[LAUGHTER]
NEIL: WHAT'S GOING ON, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT WITH
TECH COMPANIES, OVERREACH AND
GOING AFTER THEM?
>> THERE'S A REAL CRACK-DOWN, NO
DOUBT.
THE COMPANY AS WE WERE REPORTING
ON YOUR SHOW LAST WEEK, FNC AND
FBN, THE COMPANY IN THE MOST
CROSS HAIRS I THINK BASED ON ALL
MY REPORTING IS GOOGLE, WHY IS
THAT?
CONTROLS SO MUCH OF SEARCH
MARKET SHARE, TRUMP HAS --
NEIL: DON'T SAY NICE THINGS
ABOUT HIM.
>> THE DOGS WILL BE UNLEARNED
AND THOSE DOGS ARE THE ANTITRUST
DIVISION.
NEIL: CAN THE PRESIDENT UNLEASH
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO DO
SOMETHING?
>> YES.
NEIL: HE CAN.
>> NOTHING IN CONSTITUTION OR
LAW, GOOD QUESTION FOR ANDREW
NAPOLITANO BUT I THINK HE WOULD
AGREE WITH ME, I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANYTHING -- ANYBODY
BARRIER THAT PREVENTS PRESIDENT
TRUMP FROM CALLING UP HIS
APPOINTEE OVER AT ANTITRUST
DIVISION, I WANT THESE GUYS, I
WANT THEM BLOODIED AND BEATEN.
NEIL: WHAT DO THEY WANT?
>> YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY
DID SOMETHING ILLEGAL, WHO KNOWS
EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS GOING.
I DO KNOW THIS, I'VE BEEN
SPEAKING PEOPLE CLOSE TO GOOGLE
SIDE NOW, THEY ARE GEARING UP
FOR EPIC BAT WELL -- BATTLE WITH
TRUMP DOJ.
UB CLEAR IF DOJ HAVE OFFICIALLY
TOLD THEM THEY ARE INVESTIGATING
YOU OR WHETHER WE ARE HEARING
THROUGH GRAPEVINE BUT THEY ARE
CLEARLY GEARING UP FOR THIS.
HERE IS WHAT GOOGLE WOULD SAY IF
THEY WERE SITTING HERE, WE HAVE
VERY GOOD ARGUMENTS THAT IT'S
NOT ANTITRUST, WE DON'T USE
COERCIVE TECHNIQUES TO MAINTAIN
SEARCH, IF YOU SEARCH SOMETHING,
WE ARE NOT REDIRECTING BENEFITS
ARE FOR OTHER PROPERTIES LIKE
YOUTUBE AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE, THEY SAID THOSE ARGUING,
THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK IS LEG
UP ON THIS THING, THOSE
ARGUMENTS WERE SUCCESSFUL DURING
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IN
CONVINCING NOT THE DOJ BUT FTC
NOT TO BRING ANY CHARGES, NOT TO
BRING CASE AGAINST THEM.
FULL FTC VOTED 5-0 NOT TO BRING
CASE AGAINST GOOGLE IN 2015,
TALK ABOUT HOW THE STAFF OF, IF
TC WANTED TO BRING CASE BUT THE
FULL COMMISSION SAID NO, BUT
THERE'S NO DOUBT, I WILL SAY TWO
THINGS, THAT MAYBE WISHFUL
THINKING HERE AND HERE IS WHY,
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW DOJ
WENT AFTER THE CASE, THE DOJ
ACTUALLY GOT INVOLVED IN THIS
MAYBE LIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME
LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS, TECH
COMPANIES WERE A LOT OF IT WAS
DONE BY THE FDC, THE DOJ WANTS
THE CASE, THEY WANT THIS CASE TO
INVESTIGATE, SO ALREADY HAVE --
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, AN
ORGANIZATION THAT CAN BRING AND
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE
RULED ANYTHING OUT IN TERMS OF
THE TYPE OF CHARGES, CRIMINAL,
CIVIL, WE SHOULD POINT OUT
CRIMINAL CASES ARE EXTREMELY
HIGH BAR, MOST, MOST CRIMINAL
ANTITRUST CASES ARE I THINK ALL
OF THEM SO FAR HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
UP ON CARTELS, SECRET PRICE
FIXING, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT
TRANSLATES HERE.
BUT THIS IS SERIOUS AND, YOU
KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK WE AT FOX
BUSINESS HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH A
FRONT ON THIS, THESE TECH
COMPANIES ARE NOW IN THE CROSS
HAIRS NOT JUST OF CONGRESS, THE
SUCH SUSPECTS LIKE ELIZABETH
WARREN BUT THE ALLEGED FREE
MARKET GUYS THAT ARE RUNNING
TRUMP DOJ.
NEIL: WOULD YOU INCLUDE THE
FACEBOOK, AMAZON, APPLE?
>> THEY ARE ALL BEING
SCRUTINIZED.
I WOULD PUT GOOGLE AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST.
JUST BECAUSE HOW MUCH IT
CONTROLS AND JUST -- AND I
THINK, YOU KNOW, TRUMP PUBLICLY
MAYBE EVEN TODAY PUBLICLY
SINGLED THEM OUT.
SO -- WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
OUR SOURCES BOTH CLOSE TO THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND CLOSE TO
GOOGLE IS THAT THEY RECOGNIZE
THAT THEY'RE LIKE OF ALL THE
TECH COMPANIES, THEY'RE ALL IN
THE SUIT, PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER
ONE AMONG THEM.
NEIL: SURPRISED THEY ARE HOLDING
UP, WORLDWIDE DIGITAL TAX.
>> YES.
NEIL: THEY ARE HOLDING UP
SURPRISINGLY.
>> I THINK THEY BELIEVE AND
INVESTORS BELIEVE THAT THE
CRIMINAL CASE IS JUST SO OUT
THERE, YOU REALLY GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE NEW LAW.
A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PLAY OUT.
I WILL TELL YOU GOOGLE WILL TAKE
STANCE WITH INVESTORS, IF THEY
GET WORRIED ABOUT THIS, BIG
INSTITUTION INVESTORS, WE HAVE
BEEN THERE BEFORE, WE KNOW HOW
TO DO THIS, WE HAVE VERY GOOD
ARGUMENTS.
NOW, THE COUNTERTO THAT IS DOJ
IS TELLING US OR TELLING -- NOT
TELLING US OR SIGNALING TO
PEOPLE, WE SHOULD SAY, NOT
RETURNING MY CALLS THAT -- WHOLE
HOST OF LAWYERS THAT THEY DON'T
LIKE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR, VERY
SERIOUS BEHAVIOR AND THEY WANTED
THIS CASE.
NEIL: THAT WOULD WORRY ME AS
BIPARTISAN PUSH.
>> RIGHT.
>> TO GET THE GUYS, YOU KNOW.
>> THE CLOSEST I CAME TO LIKE
DOJ TELLING ME SOMETHING, I
INTERVIEWED AT THE CONFERENCE
WHERE HE CLEARLY SAID, YOU KNOW,
THESE GUYS ARE ON OUR RADAR
SCREEN.
I MEAN, HE SAID IT IN SUCH A
POLITE WAY THAT IF YOU DON'T --
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE GUY IT
WOULD GO OVER YOUR HEAD, CLEARLY