WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.206 ♪ Liberty, Liberty, Liberty, Liberty ♪ 00:07.208 --> 00:09.576 Liberty, Liberty ♪ >>> THE EDITORIAL PAGES ARE NOT 00:09.577 --> 00:12.212 >>> THE EDITORIAL PAGES ARE NOT USUALLY WHERE YOU TURN TO GET 00:12.213 --> 00:13.980 USUALLY WHERE YOU TURN TO GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS BUT IN 00:13.981 --> 00:15.415 THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS BUT IN THE CASE OF "THE WASHINGTON 00:15.449 --> 00:17.150 THE CASE OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" DURING THE TRUMP ERA THAT 00:17.185 --> 00:19.386 POST" DURING THE TRUMP ERA THAT HAS OFTEN TURNED OUT TO BE THE 00:19.387 --> 00:19.686 HAS OFTEN TURNED OUT TO BE THE CASE. 00:19.687 --> 00:21.321 CASE. WE’VE SEEN "THE WASHINGTON POST" 00:21.355 --> 00:23.290 WE’VE SEEN "THE WASHINGTON POST" IN ITS EDITORIALS AND COLUMNS 00:23.324 --> 00:24.224 IN ITS EDITORIALS AND COLUMNS BREAK HUGE STORIES. 00:24.258 --> 00:28.995 BREAK HUGE STORIES. THE THE NEWS OF MICHAEL FLYNN 00:29.030 --> 00:31.431 THE THE NEWS OF MICHAEL FLYNN SECRETLY TALKING ABOUT 00:31.466 --> 00:32.832 SECRETLY TALKING ABOUT SANCTIONS, AND SOMETHING THAT 00:32.834 --> 00:34.368 SANCTIONS, AND SOMETHING THAT MAY YET PUT FLYNN IN PRISON. 00:34.402 --> 00:39.606 MAY YET PUT FLYNN IN PRISON. THAT WAS A DAVID IGNACEOUS 00:39.607 --> 00:41.108 THAT WAS A DAVID IGNACEOUS COLUMN IN JANUARY 2017. 00:41.109 --> 00:41.842 COLUMN IN JANUARY 2017. WE’VE ALSO SEEN "THE POST" JUST 00:41.843 --> 00:44.011 WE’VE ALSO SEEN "THE POST" JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IN AN EDITORIAL 00:44.012 --> 00:47.748 A FEW WEEKS AGO IN AN EDITORIAL BREAK THE NEWS ABOUT PRESIDENT 00:47.782 --> 00:49.617 BREAK THE NEWS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GIVE THEM DIRT ON JOE 00:49.651 --> 00:53.053 TRUMP TO GIVE THEM DIRT ON JOE BIDEN, THE EXACT PLOT THAT HAS 00:53.054 --> 00:55.322 BIDEN, THE EXACT PLOT THAT HAS NOW LED TO THESE VERY SERIOUS 00:55.323 --> 00:56.056 NOW LED TO THESE VERY SERIOUS IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST 00:56.090 --> 00:56.857 IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. 00:56.858 --> 00:58.559 THE PRESIDENT. NOW AS THEY GO FORWARD ON 00:58.560 --> 00:59.994 NOW AS THEY GO FORWARD ON SERIOUS FOOTING, "THE WASHINGTON 01:00.028 --> 01:01.428 SERIOUS FOOTING, "THE WASHINGTON POST" EDITORIAL PAGE APPEARS TO 01:01.429 --> 01:02.963 POST" EDITORIAL PAGE APPEARS TO HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. 01:02.997 --> 01:05.399 HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN IT’S FROM COLUMNIST 01:05.433 --> 01:08.669 ONCE AGAIN IT’S FROM COLUMNIST DAVID IGNACEOUS, AND WE’VE GOT 01:08.703 --> 01:09.436 DAVID IGNACEOUS, AND WE’VE GOT SOMETHING NEW HERE. 01:09.471 --> 01:11.872 SOMETHING NEW HERE. IN HIS LATEST COLUMN HE RAISES 01:11.907 --> 01:15.642 IN HIS LATEST COLUMN HE RAISES THE PROSPECT THIS SCHEME 01:15.677 --> 01:16.377 THE PROSPECT THIS SCHEME CURRENTLY AT THE STROF THE HOUSE 01:16.411 --> 01:17.277 CURRENTLY AT THE STROF THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION MAY 01:17.279 --> 01:18.378 IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION MAY HAVE BEEN ROUND 2 FOR PRESIDENT 01:18.380 --> 01:20.915 HAVE BEEN ROUND 2 FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND UKRAINE. 01:20.949 --> 01:22.049 TRUMP AND UKRAINE. HE MAY HAVE DONE THIS EXACT 01:22.050 --> 01:24.084 HE MAY HAVE DONE THIS EXACT THING ONCE BEFORE WITH UKRAINE, 01:24.119 --> 01:26.186 THING ONCE BEFORE WITH UKRAINE, BEFORE HE DID IT THIS TIME AND 01:26.187 --> 01:28.355 BEFORE HE DID IT THIS TIME AND GOT CAUGHT. 