ENTANGLE HIM IN THIS EVEN IF IT’S SEPARATE.
IT’S SEPARATE. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GLOWING TO TAKE A QUICK
WE’RE GLOWING TO TAKE A QUICK TURN BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SOME
TURN BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SOME BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHRIS
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHRIS COLLINS FROM THE STATE OF
COLLINS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
NEW YORK HAS BEEN ARRESTED. YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID, ARRESTED
YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID, ARRESTED BY THE FBI ON CHARGES OF
BY THE FBI ON CHARGES OF SECURITIES FRAUD RELATED TO
SECURITIES FRAUD RELATED TO SNYDER TRADING.
SNYDER TRADING. COLLINS SURRENDERED TO FEDERAL
COLLINS SURRENDERED TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING AND IS
AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN COURT LATER
EXPECTED TO BE IN COURT LATER TODAY.
TODAY. CHRIS COLLINS WAS THE FIRST
CHRIS COLLINS WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO ENDORSE
MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO ENDORSE AND ACTED AS THE CONGRESSIONAL
AND ACTED AS THE CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON TO THE TRUMP
LIAISON TO THE TRUMP TRANSITIONAL TEAM BACK IN 2017.
TRANSITIONAL TEAM BACK IN 2017. WE’VE GOT A LOT MORE TO COVER ON
WE’VE GOT A LOT MORE TO COVER ON THIS.
THIS. I WANT TO GO TO MATT MILLER
I WANT TO GO TO MATT MILLER FIRST.
FIRST. MATT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS STORY IS
MATT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS STORY IS JUST BREAKING NOW.
JUST BREAKING NOW. BUT STUNNING, THIS ISN’T JUST
BUT STUNNING, THIS ISN’T JUST BEING QUESTIONED.
BEING QUESTIONED. I MEAN, BEEN ARRESTED, THAT’S A
I MEAN, BEEN ARRESTED, THAT’S A VERY BIG DEAL.
VERY BIG DEAL. >> IT’S A VERY BIG DEAL BECOME
>> IT’S A VERY BIG DEAL BECOME YOU VERY RARELY SEE THIS WHERE
YOU VERY RARELY SEE THIS WHERE THE FBI IS ABLE TO MOVE IN ON A
THE FBI IS ABLE TO MOVE IN ON A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ARREST
MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ARREST THEM.
THEM. OFTENTIMES, YOU’LL SEE THEM
OFTENTIMES, YOU’LL SEE THEM INDICTED, BUT TO BE ARRESTED
INDICTED, BUT TO BE ARRESTED LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU
LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME REASON THEY
KNOW, THERE WAS SOME REASON THEY MIGHT DESTROY EVIDENCE OR
MIGHT DESTROY EVIDENCE OR SOMETHING, AND THEY HAD TO
SOMETHING, AND THEY HAD TO ARREST HIM RATHER THAN TO INDICT
ARREST HIM RATHER THAN TO INDICT HIM AND LET HIM TURN HIMSELF IN.
HIM AND LET HIM TURN HIMSELF IN. TO CONNECT A COUPLE STORIES
TO CONNECT A COUPLE STORIES WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE,
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE MANAFORT TRIAL AND THE
THE MANAFORT TRIAL AND THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION LAST
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES
NIGHT, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE IS TO RUN ON
THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE IS TO RUN ON THIS CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN
THIS CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHERE YOU
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHERE YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT’S
HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT’S STOCKED WITH PEOPLE WITH THE
STOCKED WITH PEOPLE WITH THE PRESIDENT ON DOWN.
PRESIDENT ON DOWN. PEOPLE LIKE WILBUR ROSS AND RYAN
PEOPLE LIKE WILBUR ROSS AND RYAN ZINKE.
ZINKE. AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO ACT
AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO ACT LIKE THEY’RE UNACCOUNTABLE TO
LIKE THEY’RE UNACCOUNTABLE TO ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. AND YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT WHO
AND YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT WHO INTERFERES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
INTERFERES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND NOVEMBER REALLY IS THE
AND NOVEMBER REALLY IS THE CHANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE
CHANCE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE WHAT’S HAMMING IN WASHINGTON TO
WHAT’S HAMMING IN WASHINGTON TO SERVE AS A CHECK ON THAT KIND OF
SERVE AS A CHECK ON THAT KIND OF UNBRIDLED CORRUPTION.
