THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT --
>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT -- >> I GUESS THAT IS TOTALLY UP TO
>> I GUESS THAT IS TOTALLY UP TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. >>> ANY DAY NOW ONE OF THE MOST
>>> ANY DAY NOW ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN MODERN
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY WILL BE
AMERICAN HISTORY WILL BE FINISHED AND WE’RE GOING TO BE
FINISHED AND WE’RE GOING TO BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING
ONE STEP CLOSER TO GETTING ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. WE’LL HOPEFULLY GET THEM ABOUT
WE’LL HOPEFULLY GET THEM ABOUT THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 2016
THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER THE
ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER THE HOTLY CONTESTED CAMPAIGN,
HOTLY CONTESTED CAMPAIGN, SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER’S
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER’S REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE
REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED, AND NO
COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED, AND NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME, HISTORY
MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME, HISTORY WILL BE MADE.
WILL BE MADE. NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR
NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR WILL FACE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
WILL FACE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ANY A.G. COULD
CHALLENGES ANY A.G. COULD IMAGINE JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS
IMAGINE JUST WEEKS AFTER HIS SENATE CONFIRMATION.
SENATE CONFIRMATION. CAN’T SAY HE DIDN’T SEE IT
CAN’T SAY HE DIDN’T SEE IT COMING.
COMING. >>> SINCE THEN, THE NEW YEAR
>>> SINCE THEN, THE NEW YEAR OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD NBC THAT THE
OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD NBC THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL COULD LIKELY
SPECIAL COUNSEL COULD LIKELY WRAP HIS CASE AS EARLY AS THE
WRAP HIS CASE AS EARLY AS THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS NEXT
END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK.
WEEK. MUELLER WOULD SUBMIT THE REPORT
MUELLER WOULD SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL NOW
TO THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL NOW OVERSEEING THE INVESTIGATION AND
OVERSEEING THE INVESTIGATION AND COULD GIVE BARR INSIGHT INTO ANY
COULD GIVE BARR INSIGHT INTO ANY POTENTIAL CASE AGAINST THE
POTENTIAL CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT FOR COORDINATION WITH
PRESIDENT FOR COORDINATION WITH RUSSIA DURING THE ELECTION.
RUSSIA DURING THE ELECTION. AND WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
AND WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IT WOULD BE BARR’S DECISION ON
IT WOULD BE BARR’S DECISION ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE REPORT,
HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE REPORT, HERE’S WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
HERE’S WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID IN HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING
SAID IN HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THAT VERY ISSUE.
ON THAT VERY ISSUE. >> I WILL FOLLOW THE SPECIAL
>> I WILL FOLLOW THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS SCRUPULOUSLY
COUNSEL REGULATIONS SCRUPULOUSLY AND IN GOOD FAITH, AND ON MY
AND IN GOOD FAITH, AND ON MY WATCH, BOB WILL BE ALLOWED TO
WATCH, BOB WILL BE ALLOWED TO FINISH HIS WORK.
FINISH HIS WORK. BUT IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE
BUT IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC AND CONGRESS BE INFORMED
PUBLIC AND CONGRESS BE INFORMED OF THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL
OF THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S WORK.
COUNSEL’S WORK. MY GOAL WILL BE TO PROVIDE AS
MY GOAL WILL BE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS I CAN
MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS I CAN CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW.
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW. >> WILL YOU COMMIT TO MAKING ANY
>> WILL YOU COMMIT TO MAKING ANY REPORT MUELLER PRODUCES AT THE
REPORT MUELLER PRODUCES AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS INVESTIGATION
CONCLUSION OF HIS INVESTIGATION AVAILABLE TO CONGRESS AND TO THE
AVAILABLE TO CONGRESS AND TO THE PUBLIC?
PUBLIC? >> AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT, I
>> AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT, I AM GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH
AM GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS I CAN
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS I CAN CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES AND
CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE
REGULATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS.
SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS I
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS I UNDERSTAND THE RULES, WOULD
UNDERSTAND THE RULES, WOULD REPORT TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE
REPORT TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION,
CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION, AND I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE
AND I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE DISCRETION THERE ABOUT WHAT THE
DISCRETION THERE ABOUT WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN PUT IN THAT
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN PUT IN THAT REPORT.
