WEBVTT 00:01.736 --> 00:02.469 A FAVOR, THOUGH. ANNOUNCING INVESTIGATIONS THAT 00:02.470 --> 00:04.471 ANNOUNCING INVESTIGATIONS THAT WOULD POLITICAL BENEFIT TRUMP, 00:04.505 --> 00:07.040 WOULD POLITICAL BENEFIT TRUMP, INCLUDING ONE INTO JOE BIDEN. 00:07.074 --> 00:08.275 INCLUDING ONE INTO JOE BIDEN. SO TRUMP AND THE UKRAINIAN 00:08.309 --> 00:09.876 SO TRUMP AND THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT HAVE THEIR PHONE CALL 00:09.878 --> 00:10.877 PRESIDENT HAVE THEIR PHONE CALL IN WHICH TRUMP APPEARS TO 00:10.878 --> 00:12.679 IN WHICH TRUMP APPEARS TO CONDITION MILITARY AID ON A 00:12.680 --> 00:14.180 CONDITION MILITARY AID ON A POLITICAL FAVOR. 00:14.182 --> 00:16.683 POLITICAL FAVOR. 90 MINUTES LATER, A TRUMP 00:16.684 --> 00:18.118 90 MINUTES LATER, A TRUMP POLITICAL APPOINTEE AT THE WHITE 00:18.152 --> 00:21.354 POLITICAL APPOINTEE AT THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE EMAILS THE 00:21.355 --> 00:24.591 HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE EMAILS THE PENTAGON ORDERING THEM TO 00:24.592 --> 00:27.861 PENTAGON ORDERING THEM TO WITHHOLD MILITARY AID, AND THAT 00:27.862 --> 00:29.896 WITHHOLD MILITARY AID, AND THAT EMAIL THE OFFICIAL WRITES, 00:29.931 --> 00:32.132 EMAIL THE OFFICIAL WRITES, QUOTE, GIVEN THE SENSITIVE 00:32.166 --> 00:33.466 QUOTE, GIVEN THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE REQUEST, I 00:33.468 --> 00:34.701 NATURE OF THE REQUEST, I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING THAT 00:34.703 --> 00:36.269 APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING THAT INFORMATION CLOSELY HELD TO 00:36.270 --> 00:37.570 INFORMATION CLOSELY HELD TO THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW TO 00:37.572 --> 00:39.806 THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW TO EXECUTE THE DIRECTION, END 00:39.841 --> 00:40.340 EXECUTE THE DIRECTION, END QUOTE. 00:40.375 --> 00:43.010 QUOTE. HERE IS WHERE RICHARD NIXON AND 00:43.011 --> 00:45.012 HERE IS WHERE RICHARD NIXON AND HIS RELUCTANTLY SIGNED 00:45.013 --> 00:46.213 HIS RELUCTANTLY SIGNED IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT COME IN. 00:46.248 --> 00:48.482 IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT COME IN. BECAUSE AS WE SAID, THE WHITE 00:48.516 --> 00:50.918 BECAUSE AS WE SAID, THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOUND 00:50.952 --> 00:51.385 HOUSE IS NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOUND MONEY. 00:51.419 --> 00:52.519 MONEY. THEY CANNOT STOP MONEY 00:52.520 --> 00:53.887 THEY CANNOT STOP MONEY APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS, AND 00:53.888 --> 00:54.788 APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS, AND THEY DEFINITELY CAN’T DO IT 00:54.789 --> 00:59.593 THEY DEFINITELY CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT NOTIFYING CONGRESS. 00:59.594 --> 01:01.795 WITHOUT NOTIFYING CONGRESS. AND THESE EMAILS PRIED LOOSE 01:01.796 --> 01:02.529 AND THESE EMAILS PRIED LOOSE ADDED TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 01:02.563 --> 01:04.765 ADDED TO THE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY WE ALREADY HAVE FROM 01:04.799 --> 01:05.999 TESTIMONY WE ALREADY HAVE FROM BUDGET AND PENTAGON OFFICIALS 01:06.000 --> 01:07.634 BUDGET AND PENTAGON OFFICIALS SHOW THAT CAREER OFFICIALS 01:07.635 --> 01:09.436 SHOW THAT CAREER OFFICIALS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT WERE 01:09.437 --> 01:10.137 ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT WERE FREAKING OUT THAT THEY MIGHT BE 01:10.171 --> 01:13.240 FREAKING OUT THAT THEY MIGHT BE BREAKING THE LAW. 01:13.241 --> 01:14.708 BREAKING THE LAW. THE POLITICAL APPOINTEE IN THE 01:14.743 --> 01:16.343 THE POLITICAL APPOINTEE IN THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE WHO 01:16.345 --> 01:18.245 WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE WHO SENT THAT EMAIL TO THE PENTAGON 01:18.279 --> 01:19.012 SENT THAT EMAIL TO THE PENTAGON 90 MINUTES AFTER TRUMP’S PHONE 01:19.047 --> 01:22.449 90 MINUTES AFTER TRUMP’S PHONE CALL, HIS NAME IS MICHAEL 01:22.450 --> 01:22.750 CALL, HIS NAME IS MICHAEL DUFFEY. 01:22.784 --> 01:24.085 DUFFEY. HE PREVIOUSLY RAN THE WISCONSIN 01:24.119 --> 01:24.752 HE PREVIOUSLY RAN THE WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN PARTY. 01:24.753 --> 01:27.021 REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE’S A POLITICAL APPOINTEE. 