WE’LL GET INTO ALL OF THAT. I’M THRILLED THAT HE’S BEEN ON
THE SHOW TONIGHT.
THAT’S UNUSUAL.
THAT’S UNUSUAL. WE BEGIN WITH DONALD TRUMP ABOUT
TO FACE A CRUSH OF NEW
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. NOW MANY PEOPLE SAID, LOOK, THIS
SUMMER FELT A LITTLE CHAOTIC AND
YOU HAD ALL THE MUELLER STUFF.
DEMOCRATS SAY THERE’S A LOT MORE
TO GET TO.
TWO TOP LEADERS IN THE HOUSE
ANNOUNCING A NEW PROBE INTO
WHETHER DONALD TRUMP HAS ABUSED
HIS POSITION AS PRESIDENT TO
ENRICH HIMSELF.
ENRICH HIMSELF. NOW OBVIOUSLY THE CONTEXT HERE
IS SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN
REPORTING ON AGGRESSIVELY ALL
WEEK.
WEEK. THE REVELATIONS OF VICE PENS
TOOK THIS ABSURD 180 MILE DETOUR
SO HE COULD DROP SOME TAXPAYER
DOLLARS AT TRUMP’S HOTEL OVER
THERE IN IRELAND.
TRUMP IS ALSO PUSHING HIS
FLORIDA RESORT FOR AN
INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TRYING TO
GET FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO PAY
IN, ALTHOUGH THAT HASN’T BEEN
APPROVED YET.
APPROVED YET. JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN JERRY NADLER
AND ELIJAH CUMMINGS ARE SAYING
THIS IS SERIOUS INVESTIGATIVE
STUFF.
STUFF. THEY’RE DEMANDING DOCUMENTS FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE, FROM PENCE FROM
EVEN THE SECRET SERVICE WHICH
COULD SET UP ALL KINDS OF
BATTLES AS WELL AS THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION WHICH IS ON THE
RECEIVING END OF THE APPARENT
BOON DOINGLESS AND SETTING A
DEADLINE FOR SEPTEMBER 19th.
THIS COULD HELP THIS COMMITTEE
TO MAKE A DECISION ON, YES,
WHETHER TO RECOMMEND, QUOTE,
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
WE WERE REPORTING ON HOW
DEMOCRATS HAD ESSENTIALLY THREE
DIFFERENT FRONTS FOR ANY
POTENTIAL IMPEACHMENT PROBE.
FIRST, THE EVIDENCE LAID OUT BY
MUELLER.
MUELLER. IT’S BEEN PUBLICLY DISCUSSED AND
PARTLY STONE WALLED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. SECOND THOUGH, THERE’S DONALD
TRUMP’S RACIST ACTIONS AS
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THAT WAS THE WAY THAT AL GREEN
PUT IT IN THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE
THAT HE HELD WHICH, REMEMBER,
WASN’T BACKED BY FIVE OR TEN OR
20 PEOPLE IN THE RESISTANCE, 95
ELECTED DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE
BACKED THAT ROAD TO IMPEACHMENT.
THIRD, YOU HAVE THE HOUSE GOING
DEEPER INTO ILLEGAL HUSH
PAYMENTS WITH WOMEN AND MUCH OF
THAT OCCURRED IN 2016 WHEN
THERE’S NO ARGUMENT FOR
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING MATERIAL.
UNDERLYING MATERIAL. NOW DONALD TRUMP ENRICHING
HIMSELF, I SHOULD SAY, THROUGH
THE PRESIDENCY?
THE PRESIDENCY? WELL, YOU COULD CONSIDER THAT A
POTENTIAL FOURTH DOOR ACCORDING
TO SOME DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
THERE’S PLENTY TO WORK WITH
HERE.
HERE. MIKE PENCE SHIFTING HIS
EXPLANATIONS OVER REAL TIME
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ABOUT WHY HE
WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO SPEND
YOUR MONEY AT THAT RESORT.
HE WAS ASKED, QUOTE, DID
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASK HIM?
I DON’T THINK IT WAS A REQUEST,
COMMAND, I THINK IT WAS A
SUGGESTION.
SUGGESTION. >> SUGGESTION FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AT
TRUMP NATIONAL TO ACCOMMODATE
THE UNIQUE FOOTPRINT THAT COMES
WITH OUR SECURITY DETAIL AND
OTHER PERSONNEL MADE IT LOGICAL.
