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I do not remember it. After 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.560 the speech, I was interviewed by the news media. There 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.480 was an area for that U in a different room, 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.480 and then I left the hotel. But whether I ever 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:24.959 attended a reception where or where the Russian ambassador was 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:29.800 also present, is entirely beside the point of this investigation 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:35.199 into Russian interference in the sixteen campaign. Let me state 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:40.160 this clearly, colleagues, I have never met with or had 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:45.360 any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:49.560 any type of interference with any campaign or election in 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.760 the United States. Further, I have no knowledge of any 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:57.480 such conversations by anyone connected to the Trump campaign. I 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.160 was your colleague and this body for twenty years at 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.960 least some of you and I participate. UH And the 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:10.360 suggestion that I participated in any collusion, that I was 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.360 aware of any collusion with the Russian government to hurt 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:18.280 this country, which I have served with honor for thirty 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:24.040 five years or to undermine the integrity of our democratic process. 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:29.880 Isn't an appalling and detestable life. Relatedly, there is the 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:33.680 assertion that I that I did not answer Senator Franklin's 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:39.000 question honestly at my confirmation hearing colleagues, that is false. 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:44.440 Senator Sessions just taking to the his testimony before the 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:49.679 Senate Intelligence Committee a combative and outraged It is an appalling, 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:54.760 detestable lie. I have served my country for thirty five 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.920 years with honor and distinction, which goes right to the 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:03.799 heart of the new narrative that doesn't exist, the big lie, 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:09.400 the black helicopter conspiracy theory, the tinfoil at news media 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:15.560 destroyed Trump News media conspiracy out there Trump Russia collusion, 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:20.360 which we learned last Thursday, doesn't exist. And there are 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.119 so many different things. All right, hang on one side, 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:24.919 what are you telling me, Linda? While are you talking? 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.360 We can continue to carry these I'm aware I got 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:29.720 a lot to say here. All right, We're gonna get 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:31.720 to that in a second. You know, he said, these 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:36.760 false attacks will not intimidate me. Events have only strengthened 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:40.280 my resolve. I'm I'm literally watching this. Let's let's dip 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:42.000 in and then we'll get right back to this analysis 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.440 in a second. I will not allow this great department 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:50.000 to be deterred from its vital mission. Thank you, Mr Chairman, 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:54.280 ranking Remember Warner. I have a great honor to appear 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.680 before you to day, and I will do my best 0:03:56.720 --> 0:04:04.120 to answer your questions. Thank you for that testimony. I'd 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.560 like to note for members, the chair and the Vice 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.240 chairman will be recognized for ten minutes. Members will be 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.600 recognized for five minutes. Uh. And I'd like to remind 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.000 our members that we are in open session. No references 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:20.080 to classify it or committee sensitive materials should be used 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.640 relative to your questions. With that, I recognized myself at 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:35.640 this time for ten minutes. John Sessions, Um, you talked 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:40.800 about the Mayflower Hotel where the President gave his first 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.760 foreign policy speech, and it's been covered in the press 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.880 that the President was there, You were there, others were there? Uh? 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:53.440 From your testimony, you said you don't remember whether Ambassador 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:59.320 kiss Leak was there, the Russian ambassador. Is that correct? Um? 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.720 I did not remember that, UM, but I understand he 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.760 was there. Uh. And UM, so I don't doubt that 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.600 he was. I believe that representations are correct. In fact, 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:14.240 I recently saw a video of him coming into the room. 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:18.760 But you never remember having a conversation or meeting with 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.920 the master kiss. I do not, And there was in 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:26.359 that event. Was there ever a private room setting that 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:29.520 uh that you were involved in, no other than the 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:34.800 reception area that was shut off from UH? This really closely. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.800 I think I can I can help you more if 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:42.000 I bring you up to speed on everything that's happening here. UM, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.520 it's always a tough decision to make programming wise, do 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:46.640 you run with the tape? Do you run with the testimony? 