congressman nunez got this information. so there are a lot of questions that need to be answered here. that s my point. great minds think alike. i think kiersten s exactly right on that. donald trump said that obama wiretapped him in trump tower. this was not, this was incidental, which means they were not targeting donald trump or his administration or his transition team but i think, look, this really called into question, into serious question the objectivity and the independence of this congressional investigation. i think if i were the claireman of this, you know, if i found out this information, my first move would be to go to the ranking member and say hey, we ve bot this, how do you think we should handle it. should we hold a press conference? alert the other committee members? should we go to the white house and inform the president? he didn t do any of that. he unilaterally did that. and whether or not there s anything fishy, it creates the
as they had hoped. all these investigations still under way tonight. despite all of this, anderson. much more now with our panel. kiersten powers, matt lewis, christine quinn is back with us as well as trump supporter, kayleigh mcenany. kiersten on this, why what do you make of what him going to the white house and the president saying it s a partial nind kags? vand kags? i think it s, the way he s handling it is a little shade if he had that information that is that important he should have shared it with the rest of the people on the committee, at a bear minimum, congressman schiff, and there would have been a lot more credibility had he done that. if you look at what he s alleging here, he s saying this is all legal, incidental. it s not really vindicating donald trump, because donald trump had accused president obama of wiretapping.
schiff, had this to say after digesting all of this. and unfortunately, i think the actions of today throw great doubt into the ability of both the chairman and the committee to conduct the investigation the way it ought to be conducted. so the question is now what is coming after this. democrats, of course, will be calling for an in independent investigation. the republicans control the house, so that is not likely to happen. but there is a separate investigation happening all to the, and the senate intelligence committee did not want to come anywhere near this. they are doing their own investigation. the fbi is investigating separately. so the fact that this looked like a lifeline for the white house may not be as long of one as they had hoped. all these investigations still under way tonight. despite all of this, anderson. much more now with our panel. kiersten powers, matt lewis, christine quinn is back with us as well as trump supporter, kay
phil mudd, mary katherine ham, dana bash, and mike rogers, kiersten powers, paul bigala and jack kingston. chairman rogers, you know the house intelligence committee quite well as former chairman. what did you make of today s hearing? i thought it was a swing and a miss for a couple of problems. one, we never talked about why the russians engaged in any way, shape, or form in an operation to influence american election, it was a bad idea. the democrats took their track of laying out in the court of public opinion why they felt certain trump officials were guilty and trump was guilty, that wasn t the purpose of the hearing. and the republicans spent a lot of time talking about the leaks themselves. so i thought it was a real loss to the american public, where they could have been schooled or educated or at least exposed to information that they might not be familiar with about how
leaks. secretary pianetta, always enjoy talking to you. thank you, anderson. we bring our panel back. kiersten powers joins us and jack kingston. chairman rogers, you know the house intelligence committee quite well as former chairman. what did you make of today s hearing? i thought it was a swing and a miss for a couple of problems. one, we never talked about why the russians engaged in any way, shape, or form in an operation to influence american election, it was a bad idea. the democrats took their track of laying out in the court of public opinion why they felt certain trump officials were guilty and trump was guilty, that wasn t the purpose of the hearing. and the republicans spent a lot of time talking about the leaks themselves. so i thought it was a real loss