appointees, whether it was the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, these were appointees by president trump. and they would have been in made aware of the fact that counter intelligence investigation is going to be conducted on whether or not there was any relationship here between the russians and the president of the united states, whether there was any basis of concern as to what influence the russians had on the president and the united states. whether or not the president was just doing this because of his own approach to politics, or weather whether he was doing it for the russians. this is what counter intelligence is all about. it is to make sure the security of the united states is being
russia is an adversary. their whole purpose is to und undermine the stability of the united states. they re going to everything they can to weaken our countries. because they are our adversary, because they are our country that is trying to under mine our democracy and freedom, i think we have to take all necessary steps to make sure that they have not in any way been able to establish an undue influence in our country. the fact that they conducted the kind of effort they did to under mine the election tells us an awful lot about what the russians will do in order to under mine our stability. let s talk more about the way that donald trump has behaviored toward russia in the time since he has been president, not just the lead up for the campaign and
protected. it does not surprise me that the fbi would look into the situation or that the bob mueller investigation is probably following up on that investigation as well. after helsinki, you told brian williams it was clear that russia had something on him because of the way he behaved, if you were still head of the cia and it was clear to you that the president of the united states was compromised in some way by russia, what would you be doing? i think it is the possibility of our law enforcement and our intelligence agencies to look into these issues, to make sure there is no relationship, and that any suspicions here are going to be fully investigated. russia is an adversary. let s understand this. russia is not our friend.
russian investigation, but also the other factors involved. the russian interference in the election. and the other statements that the president made with regards to putin. it just raised questions about if there was concern for the president s relationship with russia. to open a counter intelligence investigation, you have to do that on more than a hunch. what is the bar that is needed. how high do you have to clear it in order to do this. it would not surprise me if the people at the justice department would if they were made aware of that kind of investigation, and interestingly enough, they were bush
be everything short of an asset of russia? is that okay? i don t think so. i think the american people want a president that behaved and acts on behalf of american interests. fe he is n if he not doing that, you need 67 votes to remove him anyway. can we start to at least open investigations into some of his private conduct, to try to get to some sort of answers about whether or not he is working on behalf of russia. he doesn t have to be an actual asset. i think it is a real question right now. how many senators, republicans, democrats alike are sitting there thinking about what they would be in the future. next, the democratic presidential field gets bigger and possibly more problematic. the 2020 vision is next. reacti