With us this morning ken starr on the pending release of the Mueller Report how much of it if any will attorney general bill b arr make available for all of us to see and Chinese Telecom Company Huawei is in full spin mode now, after criticism from u. S. Officials about his practices, all that and a lot more right here right now, sunday morning futures. Maria and we begin this morning with former trump Attorney Michael Cohen scheduled for another round of closed door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee this wednesday this as democrats ramp up their own investigation into the proposed trump tower project in moscow. Joining me right now in an exclusive interview is the Ranking Member of that committee he is republican congressman from california devon nunes. He also sits on the house ways and Means Committee and congressman always a pleasure to see you. First we action to Michael Cohen , this past week, and give us a sense of why its important to go from the public hearing
The Justice Department reversing course after they just reversed course on the 2020 census. A short time ago the Justice Department told a judge they are looking for a way to include the controversial Citizenship Question. Just after they decided yesterday to start printing the questionnaire without the question. Are you following me . Is your head spinning . Is should be at this point its all because of this tweet from the president today. He tweeted the following. The news reports about the department of congress dropping the request to put the Citizenship Question on the incorrect or to state it did the differently the president says fake. We are absolutely moving forward as we must because of the importance of the answer to the question. Only thing, there is nothing fake about the reports the Justice Department even admitted it to the federal judge today. Saying, quote, the tweet this morning was the first i had heard of the president s position on in issue, one attorney said. Just
When we talk about the swamp, were referring to that murky and often mysterious nature of our politics. And we want to know can it really be drained . If so, how . You have heard it before. One of the best ways to understand how washington works and how it can be changed is to follow the money. For jacob and me, that means wading into that swamp and examining how big money is impacting our elections like never before. Were digging through opensecrets. Org. But frankly, it is still bewildering. Here is the thing. Were only seeing part of it. We dont know the full extent of what money was spent and we certainly dont know who spent it. God, this is really intense. During the 2018 midterms, katie and i saw firsthand how Campaign Spending words were shattered with 5. 7 billion spent. But it is not just the jaw dropping sums that got our attention. It is where that money came from. I recognize americans for prosperity. Yeah. Next gen climate. National rifle association. Planned parenthood. T
Up . Right there. When we talk about the swamp, were referring to that mur cue aky and mysterious natu our politics. Were only seeing part of it. We dont know the full extent of what money was spent and we certainly dont know who spent it. During the 2018 midterms we saw firsthand how Campaign Spending records were shattered. With a total of 5. 7 billion spent. You can go through all of this and name every Single Person who works in that building and show how much money is spent on them by outside groups. It makes you wonder whose interests do they have in mind . The voters who put them into that office . It is time to put strict limits across the political spectrum, everyone says there is too much money in politics. Billionaires are buying elections. Ive got a lot of questions about where all that money came from and how it benefitted the people it was spent on. The obvious first step is to see if i can set up a meeting with any senators to talk to me about it. Jacob calling from msnb