WEARING ON HIM AND THE BEHAVIOR IS IMPACTING PEOPLE BECAUSE HE
THREATENS THEM.
THREATENS THEM. SO LET’S -- I WANT TO GET KEN
DILANIAN IN HERE TO THE
PRESIDENT’S EXTENSIVE EFFORTS
FOR DISCREDIT THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SOURCES TELL "THE WASHINGTON
POST" THAT WILLIAM BARR HAS BEEN
TRAVELING THE GLOBE URGING
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINS OF
THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
THE POST REPORTS THAT BARR
TRAVELED TO ITALY LAST WEEK WITH
U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN DURHAM WHO
BARR TAPPED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO
INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS OF
THE RUSSIA PROBE.
THIS IS REALLY -- THIS IS WHAT
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, BELIEVE IT
OR NOT.
OR NOT. A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESWOMAN
WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER BARR
DISCUSSED THE ELECTION INQUIRY.
NBC NEWS HAS ALSO CONFIRMED A
REPORT FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED THE
PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA TO
HELP BARR IN HIS EFFORT TO
DISCREDIT THE MUELLER PROBE.
KEN DILANIAN, I’M GOING TO AND
THAT ALL TO YOU ON A TRAY AND
TELL ME WHICH ONE STANDS OUT TO
YOU AS THE MOST IMPORTANT OR THE
MOST CONCERNING FOR OUR
REPUBLIC.
REPUBLIC. >> WELL, I JUST THINK IT’S
REMARKABLE THAT WITH ALL THAT IS
ON HIS PLATE, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IS
FINDING TIME TO TRAVEL THE WORLD
TO PROMOTE THIS INQUIRY INTO THE
ORIGINS OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. AND WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT
THE PREDICATE TO THIS IS.
THERE HASN’T BEEN A KRBLTCREDIBL
ALLEGATION OF WRONGDOING.
AND NUMBER TWO, THERE’S ALREADY
AN INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AT
LEAST OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT
THE FBI SECURED NATIONAL
SECURITY WARRANTS AGAINST
PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
PARTICULAR PEOPLE. WE DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THIS
DURHAM THING IS A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION OR WHAT IS IT?
IT’S GONE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY
LENGTHS OF HAVING DOJ PEOPLE
QUESTION CIA OFFICERS ABOUT
THEIR INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES.
AND MY SOURCES ARE SAYING TO ME,
YOU KNOW, WHAT EXPERTISE DO
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE AND HOW WE
ASSESS WHETHER VLADIMIR PUTIN
ORDERED AN OPERATION OR NOT?
IT’S EXTRAORDINARY.
IT’S EXTRAORDINARY. AND IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO OUR
ALLIES IS ANOTHER THING THAT MY
SOURCES ARE TELLING ME, THAT IS
DEEPLY CONCERNING.
DEEPLY CONCERNING. THAT THESE SENIOR OFFICIALS IN
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHO’S
BIDDING ARE THEY DOING?
ARE THEY DOING DONALD TRUMP’S
PERSONAL POLITICAL BIDDING OR
ARE THEY DOING THE BUSINESS OF
THE UNITED STATES?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> AND THERE’S ANOTHER THING I
WANTED TO GET TOO, THOUGH, ON
THIS ISSUE OF SECOND-HAND
INFORMATION, BECAUSE THESE
PEOPLE KEEP REPEATING THIS.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, MICHAEL
ATKINSON WHO WAS A CAREER
JUSTICE OFFICIAL BEFORE HE TOOK
THIS JOB PUT OUT A RATHER
EXTRAORDINARY AND DETAILED NUS
NEWS
NEWS NEWS RELEASE WHERE HE SAID THERE
WAS A PROBLEM WITH A FORM THAT
THE WHISTLEBLOWER SHOULDN’T HAVE
ONLY SECOND-HAND INFORMATION.