01:28.390 --> 01:31.192 GOT CAUGHT. BEFORE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WAS 01:31.193 --> 01:33.194 BEFORE VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT 01:33.195 --> 01:35.296 ELECTED PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT WAS THIS MAN. 01:35.297 --> 01:37.598 WAS THIS MAN. ACCORDING TO USA TODAY IN 2017 01:37.599 --> 01:39.200 ACCORDING TO USA TODAY IN 2017 AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED, HIS 01:39.234 --> 01:41.936 AFTER TRUMP WAS ELECTED, HIS GOVERNMENT HIRED AN EXPENSIVE 01:41.970 --> 01:43.204 GOVERNMENT HIRED AN EXPENSIVE LOBBYING FIRM IN WASHINGTON TO 01:43.205 --> 01:45.606 LOBBYING FIRM IN WASHINGTON TO TRY TO GIVE HIM AND HIS 01:45.641 --> 01:47.408 TRY TO GIVE HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT BETTER CONTACTS WITH 01:47.409 --> 01:49.176 GOVERNMENT BETTER CONTACTS WITH THE NEW AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION. 01:49.211 --> 01:50.211 THE NEW AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION. THEY WERE PAYING TRYING TO TO 01:50.245 --> 01:51.446 THEY WERE PAYING TRYING TO TO GET INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. 01:51.480 --> 01:52.980 GET INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. THEY WANTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH 01:52.982 --> 01:54.381 THEY WANTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE NEW TRUMP FOLKS. 01:54.383 --> 01:56.917 THE NEW TRUMP FOLKS. ACCORDING TO DAVID IGNACEOUS, IT 01:56.919 --> 02:01.021 ACCORDING TO DAVID IGNACEOUS, IT WASN’T WORKING. 02:01.023 --> 02:03.724 WASN’T WORKING. QUOTE, UKRAINE HAD LIAR HIRED 02:03.726 --> 02:05.526 QUOTE, UKRAINE HAD LIAR HIRED THE LOBBYING FIRM BUT NOTHING 02:05.560 --> 02:06.660 THE LOBBYING FIRM BUT NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. 02:06.695 --> 02:08.729 HAD HAPPENED. BUT SUDDENLY SIX MONTHS DOWN THE 02:08.730 --> 02:11.232 BUT SUDDENLY SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD IN JUNE 2017 IGNACEOUS 02:11.233 --> 02:13.501 ROAD IN JUNE 2017 IGNACEOUS SAYS, QUOTE, THE DOOR OPENED. 02:13.502 --> 02:13.734 SAYS, QUOTE, THE DOOR OPENED. WHY? 02:13.769 --> 02:15.035 WHY? WELL, HERE’S SOMETHING WE DIDN’T 02:15.037 --> 02:15.837 WELL, HERE’S SOMETHING WE DIDN’T KNOW BEFORE. 02:15.838 --> 02:18.840 KNOW BEFORE. ON JUNE 7th, RUDY GIULIANI, 02:18.841 --> 02:23.178 ON JUNE 7th, RUDY GIULIANI, VISITED UKRAINE, VISITED KIEV. 02:23.212 --> 02:23.945 VISITED UKRAINE, VISITED KIEV. HE WAS THERE GIVING A SPEECH AND 02:23.946 --> 02:29.050 HE WAS THERE GIVING A SPEECH AND WHILE HE WAS THERE HE MET WITH 02:29.051 --> 02:31.019 WHILE HE WAS THERE HE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND WHO KNOWS WHAT 02:31.020 --> 02:32.320 THE PRESIDENT AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WAS SAID AT THAT MEETING. 02:32.321 --> 02:35.456 WAS SAID AT THAT MEETING. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, FOR 02:35.491 --> 02:36.424 WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, FOR SOME STRANGE REASON WITHIN OF A 02:36.458 --> 02:38.659 SOME STRANGE REASON WITHIN OF A COUPLE OF DAYS OF THAT MEETING 02:38.661 --> 02:40.061 COUPLE OF DAYS OF THAT MEETING UKRAINE’S ONGOING THEN CRIMINAL 02:40.062 --> 02:41.763 UKRAINE’S ONGOING THEN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TRUMP’S 02:41.764 --> 02:45.166 INVESTIGATIONS OF TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN PAUL MANAFORT 02:45.201 --> 02:45.566 CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN PAUL MANAFORT GOT DROPPED. 