A MONDAY BEGINS NOW. >> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN FROM
OUR NBC NEWS HEADQUARTERS HERE
IN NEW YORK.
THIS WAS DAY 900 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, 561 DAYS REMAIN
IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM AND
TONIGHT, THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE
HAS A WARY EYE ON AN EXPLOSIVE
CASE THAT THE FEDS ANNOUNCED
TODAY TO THE NORTH HERE IN NEW
YORK.
YORK. IT’S A DEEPLY DISTURBING AND
LURED SEX TRAFFICKING CASE
INVOLVING THIS MAN, 66 YEARS
OLD.
OLD. HE’S A MULTI MILLIONAIRE
FINANCER NAMED JEFFREY EPSTEIN
THAT HAS TIES TO THE PRESIDENT
AND NOTABLY HIS LABOR SECRETARY
ALEX ACOSTA.
ALEX ACOSTA. MORE ON THAT ANGLE IN A MOMENT.
TODAY, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK IN EFFECT THE MANHATTAN
OFFICE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CHARGED EPSTEIN WITH SEX
TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY AND ONE
COUNT OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
EPSTEIN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY
TO THE CHARGES HE FACES UP TO 45
YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.
>> BEGINNING OF AT LEAST 2002
AND CONTINUING UNTIL 2005,
EPSTEIN IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
ABUSED DOZENS OF VICTIMS BY
CAUSING THEM TO ENGAGE IN SEX
ACTS WITH HIM AT HIS MANSION IN
NEW YORK AND AT HIS ESTATE IN
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.
THE VICTIMS ALL UNDERAGED GIRLS
AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED
CONDUCT WERE GIVEN HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS IN CASH AFTER EACH
ENCOUNTER EITHER BY EPSTEIN OR
BY ONE OF EPSTEIN’S EMPLOYEES.
THE ALLEGED BEHAVIOR SHOCKS THE
CONSCIENCE AND WHILE THE CHARGE
CONDUCT IS FROM A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO, IT IS STILL
PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT TO THE MANY
ALLEGED VICTIMS NOW YOUNG WOMEN.
THEY DESERVE THEIR DAY IN COURT.
>> EPSTEIN IS NOW BEHIND BARS.
HE HAS A BAIL HEARING ON MONDAY.
IF IT’S UP TO THE FEDS, HE WILL
NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.
HE WAS ARRESTED WHEN HIS PRIVATE
JET LANDED HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
AFTER A FLIGHT FROM PARIS.
HIS HOME WAS RAIDED BY THE FEDS
AT THE SAME TIME.
HE’S HAD TIES TO SEVERAL
POWERFUL FIGURES AS YOU CAN SEE
HERE AND ONCE COUNTED DONALD
TRUMP AMONG HIS FRIENDS.
HERE IS HOW NEW YORK MAGAZINE
QUOTED TRUMP FOR ITS PROFILE OF
EPSTEIN BACK IN 2002.
QUOTE, I’VE KNOWN JEFF FOR 15
YEARS, TERRIFIC GUY TRUMP BOOMS
FROM A SPEAKER PHONE.
HE’S A LOT OF FUN TO BE WITH, IT
IS EVEN SAID HE LIKES BEAUTIFUL
WOMEN AS MUCH AS I DO AND MANY
OF THEM ARE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, JEFFREY
ENJOYS HIS SOCIAL LIFE.
EPSTEIN OWNS A $56 MILLION GIVE
OR TAKE MANSION ON THE UPPER
EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.
ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE HOMES
IN ALL OF MANHATTAN.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY FOUND WHAT
THEY DESCRIBE AS QUOTE A VAST
TROVE OF LEWD PHOTOGRAPHS OF
YOUNG LOOKING WOMEN OR GIRLS
INCLUDING WHAT ARE CLEARLY
LABELED CDs OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY
VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
VARIOUS CATEGORIES. TODAY’S CHARGES HAVE RENEWED
FOCUS ON EPSTEIN’S PREVIOUS
ARREST IN FLORIDA FOR SEX CRIMES
INVOLVING MINORS AND THE
NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT HE
MADE WITH THE FEDS BACK IN ’08.
EPSTEIN’S LAWYERS WORKED OUT A
DEAL WITH THE THENACOSTA.
HE WOULD BE THE NOW LABOR
SECRETARY IN THE TRUMP
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THE DEAL ACOSTA AGREED TO ALLOW
EPSTEIN TO PLEAD GUILTY TO LESS
SERIOUS STATE CHARGES, REQUIRED
THAT HE REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER, SERVE ABOUT A YEAR IN
JAIL MOST OF IT IN A WORK
RELEASE PROGRAM WITH LIBERAL
RULES OF ATTENDANCE AT HIS
NOMINATION HEARING IN 2017,
ACOSTA DEFENDED THE DEAL.