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:48.800 It's very slow moving. A lot of you don't have 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.240 the background. Let me give you some background that I 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.480 think will will help context and texture to all of 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.960 this and enhance your understanding of what is actually going 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.040 on today. So the Attorney General did this voluntarily. He 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.280 agreed to meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee. This is 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:07.159 an open setting, and I think there's a certain sign 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:09.760 here on their part. Yeah, we're willing to investigate. You 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:13.359 just heard his opening statement, thirty five year public servant. 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:16.719 I find it appalling and detestable the lie of that 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:21.120 I would ever collude or somehow working in conjunction with 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.280 a foreign entity to influence the election process in this country. 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.560 And he was pissed. And I've known him for many years. 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.479 That is not his usual demeanor. That is somebody that 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:35.560 has really ticked off. And also he asked that the 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.240 hearing be open. He asked for that in full public view. 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.520 What you're now listening to, what we're dipping in and 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.839 out of here. And if you look at his life 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.440 and his background, he has been you know, all the 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.320 things that are being alleged here. When he was the U. S. Senator. 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:56.560 It is his job to meet with ambassadors and foreign 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:01.919 leaders and foreign dignitaries. That's what all members of Congress do. 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.479 In the case of this ambassador from Russia that they're 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:10.200 talking about, oh, let's see Pelosi and Schumer and and uh, 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.320 you know Jack Read and Cantwell and my Casque, all 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.520 of them met with this particular guy. So it would 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.360 make it if that scandalous. So are the efforts of 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:23.240 these other senators who were also doing their job. And 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:27.040 you know, one of the meetings was quote international outreach 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:31.360 at the Obama State Department. Eight diplomats during the Republican 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:35.600 National Convention. They organized it, and they're making something into 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.200 this that it's never been. As we learned last week, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:42.840 no collusion, none whatsoever as it relates to Donald Trump 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.600 and the Trump campaign. Nothing, zero, zip, not. And the 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.800 lie continues. It just goes on and on. And that's 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:54.000 what's so outrageous about this. Now, if you look at 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:57.400 everything that we have learned from James Comey, you know, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:02.960 confirmed multiple times that not only did the Trump White House, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.680 the President himself, his staff, all of them did not 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:10.840 ask to stop the Russian investigation. The President encouraged it. 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.560 He wanted it to continue. He said, if there's any 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.400 satellites around me, I'd like to know. I think it's 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:19.239 important for people to know. And he's done nothing wrong, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.160 no evidence of collusion. But yet this narrative continues this, 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.120 you know, and it gets worse because you got this investigation, 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.400 You got that investigation. When do you hear the information 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.560 I've got on Robert Mueller today? Who should recuse himself? 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:36.280 You know? Is that Director Comey in all of this testimony, 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.559 you know, all of this talk was never even investigating 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:43.400 the president, and Director Comy he admitted, well, what he's 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.520 a leaker. He went out there because he wanted a 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.959 special counsel, ends up being one of his best friends, 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.320 one of his mentors. And why do you see the 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.560 people that that Mueller of Mueller is surrounding himself with 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:59.079 and have come me so concerned about conversations of President Trump, 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:01.960 And he's shocked and and maybe if I was a 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.319 little stronger and I was nauseous and everything, and I 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.240 didn't know what to do, and well, he had an 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.199 obligation and duty to stand up, walk out and report 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:14.560 it as a matter of law eighteen US Code. For now, 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.400 I'm going to tell you something here. You know, we've 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:21.160 seen this side show before, and that is I I 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:25.040 was retweeting Alan Dershowitz today. Is there any any liberal 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:30.640 that is willing to put aside their obsessive, compulsive hatred 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:35.680 of the president and objectively discerned civil liberties, the rule 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:39.920 of law, the constitution of the United States, Because, as 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.640 Dirt dirsh Wits have been saying and a few others, 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:48.320 there's no possibility of obstruction of justice here, zero evidence 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.760 of collusion. Show it to me. I'll look at it 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.600 as I've been saying now for a long long time. