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FBC Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo June 11, 2017

I will talk with alice and tell Committee Member peter king coming up. Along with the former us attorney bud is here. Also the president began the push for tax reform and repeal of obamacare for what role his cutter playing and supporting terrorists behind the attacks this morning in london. One of the richest men in the world this morning tells us why the president s touched on an oilrich country could help defeat isis. Were looking ahead right now on sunday morning futures. Another blockbuster hearing and the works of sarni general Jeff Sessions is set to appear between the Funds Committee this tuesday. Under oath to answer questions about russian meddling in a 2016 election. His father coming on has a testimony of the former fbi director james comey last week. Peter king is on the house intelligence committee. And we have a former us attorney in the Eastern District of arkansas with us. He worked with james comey and his partner with avenue strategies. Good to have you both on the program thank you for joining us. Good to see you. Congressman let me take it up with you. You being on the house and tell committee do you want to see those memos from james comey, the ones that he wrote about the president . What are you looking for . I think is very important for us to see what they thought was and then also to look at those memos and try to figure why he prepared memos. I mean certainly readily seen for more inclusive into the campaign for the hillary investigation then President Trump did so i like to see what he has also why after january 6 meeting he decided to do a memo. He showed, he asked for the private meeting with at the time with the president elect trump. And then james comey felt to go back in and memorialize what went on at the meeting. I dont know why he would distrust the president at that point. If i was the president elect i would wonder why. And i say this is someone that has always had a Good Relationship with james comey. Having said that i was disturbed by his testimony the other day. I think one of the main headlines that came out of the testimony last week was the fact that james comey was a leaker. He leaked data, property of the fbi to the New York Times via the professor. I was number one. Then he is number two making headlines that came out of the hearing that Loretta Lynch tried to obstruct the Hillary Clinton investigation directing james comey to call it a matter pure noninvestigation. What was that about . Obviously she wanted to downplay it for you know really they were the same talking points as a Hillary Clinton campaign was using. So that was to me a direct attempt to inject politics into what was a criminal investigation. Remember, Hillary Clinton was being invested at that Center Donald Trump has never been investigated. And i would like to know what evidence was leaked out of the last several months could probably 90 percent of the country thought that donald trump was being investigation when in fact he was never under investigation. And that is what i saw most frustrating. We knew that donald trump was never the target of the investigation and did nobody on either side trying to clear that up. You let this whole impression develop and somehow donald trump was being investigated. The memo would be interesting to see what that was. Just the opposite they in fact wanted that narrative to go and actually pushed it forward. But you know james comey for a long time. I want to get back to what we are going to hear from Jeff Sessions but walk us through your most important points. Like congressman pete king i have for a long time like james comey. Im also a supportive President Trump. I just have not heard the testimony and thought about it. I think that james comey overplayed his hand here. He has raised more questions that he has answered. If you go back to his situation with the redolent you have to remember the dynamics. The attorney general is in charge of the department of justice for the fbi director works with the attorney general. The attorney general is their job to determine if there is improper political influence and to deal with that. When he determined that he did not like the liver avalanche was manipulating the Hillary Clinton investigation he took the role of the attorney general on himself. When really his probably what he should have done. We need to look at what he should have done and i was go to her and probably offered to resign if she would not change her ways. Similarly instead of going to boss if he was uncomfortable or queasy, he decided to be the attorney general again and write memos good why did he show this to his boss . Or write those numbers to his boss and say i am uncomfortable so attorney general sessions could know what was going on and if he thought there was action needed to be taken and to take appear for some reason he has decided that he can judge who his boss is and whether to let them do their job. Clear issues he should never have tried to fix his buses obstructionism. And that is what it is. Because of his background and his reputation that he felt like he could fix all of this. And i think it was a major mistake to do that and his credibility was really in jeopardy. Before he was fired, the democrats who were accusing him of committing crimes using words like appalling and calling for his you know he lost credibility there. Now he obviously i think in retrospect me see why the president was so frustrated trying to determine what was james comeys agenda there . What happens next congressman pete king . In terms of your committee and intel. Are you looking into the way james comey behaved at the testimony . Did he break the law leaking information to the New York Times . Certainly it has to be looked into by our committee or the judiciary committee. As to whether or not the law was broken. Even if it was not, im not sure exactly how the guidelines put it. It is really the director of the fbi before to leaked that to know times man up. Say this is what i am saying happen. Do not hide behind someone else and leak it out it somehow creates the impression what was he doing when he was director of the fbi . Was this the first time he leaked something . It seems like this is something he knew how to do. When things were coming up january, february about the president. Are you surprised that Jeff Sessions wanted to testify . If im Jeff Sessions i am asking the same questions every hearing james comeys testimony. I want to say, why didnt i know what was in those memos at the time that you are writing them . I am your boss. I think he is probably going to come raise those questions and explain that he was not able to do his job as attorney general because james comey was not for whatever reason reporting to him. Thats a good point. Congressman king, what you think about that . What do you expect on tuesday . I have a Great Respect for Jeff Sessions. To me he is one of the most decent guys you ever met. The fact that he wanted to get out so quickly and announcement happen publicly i think that is significant. Again, i think you have media and democrats running wild, right away based on james comey almost ready to indent Jeff Sessions. Hes a guy that has a record of High Integrity throughout his career. He is totally open. I think he will laid out and say that he was doing his job and wishes that james comey had done his job. The way he should have. If he served go ahead please go ahead. If james comey