>> THERE IS AN ALLEGATION THAT I
JUST READ THAT YOU DID NOT
PURSUE A FEDERAL INDICTMENT EVEN
THOUGH YOUR STAFF HAD ADVOCATED
YOU DO SO, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THE GRAND JURY IN PALM BEACH
COUNTY RECOMMENDED A SINGLE
COUNT OF SOLICITATION NOT
INVOLVING MINORS, I BELIEVE, AND
THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN ZERO
JAIL TIME, ZERO REGISTRATION AS
A SEXUAL OFFENDER, AND ZERO
RESTITUTION FOR THE VICTIMS IN
THIS CASE.
THIS CASE. THE MATTER WAS THEN PRESENTED TO
THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE.
WE DECIDED THAT A SENTENCE OR
HOW SHOULD I PUT THIS, THAT MR.
EPSTEIN SHOULD PLEAD GUILTY TO
TWO YEARS, REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER AND CONCEDE LIABILITY
SO THAT VICTIMS COULD GET
RESTITUTION.
RESTITUTION. >> AGAIN, HE’S FACING 45 YEARS
THAT AGREEMENT WAS THE FOCUS OF
A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTSREPORT
REPORTSREPORT S
S REPORTS SITED BY THE FEDS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR TRUMP WAS
ASKED WHETHER HE HAD CONCERNED
ABOUT ACOSTA’S HANDLING OF THE
EPSTEIN CASE.
EPSTEIN CASE. >> I REALLY DON’T KNOW TO MUCH
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. I KNOW HE’S DONE A GREAT JOB AS
LABOR SECRETARY AND THAT SEEMS
LIKE A LONG TIME AGO BUT I KNOW
HE’S BEEN A FANTASTIC LABOR
SECRETARY.
SECRETARY. >> TONIGHT, POLITICO IS
REPORTING THE WHITE HOUSE IS AS
YOU MAY IMAGINE CLOSELY WATCHING
THE COVERAGE OF HIS PAST
INVALVEMENT IN THE EPSTEIN PLEA
DEAL.
DEAL. ONE TRUMP ADVISOR WHO REMAINS
CLOSE TO THE ADMINISTRATION
TELLING POLITICO THE NEXT 72
HOURS ARE CRITICAL FOR ACOSTA.
THIS IS A SETTLED MATTER FOR
PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE BUT
IT’S USUALLY THE RESPONSE THAT
KILLS YOU.
KILLS YOU. ON ANOTHER FRONT, TRUMP’S BATTLE
WITH HOUSE DEMOCRATS OVER THEIR
INQUIRY INTO THE MUELLER REPORT
MAY BE ABOUT TO TAKE A MORE
CONFRONTATIONAL TURN.
CONFRONTATIONAL TURN. LATE TODAY, HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE RELEASED WRITTEN
RESPONSES FROM ANNIE DONALDSON,
YOU MAY REMEMBER SHE SERVED AS
CHIEF OF STAFF TO DON McGAHN.
DONALDSON ANSWERED THE
COMMITTEE’S QUESTIONS ON PAPER
NOTABLY, NOT IN PERSON ABOUT
POTENTIAL OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
BY THE PRESIDENT.
THE COMMITTEE SAYS THE WHITE
HOUSE BLOCKED DONALDSON FROM
ANSWERING 212 OF THEIR
QUESTIONS, BUT SHE DID CONFIRM
THE ACCURACY OF NOTES SHE MADE
WHILE WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE
NOTES THAT MUELLER SITED 65
TIMES IN HIS REPORT.
FOR INSTANCE, SHE CONFIRMED
AFTER TRUMP FIRED COMEY, SHE
WROTE IN HER NOTES IS THIS THE
BEGINNING OF THE END?
IN NINE DAYS MUELLER HIMSELF
WILL TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE
JUDICIARY AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEES BOTH.
COMMITTEES BOTH. TODAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL
BARR WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT
UPCOMING HEARING.
UPCOMING HEARING. >> NEXT WEEK YOU GOT ROBERT
MUELLER STEPPING BEFORE CONGRESS
FOR TESTIMONY.
FOR TESTIMONY. WILL YOU BE WATCHING AND IS
THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR --
>> I DON’T KNOW IF I’LL BE
WATCHING IN REALTIME BUT I’M
SURE WHAT HE SAYS WILL GET TO ME
SOMEHOW.
