Us for a wide ranging one on one including thoughts on donald does for a wide ranging one on one including thoughts on donald trump the 2020 campaign and what he learned from his experience from the 2020 campaign and what he learned from his experiences with impeachment proceedings he joins me from washington says with impeachment proceedings he joins me from washington d. C. President trump has called the impeachment inquiry d. C. President trump has called the impeachment inquiry. And a scam Vice President pence calls it a disk hoax and a scam Vice President pence calls into scrapes what does trent lott corps. Well grace what does trent lott corps. Well. It concerns me it bothers me having been through it i dont think its good for the company it concerns me it bothers me having been through it i dont think its good for the country i worried both during the nixon impeachment proceedings and on tree i worried both during the nixon impeachment proceedings and the clinton process in the
Came over the senate we had the trial the house and a sort of historic came over the senate we had the trial the house and sort of historic. Change lost seats the House Republicans all seats. Change lost seats the House Republicans all seats so you know its youve got to be very careful how you proceed on this the best so you know its youve got to be very careful how you proceed on this the best way if you want to move a president is called an election but also the best way if you want to move a president is called an election but also there are good lawyers im sure and partisans on both sides of the hour that there are good lawyers im sure and partisans on both sides of the aisle that bill like you know there are things here that need to be looked into the question is how do you feel like you know there are things here that need to be looked into the question is how do you. Do it and what is the in result going to be in terms of you know you do it and what is the in result going to be
Not going to pursue prosecution, extended prosecution of the clintons, Hillary Clinton, bill clinton, maybe the clinton foundation. Then there was some discussion with the New York Times. Is it a little foggy. Will he or you or the administration pursue a special prosecutor to prosecute the clintons . Well, look, first of all, we dont know where all the the evidence is going to lead but what president elect trump was saying was that he would rather look forward instead of backwards. His eyes right now are looking through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. That was the point he was making in that he is not going to spend his time sitting around thinking about how he is going to prosecute Hillary Clinton. He is going to think about the future of america for all americans out there. Thats where his focus is and what he is saying. If something comes around that is some kind of bomb we dont know about, we will have to take a look at it. He is looking forward to leading this country, n
Not going to pursue prosecution, extended prosecution of the clintons, Hillary Clinton, bill clinton, maybe the clinton foundation. Then there was some discussion with the New York Times. Is it a little foggy. Will he or you or the administration pursue a special prosecutor to prosecute the clintons . Well, look, first of all, we dont know where all the the evidence is going to lead but what president elect trump was saying was that he would rather look forward instead of backwards. His eyes right now are looking through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. That was the point he was making in that he is not going to spend his time sitting around thinking about how he is going to prosecute Hillary Clinton. He is going to think about the future of america for all americans out there. Thats where his focus is and what he is saying. If something comes around that is some kind of bomb we dont know about, we will have to take a look at it. He is looking forward to leading this country, n
Prosecutors on sentencing recommendations for trump ally roger stone. It was a move that drew cheers from the president but increased worries his improper influence is undermining the rule of law, and apparently trumps critics werent the only ones worried. To have public statements and tweets made about the department, about our people in the department, our men and women here about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job. I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me. Barrs push back there was unusual. Remember the last attorney general to defend the doj in the face of trumps attacks was Jeff Sessions who was sent to the doghouse and never let out. But there are questions now about whether barrs push back was sincere or all staged in coordination with the white house to quell a possible revolt within the doj. Four career federal prosecutors withdrew from the s