BUT HE LAID ALL THIS OUT AND
EXPLAINED THAT THIS
WHISTLEBLOWER ACTUALLY HAD
OFFICIAL AND AUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO THE INFORMATION AND SOURCES
REFERENCED IN HIS LETTER.
AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER CHECKED
THE BOX THAT SAYS I HAVE
PERSONAL AND/OR DIRECT KNOWLEDGE
OF EVENTS OR RECORDS INVOLVED.
AND ALSO A SECOND BOX THAT SAID
OTHER EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD ME
ABOUT EVENTS OR RECORDS
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. SO THE NOTION THAT THIS
WHISTLEBLOWER WAS SIMPLY
REPEATING SOME WATERCOOLER RUMOR
IS TOTALLY FALSE.
AND THE ICIG WOULD NOT HAVE PUT
HIS CREDIBILITY BEHIND THIS AND
CALLED IT AN URGENT CONCERN
THERE ARE IS THE ONLY URGENT
CONCERN FOR HIM IN THE PAST YEAR
THAT’S BEEN ATTEMPTED TO PASS ON
A BILL.
A BILL. >> KEN, CAN WE JUST UNDERLINE
RIGHT NOW THAT INSPECTOR GENERAL
WAS APPOINTED BY DONALD TRUMP
AND THE ACTING DNI WHO SAID THAT
THE WHISTLEBLOWER ACTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW, WAS
APPOINTED BY DONALD TRUMP?
THIS IS NOT A DEEP STATE
CONSPIRACY.
CONSPIRACY. THESE ARE ALL TRUMP APPOINTEES.
SOME APPOINTED IN THE LAST MONTH
OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
TRUMP APPOINTEES WHO ARE ALL
SAYING THAT THIS WENT BY THE
BOOK.
BOOK. >> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
AND JOE MAGUIRE, THE ACTING DNI
WHO WAS SUBJECT TO SOME
CRITICISM FROM CONGRESS NOW
SEEMS TO BE IN GOOD STANDING
BECAUSE THE FOLKS I’VE TALKED TO
FEEL LIKE HE HANDLED HIMSELF
WELL IN A DIFFICULT POSITION IN
THAT HEARING.
THAT HEARING. YOU KNOW, HE DOESN’T WANT TO
TRASH HIS BOSS, THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
HE’S FIGHTING TO KEEP THE
WHISTLEBLOWER ANONYMOUS AND
THAT’S IMPORTANT.
THAT’S IMPORTANT. >> KEN, LET ME ASK YOU AGAIN
ABOUT THESE TRIPS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS MAKING AROUND THE
WORLD ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT
LOOKING INTO AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND MAYBE
THERE’S A GOOD ANSWER TO THIS,
BUT I CAN’T SEEM TO FIND ONE.
WHY IS THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE
STATE OF CONNECTICUT WHO’S
USUALLY IN HARTFORD LOOKING AT
INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHY IS HE
TRAVELING THE WORLD ON BEHALF OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR AND
SOMETIMES WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL
BARR FROM CONNECTICUT GOING TO
ITALY TO TAKE THESE MEETINGS?
>> WELL, THE ANSWER TO WHY HIM
IS A SIMILAR ANSWER.
JOHN DURHAM IS A MAN WHO HAS
CONDUCTED THESE COMPLEX AND
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS BEFORE.
MOST NOTABLY, HE TOOK A HARD
LOOK AT THE CIA AND THE ISSUE OF
TORTURE AND WHETHER ANY CIA
OFFICER SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.
HE SPENT A LONG TIME DIGGING
INTO THAT.
INTO THAT. SO HE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH THE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY HE DID
NOT FILE CHARGES.
AND WHAT I FOUND IN THAT INQUIRY
HAS REMAINED SECRET TO THIS DAY.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE REASON THAT
HE WAS PICKED.
BUT WE STILL DON’T REALLY
UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, THE PREMISE
FOR THIS ENTIRE THING.
