>> GOOD EVENING. >> THANK YOU AT HE FOR JOINING
US FOR THE NEXT HOUR. NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE ON A
FRIDAY NIGHT. BEING A STAFFER FOR A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS THESE DAYS MEANS SOMETIMES ACCEPTING THINGS THAT
YOU MIGHT JUST NOT WANT TO ACCEPT.
IT MEANS ACCEPTING PHYSICAL THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE
ROOM TO ACCEPT. >> WE HAVE A LETTER HERE FOR THE
CONGRESSMAN SIGNED BY 1,000 OF HIS CONSTITUENTS FROM THE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION GROUP. >> THIS WAS AN OFFICE VISIT PAID
TO THE NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF TOM McARTHUR WHO WROTE PART OF THE
NEW VERSION OF THE REPUBLICAN'S BILL TO KILL AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT. HIS HOME DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS
CALCULATED THAT McARTHUR'S REVISED VERSION OF THE HEALTH
CARE BILL WOULD THROW MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE OFF OF HEALTH
INSURANCE JUST IN THAT ONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND SO
THEY CAME TO TOM McARTHUR'S OFFICE TO TELL HIM WHAT A
TERRIBLE THING THAT WOULD BE TO TRY TO CHANGE HIS MIND ON
SUPPORTING THAT AND THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER WHEN THEY
DID IT, BUT THEY ALSO GAVE HIS CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS STUFF,
PHYSICAL STUFF THAT THE STAFFERS DEFINITELY DID NOT WANT.
AND THAT -- I BET THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH ONCE THEY
HAULED IT BACK INTO THE BACK ROOM.
>> AND WE FEEL THAT IT IS A VERY, VERY POOR REPRESENTATION
OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN HIS DISTRICT BECAUSE WE DO NOT AGREE
WITH HIS ACTIONS. >> WE WILL PASS THIS ON THEN.
>> PLEASE DO. >> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS ALL
TO YOU. 25 FEET OF LETTER.
YOU CAN FIND A NICE BIG FILE TO PUT THAT IN.
>> WILL DO. >> OKAY.
>> AND WE ALSO HAVE A GIFT OF 36 BALLOONS, AND THE 36 BALLOONS,
EACH BALLOON REPRESENTS A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WILL LOSE
COVERAGE UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IF THE AMENDMENT IS
ENACTED AND IT'S FILLED WITH CON FETE TY.
EACH REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE THAT WILL LOSE COVERAGE.
SO WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU. >> OKAY.
>> WE NEED TO TAKE SOME OUT. >> A LITTLE FUN HERE.
>> YEAH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE ALSO HAVE POSTCARDS WRITTEN BY CONSTITUENTS ASKING
YOU NOT TO REPEAL OBAMACARE. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING
OUT TODAY AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS FEEL FREE TO CALL OUR
OFFICE. >> YOU'LL LET THE CONGRESSMAN
KNOW WE'RE HERE. >> OF COURSE.
>> THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER, BUT THINK ABOUT IT FOR A
SECOND. WHAT DO YOU DO WITH UNWANTED
BALLOONS THAT ARE FILLED WITH
CONFETTI? YOU CAN'T POP THEM.
RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU -- HERE'S
YOUR 36 LARGE BALLOONS, EACH REPRESENTING 1,000 OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THROW OFF HEALTH CARE THESE
TINY LITTLE PIECES OF CONFETTI THOSE ALL REPRESENT PEOPLE,
CAREFUL WITH THEM. NO, THERE'S MORE.
WAIT, DO YOU HAVE -- NO, THERE'S MORE COMING.
NO, HERE'S STILL SOME MORE. WE'VE GOT SOME MORE.
CONGRESSMAN TOM McARTHUR ALSO GOT MARCHED ON BY HIS
CONSTITUENTS TODAY H THE THIRD DISTRICT IN NEW JERSEY.
