HATE THIS PRESIDENT MORE THAN

THEY LOVE THEIR COUNTRY.

>> Martha: HERE NOW, AND

WRITING EXCLUSIVELY ON SPEED 26

TONIGHT AFTER HOURS OF

QUESTIONING TODAY, QUITE LEMON

DUSKY.

GOOD EVENING, GOOD TO SEE YOU

TONIGHT.

YOU HAD A BUSY DAY, HOW DID YOU

THINK IT WENT?

>> YOU KNOW, LOOK, I THINK I

REITERATED WITH THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE ALREADY KNEW.

THERE WAS NO COLLUSION, AND

OBSTRUCTION.

THE MUELLER REPORT WAS CLEAR

ABOUT THAT.

AND WHAT WE KNOW, THE FAR LEFT

WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS

TO HAVE THESE HEARINGS TO

PROTECT THEMSELVES IN THEIR

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FROM

FURTHER LEFT PROGRESSIVES WANT

TO TAKE THEM OUT IN THEIR

PRIMARY RACES.

THIS IS ALL POLITICS, AND IT'S A

DISSERVICE TO THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE.

>> Martha: WHY DID YOU DECIDE

TO GO?

DID YOU FEEL THE SUBPOENA --

THAT YOU HAD TO, BECAUSE OF THE

SUBPOENA?

>> LOOK, I'VE ALWAYS SAID, I

WILL COME AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I'VE SPENT MORE THAN 20, MAYBE

25 HOURS ANSWERING QUESTIONS

BEFORE THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE

COMMITTEE, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S

OFFICE.

I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, BECAUSE

WE NEVER COMMITTED ANY CRIMES IN

THE CAMPAIGN, WHATEVER CLUE DID

ANYONE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT

THE MUELLER REPORT SAYS.

I WAS HAPPY TO GO, THEN THEY

DECIDED TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA, AND

LAST WEEK, THEY CHANGED THE

RULES OF THE HOUSE SO THAT NOT

ONLY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS COULD

ASK ME QUESTIONS, BUT

CONSULTANTS TO THE COMMITTEE

WERE BROUGHT IN JUST FOR THE

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING COULD

START ASKING QUESTIONS.

IT'S A VERY UNFAIR PROCESS.

>> Martha: JACKIE SPEIER WAS

ON CNN TODAY, AND SHE BELIEVES,

BECAUSE OF YOUR APPEARANCE

TODAY, YOU SHOULD BE FINED.

WATCH THIS.

>> IF I WERE MR. NADLER RIGHT

NOW, I WOULD BE SLAPPING

MR. LEWANDOWSKI WITH A CONTEMPT

ORDER AND CALLING HIM IN FRONT

OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AND FINDING HIM.

>> Martha: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO

THAT?

>> LOOK, MAYBE THAT'S HAPPENED

BEFORE.

I NEVER HEARD OF HIM BUT FINED

FOR GOING IN FRONT OF CONGRESS.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AND BRING

JIM COMEY BACK, GUIDO HAS

PERJURED HIMSELF IN FRONT OF

CONGRESS?

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE

OPPORTUNITY, MICHAEL HOROWITZ,

WHO WROTE THE INSPECT HER

GENERAL'S REPORT, WHY DON'T YOU

FIX THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL

IMMIGRATION, WHICH IS KILLING

AMERICANS, BECAUSE THEY'RE

COMING ACROSS THE BORDER

ILLEGALLY?

THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE

OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOUSE

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

INSTEAD, THEY WANT TO BRING ME

FORWARD, JACKIE SPEIER WANTS TO

FIND ME?

FOR WHAT?

COMING TO CONGRESS AND TESTIFY

IN OPEN CONGRESS, UNDER OATH?

I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

>> Bret:

>> Martha: THIS IS WHEN I

PRESENTED ABOUT HAKEEM JEFFRIES

BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT YOU ARE

INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR SENATE

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND SUGGESTED

THAT MAYBE THAT WAS WHY YOU WERE

THERE.

WATCH THIS.

>> THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN

PRIMARY CAMPAIGN.

IT YOU ARE NOT ON THE CAMPAIGN

TRAIL YET.

THIS IS THE HOUSE JUDICIARY

COMMITTEE, ACT LIKE YOU KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE.

>> [LAUGHS]

LOOK, I WAS SUBPOENAED TO SHOW

UP!

THIS IS NOT LIKE, HEY,

COREY LEWANDOWSKI IS GOING TO

START HIS SENATE CAMPAIGN IN

FRONT OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY

COMMITTEE.

BUT THE CONGRESSMEN FAILED TO

ARTICULATE WAS I WAS COMPELLED

BY A LAWFUL SUBPOENA TO SHOW UP

TODAY, AND THAT IS WHAT I DID.

>> Martha: SO YOU DID TWEET,

THOUGH, THANK YOU DONALD TRUMP,

NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION,

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW IT, AND

REMIND THEM #Senate2020.

>> THEY CAN MAKE ME OVER THE

COALS, REMIND THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE WHAT I ALREADY KNOW AND

HAVE ALWAYS SAID, NO COLLUSION,

NO OBSTRUCTION.

I THINK THE PEOPLE OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SERVE NEW

LEADERSHIP AND I WILL MAKE A

DECISION VERY SOON, IF I WANT TO

RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE.

>> Martha: SUGGEST TO GO TO

THE COURT OF THE QUESTIONING,

THEY REALLY FOCUSED ON THE

PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO YOU TO

HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH

JEFF SESSIONS ABOUT REMOVING

ROBERT MUELLER.

WOULD YOU SAY YOU NEVER ENDED UP

DOING, CORRECT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT, I NEVER MET

WITH JEFF SESSIONS --

>> Martha: WHY DIDN'T YOU?

>> BECAUSE I WENT ON VACATION.

IT WASN'T A PRIORITY, TO BE

HONEST WITH YOU.

AND I SAID THIS IN THE

COMMITTEE, THE PRESIDENT ASKED

ME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH

JEFF SESSIONS, BASICALLY WHAT IS

IN THE MUELLER REPORT.

I TESTIFIED TO THE FACT I

BELIEVE THAT TO BE ACCURATE.

AND THEN I JUST NEVER DID IT.

SO THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED, HAD I

SPOKEN TO JEFF SESSIONS.

BUT IT IS ALL SPECULATION,

BECAUSE I NEVER HAD THE

CONVERSATION.

SO WHAT IS THERE TO POTENTIALLY

TALK ABOUT?

>> Martha: I MEAN, IT LOOKS

LIKE -- LET'S PLAY

REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON ON THE

SPINAL QUESTIONING.

WATCH.

>> FELT A LITTLE SQUEAMISH ABOUT

DELIVERING NOT MESSAGE, CORRECT?

>> NO, SIR.

>> WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG,

AND YOU NEVER EVEN DELIVERED IT?

>> CORRECT, I NEVER DELIVERED

THE MESSAGE.

>> YOU CHICKENED OUT.

>> I WENT ON VACATION.

>> YOU WENT ON VACATION?

[LAUGHTER]

>> Martha: THAT GOT A LOT OF

LAUGHS.

>> IT WAS THE SUMMER TIME, MY

KIDS WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH.

SO I TOOK MY KIDS TO THE BEACH.

THEY MAKE THIS SEEM LIKE A BIG,

NEFARIOUS IDEA.

WE WENT TO THE BEACH FOR TWO

WEEKS.

WE WENT TO MAINE, HAD FUN IN THE

SUN, BIG DEAL!

MAY BE CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON HAS

NEVER BEEN ON VACATION, I'M NOT

SURE, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE

FAMILY, I DECIDED TO PRIORITIZE

THEM OVER A POTENTIAL MESSAGE TO

JEFF SESSIONS.

>> Martha: I GUESS, REGARDLESS

OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO

ACHIEVE BY ASKING YOU TO DO

THAT, YOU NEVER DID THAT, AND IT

ALSO, I THINK, BEARS REMINDING

PEOPLE THAT THE PRESIDENT NEVER

DID FIRE ROBERT MUELLER, AND AT

THE END OF THE INVESTIGATION,

ROBERT MUELLER SAID IT WAS NEVER

IMPEDED.

>> THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT

POINT.

YOU HAVE ARTICULATED WHAT IS SO

IMPORTANT.

MUELLER HAD FREE REIGN, ALL THE

WAY THROUGH HIS INVESTIGATION,

TO CONDUCT IN ANY WAY HE WANTED,

NEITHER THE ACTING

ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE DEPUTY

ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR THE CURRENT

ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTEMPTED TO

IMPEDE THE MUELLER

INVESTIGATION, AND BOB MUELLER

TESTIFY TO THAT.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.

>> Martha: WHEN YOU LOOK AT

THIS, YOU STEP BACK.

YOU ARE A FORMER CAMPAIGN

MANAGER FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

LOOK AT THE POLITICAL OPTICS, AS

WE LIKE TO SAY, OF ALL OF THIS.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEIR PURSUIT

OF THIS PLACE FOR THEM WITH THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE, POLITICALLY?

AND HOW DO YOU THINK IT PLAYS

FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, THAT THIS

IS STILL BEING PURSUED?

>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T

WANT THIS PURE YOUR POLLING DATA

JUST SHOWED THAT.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS IF THE

DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AND THE

MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES HAD ENOUGH VOTES

TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT, THEY

WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT.

BUT ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THEIR

CAUCUS IS SUPPORTING THIS, WHICH

IS BASICALLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT

THIS.

65% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW

WHAT I ALREADY KNOW: THE

PRESIDENT DIDN'T COMMIT ANY

CRIMES.

HE DIDN'T COLLUDE WITH ANY

FOREIGN ENTITIES, AND DIDN'T TRY

TO STOP THE MOTHER

INVESTIGATION.

SO IF HE IS GUILTY OF SOMETHING,

IT'S OF PUTTING AMERICA FIRST,

AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN HE

IS ABSOLUTELY GUILTY AS CHARGED.

>> Martha: IS ALSO A REPORT

THIS WEEK THAT SHOWS THE FBI'S

COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN

INTERFERED WITH OVER THE LAST

SEVERAL YEARS, IN A REALLY

SHOCKING WAY, AND I CAN'T HELP

BUT THINK WHAT KIND OF TIME

AND EFFORT, IF IT HAD GONE INTO

THAT ANGLE OF THIS

INVESTIGATION, MIGHT HAVE SORT