% WASHINGTON IN DISARRAY.
% DEMOCRATS EXCORIATING PRESIDENT
% DONALD TRUMP OVER WHAT THEY CALL
% DAMNING ALLEGATIONS OF USING HIS
% POWER TO SOLICIT INTERFERENCE IN
% THE 2020 U.S. ELECTION.
% ALLEGATIONS IN A WHISTLE-BLOWER
% COMPLAINT ALLEGE THE PRESIDENT
% PRESSURED UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT TO
% INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN'S SON,
% USING U.S. AID TO UKRAINE AS
% LEVERAGE.
% THE COMPLAINT ALSO ALLEGES AN
% ATTEMPTED WHITE HOUSE COVER-UP.
% ON THE FLIP SIDE: REPUBLICANS
% CALL IT A HOAX, FAKE NEWS AND A
% CHARADE PERPETRATED BY DEMOCRATS
% STILL ANGRY OVER DONALD TRUMP'S %
ELECTION.
% WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN, BUT FIRST,
% A CHECK IN WITH ONE MEMBER OF
% WISCONSIN'S CONGRESSIONAL
% DELEGATION:
% U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MARK POCAN,
% DEMOCRAT FROM THE 2ND DISTRICT.
% HE JOINS US FROM WASHINGTON.
% THANKS
VERY
MUCH
FOR
DOING
SO.
% >>
WHAT
IS
YOUR
REACTION
TO THE
% PHONE
CALL TRANSCRIPT
AND THE % WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT?
% >> IT'S
NOTHING
SHORT
OF
A
BOMB
% SHELL.
% WE
HAVE BEEN
LOOKING
AT THE
% MUELLER
REPORT ABOUT ANOTHER % FOREIGN
COUNTRY
TRYING
TO
GET
% INVOLVED
IN
OUR
ELECTIONS AND
% THE
PRESIDENT
DENYING
% ALLEGATIONS.%IN
THIS
CASE,
HE'S
ESSENTIALLY
% CONFESSING.%HE
SAID HE
ASKED
THEM
TO DO
A
% PERSONAL
FAVOR
OF
INVESTIGATING
% A
POLITICAL
OPPONENT'S
FAMILY
% AND
BLOCKED
FUNDING
TO GO
TO
THE
% SAME
COUNTRY
AND
WE
HAVE
THE
% WHISTLE
BLOWER
REPORT.
% THIS
CUTS
OUT
THE
MIDDLE MAN % BECAUSE HE'S ESSENTIAL
LY % CONFESSED
TO
IT.
% THAT'S
WHY
THE
REACTION
HAS BEEN
% SO STRONG
FROM
THE
PUBLIC AND
% CONGRESS.%>> WHAT DO YOU TH
INK
SHOULD
% HAPPEN
NOW?
%
WE HAVE
TO DO
THE
PROPER
% CONFERENCE.%THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER,
HE
OR
SHE
% WILL
COME
IN AND
TALK
ABOUT
WHAT
% THEY
WROTE
IN
THE
REPORT,
WHICH % IS A
VERY
STRONG
REPORT
AND
ANY % OTHER
WITNESSES THAT
MAY BE
% INVOLVED
WILL BE BROUGHT
THERE.
% IF
THE
WHITE HOUSE
TRIES
TO
PLAY% THE SAME GAME NOT
LETTING
% WITNESSES
COME
TO
CONGRESS.
% THE
SMOKING
GUN'S
NAME
IS DONALD% TRUMP AND WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD
% EXPEDITIOUSLY.%>>
WHAT
STANDS OUT
MOST
TO
YOU % IN THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT?% >>
JUST THE
BRAZENNESS
FROM
THE
% CALL.
% HE'S ASKING
FOR
A
PERSONAL
% FAVOR,
HE
BROUGHT
IT
UP
A
FEW
% TIMES
ABOUT
GOING
AFTER
THE
VICE% PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S
SON.
% GETTING
INFORMATION.