UNBRIDLED CORRUPTION. >> BUT, LET’S JUST WALK THROUGH
>> BUT, LET’S JUST WALK THROUGH THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN AND RUNS ON,
PRESIDENT TRUMP RAN AND RUNS ON, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE CHANT
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE CHANT DRAIN THE SWAMP.
DRAIN THE SWAMP. THIS IS THE SWAMPEST OF THE
THIS IS THE SWAMPEST OF THE SWAMP.
SWAMP. IF WE’RE TALKING INSIDER
IF WE’RE TALKING INSIDER TRADING, THIS IS A MEMBER OF THE
TRADING, THIS IS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO WAS ABLE TO USE
GOVERNMENT WHO WAS ABLE TO USE HIS POSITION TO INFLUENCE
HIS POSITION TO INFLUENCE REGULATION ON A COMPANY THAT HE
REGULATION ON A COMPANY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO TRADE THE STOCK OF.
WAS ABLE TO TRADE THE STOCK OF. WHAT!
WHAT! CAITLIN.
CAITLIN. >> FUNDAMENTALLY SWAMPY, RIGHT?
>> FUNDAMENTALLY SWAMPY, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CHRIS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CHRIS COLLINS, WE’RE ALL TALKED TO HIM
COLLINS, WE’RE ALL TALKED TO HIM MANY TIMES.
MANY TIMES. HE WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF THE
HE WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIM THROUGHOUT.
THROUGHOUT. TRUMP, OF COURSE, AS HE DOES
TRUMP, OF COURSE, AS HE DOES WITH MOST PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HIM
WITH MOST PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HIM WHO ARE THEN CAUGHT UP IN LEGAL
WHO ARE THEN CAUGHT UP IN LEGAL MESSES TRIES TO ACT LIKE THEY
MESSES TRIES TO ACT LIKE THEY ARE COFFEE BOYS.
ARE COFFEE BOYS. OR PEOPLE WHO ARE INSIGNIFICANT.
OR PEOPLE WHO ARE INSIGNIFICANT. TO MATT’S POINT ABOUT THE
TO MATT’S POINT ABOUT THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, IN 2006,
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, IN 2006, DEMOCRATS DID RUN ON THEIR OWN
DEMOCRATS DID RUN ON THEIR OWN KIND OF ANTI-SWAMP, TRAIN THE
KIND OF ANTI-SWAMP, TRAIN THE SWAMP CAMPAIGN.
SWAMP CAMPAIGN. THEY’RE BRINGING THAT BACK IN
THEY’RE BRINGING THAT BACK IN SOME CAMPAIGNS.
SOME CAMPAIGNS. AND I THINK MATT IS RIGHT TO
AND I THINK MATT IS RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT THE AGOGRAVATIONO
POINT OUT THAT THE AGOGRAVATIONO ALL THIS IS SAY CHANCE TO FOCUS
ALL THIS IS SAY CHANCE TO FOCUS ON THAT.
ON THAT. >> DRAIN THE SWAMP.
>> DRAIN THE SWAMP. LET’S REMEMBER THE INDICTMENT
LET’S REMEMBER THE INDICTMENT RELATES TO INNATE AUSTRALIAN BIO
RELATES TO INNATE AUSTRALIAN BIO COMPANY ON WHICH THE BOARD OF
COMPANY ON WHICH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHRIS COLLINS SAT ON.
DIRECTORS CHRIS COLLINS SAT ON. >> I WILL SAY TWO THINGS, ONE TO
>> I WILL SAY TWO THINGS, ONE TO SEE HOW DONALD TRUMP REACTS IF
SEE HOW DONALD TRUMP REACTS IF HE TAKES IT PERSONALLY OR IF HE
HE TAKES IT PERSONALLY OR IF HE LETS IT GO.
LETS IT GO. AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO CHRIS
AND I REMEMBER TALKING TO CHRIS COLLINS BEFORE ONE OF THE
COLLINS BEFORE ONE OF THE DEBATES AND HE WAS A STAUNCH
DEBATES AND HE WAS A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF DONALD TRUMP NOT
DEFENDER OF DONALD TRUMP NOT RELEASING HIS TAXES.
RELEASING HIS TAXES. BECAUSE HE SAID AS A SUCCESSFUL
BECAUSE HE SAID AS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IF THAT INFORMATION
BUSINESSMAN IF THAT INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE IT COULD CAUSE
