WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Nunes' Document Disclosure (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring

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<v Speaker 1>legal issues in the news. Today, Bloomberg Law host June

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<v Speaker 1>Grasso and Michael Best discussed claims from House Intelligence Committee

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<v Speaker 1>Chairman Devin Nounez that he has evidence supporting President Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>claims of wire tapping during the campaign. They speak to

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<v Speaker 1>Fordham University professor Andrew Kent and Liza Gaytene, co director

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<v Speaker 1>for the Liberty and National Security Program at Brennan Center. Andrew,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a somewhat confusing and seemingly strange situation here

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<v Speaker 1>where you have the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee

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<v Speaker 1>having gone to the White House with information when it's

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<v Speaker 1>possible the committee is going to be investigating the president.

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<v Speaker 1>How unusual is this situation in your view? I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's extremely unusual. And uh, you know, a number of

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<v Speaker 1>folks on the Republican side, including John McCain, have said

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<v Speaker 1>as much. Um, you know, obviously there are you know,

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<v Speaker 1>close political links between a president and members of his

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<v Speaker 1>party in the Congress. But when the president's own conduct

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<v Speaker 1>and the conduct of his campaign and close to him

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<v Speaker 1>are as the subject of such an incredibly important and

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<v Speaker 1>sensitive investigation that the House Intelligence Committee is undergoing. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this behavior by by the chairman is really

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<v Speaker 1>extraordinary and quite inappropriate, Liza. It's still unclear because Nunaz

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<v Speaker 1>has refused to say where he got these documents from

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<v Speaker 1>their supposedly classified documents. If they are really classified documents

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<v Speaker 1>and he showed them or told the press about them,

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<v Speaker 1>is that a prosecutable offense? Well, certainly knew this himself,

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<v Speaker 1>and many others on his committee have really made a

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<v Speaker 1>point of underscoring how dangerous it is to leak classified

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<v Speaker 1>information and have emphasized that people who do leak such

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<v Speaker 1>information should be prosecuted. So if they are to be believed,

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<v Speaker 1>it absolutely is a prosecutable offense. And it does appear

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<v Speaker 1>that some of what uh Mr Nunez was saying in

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<v Speaker 1>his press conferences was classified information. Now the president is

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<v Speaker 1>able to be classify information uh quickly and easily. And

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<v Speaker 1>there is a question in this case about whether there

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<v Speaker 1>was coordination between the White House and and Neoness in

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<v Speaker 1>his announcements. And recently we learned that Newness was actually

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<v Speaker 1>at the White House the day before he gave his

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<v Speaker 1>press conference, using some secure compartment and facilities there. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a place where you go to look at classified information,

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, there's some real questions here about where

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<v Speaker 1>this information came from. And and frankly, you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>the president did de classified information so he could reveal it,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's more disturbing than than it is reassuring.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is Liza Gautene, co director for the Liberty

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<v Speaker 1>and National Security Program at the Brennan Center and Fordham

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<v Speaker 1>University professor Andrew Kent speaking to Bloomberg Law hosts June

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<v Speaker 1>Grosso and Michael Best. You can listen to Bloomberg Law

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