{"id":2782,"date":"2019-01-13T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T17:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2019-01-13T12:23:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T17:23:56","slug":"mtp-exclusive-sen-ted-cruz-on-new-york-times-report-of-fbi-inquiry-into-president-trump-ill-consider-whatever-evidence-is-produced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/01\/13\/mtp-exclusive-sen-ted-cruz-on-new-york-times-report-of-fbi-inquiry-into-president-trump-ill-consider-whatever-evidence-is-produced\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP EXCLUSIVE \u2013 SEN. TED CRUZ ON NEW YORK TIMES REPORT OF FBI INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP: \u201cI&#8217;LL CONSIDER WHATEVER EVIDENCE IS PRODUCED\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>ALSO &#8211; EXCLUSIVE WITH SEN. TIM KAINE: TRUMP\u2019S BORDER WALL IS A \u201cVANITY PROJECT\u201d AND \u201cINEFFECTIVE\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PLUS \u2013 <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>MICHAEL SCHMIDT AND BENJAMIN WITTES BREAK DOWN THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORT ON THE FBI INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JAN. 13, 2019<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Today on <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, <strong>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)<\/strong> said, \u201cAs a member of the Judiciary Committee, I&#8217;ll consider whatever evidence is produced,\u201d when asked about the recent <em>New York Times <\/em>report on the FBI inquiry into President Trump working on behalf of Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know the details or the specifics there. I know what was reported publicly in the media. I sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, so we will consider any allegations that come forward,\u201d Sen. Cruz told moderator Chuck Todd during the exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz also did not dismiss the report and said, \u201cI&#8217;ve seen the allegations. I want to find out a little bit more about what happened there. I want to learn more than just the allegations in the press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked to weigh in on Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s probe, Sen. Cruz said, \u201cWhen it comes to Mueller and the Russia investigation, the mainstream media, Washington is obsessed with it. And when you get outside the Beltway, I don&#8217;t find anybody concerned with this at all.\u201d Sen. Cruz also defended President Trump\u2019s policies on Russia saying, \u201cIf you compare, objectively, President Trump&#8217;s policies to Russia, compared to President Obama&#8217;s policies to Russia, by any measure, President Obama was much easier, was much more gentle, on Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz also responded to Rep. Steve King\u2019s recent comments lamenting that the \u2018white supremacist\u2019 label is considered offensive, saying,\u00a0it was \u201cstupid, it was hurtful, it was wrong, and he needs to stop it.\u201d He stopped short of saying he wouldn\u2019t support him in the future but continued, \u201cI think all of us ought to be united, regardless of party, in saying white supremacism, white nationalism is hatred, it is bigotry, it is evil, it is wrong, and I think we need that clarity and I&#8217;m certainly going to urge everyone to provide that clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the government shutdown, Sen. Cruz said, \u201cI hope on Monday, what we&#8217;ll see is, finally, Washington coming together and opening up the government.\u201d He said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) are \u201cplaying politics, because they hate Trump. And that&#8217;s not a good enough reason for Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to shut down the government.\u201d <strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-ted-cruz-interview-premature-to-subpoena-trump-russia-notes-1425001027827\">full interview<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) <\/strong>also joined the program for an exclusive interview and told Chuck Todd that the report on the FBI inquiry into President Trump will be a \u201ccritical issue in the Judiciary Committee hearings about the attorney general nominee.\u201d He continued by saying the FBI \u201chad to have a very deep level of concern about this president to take this step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Mueller investigation, Sen. Kaine said there are \u201cnearly 100 documented instances of ties between the Trump campaign, transition and administration with Russia, bizarre failure to be honest about meetings, and now this indication that President Trump has gone to unusual lengths to hide the content of discussions with Vladimir Putin.\u00a0But the right answer is, as you suggest, it is to protect the Mueller investigation at all costs, let it get to its end, make sure that the results are made public, so then can we decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the debate surrounding the government shutdown, Sen. Kaine said, \u201cWe first should reopen government. Why punish people who are applying for food stamps because the president is having a temper tantrum?\u201d \u201cWhat we don&#8217;t want to do is waste taxpayer money on a vanity project that&#8217;s ineffective, that the president said Mexico would pay for. But spending massive amounts on border security to keep us safe, Dems do it over and over again and it&#8217;s been Republicans that have been blocking it.\u201d <strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-tim-kaine-interview-trump-wall-is-a-vanity-project-1425002563740\">full interview<\/a><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plus, <em>New York Times<\/em> Correspondent and NBC News National Security Analyst<strong> Michael Schmidt <\/strong>and Lawfare Editor-in-Chief and NBC News Legal Analyst<strong> Benjamin Wittes <\/strong>joined the program to discuss the recent <em>New York Times <\/em>report that the FBI opened an inquiry into whether President Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia. Schmidt said on the program, \u201cWe know the Mueller probe inherited it. We know the Mueller probe has spent an enormous amount of time trying to figure out what the president has done in office in regard to the investigation, his interference with it. They&#8217;ve talked to all these White House officials. Do we know if there is still this belief and aspect that the president is working for the Russians? I can&#8217;t answer that.\u201d <strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-schmidt-and-wittes-investigation-into-trump-was-about-russia-full-stop-1425004099889\">full discussion<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Pollster and NBC News and MSNBC Political Analyst<strong> Cornell Belcher<\/strong>, Republican Strategist and Senior Partner at Squire Patton Boggs<strong> Al Cardenas<\/strong>, NBC News National Political Reporter<strong> Carol Lee<\/strong>, and Wall Street Journal Columnist and NBC News and MSNBC Political Analyst<strong> Peggy Noonan<\/strong> joined the broadcast\u2019s roundtable for insight and analysis on the week in politics. <strong>Watch the\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-panel-what-is-the-story-with-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-1425007171588\">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># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALSO &#8211; EXCLUSIVE WITH SEN. 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