REPORT. >> I SENSE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM
>> I SENSE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM THERE.
THERE. JOINING US NOW NBC NEWS
JOINING US NOW NBC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR JILL WINE-BANKS AND
CONTRIBUTOR JILL WINE-BANKS AND "DAILY BEAST" POLITICS SUPERSTAR
"DAILY BEAST" POLITICS SUPERSTAR REPORTER BETSY WOODRUFF.
REPORTER BETSY WOODRUFF. OKAY, JILL, I WANT TO UNPACK
OKAY, JILL, I WANT TO UNPACK SOME OF WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
SOME OF WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR SAID AT HIS HEARING BECAUSE
BARR SAID AT HIS HEARING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE HINTED THAT HE’S
I FEEL LIKE HE HINTED THAT HE’S GOT SOME DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT
GOT SOME DISCRETION ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THE REPORT.
GOES INTO THE REPORT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I MEAN MUELLER WRITES THE REPORT
I MEAN MUELLER WRITES THE REPORT AND THEN HE PUTS SOME STARS AND
AND THEN HE PUTS SOME STARS AND QUESTION MARKS ON IT?
QUESTION MARKS ON IT? >> BASICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE
>> BASICALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THE RULES ARE WRITTEN FOR
WAY THE RULES ARE WRITTEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR SPECIAL COUNSEL,
THIS PARTICULAR SPECIAL COUNSEL, THERE IS DISCRETION IN THE
THERE IS DISCRETION IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATE GIVEN
AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATE GIVEN WHAT HE HAD WRITTEN IN HIS MEMO
WHAT HE HAD WRITTEN IN HIS MEMO ABOUT WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE
ABOUT WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION AND ABOUT
MUELLER INVESTIGATION AND ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INDICT THE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO INDICT THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. HE’S ALREADY SPOKEN ON THAT.
HE’S ALREADY SPOKEN ON THAT. HE SOUNDED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
HE SOUNDED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WHEN HE WAS TESTIFYING AT HIS
WHEN HE WAS TESTIFYING AT HIS CONFIRMATION.
CONFIRMATION. I HAVE BEEN URGING THAT THERE BE
I HAVE BEEN URGING THAT THERE BE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO THAT THE
PUBLIC HEARINGS SO THAT THE FACTS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE
FACTS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO THAT
AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO THAT WITNESSES, BODY LANGUAGE, AND
WITNESSES, BODY LANGUAGE, AND THEIR TESTIMONY CAN BE
THEIR TESTIMONY CAN BE EVALUATED, THEIR CREDIBILITY
EVALUATED, THEIR CREDIBILITY ASSESSED BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ASSESSED BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE NEXT
TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
ELECTION. SO THAT’S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT,
SO THAT’S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, EVEN IF THE MUELLER REPORT WERE
EVEN IF THE MUELLER REPORT WERE TO BE RELEASED COMPLETELY.
TO BE RELEASED COMPLETELY. THE OTHER WAY TO RELEASE IT, IF
THE OTHER WAY TO RELEASE IT, IF BARR WILL NOT RELEASE IT, IS
BARR WILL NOT RELEASE IT, IS THROUGH APPLYING TO A COURT SO
THROUGH APPLYING TO A COURT SO THAT GRAND JURY TESTIMONY CAN BE
THAT GRAND JURY TESTIMONY CAN BE RELEASED TO THE CONGRESS FOR
RELEASED TO THE CONGRESS FOR THEIR EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE
THEIR EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE IMPEACHMENT IF THAT IS
IMPEACHMENT IF THAT IS WARRANTED.
WARRANTED. OF COURSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
OF COURSE WE DON’T KNOW WHAT CONCLUSIONS MUELLER HAS REACHED.
CONCLUSIONS MUELLER HAS REACHED. SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE,
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO GET IT TO
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO GET IT TO CONGRESS FOR THEIR EVALUATION.
CONGRESS FOR THEIR EVALUATION. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WHENEVER BARR MENTIONED
WHENEVER BARR MENTIONED TRANSPARENCY, THOUGH, HE HAD
TRANSPARENCY, THOUGH, HE HAD THIS CAVEAT WITHIN THE SPECIAL
THIS CAVEAT WITHIN THE SPECIAL COUNSEL RULES.
COUNSEL RULES. HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK?
