The committee overseeing these agencies, making sure that they re talking to each other and protect the country, all of that must go on in a nonpartisan manner. and i think on the positive side, we continue to do that work, which is the bread and butter of our committee in a very nonpartisan way. how would you characterize your relationship with devin nunes? look, certainly very strained, and it s a tragedy because prior to this investigation i think we got together and worked together very well. we had a good relationship. we passed any number of very difficult intelligence-related legislation, reform legislation on a bipartisan basis. so it s been tough, but the reality is from the very beginning of the investigation with that midnight run, the chairman made it clear that his priority was very different than following the facts, and that was going to amount to a rupture no matter how hard we tried on the democratic side to make this investigation work. congressman adam schiff,
Investigation work without any sort of reinvestigation and sim lay take that to a facea court. it seems unlikely. here is why i could say that. when i worked for bob mueller at the fbi as counselor while he was director, i reviewed every fisa warrant before he certified them. how many can you put a number on that. eight to ten to 12 a day. sometimes far less. and sometimes a into more. multiple in a day. multiple in a day and they are thick and did this is all in the post 9/11 world which meant we had a lot. we had a lot. and i can t compare to what we had today. but we had multiple aday and i could tell you there is an exacting process. lots of lawyers and agents look at these things before it came to me. director mueller would scertify and go to the attorney general of the united states. he would sign it and then and this is really important, chuck, it goes to a federal judge. so the notion that we re trying to slip something past the federal judge is crazy. is
Up? is it gone? for sure not. when i came home from moscow last august, i told people russians are doing to sbeer fear with our investigations, our elections, they are going to try to mess with that and they did. we started investigating last september. i m glad, i was one of the few republicans that said before this, we should put this in an independent counsel, make it less partisan, police political environment. there s important work the house intelligence committee is undertaking. we ve been diverted a little bit. i m glad this has been put aside in a more professional, less partisan environment. it allows the investigation, as you said, to carry forward. it is just beginning in many aspects. let s let that investigation work and let congress do its work as well. you re happy with the appointment of robert mueller, now the special counsel investigating this. in terms of the committee you sat on, house intel committee, what have you uncovered? we know several things. as we sa
And let the investigation work. i would agree with gloria. phil, you agree? not only do i agree, but let s be clear. the democrats a week ago were saying the republicans should never have gone to the white house to talk to president trump. that shows bias. then we have a democrat coming out saying excuse me, before the investigation gets under way, i have determined that people will be in jail. these people ought to shut up and do the investigation. how clear can this be? everybody stand by. we ll continue this. critics now accusing president trump s daughter of being quote complicit. she has responded in an interview. you ll hear her response when we come back. ou retire? i d really like to run with the bulls. wow. hope you re fast. i am. get a portfolio that works for you now and as your needs change with investment management services. on a perfect car,
How far did this go? how do we prevent it in the future? and what about these leaks? that s the four levels of this investigation. i have to assume that they re going to work in good faith. obviously my doubts have been raised. we re going to keep a good eye on it and alert the american public. we ve got a job to do. i can t let them succeed on the distractions. otherwise, we re rewarding bad behavior. i have to make this investigation work. well said. thank you, congressman and greg miller. up next, talk about march madness for the trump administration. we re going to tell you why this has not been a good month for this president. this is hardball, where the action is.