LINDSEY GRAHAM.

SENATOR, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH

US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Martha: YOU LISTEN TO THE

INTRODUCTION, CHUCK SCHUMER,

SENATOR SCHUMER SAYING DON'T

STAND IN THE WAY OF JOHN BOLTON

TESTIFYING.

JERRY NADLER SAYING THIS AND IT

IS ALSO ON TRIAL HERE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY DO THAT?

>> I SAY YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF

POLICIES -- POLITICIANS TRYING

TO DESTROY TRUMP SINCE THE DAY H

TO DESTROY TRUMP SINCE THE DAY E

TO DESTROY TRUMP SINCE THE DAY G

TO DESTROY TRUMP SINCE THE DAY T

ELECTED.

CHUCK SCHUMER IS NOT LOOKING FOR

THE TRUTH.

HE'S TRYING TO BECOME THE

MAJORITY LEADER.

EYEWITNESS WHETHER DEMOCRATIC

COLLEAGUES WOULD DO WHEN IT

COMES TO THE TRUMP AGENDA, THEY

TRIED TO DESTROY BRETT KAVANAUGH

AND THAT BLEW UP IN THEIR FACE

AND THIS WILL BLOW UP IN THEIR

FACE.

JOHN BOLTON IS THE NATIONAL

SECURITY ADVISOR TO THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO CALL HIM

IN THE HOUSE.

WHAT THEY DID IN THE HOUSE, THEY

DENIED THE PRESIDENT THE ABILITY

TO CALL WITNESSES ON HIS OWN

HALF.

THE COUNCIL WAS NOT ALLOWED TO

CROSS-EXAMINE WITNESSES.

NOW THEY WANT THIS AND IT TOOK

ALL THE NATIONAL SECURITY

ADVISOR.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE, A WIMPY

DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF OF

THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES.

ANY PRESIDENT WOULD CLAIM

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT GETTING TO THE

TRUTH BUT TRYING TO MAKE

REPUBLICANS TAKE HARD BOATS.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE DUE

EVIDENCE, THE NEW EVIDENCE IS NO

DIFFERENT THAN THE OLD EVIDENCE.

THIS CAME OUT ON RACHEL MADDOW

SHOW, YOU ALREADY NEED TO KNOW,

THIS LEV PARNAS KAI IS FACING

INDICTMENT.

HE HAS BEEN DRIFTING NOW TO THE

HOUSE UNTIL COMMITTEE WITH

PATCHES OF INFORMATION CHRISTIAN

ENDING TO THE WEEK WE START A

TRIAL.

I SMELL A RAT, THE GUY IS AS

CROOKED AS A SNAKE AND WE WILL

NOT SLOW DOWN FOR TRIAL.

>> Martha: THEY ARE JUST

SAYING, WHY NOT DO IT AGAIN?

IF THAT IS THE CASE AND ALSO

WITH REGARD TO JOHN BOLTON,

SINCE THAT TESTIMONY IN THE

HOUSE THAT JOHN BOLTON SITE IF

HE WAS SUBPOENAED, HE WOULD COME

FORWARD AND TALK.

>> IT IS A PRIVILEGE OF THE

PRESIDENT, NOT JOHN BOLTON.

THEY COULD PURSUE JOHN BOLTON IF

THEY CHOSE TO.

IT HAD TO BE DONE SO QUICKLY WE

COULD NOT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO

INVOKE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

NOW THEY WANT JOHN BOLTON TO

COME FORWARD AND THE SENATE TO

DESTROY EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

ANY PRESIDENT WOULD CLAIM

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE OVER THE

TESTIMONY OF SECURITY ADVISOR.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN SUBPOENA

JOHN BOLTON AND THEY EXPECT US

REPUBLICANS TO DESTROY

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PRIVILEGE.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

WE WILL BASE OUR FOE ON THE

HOUSE RECORDS.

>> Martha: I UNDERSTAND WHAT

YOU ARE SAYING, THERE WAS A HUGE

RUSH TO GET THIS OVER TO THE

SENATE, TO WRAP IT UP, NO TIMED

WITH THE COURT SYSTEM AND ALL OF

THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, ALL VALID POINTS BUT

SOME OF THE POINT YOUR

COLLEAGUES ARE MAKING INCLUDING

CHRIS CON, PRESIDENT CLINTON,

PRESIDENT NIXON DIRECTED CLOSE

ADVISORS AND CABINET TO

COOPERATE WITH THE

INVESTIGATION.

AS I KNOW YOU ARE ON RECORD FROM

JANUARY 1999 IN THE CLINTON

TRIAL THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE

WITNESSES CALLED.

IF YOU TAKE THEM OFF THE TABLE

IN THE SENATE, THE NEXT

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL

HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING BECAUSE

THEY MAY LOSE THE CHANCE TO

PRESENT THEIR CASE.

YOU REMEMBER THE REST OF IT.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> VERY EASILY, THE PRESIDENT

COOPERATED WITH MUELLER.

HE SENT HIS PERSONAL DON

McCANN TESTIFIED IN THE

MUELLER INVESTIGATION.

I DON'T BLAME THE PRESIDENT NOT

PARTICIPATING IN THE HOUSE

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

I SUPPORTED MUELLER.

I GAVE HIM THE SPACE HE NEEDED

TO WORK.

>> Martha: THIS IS A DIFFERENT

CASE.

>> THAT DON'T MAKE NO, WHAT I'M

TELLING YOU THIS IS A PARTISAN

IMPEACHMENT AND IF I WERE THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

COME I WOULD NOT COOPERATE AT

ALL WITH THESE PEOPLE UNTIL THE

COURT SAID I HAD TO.

SO THEY IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT

CAN IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP

BECAUSE HE DARED TO GO TO COURT.

I NEVER SAID THAT A PRESIDENT

HAS TO WAIVE EXECUTIVE

PRIVILEGE.

THE HOUSE CHOSE NOT TO ALLOW THE

PRESIDENT TO GO TO COURT.

INSTEAD OF ALLOWING HIM TO GO TO

COURT TO LITIGATE THESE ISSUES,

THEY IMPEACHED HIM FOR HIS

DECISION TO GO TO COURT.

I HOPE WE REJECT THIS SOUNDLY

BECAUSE IT IS A DANGER TO THE

PRESIDENCY AS TO THIS NEW

WITNESS.

THE GUY IS FACING CRIMINAL

CHARGES.

WHAT IS HE ALLEGING THAT HE

TRIED TO CONTACT UKRAINIAN

OFFICIALS TO SET UP A MEETING

BETWEEN RUDY GIULIANI AND THE

PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE.

ANTIPHON FOREIGN MINISTER SAID

ABOUT UKRAINE, I NEVER TALK TO

HIM AND I DON'T TRUST HIM.

THIS WHOLE THING IS A JOKE.

I SMELL A RAT.

>> Martha: SENATOR, LET ME

PLAY THAT SOUND BITE THAT YOU

MENTION BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK

ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.

>> I NEVER SPOKE WITH RUDY

GIULIANI AND FRANKLY, I DON'T

TRUST ANY WORK.

>> FRANKIE, WE DON'T NEED THIS.

OUR CHANNELS OF AMERICAN HATE --

OF AMERICA ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED.

>> Martha: I THOUGHT THAT WAS

INTERESTING.

WE DON'T NEED THE SORT OF INNER

LIQUORS, WE DON'T NEED LEV

PARNAS TO GET US A CONVERSATION

WITH THE PRESIDENT.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPEN CHANNELS.

>> IMPEACHMENT IS MANUFACTURED

B.S.

THEY GOT THE MONEY.

THEY DID NOT INVESTIGATE THE

BIDENS AND SOMEONE SHOULD LOOK

AT HUNTER BIDEN AS TO WHETHER OR

NOT HE WAS CORRUPT.

>> Martha: LET ME ASK YOU THIS

BECAUSE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE

SENATORS THAT ARE OPEN TO VOTING

TO HEAR WITNESSES IN THE SENATE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THAT?

DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE FOUR?

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE GOING TO BE ON

ALL OF THAT ONCE THIS ALL GETS

STARTED?

>> MY BELIEF IS THE BEST THING

FOR THE COUNTRY IS TO DECIDE THE

CASE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE

ASSEMBLED IN THE HOUSE AND NOT

EXPEND THE RECORD.

DO NOT CALL ANYBODY COVERED BY

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE BECAUSE THE

PRESIDENT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO

INVOKE IT.

THE SENATE SHOULD NOT DENY THE

PRESIDENT THE ABILITY TO INVOKE

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE.

THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP THE TRAIL

AND GO TO COURT FOR MONTHS.

AS TO HUNTER BIDEN COME I WOULD

LIKE TO LOOK WHAT HE DID OUTSIDE

LIKE TO LOOK WHAT HE DID OUTSIDO

LIKE TO LOOK WHAT HE DID OUTSIDF

IMPEACHMENT.

BUT IF YOU WANT A WITNESS, THEN

DO WHAT TED CRUZ SAYS.

EVERYBODY GETS WITNESSES.

YOU WANT TO TURN THE TRAIL INTO

A COMPLETE CIRCUS, YOU ARE

ALLOWED TO DO THAT BUT NOT WITH

MY BOAT.

I WILL JUDGE THE CASE BASED ON

THE EVIDENCE ASSEMBLED BY THE

HOUSE.

I'M NOT GOING TO EXPAND THE

RECORD LEV PARNAS THINK MY SMELL

A RAT, COMPLETE NEVER ENDING

DESIRE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING

DONALD TRUMP.

I TOOK MUELLER SERIOUSLY AND I

DON'T TAKE SCHIFF/METAL ARE

SERIOUSLY OR CHUCK SCHUMER

SERIOUSLY WHEN HE SAYS HE IS

LOOKING FOR THE TRUTH.

HE'S LOOKING TO GET THE MAJORITY