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 ESSENTIALLY
CONFESSED TO IT.
THAT'S WHY THE REACTION HAS BEEN
SO STRONG FROM THE PUBLIC AND
CONGRESS.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK 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