A VOICE. BECAUSE I DON’T GET THAT VOICE
IN THE PRESS.
MARIA: FORMER PELT ASSOCIATE
ROGER STONE SET TO BE
SENTENCED TOMORROW JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW TENNESSEE SENATOR
MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED
SERVICES CONSUMERS JUDICIARY
VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
MARSHA BLACKBURN.
MARSHA BLACKBURN. >> BILL BARR, HOW IS HE DOING?
ANY -- WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
GOING INTO WHAT HAS BEEN
REALLY A WHIRLWIND OF
SPECULATION ABOUT BILL BARR
SINCE HE MADE THOSE COMMENTS
TO ABC?
TO ABC? >> I -- MY HOPE IS THAT BILL
BARR IS GOING TO STAY.
HE IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
HE HAS THE TRUST OF SO MANY OF
US, IN WASHINGTON, WE KNOW
THAT HE HAS BROUGHT AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
EXPERIENCE TO THIS JOB.
HE IS CLEANING UP THE DOJ
MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE FBI
REFOCUSES THEIR EFFORTS, AND I
AM CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE THAT
WANTS TO SEE HIM STAY.
MARIA: IS HE CLEANING UP DOJ?
SENATOR?
SENATOR? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK WHAT IS
GOING ON IN TERMS OF ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE HE WHO WE KNOW
LIED TO CONGRESS, LEAKED
INFORMATION TO MEDIA.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
MARIA: TRIED TO FRAME DONALD
TRUMP IN 2016 ELECTION THEY
ARE GETTING OFF RIGHT?
JUST THE OTHER A DAY WE HEAR
ANDREW MCCABE WILL NOT BE
CHARGED JIM COMEY OUT AND
ABOUT TRASHING THE PRESIDENT
JAIM JOHN BRENNAN WHERE IS
ACCOUNTABILITY HERE AS IF WE
KNOW HAS A FULL PLATE IF YOU
WILL, AND YOUR EXPRESSING SOME
OF THE FRUSTRATION I HEAR
EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM
TENNESSEEANS, I THINK THIS IS
THE PRESIDENT’S FRUSTRATION.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
WASHINGTON, AND THEY FEEL LIKE
THERE IS A TWO-TIERED JUSTICE
SYSTEM THEY WANT TO SEE PEOPLE
PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY
HAVE DONE WRONG.
AND FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF LAW.
AND PEOPLE EVERY DAY WILL
BRING UP THINGS TO ME.
ABOUT JIM COMEY, ANDREW
MCCABE, LORETTA LYNCH HOW CAN
PEOPLE GET BY WITH THIS?
WE CAN’T GET BY WITH THINGS
LIKE THIS THIS THEY RESENT
WHAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
DOING TO THEM THROUGH FEDERAL
AGENCIES, DONALD TRUMP
UNDERSTANDS THAT HAVE
PRESIDENT HAS DONE A GREAT
JOB, OF TRYING TO GET
GOVERNMENT OFF YOUR BACK AND
OUT OF YOUR POCKETBOOK.
NOW, ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR HAS
TO FEEL LIKE HE IS PLAYING
WHACK-A-MOLE EVERY SINGLE DAY,
THAT HE GOES INTO HIS JOB.
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO
CLEAN UP.
CLEAN UP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT
THE FISA ABUSE TOOK PLACE AND
WE STILL DON’T SEE THAT
RECONCILED.
RECONCILED. >> THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> THE DURHAM REPORT -- THERE
IS A LOT TO DEAL WITH.
BOTH ON AT THE PERSONNEL AND
THE PROCEDURAL END, I THINK
LET’S HAVING -- WANT HIM TO
STAY I THINK THE PRESIDENT
WANTS HIM TO STAY.
>> DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CAME
OUT JED SAID THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE, BUT, YOU
KNOW, THE PRESIDENT ALSO WENT
ON A BIT OF A TWEETSTORM
YESTERDAY, THREATENING
YESTERDAY, THREATENING LAWSUITS OVER THE TWO YEAR
LONG MUELLER PROBE FISA ABUSE
SAID IF I WASN’T PRESIDENT
WOULD I BE SUING EVERYONE ALL
OVER THE PLACE BUT MAY BE I
STILL WILL, HE SAID, SENATOR,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS AND WE KNOW,
AS OUR AUDIENCE KNOWS THAT
THERE WAS A CABAL OF
INDIVIDUALS USED THE TOOLS WE
USE AGAINST TERRORISTS AGAINST
THEN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP
LEAKS WIRETAPPING TO LIES.
>> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT, AND
THIS IS WHY AT JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO HOLD HEARINGS
ON DURHAM REPORT.
>> WHEN HOLDING HEARINGS THAT
IS THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> WHEN HOLDING THE HEARING.
>> AFTER WE GET THE REPORT HE
HOPEFULLY WE GET THAT REPORT
EARLY THIS SPRING.
MARIA: JOHN DURHAM REPORT.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.
PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT THAT THOSE WORKING
OUTSIDE THE LAW HELD TO
ACCOUNT THE MCCABE DECISION
DISAPPOINTING I AGREE WITH YOU
ON THAT, LOOK AT IT PUFF
YOU’VE GOT DOJ WITH VIOLATIONS
YOU’VE GOT IRS THAT IS
OVERSTEPPED ITS BOUNDS, YOU’VE
GOT EPA THAT HAS SHUT DOWN
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. >> ALL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN
POLITICIZED, YOU ARE RIGHT --
KNOWING, AND WEAPONIZED --
GOOD WORD KNOWING VITRIOL ON
BOTH SIDES HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO GET ANYTHING DONE DO YOU
EXPECT ANYTHING DONE
LEGISLATIVELY THIS YEAR
SENATOR?
SENATOR? >> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
JUDGES, CONFIRMATIONS,
JUDGES, CONFIRMATIONS, LEGISLATIVELY I DO THINK YOU
WILL SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH
SOMETHING ON ONLY PRIVACY.
ONLY DATA SECURITY, WE ARE
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR
THE HOUSE TO AGREE TO WORK ON
THE TRANSPORTATION BILL.
BUT WE HAVE SOME NOT THAT
INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION
OVER THERE.
OVER THERE. I DON’T KNOW IF SPEAKER PELOSI
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET HER
HOUSE MEMBERS FOCUSED ON
ANYTHING OTHER THAN
IMPEACHMENT
IMPEACHMENT >> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE
SENATOR ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO