{"id":2716,"date":"2018-12-02T12:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T17:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2018-12-02T12:33:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T17:33:23","slug":"mtp-exclusive-rep-jerrold-nadler-we-must-do-whatever-we-can-to-protect-the-mueller-investigation-from-interference-by-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/12\/02\/mtp-exclusive-rep-jerrold-nadler-we-must-do-whatever-we-can-to-protect-the-mueller-investigation-from-interference-by-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP EXCLUSIVE: REP. JERROLD NADLER: \u201cWE MUST DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO PROTECT THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION FROM INTERFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ALSO: Exclusive interview with Sen. John Barrasso: Democrats have been \u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>crying wolf for two years that Mueller&#8217;s going to be fired\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PLUS: Former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Secretary of State James Baker honor the legacy of President George H.W. Bush <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEC. 2, 2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong>Rep. Jerrold Nadler<\/strong>\u00a0(D-N.Y.) said today on\u00a0<em>Meet the Press<\/em>\u00a0\u201cWe must do whatever we can to protect the Mueller investigation from interference by the president\u201d when asked about holding up the government funding vote until the Mueller protection bill is brought to a vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are dependent on that investigation to get to the bottom of the corruption in the campaign, of the Russian role in the campaign, of the Trump campaign, the president\u2019s role in colluding with the Russians if he did,\u201d Nadler told moderator Chuck Todd during an exclusive interview. \u201cWe know his campaign did. The question is, did he personally? So, we have to do whatever we can to protect that investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, also said \u201cThe time when [President Trump] can\u00a0get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is,\u00a0is coming to an end.\u201d <strong>Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-nadler-president-trump-s-lying-coming-to-an-end-1386497603503\">full interview<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also, <strong>Sen. John Barrasso<\/strong> (R-Wyo.), Chairman-Elect of the Senate Republican Conference, joined the program for an exclusive, live interview where he disagreed with Rep. Nadler\u2019s approach to the Mueller investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the Mueller probe to end and I want the American people to see what is in it. There are people\u00a0that\u00a0are trying to do legislation on it. They&#8217;ve been crying wolf for two years that Mueller&#8217;s going to be fired,\u201d Barrasso said. \u201cThis is wasted energy to try to do this and for [Rep. Nadler] to say maybe we should not fund the government over protecting Special Counsel Mueller, I think is the wrong way to go.\u201d <strong>Watch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-barrasso-democrats-crying-wolf-for-two-years-over-russia-investigation-1386496579911\">full interview<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, former <strong>Vice President Dick Cheney<\/strong> and former <strong>Secretary of State James Baker<\/strong> joined the program to honor the life and legacy of President George H.W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, who served as President George H.W. Bush\u2019s Secretary of Defense and President George Bush\u2019s Vice President, said both \u201cwere great guys to work for. I\u2019m very proud of what I was able to do with both of them. The fact that I was asked to serve,\u00a0those were remarkable years. And there were difficult times, no question about it, in both administrations. But it was a, well &#8212; the highlight of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baker shared on the program that Bush would \u201cno doubt \u2026 be remembered as our most successful one-term president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about President Bush losing his 1992 reelection bid, Baker said, \u201cThe loss was really hard for him in &#8217;92 but you know he realized that you win some, you lose some. He didn&#8217;t get bitter. He was not that kind of person. He was a very warm, caring, compassionate, generous person who was always so thoughtful and kind to others. And that&#8217;s the way he was in victory. And that&#8217;s the way he was in defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-cheney-working-with-president-bush-the-highlight-of-my-career-1386489923915\">full interview<\/a><\/strong> with former Vice President Cheney and <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-baker-president-bush-had-a-wonderful-life-1386488899737\">full interview<\/a><\/strong> with former Secretary of State Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Chief correspondent at <em>The Washington Post<\/em><strong> Dan Balz<\/strong>, <strong>former governor<\/strong><strong> Pat McCrory (R-N.C.)<\/strong>, distinguished senior fellow at Demos and Demos Action and NBC News contributor<strong> Heather McGhee<\/strong>, and NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and anchor of MSNBC\u2019s <em>Andrea Mitchell Reports<\/em><strong> Andrea Mitchell <\/strong>joined the broadcast\u2019s roundtable for insight and analysis on the week in politics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-panel-michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-to-lying-to-congress-1386508355897\">full panel<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/meet-press-transcripts-n51976\">full\u00a0transcrip<\/a><u>t<\/u>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Meet the Press<\/em>\u00a0this morning and follow the show\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/meetthepress\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/meetthepress\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for the latest.<\/p>\n<p><b># # #\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALSO: Exclusive interview with Sen. 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