>> ABOUT 3:30 IN IRELAND LAST
NIGHT THAT’S WHEN THE VICE
PRESIDENT’S CHIEF OF STAFF MARK
SHORT PUT OUT AN ADDITIONAL
STATEMENT BLAMING THIS ON
MISREPORTING EVEN THOUGH WHAT
HAD BEEN REPORTED WAS QUOTING OF
THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS CHIEF
OF STAFF.
OF STAFF. >> SO YOU START WITH THIS WAS
TRUMP’S IDEA.
TRUMP’S IDEA. WHO ELSE’S IDEA WOULD IT BE TO
GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO STAY AT A
TRUMP HOTEL?
TRUMP HOTEL? THEN YOU HAVE THE IDEA, OH, IT
WAS A LOGICAL CHOICE.
NOBODY REALLY BOUGHT THAT.
THEN YOU HAVE BLAMING THE PRESS.
DEMOCRATS HAVE A COMPLETELY
SEPARATE INVESTIGATION AS WELL
INTO WHETHER TRUMP WAS TRYING TO
PROFIT WHEN HE WAS PUSHING HIS
DORAL RESORT FOR THE NEXT
SUMMIT.
SUMMIT. >> DORAL HAPPENS TO BE WITHIN
MIAMI.
MIAMI. IT’S A WONDERFUL PLACE.
IT’S A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL
AREA OF FLORIDA.
IT’S VERY IMPORTANTLY ONLY FIVE
MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT.
IT’S NOT ABOUT ME, IT’S ABOUT
GETTING THE RIGHT LOCATION.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE OLD
SAYING, LOCATION, LOCATION,
LOCATION.
LOCATION. FIVE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT OR
180 MILES, DEPENDING ON WHICH
AIRPORT YOU NEED TO USE.
THE NEXT WEEK DEMOCRATS WILL BE
BACK IN WASHINGTON, AND THEY’RE
SAYING THAT MEANS DONALD TRUMP
IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE
EXPLAINING TO DO.
KICKING OFF OUR SHOW TONIGHT
WE’VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
TOPICS TO COVER BUT WE BEGIN ON
FOLLOWING THE MONEY WITH JASON
JOHNSON AND MARGARET CARLSON
FROM THE DAILY BEAST.
MARGARET, IT WOULD SEEM THAT
THINGS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS
LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR, THE
EXCESSIVE EXAGGERATION OF HIS
PROPERTIES, THE BLATANT
SELF-PROMOTION AND
SELF-PROMOTION AND SELF-ENRICHMENT ARE GETTING MORE
ATTENTION NOW, AT LEAST THE WAY
IT WENT DOWN WITH PENCE AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR PLANNING
30 K AT THE TRUMP HOTEL IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >> THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
BIT VAGUER BECAUSE WHO WAS
PAYING?
PAYING? WILLIAM BARR IS PAYING THE
30,000 OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET,
JUST HAPPENS TO BE GOING TO THE
TRUMP HOTEL DOWN THE STREET.
BUT THIS ONE IS THE TAXPAYER,
AND, YOU KNOW, SCOTT PRUE WET
AND RYAN ZINCE AND TOM PRICE
WERE LET GO, FIRED, PUSHED OUT
FOR DOING THIS VERY SAME THING,
STAYING IN EXPENSIVE HOTELS AND
TAKING PRIVATE JETS ON THE
TAXPAYER DIME.
TAXPAYER DIME. SO INVOLVING THE TAXPAYER MONEY
I THINK IS THE KEY HERE IN WHY
OVERSIGHT AND JUDICIARY ARE
DOING IT.
DOING IT. BUT THE OTHER PART ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS SUCH A BOLD MOVE.
LIKE IT WASN’T GOING TO BE A
SECRET THAT HE WAS GOING THERE,
AND THERE’S NOTHING ABOUT A
FOOTPRINT.
FOOTPRINT. LIKE DUBLIN HAS A LOT OF
DIGNITARIES THAT PASS THROUGH
AND WITH A BIG FOOTPRINT AND THE
FOOTPRINT CAN BE HANDLED.
WHEN I WENT TO THE DUNBEG
WEBSITE, ROOMS WERE GOING FOR
995 EURO A NIGHT WHICH IS
SLIGHTLY OVER 1,000, BUT ALSO
THOSE DAYS THAT PENCE WAS THERE
WERE CROSSED OUT SO IT COULD BE
THAT THEY TOOK OVER THE WHOLE
PLACE AND THAT THE FOOTPRINT WAS
SMALL ENOUGH, ACTUALLY, THAT
THEY TOOK OVER THE WHOLE PLACE.
