must demonstrate we are capable of enforcing the high standard we would set for them. you ll forgive me for saying we are both old enough to remember caldwell butler. was he the justin amash of his republican party at the time or did he have company? he had company. governor hogan, a bunch of republicans on the judiciary committee. after a while defected and joined the democrats. and it democrats brought them along gradually. remember this is 74, that s after a whole bunch of hearings in december 73 from witnesses. and it brings home i think how effective the trump house has been in so far blocking the house democrats or if you look at the other way, how reluctant the house democrats have been to really play hard brawl or really insist on the kinds of witnesses you d think they might want to hear from. so if our own mike memali is correct tonight, people who didn t read the mueller report as a book, can you get them to
mueller. we haven t yet heard from don mcgahn and all the other fact witnesses we want to hear from. what is it two months now since the mueller report? i want to show something your group, the republicans for the rule of law has put out. we ll talk about this on the other side. this is clearly a policy of obstruction of justice which cannot go unnoticed. we cannot indulge ourselves the luxury of patronizing or exexcusing the misconduct of our own people. these things have happened in our house, and it is our responsibility to do what we can to clear it up. it is we, not the democrats who must demonstrate we are capable of enforcing the high standard we would set for them. you ll forgive me for saying we are both old enough to remember caldwell butler. was he the justin amash of his republican party at the time or did he have company? he had company. governor hogan, a bunch of republicans on the judiciary committee. after a while defected and
there was no question about how united we were in just our sheer happiness at seeing her again, having her take those brave steps onto the house floor. you know, that left an impact. certainly didn t completely transform the institution but it did have an impact. this had an impact. i hope it will help us come together to recognize we are all americans, all part of the same family. we can debate things. but at the end of the day we all love this country and want the best for this country. congressman, you have a senior and a key role on a committee that s got very grave responsibilities right now, investigative role that the intelligence committee has taken with this russia attack and with the scandal surrounding it. if you wouldn t mind sticking with us for a second break i have specific questions to ask you about that work and about the news that s just broken in that case. can you stay with us? absolutely. we ll be right back with congressman adam schiff.
central america. they thought the money went through richard secord and paul tribull was trying to find the money and it made secord really mad. a republican but he became a real combatant, an aggressive figure in the iran-contra scandal. to defend himself and his own interests in the scandal he hired recognize him? he hired richard cohen, the same guy mike pence just hired to represent him in our current republican presidential scandal. it s very interesting. richard cullen had a similar role in watergate. very interesting. he was also a lawyer for a republican congressman during watergate named caldwell butler, a republican from virginia. he was a republican member of congress who found himself in
obstruction of justice by the white house. joining us now is congressman adam schiff from the house intelligence committee. good to have you with us. thank you for being here. it s my pleasure. i came from the ball game. great to be with my colleagues. let me ask you about that. obviously everybody is still on tenterhooks waiting to hear the latest news about congressman scalise after the shooting yesterday as well as the congressional staffer wounded in the shooting. what do you think about going ahead with the ball game and what was it like tonight? i m so glad they did. it was nice to be with our colleagues and to applaud that brave capitol police officer injured and threw out the first ball. just to see the members out there enjoying each other s company and enjoying the sport it was really just the kind of antidote to an otherwise awful week. yeah. congressman, there have been