>>> TONIGHT DRCH’S OFFICIALLY CLOSER TO IMPEACHMENT THAN EVER
ON THE EEFB OF THESE PUBLIC
HEARINGS, WHICH WILL PROBE INTO
THE SCANDAL THAT HAS PARALYZED
HIS PRESIDENCY FOR NOW.
WE START WITH A QUESTION, HOW
DID WE GET HERE?
THE ANSWER BEGINS WITH A COUNTRY
THAT WAS RARELY IN THE NEWS.
WHEN THE FIRST REPORTS OF THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER EMERGED IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST" LONG BEFORE WE
EVER SAW THAT COMPLAINT, WE WERE
ALL WAITING AND WONDERING, AND
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES
THIS ALL HAVE TO DO WITH
UKRAINE?
UKRAINE? >> BY FAR, THE BIGGEST NEWS OF
THE DAY, WHICH IS THIS
WHISTLE-BLOWER STORY, WHICH IS
NOW GOING OFFICIALLY NUTS.
SHANE HARRIS OF "THE WASHINGTON
POST" IS REPORTING THAT THE
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH UKRAINE.
>> SOMETHING TO DO WITH UKRAINE.
WHAT WOULD BE SCANDALOUS ABOUT
UKRAINE POLICY?
UKRAINE POLICY? MOST PEOPLE HAD NOT HEARD ENOUGH
ABOUT TRUMP’S POLICIES TOWARD
THAT COUNTRY TO EVEN GUESS AT
THE TIME.
THE TIME. IF YOU WERE LEARNING ABOUT THIS
STORY FROM THE WASHINGTON POST,
THE TIMES OR MOST NATIONAL NEWS
IN SEPTEMBER WHEN RACHEL WAS
REPORTING THAT OUT, IT WAS ALL
NEW.
NEW. IF YOU HAPPEN TO READ
CONSERVATIVE ARTICLES IN THE
PORTION OF THE HILL, YOU WOULD
SEE THE SEEDS OF THIS TRUMPIAN
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
CONSPIRACY THEORY. HEADLINE QUOTING OFFICIAL’S
UNSUPPORT
UNSUPPORT UNSUPPORTED THAT UKRAINE AVOIDED
PROSECUTING CERTAIN PEOPLE.
ANOTHER FROM APRIL IN THE SAME
BASIC FORMAT, SINGLE UKRAINIAN
SOURCE CLAIMING THE U.S. DIDN’T
WANT EVIDENCE ON DEMOCRATS.
NOW YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS
GOING.
GOING. AGAIN, THIS WAS BACK IN APRIL,
BEFORE ANY OF THIS BLEW UP.
BUT AROUND THAT SAME TIME HERE
IS THE CHERRY ON TOP OF THIS
CONSPIRACY THEORY SUNDAE.
QUOTE, JOE BIDEN’S 2020
UKRAINIAN NIGHTMARE, A CLOSED
PROBE IS REVIVED.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT CLAUSE,
THIS IS BACK IN APRIL, IS JUST
NOT A THING YET.
CLOSED PROBE REVIVED HADN’T
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. AMERICA AT THAT TIME IN APRIL
WAS WAITING FOR THE RELEASE OF
THE MUELLER REPORT, THREE WEEKS
AWAY.
AWAY. THIS WRITER FOR THE HILL WAS
SPECULATING ABOUT THIS BIDEN
NIGHTMARE THAT VIRTUALLY NO ONE
WAS LOSING SLEEP OVER.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TOMORROW.
HAPPEN TOMORROW. AT THAT POINT THERE WAS NO WAY
TO DISTINGUISH THIS FROM
THOUSANDS OF OTHER HEADLINES.
THOSE ALL HAVE SOMETHING CRUCIAL
IN COMMON, JOHN SOLOMON,
CONSERVATIVE WRITER, ANALYST AT
FOX NEWS AND HAS LISTENINGS TO
TOP CONSERVATIVE OPERATIVES.
COLOMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW SAYS
HE HAS A HISTORY OF BENDING THE
TRUTH AND DISTORTING FACTS.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT UP FRONT.
IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH ABOUT
SOLOMON, YOU MAY BE ABOUT TO
HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT HIM IN THE
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS.
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS. MR. SOLOMON AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAD THE SAME TASTE IN LAWYERS,
SOLOMON HIRED JOE DEGENOVA, A
LAWYER THAT TRUMP TRIED TO HIRE.
LIKE LAWYERS THAT TRUMP FAVORS
THESE DAYS HE DOES MORE THAN
LITIGATE, PUSHES POLITICAL
AGENDAS, GOES ON FOX NEWS WHERE
HE DRAMATICALLY PREVIEWED HIS
DISTURBING MATERIAL THAT WOULD
COME FROM HIS CLIENT SOLOMON.
>> THERE’S VERY DISTURBING
DETAILS THAT ARE ABOUT TO COME
OUT IN REPORTING BY JOHN SOLOMON
AND I THINK ONCE THOSE DETAILS
COME OUT I THINK THERE WILL HAVE
TO BE A FULL-FLEDGED CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> WOW, FULL FLEDGED.
SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS THE INSIDE
SCOOP ON WHAT HIS OWN CLIENT IS
WRITING.
WRITING. FOX NEWS SEGMENT WAS TOUTING THE
PIECE I JUST MENTIONED THAT OH,
SO UNDERSTATED HEADLINE THAT
READS LIKE INFO WARS FAN
FICTION, THE ONE ABOUT THE
UKRAINIAN NIGHTMARE AND REVIVING
OF A PROBE.
STEP ONE, HAVE YOUR LAWYER HYPE
THE PIECE ON HANITY, LIKE
THERE’S INDEPENDENT INTEREST IN
IT.
IT. STEP TWO, GO ON HANNITY
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. JOHN SOLOMON CITING HIS SOURCES
FOR THIS THEN OBSCURE STORY.
>> THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JOHN
SOLOMON IS WITH US.
>> THERE’S A PATTERN OF HUNTER
BIDEN BEING IN THE COUNTRIES
WHERE THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS A
FOREIGN POLICY PORTFOLIO AND
SOMEHOW WALKING OFF WITH SOME
NICE PAY DATES.
THEY’RE TELLING ME TONIGHT,
SEAN, THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO GET
THIS INFORMATION TO THE U.S.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN
SIX MONTHS.
SIX MONTHS. >> WELL, IF THERE WAS A U.S.
GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY BY THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OR STATE
DEPARTMENT, THAT WOULD SOUND
BAD, RIGHT?
BAD, RIGHT? BUT, OF COURSE, THAT LAST SIX
MONTHS WOULD IMPLICATE THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, DEGENOVA AND
HANNITY SUPPORT TRUMP,
OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY. TOP PEOPLE INVOLVE ALL SAY WHAT
YOU JUST HEARD FROM SOL MON IS
FALSE.
FALSE. HIS ANGLE HAS BEEN BACKFIRING IN
TWO WAYS.
TWO WAYS. ONE AS A POLITICAL PROPAGANDA
MISSION TO HELP TRUMP, BRINGING
TRUMP CLOSER TO IMPEACHMENT THAN
EVER.
EVER. TWO, AS A CONSPIRACY THEORY,
UKRAINE ALLEGATION GOT REALLY
BIG, TOO BIG AND BLEW UP IN
SOLOMON’S FACE, SPARKING AN
INVESTIGATION THAT HAS PUBLICLY
SHREDDED HIS CLAIMS.
ORIGINAL WHISTLE-BLOWER
ORIGINAL WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT SAYS IN MARCH 2019,
THESE SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE
HILL, QUOTING SEVERAL UKRAINIAN
OFFICIALS, CITING SOLOMON’S
WORK.
WORK. THAT’S PART OF WHAT GOT TRUMP IN
SO MUCH HOT WATER.
TRUMP OFFICIALS AND DIPLOMATS
WHO FACT CHECKED SOLOMON AGAIN.
