Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20190423 :

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting 20190423

Hillary clinton speaking out about the special counsel Robert Muellers final report on the russia investigation. The former secretary of state and onetime candidate calling for the Justice Department to release the unredacted version and save and saying the Mueller Report is just the beginning. Im really of the mind that the Mueller Report is part of the beginning. Its not the end. Maybe as churchill said, its the end of the beginning. Theres still so much more that we should know and that we should act upon. Obviously thats what the congress is trying to figure out, what to do right now. Shepard President Trumps soninlaw and Senior Adviser claimed the Russian Investigation has been more damaging to the United States than putins meddling in the 2016 election. Jared kushner speaking publicly for the First Time Since the special counsel Robert Muellers redacted final report came out last week. Jared kushner said he thought the whole thing was kind of nonsense. Thats a quote. Heres what he said today during the time 100 summit. You look at what russia did, buying facebook ads and trying to sow dissent, its a terrible things but the investigations and all of the speculation that has happened the last two years has had a much harsher impact than a couple of facebook ads. Shepard Jared Kushners diminishment of russian interference is deceptive. From the Mueller Report we now know, russians made contact with multiple members of the Trump Campaign, including Jared Kushner and attempting to promote russian objectives. They received Campaign Polling data from the trump team and discussed business deals and policy goals and getting dirt on Hillary Clinton with the now president s son and others. They conducted cyber espionage, stealing emails and distributing them to help candidate trump and hurt trumps opponent. They sent russian operatives in america in person to learn the landscape and sow division in america. That i broke into state and local election computers and invaded our nation in the cyber and physical worlds. The United States indicted 26 russian nationals and three Russian Companies and the Mueller Report make Crystal Clear and all u. S. Intelligence agencies concur the russians are still trying to thing our nation, interfere in or affairs and influence our elections. Special counsel prosecutors interviewed Jared Kushner for his contacts with the russians including the Infamous Trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. And the president s campaign chairman, paul manafort. Mueller report while theres evidence of communications with the Trump Campaign and moscow, there was no coordination. On the matter of russian interference, the facebook ads Jared Kushner references were but a sliver of russias attack on america. John roberts with more. Good afternoon to you. It was interesting to hear from Jared Kushner for the First Time Since the Mueller Report. Muellers pain point of interest with kushner was the june 9, 2016 meeting at trump towers. In the report, mueller suggested that he was considering whether or not that meeting might have construed an Illegal Campaign contribution from a foreign source. But ultimately muellers investigators could not figure out whether there was anything of value that the russian operative was saying. Heres what kushner said or what else he said about the Mueller Report. With the whole notion of the russia collusion narrative came up, i was the first person to say happy to participate with any investigations. At this point, ive down three hours interviews, nine hours of special counsel. Look at many statement from july, i put out about a 12page statement explaining all of these things. Everything i have said is true and very, very thoroughly investigated. The one thing the Mueller Report was conclusive on is there was absolutely no coordination or collusion with the Trump Campaign. Not to say that the russians did not try. The white house has tried to figure out what its going to do about the subpoena that came down late yesterday afternoon from the chairman of the house judiciary committee, Gerald Nadler seeking testimony on may 21 from the former white House Counsel, don mcgahn. In a statement, Gerald Nadler saying mcgahn met with investigators more than 30 hours. Its unclear what more congress could learn in a hearing than mueller did in 30 hours of questioning. Its unclear whether the white house will allow mcgahn to testify or exert executive privilege. Might be difficult to make that claim in a court of law. They did not claim any privilege over anything in the Mueller Report that had mcgahns name on it. They also did not assert Attorney Client privilege and not allow him to do an interview with robert mueller. Putting the genie of executive privilege or Attorney Client privilege in the bottle may be difficult. The former chairman of the House Committee darrell issa said that he believes mcgahn will testify but with a member of