do you accept what we heard from the president s pick to run the fbi that what should have happened there if, you know, a situation where you have representatives of a foreign government offering assistance in an election, that what should have happened is the fbi should have been notified? well, i ve wondered why the secret service, if this was nefarious, why did the secret service allow these people in. the secret service doesn t comment on stuff like this, but after that guy went on tv and said that, they had to put out a statement saying, that s not how it works. donald trump jr. was not a protectee of the united states secret service in june 2016. thus, we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time. the duh is silent. so the president has assembled a small team of lawyers to represent him in the most serious scandal afflicting any president in modern history. this guy, majinsky, sekulow,
are taking a closer look at this meeting and top democrat of house intelligence committee adam schiff, outraged. it is absolutely not only a breach of norms but civic responsibility to the country. if you get approached by foreign government offering to interfere in a presidential election you go to the fbi. that is what a decent citizen would do. i don t want to see is lower the bar. the question is whether this is illegal. this was unethical. reporter: legal experts looking at this with caution, should not be jumping to conclusions, political analysts saying this is a headache the white house doesn t need as they continue to move healthcare and other things like tax reform. rob: something people are talking about. heather: tucker carlson responding to the media
she gives them some deniability as opposed to someone who has a direct connection with the government. this is something we need to determine, but it would be up to tradecraft to do exactly this. some of your colleagues are beginning to use the word treason. even if you don t want to go that far or draw any conclusions yet, do you see possible violations of criminal law here, or is this just a breach of norms in our government? it is absolutely not only a breach of norms but a breach of civic responsibility to the country. if you get approached by foreign government offering to interfere in a presidential election, you go to the fbi. you report it. that s what a decent citizen would do. and i don t want to see us continue to lower the bar here and say the only question is whether this is illegal. this was unethical.
now, why would they choose here? because she gives them some deniability as opposed to someone who has a more direct connection to the government. obviously this is something we need to determine but it would be consistent with russian trade craft to do this. some of your colleagues are beginning to use the word treason. if you don t want to go that far or draw in conclusions yet, do you see possible violations of criminal law here or a breach of etiquette. well, it is absolutely not only a breach of norms but a breach of civic responsibility to the country. if you get approached by a foreign government offering to interfere in a presidential election, you go to the fbi. you report it. that s what a decent citizen would do. i don t want to see us to continue to lowter bar here and say the only question is whether this is illegal.
advocate for the kremlin. now, why would they choose her? they might choose her because she gives them some deniability. as opposed to someone who has a more direct connection to the government. obviously, this is something that we need to determine, but it would be consistent with russian trade craft to do exactly this. congressman, some of your colleagues are beginning to use the word treason. even if you don t want to go that far or draw any conclusions yet, do you see possible violations of criminal law here? or is this just a breach of norms and etiquette? well, it is absolutely not only a breach of norms but a breach of civic responsibility to the country. if you get approached by a foreign government offering to interfere in a presidential election, you go to the fbi, you report it. that s what a decent citizen would do. and i don t want to see us