HOW EXACTLY DOES THAT WORK? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HE CAN
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HE CAN CHANGE THE RULES.
CHANGE THE RULES. >> HE BEING BARR?
>> HE BEING BARR? >> HE, BARR, YES.
>> HE, BARR, YES. IT’S SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
IT’S SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. SO WHEN HE SAYS HE’S BOUND BY
SO WHEN HE SAYS HE’S BOUND BY THE RULES, HE ISN’T.
THE RULES, HE ISN’T. >> HE IS THE RULES.
>> HE IS THE RULES. >> HE IS THE RULE MAKER.
>> HE IS THE RULE MAKER. SO I THINK THAT IF HE WANTED --
SO I THINK THAT IF HE WANTED -- IF HE FELT LEGITIMATELY THAT THE
IF HE FELT LEGITIMATELY THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRED MAKING
PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRED MAKING THIS PUBLIC, AND THAT COULD BE
THIS PUBLIC, AND THAT COULD BE IF HE FELT THAT HE WAS -- THAT
IF HE FELT THAT HE WAS -- THAT THE REPORT EXONERATED THE
THE REPORT EXONERATED THE PRESIDENT, THAT’S SOMETHING THE
PRESIDENT, THAT’S SOMETHING THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW JUST AS MUCH
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW JUST AS MUCH AS IF THE REPORT SAYS THAT IF HE
AS IF THE REPORT SAYS THAT IF HE WERE NOT PRESIDENT HE WOULD BE
WERE NOT PRESIDENT HE WOULD BE INDICTED BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE IS
INDICTED BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE IS OF A CRIME.
OF A CRIME. THE ONLY REASON THAT HE MIGHT
THE ONLY REASON THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE INDICTED IS BECAUSE OF
NOT BE INDICTED IS BECAUSE OF THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL
THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL OPINION.
OPINION. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT COULD
AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TESTED.
BE TESTED. IT CAN GO TO THE SUPREME COURT
IT CAN GO TO THE SUPREME COURT AND LET THEM DECIDE.
AND LET THEM DECIDE. THERE’S NOTHING IN THE
THERE’S NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT CLEARLY SAYS
CONSTITUTION THAT CLEARLY SAYS YOU CANNOT INDICT A PRESIDENT,
YOU CANNOT INDICT A PRESIDENT, AND MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA --
AND MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ TWITTER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT
TWITTER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT PEOPLE FEEL NO ONE IS ABOVE THE
PEOPLE FEEL NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, AND THAT IF YOU SAY THAT
LAW, AND THAT IF YOU SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT CANNOT BE
THE PRESIDENT CANNOT BE INDICTED, EVEN THOUGH THERE’S
INDICTED, EVEN THOUGH THERE’S EVIDENCE OF HIS CRIMINAL
EVIDENCE OF HIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THEN SOMEBODY IS ABOVE
ACTIVITY, THEN SOMEBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW.
THE LAW. >> JILL, MY FRIEND, I’M NOT SURE
>> JILL, MY FRIEND, I’M NOT SURE IF I AGREE WITH YOU, IF WE
IF I AGREE WITH YOU, IF WE SHOULD START MAKING DECISIONS
SHOULD START MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE TWEETERVERSE
BASED ON WHAT THE TWEETERVERSE TELLS US.
TELLS US. BETSY, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
BETSY, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? HOW CLOSE IS HERETO BEING
HOW CLOSE IS HERETO BEING FINISHED?
FINISHED? >> THERE WAS AN INTERESTING
>> THERE WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION THIS MORNING THAT
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING THAT ANDY McCABE HAD WITH REPORTERS
ANDY McCABE HAD WITH REPORTERS SHORTLY BEFORE HIS INTERVIEW
SHORTLY BEFORE HIS INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA MITCHELL ON THIS
WITH ANDREA MITCHELL ON THIS NETWORK.
NETWORK. OF COURSE McCABE HASN’T BEEN IN
OF COURSE McCABE HASN’T BEEN IN GOVERNMENT FOR UPWARDS OF A YEAR
GOVERNMENT FOR UPWARDS OF A YEAR BUT HE WAS ASKED WHAT HIS TAKE
BUT HE WAS ASKED WHAT HIS TAKE WAS ON THESE REPORTS ABOUT THE
WAS ON THESE REPORTS ABOUT THE MUELLER REPORT COMING OUT.
