TRUMP USED TO PRAISE MOST NOW
UNDER CUTTING HIM AND THAT’S OUR
TOP STORY NOW.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR SAYING
SOMETHING TODAY THAT IS ON THE
ONE HAND ENTIRELY ORDINARY.
THE ELECTION IS OVER AND THERE
WAS NO WIDE SPREAD VOTER FRAUD
AND BIG NEWS AND ALLEGEDLY NEWS
TO DONALD TRUMP AFTER BATTLES
WHERE BARR TOILLOYALLY TOOK HIS
SIDE.
DOING AN INTERVIEW TO REAFFIRM
NO EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMIC VOTER
FRAUD.
WE TRY TO KEEP IT REAL SO LET’S
BE CLEAR, IF THIS SOUNDS
FAMILIAR, IT’S A P.R. RERUN OF
WHAT BILL BARR ALREADY PUT ON
PAPER AFTER THE ELECTION, THAT
THERE WAS NO MAJOR VOTER FRAUD.
IN FACT, DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION
WHEN THE MEDIA SAVVY, ATTORNEY
GENERAL TRIED TO GIVE DONALD
TRUMP ONE LAST LITTLE ITTY BITTY
SUGAR HIGH.
COUPLE HEADLINES AS A BALM FOR
THE LOSS AND HE RELEASED THIS
OFFICIAL LOOKING MEMO AND THE
VERY NIGHT THAT NEWS BROKE, IF
YOU WERE WITH US, YOU MAY
RECALL, WE REPORTED LEGALLY THE
MEMO WAS BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP
BECAUSE IT FOUND NO VOTER FRAUD
AND IT ONLY LIGHTLY TWEAKED THE
TIMELINE FOR ANY UNLIKELY VOTER
FRAUD PROBES.
NOW, I’LL TELL YOU, WE LOOKED
BACK AT THIS.
BARR DID GET DRAMATIC HEADLINES
LIKE THIS.
THAT’S FROM THAT NIGHT.
NOT TONIGHT, WHICH HAD "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" IMPLYING THERE WAS
SOME BIG SPECIAL NEW AUTHORITY,
WHICH WAS A BIT OF A STRETCH.
NOW HERE WE ARE, THREE WEEKS
LATER AND BARR IS DELIVERING ALL
OF THIS AS ONE MORE PREDICTABLE
CHASER BECAUSE TODAY’S SCOOP
OFFERED TO THE PRESS WE’LL SHOW
YOU HERE, YOU CAN JUDGE FOR
YOURSELF.
IT WAS ALREADY IN THE FINE PRINT
FROM THAT ORIGINAL MEMO ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO STATING THAT
FRAUD AND IRREGULARITYIES DID NO
CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF ANY
ELECTION.
SO DONALD TRUMP IS NOT GETTING
THE ANSWERS HE WANTS FROM THE
TOP LAWYER IN GOVERNMENT AND IN
A SIGN OF TRUMP’S LACK OF
CONTROL OVER BARR AT LEAST ON
THIS MATTER NOW, TRUMP WASN’T
CALLING DOJ OR CALLING HIM IN
FOR A MEETING, HE WAS JUST
REDUCED TO PLAINTIFFLY TWEETING
AT THE OUT GOING A.G. TODAY.
LET’S BE CLEAR.
NONE OF THAT MEANS DONALD
TRUMP’S TASKS ARE OVER YET.
FAR FROM IT.
HE’S THE PRESIDENT AND ONE OF
THE PRESIDENT’S GREATEST UNITARY
POWERS IS OVER PARDONS AND WE
HAVE REPORTING DONALD TRUMP HAS
BEGUN DISCUSSING GIVEN A PARDON
TO HIS LAWYER RUDY GIULIANI.
THE TWO DISCUSSING A PREEMPTIVE
PARDON LAST WEEK.
THE FAMED PROSECUTORS IN THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THEIR
FORMER CHIEF GIULIANI.
>> RUDOLPH GUNIULIANI UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
>> RUDY GIULIANI IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY THE U.S.
ATTORNEY IN NEW YORK.
>> NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN NO
REPORTS OF ANY INDICTMENTS OF
GIULIANI SINCE THAT NEWS BROKE,
BUT HERE IS WHAT IS REALLY
STRIKING RIGHT NOW.
THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT A COUPLE
BIG NAMES, RUDY GIULIANI
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF HIM AS A
FAMOUS AMERICAN.
WHAT IS STRIKING IS THAT RUDY
GIULIANI KNOWS WHAT WORKS.
YOU CAN’T DENY HE COMMITTED ANY
CRIMES RELATED TO THIS.