>> JASON?
>> JASON? >> THIS -- THIS IS SUCH AN
OBVIOUS SCAM.
OBVIOUS SCAM. LIKE I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
TAKES THE DEMOCRATS SO LONG TO
REALIZE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES IS SCAMMING US
ALL.
ALL. THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE.
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE. THIS ISN’T THE ONLY EXAMPLE.
WE’VE SEEN FOREIGN DIGNITARIES
AND AMBASSADORS DECIDE THEY WANT
TO STAY IN TRUMP HOTELS.
HE’S USING THE UNITED STATES AS
A WAY TO FUNNEL MONEY INTO HIS
PERSONAL FINANCES.
PERSONAL FINANCES. THAT’S NOT COMPLICATED.
THAT’S NOT DIFFICULT.
WHAT AMAZES ME.
ARI, YOU KNOW WHAT’S SMARTER
THAN SPENDING ALL OF THIS TIME
AND POLITICAL CAPITAL ON
INVESTIGATIONS?
INVESTIGATIONS? AN IMPEACHMENT.
AN IMPEACHMENT. THAT’S WHAT AMAZES ME ABOUT ALL
OF THIS.
OF THIS. >> SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE WE’VE
BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS
AND, FRANKLY, I HEAR FROM
VIEWERS OF THE BEAT AND MSNBC
ALL THE TIME ABOUT, WELL, WAIT A
MINUTE, THE DEMOCRATS SURELY HAD
TO HAVE A PLAN.
THEY KNEW THAT SOONER OR LATER
MUELLER WOULD END AND WHETHER HE
ENDED WITH FOUR, YOU KNOW,
INCIDENTS OF OBSTRUCTION OR SIX
OR EIGHT OR -- YOU KNOW, BARRING
SOME FANTASMAGORICAL VIDEO OR
SOMETHING SMOKING WHICH WE STILL
KNOW IN THIS CLIMATE PEOPLE
WOULD DEBATE, PEOPLE ASK ME,
ARI, DON’T THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A
PLAN FOR WHAT THEY WOULD DO WHEN
IT CAME IN?
THEY HAVE THREE OR FOUR DOORS,
DIFFERENT CARCASSES, THEY DON’T
SEEM TO HAVE A CLEAR PLAN OF
WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO ABOUT
IT.
IT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WHEN IT COMES TO IMPEACHABLE
TRUMP HAS TURNED IT FROM A TWO
TO A FOUR FROM A FOUR TO AN
EIGHT.
EIGHT. WE’RE FINDING MORE THINGS THEY
HAVE DONE THAT IS CORRUPT.
THE DEMOCRATS NOT ONLY DON’T
HAVE A PLAN BUT WHAT THEY SHOULD
BE DOING AND WHAT THEY’RE
WASTING TIME WITH, EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS
COULD BE PART OF AN IMPEACHMENT
HEARING.
HEARING. THAT’S PART OF THE SHOW.
THAT’S PART OF THE PRESENTATION
TO THE PUBLIC BUT INSTEAD
THEY’RE WASTING TIME IN THE
HEARINGS THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY
LOST AS WE HEAD INTO HOLIDAY
SEASON.
SEASON. SO UNLESS THE PLAN IS TO DO
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS IN THE
PRIMARY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE
WASTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT
ONLY FULFILL THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES BUT HOLD A CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN
CHECK.
CHECK. >> JASON CALLS IT A SCAM.
THE THING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP,
THIS WAS TRUE IN HIS PRIOR LIFE
IN ENTERTAINMENT AND IT IS
CERTAINLY TRUE IN THE WAY THAT
HE IS PRESIDENT, THERE’S A LOT
OF LYING AND OCCASIONALLY THERE
ARE LITTLE BOLTS OF WEIRD TRUTHS
THAT MAKE HIM LOOK BAD AND YOU
THINK WHY DOES SOMEONE WHO LIES
SO MUCH TO TRY TO LOOK GOOD THEN
SAY TRUE THINGS THAT MAKE HIM
LOOK BAD?
LOOK BAD? MAYBE THAT’S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE
TO KNOW WHY, BUT THAT --
>> NOW THAT’S A RAP SONG, ARI.