SOMEHOW. DISAPPOINTED TO SEE HIM
SUBPOENAED BECAUSE I DON’T THINK
THAT SERVES ANY PURPOSE DRAGGING
BOB MUELLER UP IF HE IN FACT IS
GOING TO STICK TO THE REPORT.
IT SEEMS TO ME THE ONLY REASON
FOR DOING THAT IS TO CREATE SOME
KIND OF PUBLIC SPECTACLE AND IF
BOB DECIDES THAT HE DOESN’T WANT
TO BE SUBJECT TO THAT, THEN THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WOULD
CERTAINLY BACK HIM.
>> IT’S A LOT OCHO TALK ABOUT
AND HERE FOR OUR LEAD OFF
DISCUSSION ON A MONDAY NIGHT,
JONATHAN LAMARRE, WHITE HOUSE
REPORTER FOR THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, MAYA WILEY, FORMER
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
WITH THE NEW SCHOOL HERE IN NEW
YORK AND KATY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTER FOR "THE NEW YORK
TIMES."
TIMES." WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU.
MAYA, LET’S BEGIN WITH YOUR OLD
SHOP.
SHOP. THE FEDS HERE IN NEW YORK, THE
U.S. ATTORNEY ASKED MEMBERS OF
THE PRESS CORE NOT TO DRAW
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS
TODAY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO THE FACT THIS IS BEING ARGUED
BY THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY OR
PUBLIC CORRUPTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE FEDS HERE IN NEW YORK AND
NOT THOSE WHO WOULD NORMALLY
HANDLE SEX TRAFFICKING.
ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND
NOT READING TOO MUCH INTO THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK IF THE U.S.
ATTORNEY SAYS DON’T READ TOO
MUCH INTO IT, IT’S IMPORTANT NOT
TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS.
WE NEVER SHOULD.
CERTAINLY WHAT IS IN THE
INDICTMENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY
PUBLIC CORRUPTION IN IT, RIGHT?
FROM WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR, IT IS
A SEX TRAFFICKING CASE.
THERE COULD BE OTHER REASONS WHY
THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT MIGHT
BE THE LAWYERS THEMSELVES.
IT MIGHT BE HOW THE STAFFING IS
GOING.
GOING. THERE COULD BE OTHER REASONS.
I THINK THE POINT OF THE
QUESTION AND THE REASON WE HAVE
THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE OF THE
CLIPS YOU SHOWED OF MR. ACOSTA
AND THE FACT THAT THE INDICTMENT
ITSELF DOES GO BACK TO INCIDENTS
THAT WERE COVERED BY THAT FIRST
PLEA DEAL AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY
ALSO MADE CLEAR THIS IS NOT A
PROBLEM BECAUSE THAT PLEA DEAL
ONLY COVERED THE MIAMI OFFICE.
IT DID NOT BIND NEW YORK AND
SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENED
IN NEW YORK THAT GIVES US
JURISDICTION.
JURISDICTION. WE DON’T HAVE A LEGAL PROBLEM
HERE.
HERE. BUT THE FACT THAT IT DOES COVER
THOSE ACTIVITIES MEANS, RAISES
THE QUESTION IS THERE ANY
INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER OR
NOT THERE WAS ANYTHING
INAPPROPRIATE THAT WAS DONE OUT
OF THAT OFFICE?
MR. ACOSTA WAS DIRECTLY INEVER L
IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLEA
AGREEMENT AS THE U.S. ATTORNEY
AND, AND REMEMBER, HE DIDN’T
EVEN TELL THE VICTIMS ABOUT THE
PLEA AGREEMENT.
PLEA AGREEMENT. THAT IS NOT NORMAL.
>> THAT WAS HUGE.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET THE
FEDS TO AGREE TO A DEAL LIKE
THIS?
THIS? CAN YOU IMAGINE IT WOULD TAKE
FOR A U.S. ATTORNEY TO AGREE TO
A DEAL LIKE THIS?
>> IN MY EXPERIENCE, WHEN LINE
ATTORNEYS WHO ARE USUALLY QUITE
ADAPT EXPERTS AT THEIR JOB MAKE
A RECOMMENDATION TO A U.S.
ATTORNEY ABOUT TAKING SOMETHING
AS SERIOUS AS SEX TRAFFICKING
MINORS, THE ALLEGATIONS HERE,
THEY KNEW THERE WERE UP TO 80
GIRLS IN THIS CASE, I DON’T HAVE
AN EXPLANATION.
