correct. okay. i do want to say i was a democrat until steve wynn found out i was a democrat and made me switch parties. that would be the smart thing to do. good. let s get to it. i only have a little bit of time. on behalf of the many members here who have expressed to your family our apologies to your family, but i want to apologize for the inappropriate comments and tweets that have been made by other members of this body and as a former prosecutor and as former counsel on house ethics, i think that at the very least there should be a referral to the ethics committee of witness intimidation and tapering of my colleague matt gates and it may be possibly him being referred for a criminal prosecution. on may 2nd, 2018, the president s personal attorney rudy giuliani who was a personal attorney like you appeared on
national committee, right? correct. i do want to say i was a democrat until steve wynn found out that i was and made me switch party. on behalf of the many members here who have expressed to your family and apologies to your family. i want to apologize for the inappropriate comments and tweets that have been made by other members of this body and as a former prosecutor and counsel on house et i cahics. i think it should be referred to the committee of witnessing tampering under my colleague matt gaetz and maybe possibly him being referred to a criminal prosecuti prosecution, i want to put that on the record. on may 2nd, 2018, rudy giuliani, appeared on fox news and referred to the president s
sadly the high level doj fbi discussions to secretly surveil, remove a duly elected president from office, that s only a tiny tip of the iceberg in this abuse of power corruption scandal and what has been a year s long efforts to rig the system upend the will of the american people. that is the danger tonight. look at this time line. let s start july 15th, 2015. that s when the fbi opened up a criminal investigation into hillary clinton why? mishandling top secret classified and special access programming information. that was on a mom and pop shop bathroom closet server that they even believed was hacked by six foreign intelligence agencies. on may 2nd, 2016, comey, the fbi director and the all-important peter strzok, they were drafting a letter exonerating hillary clinton of any wrongdoing which, by the way, comey denied. we know it s true it wasn t until two months later in july that hillary and 17
ordered surveillance. all is good, right, rod? sadly, the high level doj fbi discussions to secretly surveil, remove a duly elected president from office, that s only a tiny p tip of the iceberg in this abuse of power corruptionp scandal and what has been a year s long efforts to rig the system, upend the will of the american people. that is the danger tonight. look at this time line. let s start july 15th, 2015. that s when the fbi opened up a criminal investigation into hillary clinton. why? mishandling top secret classified and special access programming information. that was on a mom and pop shop bathroom closet server that they even believed was hacked by six foreign intelligence agencies. on may 2nd, 2016, comey, the fbi director and thee all-important peter strzok, they were drafting a letter exonerating hillary clinton of any wrongdoing which, by the way, comey denied. we know it s true. it wasn t until two months later in july that hillary and 17 others were finally
national enquirer s parent company. does it give him an out to say that i knew about it later? no, it doesn t give him an out that he knew about it later. once he knew about it, he was party to the violation. reporter: another shift in the story comes from trump s legal advisor rudy giuliani. on may 2nd, giuliani told fox that cohen, who had taken out a personal home equity line to pay for stormy daniels s silence, was paid back by trump. the president reimbursed him. the reimbursement comment, is that an admission that trump knew about the payments earlier? yes he, that s an admission he knew about it early . why would he be reimbursing him if he didn t know about the payments? reporter: in that same interview giuliani suggested paying cohen back was not a violation of campaign law. sorry, i m giving you a fact you don t know. it s not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. they funneled it through a law firm. funneled through a law firm and the presiden