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT DID L.L. COOL
JAY SAY YOU’RE LYING ABOUT THE
LIES YOU TELL.
HERE IT’S OCCASIONALLY BLURTING
THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH. AND I OFFER THAT AS CONTEXT FOR
WHAT I WANT YOUR ANALYSIS ON
WHICH IS HERE’S DONALD TRUMP
SAYING BASICALLY SOMETHING THAT
NO OTHER PRESIDENT IN EITHER
PARTY WOULD EVER PUBLICLY ADMIT
TO, WHICH IS THAT THEY THINK
BEING PRESIDENT IS COSTING THEM
SOMETHING AND THEY COULD MAKE
MORE MONEY ELSEWHERE.
BY THE WAY, ALMOST EVERY
QUALIFIED PRESIDENT COULD MAKE
MORE THAN A PUBLIC SECTOR
SALARY.
SALARY. BARACK OBAMA COULD HAVE MADE
MORE IF HE WANTED TO BE A
LOBBYIST OR BE AT A LAW FIRM.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
HERE HE WAS ADMITTING THAT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> PROBABLY IT WILL COST ME
ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO $5 BILLION TO
BE PRESIDENT.
BE PRESIDENT. COULDN’T CARELESS, OTHERWISE I
WOULDN’T HAVE DONE IT.
PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WHAT DO
YOU THINK IT COSTS, BETWEEN
OPPORTUNITY -- I USED TO MAKE A
LOT OF MONEY MAKING SPICHS.
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I GET?
ZIP POE.
ZIP POE. >> HE DOESN’T SEEM TO REALIZE
THAT THAT’S THE WRONG EQUATION
IF YOU WANT TO CHOOSE PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SERVICE. MOST PEOPLE DON’T GET TO WORK IN
POSITIONS OF POWER, DECIDE LIFE
AND DEATH MATTERS.
IT’S PUBLIC SERVICE.
HE WANTED TO STAY PRIVATE BUT --
>> I THINK THAT ADDS LIKE
ANOTHER 100 LIES TO THE 12,000
LIES BECAUSE I DON’T CARE?
THAT’S REALLY A BIG LIE BECAUSE
HE DOES CARE.
HE’S THE ONLY PRESIDENT WHO
THINKS HE SHOULD STILL BE MAKING
MONEY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR --
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- WHILE HE’S PRESIDENT.
SOME PRESIDENTS MIGHT THINK,
WELL, I CAN MAKE SOME MONEY
LATER, LIBRARY, BOOKS, ET
CETERA.
CETERA. BUT THIS IS ONE WHO THINKS JUST
THE OPPOSITE.
THE OPPOSITE. HE DOESN’T WANT TO GIVE UP ANY
MONEY WHILE HE’S THERE.
BY THE WAY, HE STILL OWNS HIS
PROPERTIES AND HIS BUSINESS.
SO HIS SONS ARE RUNNING IT?
THAT WAS THE WORST CASE OF
REMOVING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
I’VE EVER SEEN IN GOVERNMENT
EVER.
EVER. >> WELL PUT.
LIKE A 2X4.
BOTH OF YOU STAY WITH ME.
I WANT TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO
WE’RE ACTUALLY INDEBTED TO IN
THIS REPORTING.
THIS REPORTING. WE LIKE TO GO TO OUR PRIMARY
SOURCES.
SOURCES. ZACH EVERSON REPORTS ON THE
TRUMP HOTEL IN WASHINGTON AND,
YOU KNOW, ZACH, YOU CAN NEVER
PROFILE PEOPLE, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU CAN’T LEARN A LOT BY LOOKING
AT SOMEONE, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> AND SO WE DON’T PROFILE YOU.
EAGLE EYED VIEWERS MAY RECALL
YOU WERE ON THE SHOW EARLIER
THIS WEEK.
THIS WEEK. YOU WERE STUMPED BY DAVID KORYN.
HE THREW OUT A LINE FROM SNOOP
DOGGY DOG.
DOGGY DOG. YOU KNEW IT.
TOP OF THE DOME AND WE SALUTE
YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT’S WHAT I’M HERE FOR.
>> NOW ONTO THE BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS.
WE’LL PUT UP ON THE SCREEN
THANKS TO YOUR WORK THE NUMBER
OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS THAT HAVE
BEEN SPENDING MONEY AT THE TRUMP
HOTEL PROPERTIES.