was so about what the president said about general thing he should write to the attorney general sessions or hazards in the present, this is inappropriate. Thats why i think this is all hymns and somehow he thought he was being intimidated or pressured or in any way frightened. Again, if you were he could have stood up and said something at the time. That was his boss. He was at the time if you really thought there was a problem he shouldve gone to the bosses attorney general, the president is calling the enemies man comes in. You and i should take this call together. And lets deal with this and tell the president if we think he is crossing lines. But he said he is ready memos to be kept for what . And where was the memo of Loretta Lynch telling him to call it a matter . Instead of an investigation. Right there that is obstruction and he never wrote a memo. I think that is why james comey was fired. Because he told the president three times in five occasions that he was not under investigation he failed to do so publicly. He allowed that narrative to take place where there was some conversation and collusion going on between the chum campaign and the russians. That in and of itself is obstructionism. Like a set i think we can see now and appreciate more why the president was so frustrated with this guy. He was trying to communicate with him. He was trying to open dialogue, trying to figure out what his agenda was. Sometimes james comey thought he was just out there. They need it is under the department justice. Its clear he wasnt really answering to anybody. Before you go congressman pete king come what you want in terms of the memos from james comey . What are you hoping to uncover . First of all, find out why he did it and also to see whether or not he had memos with Loretta Lynch. If not how does he explain such detailed memos about President Trump when actually it was one 28 word conversation we were talking about in the other hand with Loretta Lynch interfering with an investigation of Hillary Clinton. Why does he have any difference there . And also all memos he did from the president and look at them from beginning to end. It is pretty extraordinary how politicized the agency has become. Yes and i think james comey has never run for office but he has stepped into the political arena. I do not know he saw the warning signs when he did it. I think he really hurt himself when he leaked this memo. I think there was probably a reaction. The president hits hard. And jim, he hit him hard. I think he reacted poorly to that. And i bet he regrets leaking them out. I think it really discredits him. Thank you very much. Congressman always a pleasure. Thank you gentlemen. How much of this has created noise and distraction for those trying to get an agenda past . 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Then whether we combine them or not by the end of july, at least we need to be prepared to do that and make sure that at the latest were looking at september. There is real discussion going on right now with that. Not much in the senate but certainly with the administration and others that are talking about it on capitol hill. That was mark meadows on fox last week. The House Majority joins me now. It is good to see you congressman. Good to be with you marie. You think that is a viable plan combining healthcare and tax reform bills . Trying to make a one piece of legislation and get out there by september . Obviously want to do this as quickly as possible because we know cutting taxes is going to inject some momentum into the economy. Create jobs. We also have the healthcare bill moving through the senate and i know they are trying to get the tax finalizes they can get a july 4th vote. I think both are important to do as soon as we can. The process is important but the policy is one point because right now we are working on getting an agreement on best way to get these tax cuts put in place just like we did with healthcare. Putting a coalition together is a delicate balance but we did it in the house on healthcare. Were working on that now with tax cuts to cut taxes and simple by the code. To be clear, will you accept what the senate brings about on the healthcare bill . Are you done or are you going to have more transits will you accept with the Senate Delivers . We want to see what the senate does. We sent over to the senate a bill that lowers premiums and puts family back in charge of the healthcare. It protects people with preexisting conditions and defines planned parenthood. I think we will look at all those things. If the senate can find a better way to do that it is great. That is what they are working on. Those are the things we wanted to achieve in the house and we did in our bill. Are you looking seriously at combining the two bills to create a legislation that will lower premiums in healthcare, reform obamacare, turn it around and also have tax cuts and tax reform on the table . I think the senate is a lot closer to a consensus on healthcare than tax cuts right now. Ultimately, we need to do both as soon as possible. I agree with congressman meadows that having tax cuts in place and having them apply to the current year. In other words retroactive is really important to creating jobs and boosting economy. We are working on all of those in conversations with the president and the white house staff. You probably have had the most success in terms of deregulation. Rolling back regulations that have already helped the business sector loosen up money and they are doing so and responding by investing in their businesses and hiring new workers. Lets talk about that passage of the financial choice act. Why was that so important in terms of rolling back some of the burdens that were Holding Business back from hiring new workers . Obviously you know this. Dodd frank has crushed our local community banks. It has made it harder and more expensive for firsttime homebuyers to get bones. For Small Businesses to get a loan. It has affected free checking it is less common now because it is the unworkable burdens of dodd frank. Again that was all positioned us on going after the big banks. And frank had developed and it crushed our community banks. They did a great job of putting together a bill that returns powermax local communities and gets the weight and burdens of all of these regulations off of families so they can go out and create the American Dream again. Buying a home, create a small business. It was a great bill we had a strong vote. That is the kind of thing we have been doing. Passing bills to get some of these unworkable regulations off of the backs of people so we can get the economy moving again. We are already seeing positive results. Yes, congratulations on what you have done. But you have to admit, the American People are just outraged by the calendar in terms of congress. What you have, 38 days left for last . Terms of actually working. How is it possible that you have the entire month of august off. Is it possible that if you dont get tax reform that you will forgo your recess and working so you get this done . I have always been someone is as you get the work done while you are there. There are deadlines for reason. It forces people to come to the table. We have no working on healthcare and tax cuts for months now. Ultimately needed allies to force the folks that are still not there yet. To focus and get the job done. We have to get it done. We have to pass healthcare reform and weve got to cut taxes. And simple phenytoin. 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