CHANGE. >> HAVE A GOOD EVENING, SIR.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP’S WORST
WEEK AS PRESIDENT AND NO DOUBT
THE WORST WEEK OF HIS LIFE.
THE SECOND WORST THING A
BUSINESSMAN OR A POLITICIAN CAN
HEAR IS, YOUR ACCOUNTANT HAS
IMMUNITY.
IMMUNITY. THE WORST THING IS YOU ARE UNDER
ARREST, AND THAT IS USUALLY THE
NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU
WHEN YOUR ACCOUNTANT GETS
IMMUNITY, AND THAT’S WHAT WE
DISCOVERED TODAY ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP, HIS ACCOUNTANT HAS
IMMUNITY.
IMMUNITY. DONALD TRUMP’S FATHER’S
ACCOUNTANT AND THEN DONALD
TRUMP’S ACCOUNTANT AND NOW HAS
THE TITLE OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER OF THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
THAN ALL OF DONALD TRUMP’S WIVES
COMBINED.
COMBINED. AND HIS CHILDREN.
ALLEN WEISSLE BERG KNOWS ABOUT
EVERY DOLLAR OF DONALD TRUMP’S
INCOME AND HE KNOWS WHAT DONALD
TRUMP HAS DONE WITH THOSE
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. HE KNOWS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
EVERY DOLLAR THAT HAS COME INTO
ANY ONE OF THE MANY TRUMP
BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. HE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MUCH
FEDERAL TAX AND STATE TAX THOSE
BUSINESSES HAVE PAID, HOW MUCH
FEDERAL TAX AND STATE TAX DONALD
TRUMP HAS PAID AND HOW MUCH
TAXATION THOSE COMPANIES HAVE
ILLEGALLY FAILED TO PAY, IF ANY.
AND NOW WE KNOW AT THE END OF
TRUMP’S WORST WEEK THAT ALLEN
WEISSLE BERG HAS IMMUNITY FROM
PROSECUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP AND HIS BUSINESSES AND WHO
KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
IT WAS ALREADY TRUMP’S WORST
WEEK BEFORE WE DISCOVERED THE
PRESIDENT’S ACCOUNTANT HAS
IMMUNITY.
IMMUNITY. DONALD TRUMP HAS HAD MANY BAD
WEEKS AS PRESIDENT BEGINNING
WITH THE FIRST, WHEN HE WAS
GREETED WITH THE MOST MASSIVE
WORLDWIDE INAUGURATION PROTEST
WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
BUT THIS WAS THE WEEK THAT
CHANGED EVERYTHING BECAUSE THIS
WAS NOT JUST THE WEEK WHEN THE
PRESIDENT’S MEN WERE BEING FOUND
GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT AND
PLEADING GUILTY IN ANOTHER
FEDERAL COURT AND GRABBING
IMMUNITY DEALS IN EXCHANGE FOR
TELLING THE FBI EVERYTHING THEY
KNOW ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
THIS WAS MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY
IMPEACHMENT WEEK.
IMPEACHMENT WEEK. THIS WAS THE WEEK WHEN EVERYONE
BEGAN TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
WHEN I SAY EVERYONE, I MEAN
EVERYONE FROM ME TO FOX NEWS AND
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. >> IF THE DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK
POWER, DO YOU BELIEVE THEY WILL
TRY TO IMPEACH YOU?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT
SAYS SOMETHING LIKE HIGH CRIMES.
I DON’T KNOW YOU CAN IMPEACH
SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE A GREAT
JOB.
JOB. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF I EVER
GOT IMPEACHED, I THINK THE
MARKET WOULD CRASH, I THINK
EVERYBODY WOULD BE VERY POOR
BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS THINKING
YOU WOULD SEE -- YOU WOULD SEE
NUMBERS THAT YOU WOULDN’T
BELIEVE IN REVERSE.
>> THE WEEK BEGAN WITH POLITICAL
TV’S STRONGEST CHARACTER SAYING
THIS IN DEFENSE OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> TRUTH IS TRUTH.
I DON’T MEAN TO GO LIKE --
>> NO, IT ISN’T TRUTH.
TRUTH ISN’T TRUTH.
>> WHEN RUDY GIULIANI AND DONALD
TRUMP, THE GHOSTBUSTERS OF
POLITICAL COMMENTARY SAY THINGS
LIKE THAT, THE WORLD WORRIES.
THE WORLD WORRIES THAT THE
MINORITY OF AMERICAN VOTERS WHO
MADE DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT ARE
OUT THERE NODDING THEIR HEADS
AND CHANTING TRUTH ISN’T TRUTH.
BUT THEY’RE NOT, NOT ALL OF
THEM.