HOTEL PROPERTIES. THAT’S JUST FROM PUBLIC
SOURCING.
SOURCING. WALK US THROUGH AGAIN FOR
VIEWERS WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
YOUR WORK, ALTHOUGH WE’VE RELIED
ON IT, WHAT IT IS YOU’VE FOUND
AND WHY YOU THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO TRACK THIS APPARENT
PATRONAGE?
PATRONAGE? >> SURE.
>> SURE. I STARTED LOOKING AT SOCIAL
MEDIA TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND
OUT WHO WAS SPENDING MONEY AT
THE TRUMP HOTEL.
YOU ABSOLUTELY COULD.
THEY’RE POSTING PICTURES ON
THERE.
THERE. I STARTED OFF IN I GUESS IT WAS
AUGUST OF 2017 AND IT WAS
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI AND RUDY
GIULIANI.
GIULIANI. HERE WE ARE A COUPLE OF DAYS
LATER.
LATER. YESTERDAY IT WAS A GOVERNOR OF
ONE OF PAKISTAN’S PROVINCES AND
RUDY GIULIANI AGAIN BECAUSE HE’S
A REGULAR THERE.
YOU CAN REALLY GET A GOOD
GLIMPSE OF WHAT’S GOING ON.
IT’S FEC REPORTS ON CAMPAIGN
FINANCE AND PICTURES THAT I’VE
SEEN OF THEM ONLINE.
WE’VE HAD I THINK IT’S 26 OUT OF
53 REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE BEEN
THERE, ONLY ONE DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR.
SENATOR. >> THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CAUCUS
AND COUNTING.
AND COUNTING. IT ADDS UP TO REAL MONEY.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> -- SAYING NEARLY 20 MIL SPENT
AT TRUMP FAMILY HOTELS SINCE
2015.
2015. ONLY BY REPUBLICAN POLITICAL
GROUPS.
GROUPS. BASED ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRAVEL INDUSTRY, WHICH, AGAIN,
IS WHAT YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND
IN, IS THAT AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF
MONEY FOR A HOTEL TO GET
STRICTLY FOR POLITICAL REASONS
RATHER THAN WHAT WE MIGHT CALL
EARNED OR MERITOCRATIC INTERESTS
STAYING THERE.
STAYING THERE. >> WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT IS HOW
REPUBLICANS DIDN’T GO TO TRUMP
PROPERTIES UNTIL TRUMP BECAME
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THAT IS JUST THE FACT THAT
YOU CAN SEE.
YOU’VE SEEN MIKE PENCE’S
COMMITTEE HAS SPENT $225,000
THERE.
THERE. SPEAKER -- EXCUSE ME, MINORITY
LEADER McCARTHY’S COMMITTEE HAS
SPENT 225,000.
SPENT 225,000. THE RNC HAS SPENT 400,000 AND
PRO TRUMP PAC HAS SPENT OVER
500,000.
500,000. RIGHT THERE IT IS CLEAR-CUT HE
IS PROFITING FROM THE
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. >> MARGARET?
>> MARGARET? >> I DON’T KNOW IF ZACH INCLUDED
THIS.
THIS. PENCE’S PACS HAVE PAID $250,000
AT TRUMP PROPERTIES ALREADY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT’S STRIKING
ABOUT THIS IS IT’S NOT HIDDEN.
IT’S ALL IN PLAIN SIGHT.
IT’S BOLD.
IT’S BOLD. IT’S OUT THERE.
AND LIKE DEMOCRATS ARE JUST
GETTING AROUND TO IT AS JASON
SAYS, WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN?
JUST WALK INTO THE LOBBY.
THANK YOU, ZACH, FOR DOING IT
FOR US.
FOR US. THAT’S REALLY HARD DUTY.
BUT IT’S -- IT’S THERE.
IT’S NOT HARD TO GET.
YOU DON’T EVEN NEED SUBPOENAS,
JUST LIKE -- YOU’VE GOT THE
DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS. THE DOCUMENTS ARE REALLY
POWERFUL.
POWERFUL. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> THIS NEW HOUSE INVESTIGATION,
WE’RE NOT GOING TO LEARN
ANYTHING NEW.
ANYTHING NEW. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> WE KNOW WHEN TRUMP WENT TO
DUNEBEG, ONE OF HIS SCOTTISH
GOLF COURSES IN 2018, THE
TAXPAYERS WERE ON THE BILL FOR
$77,000.
