Dick Durbin: Trump Taking Plane From Qatar Is 'Complete Recklessness'

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) slams President Trump for accepting a plane from Qatar to be Air Force One.

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00:00This administration is famous for, but it is also completely negligent and, as far as I'm concerned, reckless.

00:08To think that Air Force One, where the President is asked to function as our Commander-in-Chief in a situation room,

00:15making life-or-death decisions, is on a plane given to us by a foreign government with 200 miles of wiring in it,

00:23is an indication to me of complete recklessness on the part of the President.

00:27He is so dazzled by the notion of putting this plane in his presidential museum, he's forgotten his responsibility to this nation.

00:35Senator, are you concerned about a risk of espionage, a bug in the wiring?

00:38I certainly am. 200 miles of wiring in this plane.

00:42We're going to go through every square inch of that to make certain that Qataris or some other government

00:47doesn't have access to the most important decisions made by our President.

00:51This is irresponsible.

00:52Peter Schumer just called on Pam Bondi to testify before Congress about her decision of behind this approval.

00:58Have you had any conversations with Senator Grassley?

01:00No, I've not spoken to him about it.

01:02But remember, she was a paid agent of the Qatari government, a lobbyist, before she became Attorney General.

01:08We have questions that we've asked about how she cleared her ethics statement on her relationship with Qatar.

01:15And I think that this plane deal is really going to put it that front and center.

01:20What about the fact that Schumer says that he's going to place a blanket hold on all judiciary noms?

01:26That's obviously going to have an impact on your committee, potentially.

01:29Well, of course.

01:30Any senator can do that.

01:32And I think there's good reason for Chuck to ask this administration to give us the details about this outrageous deal.

01:38Senator, what do you think of what we're seeing from the Wager Means Committee?

01:42Senator, what do you think of what we're seeing from the Wager Means Committee?