MPLGT WE ARE BACK WITH BREAKING NEWS.
NEWS. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCING THEY WILL INVESTIGATE
DONALD TRUMP’S PUSH TO HOST NEXT
YEAR’S G7 SUMMIT AT HIS OWN
RESORT.
RESORT. THE PRESIDENT’S FINANCIAL
INTERESTS ARE CLEARLY SHAPING
DECISIONS ABOUT OFFICIAL U.S.
GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES AND
CALLING IT ONLY THE LATEST IN A
TROUBLING PATTERN OF CORRUPTION
AND SELF-DEALING BY THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THIS JUST DAYS AFTER THE
PRESIDENT USED THE INTERNATIONAL
STAGE TO PITCH HIS PROPERTY.
>> DORAL HAPPENS TO BE WITHIN
MIAMI.
MIAMI. IT’S A CITY.
IT’S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
IT’S A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL
AREA OF FLORIDA.
IT’S VERY IMPORTANTLY ONLY FIVE
MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT.
MY PEOPLE LOOKED AT 12 SITES.
ALL GOOD BUT SOME WERE TWO HOURS
FROM AN AIRPORT.
THAT WERE STO FAR AWAY.
IT’S NOT ABOUT ME.
IT’S ABOUT GETTING THE RIGHT
LOCATION.
LOCATION. >> THE COMMITTEE SAYS THEY WILL
HOLD HEARING ON THIS IN
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. JOINING ME NOW IS RICHARD
PAINTER.
PAINTER. FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS LAWYER
UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH.
FIRST, YOUR REACTION TO THE
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE’S
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> IT’S ABOUT TIME.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
INVESTIGATING ALL OF THE
ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL EMOLUMENTS THAT THIS PRESIDENT
IS RECEIVING FROM FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS.
GOVERNMENTS. HE’S BEEN RECEIVING THEM EVER
SINCE HE BECAME PRESIDENT IN
JANUARY OF 2017.
HE’S BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
CONSTITUTION. NOW HE IS SO BRAZEN THAT HE’S
GOING OUT AND SOLICITING
EMOLUMENTS FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE G7.
THE G7. THAT AFTER HE WALKED OUT OF THE
CLIE
CLIE CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSIONS.
HE HAS NO INTEREST IN THOSE
SUMMITS OTHER THAN COLLECTING
BENEFITS FOR HIS HOTEL.
THIS INVESTIGATION SHOULD HAVE
HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.
IF THEY DO NOT PROCEED WITH
IMPEACHMENT, HE’S JUST GOING TO
KEEP BREAKING THE LAW.
WE JUST HEARD HE’S TELLING HIS
OUT OF BOUND ORDINARY
SUBORDINATES TO BREAK THE LAW.
HE WILL GIVE THEM PARDON.
THAT WILL SHOULD LEAD TO HIS
IMPEACHMENT AND PUT HIM IN JAIL.
IT’S JUST GOING TO GO ON AND ON
IF HE ISN’T SHUT DOWN BY THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
>> THE PRESIDENT TRIED TO MAKE
HIS PITCH SAYING IT’S CLOSE TO
AN AIRPORT.
AN AIRPORT. YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOWS.
FROM THE INVESTIGATION
STANDPOINT, WHAT ARE THEY GOING
TO BE LOOKING FOR IN A CASE LIKE
THIS?
THIS? >> WELL THESE ARE FOR OUR
GOVERNMENTS NAPE
GOVERNMENTS NAPE GOVERNMENTS.
GOVERNMENTS. THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR THOSE
BUN GA LOW
BUNGAL
BUNGAL BUNGALOWS.
BUNGALOWS. THEY WILL BE PAYING FOR THE
FOOD, THE BOOZE, THE GOLF,
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. HE IS SOLICITING THINGS.
THAT IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION.
NEVER MIND EVERYTHING ELSE HE’S
DONE.
DONE. THIS IS SERIOUS MATTER TO
INVESTIGATE.
INVESTIGATE. HE’S USING THE PRESIDENCY TO GET
OTHER BUSINESS WHETHER IT’S
LOBBYISTS.
