THE MIDDLE OF AN
INVESTIGATION WE DON'T KNOW THE
DETAILS ABOUT AND THEY SHARED
SOMETHING LIKE 800 PAGES OF
DOCUMENTS WITH HOUSE MEMBERS SO
FAR.
>> FOR EVERYTHING I CAN SEE I
THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH
PROCESS.
I THINK WE HAVE PARK MEADOWS
LOOKING FOR IMPEACHMENT ALSO
TRENT GOWDY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
WHO SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS
TAKING FAR TOO LONG.
I THINK THERE IS SOME ANIMOSITY
AND CONTENTION BUILT UP AROUND
HOW LONG THIS IS TAKING AND NO
DOUBT THIS INVESTIGATION IS
ONLY FUELING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN
OUR COUNTRY.
I WOULD HOPE AND THINK MARK
MEADOWS IS LOOKING FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO ESCALATE
THIS AND MOVE ALONG QUICKLY.
JUST LIKE TRENT GOWDY IS.
I CAN'T BE CERTAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SUPPORT
IMPEACHMENT BY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IF THERE WAS WRONG DOING I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD WE
NEED TO ACCEPT THAT AND
OBVIOUSLY PENALIZE ACCORDINGLY.
OF NO WRONGDOING HOPEFULLY WE
CAN MOVE ON.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THIS
INVESTIGATION IS DIVIDING THE
COUNTRY AND PREOCCUPYING A LOT
OF PEOPLE'S ATTENTION
OTHERWISE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAST SPECIAL
COUNSEL's WHETHER KENNETH STARR,
WHITEWATER IN THE CLINTONS OR
NIXON, THESE THINGS USUALLY
TAKE YEARS.
WE ARE JUST PAST THE YEAR MARK
FOR THIS POINT.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO
IMPEACHMENT, THE STANDARD IS
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
WHAT HIGH CRIME AND MISDEMEANOR
DUTY COMMIT?
PROCRASTINATION IS NOT A CRIME
OR ELSE WE WOULD ALL BE IN
JAIL.
I THINK THAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM
HERE.
THIS SMACKS OF POLITICS QUITE
FRANKLY ROD ROSENSTEIN IS A
REPUBLICAN. I
THINK THAT THIS JUST SHOWS THIS
WAS A COMPLETE POLITICAL STUNT,
GOING NOWHERE, THANK GOODNESS.
THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO PLAY
OUT TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION
FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
GET IT ALL OUT THERE SO WE CAN
ALL KNOW.
>> BY THE WAY WE SHOULD SAY
CONGRESSMAN MEADOWS HAS A
STANDING INVITATION TO COME ON
FLASHPOINT ANY TIME HE WISHES.
SORT OF ON THE SAME TOPIC,
BOMBSHELLS THIS WEEK FROM
FORMER TRUMP LAWYER MICHAEL
COHEN.
HE SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT A
MEETING IN 2016 BETWEEN HIS SON
AND A RUSSIAN LAWYER.
THE CURRENT LAWYER SAYS THE
REPORTS ARE NOT CREDIBLE AND
THE REPORTS ARE NOT TRUE.
THAT ALL ASIDE IF HIS CHECKS
OUT YOU WOULD BE A COMPLETE
CONTRADICTION TO WITH THE TRUMP
TEAM HAS SAID SINCE DAY ONE
CLAIMING THE PRESIDENT HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEETING.
THOUGHTS?
>> GENERALLY SPEAKING I WOULD
SAY THIS IS DISAPPOINTING.
THE ONE THING I THINK WE CAN
ALL COUNT ON IS WE LIKE TO
BELIEVE OUR POLITICIANS HAVE
HIGH INTEGRITY. I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE OTHERS FOLLOW THAT SAME
SUIT WHEN WE FIND OUT A
POLITICIAN HAS BEEN ACTIVELY
LYING IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
CANDIDLY I HOPE IT IS UNFOUNDED
AND NOT TRUE.
IF IT IS I WOULD LOSE A DECENT
AMOUNT OF -- DON'T WANT TO CALL
IT RESPECT BUT MAYBE TRUST.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG
NECESSARILY WITH OPPOSITION
RESEARCH.
I'M NOT SAYING HE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN SPEAKING WITH PRESSURE NOT
AND ONCE WE FIND OUT IF THAT
HAPPENS WE CAN MAKE JUDGMENTS
BASED OFF OF THAT.
THE RESEARCH IS IN THE --
WITNESSES AGAINST ME BUT IF WE
ARE LYING ABOUT IT OR THE
ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO GETTING
ELECTED LIED ABOUT IT, THAT IS
AN ISSUE FOR ME AND AN ISSUE
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> IS THIS REALLY A SMOKING GUN
SOME PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT OUT
TO BE?
>> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS
THIS IS JUST EMBLEMATIC OF THE
SO OPERA THAT CONTINUES IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
SEEMS LIKE THIS IS JUST MORE OF
THE SAME OLD DRAMA BACK QUITE
FRANKLY I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE GETTING TIRED OF IT.
>> MAKE YOUR PREDICTIONS, WHEN
YOU HEAR -- WHEN YOU'RE FOR NOW
WHERE WILL WE STAND WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE COULD -- I THINK WE
WILL SELL YOU MORE INDICTMENTS
AND MORE INDICTMENTS IN TRUMP'S
IN HER CIRCLE.
>> SAME SPOT. I HOPE WE ARE NOT
BUT