THAT NO ONE HAS -- AND YOU KNOW
WE’RE HEARING RUMBLINGS FROM THE
DOJ THAT DURHAM HAS FOUND
SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT WOULD BE
OF INTEREST TO THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. THAT MAY BE THE CASE, BUT WE
HAVEN’T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE SO FAR
THAT THERE IS ANYTHING
INAPPROPRIATE OR AMISS ABOUT
THIS MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT’S
EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT THIS, THIS
IS OCCURRING AFTER, FROM TRUMP’S
PERSPECTIVE, HE DODGED A BULLET
ON MUELLER.
ON MUELLER. THERE WAS NO CLEAR ARTICULATION
OF CRIMINAL CHARGES, CRIMINAL
CONDUCT BY DONALD TRUMP AND YET
HE’S STILL OBSESSED WITH THIS TO
THE POINT WHERE HE’S SENDING HIS
TOP OFFICIALS OUT AROUND THE
WORLD TO GATHER INFORMATION
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. >> BUT, GWEN E KENKEN, YOU CAN T
ALL SPRT THEORIES THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS CHASING AND HE WANTS
RUDY GIULIANI TO CHASE A
CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THE
RUSSIANS WEREN’T INVOLVED IN
THAT.
THAT. HE’S GOT BARR RUNNING AROUND
CHASING CONSPIRACY THEORIES FOR
HIM NOW.
HIM NOW. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
INVESTIGATION, KEN, THEY KEEP
GOING BACK AND ALL OF TRUMP
SUPPORTERS ON THE HILL AND ALL
THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN THE
MEDIA, I CAN -- LOOK, KEN, SINCE
I’M TALKING TO KEN?
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T LIKE
LOOKING AT MIKA BUT I LIKE TO
LOOK AT KEN.
THANK YOU, TJ.
HE’S BACK AND HE’S STILL RUINING
THINGS FOR US.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IT’S LIKE
THIS FOX NEWS SHOW I WAS
WATCHING LAST NIGHT WHERE THE
HOST WAS RANTING ABOUT JOE BIDEN
FIRING AN INVESTIGATOR TO
PROTECT HUNTER BIDEN.
IT’S BEEN DISCREDITED.
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" FRONT
PAGE SAID IT’S DISCREDITED.
IN THIS CASE, THEY’RE TALKING
ABOUT THE STEELE DOSSIER AS
BEING THE IMPROPER STARTING
POINT OF THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. LIKE EVEN THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" EDITORIAL PAGE SAID IT
LAST WEEK, THAT IS A LIE, THAT
IS A DISCREDITED THEORY.
IT WAS DISCREDITED MONTHS AGO.
IT DOESN’T HOLD UP TO THE MOST
BASIC TIMELINE.
BASIC TIMELINE. >> WELL --
>> AND YET, ZRUFRPDONALD TRUMP I
SENDING HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
INVESTIGATE WRONGDOING AND
PEOPLE ARE STILL WAIVING THEVING
BLOODY FLAG OF THE STEELE
DOSSIER.
DOSSIER. >> IMAGINE IN IF THIS KIND OF
NETWORK EXISTED DURING
WATERGATE.
WATERGATE. THESE KIND OF THINGS TAKE UP A
MYTHOLOGY AND THEY AFFECT THE
BODY POLITIC AND ENOUGH PEOPLE
EVER TALKING ABOUT IT ON
TWITTER.
TWITTER. SO PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE THIS
STUFF AND THEY CAN’T SHAKE IT.
WILLIAM BARR IS NOT A STUPID
MAN.
MAN. MIKE POMPEO IS A WEST POINT
GRADUATE AND THEY’RE STILL
ENGAGING IN TRAFFICKING IN THESE
DISKRDS
DISKRDS DISCREDITED THEORIES.
DISCREDITED THEORIES. >>> THERE’S ANOTHER FIGURE UNDER
INCREASED SCRUTINY THIS
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. THE PRESIDENT’S PERSONAL
ATTORNEY RUDY GIULIANI HAS BEEN
SUBPOENAED BY THREE HOUSE