>> Bill: ROBERT WRAY, FORMER

FEDERAL PROSECUTOR.

YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT, YOU

WATCHED THE HEARINGS ALL WEEK

LONG.

WHERE ARE WE IN AMERICA RIGHT

NOW AFTER FIVE DAYS OF

HEARINGS, ROBERT?

>> THE MOST RECENT NEWS IS THAT

THE COUNTER ATTACK BY THE WHITE

HOUSE THROUGH THE PRESIDENT OF

THE UNITED STATES HIMSELF HAS

JUST BEGUN.

THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.

ON YOUR NETWORK.

SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT

DEVELOPMENT, I THINK.

WHERE WE ARE IS THAT IT LOOKS

LIKE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE

CONCLUDED REGARDING THE SELECT

COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND I

IMAGINE THAT THE DEMOCRATS NOW

ARE BUSY THROUGH THE HOUSE

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WITH

CONSIDERATION OF THE ARTICLES

OF IMPEACHMENT THEY INTEND TO

PURSUE ULTIMATELY WITH A

RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL

HOUSE TO VOTE ON IT.

WHETHER THEY HAVE A MAJORITY OR

NOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

>> Bill: DID YOU HEAR SLAM DUNK

EVIDENCE TO CONVINCE THEM ONE

WAY OR ANOTHER OR WHETHER YOU

TAKE A STEP BACK AND GO FOR A

CENSURE VOTE?

>> MY IMPRESSION OF WHAT HAS

HAPPENED NOW THAT THIS IS IN

THE SENSE OVER, IN OTHER WORDS,

THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE THEY ARE

GOING TO HAVE.

NO MORE EVIDENCE LIKELY.

THEY'LL GO WITH THIS.

>> Bill: NO MORE WITNESSES?

>> I THINK NANCY PELOSI SAYS

THEY'LL ATTEMPT TO HAVE

WITNESSES IF IT MAKES IT TO THE

SENATE FOR TRIAL BUT I DON'T

THINK YOU'LL SEE ANY FURTHER

WITNESSES BEFORE THE HOUSE.

I COULD BE WRONG.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE FULLY

INTENT ON PROCEEDING WITH THIS

WHEREVER IT LEADS AND BEGINNING

WHEN THEY RETURN FROM THEIR

THANKSGIVING RECESS IN THE

FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF DECEMBER.

>> Bill: THE OPENING COMMENT

YOU MADE IS INTERESTING.

THE FIRST SIGN OF THE WHITE

HOUSE GOING ON OFFENSE

ESSENTIALLY LED BY THE

PRESIDENT.

TAKE YOU BACK.

LET'S START WITH BRIAN'S

QUESTION ABOUT THE AID TIED TO

CORRUPTION AND HOW THAT CAME UP

IN THE HEARING.

HERE IS THE QUESTION AND ANSWER

A MOMENT AGO.

>> YOU DO SAY I WANTED TO HOLD

UP THAT AID BECAUSE OF

CORRUPTION.

>> President Trump: TWO REASONS.

FOR CORRUPTION BECAUSE IT'S

KNOWN.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY

IS GOING TO BE SPENT PROPERLY.

THERE IS ANOTHER REASON THAT IS

MAYBE TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT.

WHY ISN'T GERMANY, FRANCE, THE

EUROPEAN UNION, WHY AREN'T ALL

THOSE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE, WHY

AREN'T THEY PAYING?

WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE UNITED

STATES, THE SUCKER.

I GOT ELECTED ON THAT.

>> THE PRESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT

TO TEMPORARILY WITHHOLD SAID TO

SEE WHAT THE UKRAINIANS WOULD

DO.

ADAM SCHIFF'S ARGUMENT IS

BECAUSE HE RELEASED THE AID IS

BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT.

THAT WAS A LITTLE NOTICED PART

OF MICK MULVANEY'S PRESS

CONFERENCE, OMB DIDN'T HAVE THE

AUTHORITY TO RETAIN THE AID

INDEFINITELY BUT ONLY DO SO

UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL

YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30th OF THIS

YEAR.

>> Bill: YOUR POINT IS WELL

TAKEN GOING ON OFFENSE RIGHT

NOW AFTER YOU'RE PULLING ON

DEFENSE.

MICHAEL HOROWITZ, THE I.G.

REPORT.

WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION THERE

APPEARS TO BE AN INCLINATION

TOWARD CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

WITH JOHN DURHAM?

>> I THINK WE KNOW SOME

IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'LL

FIND OUT THE REST OF THE STORY

NOW ON DECEMBER 9th.

THE FIRST IS THAT IT WAS

SOMEONE IN THE PROCESS OF

APPLYING TO THE FISA COURT IN

ORDER TO GET A WARRANT TO

SURVEIL CARTER PAGE.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AT THE F.B.I.

IT WAS A LAWYER.

THERE WAS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS

ALTERED.

AND IT WAS RELIED UPON IN THE

FISA APPLICATION PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT AN INSIGNIFICANT

ERROR IN JUDGMENT.

THAT'S POTENTIALLY A CRIMINAL