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:55.920 You know, one of the big stories that we were 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.440 breaking later in the programming. By the way, assessings did 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.760 say that he did not meet with the Ushan ambassador 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.200 at the Mayflower Hotel, you know, but they cannot from 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:09.400 there vantage points stop this obsession. And now you've got 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.760 Robert Mueller involved in this because why because James Comey 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:18.040 wanted it. James Comey, a disgruntled fired x FBI director 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:21.079 who clearly had an agenda. When I tell you what 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:24.120 Sarah Carter broke today, it will blow your mind. And 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.760 nobody else seems to be willing to report what is 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:30.480 real obstruction of justice that she and John Solomon have discovered. 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.600 But you got now, oh what did we discover? Was 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:39.080 on Breitbart earlier today. You know that in fact, Robert Mueller, 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.240 who's you know, was appointed by the deputy Attorney General, 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:47.400 Robert Rosenstein, who took independent control after the recusal of 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:51.960 of the Attorney general in this particular case Sessions anyway, 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.679 that you know, and Sessions leaking the document anyway. So 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.840 now we've got a more controversial pick of Mueller's working 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:03.760 the team a former prosecutor at Wilmer Hale, a partner, 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:08.959 Jennie Ray, and in according to Politico, she performed work 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:13.840 for the Clinton Foundation defending it from Freedom of Information 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.800 Act requests related to Hillary Clinton's private email server. How 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:23.000 in in how did this possibly happen? You want a fair, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:29.360 balanced objective, you know, investigation, and you hire a Clinton 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:34.840 Foundation lawyer for the Russia probe and that's tolerable to people. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.640 That is insane in terms of a conflict of interest, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.280 and former Speaker of the House, this is now a 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.640 witch hunt. Officially, it is a witch hunt. Now there's work. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.920 It gets worse than that. Now we find Life that 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.400 had this today a great piece, you know, talking about 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.400 Speaker ging Rich's comment and a tweet challenging the fairness 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.920 of this investigation, and you know, pointing out and he'll 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.360 join us later in the program, the early hires of 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.760 of Robert Mueller. You know, Republicans quote he said, are 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.599 delusional if they think the Special Council is going to 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.960 be fair. He's right. You think back to Patrick Fitzgerald, 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:19.160 when Patrick Fitzgerald started his job. Valerie Plaine leak. Valerie Plaine. Okay, 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.800 he knew on day one who the leaker was. We 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:26.760 didn't find out till later. The investigation should have been 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.400 shut down then and there goes on what two three years, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.600 and at the end of the day, they go so 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.400 far outside the realm of what it is that they 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.280 were originally supposed to be investigating. Because he knew the answer, 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.680 So he has to justify these existence and the existence 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.360 of all the office people that they put in place. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.040 And he's a guide by reputation that doesn't sleep in 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.320 the middle of a case. So he'd be damned if 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.040 he doesn't get something at the end of the day. 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:54.280 So we call it investigation creep, where you start at 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.240 one place and you go a hundred of different directions 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.920 in the other, in the other way, and what did 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:03.160 he get? A perjury trapped for Scooter Libby. It's ridiculous 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.360 at this point, it's the same thing. We already know 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:10.640 no obstruction of justice, we know no collusion. And then 0:13:10.640 --> 0:13:13.679 the question is why are we still doing all of this? 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.000 And why is he hiring not only a Clinton Foundation 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.360 lawyer for the Russia probe, now he's stocking his staff 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:27.160 with Democratic donors to Hillary and Obama. You've got four 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:31.440 lawyers hired by Mueller have contributed tens of thousands of 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.239 dollars over the years to the Democratic Party. Democratic candidates, 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:41.559 including Obama, including Clinton. It's it takes my breath away. 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:46.880 Why would why would you put partisans on all of this? 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:51.240 This is beyond disturbing. This is now. I've talked about 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:55.239 five enemies. The president has, the deep state, the Democrats 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.600 they wanted to impeach him from day one, that can't 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:01.120 take the election loss. Then you got the destroy Trump media. 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:03.920 Then you've got weak Republicans that won't ever stand up 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.480 for anything. And then you've got the never trumpers that 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:10.880 that want to desperately have their images your abilitated and 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:17.040 and become relevant again. Wait till I explain what the 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.120 the interaction between Loretta Lynch and James Comey that was 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:22.840 discussed in close session last week as broken by John 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.040 Solomon and Sarah Carter. That's coming up next, and we'll 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.960 be following the Attorney General's testimony. Hey, with optimism once 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.560 again on the rise in America. 