1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: legal issues in the news. Today, Bloomberg Law host June 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Grasso and Michael Best discussed claims from House Intelligence Committee 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: Chairman Devin Nounez that he has evidence supporting President Trump's 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: claims of wire tapping during the campaign. They speak to 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Fordham University professor Andrew Kent and Liza Gaytene, co director 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: for the Liberty and National Security Program at Brennan Center. Andrew, 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: this is a somewhat confusing and seemingly strange situation here 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: where you have the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,279 Speaker 1: having gone to the White House with information when it's 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: possible the committee is going to be investigating the president. 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,959 Speaker 1: How unusual is this situation in your view? I think 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: it's extremely unusual. And uh, you know, a number of 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: folks on the Republican side, including John McCain, have said 15 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: as much. Um, you know, obviously there are you know, 16 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: close political links between a president and members of his 17 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: party in the Congress. But when the president's own conduct 18 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: and the conduct of his campaign and close to him 19 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: are as the subject of such an incredibly important and 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:07,039 Speaker 1: sensitive investigation that the House Intelligence Committee is undergoing. Uh. 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: You know, this behavior by by the chairman is really 22 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: extraordinary and quite inappropriate, Liza. It's still unclear because Nunaz 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: has refused to say where he got these documents from 24 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: their supposedly classified documents. If they are really classified documents 25 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: and he showed them or told the press about them, 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: is that a prosecutable offense? Well, certainly knew this himself, 27 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: and many others on his committee have really made a 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: point of underscoring how dangerous it is to leak classified 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: information and have emphasized that people who do leak such 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: information should be prosecuted. So if they are to be believed, 31 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: it absolutely is a prosecutable offense. And it does appear 32 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: that some of what uh Mr Nunez was saying in 33 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: his press conferences was classified information. Now the president is 34 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: able to be classify information uh quickly and easily. And 35 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: there is a question in this case about whether there 36 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: was coordination between the White House and and Neoness in 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: his announcements. And recently we learned that Newness was actually 38 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: at the White House the day before he gave his 39 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: press conference, using some secure compartment and facilities there. That's 40 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 1: a place where you go to look at classified information, 41 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: So you know, there's some real questions here about where 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: this information came from. And and frankly, you know, if 43 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: the president did de classified information so he could reveal it, 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: I think that's more disturbing than than it is reassuring. 45 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: And that is Liza Gautene, co director for the Liberty 46 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: and National Security Program at the Brennan Center and Fordham 47 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: University professor Andrew Kent speaking to Bloomberg Law hosts June 48 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: Grosso and Michael Best. You can listen to Bloomberg Law 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: weekdays at one pm Wall Street Time right here on 50 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: Bloomberg Radio. And that's this morning's Bloomberg Law Brief. 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