the white House Counsel team in attendance. Listen here. So bottom line is, don is a very smart lawyer. Hes already testified. The president has been open and transparent in the way the two previous president s were not. So i expect him to come but i inspection him to insist on having people behind him that can advise him as to when to answer a question and when a privilege night be appropriate. Mcgahn has been asked to provide documents by may 7. The testimony tentatively scheduled for may 21. Well see if he goes. Shepard john, Jared Kushner is close with Mohammed Bin Salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. Hes accused by american intelligence and others of ordering the murder of the Washington Post columnist jamal khaishoggi. What did kushner have to say about that . He did not dispute that at all. Let me give you the quote of what he said. He said look, im not going to dispute American Intelligence Services recommendations. Im also not going to talk about anything intelligencerelated. Kushner was in riyadh on february 26 and met with Mohammed Bin Salman about a number of different issues. At the time 100 forum, kushner was asked if the khaishoggi murder has affected his relationship with Mohammed Bin Salman and other saudi leaders or what advice he might have given bin salman. Kushner said the advice i gave was to be as transparent as possible and we have to make sure theres account ability for what happened. Its not the first time he gave him advice to be transparent. In october, as the investigation got underway, the national security, john bolton, talked to mbs and asked him to do that. Shepard thanks. Sources tell fox news that the former Vice President joe biden will announce this thursday that he is running for the white house and make his first appearance as an official candidate next week on monday in pittsburgh. Peter doocy reporting. Live in washington. Peter . Joe biden is set to become 2020s 20th candidate. He will explain why hes the best bet to topple trump. He heads to pennsylvania, which trump won for a Campaign Event at a union hall in pittsburgh on monday. He plans to quickly go public with a long list of high profile endorsements. Theres no indication that barack obama who he serves as v. P. Is ready to back biden. The 76yearold flirted with a campaign in 2016 as Hillary Clinton struggled and never announced anything and continuing grieving if loss of his son in private, this will be bidens third official bid. The first time he ran in 1988, he boughed out before the caucuses amid a plagiarism. The next time he ran, he boughed out after a poor showing in the iowa caucuses. Bowden has been accused of making women feel uncomfortable with touching and kissing. Nobody accused him of Sexual Assault and the allegations dont appear to have impacted his effort in any way. Theres questions about comments biden made in ukraine where he joked about pressuring a ukrainian official that was investigating a company his son worked for. Its all part of a decades long report that is about to be revisited. Shep . Shepard thanks. The debate about trying to impeach President Trump has spilled over in the campaign trail. The 2020 Democratic Candidates got questions about whether they support Congress Moving forward with impeachment last night on town Hall Meetings on cnn. Nancy pelosi is urging her party to hold off on those efforts and focus on investigations into the president , his campaign and businesses to as she puts it to see where the facts lead. Thats according to sources briefed on a Conference Call led by Speaker Pelosi last night. Peter, sounds like shes testing the waters with the American People before jumping in head first. And so are multiple democrats hoping to replace President Trump at the ballot box who are advocating for congress to impeachment before that. I believe that every person in the senate and the house ought to have to vote and to say either yeah, thats okay with me. Yeah, let him step in the way he did when he told the white House Counsel to go fire mueller. I think we have very good reason to believe theres an investigation that has been conducted which has produced evidence that tells us that this president about his administration engaged in obstruction of justice. I believe congress should take the step towards impeachment. Joe biden said he didnt want anybody talking about impeachment until after the Mueller Report. Well see if he changed his mind soon, shep. Shepard peter, theres the debate on felons voting. Bernie sanders defending his position that all felons should be allowed to vote. He told a crowd from new england that he thinks the boston bomber should vote from prison, too, a few days after the region marked the sixth anniversary of the marathon attacks. My follow question goes to this like youre writing an opposition ad against you. You think the Boston Marathon bomber should vote not after he pays his debt to society but while hes in jail. You sure about that . Chris, i think i have written many 30second opposition ads throughout my life. Later