THEM. THE PROPAGANDA ISN’T WORKING,
AND WE DISCOVERED THAT IN AN
EXTRAORDINARY INTERVIEW THAT ONE
ENTHUSIASTIC TRUMP SUPPORTER
GAVE TO FOX NEWS AFTER SHE VOTED
GUILTY ON ALL 18 COUNTS AGAINST
PAUL MANAFORT.
PAUL MANAFORT. PAULA DUNCAN SAID SHE VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND SHE WOULD STILL
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP AGAIN
AFTER BEING FIRMLY CONVINCED
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT BY
ROBERT MUELLER’S TEAM OF
PROSECUTORS THAT DONALD TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WAS GUILTY OF
EVERYTHING THEY CHARGED HIM
WITH.
WITH. SHE EXPLAINED THAT PAUL MANAFORT
GOT A HUNG JURY ON SOME OF THE
COUNTS ONLY BECAUSE THERE WAS
ONE JUROR WHO REFUSED TO VOTE
GUILTY ON THE UNDECIDED COUNTS
THE VOTE WAS 11 GUILTIES, ONE
NOT GUILTY.
NOT GUILTY. ON EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THAT’S HOW CLOSE PAUL MANAFORT
CAME TO BEING CONVICTED ON ALL
18 COUNTS.
18 COUNTS. THE WAY THAT TRUMP SUPPORTER
PAULA DUNCAN WANTED HIM TO BE
CONVICTED.
CONVICTED. AND TONIGHT PAULA DUNCAN IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT VOICE STANDING
BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A
PARDON FOR PAUL MANAFORT.
>> HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THE
PRESIDENT PARDONED PAUL
MANAFORT?
MANAFORT? >> I FEEL IT WOULD BE A GRAVE
MISTAKE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
PARDON PAUL MANAFORT.
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> JUSTICE WAS DONE.
THE EVIDENCE WAS THERE.
AND THAT’S WHERE IT SHOULD STOP.
>> DONALD TRUMP HAS TO LISTEN TO
THAT.
THAT. A TRUMP VOTER, A STRONG TRUMP
SUPPORTER STILL, WHO IS READY TO
VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP AGAIN IS
TELLING THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES NOT TO PARDON PAUL
MANAFORT BECAUSE SHE STUDIED THE
EVIDENCE IN THE MANAFORT CASE
AND DECIDED PAUL MANAFORT WAS
GUILTY OF EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. FORGET WHAT RUDY GIULIANI SAYS
TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT PARDONING
PAUL MANAFORT.
PAUL MANAFORT. WHAT PAULA DUNCAN SAYS IS MUCH,
MUCH MORE POWERFUL.
THE PAULA DUNCANS OF THIS
COUNTRY ARE NOW DONALD TRUMP’S
WORST POLITICAL NIGHTMARE.
PAULA DUNCAN WAS SUPPOSED TO
THINK IT WAS ALL A WITCH HUNT,
THAT PAUL MANAFORT DIDN’T DO
ANYTHING WRONG, THAT TRUTH ISN’T
TRUTH.
TRUTH. BUT THE BRAINWASHING DIDN’T
WORK.
WORK. DONALD TRUMP AND RUDY GIULIANI
PUMPED ALL OF THOSE MESSAGES
INTO THE PROPAGANDA FOG THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO MAKE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS UNABLE TO SEE THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH. IT DIDN’T WORK.
PAULA DUNCAN TOOK AN OATH TO PUT
ASIDE ANY SYMPATHIES OR BIASES
THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE AND EVALUATE
THE EVIDENCE PLACED BEFORE HER
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE
DID.
DID. AND SO DONALD TRUMP HAS TO WORRY
TONIGHT HOW MANY PAULA DUNCANS
ARE THERE IN HIS LOYAL BASE.
OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT
AFTER ALL OF THIS THEY WOULD
STILL VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP
AGAIN, HOW MANY OF THEM WILL
CHANGE THEIR MINDS IF THEY ARE
PRESENTED WITH EVIDENCE BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT THAT DONALD
TRUMP COMMITTED CRIMES.
THE PAULA DUNCANS OUT THERE HAVE
THE FUTURE OF DONALD TRUMP’S
PRESIDENCY IN THEIR HANDS NOW.
BECAUSE IF SOME OF THEM, IF HALF
OF THEM TURN AGAINST DONALD
TRUMP, IF THEY ARE PRESENTED
WITH PROOF THAT HE COMMITTED
CRIMES, THEN DONALD TRUMP WILL
BE IMPEACHED AND HE WILL BE
REMOVED FROM OFFICE EVEN IF
REPUBLICANS STILL CONTROL THE
SENATE BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN
THAT ENOUGH REPUBLICAN VOTERS
TURNED AGAINST DONALD TRUMP THAT
16 OR 17 REPUBLICAN VOTES TO
CONVICT THE PRESIDENT IN THE
SENATE WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
IMPEACHMENT IS A QUASI LEGAL,
QUASI POLITICAL PROCESS.