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Suddenly we're in the midst 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.080 of the investigation, and with timing that seems a little 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.320 peculiar that what kind of, at least to me, was 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.360 out of the blue. The President fires the FBI director, 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.400 and if there are all these problems of disarray and 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:53.400 a lack of of sweet chord at the FBI, all 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.080 things that the acting director of the FBI denied is 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.240 the case. I would have thought that somebody would have 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.280 had that kind of conversation with Director Tommy was at 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.040 leastman O that let's go to the may or. The 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.160 April meeting has been brought up. I think the chairman 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.760 brought it up. By the time April came around, you'd 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.960 already been named as the chair of of then candidate 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.720 Trump's National Security Advisory so showing up that meeting would 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:21.520 be appropriate not only Hotel. Yes, yes, sir, And you 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.360 know I'm understanding was that the President son A. Law 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.720 Gerald and Jared Kushner was at that was at that 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.520 meeting as well. I believe he was. Yes, you don't 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.680 recollect whether m. Kushner had any conversations with ambassad kiss 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.880 Leak at that session. I do not, And to the 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:40.080 best of your memory, you had no conversation with the 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:42.840 ambassad kiss Leak at that meeting. I don't recall it. 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.800 Senator maura Um, it would have been certainly, I can 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.480 assure you nothing improperly if I'd had a conversation with him, 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.720 and it's conceivable at that occurred. I just don't remember it. 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.840 But there was nothing in your notes or memories so 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.280 that when you had a chance, and you did, and 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.080 I appreciate correct the record about the other two sessions. 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:05.479 In response to Senator Frank and Santar Lady, this one 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.320 didn't pop into your memory that maybe in the over 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.440 abundance account of caution that you have to report that 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.360 this session as well. Well, I guess I could say 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.320 that I possibly had a meeting, but I still do 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.920 not recall it. And uh, let me let me these 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:25.520 hearings get so monotonous. When we come back, we'll give 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:28.760 you some of the big highlights that have so far happened, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.000 will update you. We've got a lot coming up today. 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.680 Former Speaker of the House, New Gingrich, we have the 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:39.520 biggest blockbuster story about well, an incident between Loretta Lynch 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:44.639 and the FBI Director Comy that raises tremendous questions about 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:51.439 obstruction of justice, legality, and collusion. Straight ahead, all right, 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:54.640 this is Senator Rish now with Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General. 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.200 Le'll just dip in a little more. Although it's fairly monotonous, 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:02.919 to be honest, conversations with the UH officers of other 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:07.520 governments or ambassadors or what have you are everyday occurrences here, 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.600 multiple time occurrences for most of us. Is that a 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.439 fair statement? I think it is, yes. And indeed, if 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.120 you run into one in a grocery store, you're gonna 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.159 have a conversation with them. Is that fair? Could very 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:21.280 well happen and nothing improper. On the other hand, Uh, 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:25.399 collusion of collusion with the Russians or any other government 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:28.159 for that matter, when it comes to our elections certainly 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:32.719 would be improper and illegal. Would that be a fair statement? Absolutely? 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:34.880 All right? Are you willing to sit here and tell 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:37.840 the American people, unfiltered by what the media is going 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.119 to put out, that you participated in no conversations of 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:44.760 any kind where there was collusion between the Trump campaign 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.399 and any other foreign I can say that absolutely, and Uh, 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.520 I have no hesitation to do so. Mr Sessions, your 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.720 former U S Attorney for me, the United States senator, 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:58.120 the Attorney General the United States. You participated, as you've described, 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.480 in the Trump campaign, and UH ask such a you 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.240 traveled with the campaign? I g I did you spoke 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.560 for the campaign at the one or a number of occasions? 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.880 I was not continually? Uh? And on the based upon 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:14.359 upon your experience and based upon your participation in campaign. 