Andrew McCabe: No Equivalence on How Hillary and Trump Acquire Opposition Info from Foreigners

RUSH TRANSCRIPT He got ░░░░░░░░ pass from Mueller because ░░░░░░░░ could prove that he ░░░░░░░░ breaking the law But ░░░░░░░░ do you think they ░░░░░░░░ what is a pretty ░░░░░░░░ standard I don t ░░░░░░░░ if I can answer ░░░░░░░░ for you Chris It ░░░░░░░░ seem to me as ░░░░░░░░ listen to the president ░░░░░░░░ comments last night that ░░░░░░░░ we are witnessing is ░░░░░░░░ example of the president ░░░░░░░░ efforts to try to ░░░░░░░░ his own behavior To ░░░░░░░░ to normalize his departure ░░░░░░░░ precedent and in this ░░░░░░░░ possibly violations of he ░░░░░░░░ that by tossing off ░░░░░░░░ comments in an offhanded ░░░░░░░░ And phrases like okay ░░░░░░░░ does it It s ░░░░░░░░ not okay We heard ░░░░░░░░ from the Federal Election ░░░░░░░░ leadership today and it ░░░░░░░░ well within the understanding ░░░░░░░░ anybody that s ever ░░░░░░░░ involved in this business ░░░░░░░░ s just not something ░░░░░░░░ you do because the ░░░░░░░░ are so high You ░░░░░░░░ t have Russians giving ░░░░░░░░ anything and shouldn t ░░░░░░░░ been there the way ░░░░░░░░ did Do you see ░░░░░░░░ as analogs There s ░░░░░░░░ equivalence between the two ░░░░░░░░ To openly invite foreign ░░░░░░░░ officers representatives from a ░░░░░░░░ foreign government to steal ░░░░░░░░ to acquire opposition research ░░░░░░░░ anyway any illegal way ░░░░░░░░ might do that is ░░░░░░░░ thing For a campaign ░░░░░░░░ hire a law firm ░░░░░░░░ American law firm that ░░░░░░░░ turns around and hires ░░░░░░░░ American research company that ░░░░░░░░ contracts out with a ░░░░░░░░ individual that is not ░░░░░░░░ Campaigns are allowed to ░░░░░░░░ individuals foreign individuals and ░░░░░░░░ pay those individuals for ░░░░░░░░ services that they provide ░░░░░░░░ it would add too ░░░░░░░░ that the example of ░░░░░░░░ Clinton campaign it is ░░░░░░░░ very foreign individual that ░░░░░░░░ forward and provided the ░░░░░░░░ he had collected to ░░░░░░░░ FBI because he was ░░░░░░░░ troubled by what he ░░░░░░░░ seeing It s odd ░░░░░░░░ a foreign individual involved ░░░░░░░░ the campaign process was ░░░░░░░░ enough with the threat ░░░░░░░░ with the concerns that ░░░░░░░░ information posed that he ░░░░░░░░ forward and provide it ░░░░░░░░ the FBI and not ░░░░░░░░ obviously that the president ░░░░░░░░ his staff would be ░░░░░░░░ to do Let me ░░░░░░░░ you something if it ░░░░░░░░ again God forbid and ░░░░░░░░ see proof that it ░░░░░░░░ once again designed to ░░░░░░░░ the Trump campaign do ░░░░░░░░ have any concerns about ░░░░░░░░ this Attorney general and ░░░░░░░░ DoJ leadership would even ░░░░░░░░ an investigation if it ░░░░░░░░ going to be into ░░░░░░░░ president That s a ░░░░░░░░ question Chris I don ░░░░░░░░ have any concerns that ░░░░░░░░ men and women of ░░░░░░░░ FBI and the folks ░░░░░░░░ watch Russia every single ░░░░░░░░ and spend their careers ░░░░░░░░ to hold back Russian ░░░░░░░░ information that indicates that ░░░░░░░░ investigation should be pursued ░░░░░░░░ or not the leadership ░░░░░░░░ the Justice Department would ░░░░░░░░ an investigation like that ░░░░░░░░ now or in the ░░░░░░░░ is a very good ░░░░░░░░ I hope we don ░░░░░░░░ have to find out ░░░░░░░░ answer to that question ░░░░░░░░ from all indications from ░░░░░░░░ lack of activity that ░░░░░░░░ and others have focused ░░░░░░░░ protecting our election systems ░░░░░░░░ is I think the ░░░░░░░░ for our elections and ░░░░░░░░ possibility of foreign influence ░░░░░░░░ foreign meddling is one ░░░░░░░░ we better start confronting ░░░░░░░░ a serious way.