IF THERE IS PROOF BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE
PRESIDENT COMMITTED CRIMES, THEN
THE LEGAL ELEMENTS OF
IMPEACHMENT WOULD BE SATISFIED.
BUT THE VOTES ON IMPEACHMENT
WOULD STILL BE A POLITICAL
CALCULATIONS.
CALCULATIONS. IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THEN THE
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS WILL SURELY
BEGIN, WITH THE UNITED STATES
SENATE SERVING AS THE JURY IN
THE TRIAL.
THE TRIAL. REMOVING AN IMPEACHED PRESIDENT
FROM OFFICE REQUIRES 67 VOTES IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
WHEN SENATORS CAST THOSE VOTES
IN BILL CLINTON’S IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL, THEY ALL CHECKED THE
POLLING ON IMPEACHMENT IN THEIR
STATES, EVERY ONE OF THEM.
TONIGHT THE POLLS HAVE VERY BAD
NEWS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
60% AGREE WITH TRUMP SUPPORTER
PAULA DUNCAN THAT THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD NOT PARDON PAUL MANAFORT.
62% SAY THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT
PARDON MICHAEL COHEN.
66% THINK IT SHOULD BE LEGALLY
PERMISSIBLE FOR SITTING
PRESIDENTS TO BE FORMALLY
CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
AND HERE IS THE MOST FIGHTRIGHTE
RESPONSE IN THIS POLL TODAY,
WHICH INCLUDED THIS QUESTION:
SHOULD CONGRESS BEGIN
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS TO
REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM
OFFICE?
OFFICE? RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, IT IS A TIE.
42-42.
42-42. AND THERE IS ONLY ONE DIRECTION
THAT THAT POLL QUESTION IS GOING
TO GO.
TO GO. THE MORE WE HEAR FROM MICHAEL
COHEN AND FROM ALL OF THE
FRIENDS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
OF DONALD TRUMP WHO NOW HAVE
IMMUNITY, THE MORE READY THE
COUNTRY WILL BE FOR IMPEACHMENT.
IN HIS COLUMN TODAY IN THE
RUPERT MURDOCH OWNED POST, RICH
LOWRY SAID, IF IT WASN’T OBVIOUS
BEFORE, IT SHOULD BE NOW.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IN AN
IMPEACHMENT FIGHT.
IMPEACHMENT FIGHT. THAT WON’T HAPPEN UNLESS
DEMOCRATS TAKE THE HOUSE AND DO
SO WITH A HEALTHY MARGIN IN THE
FALL.
FALL. BUT MICHAEL COHEN’S STATEMENT
THAT HE COMMITTED CAMPAIGN
FINANCE VIOLATIONS AT THE BEHEST
OF TRUMP MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE
LIKELY DEMOCRATS WILL IMPEACH
HIM ONCE THEY HAVE THE POWER AND
VOTES TO DO IT.
SO LONG AS HE HAS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF HIS PARTY WITH HIM,
HE HAS A BREAK AGAINST A REMOVAL
VOTE IN THE SENATE.
THAT’S FROM A CONSERVATIVE
REPUBLICAN WRITER ON THE
EDITORIAL PAGE OF RUPERT
MURDOCH’S NEWSPAPER TODAY, THE
FRIDAY OF TRUMP’S WORST WEEK.
IMPEACHMENT WEEK.
IMPEACHMENT WEEK. SO LONG AS HE HAS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF HIS PARTY WITH HIM,
HE HAS A BRAKE AGAINST A REMOVAL
VOTE IN THE SENATE.
AND THAT’S TRUE.
AND THAT’S WHY IT’S ALL UP TO
PAULA DUNCAN AND TRUMP SUPPORTS
LIKE PAULA DUNCAN.
IF DONALD TRUMP LOSES PAULA
DUNCAN AND SUPPORTS LIKE HER, HE
WILL LOSE HIS PRESIDENCY.
WHEN PAULA DUNCAN VOTED GUILTY
ON ALL 18 COUNTS AGAINST PAUL
MANAFORT AND CAME OUT AND
PUBLICALLY SAID SHE OPPOSES A
PARDON FOR PAUL MANAFORT, DONALD
TRUMP DISCOVERED HE CAN’T SHOOT
SOMEONE ON FIFTH AVENUE AND GET
AWAY WITH IT WITH ALL OF HIS
SUPPORTERS BECAUSE TRUMP