THAT’S A CONFESSION. WHETHER YOU CALL THAT EXTORTION,
BRIBERY, CAMPAIGN FINANCE
VIOLATIONS OR WHAT ALEXANDER
HAMILTON CALLED IT, AN
IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE AS AN ABUSE
OF
OF VIOLATION OF YOUR PUBLIC TRUST.
FRANKLY IT QUALIFIES AS ALL OF
THOSE THINGS AND MICK MULVANEY
JUST SAID IT OUT LOUD.
NOW, THE FACT THAT THEY TRIED TO
WALK IT BACK TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
IS AN INDICATION OF JUST HOW
DAMAGING THAT ACCURATE
CONFESSION REALLY IS.
SO THAT IS IMPEACHMENT GAME
OVER.
OVER. IT SHOULD BE CONVICTION IN THE
SENATE AND REMOVAL GAME OVER AND
HELLO, PRESIDENT PENCE.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. AND GLENN, I JUST WANT TO BE
CLEAR AS WE SHOW PEOPLE THIS
BECAUSE THERE’S SO MUCH
HAPPENING AND THERE’S ALSO THE
PRIVATE TESTIMONY.
PRIVATE TESTIMONY. MR. MULVANEY IS NOT A SPOKESMAN,
HE’S NOT AN ATTORNEY, HE’S NOT
SOME OUTER ORBIT PERSON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL
REMEMBER HE’S IN CHARGE OF THE
BUDGET.
BUDGET. AND THE WHOLE DEBATE IS OVER
WHETHER THE MONEY WAS MISUSED IN
A PLOT THAT MIGHT BE A
CONSPIRACY.
CONSPIRACY. AND SO HE IS A VERY KEY WITNESS
IN CONTRAST TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT
MAY COME AND GO FROM THE PODIUM.
AGAIN, FOR YOUR REACTION I WANT
TO PLAY THAT KEY EXCHANGE ABOUT
THE MONEY.
THE MONEY. TAKE A LOOK.
>> WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS A
QUID PRO QUO.
IT IS FUNDING WILL NOT FLOW
UNLESS THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE DEMOCRATIC SERVER HAPPENED
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> WE DO -- WE DO THAT ALL THE
TIME WITH FOREIGN POLICY.
>> GLENN?
>> GLENN? >> YEAH, THEY DO IT ALL THE
TIME.
TIME. AND HERE’S THE THING.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS MAYBE BEING A
LITTLE CUTE BY SAYING, OKAY,
MAYBE THERE WAS A QUID PRO QUO,
BUT IT WAS REALLY ONLY WITH
RESPECT TO PAST ELECTION
INTERFERENCE.
INTERFERENCE. BUT, ARI, THAT IGNORES PAGE FOUR
OF THE CALL SUMMARY BETWEEN
TRUMP AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
WHERE TRUMP MOVES ON TO REALLY
WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM AND
SAYS, OH, THE OTHER THING I WANT
IS THIS BIDEN SON THING.
AND BIDEN IS BRAGGING ABOUT
GETTING THE PROSECUTOR FIRED.
LOOK INTO THAT.
>> RIGHT, GO AFTER MY OPPONENTS
AND GO AFTER THE DNC.
I THINK WE PLAYED ONE OF THE
REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW,
COULD BE UP FOR YOUR JOB IN THAT
THERE WAS VERY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONING OF A SUSPECT IN
SAYING, HOLD ON, EVEN IF YOU’RE
RIGHT.
RIGHT. YOU MAY NOT BE, BUT EVEN IF
YOU’RE RIGHT, ASKING A FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT TO GO AFTER THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS ITSELF BOTH
FORWARD AND BACKWARD LOOKING AND
THERE’S MORE.
THERE’S MORE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEW DENIAL,
WHICH AGAIN WE’RE NOT GIVING TOO
MUCH COURAGE TO THAT BECAUSE
WHAT I THINK IS BIG HERE IS NOT
THE DAMAGE CONTROL.
BUT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
COMPARISON.
COMPARISON. LET ME PLAY THAT FOR YOUR
ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS. >> THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO.
THERE WAS NOTHING.
>> DID HE ALSO MENTION TO ME IN
THE PAST THE CORRUPTION RELATED
TO THE DNC SERVER?
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. >> TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED WAS A QUID PRO QUO.
>> WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME WITH
FOREIGN POLICY.
FOREIGN POLICY. >> THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO,
UNLIKE BIDEN.
UNLIKE BIDEN. >> THAT’S IT.
THAT’S WHY WE HELD UP THE MONEY.
>> AND THEN, GLENN, YOU HAVE THE
STATEMENT THAT I MENTIONED.
LET ME BE CLEAR, THERE WAS NO
QUID PRO QUO BETWEEN UKRAINIAN
MILITARY AID AND ANY
INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2016
ELECTION.
ELECTION. >> MULVANEY JUST MADE HIMSELF A
REALLY DAMNING WITNESS AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE HE WASN’T
JUST ASSERTING THAT THESE THINGS
HAPPENED OR DIDN’T HAPPEN.
YOU HEAR WHAT HE SAID IN THAT
CLIP.
CLIP. WELL, THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED TO
ME IN PASSING.
WHAT DOES THAT DO?
THAT MAKES HIM AN INCONSISTENT
STATEMENT WITNESS AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. SO MULVANEY WILL BE GETTING HIS
SUBPOENA.
SUBPOENA. NOW, WE’LL SEE HOW HE DEALS WITH
IT.
IT. WE’LL PROBABLY GET ABSOLUTE
IMMUNITY AND EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE
AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE
DOCTOR/PATIENT PRIVILEGE WHEN
IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE.
HE WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO
AVOID TESTIFYING, I PREDICT,
BECAUSE HE JUST SAID PUBLICLY
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DAMNING
OF THE PRESIDENT.
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT
DOCTOR/PATIENT, BUT HE MIGHT
NEED A DOCTOR AFTER PUNCHING
HIMSELF IN THE FACE IN THAT
HEARING -- I MEAN IN THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. >> SOME REAL HARM HE DID
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. >> I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
IT. I SHOULD MENTION, JAY SEKULOW
HAD TO PUBLICLY DISAGREE WITH
THIS BEFORE THE MULVANEY
STATEMENT CAME OUT.
THAT MAY SOUND LIKE AN ARCANE
DETAIL, BUT WE BOTH KNOW IF THE
LAWYER CANNOT MOVE THE CLIENT IN
PRIVATE AND THINKS THEY HAVE TO,
SOMETIMES THEY SPEAK PUBLICLY.
FIRST WE HEARD FROM THE LAWYER
SAYING NOPE AND THEN WE GET THE
BACKTRACKING.
BACKTRACKING. BUT THE VIDEO, THE TAPES, THE