HIS NAME TOM McARTHUR AND THE McARTHUR AMENDMENT THAT'S THE
MOST IDENTIFIABLE NAME ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFORT TO
KILL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND HIS HOME JUST WENT NUT AGAINST
IT. AND THEN LAST NIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT REPUBLICANS ONCE AGAIN HAD TO YANK THAT
BILL. THEY WANT TO REPEAL OBAMACARE.
THEY SAID THEY COULD REPEAL OBAMACARE.
THEY TRIED AND FAILED ONCE ALREADY.
THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
THEY WOULD TRY AGAIN THIS WEEK. THEY WHIPPED REPUBLICAN VOTES ON
IT ALL WEEK LONG AND ALL DAY LONG YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THAT SUGGEST THAT WHIPPING REPUBLICAN
VOTES ON THIS THING AND BUILDING REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR THIS
THING IS THE REASON MIKE PENCE HAD TO COME HOME A DAY EARLY
FROM HIS PACIFIC TRIP. LAST NIGHT THEY WERE STILL
HOLDING 11th HOUR MEETINGS TO TWIST ENOUGH REPUBLICAN ARMS TO
GET THIS OBAMACARE REPEAL BILL PASSED.
THEY WANTED IT PASSED BY THE 100th DAY.
BLOOMBERG NEWS REPORTS THAT REPUBLICANS SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK
TINKERING WITH THEIR OBAMACARE PLAN.
HOPING TO GIVE TRUMP A LEGISLATIVE WIN IN HIS FIRST 100
DAYS. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP MET LATE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT BUT THEY
ULTIMATELY DECIDED THEY STILL DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR A
VOTE THIS WEEK. AND SO, THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
LIVES. BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SAVE
IT SAVED IT AGAIN. THAT ACTIVISM WORKED.
REPUBLICANS HAVE UNIFIED REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF
GOVERNMENT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPEAL
OBAMACARE ON DAY ONE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
THEY WILL NOT EVEN HALF REPEAL OBAMACARE BY DAY 100 OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THEY CAN'T EVEN GET CLOSE ENOUGH
TO THAT TO GET THEIR OWN MEMBERS TO VOTE ON IT IN ONE HOUSE WHERE
THEY'VE GOT ONE OF THE BIGGEST MAJORITIES THEY'VE HAD SINCE THE
1920s. IT'S JUST BEEN A CATASTROPHE FOR
THEM. AND THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN
BLAME DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS FOR IT.
THEY CAN'T EVEN GET IT PAST WITH THE NUMBERS THEY'VE GOT IN THEIR
OWN CAUCUSES WHICH SHOULD BE FINE.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PASSED ZERO MAJOR LEGISLATION, NONE.
THEIR BIGGEST AND ONLY LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT IN THE
100 DAYS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS LIVED, THEIR
BIGGEST AND ONLY LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT OF ANY SUBSTANCE
CAME TODAY WHEN THEY MANAGED TO AVOID SHUTTING DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT BY A MATTER OF HOURS. TO AVOID SHUTTING DOWN THE
GOVERNMENT THEY DID PASS A BILL TODAY THAT WILL FUND THE
GOVERNMENT FOR ONE WEEK. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
ACCIDENTALLY SHUT DOWN AT A MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE
PRESIDENT'S 100th DAY IN OFFICE. THAT IS THE BIG REVEAL.
THAT'S THE BIG 100 DAYS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR OUR NEW ERA
OF UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO THE DAWN OF A NEW UNIFIED REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
FEELS REALLY GOOD TO SAY THAT ACTUALLY.
>> IT MAY STILL FEEL GOOD, BUT IT DID NOT WORK OUT SO WELL.
IN TERMS OF REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING WITH UNIFIED
CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT FOR THESE 100 DAYS.
>>> AT THE OTHER END OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE LET'S TAKE A
MOMENT TO REMARK UPON THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE FIRST 100
DAYS. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REMARKED
THIS WEEK ON HOW FEW NOMINATIONS THE NEW ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE
THIS FAR INTO THEIR TIME IN OFFICE.
NOT PEOPLE WHO THEY GOT CONFIRMED AND THERE'S QUESTIONS
ABOUT OPPOSITION OR THE VALIDITY OF THE NOMINATION.