02:45.568 --> 02:48.169 GOT DROPPED. PAUL MANAFORT WAS UNDER 02:48.171 --> 02:52.140 PAUL MANAFORT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND MILLIONS OF 02:52.174 --> 03:01.583 INVESTIGATION AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ILLICIT OFF THE BOOKS 03:01.617 --> 03:03.184 DOLLARS IN ILLICIT OFF THE BOOKS -- AND THAT WAS UKRAINE’S MONEY 03:03.186 --> 03:11.893 -- AND THAT WAS UKRAINE’S MONEY THAT WENT UP THE CHIMNEY WITH 03:11.894 --> 03:12.293 THAT WENT UP THE CHIMNEY WITH THOSE GUYS. 03:12.295 --> 03:13.262 THOSE GUYS. AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS 03:13.296 --> 03:15.263 AS PART OF THEIR INVESTIGATIONS OF MANAFORT WE BELIEVE THOSE 03:15.265 --> 03:17.899 OF MANAFORT WE BELIEVE THOSE UKRAINE WHEREIN ANTI-CORRUPTION 03:17.900 --> 03:18.867 UKRAINE WHEREIN ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTORS WERE COOPERATING 03:18.868 --> 03:20.368 PROSECUTORS WERE COOPERATING WITH THE DOMESTIC INVESTIGATION 03:20.370 --> 03:22.404 WITH THE DOMESTIC INVESTIGATION OF PAUL MANAFORT HERE AT HOME, 03:22.438 --> 03:25.474 OF PAUL MANAFORT HERE AT HOME, THE ONE PART OF THE SPECIAL 03:25.508 --> 03:26.174 THE ONE PART OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S INVESTIGATION AND 03:26.175 --> 03:33.515 COUNSEL’S INVESTIGATION AND ULTIMATELY WOULD RESULT IN MAN 03:33.549 --> 03:34.149 ULTIMATELY WOULD RESULT IN MAN MANAFORT’S PROSECUTION ON 03:34.183 --> 03:35.117 MANAFORT’S PROSECUTION ON MULTIPLE COUNTS. 03:35.151 --> 03:37.152 MULTIPLE COUNTS. MYSTERIOUSLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF 03:37.186 --> 03:39.621 MYSTERIOUSLY WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF GIULIANI MEETING AND 03:39.655 --> 03:40.822 DAYS OF GIULIANI MEETING AND VISITING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF 03:40.823 --> 03:42.157 VISITING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AND HIS TOP PROSECUTOR, 03:42.191 --> 03:44.426 UKRAINE AND HIS TOP PROSECUTOR, WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS MEETING 03:44.427 --> 03:46.595 WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS MEETING THE MANAFORT CASES GET TAKEN 03:46.596 --> 03:48.397 THE MANAFORT CASES GET TAKEN AWAY FROM THE ANTI-CORRUPTION 03:48.398 --> 03:50.832 AWAY FROM THE ANTI-CORRUPTION GUYS AND MOVE TO BE BASICALLY 03:50.867 --> 03:52.033 GUYS AND MOVE TO BE BASICALLY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE 03:52.035 --> 03:52.401 UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT. 03:52.435 --> 03:54.336 PRESIDENT. AND PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WERE MAD 03:54.337 --> 03:54.937 AND PEOPLE IN UKRAINE WERE MAD ABOUT THIS. 03:54.938 --> 03:58.440 ABOUT THIS. THIS WAS THE HEADLINE IN THE 03:58.442 --> 04:01.510 THIS WAS THE HEADLINE IN THE KIEV POST WHEN IT HAPPENED. 04:01.511 --> 04:04.246 KIEV POST WHEN IT HAPPENED. QUOTE, BLACK LEDGER 04:04.280 --> 04:05.047 QUOTE, BLACK LEDGER INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO COME TO 04:05.048 --> 04:05.647 INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO COME TO A HALT. 04:05.649 --> 04:06.715 A HALT. QUOTE, AFTER A YEAR OF 04:06.749 --> 04:08.250 QUOTE, AFTER A YEAR OF INVESTIGATION BY UKRAINIAN LAW 04:08.251 --> 04:09.051 INVESTIGATION BY UKRAINIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT THE CASE OF THE 04:09.052 --> 04:12.821 ENFORCEMENT THE CASE OF THE BLACK LEDGER, A SECRET HAND 04:12.822 --> 04:14.256 BLACK LEDGER, A SECRET HAND WRITTEN LIST OF $2 BILLION OF 04:14.290 --> 04:16.492 WRITTEN LIST OF $2 BILLION OF SHADY PAYMENTS BY THE POLITICAL 04:16.526 --> 