Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Reps. Jordan, Gaetz on demand for second special counsel

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HANNITY: Not one, that's right. Ed Henry, thank you. Now as Ed mentioned just moments ago, the president tweeted out about the FBI scandal controversy where, quote, "If the person placed very early into my campaign wasn't a spy, put there by previous administration for political purposes, how come such a seemingly massive amount of money was paid for services rendered, many times higher than normal. Follow the money. The spy was there early in the campaign yet never reported collusion with Russia because there was no collusion. He was only there to spy for political reasons and help crooked Hillary win, just like they did to poor Bernie Sanders who got duped."

That's so true. Joining us with reaction, Republican congressman, Jim Jordan. Like no one ever talked Bernie Sanders, the whole thing was rigged. But Jim Jordan, let me start with you. There's a lot of happening tonight.

REP. JIM JORDAN, R--OHIO: Yes.

HANNITY: Number one, your letter. There are 100 congressmen that want you to be speaker. And frankly, I would like to see you be the next speaker.

JORDAN: If and when there's a race, Sean, I plan to be, I plan on being part of that discussion. There's not one now. What we got to focus on is do what the American people sent us here to do over the next few months so that we can stay in majority and help Donald Trump accomplished the things that the American people elected us to do. And that's what I'm focused on doing.

HANNITY: Yes. All right. Let's talk about where we are today. Congressman Gaetz, I have zero faith in Rod Rosenstein and the DOJ to actually hand over the documents because we know specific documents will be absolutely damning if they come out against these very people. Why would they do that to themselves?

REP. MATT GAETZ, R--FLA.: Well, Sean, that's one of the reasons why I don't believe at the upcoming meeting the Chairman Nunes is having with members of the intelligence committee, that there will be any production of documents. And that's deeply concerning to me.

If you have to look at the scoreboard, right now the deep state is winning the battle because they are in full control of their own destiny. That's why Congressman Lee Zeldin and Jim Jordan and I joined with more than two dozen of our colleagues to call for a second special counsel--

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HANNITY: Is that the best way, though?

GAETZ: Absolutely, Sean.

HANNITY: Well, the inspector general is ridiculous because there's 18 months into the Clinton email investigation. We don't have that kind of time.

GAETZ: And Sean, this will be a reason for them to delay the inspector general report. Because now we're back in inspector general land and so now we won't get the answers on Hillary Clinton--

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HANNITY: Well, he said it was separate and apart. And that has already been handed over as I understand it.

JORDAN: Yes.

HANNITY: And Jim Jordan, here's the problem we have, though. We have FISA abuse. We know - know outright judges were lied to and literally the single biggest intrusion into a person's constitutional rights--

JORDAN: Yes.

HANNITY: -- a FISA warrant. Four times they lied, the bulk of information, that phony dossier. They never told the judge who paid for it or judges.

JORDAN: Right. Sean, the Department of Justice says, don't worry, we can investigate ourselves even though, as you say, they took a dossier to a secret court to get a secret warrant. Didn't tell the court who paid for it named to the Clinton campaign, didn't tell the court that the author of the document, Christopher Steele, had been fired by the FBI.

They said don't worry, we can investigate ourselves. Even though it now appears there were paid informants who were hanging around the periphery of the Trump campaign. They expect us to investigate--

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HANNITY: Think about, well, think of what you're saying. Spied on the campaign.

JORDAN: Yes.

HANNITY: Lying to judges to get FISA warrants to spy on an opposition party candidate with propaganda from Russia put together by a foreign national that was full of lies and literally they don't tell the judges. I cannot believe -- I wouldn't write this in a spy novel, because I wouldn't think anybody would believe it.

JORDAN: Jeff Sessions says only under extraordinary circumstances do you name a special counsel. Now how about the fact the top five people at the FBI have been fired or demoted. Those same people who ran the Clinton investigation, who launched the Russia investigation, who used the opposition research document at the FISA court and now look like paid informants to be a part of the Trump campaign.

How about that for a fact pattern that's extraordinary? If that's not extraordinary, someone better tell me what is.

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HANNITY: That's extraordinary.

GAETZ: That's why Jim Jordan should be speaker of the House, then we'd have some real oversight.

HANNITY: Checkmate. I'm not going to argue. All right. By the way, for the record, I'm supporting Jim Jordan. I just endorsed him. That might be the kiss to--

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GAETZ: Me too.

HANNITY: Thank you, both.

JORDAN: Thank you.

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