Eric Swalwell

I do believe -- I am skeptical. The President has been consistent in this investigation only in his obstructive behavior.

If these are political edits, then it is really incumbent upon Devin Nunes to follow the lead that he set last week when he asked his colleagues to unanimously support releasing this memo to the public.

They are supposed to allow the judge, who is, you know, the independent branch of government, to have all the facts available so they can make in an unbiased way a determination as to whether probable cause has been met.

The court should be aware of, you know, potential biases that witnesses have.

I believe the intent here is to try and undermine them and see them gone.

The larger issue here is the rule of law, the idea that political leaders in a democracy do not go after the police when they're being investigated or use the police to investigate their opponents.

Just because the public knew, it's never been the practice to acknowledge the evidence that's out there.

The President said after all that he wants to fully cooperate.

This is the White House and its most aggressive way yet trying to obstruct our investigation.

They cannot really and they should not know what we're asking Mr. Bannon.

It appears that there is something they don't want Steve Bannon to tell us.

It doesn't make a lot of sense. And it also doesn't flow legally that he would be willing to talk to Bob Mueller, but under subpoena to Congress, that he would not answer any of our questions.

It just feels like we're leading up to a crescendo, you know, with people being able to get an audience with the president and suggest that Bob Mueller should be fired.

But if you listen to Republicans on that committee they would probably take credit for firing Bob Mueller because they expressed that they'd like to see him go.

First, he's a man who knows. He sees the classified and unclassified intelligence. And so he's worried that this investigation could be shut down.

The willingness to just torch the whole FBI building to advance this narrative is very troubling.

I think it's a concerted effort, frankly, it's an ominous tone here in Washington that has us all fearful that the Mueller investigation is going to be shut down unless we do something to preserve it.

It is sickening to sit here and listen to the good names of people, like Bob Mueller and James Comey, just be smeared.

It's usually when you're seeking to protect somebody, that's when you don't answer a direct question.

Certainly relevant because of prior reports as well with her role in the firing of James Comey.

Actually, Donald Trump Jr. can actually just waive the privilege if he was forthcoming and wanted to clear the air.

We believe we're on solid legal standing here that if he is there under subpoena, he would have to be -- he would be ordered to answer the question.

This falls in line with others who have casually exerted privileges. Jeff sessions cites a long-standing Department of Justice privilege, which is not found in the law, that he couldn't tell us what he says to Donald Trump and Roger Stone…

To hide behind a made-up privilege sets us back in what we need to tell the American people.

I hope that they recognize the seriousness of this, because this June 9th meeting is a cornerstone piece of our investigation and what the president knew, what Donald Trump as a candidate knew at the time is critically important for us.