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>> Sean: NOW, EARLIER TODAY
DONALD TRUMP INVOKED THE FIFTH
AMENDMENT WHILE HE SAT FOR A
DEPOSITION IN THE NEW YORK
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S SHAM CIVIL
PROBE.
IT’S NOT A CRIMINAL PROBE.
INTO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
FAMILY’S BUSINESSES.
NOW, REMEMBER, IT WAS THE NEW
YORK AG, LETICIA JAMES HERSELF
WHO ACTUALLY CAMPAIGNED ON
PROSECUTING TRUMP.
HE SAID IT OFTEN.
ASK YOURSELF, AS YOU WATCH THIS,
DOES THIS SEEM LIKE SOMEBODY
CONCERNED WITH EQUAL JUSTICE
UNDER THE LAW, ESPECIALLY FOR
ANYBODY NAMED TRUMP?
TAKE A LOOK.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL BECAUSE I
WILL NEVER BE AFRAID TO
CHALLENGE THIS ILLEGITIMATE
PRESIDENT WHEN OUR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS ARE AT STEAK.
I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT OF THESE
UNITED STATES CAN BE INDICTED
FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
>> OH, WE’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO
SUE WE’RE GOING TO BE A REAL
PAIN IN THE [BLEEP].
HE’LL KNOW MY NAME PERSONALLY.
>> THAT AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> WHO CAN’T GO A DAY WITHOUT
THREATENING OUR FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS.
>> YES, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON
DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ABUSES.
WE NEED TO FOLLOW HIS MONEY.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE HE’S
LAWED REND MONEY.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR
NOT HE’S ENGAGED IN CON SPEAR
GEEZ HERE WITH REACTION DONALD
TRUMP’S NEW YORK ATTORNEY A LEAN
HABA IS WITH US.
SO YOU HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT RAN
ON A PLATFORM TO DESTROY ONE MAN
IN THE STATE THAT SHE WAS GOING
TO BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH
ALL THAT POWER.
THIS IS A CIVIL CASE.
WOULDN’T THIS BE -- I DON’T
THINK THE PRESIDENT HAD ANY
CHOICE BUT TO INVOKE THE 5TH
BECAUSE IF ONE COMMA, IF ONE
PERIOD, IF HE DIDN’T DOT EVERY
I, CROSS EVERY T, WOULDN’T HE BE
FACING A PERJURY TRAP IN THAT
CIRCUMSTANCE BASED ON THE FACT
THAT SHE RAN A WHOLE CAMPAIGN TO
TAKE HIM DOWN?
>> YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT SEAN,
YOU NAILED IT.
THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS,
ALTHOUGH WE HEAR THAT THE DA HAS
DROPPED EFFECTIVELY THE CRIMINAL
CASE, THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS
THAT THE DA WAS WAITING TO SEE
IF HE WOULD TESTIFY AND IF, YOU
KNOW, IF HE SAID IT WAS SUNNY
OUTSIDE BUT THERE WAS AN
OVERCAST, THEY WOULD HAVE COME
AT ME WITH GUNS A BLAZING LIKE
THEY DID ON MONDAY WITH THE NARA
INVESTIGATION WHICH HE WAS
COOPERATING IN.
UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN MONDAY’S
INCIDENT IN TANDEM WITH
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THIS MAN
HAS ENDURED AND HIS FAMILY HAS
ENDURED, THERE WAS JUST
ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICE IN THE
MATTER.
WE HAD TO TELL HIM THAT THIS WAS
IN HIS BEST INTERESTS AND, THAT
HE, QUITE HONESTLY, COULDN’T
TRUST THE PROCESS.
>> Sean: HAS THERE EVER BEEN A
TIME, I CAN’T THINK OF ONE,
WHERE SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR A
VERY POWERFUL POSITION, ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF A STATE -- I MEAN,
THERE’S A LOT OF POWER IN THAT
POSITION -- WHERE THEY HAVE RUN
ON A PLATFORM TO TAKE ONE
INDIVIDUAL DOWN?
I CAN’T THINK OF ANOTHER
EXAMPLE.
>> NO.
ETHICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS THE HIGHEST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT IN THE
STATE.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
IMPARTIAL AND THERE IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE ANY SORT OF
INFLUENCE INDIVIDUALLY THAT
WOULD GO INTO THIS.
AND, REMEMBER, EVERYTHING THAT
SHE SAID WAS PRIOR TO HER
GETTING ANY TESTIMONY.
I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
SEAN, AND THIS WILL SHOCK
VIEWERS, BUT SHE WAS QUITE
PLEASANT TO BE WITH TODAY.
I DID GET TO ACTUALLY MEET AND
ENGAGE WITH HER, AS DID FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND IT WAS SAD.
BECAUSE, IN REALITY, POSTURING
AND POLITICKING HAS BECOME SO
MUCH OF THIS COUNTRY’S DYNAMIC
THAT PEOPLE FORGOT TO JUST BE
HUMAN BEINGS.
AND DID I SAW A LITTLE BIT OF
HUMAN BEING IN EVERYBODY IN THAT
ROOM.
IT WAS QUITE PLEASANT.
BUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE VIDEOS
THAT YOU PLAYED, THAT IS
UNFORTUNATELY WHAT OUR COUNTRY
HAS BECOME WHICH WILL LEAD US TO
BECOME MUCH LIKE A THIRD
COUNTRY, A THIRD -- YOU KNOW,
WE’RE GOING TO BE CUBA IF WE
CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD.
PEOPLE NEED TO REMEMBER TO
RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE’S
DIFFERENCES AND REMEMBER THAT
DEMOCRACY, THE CONSTITUTION, THE
BED ROCK OF OUR COUNTRY, WE ARE
TO RESPECT IT AND WORK WITHIN
THE BOUNDS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS THERE.
IT SHOULD WORK, BUT YOU CANNOT
EXCEED IT.
YOU CANNOT SIT IN HER POSITION
AND NOW PRO TO FILE A COMPLAINT
BECAUSE AFTER THREE YEARS YOU
MUST.
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T SPENT SO
MANY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
>> Sean: WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS
PRETTY AMAZING ACTUALLY.
YOU REMOVE POLITICS FROM THE
EQUATION AND WOW THEY ACTUALLY
GOT ALONG TODAY.