MUELLER REPORT COMING OUT. McCABE, OF COURSE, PLAYED, A, IF
McCABE, OF COURSE, PLAYED, A, IF NOT THE PIVOTAL ROLE IN KICKING
NOT THE PIVOTAL ROLE IN KICKING OFF THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION
OFF THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION AND HE SAID THAT WHILE HE DIDN’T
AND HE SAID THAT WHILE HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY INSIDE INFORMATION
HAVE ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE
ABOUT THE TRAJECTORY OF THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION OR THE
MUELLER INVESTIGATION OR THE STATUS OF THE REPORT, HE
STATUS OF THE REPORT, HE SUGGESTED THAT HE WOULD BE A
SUGGESTED THAT HE WOULD BE A LITTLE SURPRISED IF THE REPORT
LITTLE SURPRISED IF THE REPORT COMES OUT AS SOON AS THIS NEXT
COMES OUT AS SOON AS THIS NEXT WEEK.
WEEK. ONE OF THE REASONS, I THINK,
ONE OF THE REASONS, I THINK, THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE A
THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE A LITTLE BIT PERPLEXED ABOUT SOME
LITTLE BIT PERPLEXED ABOUT SOME OF THIS REPORTING, WHICH IS
OF THIS REPORTING, WHICH IS WIDE, IS THAT THERE’S STILL
WIDE, IS THAT THERE’S STILL LITIGATION GOING ON BEFORE THE
LITIGATION GOING ON BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT WHERE MUELLER’S
SUPREME COURT WHERE MUELLER’S TEAM IS TRYING TO GET AN UNNAMED
TEAM IS TRYING TO GET AN UNNAMED FOREIGN ENTITY THAT APPEARS TO
FOREIGN ENTITY THAT APPEARS TO BE A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO
BE A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO COOPERATE IN SOME WAY WITH HIS
COOPERATE IN SOME WAY WITH HIS INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. OF COURSE IT’S POSSIBLE THAT
OF COURSE IT’S POSSIBLE THAT MUELLER WOULD HAND OVER WHATEVER
MUELLER WOULD HAND OVER WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT FOREIGN EPGT
INFORMATION THAT FOREIGN EPGT ENTITY WOULD HAVE TO ANOTHER
ENTITY WOULD HAVE TO ANOTHER U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. HE’S BEEN JETTISONING DIFFERENT
HE’S BEEN JETTISONING DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF HIS INVESTIGATION TO
BRANCHES OF HIS INVESTIGATION TO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE
DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. THAT SAID, THERE’S STILL A LOT
THAT SAID, THERE’S STILL A LOT OF POTS ON THE STOVE FOR
OF POTS ON THE STOVE FOR MUELLER.
MUELLER. WHETHER HE IS THE ONE THAT TAKES
WHETHER HE IS THE ONE THAT TAKES THOSE DIFFERENT THREADS OF THE
THOSE DIFFERENT THREADS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH TO THEIR
INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH TO THEIR CONCLUSION OR GIVES THEM TO
CONCLUSION OR GIVES THEM TO OTHER FOLKS IN DOJ AFTER
OTHER FOLKS IN DOJ AFTER PROVIDING A REPORT TO BILL BARR
PROVIDING A REPORT TO BILL BARR AS SOON AS WITHIN THE COMING
AS SOON AS WITHIN THE COMING DAYS IS A BIG OPEN QUESTION.
DAYS IS A BIG OPEN QUESTION. >> THAT’S GOT TO BE A BIG STOVE.
>> THAT’S GOT TO BE A BIG STOVE. ALL RIGHT, WE’VE GOT TO TALK
ALL RIGHT, WE’VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT ROGER STONE.
ABOUT ROGER STONE. WE KNOW HE APOLOGIZED FOR
WE KNOW HE APOLOGIZED FOR POSTING ON INSTAGRAM THE PICTURE
POSTING ON INSTAGRAM THE PICTURE OF THE JUDGE, BUT HE IS STILL
OF THE JUDGE, BUT HE IS STILL POSTING.
POSTING. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT’S
SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON.
GOING ON. HE’S ASKING FOR HELP IN HIS EPIC
HE’S ASKING FOR HELP IN HIS EPIC FIGHT AGAINST THE ANTI-DONALD
FIGHT AGAINST THE ANTI-DONALD TRUMP DEEP STATE.