04:19.261 SHADY PAYMENTS BY THE POLITICAL PARTY OF THE OUSTED PRESIDENT 04:19.262 --> 04:20.229 PARTY OF THE OUSTED PRESIDENT APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED. 04:20.230 --> 04:21.330 APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED. WHEN REPORTS OF THE FINDING OF 04:21.331 --> 04:24.366 WHEN REPORTS OF THE FINDING OF THE LEDGER FIRST SURFACED LAST 04:24.401 --> 04:25.067 THE LEDGER FIRST SURFACED LAST YEAR THE SCANDAL LED TO THE 04:25.068 --> 04:26.302 YEAR THE SCANDAL LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF 04:26.336 --> 04:27.469 RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL 04:27.504 --> 04:30.038 DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN TEAM, PAUL 04:30.073 --> 04:32.441 ELECTION CAMPAIGN TEAM, PAUL MANAFORT, WHOSE NAME WAS FOUND 04:32.442 --> 04:34.276 MANAFORT, WHOSE NAME WAS FOUND IN THE LEDGER NEXT TO THE SUMS 04:34.311 --> 04:35.878 IN THE LEDGER NEXT TO THE SUMS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 04:35.879 --> 04:36.412 OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. 04:36.446 --> 04:38.280 DOLLARS. BUT THE ANTI-CORRUPTION 04:38.315 --> 04:39.314 BUT THE ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTORS OFFICE OF UKRAINE 04:39.349 --> 04:41.350 PROSECUTORS OFFICE OF UKRAINE HAS NOW PASSED THE 04:41.351 --> 04:42.952 HAS NOW PASSED THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DOCUMENTS TO THE 04:42.953 --> 04:43.586 ANTI-CORRUPTION DOCUMENTS TO THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS 04:43.587 --> 04:45.187 SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTOR 04:45.222 --> 04:46.855 DEPARTMENT OF THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE. 04:46.890 --> 04:47.656 GENERAL’S OFFICE. AND OF COURSE DIFFERENT 04:47.657 --> 04:50.993 AND OF COURSE DIFFERENT PROSECUTORS OFFICES, WE DON’T 04:51.027 --> 04:51.293 PROSECUTORS OFFICES, WE DON’T KNOW. 04:51.294 --> 04:52.861 KNOW. FROM HERE YOU HOW DO WE KNOW HOW 04:52.896 --> 04:56.198 FROM HERE YOU HOW DO WE KNOW HOW TO JUDGE THE VARIOUS EQUITIES OR 04:56.233 --> 04:57.332 TO JUDGE THE VARIOUS EQUITIES OR PROPRIETIES OF THE DIFFERENT 04:57.367 --> 04:59.702 PROPRIETIES OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY? 04:59.703 --> 05:01.404 TYPES OF OFFICES IN THE COUNTRY? WE DON’T KNOW, BUT THEY DO. 05:01.405 --> 05:03.172 WE DON’T KNOW, BUT THEY DO. A FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL IN 05:03.173 --> 05:04.807 A FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL IN UKRAINE WAS QUOTED AT THE TIME 05:04.841 --> 05:06.475 UKRAINE WAS QUOTED AT THE TIME EXPLAINING WHAT EXACTLY IT MEANT 05:06.510 --> 05:08.010 EXPLAINING WHAT EXACTLY IT MEANT THAT THESE MANAFORT PROSECUTION 05:08.012 --> 05:10.679 THAT THESE MANAFORT PROSECUTION WERE MOVED FROM THE 05:10.681 --> 05:11.414 WERE MOVED FROM THE ANTI-CORRUPTION FOLKS TO THIS 05:11.415 --> 05:12.682 ANTI-CORRUPTION FOLKS TO THIS OTHER OFFICE UNDER THE 05:12.683 --> 05:13.015 OTHER OFFICE UNDER THE PRESIDENT. 05:13.050 --> 05:14.817 PRESIDENT. QUOTE, THE FACT THE BLACK LEDGER 05:14.818 --> 05:17.253 QUOTE, THE FACT THE BLACK LEDGER CASE WAS PASSED MEANS IT WILL 05:17.287 --> 05:18.888 CASE WAS PASSED MEANS IT WILL FROM NOW ON BE UNDER POLITICAL 05:18.889 --> 05:19.522 FROM NOW ON BE UNDER POLITICAL CONTROL, HE SAID. 05:19.523 --> 05:21.190 CONTROL, HE SAID. HE SAID, QUOTE, IT IS CLEAR FOR 05:21.191 --> 05:22.725 HE SAID, QUOTE, IT IS CLEAR FOR ME THAT SOMEBODY GAVE AN ORDER 05:22.726 --> 05:26.829 ME THAT SOMEBODY GAVE AN ORDER TO BURY THE BLACK LEDGER. 05:26.863 --> 05:31.400 TO BURY THE BLACK LEDGER. AND THEN PRESTO, INTERESTING. 