% HE
BROUGHT
UP
A
WEIRD
EXPERIENCE
% THEORY
ABOUT
SOMEHOW
HOW
UKRAINE
% AND
NOT
RUSSIA
INTERJECTED
IN
% OUR
ELECTIONS AND WE KNOW
HE
% TRIED TO
HOLDUP
AID
TO
THE
% COUNTRY.%WHEN
YOU
HEAR
THE
WHISTLE
BLOWER
% REPORT,
RUDY
GIULIANI, THIS
% WHOLE
THING
IS
A
MESS
AND
REALLY
% SHORT
OF
PUTTING
I
DID
IT
TATTOO
% ON
YOUR
FOREHEAD, THE
PRESIDENT
% HAS
CLEARLY
EXPLAINED WHAT
HE'S
% DONE AND
I
THINK THAT
CLEARLY
IS
% A
VIOLATION
OF
HIS
OATH
OF
% OFFICE.
% >> THE
RANKING
REPUBLICAN
ON
THE
% INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE
CALLS
% THIS PROCESS A
GROTESQUE,
% SPECTACLE
AND
A
HOST.
% TO
RE-LITIGATE
RESULTS
OF
THE
% 2016
ELECTION, WHAT IS
YOUR
% RESPONSE
TO
THAT.
% >>
THEY TRY TO SPIN
AND
THEY
% JUST LOOK
DIZZY
AND
IT'S
NOT
% MAKING
SENSE.
% THE
PUBLIC IS
WAY
SMARTER THAN
% POLITICIANS IN
WASHINGTON.
% HE
ASKED
FOR THIS
LEADER OF
A
% FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO DO THIS.
% THIS IS
REALLY
IN MANY
WAYS
WHAT
% THE
MUELLER REPORT
WAS
ABOUT
AND
% NOW
HE'S
FESSING
UP
TO
IT.
% WE
HAVE TO DO
OUR
JOB
AND MAKE
% SURE
WE
HOLD
THE
WHITE HOUSE
% ACCOUNTABLE.%>>
WHY
WOULD
THE
PRESIDENT
% HIMSELF
RELEASE
THE
CALL
% TRANSCRIPT AND THE
COMPLAINT IF % HE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT
IT?
% >>
BECAUSE I
DON'T
TRY
TO
FIGURE
% ANYTHING
THIS
WHITE HOUSE
DOES.
% NOTHING
SEEMS
RATIONAL.
% YOU
GET
THE
TWEETS
WHEN
YOU
DO.
% THAT'S
HOW
WE
GET
THE
% INFORMATION FROM THE WHITE %
HOUSE.%THERE WAS
A
CONTROVERSY
WHETHER % TO
RELIEF
IT.
% THIS WAS
PUT IN
A
SPECIAL
SAFE
% FOR
HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED.
% INSTEAD,
THIS WAS
POLITICAL % STUFF
HE
DID
THAT IS
A
VIOLATION% OF
OFFICE.
% THERE'S
SO MUCH
MORE WE'RE
GOING
% TO
FIND
OUT.
% JUST THE
INFORMATION
WE
HAVE
% THIS
WEEK IS
REALLY
DAMMING
FOR % THE
PRESIDENT
% >> IN
TERMS OF THE
SECRET
% PLACE,
ACCORDING
TO
WHITE HOUSE
% OFFICIALS, THIS IS IN THE %
WHISTLE
BLOWER
COMPLAINT.
% THIS WAS NOT
THE
FIRST
TIME
% UNDER
THE
ADMINISTRATION
% SOMETHING
HAD BEEN
PLACED
INTO
% THE
CODE
LEVEL
AREA.
% PROTECTING
POLITICALLY
SENSITIVE
% CONCERN.%HOW CONCERNING
IS
THAT?
% >>
MANY
OF
US
REMEMBER WHEN
% PRESIDENT
NIXON
WAS
PRESIDENT.
% THE FACT
THAT
THE
PRESIDENT
DOES
% IT
SO
BRAZENLY
AND A
DAY
AFTER
% MR.
MUELLER
TESTIFIED
ON % CONGRESS AND DIDN'T DELIVER A
% BROADWAY
PLAY
PERFORMANCE.
% THE
PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE
COULD
% GET
AWAY WITH
MORE.
% THIS
TIME
HIS
BRAZENNESS WENT % TOO FAR
AND
THE
AMERICAN
PUBLIC
% CAN
SEE THE
FACT
OF
WHAT'S
GOING
% ON
WHAT
I
THINK
MANY OF
US