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Called the complaint troubling. they are scheduled to go behind closed doors, this time, in front of the committee. the transcript does not contain a quid pro quo. that the u.s. asked the ukraine for a favor, though. he says, theres a lot of talk about bidens son. a lot of people want to find out about that. whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. theres no evidence of wrongdoing, by biden or his son. >> president trump mentions biden three times and attorney general, bar...

Treason. keep in mind the president has leveled this kind of charge before, not just against individuals but against entire institutions of this government, right? intelligence agencies, the fbi. when he has felt that their investigations or the intelligence they provide do not align with his interests or somehow are critical or expose even wrongdoing by him, he accuses them, youll remember, of nazi-like behavior in the russia investigation. hes made similar charges of the fbi with hits role in ...

Of the people mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint and others who are not mentioned, are you looking to bring them before your committee? >> im going to did he ever to the chairman for that, mr. blitzer. >> you can call me wolf. >> im going to did he ever efe chairman. maybe the president didnt realize how serious it was, now you see him acting erratic. i think he feels the walls are closing in, he knows hes been caught. only after a couple of days were seeing the extraordinary wrongdoing a...

Clearly. are you motivated in politics for your word -- >> excuse me, sir? >> are you motivated by politics in your work or your professional behavior? >> no, congressman. >> okay. im just going to leave it there. >> i am not political. i am not partisan sdpi did not look to be sitting here as the acting director of national intelligence. i thought there were perhaps other people who would be best and more qualified to do that, but the president asked me to do this and it was my honor to step up...

The normal procedures at the white house, to take the record of this call and to put it in an extraordinary database, the code word top secret database. i spent three years at the white house, i was the white house staff secretary. this is not code word classification. and by the way, its improper and prohibited by executive order to classify things to avoid embarrassment. they did it to hide it. >> the whistle-blower alleges this isnt the first time they did something like this. do you have evi...

Judgment that he considers it a serious matter. the issue i dealt with -- >> you would conquer, director, that this complaint alleging serious wrongdoing by the president was credible? >> its not for me to judge. >> it is for you to judge. i agree its not for you to judge, you shall provide it to congress. but you did judge whether this complaint should be provided to congress. can we at least agree that the inspector general made a sound conclusion that this whistle-blower complaint was credibl...

Executive privilege. i believe that this matter is unprecedented. i also believe that i handled this matter in full compliance with the law at all times. i am committed to doing so, sir. i appreciate the committee providing me this country to discu discuss this matter. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, director. would you agree that the whistle-blower complaint alleges serious wrongdoing by the president of the united states? >> the whistle-blower complaint involved the allegation of that....

>> congressman, im doing everything to endeavor to support that. >> director, do i have your assurance that once you work out the security clearances for the whistle blowers counsel, that that whistle-blower will be able to relate the full facts within his knowledge concerning wrongdoing by the president or anyone else that he or she will not be inhibited in what they can tell our committee, that there will not be some minder from the white house or elsewhere sitting next to them telling them wh...

Information among the national securi security? >> on its face, its not improper or illegal to place -- have material of a lower classification placed in a file or on a network that has the capacity for a higher classification. the issue here is, of course, motive or intent. were they trying to restrict this because of embarrassment or worse, wrongdoing, which seems to be the case here. >> cnn has learned that earlier today president trump told some people at the united states mission to the u.n...

To the department of justice to try to determine that? >> i believe that anybody who witnesses or sees any wrongdoing should refer any wrongdoing or complaint to the department of justice for investigation. >> including investigation about leaks. >> that is correct. >> of classified information. >> yes, congressman, any wrongdoing. >> all right. i dont know what time it is because our clock isnt working. i suppose my time is up, but i would conclude by emphasizing once again, good luck convincin...