THAT. >> TOM, LET ME START WITH YOU.
EVERYTHING, WHERE ARE YOU ON THE DEFCON SCALE?
>> WELL, THIS IS NOT SATURDAY NIGHT MASSACRE.
I WAS THERE COVERING THAT. WE HAD A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, WELL KNOWN THAT WE WERE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAD GONE ON. SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP
AIDES WERE ON THE WAY TO JAIL AT THAT POINT.
THE INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR 18 MONTHS.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN THAT WOULD JIF HIS FIRING IN THE
EYES OF ALMOST HE HAVE ONE INCLUDING REPUBLICANS ON THAT
SIDE. IT WAS A MUCH DIFFERENT
SITUATION THEN. AND THE CONSEQUENCES WERE
OBVIOUSLY VERY BIG. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT JAMES COMEY IN THE EYES OF THE DEMOCRATS WAS A
VERY -- IT WAS FUNNY TO WATCH MITCH McCONNELL ON THE FLOOR OF
THE SENATE IN HIS WAY SAYING THIS IS A MAN, CHUCK SCHUMER AND
OTHERS SAID THAT SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS JOB.
AND I THINK ANY OBJECTIVE OBSERVER WOULD LOOK AT HIM THE
LAST 18 MONTHS AND SAY HE SEEMED NOT TO BE IN HIS TRACES.
A HORSE PHRASE. HE WAS OUT IN HIS OWN TERMS.
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED EARLY ON.
THE FBI INVESTIGATES, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTES.
YOU DON'T SEE THE FBI DIRECTOR TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS.
AT THE SAME TIME IN THAT LETTER THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASED,
HE SAYS DELIBERATELY, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THOSE THREE
TIMES YOU SAID THAT I HAD NOTHING WRONG.
AND BY THE WAY, GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR NEW LIFE.
THIS HAS TO GET SORTED OUT. I WANT THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO
DO THE INVESTIGATION. I THINK THE INTEL COMMITTEE IN
THE SENATE IS WORTHY OF DOING THIS.
I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME. I DON'T WANT THEIR INTEGRITY TO
BE COMPROMISED. I THINK THEY SHOULD CONTINUE
WITH THIS AND WE HAVE TO GET HIM BACK ON TRACK SO WE DON'T HAVE
THIS ON THE STAGE AND MAKE UP A PLAY OF SOME KIND.
>> THERE WERE TWO CONVEING
SHOES. YOU DID HAVE A DIRECTOR OF THE
FINISH HE THAT HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE POLITICAL
LEADERSHIP. ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND ANYTHING DID
HE WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION QUESTIONABLE.
IT SEEMS AS IF THE WHITE HOUSE DIDN'T APPRECIATE PART TWO OF
THIS. >> THEY DON'T.
WHO WOULD? AND I THINK IT WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT THAT HE TOOK TO GET
RID OF SOMEONE WHO IS THIS MEDDLESOME PRIEST.
USING THE HENRY II REFERENCE. I WANT TO AMPLIFY ONE COMMENT.
THE FBI INVESTIGATES, JUSTICE PROSECUTES.
THERE'S BEEN ATTENTION, DECADES OLD BETWEEN MAIN JUSTICE IN THE
HOOVER BUILDING IN EVERY CITY, THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY AND
THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE. THE FBI NEVER GETS TO SAY WHO
THEY'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE. SO I THINK ROD ROSENSTEIN, AND
I'M USINGSTEIN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PETE DID.
BUT HE IS A 12-YEAR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY.
HE HAS THAT INSTITUTIONAL PROSECUTOR VIEW.
>> KATY, NOBODY HAS SPENT MORE TIME UNDERSTANDING PRESIDENT
TRUMP THAN YOU. IF THERE IS A PATTERN, TWO
THINGS. UP IN ONE.
HE RUNS TO IT. NOT AWAY FROM IT.
THE OTHER THING, IF HE'S WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING, HE DOESN'T, HE
FINDS WAYS TO DELAY AND PUSH IT OFF, ALMOST HOPING THERE ARE
INTERVENING SPRAENLTS MAKE IT GO AWAY.
TAX RETURNS ARE AN EXAMPLE. IS THIS A WAY TO CLOUD IT UP AND
DELAY RUSSIA? >> I THINK THEY'VE BEEN TRYING
TO CLOUD IT UP SINCE THE OUTSET. THEN AGAIN THEY KEEP ADDING TO
THE CLOUD IN A WAY THAT NOT MANY FOLKS UNDERSTAND.
BUT YOU'RE SO RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE DOES IS RUN TOWARD A
CONTROVERSY, OR RUN TOWARD A HANDY CAP.
HE DID EXACTLY THAT DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS RUNNING. SHE WAS A WOMAN.
INSTEAD OF DANCING AROUND THAT AND GIVING HER POLITE DEFERENCE
AS MANY WOULD DO, HE RAN RIGHT AT IT.
HE SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH OR STAMINA TO BE
PRESIDENT. HE MADE A NUMBER OF REFERENCES
TO HER BEI BEING A WOMAN. SO HE IS DOING THE SAME THING
WITH THIS RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. I AGREE WITH HUGH AND TOM AND I
APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR HISTORIES IN THIS.
BUT I THINK WE'RE MISSING A BROADER POINT.
THE TIME BETWEEN THE INAUGURATION AND WHEN DONALD
TRUMP DECIDED TO DISMISS FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
YES, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE WAY HE HANDLED THE
CLINTON E-MAILS INVESTIGATION BUT THEY DID CAMPAIGN ON IT AND
THEY DID CAMPAIGN ON USING THAT AS A REASON BEHIND WHY HILLARY
CLINTON WAS NOT FIT FOR OFFICE. AND A REMINDER, AND I SAID THIS
A LOT TODAY. A REMINDER, WHEN JAMES COMEY
REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN WAS
SPUTTERING. THEY WERE DEALING WITH "ACCESS
HOLLYWOOD," THE POLLS WERE IN THE TANK.
IT RESCUED HIM AND IT GAVE MODERATE REPUBLICANS AND THOSE
ON THE FENCE A REASON TO GO BACK TO TRUMP AND SAY ALL RIGHT.
I CAN DEAL WITH HIM BECAUSE HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT BE
INDICTED. IF THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCERN
ABOUT COMEY, HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT ON THE DAY OF INAUGURATION,
WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE. WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF HIS AIDES
AND ASSOCIATES ARE SAYING. >> WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AT
THIS POINT, I THINK COMEY HAS BEEN A VERY FLAWED FBI DIRECTOR
ENDISPUTABLY FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
THERE'S TO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IF THEY WERE GOING TO ACT ON IT,
THEY SHOULD HAVE ACTED AT THAT TIME.
THEY HAD ENOUGH AT THAT POINT TO DO JUST THAT.
>> THE PROBLEM IS WE KNOW IN THE LAST WEEK.
AND WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT WATCHES A LOT OF TELEVISION.
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