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Two presumably very serious people who have made that conclusion, that this is something covered by the statute. >> matt, do you agree that under the law or believe that under the law, the dni is required to forward any complaint? no. >> no. >> no, no. these whistle-blower statutes are intended to empower employees of these ic agencies and other agencies in government. >> ic is intelligence community? >> right. to be able to find a way to have legal protection when they see wrongdoing within t...

Extraordinary. i know weve become numb to this presidents conduct, but the idea that the president in the oval office is attacking a whistleblower without anyone knowing the content of that communication or even the president having knowledge about who it is is absolutely extraordinary. it frankly sends a chilling message to anyone who is thinking about uncovering or disclosing information about corruption or wrongdoing in this administration. because if you do, the president will attack you. an...

>> so then why would the president -- you saw him, i dont know if you saw him on twitter today, downplayed, called it fake news, also his acolytes as well, his apologists, i.e., rudy giuliani, others, conservative media -- why would they downplay this if his own ig is saying it is credible and corroborated? >> the president doesnt care about the truth. the president has never in his life been held accountable for any of his actions. and one of the reasons hes successful is hes a bully and he can...

Particular agency or another intelligence agency, that is what the whistle-blower statute is intended for. it is not intended to try to hobble the commander in chief from the staff level of one of these agencies. that is the clear distinction. if there was wrongdoing going on within one of these agencies, that is where congress and the statute says congress should get a heads-up or get briefed. it is not so that we can have yet another political controversy about the president of the united stat...

>> matt, do you agree that under the law or believe that under the law, the dni is required to forward any complaint? >> no. no, no. these whistle-blower statutes are intended to empower employees of these ic agencies and other agencies in government. >> ic is intelligence community? >> right. to be able to find a way to have legal protection when they see wrongdoing within the agency. it would be a bastardization of article ii of the constitution of whistle-blower statutes were somehow expanded...

Against baresma had been dormant. two years before joe biden successfully pushed to remove the prosecutor general, biden was also joined in his anti-corruption push against the prosecutor by numerous leaders in europe as well as the international monetary fund, none of whom had any family ties to baresma, which was the company -- >> hunter biden was on the board, and that did create a conflict of interest for joe, no question about it. >> and should be investigated. they did investigate it. >> t...

Apologized, i.e., rudy giuliani, others, conservative media -- why would they downplay this if his own ig is saying it is credible and corroborated? >> the president doesnt care about the truth. the president has never in his life been held accountable for any of his actions. and one of the reasons hes successful is hes a bully and he can lie with an incredibly straight face, and his base will back him up no matter what he says. and if a law is allowed to be violated in this manner, hell get awa...

Thats why we have to make it very clear, if thats indeed what happened, that were not going to tolerate it. again, we have to learn more about whether that is what happened, but last night, i watched that interview. it was very uncomfortable, it was very alarming, and it looks like theyre leaning in. so theres going to have to be consequences. >> i noted the timing of the call with the ukrainian president. it came one day after robert muellers testimony on the hill, which disappointed many, beca...

>> well, i dont know the circumstances of this complaint. obviously there is lots of sensitivities when you are disclosing wrongdoing that you see inside your company or the administration. there are reasons why he may want to keep his identity secret. i just think we should have the law followed. the law says that when a complaint has been made to the administration that is of urgent concern, it has to be presented to congress. so there is no need for him to come directly to congress if the adm...

You know the saying, best defense, a good offense. president trump making uses of that with joe biden today the president asked about the whistle-blower accusations. take a listen. >> somebody ought to look into joe bidens statement because it was disgraceful where he talked about billions of dollars that hes not giving to a certain country unless a certain prosecutor is taken off the case. so somebody ought to look into that. >> president trump insisting somebody should dig into a conspiracy th...