HE SAID FROM PROSECUTORS THINK
I’VE COMMITTED A CRIME, THEY’RE
CRAZY.
I’VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 50
YEARS.
I KNOW HOW TO NOT CREATE A
CRIME.
HE IS CERTAIN HE DIDN’T COMMIT A
CRIME OR PASS LINES, WHY IS HE
DISCUSSING A PREEMPTIVE PARDON
FOR HIMSELF?
YOU DON’T NEED ONE OF THOSE
UNLESS YOU THINK YOU FACE REAL
JEOPARDY AND IF YOU’RE A LAWYER,
YOU KNOW WHAT REAL JEOPARDY
LOOKS LIKE.
PEOPLE MAY BE SKINCENICAL BUT
COURTS AND JURIES DON’T CONVICT
PEOPLE WITH NO EVIDENCE.
IT TAKES HARD EVIDENCE TO NOT
GET CLOSE TO A CRIMINAL
CONVICTION TO THE NEXT LEGAL
HEADACHE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
RIGHT NOW.
DONALD TRUMP’S OWN SUPPORTERS, A
VERY PROMINENT ONE SUGGESTING
MAYBE LIKE GIULIANI TRUMP
HIMSELF NEEDS A PARDON AND
SHOULD TRY TO GIVE IT TO
HIMSELF.
>> BIDEN EVER BECAME PRESIDENT,
I’D TELL TRUMP PARDON YOURSELF
AND YOUR FAMILY.
>> NOW, THERE IS NO REPORTING ON
WHETHER DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE
ABOUT TO DO THAT BEFORE HE
LEAVES OFFICE, BUT THIS IS ALSO
FOR YOUR CONTEXT, NOT A RANDOM
COMMENT.
DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWED SOME OF
HIS PAST PUBLIC SUGGESTIONS AND
KR, N
CNN REPORTS HE WAS REPORTEDLY
ASKED ABOUT THAT VERY THING,
SELF-PARDONING.
NOW, DOJ RULES CURRENTLY BARR
SELF-PARDON BY THE PRESIDENT.
BUT THERE IS NO FINAL WORD ON
THIS ONE FROM THE SUPREME COURT.
HISTORY IS SOMEWHAT INSTRUCTIVE.
REMEMBER, RICHARD NIXON RESIGNED
OVER HIS CONDUCT AS HE FACED A
POTENTIAL SENATE CONVICTION AND
NEVER TRIED TO PARDON HIMSELF.
WHY NOT?
WELL, A VALID PARDON WOULD HAVE
BEEN HIS INTEREST.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT HE ULTIMATELY WAS NOT SURE
THAT A SELF-PARDON WOULD BE
VALID.
RICHARD NIXON DIDN’T THINK IT
WOULD NECESSARILY HOLD UP.
AND REMEMBER, THAT IS PRECISELY
WHY PRESIDENT FORD WAS THE ONE
THAT PARDONED NIXON SO IT
FOLLOWED THE STANDARD ORDER OF A
PRESIDENT PARDONING SOMEONE
ELSE.
TAKE A LOOK AFTER NIXON
RESIGNED.
>> I BECAME GREATLY CONCERNED
THAT IF MR. NIXON’S PROSECUTION
AND TRIAL WERE PROLONGED, THE
PASSIONS GENERATED OVER A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME WOULD SERIOUSLY
DISRUPT THE HEALING OF OUR
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A LONG RECORD OF
FORGIVING EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN OUR COUNTRY’S MOST
DESTRUCTIVE FAUXES.
>> THIS ISN’T A LEGAL COMMENT
BUT FORGIVENESS TYPICALLY GOES
FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.
YOU CANNOT LOGICALLY JUST
FORGIVE YOURSELF.
NOW, LEGALLY, THE CONSENSUS
AMONG EXPERTS RUNS AGAINST
SELF-PARDONS.
WHICH IS PART OF WHY THIS HAS
NEVER BEEN TESTED BUT I ALWAYS
WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FACTS.
THAT HISTORY DOES NOT MEAN WE
CAN SAY WHETHER THE SUPREME
COURT WOULD VIEW THIS
HYPOTHETICAL AS ILLEGAL OR
INVALID.
NOBODY KNOWS.
NIXON DIDN’T DO IT BECAUSE EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS BASICALLY A CROOK
BY HISTORY’S JUDGMENT HE OFTEN
REFERRED TO RULES.
DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT CONNECTICUT
VICTIM
-- CONVICTED OF ANYTHING MAKING
HIM A CROOK BUT IF SO WOULD HE
VIOLATE A DECISION FOR CHIEF