>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE 11TH HOUR."
WE WELCOME SENATOR AMY REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA. SHE SITS ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WHICH WAS JAMES COMEY'S LAST ROUND OF TESTIMONY
ON THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. I JUST WANT YOUR INITIAL
REACTION TO WHAT YOU READ FROM COMEY TODAY.
>> WELL, I THINK WE GOT A VERY, VERY DETAILED ACCOUNTING HERE
AND THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAD HEARD IN THE NEWS AND
SOME THINGS THAT WERE UNEXPECTED.
THE FACT HE HAD ALL THESE REPEATED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PRESIDENT WHEN HE HAD VERY FEW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, THAT WAS
NEWS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE FACT HE FELT SO PRESSURED
AND THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD USED THOSE EXACT WORDS I WANT YOUR
LOYALTY, I EXPECT YOUR LOYALTY. THE FACT HE TOLD HIM, WHICH MANY
OF US HAD READ ABOUT IN THE NEWS BUT NEVER CONFIRMED, THAT HE
WANTED HIM TO LEAVE THE FLYNN INVESTIGATION GO, WHICH WAS VERY
SIGNIFICANT AND FINALLY, THE LAST THING THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY
ASKED HIM TO GO OUT THERE AND SPIN FOR HIM AND EXONERATE HIM.
A LOT OF THOSE THINGS WERE STARTEDLING AND I WOULD AGREE
WITH YOUR PAST PANELISTS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO
HEAR IS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF HOW DIRECTOR COMEY FELT ABOUT
THIS. HERE ARE THE FACTS, MA'AM, GUY.
I WAS A CLASS MATE AND SOMEONE I KNEW HIM WELL IN LAW SCHOOL.
SO I KNOW WHAT HE'S LIKE AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THEM TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THOSE OTHER CONVERSATIONS AS
WELL AS HOW WAS HE FEELING ABOUT THIS AND HOW DID HE PERCEIVE
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS DOING? I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS FROM
THE FACTS BUT THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT AREN'T LAID OUT
IN THIS TESTIMONY. >> I HAVE HEARD SURROGATES SAY
HE'S FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THAT'S WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HIRED HIM. HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WAYS OF
WASHINGTON. IS ANY OF THAT ANY DEFENSE?
>> I THINK THE LAW IS THE LAW. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
DIRECTOR MUELLER, WHO IS THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR HERE IS GO
HAVING TO TO DETERMINE. I DON'T THINK ANY SENATOR OR
POLITICIAN CAN DEFINE THIS AS WHAT IT IS.
BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A BRAND NEW SENATOR
I KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT TO TRY TO INFLUENCE ANY
INVESTIGATION. WAW SEE THAT UNFOLD WHEN PEOPLE
TRIED TO CALL AND INFLUENCE INVESTIGATIONS AND PLIT SIZE
THINGS, YOU DON'T DO THAT. THAT IS A CARDINAL RULE OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND I THINK ANY PRESIDENT SHOULD KNOW THAT.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT JOHN McCAIN.
ONE OF YOUR NOTABLE COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE.
HE IS NOT ON INTEL BUT HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF ARMED SERVICES.
SO IS IT SEN TORRIAL COURTESY -- HE'S GOING TO SIT IN TOMORROW
AND HE'S GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS TOMORROW AND I IMAGINE HE'S ONE
OF THE SENATORS YOU'LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY.
>> OF COURSE. AND I WILL SAY JOHN McCAIN RULES
OF THE COMMITTEE IS ALLOWED TO SIT IN AND ASK QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT THOSE SENATORS HAVE TO
GO IN THERE TOMORROW NOT AS PARTISANS BUT AS PATRIOTS AND
THERE'S NO BETTER DEFINITION THAN JOHN McCAIN.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S NOT JUST THE DEMOCRATS ASKING PROBING
QUESTIONS BUT THE REPUBLICANS AS WELL.
MANY OF THEM HAVE RESPECT FOR JIM COMEY.
THEY EXPRESS THAT PUBLICLY. MEN OF THE REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS WHEN HE WAS FIRED. AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A DIFFERENT KIND OF LINE UP HERE.
NOT JUST ONE SIDE DOES ONE THING AND THE OTHER DOES THE OTHER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS FOR AMERICAN
PEOPLE. >> MINNESOTA HAS HAD A 100%
LEVEL OF GIVING IN TERMS OF INTERVIEWS.
IT'S NOW INCUMBENT TO SEND EACH OF THEIR SENATORS TO THE
BROADCAST. >> WE'LL PUT THAT CHALLENGE OUT
TO THEM.
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