WE ONLY KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
IT BACK FIRED BECAUSE OF THE
PROBE.
PROBE. NOW I CAN TELL YOU THREE
DIFFERENT OFFICIALS WHO SERVED
IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAY
WHEN IT CAME TO SOLOMON’S
UKRAINE WRITING ALL THE KEY
ELEMENTS WERE FALSE.
ANOTHER ONE SAYING SOLOMON
PEDALES BASELESS CONSPIRACY
THEORIES.
THEORIES. ANOTHER, DIPLOMAT GEORGE KENT,
WHO WE’LL HEAR FROM TOMORROW,
WAS BLASTING HIS FABRICATIONS AS
UTTER NONSENSE.
UTTER NONSENSE. THAT’S TESTIMONY FROM PEOPLE
SPEAKING UNDER OATH UNDER THE
THREAT OF PERJURY, LEGALLY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT CARRIES MORE
WEIGHT AND POTENTIALLY MORE
LEGAL PERIL THAN WHAT YOU SAY IN
A SEAN HANNITY SEGMENT.
SO THAT’S A LIE.
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WELL, I BEGAN THIS REPORT WITH A
QUESTION.
QUESTION. HOW DID WE GET HERE?
TO PARAPHRASE THE TALKING HEADS,
DAVID BURN, YOU MAY FIND
YOURSELF IN ANOTHER PART OF THE
WORLD AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF,
WELL, HOW DID I GET HERE?
THAT’S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO KNOW.
WE GOT TO THIS OTHER PART OF THE
WORLD BECAUSE OF THIS PLOT, A
PLOT THAT BEGAN WITH THIS
SERIOUS INFORMATION PROPAGANDA
AND WAS SUPER SIZED AND
WEAPONIZED, THIS IS IMPORTANT,
BY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, BY HIS
TOP ADVISER SS AND WAS ALLEGEDLY
DEPLOYED THROUGH THE ARM AND
POWER OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
DEMOCRATS SAY IT’S AN
IMPEACHABLY BIG DEAL.
LOOK BACK IN MARCH WHO DONALD
TRUMP WAS RETWEETING, SOLOMON
THEORY, CITING FOX NEWS WHILE
GIULIANI LITERALLY TRAVELED
AROUND THE WORLD TRYING TO WILL
SOLOMON’S THEORY INTO REALITY.
GIULIANI MAY NOT EXPECT UKRAINE
TO EVER, WHAT, INDICT THE VICE
PRESIDENT OR HIS FAMILY, FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT, BUT WEAPONIZING
PROPAGANDA ISN’T ABOUT FACTS.
IT’S ABOUT IMPACT.
TRY TO GET THE TALK OF THE
INVESTIGATION GOING.
INVESTIGATION GOING. MAYBE SPARK AN ACTUAL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. UKRAINE WAS CLOSE TO DOING THAT
WHEN THE MONEY WAS FINALLY
UNFROZEN.
UNFROZEN. GIULIANI TRIES TO ADD MORE
SMOKE, INNUENDO TO THE BIDENS
WHICH DID, OF COURSE, DRAW THEM
OUT ON DEFENSE.
YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS
TO INNOCULATE THE SITUATION.
WE KNOW THE PHRASE SHOOT FIRST,
ASK QUESTIONS LATER.
THIS IS HOW THE PLOT WORKED
SMEAR FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS
LATER, GIN UP A PROCESS TO
DELEGITIMIZE THAT ORIGINAL
SMEAR, DOJ INVESTIGATING THE
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATORS OR TRYING
TO GET A FOREIGN COUNTRY TO
INVESTIGATE THE CASE.
THE LATER ACTION TRIES TO TRICK
YOU INTO THINKING THAT THE
ORIGINAL OUTLANDISH THEORY HAS
BECOME MORE SUBSTANTIATED BY
EXTERNAL EVENTS, BY THE SMOKE.