AN EXPLANATION. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WE’LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
HAVING ESTABLISHED WHY THIS IS
NOT DOUBLE JEOPARDY, JONATHAN
LAMARRE
LAMARRE LAMARRE, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
THE CURRENT PRESIDENT, LET’S
TALK ABOUT A FORMER PRESIDENT
BECAUSE BILL CLINTON’S NAME HAS
COME UP ALONGSIDE THAT OF
JEFFREY EPSTEIN IN FAIRNESS,
HERE IS THE ENTIRE STATEMENT
FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
OFFICE TONIGHT.
OFFICE TONIGHT. PRESIDENT CLINTON KNOWS NOTHING
ABOUT THE TERRIBLE CRIMES
JEFFREY EPSTEIN PLEADED GUILTY
TO IN FLORIDA SOME YEARS AGO OR
THOSE WITH WHICH HE HAS BEEN
RECENTLY CHARGED IN NEW YORK.
IN ’02 AND ’03 PRESIDENT CLINTON
TOOK FOUR TRIPS ON JEFFREY
EPSTEIN’S PLANE, ONE TO EUROPE,
ONE TO ASIA, TWO TO AFRICA WHICH
INCLUDED STOPS IN CONNECTION
WITH THE WORK OF THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. STAFF SUPPORTERS OF THE
FOUNDATION AND HIS SECRET
SERVICE DETAIL TRAVELED ON EVERY
LEG OF EVERY TRIP.
HE HAD ONE MEETING WITH EPSTEIN
IN HIS HARLEM OFFICE IN ’02 AND
AROUND THE SAME TIME MADE ONE
BRIEF VISIT TO EPSTEIN’S
APARTMENT WITH A STAFF MEMBER
AND SECURITY DETAIL.
HE’S NOT SPOKEN TO EPSTEIN IN
WELL OVER A DECADE AND NEVER
BEEN TO LITTLE ST. JAMES ISLAND.
EPSTEIN’S RANCH IN NEW MEXICO OR
HIS RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA.
JONATHAN NONETHELESS, THERE ARE
REPORTS TONIGHT I’VE SEEN ON
OTHER NETWORKS LINKING CLINTON
TO DOZENS OF FLIGHTS ON
EPSTEIN’S AIRCRAFT AND NOW LET’S
TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT, THE LEVEL OF WORRY
ACCORDING TO YOUR REPORTING IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> SURE, FIRST OF ALL, BILL
CLINTON, YOU’RE RIGHT.
THERE ARE REPORTS A DOZEN OR
MORE FLIGHTS HE TOOK ON
EPSTEIN’S AIRPLANE WHICH FLIES
IN THE FACE OF THE FORMER
PRESIDENT’S HERE, THAT’S
CERTAINLY GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT
OF SCRUTINY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
>> ALONG WITH A TON OF BOLDFACE
NAMES.
NAMES. >> THAT’S RIGHT.
IN DIFFERENT WORLDS, NOT JUST
POLITICS, BUSINESS AND REAL
ESTATE.
ESTATE. IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT, ACCORDING TO OUR
REPORTING, THIS MATTER WASN’T
SUBJECT TO MUCH OF THE VETTING
PROCESS FOR SECRETARY ACOSTA
DURING THE NOMINATION PROCEDURE,
DURING THE TRANSITION BEFORE HE
WAS GIVEN THE SECRETARY OF LABOR
POST.
POST. IT IS SOMETHING WE KNOW THIS
PRESIDENT, HIS INSTINCT IS TO
GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO
POWERFUL MEN WHEN ACCUSED OF
THINGS AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE
ISSUES OF THE ME, TOO MOVEMENT
AND SUPPORT ROGER AILES AND ROY
MOORE, THE SENATE CANDIDATE OF
ALABAMA WHO WAS ACCUSED OF
INTERACTIONS WITH UNDERAGED
WOMEN, KWOUNGYOUNG GIRLS WHICH B
RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT WE’RE SEEING
HERE.
HERE. IT LEAD AS COUPLE DIFFERENT
THREATS.
THREATS. ONE, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND
MOST WHITE HOUSE TOP AIDS ARE
TELLING US WHAT POLITICO IS
REPORTING.
REPORTING. RIGHT NOW ACOSTA’S JOB IS SAFE.
THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T THINK IT’S
A MATTER OF A LONG TIME AGO AND
DOESN’T SEE AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO
ADDRESS IT.
ADDRESS IT. ANY WHITE HOUSE WITH A MEDIA
CONSCIOUS PRESIDENT WILL
CAREFULLY WATCH THE REACTION,
THE REACTION IN THE PRESS AND IN
CONGRESS AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME
BIPARTISAN CRITICISM OF THIS
ALREADY.
ALREADY. THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICANS WHO
HAVE DENOUNCED EPSTEIN AND ARE
STARTING TO DANCE AROUND THE
IDEA OF MAYBE ACOSTA SHOULD BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AS WELL.
