STEPHANOPOULOS: Was he proper to take these paperwork to Mar-a-Lago?
SEN. ROY BLUNT (R-MO): Nicely, I believe we have to know extra in regards to the paperwork.
One of many issues I used to be involved about once I heard about this so-called raid or seizing of those paperwork was, why hadn’t the Intelligence Committee that I’ve been on for my time within the Senate and time within the Home, why hadn’t we heard something about this, the truth is, if the administration was involved that there was a nationwide safety drawback? …
STEPHANOPOULOS: However, Senator, that’s —
BLUNT: — if there’s an issue, the Oversight Committee ought to have been advised.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That is a good level and we’ll discover out why they weren’t or what was occurring. It was most likely to guard the felony investigation.
However setting that apart, whether or not or not these paperwork had been categorized, was it proper for the president to take these authorities paperwork which he’s supposed to show over to the Nationwide Archives all the way down to Mar-a-Lago?
BLUNT: It was — you ought to be cautious with categorized paperwork. I’ve had entry to paperwork like that for a very long time. I’m extremely cautious.
I used to be questioning as I used to be listening to that dialogue if the identical issues had been stated when Secretary Clinton had paperwork, when Director Comey had paperwork, that they had them on the Web which is far more harmful than having them in a field someplace.
However all people must be extra cautious about how these paperwork —
STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator, you are still not answering —
BLUNT: We should be certain we don’t characterize them in a different way.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Nicely, you’re nonetheless not — you are not answering the query. You had been essential of Senator Clinton who truly turned over what she had, turned over all her gadgets. What now we have here’s a scenario the place the president didn’t flip over these paperwork.
Are you able to say whether or not that was proper — or proper or improper? Do you imagine it was proper for the president to take these paperwork to Mar-a-Lago?
BLUNT: He ought to have turned the paperwork over and apparently had turned numerous paperwork over, George. What I ponder about is why this might go on for nearly two years and fewer than 100 days earlier than the election, all of a sudden, we’re speaking about this fairly than the financial system or inflation and even the scholar mortgage program you and I had been going to speak about at this time?
STEPHANOPOULOS: Nicely, it went on as a result of the president didn’t flip over the paperwork, right? He was requested a number of occasions. He didn’t flip them over. He was subpoenaed, he didn’t reply to the subpoena. . . .
BLUNT: I perceive he turned over a number of paperwork. He ought to have turned over all of them. I think about he is aware of that very nicely now as nicely.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Nicely, he hasn’t stated that. He stated he did nothing improper.