05:31.435 --> 05:33.403 AND THEN PRESTO, INTERESTING. RUDY GETS HIS MEETING, THE 05:33.404 --> 05:35.338 RUDY GETS HIS MEETING, THE MANAFORT CASES GET DROPPED, GET 05:35.339 --> 05:35.638 MANAFORT CASES GET DROPPED, GET BURIED. 05:35.673 --> 05:37.206 BURIED. AND THEN LESS THAN A WEEK LATER 05:37.241 --> 05:38.841 AND THEN LESS THAN A WEEK LATER THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT GETS HIS 05:38.876 --> 05:39.675 THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT GETS HIS WHITE HOUSE MEETING. 05:39.710 --> 05:42.445 WHITE HOUSE MEETING. THE ONE THAT THE UKRAINIAN 05:42.446 --> 05:44.213 THE ONE THAT THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN TRYING FOR 05:44.214 --> 05:46.215 PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN TRYING FOR FRUITLESSLY FOR MONTHS, IT 05:46.217 --> 05:50.753 FRUITLESSLY FOR MONTHS, IT INSTANTLY COMES THROUGH AS SOON 05:50.755 --> 05:52.355 INSTANTLY COMES THROUGH AS SOON AS THOSE MANAFORT CASES ARE 05:52.389 --> 05:52.689 AS THOSE MANAFORT CASES ARE SHELVED. 05:52.723 --> 05:53.923 SHELVED. SO A NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SWORN 05:53.924 --> 05:55.925 SO A NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SWORN IN HERE. 05:55.926 --> 05:56.860 IN HERE. UKRAINIANS CAN’T GET ANYWHERE 05:56.894 --> 05:58.862 UKRAINIANS CAN’T GET ANYWHERE WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. 05:58.863 --> 05:59.796 WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. GIULIANI GOES OVER THERE AND 05:59.830 --> 06:01.464 GIULIANI GOES OVER THERE AND MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND 06:01.498 --> 06:02.065 MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AND PROSECUTOR. 06:02.066 --> 06:10.073 PROSECUTOR. WITHIN A WEEK, ACTUALLY THE KIEV 06:10.074 --> 06:12.342 WITHIN A WEEK, ACTUALLY THE KIEV POST SAYS ALONG WITH ANY HELP 06:12.376 --> 06:13.776 POST SAYS ALONG WITH ANY HELP THAT UKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS MIGHT 06:13.778 --> 06:15.979 THAT UKRAINIAN PROSECUTORS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TO U.S. 06:16.014 --> 06:17.614 HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TO U.S. PROSECUTORS, THE SPECIAL 06:17.648 --> 06:18.748 PROSECUTORS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE WHICH WAS RIGHT 06:18.749 --> 06:21.184 COUNSEL’S OFFICE WHICH WAS RIGHT THEN GEARING UP TO THE CHARGE 06:21.218 --> 06:22.919 THEN GEARING UP TO THE CHARGE MANAFORT WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES. 06:22.954 --> 06:24.888 MANAFORT WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES. THAT ALL GOES AWAY RIGHT AFTER 06:24.889 --> 06:27.891 THAT ALL GOES AWAY RIGHT AFTER THE GIULIANI MEETING AND WITHIN 06:27.892 --> 06:31.361 THE GIULIANI MEETING AND WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF GIULIANI MEETING 06:31.362 --> 06:32.963 TWO WEEKS OF GIULIANI MEETING AND THE MEETING OF THE MANAFORT 06:32.964 --> 06:34.898 AND THE MEETING OF THE MANAFORT CASES, PRESTO, THE UKRAINIAN 06:34.899 --> 06:36.967 CASES, PRESTO, THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT GETS HIS WHITE HOUSE 06:36.968 --> 06:38.401 PRESIDENT GETS HIS WHITE HOUSE MEETING HE COULDN’T GET ANYWHERE 06:38.436 --> 06:39.736 MEETING HE COULDN’T GET ANYWHERE NEAR FOR MONTHS BEFORE THAT. 06:39.771 --> 06:41.304 NEAR FOR MONTHS BEFORE THAT. AGAIN, THIS IS NEW FROM "THE 06:41.339 --> 06:43.173 AGAIN, THIS IS NEW FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" COLUMNIST DAVID 06:43.207 --> 06:43.573 WASHINGTON POST" COLUMNIST DAVID IGNACEOUS. 