Michigan candidate Mike Rogers tells 60 Minutes he worked on organized crime and public corruption at the FBI, but gives no yes or no, saying only, "I'll take the facts as I see them." Asked about the president accepting a jet from a Middle Eastern nation, he says, "that's not what I would have done," but that he doesn't think it's illegal. The narration also says he supported the unpopular war with Iran and now says it needs to "wind down."
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- Who
- Mike Rogers
- Where
- interview - 60 Minutes
- Original footage
- 60 Minutes · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 53 seconds, unedited within the cut
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He supported the unpopular war with Iran, but now says it needs to, quote, wind down. When it comes to another issue on voters' minds this fall, Rogers chooses his words carefully. Do you think that the Trump administration has a corruption problem? Well, I can tell you this. I'm an FBI agent by training. What did you work on as an FBI agent? Organized crime and public corruption. And public corruption, yes. Yes. So I'm gonna act as United States Senator with the best interest of Michigan. I can tell you that right now Can you tell me a little bit more about what that would mean? I'll take the facts as I see them and I'll make a decision based on that. The President of the United States accepted a jet From a Middle Eastern nation. Do you think he should have done that? I mean that's not what I would have done But that's I don't think it's illegal for the president to do that Well, thank you, Mr.
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