LITERALLY JUST PUTTING NAMES FORWARD, JUST SUGGESTING PEOPLE
FOR JOBS. THE GEORGE W. BUSH
ADMINISTRATION, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, THEY HAD AN UNUSUALLY
SHORT TRANSITION BEFORE THE START OF THE FIRST GEORGE W.
BUSH TERM IN OFFICE. SO THEIR TRANSITION WAS WICKED
SHORT AND THAT'S WHY THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION HELD THE
PREVIOUS MODERN RECORD FOR THE FEWEST NAMES PUT FORWARD BY THIS
TIME IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. BUT THE TRUMP FOLKS HAVE BEATEN
THAT RECORD FOR THE FEWEST NOMINATIONS MADE.
THE BUSH FOLKS HAD LESS TIME THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT EVEN THEY CAME UP WITH MORE NOMINATIONS THAN THE TRUMP FOLKS
HAVE SO FAR AND THEN BOND BEYOND THAT THERE'S THIS HUGE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED OR WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED POGS IN THE
NEW ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY GONE.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT TO 100 DAYS.
THEY'VE WITHDRAWN THEIR NAME OR THEY'VE QUIT OR THEY'VE BEEN
FIRED. THE NOMINEE FOR ARMY SECRETARY.
HE PULLED OUT. THE NOMINEE FOR LABOR SECRETARY,
HE PULLED OUT. THE NOMINEE FOR NAVY SECRETARY.
HE PULLED OUT. ANTHONY WAS GOING TO BE HEAD OF
THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON. THEN NOPE.
JASON MILLER WAS GOING TO BE WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECTOR. THEN NOPE.
THE NOMINEE FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, TODD RICKETS.
HE WITH DREW HIS NAME JUST LAST WEEK.
MONICA CROWLEY WAS GOING TO BE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.
NOPE. McFAR LAND, SHE DID GET TO BE
SECURITY ADVISOR FOR A WHILE BUT SHE'S SOON TO BE OUT NOW AS
WELL. THE DIGITAL ADVISOR, HELLO, WE
BARELY KNEW YOU. BYE BYE.
BORIS, I HAVE TO SAY IT HAS BEEN A SECRET DELIGHT TO ME THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE HAS HAD ON THE COMMUNICATIONS STAFF, A RUSSIAN
GUY NAMED BORIS DURING THIS WHOLE CONTROVERSY OVER THE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN'S RUSSIA CONNECTIONS BUT BORIS THEY LET GO LAST
MONTH. DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF
STAFF IS A HUGE JOB. KATIE WALSH DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE
CHIEF OF STAFF. SHE FLED IN MARCH AS WELL.
AND THERE ARE MORE. THE WASHINGTON POST STARTED THIS
WEEK WITH A RUNDOWN OF THE TOP 15 TRUMPISTS WHO DID NOT SURVIVE
THE FIRST 100 DAYS. AND THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK SINCE
THEY PUBLISHED THAT EVEN INTO TONIGHT THERE'S MORE REPORTING
ON MORE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ON THE WAY OUT FROM THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION. IT IS AN UNDERAPPRECIATED FACT
OF THESE FIRST 100 DAYS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION SHEDS MORE
THAN A COLD WEATHER DOG ON A HOT SUMMER DAY.
THEY JUST SHED PERSONNEL. BUT I THINK ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE QUIT OR BEEN FIRED OR WITH DRAWN THEIR NAMES AND THERE
ARE A TON OF THEM ALREADY, ALL OF THE WASHOUTS, THEY'RE ALL
LUCKY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THEIR FACES
RIGHT NOW. ANY OF THOSE LIKE SEEM
PARTICULARLY FAMOUS? NOT REALLY.
