FIRST
LOOK
TONIGHT A
T
THE
% IMPEACHMENT
PROCEEDINGS% INVOLVING DONALD
TRUMP.
% WHILE
THE
DEMOCRATS IN
CONTROL% OF
THE
HOUSE
INVESTIGATE
THE
% PRESIDENT,
REPUBLICANS
IN
% CONTROL OF THE
SENATE
ARE
% LOOKING
ELSEWHERE.
% "HERE AND NOW"
REPORTER ZAC
% SCHULTZ CAUGHT
UP
WITH
WISCONSIN
% U.S.
SENATOR RON JOHNSON TO
ASK
% HIM WHY
HE'S
ONCE
AGAIN
LOOKING
% AT HILLARY
CLINTON'S
EMAILS
AND
% WHETHER WE CAN
TRUST
WHAT
THE
% PRESIDENT I
S
SAYING WHEN
HE
% TWEETS
ABOUT A
POTENTIAL CIVIL
% WAR.
% >>
PRESIDENT
TRUMP
SHOULD
NOT
BE
% USING THE
TYPES
OF
TERMINOLOGY,
% TALKING
ABOUT
POTENTIAL CIVIL
% WAR.%AT THE SAME
TIME, I
WANT
TO
KNOW
% THE
TRUTH, AND
I
THINK
YOU
% CERTAINLY COULD
TAKE A LOOK
AT
% HIS CONVERSATION.
% I
SPOKE
WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP
% BEFORE
I
WENT
TO
UKRAINE.
% I
OBVIOUSLY
WAS
THERE
WITH
THE
% PRESIDENT.
% HE
INDICATED
THAT
NO
PRESSURE
% WHATSOEVER.
% HE'S
OBVIOUSLY
CONCERNED
ABOUT
% THE
FUNDING,
AS
WAS
I
,
BUT HE
% WAS
COMING
OUT
TODAY
SAYING% THERE
WAS
NO
PRESSURE.
% IT'S
REASONABLE
TO
CONCLUDE WHAT% PRESIDENT TRUMP W
AS
TALKING
% ABOUT AS
THE
CHIEF LAW
% ENFORCEMENT OF THE
EXECUTIVE
% BRANCH,
LET'S GET TO
THE
TRUTH.
% WHAT
HAPPENED
IN
UKRAINE
AS
% RELATES
TO
2016
ELECTION.
% I
WANT
TO
FIN
D
OUT
WHERE
DID
% THIS
NARRATIVE
COME
THAT
HAS
PUT
% THIS COUNTRY
THROUGH AN
ORDEAL
% THAT WE
PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T HAVE
% HAD TO GO
THROUGH.
% SO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
HAVE A
% RIGHT TO
KNOW.
% I'M INQUISITIVE.
% I
CAN
UNDERSTAND
AND
I'M
% SYMPATHETIC
WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP
% WANTING TO
FIND
OUT
WHAT
CAUSED
% ALL THIS.
% WHY
WAS
THIS
COUNTRY
WRUNG
% THROUGH THIS
DAMAGING
BUSINESS.% >>
WHAT
WE
TRUST
WHAT
HE
SAYS
% WHAT
HE
TWEETS OUT
MESSAGES?
% >> HE
HAS AN
UNORTHODOX
STYLE.
% HE'S LOOSE WITH
SOME
OF
HIS
% TWEETS.
% HIS
SUPPORTERS AGREE
WITH
THE
% DIRECTION OF
HIS
POLICIES, WISH
% HE WOULD
TWEET A
WHOLE
LOT
LESS.% >>
DOES
HE
DAMAGE CREDIBILITY
% WHEN HE
TALKS
ABOUT
ISSUES
LIKE
% THIS?%>> WHEN
YOU
GET
IT
WRONG TOO
% MANY
TIMES,
YOU
START
DAMAGING
% YOUR CREDIBILITY.
% FROM
MY
STANDPOINT,
THE
MOST
% VALUABLE
QUALITY A
PUBLIC
% OFFICIAL
CAN
HAVE
IS
% CREDIBILITY.%>> HAS
THE
PRESIDENT
LOST
% CREDIBILITY WITH
YOU?
% >> THERE
ARE A
NUMBER OF
THINGS
% THAT
HE'S
TWEETED
THAT
ARE
NOT
% ACCURATE AND
THAT'S
NOT A
GOOD
% THING.
% >>
WHY ARE
YOU
INVESTIGATING
% FORMER SECRETARY
CLINTON
AND
HER
% EMAILS
AGAIN?
% WHAT'S
BRINGING
THAT
ISSUE
BACK?
% >> WE
WANT
TO
FIND
OUT
SOME
% ANSWERS.
% WHEN
YOU
ARE
CONDUCTING
% CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATION
WHEN
% THERE'S ALSO
CRIMINAL
% INVESTIGATION, WE DON'T
HAVE
% ACCESS TO ANY
INFORMATION.
% I THINK
WE
HE
DO
!
WE
DO
THESE
THINGS
% BACKWARDS.
% THE PUBLIC
HAS A
RIGHT
TO
KNOW
% IF
THERE'S
IMPROPER
BEHAVIOR ON
% THE RIGHT
OF A
PUBLIC
OFFICIAL.
% WE SHOULD
HAVE
ACCESS
TO
THE
% INFORMATION, HOLD
HEARINGS,
% WRITE REPORTS.
% BASED
ON
THOSE
REPORTS,
TALKING
% ABOUT PUBLIC
OFFICIALS, IF
% THERE'S A REQUIREMENT
FOR A
% CRIMINAL
REFERRAL,
WE REFER THAT
% TO
THE
JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
% IF
THEY
CAN'T
HANDLE IT
BECAUSE
% OF
CONFLICTS,
THEN
THEY
SET
UP A
% SPECIAL COUNSEL.