06:43.574 --> 06:45.275 IGNACEOUS. THE REPORTER WHO BROKE THE MIKE 06:45.276 --> 06:47.310 THE REPORTER WHO BROKE THE MIKE FLYNN TALKING TO THE RUSSIAN 06:47.311 --> 06:49.112 FLYNN TALKING TO THE RUSSIAN STORY BACK IN JANUARY 2017 06:49.146 --> 06:50.313 STORY BACK IN JANUARY 2017 BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE. 06:50.315 --> 06:52.783 BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE. THIS IS IGNACEOUS WRITING ON THE 06:52.817 --> 06:54.518 THIS IS IGNACEOUS WRITING ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE THAT BROKE THE 06:54.519 --> 06:56.687 EDITORIAL PAGE THAT BROKE THE UKRAINE SCANDAL THAT HAS NOW LED 06:56.688 --> 06:59.623 UKRAINE SCANDAL THAT HAS NOW LED TO IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS 06:59.658 --> 07:00.991 TO IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, AND HERE 07:01.025 --> 07:03.026 AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, AND HERE HE ARGUES IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY 07:03.060 --> 07:03.894 HE ARGUES IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MAY BE ROUND 2. 07:03.928 --> 07:04.895 BE ROUND 2. PRESIDENT TRUMP WORKING WITH 07:04.896 --> 07:05.829 PRESIDENT TRUMP WORKING WITH RUDY GIULIANI, THE EXTORTION OF 07:05.864 --> 07:07.397 RUDY GIULIANI, THE EXTORTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE, 07:07.432 --> 07:09.733 THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE, GETTING THEM TO DO THINGS TO 07:09.734 --> 07:10.934 GETTING THEM TO DO THINGS TO HELP TRUMP IN EXCHANGE FOR 07:10.969 --> 07:12.903 HELP TRUMP IN EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING THAT COUNTRY 07:12.937 --> 07:15.806 SOMETHING THAT COUNTRY DESPERATELY WANTED AND NEEDED 07:15.807 --> 07:16.440 DESPERATELY WANTED AND NEEDED FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. 07:16.441 --> 07:17.141 FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. AND ONE LAST POINT. 07:17.175 --> 07:19.443 AND ONE LAST POINT. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT LAST 07:19.444 --> 07:22.746 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR THERE WAS A "NEW YORK 07:22.747 --> 07:23.280 YEAR THERE WAS A "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORT. 07:23.314 --> 07:25.916 TIMES" REPORT. WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT ON 07:25.917 --> 07:26.450 WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW. 07:26.451 --> 07:28.852 THE SHOW. IT WAS A REPORT FROM "THE NEW 07:28.853 --> 07:30.454 IT WAS A REPORT FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES" LAST MAY WHICH 07:30.455 --> 07:32.423 YORK TIMES" LAST MAY WHICH SUGGEST SAID WHEN UKRAINE 07:32.424 --> 07:34.358 SUGGEST SAID WHEN UKRAINE DROPPED THOSE MANAFORT CASES AND 07:34.393 --> 07:37.194 DROPPED THOSE MANAFORT CASES AND THEY STOPPED HELPING THE SPECIAL 07:37.229 --> 07:38.529 THEY STOPPED HELPING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE HERE WITH THEIR 07:38.530 --> 07:40.664 COUNSEL’S OFFICE HERE WITH THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION OF MANAFORT, 07:40.665 --> 07:41.665 OWN INVESTIGATION OF MANAFORT, "THE TIMES" REPORTING SUGGESTED 07:41.666 --> 07:43.066 "THE TIMES" REPORTING SUGGESTED LAST YEAR WHEN THEY SHELVED 07:43.068 --> 07:45.636 LAST YEAR WHEN THEY SHELVED THOSE MANAFORT CASES, UKRAINIANS 07:45.637 --> 07:47.638 THOSE MANAFORT CASES, UKRAINIANS WERE NOT ONLY IN THE WORDS OF 07:47.639 --> 07:48.973 WERE NOT ONLY IN THE WORDS OF ONE UKRAINIAN LAWYER DOING THAT 07:49.007 --> 07:51.342 ONE UKRAINIAN LAWYER DOING THAT IN AN EFFORT TO, QUOTE, AVOID 07:51.376 --> 07:56.447 IN AN EFFORT TO, QUOTE, AVOID IRRITATING THE TOP OFFICIALS, 07:56.448 --> 07:59.550 IRRITATING THE TOP OFFICIALS, THEY WERE ALSO DOING IT THEY 07:59.551 --> 08:01.352 THEY WERE ALSO DOING IT THEY BELIEVED TO STOP IT FROM 08:01.353 --> 08:03.287 BELIEVED TO STOP IT FROM SECURING THE JAVELIN MISSILES. 