THAT’S WHY I’M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING,
IT’S VITAL TO TRUMP AND GIULIANI
THAT SOLOMON ULTIMATELY BE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE
GIULIANI’S RIDICULOUS CALLS FOR
SOLOMON TO WIN JOURNALISM
AWARDS.
AWARDS. >> THE UKRAINIANS BROUGHT ME
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF
UKRAINIAN COLLUSION WITH HILLARY
CLINTON, THE DNC, GEORGE SOROS.
JOHN SOLOMON, WHO SHOULD GET A
PULITZER PRIZE, BY THE WAY.
>> SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE.
JOHN SOLOMON SHOULD GET A
PULLITYER PRIZE.
PULLITYER PRIZE. >> IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD THAT
BEFORE YOU SEE HOW THAT MATTERS
TO THIS IMPEACHMENT PROBE.
JOHN SOLOMON SHOULD GET THE
PULITZER PRIZE, TEED UP TO FOX
NEWS AND MAGA FANS.
LOOK AT THIS.
THEY DIRECTLY CONTACTED
HANNITY’S SHOW TO EMPHASIZE
UKRAINE ALLEGATIONS WERE FALSE
AND SUGGESTED THAT HANNITY STOP
COVERING THEM BUT HE KEPT
PUTTING SOLOMON ON AIR FOR HIS
BREATHLESS DISPATCHES.
BREATHLESS DISPATCHES. >> UKRAINIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS SAYING YES, WE DID TRY
TO TIP THE 2016 ELECTION IN
FAVOR OF HILLARY CLINTON.
JOE BIDEN THWARTED AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
UKRAINIAN EMBASSY.
UKRAINIAN EMBASSY. IN MY POSSESSION I HAVE
DOCUMENTS FROM THE UKRAINE
GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE.
THEY WANT TO INTERVIEW WAS
HUNTER BIDEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
$3 MILLION.
$3 MILLION. >> PROMISED LOTS OF SCOOP AND
DIRT AND SOURCES AND HAS A FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SAY AND WRITE
AND SPECULATE ON WHAT HE WANTS.
AS THIS THING HAS BLOWN UP IN
THE FACES OF THESE TRUMP ALLIES,
AMERICANS AND IMPEACHMENT
INVESTIGATORS ARE SEEING
SOLOMON’S WORK AND SOME OF HIS
SPOURSS EXPOSED.
SPOURSS EXPOSED. ONE SOURCE AND COLLABORATOR
INDICTED GIULIANI AFFILIATE LEV
PARNAS.
PARNAS. DIPLOMATS WARNING PARNAS WAS
TRYING TO SUBVERT OUR DEMOCRACY,
HE IS NOW COOPERATING WITH
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATORS.
IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATORS. THE HILL HAS CAUGHT HEAT BY
PUBLISHING SO MANY PIECES OF
OPINION BY SOLOMON, JUST AS IT
CAUGHT HEAT BY PUBLISHING AN
OPINION PIECE BY MICHAEL FLYNN
FOR UNDISCLOSED LOBBYING.
THE HILL HAS UPDATED THAT PIECE
ON THEIR WEBSITE GIVEN THAT
CONTROVERSY.
CONTROVERSY. SOLOMON ARTICLES STAND THE WAY
THEY ARE.
THEY ARE. WE ASKED FOR COMMENT AND THEY
DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE
RECORD AND TOLD THAWS SOLOMON NO
LONGER WORKS FOR THE HILL.
WEBSITE REPORTEDLY CLOSE TO
GIVING GIULIANI A PODCAST DEAL.
AND THEN AFTER ALL THOSE HANNITY
APPEARANCES, SOLOMON HAS
FORMALLY BE HIRED BY FOX NEWS AS
A CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS HANDY.
AFTER THE TRUMP UKRAINE SCANDAL
WAS EXPOSED SOLOMON ABRUPTLY
LEFT HIS PERCH AT THE HILL.
NATIONAL SECURITY SITE, ADDING
THAT FOX NEWS PROVIDES A PLACE
WHERE SOLOMON CAN DEPLOY, QUOTE,
MISLEADING IMAGE OF AN