% FOR
THE
RUSSIAN
COLLUSION
IT
% WENT
BACKWARDS
AND AS A
RESULT
% THE
AMERICAN
PUBLIC
STILL
% DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND
% EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
WITH
% THE
FBI'S
HANDLING
OF
THAT
% INVESTIGATION.
% SO,
AGAIN,
ALL I
WANT
TO
DO
IS
% GET
TO
THE
BOTTOM
OF SO
MANY
% DIFFERENT ISSUES.
% I
HAVE SO
MANY
ANSWERS --
OR SO
% MANY QUESTIONS
THAT I WANT
% ANSWERED
BECAUSE
IF
SOMETHING
% HAPPENED,
THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
% NEED
TO KNOW
IT.
% IF NOTHING
HAPPENED,
THE
% AMERICAN PEOPLE
NEED
TO
KNOW
% THAT
SO WE
CAN
MOVE
ON.
% WE
HAVE
ENORMOUS
CHALLENGES,
% SERIOUS ISSUES.
% WE
NEED
TO
CONCENTRATE ON
THOSE.
% BUT
UNTIL
THE
AMERICAN
PEOPLE
% UNDERSTAND WHAT
DID
AND
DIDN'T
% HAPPEN, IT'S
GOING TO BE
% DIFFICULT
TO
MOVE
BEYOND THIS
% AND
WE'LL
REMAIN
IN
THIS
% PARTISAN LOG
JAM.
% >>
DEMOCRATS SAY
THEY'RE
BEING
% STONEWALLED BY
SOME OF
THE
% PRESIDENT'S CABINET MEMBERS
AND
% HIS
EMPLOYEES.
% AS A
COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN, HOW
% WOULD
YOU
FEEL
IF YOU
WERE
% GETTING
NO RESPONSE
OR
BEING
% TOLD
THAT
THEY
WEREN'T
GOING
T
O
% COME
TO
TESTIFY
BEFORE
YOUR
% COMMITTEE?
% >>
I'VE
BEEN
STONEWALLED
BY
BOTH
% ADMINISTRATIONS.
% THERE'S
RELUCTANCE
TO
SHARE
% INFORMATION WITH CONGRESS.
% THEY DON'T
WANT
TO
SET
DIFFERENT
% PRECEDENTS.%THERE
IS A
REASON
WHY YOU
HAVE
% EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE.
% THERE'S A REASON WHY
IT'S
VERY
% DAMAGING
NOW
THAT
ANOTHER
% TELEPHONE
CONVERSATION
% TRANSCRIPT HAS
BEEN
LEAKED.
% AND
IN
THIS
CASE IT
WAS
JUST
% BASICALLY
OFFERED
BECAUSE
% PRESIDENT WANTED
TO
EXONERATE
% HIMSELF.
% THAT'S
INCREDIBLY
DAMAGING.
% WORLD
LEADERS,
MEMBERS OF
THE
% PRESIDENT'S
STAFF,
HAVE TO
BE
% ABLE TO
HAVE
CANDID
% CONVERSATIONS IN ORDER
FOR A
% PRESIDENT T
O
CONDUCT
FOREIGN
% POLICY OR
TO
GOVERN
EFFECTIVELY.
% IT'S AN
ENORMOUS
CHALLENGE BEING
% PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
% YOU
NEED
CANDID
ADVICE,
CANDID
% CONVERSATIONS.
% THERE'S A
REASON YOU
HAVE
% EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND
WHY
% THESE
TRANSCRIPTS
NEVER SHOULD% HAVE
SEEN THE
LIGHT
OF DAY.
% >>
IF
THE
HOUSE
VOTES
TIME
% PEACH,
!
--
VOTES
TO
IMPEACH, DO
YOU
EXPECT TO SEE
% ANY ACTION
ON
YOUR
COMMITTEE?
% >> WE
HAVE
NEVER
STOPPED
OUR
% GATHERING OF
INFORMATION.
% I NEVER
HELD A
TRIAL
ON HILLARY
% CLINTON'S
EMAIL.
% I'M JUST
TRYING
TO
GATHER
THE
% INFORMATION TO GET TO THE
TRUTH.
% I
WOULD
EXPECT
THAT
GATHERING
OF
% INFORMATION INVESTIGATION
WILL
% CONTINUE.
% AT SOME
POINT
IN
TIME
WE
REQUIRE% A
HEARING,
WE'LL
HOLD
ONE.
% >> THANK
YOU,
SENATOR.
% >> THANK
YOU.% >>
BY
FRIDAY,
THE
SENATOR WAS
% DOUBLING DOWN
WITH
CALLS
TO
LOOK
% INTO HILLARY
CLINTON'S
CAMPAIGN,% AS WELL AS
THE
UKRAINIAN
COMPANY
% THAT
HUNTER
BIDEN
WORKED
FOR.
% HE SAYS
HE
HAS
NO
PROBLEM
WITH% PRESIDENT TRUMP
CALLING
ON
CHINA
% TO INVESTIGATE.
% FOR HER
PART,
DEMOCRATIC
U.S.
% SENATOR TAMMY BALDWIN SENT
OUT
% THIS
TWEET ON
THE
IMPEACHMENT
% EFFORTS.
% QUOTE, THIS IS
YOUR
DEMOCRACY
% AND WE
SHOULD
STAND
UNITED
AND
% PUT
OUR
COUNTRY
FIRST
SENDING A
% CLEAR MESSAGE
TO DONALD TRUMP
% AND THE
REST OF
THE
WORLD
THAT
% WE
WILL
NOT
TOLERATE
FOREIGN
% IN