UNELECTED FAMILY MEMBERS WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
MIXING FAMILY AND BUSINESS MIX
AS VITAL GUARDRAIL.
VETERAN JOURNALIST, VICKI WARD,
DETAILS THE SORTED RISE OF THE
TWO OF THE MOST TRUSTED
ADVISORS.
ADVISORS. SON IN LAW, JARED KUSHNER AND
IVANKA TRUMP.
IVANKA TRUMP. AN ENTITLED POWER COUPLE SEEMING
TO CAPITALIZE ON A NEW FOUND
ACCESS.
ACCESS. MS. TRUMP OFTEN REQUESTED TO
TRAVEL ON AIR FORCE PLANES WHEN
IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE AND WHEN
REX TILLERSON DENIED THOSE
REQUESTS, THAW WOULD INVITE
ALONG OFTEN SECRETARY STEVE
MNUCHIN TO GET ACCESS TO A
PLANE.
PLANE. AND THE PRESIDENT ORDERED KELLY
TO GET RID OF MY KIDS.
GET THEM BACK TO NEW YORK.
THAT SOUNDS DOWN RIGHT WHOLESOME
ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT.
SAID THEHIS KIDS DIDN’T KNOW HOW
PLAY THE GAME.
IT SEEMS VICKI WARD HAS WRIT AN
BOOK OF FICTION, CORRECTING
EVERYTHING WRONG WOULD TAKE TOO
LONG AND BE POINTLESS.
WELL, YOU’RE SO BUSY.
JACKY SPEAR OF CALIFORNIA,
MEMBER OF BOTH THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE AND OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEES.
COMMITTEES. AND MICHAEL STEEL, THE FORMER
CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. MICHAEL, I’VE SAID BEFORE, THE
ROAM
ROAM ROMANOVS, THEY SHOULDN’T HAVE
BEEN THERE.
BEEN THERE. >> THAT’S EXACTLY RORIGHT.
THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS THEY
ARE DONALD TRUMP’S CUSHION.
THEY’RE HIS BLANKET.
THEY’RE THE ONES WHO HE NOT OLE
ONLY TRUSTS BUT THEY WILL CARRY
OUT WHAT HE WANTS DONE.
SO IT DOESN’T MATTER.
THE PROBLEM COMES IN TRANSLATION
FOR HOW THEY INTERACT WITH
CABINET SECRETARIES AND OTHER
OFFICIALS.
OFFICIALS. FWLRS THE CABINET SECRETARIES GO
NO, THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR
YOU TO MAKE USE OF SUCH
FUNCTIONS OR THINGS, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN WORK AROUND.
THEY KNOW HOW TO GAME THE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> IF YOU’RE PUSHY.
AND YOU PUT THE OTHER PUSHINESS
AND PRIVILEGE AND YOU GOT WHAT
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT. >> YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
POWER IN A VAST PORTFOLIO OF
ISSUES THAT THEY DON’T HAVE A
LOT OF QUALIFICATIONS IN
OBJECTIVELY.
OBJECTIVELY. I’VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WHERE HE’S
TALKING ABOUT TRADE IN CHINA,
INFRASTRUCTURE, REGULATIONS IN
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING WITH
THE MIDDLE EAST.
>> YOU MEAN HIS BEST FRIEND, THE
MURDER IN SAUDI?
BRING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
>> IT’S NOT THAT YOU HAVE THEM
PLAYING WITH THE TOYS, YOU HAVE
THEM REPRESENTING AMERICAN
CITIZENS
CITIZENS CITIZENS AND POLICIES.
>> WHY DID TRUMP BRING THEM IN?
LIKE PEOPLE WHO BRING ANIMALS ON
THE PLANES WITH THEM.
AND HE GRANTED SECURITY
CLEARANCES, SOMETHING HE DENIED.
THE PRESIDENT OVER RULED HIS
THEN CHIEF OF STAFF, JOHN KELLY
AND THE OFFICIAL LAWYER.
THEY BOTH VOICED OBJECTIONS TO
THESE KIDS GETTING THE SECURITY
CLEARANCES.
CLEARANCES. I WANT TO KNOW WHY EITHER ONE OF
THESE WANTED HIM TO GET THEM.
THEY APPLIED A NUMBER OF
CONCERNS LIKE THAT PEOPLE FROM
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND
OTHER PLACES WERE DISCUSSING HOW
TO IT GET TO KUSHNER.
TWO UNREPORTED TRANSITION
MEETINGS WITH THE HEAD OF THE
RUSSIAN STATE-OWNED BANK AND THE
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR. ANYBODY WHO’S SEEN THE GODFATHER
HAS SEEN FREDO BEING MANIPULATED
BY THE GUY OUT WEST.
SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?
>> THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EPISODE
IN THE TABLOIDS THAT WE SEE ON
THE GROCERY STORE RACKS.
I MEAN THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO
ABUSES POWER.
ABUSES POWER. HE SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO
PLAY THE GAME.
HE THINKS THIS IS A GAME BUT
THEY HAVE RULES AND THEY WERE
PUT IN PLACES AFTER BOBBY
KENNEDY WAS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THAT BASICALLY SAID NO MORE
NEPOTISM.
NEPOTISM. SO HE DECIDES HE’S GOEING TO
MAKE HIS DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW
VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER SO THEY WON’T BE
SUBJECT TO THE NEPOTISM LAW.
AND HE WANTS TO GIVE THE TWO
VOLUNTEER TOP SECURITY
CLEARANCES.