LOBBYISTS. WE HEAR HIS OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL
WANTS TO BLOW 30 GRAND AT THE
TRUMP HOTEL FOR A PARTY.
THAT’S ALSO ILLEGAL.
YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE ANY
GIFT TO YOUR SUPERIORS IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORTHFIT
MARGIN ON THAT PARTY BILL BARR
WANTS TO THROW IS A LOT MORE
THAN $10.
THAN $10. YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
THAT HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW.
THIS GOES ON AND ON UNTIL HE
GETS IMPEACHED.
GETS IMPEACHED. >> LET ME PAY THE SOUND BITE
FROM THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE
DOESN’T WANT TO MAKE ANY MONEY
OFF OF THIS.
WATCH THIS.
WATCH THIS. >> I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY
MONEY.
MONEY. I DON’T CARE ABOUT MAKING MONEY.
I THINK IT’S JUST GREAT PLACE TO
BE.
BE. >> YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT.
>> WELL IS HE COMPING
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IS HE GOING TO INVITE EVERY ONE
TO COME IN FOR FREE?
IF HE’S NOT, HE’S MAKING MONEY
ON IT.
ON IT. IT’S PROFITS AND BENEFITS.
IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT’S ILLEGAL.
IT’S ILLEGAL. TWO FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS HAVE
INTERPRETED THE EMOLUMENTS OF
THIS NATURE GOING TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I KNOW THERE’S SOME DISAGREEMENT
ABOUT WHO HAS STANDING TO SUE
THE PRESIDENT OVER THIS BUT IT’S
ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
UNLESS HE WANTS TO PAY FOR
EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY JUST
COMES FOR FREE AT HIS EXPENSE
AND THAT’S NOT WHAT HE’S SAYING.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY GIVEN ALL
THE G7 SUMMITS THAT HAVE BEEN
HELD IN THE PAST WITH THE SAME
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS I’VE
NEVER HEARD AN AMERICAN
PRESIDENT MAKE THE CASE FOR HIS
OWN PROPERTIES THE WAY THIS
PRESIDENT HAS.
PRESIDENT HAS. WOULD YOU SAY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
SO FAR FROM THIS PRESIDENT ON
THIS SUBJECT ALONE, JUST THE G7
DORAL RESORT, IS GROUNDS FOR
IMPEACHMENT OR PART OF THE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY?
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY? >> YES.
>> YES. HE’S NOT SAID HE WILL BE COMPING
THIS.
THIS. HE SAID HE WANTS TO USE THE
RESORT.
RESORT. THAT’S A FOR PROFIT RESORT.
HE KNOWS THAT FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE PAYING FOR
THAT.
THAT. HE’S GETTING EMOLUMENTS FROM THE
SIX LARGEST LEADING FREE MARKET
ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD.
HE IS ASKING THEM TO PAY HIM IN
ORDER TO HOST THIS MEETING.
TO PAY HIM PERSONALLY.
IT’S ILLEGAL.
IT’S ILLEGAL. IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT COULD ALSO AMOUNT TO BRIBERY.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
HE SHOULD BE IMPEACHED AND
REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
RICHARD PAINTER, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ONE MORE THING ABOUT TRUMP’S
DORAL RESORT.
DORAL RESORT. WE’RE LEARNING DETAILS ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS THERE.
CONDITIONS THERE. THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTING IN
2015 HEALTH INSPECTORS CLOSED
THE MAIN KITCHEN AFTER THEY
FOUND 20 TO 30 LIVE SMALL FLYING
INSECTS.
INSECTS. THEY FOUND FOOD IN THE BUFFET
SERVED AT MORE THAN 20 DEGREES
TOO WARM.
TOO WARM. LIVE ROACHES WERE FOUND NEAR THE
DISHWASHER AND BEHIND THE MAIN
STOVE.
STOVE. AFTER AN EARLIER INSPECTION THEY
FOUND RODENT DROPPINGS.
THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY
HEALTH CODE VIOLATION.
THIS PUSH TO HOST THE WORLD
SUMMIT AT HIS GOLF RESORT PROVES
TRUMP IS USING HIS OFFICE FOR