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:18.800 Did you hear even a whisper or a suggestion or 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:23.480 anyone making reference within that campaign that somehow the Russians 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.119 were involved in that. I did not. Would you have 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:27.840 done if you'd have heard that, well, I would have 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.240 been shocked and I would have known it was improper 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.760 and headed for the exit. I suppose maybe. Uh so 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:37.760 this was, uh, you know serious. This is a serious matter, 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:41.440 because what you're talking about it hacking into a private 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:46.639 person or d n C computer and obtaining information and 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.239 spreading that out. That's just not what's amazing about all 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.399 this because he's saying it, by the way, Linda, the 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:57.919 same person as your answer. Uh, what's so amazing about 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:00.479 this is he answers the question and then come back 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:02.520 and ask it fifty different ways. And it's an easy 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.320 question to answer because they don't have much to go 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:09.680 on here, and even even the president, as we learned 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.480 from COMA, was never under investigation. There's no evidence of collusion. 0:20:13.480 --> 0:20:15.920 I don't even have time today to play the longer 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:19.479 and longer and longer montage of everybody Democrats included all 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:23.000 saying no evidence of collusion, and we had evidence. I 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:26.119 talk about it but it doesn't exist, and it just 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:30.320 goes on and on, this monotonous dog and pony show 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.800 that is, you know out there. Let's let's dip into 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:37.960 I Am Fine style a little. Essentially told them that 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:41.879 he learned on May eighth that President Trump intended to 0:20:42.040 --> 0:20:47.720 remove Director Comy. When you wrote your letter on May nine, 0:20:48.119 --> 0:20:51.040 did you know that the President had already decided to 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:57.760 fire Director Comy, uh, Senator Einstein. I would say that, 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:02.080 I believe it's been made public that on the President 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:09.080 asked us our opinion, it was given, and he asked 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:12.800 us to put that in writing. Uh and Uh. I 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:15.280 don't know how much more he said about it than that, 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:18.680 but I believe he has talked about it, and I 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:24.360 would let his words speak for themselves. Well. On May eleven, 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:29.280 on NBC Nightly News. Two days later, the President stated 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:33.000 he was going to fire call me regardless of the recommendation. 0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:39.440 So I'm puzzled about the recommendation because, um, the decision 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:43.760 had been made. So what was the need for you 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:49.159 to write a recommendation. Well, we were asked our opinion, uh, 0:21:49.320 --> 0:21:55.320 and when we expressed it, which was consistent with the 0:21:56.600 --> 0:22:01.560 memorandum and the latter we wrote after comfortable, and and 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:04.639 I guess the Deputy Attorney General did too, and in 0:22:04.760 --> 0:22:08.840 providing that information in writing. So the President asked me, 0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:12.240 all right, with this schets monotonous. So the President asked 0:22:12.280 --> 0:22:15.080 me to do something and to give a recommendation and 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:17.400 tell me what the recommendation should be. But I gave 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.520 him a recommendation as he asked. Was getting really asked? 0:22:20.520 --> 0:22:22.720 And all right, Just to sum up what's happened so far, 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:28.160 it's pretty obviously. Look the the any suggestion he says 0:22:28.920 --> 0:22:32.439 that I was aware of collusion against the United States, 0:22:32.560 --> 0:22:37.080 I find appalling and I find the testable. He recused 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.960 himself from the Russian probe over d o J stipulation 0:22:41.040 --> 0:22:46.359 on campaign involvement. He never intended to not disclose meetings 0:22:46.440 --> 0:22:48.520 with the Russian ambassador. And as a matter of fact, 0:22:48.560 --> 0:22:53.640 he said he was not silence silent when Comey expressed concern, 0:22:54.400 --> 0:22:58.720 contradicting the former FBI Drove director in other words, um, 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.920 he went on to say, and in great detail, excuse me, 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:06.120 I was in the room, and I gave a long answer. When, 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:09.480 of course we're going to do everything properly, he said, 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:12.720 of course we will, he said, he did not have 0:23:12.840 --> 0:23:16.680 interactions with Mullerson's his appointment. Oh, I guess he didn't. 0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:20.280 I guess he didn't collude the way Comey did before 0:23:20.280 --> 0:23:25.280 his testimony. Or let's just say, maybe collusions are wrong word. 0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:27.879 Maybe we're using that word a little too much in 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:31.440 the American vernacular at this time. It's it's an overused word. 0:23:32.160 --> 0:23:37.640 Maybe we'll say advice from the special counsel. He said 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:40.440 he hadn't had any interactions with him were accusal was 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:43.639 due to d o J rules, not because of wrongdoing. 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:46.960 So he's trying to be as ethnically sound as he can. 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:51.200 He said, there's nothing wrong with the president talking to 0:23:51.280 --> 0:23:54.800 an FBI director. He said there's a longstanding d o 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:59.560 J policy to not disclose conversations as Attorney General that 0:23:59.720 --> 0:24:01.600 he has at the White House. He said, I'm not 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:05.080 claiming executive privilege. That is the president's power. He said, 0:24:05.119 --> 0:24:08.840 I did not have conversations with Comey about the FBI 0:24:09.000 --> 0:24:12.720 leadership performance. He says he couldn't recall any conversations that 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:16.440 he or Jared Kushner had with the Russian ambassador in April, 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:20.119 of which is the one I told you about earlier. 0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:23.280 FBI by the way we've learned, is now in possession 0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:27.000 of the the Comy memos, which were always government property, 0:24:27.080 --> 0:24:31.800 that ended up being leaked two The New York Times 0:24:31.880 --> 0:24:34.920