TRUMP DEEP STATE. HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY INTO
HOW IS THAT GOING TO PLAY INTO TODAY’S HEARING?
TODAY’S HEARING? >> WELL, IT’S CERTAINLY NOT
>> WELL, IT’S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO MAKE ROGER’S LIFE ANY
GOING TO MAKE ROGER’S LIFE ANY EASIER.
EASIER. FEDERAL JUDGES DON’T LIKE TO SEE
FEDERAL JUDGES DON’T LIKE TO SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THEY’RE NOT FANS OF SEEING THEIR
THEY’RE NOT FANS OF SEEING THEIR PICTURES WITH CROSSHAIRS NEXT TO
PICTURES WITH CROSSHAIRS NEXT TO THEIR HEADS.
THEIR HEADS. ONE THING STONE HAS BEEN SAYING
ONE THING STONE HAS BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS THAT THIS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS THAT THIS INVESTIGATION HAS STRAINED HIS
INVESTIGATION HAS STRAINED HIS FINANCES.
FINANCES. THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS OUTSIDE THE REALM OF
THAT IS OUTSIDE THE REALM OF [ APPLAUSE ]
[ APPLAUSE ] PLAUS ABILITY.
PLAUS ABILITY. BUT THIS COULD GET HIM PUT UNDER
BUT THIS COULD GET HIM PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST OR IN JAIL
HOUSE ARREST OR IN JAIL DEPENDING ON HOW THE JUDGE READS
DEPENDING ON HOW THE JUDGE READS THE POST THAT HE PUT UP.
THE POST THAT HE PUT UP. >> JILL, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
>> JILL, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE WILL DO HERE?
JUDGE WILL DO HERE? >> IT’S HARD TO SAY.
>> IT’S HARD TO SAY. SHE WILL FOR SURE TAKE SOME
SHE WILL FOR SURE TAKE SOME ACTION TO LIMIT HIS ABILITY TO
ACTION TO LIMIT HIS ABILITY TO DO THINGS OF THIS NATURE.
DO THINGS OF THIS NATURE. SHE WILL CERTAINLY AT LEAST
SHE WILL CERTAINLY AT LEAST DRESS HIM DOWN, SO TO SPEAK,
DRESS HIM DOWN, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY
WHICH IS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR ROGER STONE.
APPROPRIATE FOR ROGER STONE. BUT I THINK THERE’S ANOTHER
BUT I THINK THERE’S ANOTHER THING ABOUT ROGER STONE, WHICH
THING ABOUT ROGER STONE, WHICH IS THE SEARCH OF HIS PREMISES
IS THE SEARCH OF HIS PREMISES HAS YIELDED APPARENTLY SO MUCH
HAS YIELDED APPARENTLY SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT DELAYS HAVE
INFORMATION THAT DELAYS HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.
BEEN NECESSARY. THAT’S ANOTHER REASON TO THINK
THAT’S ANOTHER REASON TO THINK THAT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION
THAT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION WOULD NOT BE OVER, BECAUSE IF
WOULD NOT BE OVER, BECAUSE IF HE’S STILL REVIEWING DOCUMENTS
HE’S STILL REVIEWING DOCUMENTS FROM AN ACTIVE CASE THAT HE’S
FROM AN ACTIVE CASE THAT HE’S INVOLVED IN, WHY WOULD HE
INVOLVED IN, WHY WOULD HE CONCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION NOW?
CONCLUDE THE INVESTIGATION NOW? THERE ARE STILL TRIALS TO BE
THERE ARE STILL TRIALS TO BE HAD.
HAD. YOU DON’T NORMALLY WRAP UP UNTIL
YOU DON’T NORMALLY WRAP UP UNTIL ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE BEEN WORKING ON ARE DONE.
BEEN WORKING ON ARE DONE. SO I’M SORT OF AGREEING WITH
SO I’M SORT OF AGREEING WITH APPARENTLY I DIDN’T HEAR MR.
APPARENTLY I DIDN’T HEAR MR. McCABE SAY THIS, BUT I THINK
McCABE SAY THIS, BUT I THINK THAT IT’S NOT CLEAR THAT THE
THAT IT’S NOT CLEAR THAT THE REPORTING IS ACCURATE THAT THERE