08:03.322 --> 08:04.655 SECURING THE JAVELIN MISSILES. THE UKRAINE GOVERNMENT FOR SOME 08:04.690 --> 08:06.157 THE UKRAINE GOVERNMENT FOR SOME REASON APPEARS TO HAVE BELIEVED 08:06.158 --> 08:07.692 REASON APPEARS TO HAVE BELIEVED AT THAT TIME THAT DROPPING THE 08:07.693 --> 08:09.460 AT THAT TIME THAT DROPPING THE CASES AGAINST MANAFORT WOULD NOT 08:09.461 --> 08:11.963 CASES AGAINST MANAFORT WOULD NOT ONLY AVOID IRRITATING TOP U.S. 08:11.964 --> 08:13.197 ONLY AVOID IRRITATING TOP U.S. OFFICIALS, IT WOULD ALSO 08:13.199 --> 08:14.699 OFFICIALS, IT WOULD ALSO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF THOSE 08:14.733 --> 08:17.035 FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF THOSE MISSILES FROM THE U.S. 08:17.069 --> 08:17.468 MISSILES FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. 08:17.469 --> 08:20.004 GOVERNMENT. WELL, IN THE END THEY DID KILL 08:20.038 --> 08:21.339 WELL, IN THE END THEY DID KILL THE MANAFORT CASES. 08:21.373 --> 08:23.508 THE MANAFORT CASES. THEY DID STOP HELPING THE 08:23.542 --> 08:24.642 THEY DID STOP HELPING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HERE WHEN THEY 08:24.676 --> 08:27.077 SPECIAL COUNSEL HERE WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING INTO MANAFORT. 08:27.079 --> 08:29.213 WERE LOOKING INTO MANAFORT. AFTER DOING SO THEY NOW ALL OF A 08:29.248 --> 08:30.781 AFTER DOING SO THEY NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE NOW KNOW DID GET THEIR 08:30.816 --> 08:31.916 SUDDEN WE NOW KNOW DID GET THEIR WHITE HOUSE MEETING FOR THEIR 08:31.950 --> 08:33.451 WHITE HOUSE MEETING FOR THEIR PRESIDENT THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY 08:33.485 --> 08:35.420 PRESIDENT THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY COULDN’T GET. 08:35.454 --> 08:36.220 COULDN’T GET. AND THEY DID FINALLY GET THE 08:36.222 --> 08:38.189 AND THEY DID FINALLY GET THE DELIVERY OF THOSE JAVELIN 08:38.223 --> 08:39.824 DELIVERY OF THOSE JAVELIN MISSILES THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY 08:39.825 --> 08:40.892 MISSILES THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY COULDN’T GET. 08:40.893 --> 08:45.330 COULDN’T GET. AND GIULIANI WAS TAKING MEETINGS 08:45.331 --> 08:45.997 AND GIULIANI WAS TAKING MEETINGS IN UKRAINE ALL THROUGH THE 08:45.998 --> 08:46.531 IN UKRAINE ALL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THAT. 08:46.565 --> 08:48.433 MIDDLE OF THAT. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR OR 08:48.434 --> 08:48.733 DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR OR WHAT? 08:48.734 --> 08:49.968 WHAT? WAS THAT ROUND ONE? 08:50.002 --> 08:52.036 WAS THAT ROUND ONE? WAS THAT THE DRESS REHEARSAL ON 08:52.037 --> 08:57.408 WAS THAT THE DRESS REHEARSAL ON HOW TO EXTORT STUFF OUT OF 08:57.409 --> 08:57.742 HOW TO EXTORT STUFF OUT OF UKRAINE? 08:57.743 --> 09:00.311 UKRAINE? AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET AWAY 09:00.312 --> 09:03.247 AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET AWAY WITH IT THIS YEAR TOO MANY 09:03.249 --> 09:05.350 WITH IT THIS YEAR TOO MANY PEOPLE SAW THEM AND SQUAWKED. 09:05.351 --> 09:07.051 PEOPLE SAW THEM AND SQUAWKED. IS THE REASON HE THOUGHT THIS 09:07.053 --> 09:09.720 IS THE REASON HE THOUGHT THIS WAS ALL FINE IS BECAUSE HE’S 09:09.722 --> 09:11.356 WAS ALL FINE IS BECAUSE HE’S DONE IT BEFORE AND GOT AWAY WITH 09:11.357 --> 09:12.757 DONE IT BEFORE AND GOT AWAY WITH IT AND THOUGHT IT WAS LEGAL. 