Mukasey: Trump’s Right There Was Surveillance Conducted at Behest of the Obama DoJ

RADDATZ We want to ░░░░░░░░ this together now with ░░░░░░░░ Mukasey He was former ░░░░░░░░ general under George W ░░░░░░░░ and knows the federal ░░░░░░░░ laws and the courts ░░░░░░░░ and out Now we ░░░░░░░░ the president himself saying ░░░░░░░░ was the target of ░░░░░░░░ Ordered up by his ░░░░░░░░ Thank you for joining ░░░░░░░░ Mr Mukasey Your reaction ░░░░░░░░ the tweets and the ░░░░░░░░ from the whiteHouse MUKASEY ░░░░░░░░ don t do tweets ░░░░░░░░ You heard about them ░░░░░░░░ I don t do ░░░░░░░░ It s not the ░░░░░░░░ medium This is the ░░░░░░░░ between being correct and ░░░░░░░░ The president was not ░░░░░░░░ in saying President Obama ░░░░░░░░ a tap on a ░░░░░░░░ in Trump Tower However ░░░░░░░░ he s right in ░░░░░░░░ there was sur say ░░░░░░░░ And that it was ░░░░░░░░ at the behest of ░░░░░░░░ attorney of the squis ░░░░░░░░ department through the FISA ░░░░░░░░ What do you base ░░░░░░░░ on MUKASEY On news ░░░░░░░░ that you mentioned in ░░░░░░░░ last I also base ░░░░░░░░ on kind of inadvertent ░░░░░░░░ out by Adam Schiff ░░░░░░░░ his committee wants to ░░░░░░░░ to the counterintelligence agency ░░░░░░░░ the FBI involved in ░░░░░░░░ That means this is ░░░░░░░░ not of a criminal ░░░░░░░░ but of an sbel ░░░░░░░░ gathering investigation The FBI ░░░░░░░░ crimes and gathers intelligence ░░░░░░░░ started gathering intelligence in ░░░░░░░░ based on DI guidelines ░░░░░░░░ put in place They ░░░░░░░░ to get a wiretap ░░░░░░░░ June It was turned ░░░░░░░░ They tried to get ░░░░░░░░ got an order permitting ░░░░░░░░ to conduct electronic surveillance ░░░░░░░░ October October 2016 So ░░░░░░░░ s when apparently that ░░░░░░░░ when RADDATZ You re ░░░░░░░░ this on news reports ░░░░░░░░ well MUKASEY And on ░░░░░░░░ on Adam Schiff RADDATZ ░░░░░░░░ a wiretap did exist ░░░░░░░░ would have to have ░░░░░░░░ approved bay FISA court ░░░░░░░░ on real evidence If ░░░░░░░░ was a wiretap does ░░░░░░░░ mean there were suspicious ░░░░░░░░ going on MUKASEY It ░░░░░░░░ there were some basis ░░░░░░░░ believe that somebody in ░░░░░░░░ Tower may have been ░░░░░░░░ as an agent of ░░░░░░░░ Russians for whatever purpose ░░░░░░░░ necessarily the election For ░░░░░░░░ purpose The FBI keeps ░░░░░░░░ of people who act ░░░░░░░░ agents of foreign governments ░░░░░░░░ Some of the evidence ░░░░░░░░ have been gleaned from ░░░░░░░░ means Is there any ░░░░░░░░ to verify the claims ░░░░░░░░ the press or Trump ░░░░░░░░ claims so the American ░░░░░░░░ can really understand what ░░░░░░░░ going on here MUKASEY ░░░░░░░░ the only way to ░░░░░░░░ um whether there was ░░░░░░░░ electronic surveillance is to ░░░░░░░░ the warrant and the ░░░░░░░░ of it That should ░░░░░░░░ be done even in ░░░░░░░░ political storm as hot ░░░░░░░░ this one RADDATZ Given ░░░░░░░░ these accusations and you ░░░░░░░░ aware of the tweets ░░░░░░░░ Trump put out They ░░░░░░░░ pretty definitive shouldn t ░░░░░░░░ want a special inquiry ░░░░░░░░ look into this MUKASEY ░░░░░░░░ s nothing to prosecute ░░░░░░░░ only crime I have ░░░░░░░░ was committed by the ░░░░░░░░ when they hacked the ░░░░░░░░ John Podesta and they ░░░░░░░░ to hack the Republican ░░░░░░░░ committee That s the ░░░░░░░░ crime I m aware ░░░░░░░░ The question is why ░░░░░░░░ it commit snd some ░░░░░░░░ say to promote the ░░░░░░░░ of Donald Trump I ░░░░░░░░ to think that is ░░░░░░░░ You would have to ░░░░░░░░ Vladimir Putin was an ░░░░░░░░ to try to back ░░░░░░░░ sure leerz More he ░░░░░░░░ trying to intimidate a ░░░░░░░░ winner RADDATZ Thank you ░░░░░░░░ much Great to see ░░░░░░░░