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Years putting on a gun and putting my life at risk for this country, i am not lying to you right now. if you dont want to take my word for it -- i get people might be hesitant. i would say look at the record. look at everybody who has worked with me. >> today you stated that you dont mean it when you said trump supporters smelled and you did not mean it when you used the word impeachment and did not mean it when you said republicans were hillbillies. you were not telling the truth in those momen...

Lying to you right now. >> youre doing it under oath. >> if you dont want to take -- people might be hesitant. id say look at the record. look at everybody that worked with me. >> lets lock at what the i.g. said -- >> and i -- >> you said you dont mean it when trump supporters smelled. you didnt really mean it when you used the word impeachment. you didnt mean it when you say republicans were hillbillies. you said -- >> i disagree with it. i didnt mean it that you could smell the support of hill...

That i and the other men and women of the fbi, every day, take our personal beliefs and set those aside in vigorous pursuit of the truth wherever it lies, whatever it is. >> and i dont believe you. i yield back. >> and the chair recognizes the senator from florida, mr. deutsche. >> lets be clear about what is going on here. we understand that president trump doesnt like this investigation. we understand that is clear. what weve seen in this joint committee and in the judiciary committee meeting ...

Extensive experience. what i am telling you is that i and the other men and women of the fbi every day take our personal beliefs and set those aside in vigorous pursuit of the truth wherever it lies, whatever it is. >> and i dont believe you. i yield back. >> the time has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. deutsch, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman. lets be clear about whats going on here. we understand that president trump doesnt like this investigation. w...

Putting my life at risk for this country, i am not lying to you right now. if you dont want to take my word for it -- i get people might be hesitant. i would say look at the record. look at everybody who has worked with me. look at what the i.g. said and absolutely fine with that. >> you dont mean it when you said trump supporter smell, you didnt mean it when you used the word impeachment, you did not mean it when you said republicans were hill billies, you were not telling the truth in those mo...

Allies made to commit 2% of their budgets by 2024. five of the allies are doing it. the others have plans to do this. so, what mr. trump, president trump, is saying is misleading, about the allies not spending enough. it is also misleading, saying that russia is controlling germany. look, germany, angela merkel has been leading the effort to keep the sanctions on russia for its seizure of crimea in 2014. she wouldnt be doing that if she were controlled by mr. putin. >> general clark, its like yo...

Our panel still with us here. barbara, let me start with you if i can very quickly. this certainly looks like a direct challenge to the president from michael cohen and his team. we read their language, but what should we read into this? what is the message theyre trying to deliver to the white house and to rudy giuliani right now? >> really aggressive tactic by lanny davis, i think, to go after the president like that and rudy giuliani. but i think as chuck said earlier, what rudy giuliani is...

Was done for the benefit of skoet pruitts family, a hotel they used during the transition. he has called the stuff half truths, basically said this is just all fantasy, make believe, but its tougher to make those assertions when its his own aides speaking out. >> absolutely. white house i think is aware at this point of the absurdity of this not to ask sarah sanders about this but the used mattress he was looking for. even she had to start laughing. but like you were saying, the administration s...

Out the door with no announcement the night before the fourth of july. theyve released a big report. it directly contradicts the assertions of the president of the united states and the defenders in the house of representatives who have said, yeah, the intelligence community, they dont know what theyre talking about. russia didnt do anything as far as were talking about. this is a big deal. this is controversial. this is big news. but they have timed its release and not announced its release in ...

Committee sneak this out the door with no notice, no announcement on the night before the fourth of july? theyve released this big unequivocal report. it took them months to do it. it directly contradicts the assertions of the president of the united states and the directly contradicts the presidents defenders in the house of representatives who have said, oh, yeah, the intelligence community, they dont know what theyre talking about. russia didnt do nothing, as far as we can tell, right? this i...