09:12.792 --> 09:14.225 IT AND THOUGHT IT WAS LEGAL. THIS QUESTION IS BEING RAISED BY 09:14.260 --> 09:16.628 THIS QUESTION IS BEING RAISED BY A WELL-CONNECTED COLUMNIST 09:16.629 --> 09:18.663 A WELL-CONNECTED COLUMNIST WORKING ON A JOURNALISTIC PIECE 09:18.698 --> 09:19.130 WORKING ON A JOURNALISTIC PIECE OF REAL ESTATE. 09:19.165 --> 09:21.433 OF REAL ESTATE. AND I’LL TELL YOU ONE FINAL 09:21.434 --> 09:22.634 AND I’LL TELL YOU ONE FINAL POINT ABOUT IT, IT KIND OF LOOKS 09:22.635 --> 09:25.370 POINT ABOUT IT, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THE IMPEACHMENT 09:25.371 --> 09:26.371 LIKE THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATORS ON CAPITOL HILL 09:26.372 --> 09:27.672 INVESTIGATORS ON CAPITOL HILL MAY BE ONTO THIS ALREADY. 09:27.707 --> 09:30.208 MAY BE ONTO THIS ALREADY. AND I’M SAYING THAT BASED ON ONE 09:30.243 --> 09:32.277 AND I’M SAYING THAT BASED ON ONE LITTLE TINY SHORT PIECE OF TAPE. 09:32.312 --> 09:32.844 LITTLE TINY SHORT PIECE OF TAPE. WATCH THIS. 09:32.879 --> 09:36.781 WATCH THIS. THIS IS CONGRESSMAN JERRY CONLEY 09:36.816 --> 09:39.450 THIS IS CONGRESSMAN JERRY CONLEY COMING OUT OF THE SEALED HEARING 09:39.485 --> 09:41.787 COMING OUT OF THE SEALED HEARING ROOM WHERE THEY’VE BEEN TAKING 09:41.821 --> 09:42.655 ROOM WHERE THEY’VE BEEN TAKING THESE CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITIONS 09:42.688 --> 09:43.388 THESE CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITIONS FOR WEEKS NOW. 09:43.422 --> 09:46.091 FOR WEEKS NOW. THIS IS HIM ON WEDNESDAY POPPING 09:46.092 --> 09:48.327 THIS IS HIM ON WEDNESDAY POPPING HIS HEAD OUT IN THE MIDDLEF 09:48.361 --> 09:49.361 HIS HEAD OUT IN THE MIDDLEF THESE CASELOAD DOOR DEPOSITIONS 09:49.362 --> 09:51.096 THESE CASELOAD DOOR DEPOSITIONS AND HE BASICALLY GIVES REPORTERS 09:51.097 --> 09:52.898 AND HE BASICALLY GIVES REPORTERS A HINT WHERE SOME OF THIS MIGHT 09:52.899 --> 09:53.999 A HINT WHERE SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE GOING. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.201 BE GOING. AS BEST AS WE CAN TEP REPORTERS 09:56.236 --> 09:59.004 AS BEST AS WE CAN TEP REPORTERS CAN’T QUITE BELIEVE IT OR THEY 09:59.005 --> 10:00.405 CAN’T QUITE BELIEVE IT OR THEY AT LEAST WANT TO GET HIM ON THE 10:00.406 --> 10:01.773 AT LEAST WANT TO GET HIM ON THE RECORD ABOUT IT. 10:01.808 --> 10:03.909 RECORD ABOUT IT. SO THEY ASK HIM TO PLEASE SAY IT 10:03.943 --> 10:05.544 SO THEY ASK HIM TO PLEASE SAY IT AGAIN THIS TIME ON CAMERA SO 10:05.578 --> 10:07.179 AGAIN THIS TIME ON CAMERA SO THEY SAY IT AGAIN ON CAMERA AND 10:07.180 --> 10:07.980 THEY SAY IT AGAIN ON CAMERA AND ON THE RECORD. 10:07.981 --> 10:14.386 ON THE RECORD. WATCH WHAT HE TELLS THEM. 10:14.387 --> 10:17.789 WATCH WHAT HE TELLS THEM. >> IF I WERE AN ENTERPRISING 10:17.791 --> 10:18.624 >> IF I WERE AN ENTERPRISING REPORTER I WOULD SPEND LITTLE 10:18.659 --> 10:21.894 REPORTER I WOULD SPEND LITTLE TIME ON THE ISSUE OF JAVELIN 10:21.928 --> 10:22.294 TIME ON THE ISSUE OF JAVELIN MISSILES. 10:22.295 --> 10:26.331 MISSILES. >> WHY? 10:26.332 --> 10:26.598 >> WHY? WHY? 10:26.599 --> 10:28.834 WHY? >> BEING AN ENTERPRISING 10:28.835 --> 10:29.201 >> BEING AN ENTERPRISING REPORTER. 10:29.202 --> 10:31.103 REPORTER. >> IF I WERE AN ENTERPRISING 10:31.104 --> 10:31.937 >> IF I WERE AN ENTERPRISING REPORTER I WOULD SPEND A LITTLE 10:31.972 --> 10:35.274 REPORTER I WOULD SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON THE ISSUE OF JAVELIN