THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP WHICH
ARE FORMALLY GOING TO BE
CONVEYED TO THE SENATE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. AMONG THE MOST DISTURBING
MATERIAL RELEASED TONIGHT IS A
LONG SERIES OF ENCRYPTED TEXT
MESSAGES FROM LAST SPRING.
THEY INVOLVE LEV PARNAS
CURRENTLY UNDER INDICTMENT IN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK.
YORK. HE REPORTEDLY HANDED THIS
MATERIAL OVER TO THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. AND ROBERT F. HYDE IF FROM
CONNECTICUT.
CONNECTICUT. IN THE TEXT MESSAGES MR. HYDE
SEEMS TO BE REPORTING TO MR. LEV
PARNAS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL
MOVEMENTS AND THE SECURITY
SITUATION AROUND AMBASSADOR
MARIE YOVANOVITCH IN KIEV.
THE INITIAL PARTS OF THEIR TEXT
EXCHANGES ARE NEGATIVE
INFORMATION ABOUT MISS
YOVANOVITCH.
YOVANOVITCH. MR. HYDE USING EXPLETIVES, HOW
TERRIBLE SHE IS AND TRUMP SHOULD
FIRE HER.
FIRE HER. IT MOVES ON QUICKLY TO
SURVEILLANCE REPORTS TO SOMEBODY
WHO IS WATCHING HER.
A SAMPLE OF THOSE MESSAGES.
QUOTE, SHE IS UNDER HEAVY
PROTECTION OUTSIDE KIEV.
THEY ARE MOVING HER TOMORROW.
THE GUYS OVER THERE ASKED ME
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AND
WHAT’S IN IT FOR THEM.
SHE’S TALKED TO THREE PEOPLE.
HER PHONE IS OFF, COMPUTER IS
OFF.
OFF. PRIVATE SECURITY.
PRIVATE SECURITY. BEEN THERE SINCE THURSDAY.
QUOTE, THEY’RE WILLING TO HELP
IF WE/YOU WOULD LIKE A PRICE.
GUESS YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IN THE
UKRAINE WITH MONEY.
WHAT I WAS TOLD.
IF YOU WANT HER OUT, THEY NEED
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SECURITY
FORCES.
FORCES. AND THEN AFTER THAT, QUOTE, IT’S
CONFIRMED.
CONFIRMED. WE HAVE A PERSON INSIDE.
>>> TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THIS
INFORMATION, AMBASSADOR
INFORMATION, AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH’S LAWYER HAS JUST
RELEASED THIS STATEMENT SAYING,
QUOTE, NEEDLESS TO SAY THE
NOTION THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS
AND OTHERS WERE MONITORING
AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH’S
AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH’S MOVEMENTS FOR UNKNOWN PURPOSES
IS DISTURBING.
IS DISTURBING. WE TRUST THAT THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES WILL CONDUCT AN
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >>> JOINING US NOW IS
CONGRESSMAN JIM HIMES, MEMBER OF
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
HE ALSO REPRESENTS CONNECTICUT’S
4th DISTRICT WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT
DOOR TO THE DISTRICT IN
CONNECTICUT WHERE MR. HYDE IS
CURRENTLY STANDING AS A
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. MR. HIMES, CONGRESSMAN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> HI, RACHEL.
>> I KNOW THIS ISN’T THE RIGHT
WAY TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT
WHAT THE HECK -- WHAT -- WHAT IS
THIS?
THIS? PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A
FABULIST WHO HAS CONCOCTED SOME
SORT OF FANTASY PLOT IN HIS MIND
AND THIS WASN’T A REAL THING.
>> YEAH, I’M NOT THE GOVERNOR OF
CONNECTICUT, RACHEL, BUT I DO ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF
CONNECTICUT APOLOGIZE FOR
MR. HYDE.
MR. HYDE. AND, LOOK, I GUESS THERE ARE TWO
WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS.
AS YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE SHOW,
THIS IS NOT MR. HYDE’S FIRST
BRUSH WITH FAME.