01:27.022 --> 01:28.856 HE’S A POLITICAL APPOINTEE. MARK SANDY, THE TOP CAREER 01:28.891 --> 01:29.790 MARK SANDY, THE TOP CAREER OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE 01:29.824 --> 01:33.861 OFFICIAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE, TOLD LAWMAKERS IN 01:33.895 --> 01:34.995 BUDGET OFFICE, TOLD LAWMAKERS IN CLOSED-DOOR TESTIMONY LAST MONTH 01:35.030 --> 01:37.865 CLOSED-DOOR TESTIMONY LAST MONTH THAT AS SOON AS DUFFEY ORDERED 01:37.866 --> 01:41.068 THAT AS SOON AS DUFFEY ORDERED HIM TO DELAY THE UKRAINE AID, 01:41.103 --> 01:43.237 HIM TO DELAY THE UKRAINE AID, SANDY IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT UP 01:43.271 --> 01:46.874 SANDY IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT UP WITH IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT. 01:46.875 --> 01:47.575 WITH IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT. HE SAID BASICALLY WE NEED TO 01:47.609 --> 01:48.776 HE SAID BASICALLY WE NEED TO TALK TO THE LAWYERS. 01:48.777 --> 01:50.144 TALK TO THE LAWYERS. BUT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, 01:50.178 --> 01:52.146 BUT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE POLITICAL APPOINTEE, DUFFEY, 01:52.147 --> 01:53.481 THE POLITICAL APPOINTEE, DUFFEY, TOOK CONTROL OF THE PROCESS AWAY 01:53.515 --> 01:56.384 TOOK CONTROL OF THE PROCESS AWAY FROM SANDY, THE CAREER OFFICIAL. 01:56.385 --> 01:58.319 FROM SANDY, THE CAREER OFFICIAL. BOTH MARK SANDY AND A PENTAGON 01:58.353 --> 02:00.554 BOTH MARK SANDY AND A PENTAGON OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS 02:00.555 --> 02:01.555 OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS AT THE TIME TESTIFIED TO 02:01.557 --> 02:03.190 AT THE TIME TESTIFIED TO CONGRESS THAT THEY REPEATEDLY 02:03.225 --> 02:04.224 CONGRESS THAT THEY REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED THEIR LEGAL CONCERNS 02:04.259 --> 02:06.594 EXPRESSED THEIR LEGAL CONCERNS TO DUFFEY AND URGED HIM TO TALK 02:06.595 --> 02:09.096 TO DUFFEY AND URGED HIM TO TALK TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, THE 02:09.131 --> 02:09.830 TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL, THE LAWYER, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT 02:09.865 --> 02:11.199 LAWYER, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW. 02:11.200 --> 02:13.301 THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW. MARK SANDY ALSO TESTIFIED THE 02:13.302 --> 02:16.204 MARK SANDY ALSO TESTIFIED THE TWO BUDGET OFFICIALS QUIT THEIR 02:16.205 --> 02:17.105 TWO BUDGET OFFICIALS QUIT THEIR JOBS OVER THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT 02:17.106 --> 02:18.106 JOBS OVER THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF WHAT THEY WERE 02:18.140 --> 02:22.110 THE LEGALITY OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING, SPECIFICALLY OVER 02:22.111 --> 02:22.810 DOING, SPECIFICALLY OVER POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE 02:22.812 --> 02:23.411 POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF THE IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT. 02:23.412 --> 02:28.182 IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT. NOW, YOUR LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT 02:28.217 --> 02:30.018 NOW, YOUR LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 02:30.019 --> 02:32.620 ABOUT THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 02:32.655 --> 02:33.888 AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974 MAY VARY. 02:33.922 --> 02:36.924 1974 MAY VARY. IT IS DECIDEDLY AN UNSEXY TITLE, 02:36.926 --> 02:38.793 IT IS DECIDEDLY AN UNSEXY TITLE, BUT WHAT’S ASTOUNDING HERE IS, 02:38.795 --> 02:40.028 BUT WHAT’S ASTOUNDING HERE IS, A, THIS NEW EVIDENCE 02:40.029 --> 02:41.229 A, THIS NEW EVIDENCE CORROBORATES THE EVIDENCE THAT 02:41.230 --> 02:42.230 CORROBORATES THE EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP OFFICIALS KNEW THEY WERE 02:42.264 --> 02:43.698 TRUMP OFFICIALS KNEW THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND QUITE 02:43.732 --> 02:45.934 DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND QUITE POSSIBLY SOMETHING ILLEGAL, AND 02:45.968 --> 02:47.369 POSSIBLY SOMETHING ILLEGAL, AND THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP THIS 02:47.403 --> 02:48.536 THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP THIS SCHEME QUIET WHILE IGNORING 02:48.571 --> 02:49.537 SCHEME QUIET WHILE IGNORING WARNINGS FROM CAREER OFFICIALS 02:49.538 --> 02:50.772 WARNINGS FROM CAREER OFFICIALS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT.