Fox News "Hannity" - Transcript: Interview with Rep. Tom McClintock
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Joining me now with the reaction is Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs and California Congressman Tom McClintock, two of the best in Congress, I know because I had a chance to serve with them in Congress.
And I thank you, gentlemen, for joining us here tonight.
Very quickly, starting with Mr. McClintock, I want to get your reaction to this report. What is it really tell us?
REP. TOM MCCLINTOCK, R-CALIF.: Well, it's as Devin Nunes says, one small piece of a much larger picture and I think the reason why Comey is not being prosecuted for mishandling classified information is mainly because that is a very minor question compared to the much -- more important challenge to our very fundamental principles of democracy.
We loaned to our intelligence and justice agencies the most terrifying powers that we can confer on government. They've got the power to destroy any person they choose. They can launch paramilitary predawn raids on your home, they can throw you in jail, they can bankrupt you, they can ruin your business, they can threaten your family members. These are awesome powers.
And as more and more evidence comes out, it's becoming clearer and clearer that this whole Russian narrative was formed by a phony dossier financed by the Clinton campaign and then used in collusion with our justice and intelligence agencies to justify an investigation, a completely phony investigation that they then could lead to the press. That was used during the 2016 campaign to create the official patina of legitimacy to this Russian collusion narrative.
And when that failed to influence the election, they then used it for the last two years to undermine this president. That's the real question and those are the reports that are yet to come out.
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What's your take on that? Is this formal, informal? What's going on with impeachment and Jerry Nadler, Congressman McClintock?
MCCLINTOCK: I think he is going to look sillier and sillier as more and more facts come out from the remaining inspector general's report, as well as the full investigation by John Durham.
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