DATA WITH A RUSSIAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATE WITH TIES TO RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE. WITH ME NOW IS DANNY, LET ME
START FIRST WITH WHAT WE LEARNED
YESTERDAY FROM THIS ACCIDENTAL
REDACTION ISSUE.
REDACTION ISSUE. HOW, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, HOW
EASY IS IT FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS TO HAPPEN.
HOW MUCH CAN YOU EXPERIENCED
ACCIDENTAL UNREDACTIONS LIKE
THIS.
THIS. >> THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT FROM
PAPER FILING TO ELECTRONIC
FILING.
FILING. YOU CREATE THEM ON YOUR
COMPUTER, CREATE A PDF, AND
ELECTRONICALLY UPLOAD IT.
IN THE OLD DAYS PEOPLE USED
MARKERS, THEY DREW LINES THROUGH
WHAT THEY DIDN’T WANT TO APPEAR.
NOW THE REDACTION TECHNIQUES CAN
BE TOUGH, THEY MAY USE A BLACK
HIGHLIGHTER AND IT DOESN’T COVER
THE TEXT CORRECTLY.
IT IS A NEW PROBLEM BECAUSE OF
OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE LEARNED IN IT.
IT IS ALMOST AS IF MANAFORT’S
ATTORNEYS ARE ADMITTING SO
CERTAIN THINGS THAT MUELLER
FOUND.
FOUND. WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY.
>> THE BURDEN OF PROOF FROM THE
GOVERNMENT IS SO EASY TO SHOW
THAT MANAFORT BREACHED THE
GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY WILL TRY TO
DISPUTE IT LATER ON.
THE GOVERNMENT GETS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT HE BREACHED THE
AGREEMENT.
AGREEMENT. FOR THE INFORMATION IN THERE,
THAT DEVELOPS ONE OF THE
THEORIES OF LIABILITY WHICH IS
THAT PAUL MANAFORT MAY HAVE BEEN
SELLING ACCESS TO THE CAMPAIGN
AND ULTIMATELY THE PRESIDENCY.
AT BEST PAUL MANAFORT WAS
SELLING THAT ACCESS POSSIBLY AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP KNEW NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. AT WORST, WHAT IF PAUL MANAFORT
WAS SELLING THAT ACCESS AND THEY
HAD SOME AWARENESS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
OTHER NICE THAT WE HEARD TODAY.
WE HEARD THAT ROD ROSENSTEIN
WILL BE LEAVING SOON.
MUELLER EXTENDED HIS GRAND JURY
ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO
HAVE THE REPORT IN LATE FEBRUARY
OR EARLY MARCH.
WHY DO YOU STILL NEED A GRAND
JURY.
JURY. >> THE SAFEST BET IS THAT HE
WILL EXTEND BEYOND FEBRUARY.
LONG TERM INVESTIGATIONS LIKE
THIS, THE LARGE ETC. WHITE
COLLAR INVESTIGATION IN OUR
NATION’S HISTORY, IS LIKELY
GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. THE SIXTH MONSTHS EXTENSION IS
ONE INDICATOR OF THAT.
AS THEY TURN THEY GIVE MORE
INFORMATION TO INVESTIGATORS AND
CREATE NEW TENDRALLS OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. MICHAEL FLYNN WHO STAYED AND
CONTINUED HIS SENTENCING SO HE
COULD CONTINUE TO COOPERATE.
AND THAT CONTINUED COOPERATION
MAY YIELD MORE INFORMATION.
SO WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE IT COULD
ALL WRAP UP BY THE ENOF
FEBRUARY, I CAUTION FOLKS THAT
WITH THE LARGE ERSST INVESTIGATI
IN OUR NATION’S HISTORY, IT
COULD LAST LONGER.
>> BIGGER THAN ENRON?
>> BIGGER IN THE SENSE THAT
TALKING TO ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT FOLKS AND HOW IT CAN
EXPLODE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
BUT ENRON IS VERY LARGE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN
OUR NATION’S HISTORY.
I WANT TO LAY CLAIM TO THIS
BEING THE BIGGEST.
>> NO, AND I GUESS HOW WOULD YOU
DEFINE BIGGER.
DEFINE BIGGER. IN THIS CASE I GUESS IT IS THE
FACT THAT IT IS FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT?
GOVERNMENT? >> THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, IN
YOUR RUN OF THE MILL WHITE
COLLAR CASE, THE CASE CAN LAST A
COUPLE YEARS WITH COOPERATION AS
THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES AND WAITS
FOR THINGS TO DEVELOP, CONTINUES
THEIR INVESTIGATION, THAT CAN
TAKE POTENTIALLY YEARS AND THAT
IS WITH ONE, MAYBE TWO COOPERATE
TORSCOOPERATE
TORSCOOPERATE COOP RAY
COOP RAY COOPERATORS.
COOPERATORS. THIS IS A VERY LARGE
INVESTIGATION SPANNING THE
LENGTH OF THIS COUNTRY.
>>> PAUL MANAFORT SHARING
POLLING DATA AT THE TIME THAT HE
WAS RUNNING THE CAMPAIGN WITH A
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ASSET.
WHAT IS THE MOST DAMMING PIECE
OF EVIDENCE?
OF EVIDENCE? >> THE CONNECTION WITH RUSSIA.
THE NEXT DOT TO CONNECT IS WHO
IN THE RUSSIA -- THE TRUMP
CIRCLE, KNEW ABOUT THIS AND
CONDONED IT OR EVEN ACCEPTED THE
FRUITS OF IT.
THAT GOES A LONG WAY TO SHOWING
THAT MAGIC QUID PRO QUO THAT
WILL HANG THAT HOOK OF CRIMINAL
LIABILITY UNDER FEDERAL LAW.