Hoyer Discusses the Russia Investigation and President Trump’s First Overseas Trip on MSNBC
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WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined MSNBC's Katy Tur to discuss the investigation into President Trump's relationship with Russia and the President’s first overseas trip. Below are excerpts from the interview and a link to the video:
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On the Russia Investigation
“…I think that Bob Mueller’s appointment was an excellent appointment, which will in fact lead to a very fair, thorough investigation and the facts will dictate the result, not politics.”
“I think we need to move ahead in tandem or complementing the works of the special counsel with a commission. I think the Intelligence Committees ought to continue with their investigations, which will largely be in private. A commission which will have a much broader perspective, which will be what did the Russians do to interfere in our elections? What are they doing, frankly, perhaps even in a broader sense than just the United States, and what impact did that have on our election? I think that is a critically important legislative objective and public objective. The commission could be much more public in terms of its work and inform the public to what Russia did to put our democracy at risk. So I think that we have a number of investigations that should go forward, that will complement one another, and will get to the bottom of whatever happened.”
On President Trump’s First Overseas Trip
“I have a lot of concerns about this President dealing with foreign policy. I think during the course of the campaign, during the last weeks as President of the United States, he has said and done things which undermine the confidence that our allies have in us. It's important from our own interest to have their confidence, but it's important for the stability and security of the global community for them to have confidence in the United States of America and in its President. So I am certainly hopeful that he will not either say or do things in this trip that will further undermine and erode the confidence of our allies and raise doubts in their mind as to whether or not what we say from day-to-day is what will be said the next day or the day thereafter. And that we will, in fact, meet our treaty obligations, that we respect our allies, understand that we are in this together.”