HE, OF COURSE, GOT SOME
ATTENTION BY PUTTING UP A TRULY
DISGUSTING TWEET ABOUT SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS WHEN SHE WITHDREW
FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
SO, LOOK, THIS GUY IS A
MALIGNANT CLOWN.
MALIGNANT CLOWN. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT HE WAS
JUST MAKING ALL THIS STUFF UP.
THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH
THIS GUY.
THIS GUY. BUT, OF COURSE, WE DON’T ASSUME
THAT.
THAT. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE, AND WE
DON’T KNOW THIS, TRUE OR FALSE,
THAT HE ACTUALLY DID TALK TO
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND WHO WERE
SURVEILLING AND THREATENING THE
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR.
THIS IS A KIND OF THING WE TAKE
SERIOUSLY DESPITE THE CLOWN-LIKE
BEHAVIOR OF MR. HYDE.
>> OBVIOUSLY THE QUESTION THAT I
THINK IMMEDIATELY AROSE IN
PEOPLE’S MINDS WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED ABSORBING THE IMPACTS,
THE IMPLICATION OF THESE TEXT
MESSAGES IS WHETHER OR NOT THIS
IS WHAT AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH
WAS BEING WARNED ABOUT WHEN SHE
GOT THAT MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
1:00 A.M. CALL FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT, TELLING HER TO GET
ON THE NEXT PLANE.
THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HER
SAFETY.
SAFETY. THAT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AFTER
THESE EXCHANGES BETWEEN
MR. PARNAS AND MR. HYDE WERE
HAPPENING VIA ENCRYPTED TEXT.
IS THERE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT
THE WHITE HOUSE OR THE STATE
DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE KNOWN
ABOUT THIS AND WHETHER THAT IS,
IN FACT, WHAT LED TO THAT URGENT
SECURITY ALERT TO THE AMBASSADOR
THAT GOT HER OUT OF THAT
COUNTRY?
COUNTRY? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I CHUCKLE,
RACHEL, BECAUSE WE DON’T KNOW.
WE DON’T KNOW.
AND AMIDST ALL OF THIS TALK OF,
YOU KNOW, ALMOST CARTOON-LIKE
CHARACTERS, I MEAN THIS IS THE
STUFF IF YOU MADE IT UP AND PUT
IT IN A COMIC BOOK NOBODY WOULD
BELIEVE.
BELIEVE. AND THE REASON WE DON’T KNOW, OF
COURSE, IS THE HEADLINE OF
EVERYTHING HERE THAT IS GETTING
LOST IN THIS STORY, WE DON’T
KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IN AN ABSOLUTELY
UNPRECEDENTED MOVE HAS REFUSED
TO MAKE A SINGLE PERSON, A
SINGLE EMAIL, A SINGLE PHONE
CALL AVAILABLE TO CONGRESSIONAL
INVESTIGATORS.
INVESTIGATORS. WHY IS THAT?
BECAUSE EVERY FACT, EVERY EMAIL,
EVERY TROVE OF LEV PARNAS, YOU
KNOW, LEV PARNAS, WHO HAD EVER
HEARD OF THIS GUY?
NOT EXACTLY MIKE POMPEO.
BUT EVERY SINGLE EMAIL,
DOCUMENT, PHONE CALL THAT COMES
OUT IS DEEPLY INCRIMINATING TO
THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT. SO, YOU KNOLL, NOT ONLY WOULD WE
LIKE TO HAVE THE KIND OF
EVIDENCE PRESENTED THAT NIXON
WAS REQUIRED TO PRESENT, THAT
BILL CLINTON PRESENTED INCLUDING
TESTIFYING AND GIVING A
DEPOSITION HIMSELF, BECAUSE IT
WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF
THIS PRESIDENT, AND PRESUMABLY
IMPORTANT TO SENATORS ACTUALLY
MAKING AN IMPARTIAL AND INFORMED
DECISION ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF
THAT PRESIDENT.
THAT PRESIDENT. BUT THERE’S ANY NUMBER OF
SUBPLOTS LIKE THIS SURVEILLANCE