RIGHT? AT LEAST NOT FAMOUS FOR WASHING
OUT. NONE OF THEM IS EVER GOING TO BE
AS FAMOUS FOR GETTING SHED FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AS MIKE
FLYNN WILL BE. AS LONG AS THE MIKE FLYNN SAGA
CONTINUES TO UNSPOOL, ALL OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE CAN HAVE LEFT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS IN RELATIVE
OBSCURITY. I MEAN, MIKE FLYNN IS JUST
ANOTHER ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS ALREADY GONE FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION. HE ONLY MADE IT 24 DAYS, BUT
HE'S THE ONE WHO CONTINUES TO RESONATE BECAUSE HIS STORY KEEPS
GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND NBC NEWS HAS A SCOOP ABOUT HIM
TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
HERE IT IS. ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 8th,
THE HILL NEWSPAPER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. RAN KIND OF
OVER THE TOP OP ED WITH MICHAEL FLYNN AS THE BY LINE.
THEY PUBLISHED IT ON ELECTION DAY BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE U.S. ELECTION. IT WAS ALL ABOUT HOW THE U.S.
NEEDED TO EMBRACE THE AUTHORITY TEARIAN AND INCREASINGLY
TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY AND WE DEFINITELY NEED TO
EXTRADITE A TURKISH GUY WHO HAS RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES.
ELECTION NIGHT THEY PUBLISHED THAT OP ED FROM SOON TO BE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR MIKE FLYNN.
AND THAT WAS REALLY STRANGE. WITHIN DAYS THOUGH PEOPLE HAD
FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS BEHIND THAT.
THE DAILY CALLER JUST DAYS LATER.
TRUMP'S TOP MILITARY ADVISOR IS LOBBYING FOR OBSCURE COMPANY
WITH TIES TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND THEN THE STORY GOT PICKED UP
LOTS OF PLACES. TRUMP ADVISOR LINKED TO TURKISH
LOBBYING, RETIRED GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN'S LOBBYING FIRM.
HE RAN A COMPANY THAT LOBBIED FOR FOREIGN CLIENTS.
THE FACT THAT FLYNN WAS OVERSEEING A COMPANY THAT WAS
LOBBYING ON BEHALF OF FOREIGN CLIENTS AT THE TIME HE WAS
ATTENDING CLASSIFIED BRIEFINGS SEEMS TO COMPLICATE THE
TRANSITION. FLYNN'S LOBBYING WORK COULD
POTENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE HIS ABILITY TO GET CLEARED AS
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. YOU WOULD THINK.
RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU WOULD THINK.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE KNOWN TO BE ON THE PAYROLL OF A FOREIGN
COUNTRY AND GET NAMED NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.
RIGHT? WELL, IN THIS CASE YOU CAN.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE UNEXPLAINED THINGS, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT MAKES NO SENSE ABOUT THE MIKE FLYNN STORY.
BEFORE THEY NAMED HIM NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR THERE WERE ALL
THESE REPORTS ABOUT HIM BEING PAID TO WORK ON BEHALF OF A
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ON NOVEMBER
18th THE TRUMP TRANSITION RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CONGRESS
ALERTING THEM TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEING PAID TO WORK ON
BEHALF OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT TWICE FLYNN'S
OWN LAWYERS CONTACTED THE TRUMP TRANSITION ABOUT THE FACT THAT
HE WAS BEING PAID TO WORK FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND THEY TOLD
HIM HE MIGHT NEED TO REGISTER AS A FOREIGN AGENT.
THIS IS ALL A MATTER OF RECORD. THERE WERE MULTIPLE HIGH PROFILE
OPEN SOURCE REPORTS, NEWS REPORTS ON MIKE FLYNN BEING PAID
TO WORK FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE RIGHT WING NEWS, REPORTED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD NEWS, IT WAS REPORTED IN THE BELTWAY NEWS.
REPORTED EVEN ON DUMB OLD CABLE TV NEWS.
IT WAS -- IT WAS WIDELY PUBLICLY REPORTED THAT MIKE FLYNN WAS
BEING PAID TO WORK FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
WE ALSO NOW KNOW THAT THE TRANSITION WAS IN ADDITION TO
ALL THAT NEWS ABOUT IT WE ALTS ALSO NOW KNOW THE TRANSITION WAS
NOTIFIED IN PRIVATE BY FLYNN'S LAWYERS ABOUT THAT FACT.
