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Things, the problem isnt with him or his son, its with the president. >> rudy giuliani is a great character witness the president has. >> biden also brushes off allegations of wrongdoing as byproducts of that reporting. >> theres not one single solitary legitimate journalist in the world was given and a credibility to this. >> democratic rebels dont dispute that but the one with an anticorruption plan seems concerned about the way things look. >> would you say whether or not under a warrant admi...

This and other things. he shouldnt be as worried as the president should be. that being said, even if he was cleared of wrong doing, even if there was nothing that was done wrong, its not great to be working for ukrainian oligarchs. even if its legal. even if its above board. >> neil: and i had the luck of a government toppling me. >> the thing you look at elizabeth warren, the message about anti-corruption. there was somebody that asked about this. they said under a warner administration, would...

Concern. my question -- i did not question his judgment there. the question i had was does, in fact, this allegation of wrongdoing meet the criteria, the statutory criteria of urgent concern and the other issue as i said complicated things, did it in fact the allegations within this whistle-blower complaint involve executive privilege. >> >> thank you for clarifying that. you mentioned in your testimony, have you ever or are you aware of any former dnis who have testified about whistle-blower co...

>> you believe you followed the laws and policy and precedent the way you handled this client? >> i do. i know i do. >> have you in any way sought to protect the president or anyone else from any wrongdoing? >> i have not. what i have done is endeavored to follow the law. >> neil: acting director of national intelligence. talk about baptism by fire. chris stewart says hes following the rule of law when it comes to the whistle-blower complaint. even though it might rile up some on the left. congr...

Endeavor to support that. >> director, do i have your assurance once you work out the security clearances for the whistleblowers counsel that whistle-blower will be able to relate the full facts within his knowledge that concerned wrongdoing by the president or anyone else, that he or she will not be inhibited in what they can tell the committee, not some minder from the white house or elsewhere sitting next to them telling them what they can answer or not answer. can i have your assurance the w...

Wants to drain the swamp, referencing the prosecutor who was fired because joe biden, who bragged on national television that he got him fired when they were investigating hunter biden -- >> thats not true. he got them fired, but not when he was investigating. the whole case against hunter biden have been settled. hunter biden had been cleared. to this day there is no evidence of any wrongdoing by hunter biden or joe biden. what you said is true, that joe biden, in cooperation with all of our al...

Of national intelligence. it does not allow a member of the intelligence community to report any wrongdoing that comes from anywhere in the federal government. and so with that i do believe that is about the intelligence whistle-blower protection act with the best vehicle the whistle-blower had to use. it came to me and discussion with our icig, who is a colleague. and the determination was made by the -- well, that he viewed that it was, in fact, credible and that it was a matter of urgent conc...

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. and i am committed to doing so, sir. i appreciate the committee providing me this opportunity to discuss this matter and the ongoing commitment to work with the congress on your important oversight role. thank you very much, sir. >> thank you, director. would you agree that the whistle-blower complaint alleges serious wrongdoing by the presiden...

Allowed to scrutinize your work and to guide us. if that system is allowed to break down as it did here, if whistleblowers come to understand they wont be protected, one of two things happen. serious wrongdoing goes unreported or whistleblowers take matters into their own hands and divulge classified information to the press in violation of the law and placing our national security at risk. this is why the whistle-blower system is so vital to us. and why your handling of this urgent complaint is...

Subject of the complaint. he is the subject of the wrongdoing. were you aware when you went to the white house for advice about whether evidence of wrongdoing by the white house should be provided to the congress, were you aware the white house counsel has taken the unprecedented position that the privilege applies to communications involving the president when he was president, involving the president when he wasnt prt and involve people who never served in the administration or even when they ...