CLEARANCES. THEN WHEN THEY DON’T MEET THE
STANDARDS, HE TELLS THEM JUST
GET THEM THE SECURITY
CLEARANCES.
CLEARANCES. I MEAN THERE’S A REASON WHY THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MADE THAT
RECOMMENDATION.
RECOMMENDATION. OUR COUNTRY’S STATUS IS AT RISK.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS AT RISK
AND WE SOMEHOW THINK THIS IS
JUST SOME LITTLE GAME.
IT’S NOT A GAME.
IT IS A VERY SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDERATION. THEY SHOULDN’T BE IN THE WND MY
HR 1028 IS ONE THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THAT -- IF YOU’RE A
VOLUNTEER IN THE WHITE HOUSE,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE PAYING $1,000
A DAY FINE FOR TRYING TO
MANIPULATE THE LAWS IN THIS
COUNT ERAAS
COUNT ERAAS COUNTRY AS IT RELATES TO
NEPOTISM.
NEPOTISM. WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THIS TO
CONTINUE TO GO ON.
>> REPORTERS COVERING THIS.
THESE TWO KIDS COULD WELL FIND
THEMSELVES INDICTED BY ROBERT
MUELLER.
MUELLER. AND QUESTION IS THE PRESIDENT
PARDONS THEM, WOULD THAT MOVE
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO
MOVE ON TO IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE.
SEE. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU’RE
SAWING.
SAWING. FIRES PEOPLE, PARDONS PEOPLE.
IT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE YOU’RE
WAITING FOR THE REPUBLICANS TO
GO ALONG WITH YOU AS YOUR
STANDARD.
STANDARD. >> I’M NOT SAYING THAT AT ALL.
I’M WAITING FOR THE MUELLER
REPORT.
REPORT. I BELIEVE THE SPEAKER IS BEING
STRATEGIC NOW.
STRATEGIC NOW. I GIVE HER CREDIT FOR BEING
STRATEGIC.
STRATEGIC. I THINK ONCE WE HAVE MORE
HEARINGS IN THE INTELLIGENCE CAN
COMMITTEE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE CASE
BEING BUILT TO IMPEACH THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> JARED AND IVANKA HAVE BEEN
AMONG THE FEW TO SURVIVE TAKE
OVER.
OVER. SOME WERE PUSHED OUT BY JAURED
AND IVANKA.
AND IVANKA. MAGGIE HABERMAN REPORTS SOURCES
VIEW JARED KUSHNER AS THE
DEFACTO
DEFACTO DEFACTO CHIEF OF STAFF.
>> I THUNK THAT’S TRUE.
HE FEELS LIKE CHIEF OF STAFF.
MULE
MULE MULL VEIN
MULL VEIN MULVANEY IS ACTING CHIEF OF
STAFF.
STAFF. WHAT YOU HAVE IS ALSO IVANKA AND
JARED SERVING AS THE CHIEF
ADVISORS TO THE PRESIDENT.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY THE CHIEF OF
STAFF, BUT ON A NUMBER OF
ISSUES, THINK OF FAMILY SEP
SEPARATION, IVANKA COULD GO TO
HER FATHER AND SAY CUT THAT OUT.
IVANKA’S 37 AND HER FATHER IS
72.
72. SHE
SHE SHE SAYS LOOK, MY DAD BELIEVES
WHAT HE BELIEVES AND THERE’S
NOTHING I CAN DO THAT’S GOING TO
CHANGE HIS MIND.
>> THIS WHOLE THING WAS WRONG,
TRUMP DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE
MORES OF WHY HISTORY SAYS
NEPOTISM’S WRONG.
NEPOTISM’S WRONG. >> THERE’S A REASON WHY AFTER
BOBBY KENNEDY’S TENURE, THEY
DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NEPOTISM
LAWS.
LAWS. TRUMP HAS CREATED A BACK DOOR
AND PLAYING IN THAT SPACE.
WOOR ARER HERE UNLESS THERE’S
SOME TYPE OF ACTION THAT’S GOING
TO BE TAKEN FOR WHOEVER IS
LECTED.
LECTED. IF TRUMP’S REELECTED, THESE
FOLKS WILL STILL BE UNPLAY.
HE’S NOT TAKING THEM OUT OF
PLAY.
PLAY. >> HOW DOES A FATHER SAY TO HIS
CHIEF OF STAFF GET THEM OUT OF
HERE ANDEN THE WE ALL OBSERVE
HE’S NOT ONLY STILL HERE, JARED,
WHO’S CALLING THE SHOTS.
>> I THINK THAT EPISODE, GET
THEM OUT OF HERE, WAS MORE DRAMA
AND FAMILY SQUABBLES.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. BAD HAIR DAY AS OPPOSED TO
ANYTHING ELSE.
ANYTHING ELSE. LOOK, THEY PROTECT THE
PRESIDENT’S FLANKS.
PRESIDENT’S FLANKS. YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
JARED IS THE DEFACTO CHIEF OF
STAFF.
STAFF. HE ACTS AS SUCH.
IVANKA’S HIS CONSIG LEARIY AND
TOGETHER, THEY KEEP THE
PRESIDENT’S AGENDA GOING.
>> AND THEY PUT A FACE ON IT.
THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF MEETINGS
WITH LAW MAKERS.
IF HE’S CUTTING OUT POOR PEOPLE,
THEY CAN HAVE A NICE DINNER AND
SAY MY FATHER REALLY BELIEVES
THAT HE WANTS TO KEEP THESE
PROMISES.