$77,000. THE SCOTSMAN DID A GREAT JOB
REPORTING THAT.
REPORTING THAT. WE KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO
REQUEST THESE DOCUMENTS, MAYBE
THEY’LL GET THEM, MAYBE THEY
WON’T.
WON’T. INFORMATION MIGHT LEAK.
THE END RESULT IS THE TAXPAYERS
ARE ON THE HOOK FOR ABOUT
$50,000.
$50,000. WHAT MATTERS THEN IS WHAT THE
DEMOCRATS DO WITH THAT
INFORMATION IF ANYTHING BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING NOTHING.
THERE’S SEVEN DIFFERENT HOUSE
PANELS THAT ARE LOOKING INTO AS
SPEKTSDS
SPEKTSDS SPEKTS OF TRUMP’S BUSINESSES.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY PUBLIC
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> WE CERTAINLY HAVEN’T SEEN ANY
SORT OF CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR.
>> JASON?
>> JASON? >> ARI, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT
AT THIS POINT?
YELP REVIEWS?
YELP REVIEWS? I DIDN’T LIKE THE DINNER HERE,
THE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WASN’T
THAT GOOD.
THAT GOOD. IT WOULDN’T REQUIRE AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THIS LOOKS LIKE KICKBACKS.
SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS FEEL
LIKE IF I DON’T SPEND MONEY IN A
TRUMP HOTEL, HE WON’T ENDORSE
ME.
ME. HE’LL ATTACK MY PRIMARY OPPONENT
IN 2020.
IN 2020. WHY IT IS THAT THESE MEMBERS OF
THE SENATE CAN’T REALIZE THAT
THEY ARE ACTUALLY BEING TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF AS MUCH AS THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IS AMAZING TO
ME.
ME. I’M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD
RATHER SPEND THE NIGHT AT A
HOLIDAY INN THAN $900 AT A TRUMP
HOTEL.
HOTEL. >> WILLIAM BARR -- TRUMP NEEDS
WILLIAM BARR MORE THAN WILLIAM
BARR NEEDS TRUMP?
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> HE’S SPENDING $30,000 OUT OF
HIS OWN POCKET.
OF ALL OF THE EXPEN AT THISDITUR
THE ONE I FIND QUESTIONABLE.
>> MR. BARR IS A VERY BRIGHT
PERSON.
PERSON. HE DIDN’T TAKE A LONG TIME
HANGING OUT THERE IN THIS NEW
ROLE.
ROLE. HE’S ONE OF THE MORE RECENT
CABINET MEMBERS TO FIGURE OUT
HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO
INGRATIATE.
INGRATIATE. THAT’S A CHILLING STATEMENT WHEN
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MATTERS OF
LITERALLY LIFE AND DEATH.
I MEAN, WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES
AND WHO PROTECTS THE PRISONS AND
HOW DO EXECUTIONS WORK AND HIS
FOCUS WAS NOT ONLY IN GETTING A
HOLIDAY PARTY PLANNED AND
GETTING IT LEAKED THAT HE’S
SPENDING THE MONEY THAT WAY.
ON A LIGHTER NOTE DO YOU KNOW
HOW YOU CAN TELL WHETHER A
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST IS SOLID
ON THE ROAD?
>> I DO NOT, PLEASE TELL ME.
>> MY TEST.
I LOVE A FREE INCLUDED
CONTINENTAL IS WHETHER THERE’S
MULTIPLE TYPES OF JUICE.
IF I COME IN AND IT’S ONLY O.J.,
IT’S OKAY.
IT’S OKAY. IF I SEE THE GRAPEFRUIT JUICE,
THIS HOLIDAY INN, ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> ARI, BREAKFAST WAS INCLUDED
AT THE DUNEBEG FOR YOUR $1,000 A
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >> NOT JUST BREAD BUT O.J.
>> I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE O.J.
AT THE DUNEBEG BUT YOU GOT
BREAKFAST.
BREAKFAST. >> WE TRY TO GO TO O.J. TO O.G.
>> NICE.
>> NICE. >> THAT’S A GOOD ONE.
>> ZACH?
>> ZACH? SORRY.
SORRY. >> NO WORRIES.
WE’VE GOT STANDARDS FOR HOW YOU
JUDGE A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST.
>> I’LL TRY TO BE FUNNIER.
>> I WAS IMPRESSED.