requesting these documents, particularly documents that have already been furnished to either the special come or the southern district of new york. to the extent that individuals refuse to proare void those documents, we have other mechanisms inclue ding is a subpoena. we have oversight responsibility. that is contingent on our ability to collect evidence, documents and testimony. we intend to do that. that s an important responsibility we have. we expect most of will cooperate. caputo told the washington post that he s already begun coordinating with four other trump associates who received requests from the committee. and they re going to be working on some sort of a joint strategy. they think it s a perjury trap. what do you say to that? when they say you re just trying to impeach the president. well, look, these investigations, which really center on three principle areas, corruption, obstruction of
southern district of new york. to the extent that individuals refuse to provide those documents, we obviously have other mechanisms, including a subpoena, to force the production of the documents. but we have oversight responsibility, and that is contingent on our ability to collect information, to collect evidence, both documents and testimony. and we intend to do that. it s an important responsibility we have. we expect most of the witnesses will cooperate and produce the documents. but to the extent that we have to use court process or subpoena, we will do it. so caputo told the washington post that he s already begun coordinating with four other trump associates who received requests from the committee, and they re going to be working on some sort of a joint strategy to resist requests. they think it s a perjury trap. what do you say to that when they say, you re just trying toito impeach the president? look, these investigations which really center around three principal are
justice, and abuse of power. they involve a whole range of activities of this administration that we have a responsibility to conduct oversight for. that s one of the duties of the constitution that requires us to engage in. the republicans have refused to do it for the last to yewo year. we have a 500-page document with all the times we attempt to persuade them to conduct oversight. they never did it. i understand this may feel new. this is the responsibility of the judiciary committee and we intend to do it and witnesses, if they testify truthfully and produce documents as requested, won t run into a perjury trap. just tell the truth. but but, you know, simply to say because the president was a subject of a special counsel investigation that the judiciary committee is precluded from investigating anything else is an absurdity. ve a number of serious allegations that have been made and have a responsibility to find the truth and reveal the facts to the american people. there is more
a responsibility to conduct oversight for. that s one of the duties the constitution requires us to engage in. the republicans have refused to do it for the last two years. we have a 500-page documents with all of the times we attempted to persuade them to conduct oversight. they never did it. but this is the responsibility of the judiciary committee, and we intend to do it. and witnesses if they testify truthfully and produce documents as requested, won t run into a perjury trap. just tell the truth. simply to say because the president was the subject of a special counsel investigation, that the judiciary committee is precluded from investigating anything else is an absurdity. we have a number of serious allegations that have been made, and we have a responsibility to find the truth and reveal the facts to the american people. there is more new reporting at this hour, congressman, and that is that president trump pressured staff to grant his daughter ivanka, not just his son-in-law,
can you tell me who the four people are? no, i can t. i won t. you keep using the word perjury trap there and as jeffrey toobin went to law school likes to it will me, there s no class and legal definition that includes perjury trap. one way to avoid that is tell the truth, correct? no doubt. i ve told the truth every time i ve sat before congress and the mueller investigation. but we re going on two years since the last time i spoke before congress and we know that, you know, if you look at this it s a little different now with democrats in charge than it would be with republicans in charge, correct? you didn t sit through the democratic grilling that i got on the house intelligence and senate intelligence committees. just because they were in the minority didn t mean they were muzzled, the same questions. sean spicer who was press secretary told fox news i doll everything to facilitate this investigation and there s nothing i have to hide. he said he would answer ques