agreed, she said she supports having a conversation about that. Peter doocy live in washington. Thanks. Shepard big news from the campaign trail. Fox news will host a town hall with pete buttigieg. The mayor of south bend, indiana. The date, sunday may 19, 7 00 eastern time, 6 00 central. Chris wallace will moderate live from claremont, new hampshire. Pete buttigieg and Chris Wallace may 19. Prosecutors often go after drug dealers and try to target their suppliers. Those at the top. Now theyre a playing the exact same procedure to a Pharmaceutical Company and its executives. The form of its kind criminal charges in the Opioid Crisis coming up. First, the fox urgent and the nasdaq right now is the highest it has ever been. Well on its way to a record close at the end of trading in this hour. Well watch it closely and see if it hangs on. Over on the s p, it is shaping up to be a buzzer beater. It needs to close above 9,230. Sorry. 2,930. Were there at the moment that could be an alltime high as well. Keeping track on the markets and the breaking news as our reporting continues on this tuesday afternoon. When i book at hilton. Com i get to select my room from the floor plan. Free wifi. And the price match guarantee. So with hilton there is no catch. Yeah the only catch is im never leaving. No im serious, i live here now. Book at hilton. Com and get the hilton price match guarantee. Why go with anybody else . We know their rates are good, we know that theyre always going to take care of us. It was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. Were the tenneys and were usaa members for life. Call usaa to start saving on insurance today. Shepard fox urgent. For the first time, bill pharma executives are facing charges in the Opioid Crisis. Federal prosecutors say a former drug company ceo instructed his staff to ignore red flags, including suspiciously large orders from pharmacies that supply pill mills. Places where patients could get many more painkillers than they needed. The former executives name is larry dowd. Heres his retirement announcement. He worked for Rochester Drug cooperative which distributed oxycodone and fentanyl. His former chief Compliance Officer is also facing charges. The former ceos attorney said that mr. Dowd is being frayed by others to cover up for their wrong doing. The government has it all wrong and is being used an manipulated by people looking for a scapegoat. Doud will defend these charges to his last breath and will be vindicated. The company itself is admitting it made mistakes. Rochester drug cooperative spokesman said the company has reached a criminal and civil settlement deal with prosecutors agreeing to pay a 20 million fine and launch a compliance program. Lets turn to katie. Shes a former federal prosecutor and now a criminal defense attorney. The federal charges are new, but the pay the penalty and youre scotfree, this is a part of a pattern, isnt it . It absolutely is. Theres been civil enforcements against these pharmaceutical companies for a long time. The criminal enforcement is a new thing and probably long overdo you for the folks that are responsible at the top end for this Opioid Crisis. What is this executive and his Compliance Officer, what are the two of them being charged with and what could happen to them upon conviction, if it happens . Theyre being charged under the controlled substances act, which essentially places a lot of responsibility on distributors of dangerous drugs to ensure that they are making sure that their customers are using them for legitimate persons. So theyre charged with conspiracies to illegally distribute these substances to pharmacies that they new had red flags and selling these drugs elicitly. So for the folks fighting the charges, they can face a significant amount of jail time. Theres been a Settlement Agreement reached for some of the individuals involved that is a deferred prosecution. So they will not be immediately facing that assuming they supply. For those fighting it all the way through, this could be significant consequences on the civil side and criminal side. Shepard the charges mirror the kind of charges that a drug kingpin would face. Absolutely. I think its very long overdue. Theres people that sell these drugs in small amounts on the streets and they face jail time without question. These folks at the pharmaceutical questions are doing essentially the same thing. But from a corporate perspective. On the defense side, you can look at it and say theyre not directly distributing. Theyre being held responsible for other peoples actions. But thats part of engaging in business and selling a dangerous protect. Youre held to a high standard. Thats why theyre responsible for that, even though theyre not directly selling the drugs. Thanks so much. I appreciate it. The new charges are out. Well keep you updated on what happens next. Now, coming up, dozens of folks say that they were recorded while getting massaged in the spa in the robert kraft prostitution sting. 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