SO THE TRANSITION KNEW THIS THING ABOUT MIKE FLYNN WORKING
FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE HEAD OF
THE TRUMP TRANSITION DENIES HE EVER HEARD OF IT.
>> MICHAEL FLYNN HAS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS A
FOREIGN AGENT FOR MAKING MORE THAN $500,000 AS A LOBBYIST
ESSENTIALLY FOR TURKEY. YOUR REACTION TO THAT
CONSIDERING THAT, DOESN'T THAT MEAN MR. VICE PRESIDENT THAT
EVEN IF HE DIDN'T LIE TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE RUSSIAN
AMBASSADOR SAID OR DIDN'T SAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO FIRE
HIM ANYWAY? >> LET ME SAY, HEARING THAT
STORY TODAY WAS THE FIRST I HEARD OF IT.
AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE DECISION THE PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE TO ASK
FOR GENERAL FLYNN'S RESIGNATION. >> YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED BY THE
STORY? >> THE FIRST I HEARD OF IT.
>> FIRST I HEARD OF IT. THAT WAS MARCH.
THAT WAS MARCH. I MEAN, MIKE PENCE RAN THE
TRANSITION. MIKE PENCE RAN THE TRANSITION
WHEN ALL OF THOSE STORIES ABOUT MIKE FLYNN BEING ON THE TURKISH
GOVERNMENT'S PAYROLL WERE BREAKING.
MIKE PENCE WAS THE HEAD OF THE TRANSITION WHEN CONGRESS
FORMALLY NOTIFIED THE HEAD OF THE TRANSITION THAT MIKE FLYNN
APPEARED TORR WORKING FOR A FOREIGN POWER.
HE WAS HEAD OF THE TRANSITION WHEN FLYNN'S OWN LAWYERS CAME
AND TOLD THE TRANSITION THAT FLYNN WAS WORKING FOR A FOREIGN
POWER AND HE MAYBE NEEDED TO REGISTER AS A FOREIGN AGENT.
THAT ALL HAPPENED WHEN PENCE WAS RUNNING THE TRANSITION IN
NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER, BUT THEY HIRED MIKE FLYNN ANYWAY TO
BE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. AND THEN AFTER HE GOT FIRED AS
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, THEN THE HEAD OF THE TRANSITION, VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAYS YOU KNOW, I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING
ABOUT THAT. >> LET ME SAY HEARING THAT STORY
TODAY WAS THE FIRST I HEARD OF IT.
>> NO, IT'S NOT. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
AND THAT HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE STRANGE THINGS THAT JUST
DOESN'T ADD UP ABOUT THE MIKE FLYNN STORY.
MIKE PENCE CLAIMING IN MARCH THAT HE HAD NO IDEA.
HE RAN THE TRANSITION. THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT MIKE
FLYNN WORKING FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
SO THAT'S -- FOR A WHILE WE'VE KNOWN THAT'S PART OF WHAT
DOESN'T ADD UP ABOUT THE MIKE FLYNN STORY AND THE IDEA THAT
MIKE PENCE IS SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, INNOCENT VICTIM OF MIKE
FLYNN'S DUPLICITY. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH THE
RECORD AND NOW AS OF TODAY IT'S NOT JUST MIKE PENCE SPINNING A
TALE THAT CANNOT BE TRUE ABOUT MIKE FLYNN.
NOW IT'S ALSO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
WITH YESTERDAY'S BIG NEWS THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR
GENERAL IS NOW INVESTIGATING FLYNN FOR NOT REPORTING HIS
PAYMENTS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL DID A ROUND OF INTERVIEWS TODAY WHERE EVERYBODY
ASKED HIM A VERSION OF OH, MY GOD, HOW DID SOMEONE WHO WAS ON
THE PAYROLL OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT GET THROUGH TO BE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR? DID YOU GUYS REALLY NOT KNOW
ABOUT THIS? >> HE'S BEEN PART OF THE WHITE
HOUSE ADVISOR ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES, SO WE NEED TO
DO A GOOD JOB OF VETTING THAT, BUT THAT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE AND
I'M NOT SURE ANYONE COULD BE EXPECTED TO FIND THAT.
>> ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEVEL OF VETTING THAT WAS DONE?
>> WELL, I'M COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO DO
VETTING, BUT I'M -- IT'S OBVIOUS THAT OFTEN TIMES YOU DON'T CATCH
EVERYTHING THAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
>> WELL, THEY WORK HARD ON VETTING.
THEY DO THE BEST THEY CAN. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW
EVERYTHING. >> THESE THINGS ARE NOT EASY TO
DISCOVER IF IT HAPPENED. WHAT HAPPENED, I'M NOT SURE IT'S
IMPROPRIETY OR NOT. >> WHAT?
THESE THINGS ARE NOT EASY TO DISCOVER?
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING.
YOU DON'T CATCH EVERYTHING. I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY COULD BE
EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, TO FIND THAT.
NOBODY COULD FIND THAT. NOT LIKE IT WAS ON THE NEWS AT
THE TIME. AND BRIEF TO YOU OFFICIALLY IN
WRITING BY CONGRESS AND TOLD TO YOU DIRECTLY BY HIS LAWYERS.
NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. FIRST THE VICE PRESIDENT AND NOW
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARE BOTH TELLING A
STORY ABOUT MIKE FLYNN ABOUT HOW THE WHITE HOUSE HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT MIKE FLYNN, BOTH OF THEM ARE NOW TELLING STORY ABOUT
FLYNN THAT CANNOT BE TRUE. AND NOW ANGELA MITCHELL AT NBC
NEWS TONIGHT HAS THE SCOOP THAT PROVES THAT REALLY THEY ARE NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS. HERE IT IS.
NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED FROM SOURCES CLOSE TO THE TRUMP
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION THAT BOTH THE TRUMP TRANSITION AND THE
WHITE HOUSE DID DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON FLYNN.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO HIS ALREADY APPROVED SECURITY
CLEARANCE. THEY DID A BACKGROUND CHECK ON
FLYNN SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM TO BECOME NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR. NBC NEWS REPORTS THAT THE
VETTING OF FLYNN WAS DONE, BUT SOURCES CLOSE TO THE
INVESTIGATION TELL NBC THAT IT WAS DONE VERY CASUALLY.
ONE PERSON INVOLVED TELLS NBC THAT THE TRUMP TRANSITION WAS
AWARE OF FLYNN'S BUSINESS TIES TO TURKEY.
THEY BECAME AWARE OF THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE WROTE THAT
ELECTION DAY COLUMN ABOUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND ITS
INTERESTS. THAT OF COURSE SHOULD HAVE
RAISED RED FLAGS, BUT THEY HIRED HIM ANYWAY.
THEY KNEW. AND THEY HIRED HIM ANYWAY AND
THEN AFTER THEY FIRED HIM THEY SAID OH, NO, WE HAD NO IDEA.
WHY WOULD THEY LIE ABOUT THAT? AND WHY WOULD THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF AND THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN THIS WEEK REPEATEDLY
INSIST THAT ACTUALLY NO, NO, NO, THEY DIDN'T VET MIKE FLYNN AT
ALL. >> WHY WOULD YOU RERUN A
BACKGROUND CHECK ON SOMEONE WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THAT HAD AND DID MAINTAIN A HIGH
LEVEL SECURITY CLEARANCE? >> WHY WOULD WE DO THAT?
THEIR LINE ON THIS IS THAT THEY DIDN'T DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON
FLYNN. NBC NEWS REPORTS TONIGHT THAT
THEY DID. WHY LIE ABOUT THAT?
WHY SAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT FLYNN BEING PAID BY A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY DID KNOW ABOUT IT?
THESE FOUR MEN, THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THEY ARE ALL TELLING A
TALE ABOUT MIKE FLYNN ABOUT WHAT THEY KNEW AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT
BUT THEY ARE ALL TELLING A TALE ABOUT FLYNN THAT IS NOT TRUE.
WHY IS THAT? 100 DAYS OR NOT, 100 DAYS, 1,000
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