IF THAT PRESSURE INCREASES, THEN
ACOSTA COULD BE IN TROUBLE.
AS OF THIS MOMENT, THE PRESIDENT
IS INCLINED TO STICK BY HIM.
THAT COULD CHANGE AT ANY
INSTANCE.
INSTANCE. >> I’LL TAKE A CHANCE AND ASK
YOU TO TAKE A CHANCE AT A
JUDGMENT.
JUDGMENT. DOES THIS FEEL LIKE WE’RE ON THE
EVE OF WHAT COULD BE CALLED A
BRITISH STYLE SEX RING COLOSSAL
STORY?
STORY? >> IT IS POSSIBLE THE RUMORS OF
EPSTEIN HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR
MONTHS AND YEARS.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY PEOPLE THAT
TRAFFIC IN THE MEDIA BUSINESS
HEARD SOME OF THEM.
>> GAWKER WAS ALL OVER THIS
STORY YEARS AGO.
>> BOLDFACED NAMES.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THIS COULD ALL COME TUMBLING
DOWN IF HE WERE TO TAKE A DEAL.
IF HE WERE TO FLIP OR START
NAMING NAMES.
NAMING NAMES. THAT COULD HAPPEN.
AT THE MOMENT, THOUGH, IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT’S SAFE TO SAY THAT A LOT OF
VERY POWERFUL AND PROMINENT MEN
IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NERVOUS
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> GOOD POINTS.
EPSTEIN DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE
ONE TO FLIP.
THERE ARE THREE EMPLOYEES IN
THIS INDICTMENT, NO REASON TO
THINK ANY ONE OF THEM WHO
APPARENTLY WERE HELPING TO BOOK
APPOINTMENTS IF THEY HAD ANY
INFORMATION THEY MIGHT FLIP AND
THE OTHER THING WE SHOULD
REMEMBER ABOUT MR. ACOSTA AS HIS
LABOR SECRETARY, GUESS WHAT HE’S
RESPONSIBLE FOR?
RESPONSIBLE FOR? >> HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
YEP.
YEP. I REALIZED THAT TONIGHT.
HEY, KATY, TO PROVE WE CAN WALK
AND CHEW GUM AND HANDLE MORE
THAN ONE TOPIC AT A TIME UNDER
THE SAME TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
UMBRELLA, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
GUY YOU COVER FOR A LIVING AND
THAT’S THE TORN GENERALAGAIN ATT
AT FIRST HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE
NO OBSTRUCTION IF MR. MUELLER
WANTED TO TESTIFY UP ON THE
HILL.
HILL. NOW HE’S SAYING HE WOULD BACK
MUELLER IF HE DECIDED AGAINST
IT.
IT. JUST WHAT IS GOING ON THERE THAT
WE CAN’T SEE?
>> I THINK THAT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL BARR IS SAYING SOMETHING
TECHNICALLY TRUE.
TECHNICALLY TRUE. HE IS SAYING THAT BOB MUELLER
HAS ALREADY PUBLICLY SAID THAT
IF FORCED TO FIREFIGHTERTESTIFY
CONGRESS, HE PLANS TO GO NO
FURTHER THAN THE 448-PAGE REPORT
THAT HE’S WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED
WITH HIS TWO-YEAR INVESTIGATION
INTO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE OR
CONTACT OR COOPERATION BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
WHEN BILL BARR SAYS LISTEN, I
DON’T THINK THIS WILL MAKE A TON
OF NEWS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS
WHAT ROBERT MUELLER IS GOING TO
SAY, HE’S AGAIN TECHNICALLY
CORRECT BUT I THINK WHAT THIS
DOWN PLAYS IS THE REAL POWER OF
HAVING ROBERT MUELLER SPEAK
PUBLICLY WILL CONVEY TO
AUDIENCES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND THE WORLD.
WE’VE ALREADY SEEN IT HAPPEN
ONCE WHEN BOB MUELLER AND MAY
DECIDED TO KM OUT ANDCOME OUT AN
SHORT SPEECH HE’S STEPPING DOWN
AS SPECIAL COUNSEL AND IN TEN
MINUTES OUTLINED HIS TOP LINE
FINDINGS, NOT BILL BARR’S
FINDINGS INCLUDING THE FACT IF
HE COULD HAVE EXONERATED
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE WOULD HAVE
BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO.
AND THAT REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT
BOTH WASHINGTON AND THE LARGER
NATIONAL CONVERSATION FOR DAYS
AND DAYS.
AND DAYS. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAVING ROBERT
MUELLER SPEAK FOR SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE TWO DIFFERENT