Fox News "The Ingraham Angle" - Transcript: Interview with Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan
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INGRAHAM: My next guest certainly didn't miss that and joining me now, Congressmen Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows. Congressman Jordan, do you expect this report to bring some resolution?
REP. JIM JORDAN, R-OH: I hope so. The Inspector General's reports have always been good and it's - interestingly enough, Mark and I met with Mr. Horowitz today and he said exactly what the Attorney General said. He said- -
INGRAHAM: Yes.
JORDAN: --that in May or June, he expects his report. Remember, the last one last year, he's the one who told us about Andy McCabe who lied three times under oath, lied to the Inspector General himself, lied to James Comey. So, we expect the Inspector General to do the good work that he has always done and like the Attorney General said, and you're right, the Attorney General has handled himself so professionally, so solid, so steady. I think what the American people want in an Attorney General; I've been very impressed with him.
INGRAHAM: He said another - made another point about the FISA abuse investigation. You guys did your own?
REP. MARK MEADOWS, R-N.C.: Right.
INGRAHAM: In calling for another one, let's watch what Barr said.
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BARR: I am reviewing the conduct of the investigation and trying to get my arms around all the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted during the summer of 2016.
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INGRAHAM: Tonight, we learn he has a team, he has put together some team of people - we don't know who's on the team, but what are you expecting?
MEADOWS: Yes, I don't know who's on the team, but I can tell you if they're near the quality of this AG, we can expect great things. I think Jim and I have walked away very, very impressed with two things, one is he wants to get to the truth and make sure the American people have had the truth before them, wherever it leads, and the second is, is that he is extremely diligent about making sure that no stone goes unturned. I mean he's looking at every aspect.
And so, this particular comment was refreshing to Jim and I because it goes beyond - it appears it goes beyond what the IG is looking into.
JORDAN: And notice the time frame. He said the summer of 2016.
MEADOWS: Yes.
JORDAN: We're going to start of this.
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: Bingo.
JORDAN: That's what was so important about this. This is when Christopher Steele is starting to give the installments on the dossier and remember, they take this dossier to the secret court and they don't tell the court who paid for it. They don't tell the court that Christopher Steele is biased against the President, extremely biased against the President, and they don't tell the court that later they had terminated Steele from actually working--
INGRAHAM: They lied about Carter Page. I'm going to say this tonight. They lied - I've had Carter page on this show. He's a quirky kind of guy. But, I went through the - the oligarchs, all the people I ever met. Like I saw someone at a conference, said hi in the hallway. I don't even - but the guy that this is a linchpin of some big, you know, election manipulations, is - was ridiculous. He was used as a lever to get -
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MEADOWS: You're exactly right.
INGRAHAM: I'm sorry. I don't know--
MEADOWS: No, no, you're exactly right. I think one of the interesting things is, is four different phases on -
INGRAHAM: On him.
MEADOWS: --and no indictment. I mean, you know, come on, it's--
INGRAHAM: Hey guys, what I talked about on "The Angle," I'm very serious about this. I happen to know Bill Barr; I've known him for decades.
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: Okay. The fact that a man like that, who was Attorney General, he was a CEO of a top telecom company in the world, internationally-acclaimed- -
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: --incredible person, had to put up with that and still gets put - has to put up with it.
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: --not oversight but abuse, this is abuse. This is what Nadler and Schumer are saying about him. Let's watch.
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MEADOWS: Yes, Laura, one of the interesting things when we look at that, Jerry Nadler says this for television, but in private he's exactly the opposite. You know, there's two Jerry Nadlers out there.
INGRAHAM: Wow.
MEADOWS: And there's the one that wants all about transparency when he comes before the American people but in the privacy of rooms, where Jim and I've been, oh, he wants to make sure that everything is protected and orchestrated just the way he wants. You know, it's time that we peel it back and let the America people know.
INGRAHAM: But what do they expect that - that Bill Barr or the AG was going to be chosen by Nadler?
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: It's like, well, this is the Trump's chosen guy. Duh, and remember when Holder said he was Obama's wingman?
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: --when he was Attorney General. They didn't have a problem with that.
JORDAN: Yes, Bill Barr is a good man, doing a good job. These guys can't help themselves. They're so focused on the President, they can't help the country. Think about last week, Nadler does his subpoena for the Mueller report, even though Bill Barr said he's going to give it to us in a matter of days. Cummings does two letters to the bank and to the accountant of the President--
INGRAHAM: Unbelievable.
JORDAN: --seeking his private business records. And Richard Neal, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee says, "I want his tax return," for purely political reasons. All in one week; these guys are completely focused on that, and not doing what's best for the country.
INGRAHAM: We got a crisis on the southern border; we're going to get into this later.
JORDAN: Exactly.
INGRAHAM: Crisis on the southern border. 150,000 people they estimate could be coming in just this month.
JORDAN: Yes.
INGRAHAM: And they want the tax returns. Maxine is making a big deal about it.
MEADOWS: Oh, I mean these are twenty-twenty subpoenas. They have nothing--
INGRAHAM: That says nothing.
MEADOWS: .with transparency.
INGRAHAM: What about Mike Cohen? You have a big press conference tomorrow. Any sneak peek? What can we get from you?
MEADOWS: You know, we've got a plan that we're going to really make sure that we hold Cohen accountable.
INGRAHAM: A prison ministry, what are you all doing?
MEADOWS: And put everybody on record.
JORDAN: He lied seven times to Congress. Two are just undisputable - indisputable, I should say. So, we're going to talk about that tomorrow and we are going to be joined by the minority leader Kevin McCarthy.
MEADOWS: Yes.
INGRAHAM: Fantastic.
MEADOWS: Yes, so it will be good.
INGRAHAM: Thank you.
MEADOWS: Tune in at 11.
JORDAN: You bet.
INGRAHAM: Thank you for coming in tonight. We really appreciate it. They did 40 interviews. You did 40 interviews, by the way, didn't you, over the course of your own investigation?
JORDAN: Yes.
MEADOWS: Yes.
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