KHASHOGGI TO TRY AND H >>> WAIT, THE SAUDIS NEED TO
UNDERSTAND "THE WASHINGTON POST"
IS NOT GOING AWAY.
>> I DON’T THINK THEY’RE FRIENDS
WITH THE TIMES, EITHER.
>> THE GUY THAT RUNS "THE
WASHINGTON POST," YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT GUY DID?
HE TOOK ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE MOST
POWERFUL INSTITUTION, CERTAINLY
THE MOST POWERFUL INSTITUTION IN
BOSTON, HE WENT TO A BOSTON
NEWSPAPER AND HE TOOK DOWN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
CATHOLIC CHURCH. YOU ARE SO ARROGANT TO THINK
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SEE THIS FOR
THE REST OF THE YOUR LIFE?
YOU ARE SO ARROGANT TO THINK
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO PICK YOUR
COUNTRY APART EVERY DAY?
YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A DAY’S
REST.
REST. IT WILL FOLLOW YOU AND YOUR
COUNTRY AND YOUR FINANCES AND
YOUR PERSONAL LIVES EVERY SECOND
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU SCREWED UP.
THERE’S A STRONGER WORD YOU’D
LIKE TO USE BUT I’VE USED IT ON
THIS SHOW ONCE SO I WON’T USE IT
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THEY’RE COMING AFTER YOU.
AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO STOP.
AND THEY’RE COMING AFTER YOU NOT
WITH SAWS, NOT WITH BULLETS, NOT
WITH BRIBERY.
WITH BRIBERY. THEY’RE COMING AFTER YOU WITH
FACTS.
FACTS. AND A TEAM OF ANGRY JOURNALISTS
WHO AREN’T GOING TO LEAVE A
SCRAP ON YOUR COUNTRY’S BONES
UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING AND
CLEAN THIS MESS UP.
>> AND THE "WASHINGTON POST" IS
REPORTING ON CAPITOL HILL
WHISPER CAMPAIGN TO SNEER JAMAL
KHASHOGGI.
KHASHOGGI. IT IS REPORTEDLY LED BY SOME ON
THE RIGHT.
THE RIGHT. IN AN EFFORT TO DEFEND PRESIDENT
TRUMP AGAINST CRITICISM HE
APPEARS TO BE DEFENDING SAUDI
ARABIA’S LEADERS OVER
KHASHOGGI’S DISAPPEARANCE.
KHASHOGGI’S DISAPPEARANCE. FOUR GOP OFFICIALS TELL THE POST
THAT IN RECENT DAYS, SOME
CONSERVATIVE HOUSE REPUBLICANS,
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
ALLIES WITH TRUMP HAVE BEEN
PRIVATELY EXCHANGING ARTICLES
FROM RIGHT WING OUTLETS THAT
FUEL SUSPICION OF KHASHOGGI.
HIGHLIGHTING HIS ASSOCIATION
WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHER SHOOD
AND HIS YOUTH AND RAISING
CONSPIRATORIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT
HIS WORK DECADES AGO AS AN
EMBEDDED REPORTER COVERING OSAMA
BIN LADEN.
BIN LADEN. YESTERDAY, THE RUMORS SURFACED
DURING A PANEL ON FOX NEWS.
>> NOW SOME THINGS HAVE COME OUT
AND WE’RE JUST REPORTING THE
FACTS.
FACTS. YOU KNOW, LISA, WE DON’T HAVE TO
FALL DOWN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
ON THIS, BUT KHASHOGGI WAS TIED
TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
>> THAT’S IFFY, HARRIS, TO SAY
THAT HE WAS TIED TO THE MUSLIM
BROTHERHOOD.
BROTHERHOOD. >> WHAT WAS IT, THEN?
>> THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE WAS
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON FOR
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
AND AT TIMES HAD WRITTEN AND
WORKED WITH SOME MUSLIM BROTHER
MEMBERS IN SAUDI ARABIA.
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS A --
>> MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
>> A SPOKESMAN OR A JOURNALIST.
SO I MEAN, HE’S BEEN TIED ONE A
LOT OF PEOPLE --
>> CAN WE SYMPATHIZE --
>> I JUST PUT IT OUT THERE
BECAUSE IT IS IN THE.CONTELL
LAGZ --
LAGZ -- CONSTELLATION OF --
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE USING THAT TO
DISCREDIT HIM.
DISCREDIT HIM. >> I’M PUTTING IT IN THE MIX.
I’M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
I’M JUST SAYING.
LIKE I’M JUST PUTTING IT OUT
THERE.
THERE. A COMPLETE LIE.
I’M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT
THERE BECAUSE THAT’S MY
RESPONSIBILITY, TO LIE.
THAT’S INCREDIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> A COMPLETE LIE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT A --
>> WHAT A DISSERVICE.
>> WHAT THE SLEEVEAZE MERCHANTS
TALK RADIO AND OTHER OUTLETS ARE
DOING, THEY GIVE SLEAZY A BAD
NAME.
NAME. THEY’RE ACTUALLY SAYING THAT
HE’S AFFILIATED WITH AL QAEDA.
BECAUSE HE WAS A REPORTER.
LIKE A LOT OF REPORTERS WHO
REPORTED ON OSAMA BIN LADEN IN
THE 80s AND THE 90s AND THE
MUJAHADIN.
MUJAHADIN. THAT’S LIKE WHEN YOUR FATHER WAS
WORKING TO TRY TO OVERTHROW THE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT IN
AFGHANISTAN.
AFGHANISTAN. >> YEP.
>> YEP. >> WORKED WITH MUJAHADIN.
GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT? THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO
WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO WIN THE
COLD WAR.
COLD WAR. >> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
HISTORY TO BE ABLE TO DECIPHER
THAT.
THAT. >> BUT IT’S INCREDIBLE.
I GUESS IF PEOPLE WANT TO ASK
HOW LOW THE FAR RIGHT, THE
SLEAZE MERCHANTS CAN GO, THIS IS
A PRETTY GOOD PLACE TO START.
THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD CASE
STUDY.
STUDY. >> TIME AND AGAIN, WE’VE SEEN
THIS.
THIS. CERTAINLY THOSE IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA WHO CARRIED
HIS WATER.
HIS WATER. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE
WILLING TO GIVE HIM COVER ON NO
MATTER WHAT ISSUE IT IS.
THIS IS A CASE, I KNOW WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE TRUMP IS START TO
GO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM THE
ROYAL FAMILY IN RIYADH.
BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
BET BIG ON MBS.
THEY HAVE MADE SAUDI ARABIA THE
LINCHPIN OF THEIR MIDDLE EAST
STRATEGY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH
PEACE IN THE REGION AND
CERTAINLY IRAN.
CERTAINLY IRAN. AND IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT
FOR HIM, THEN, TO UNTANGLE
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. SO RIGHT NOW IN THIS PRECARIOUS
MOMENT, THE PRESIDENT’S ALLIES
ARE OUT THERE DOING HIS WORK
TRYING TO GIVE HIM COVER.
>> AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
DOESN’T WORK IN MIDDLE AMERICA,
WILLIE AND DONNIE?
SMEARING A GUY WHO IS PREACHING
REFORM AGAINST SAUDI SHEIKHS WHO
CARVED HIS BODY UP WHILE HE WAS
STILL ALIVE.
STILL ALIVE. THAT DOESN’T PLAY WELL IN PEORIA
OR TUSCALOOSA.
OR TUSCALOOSA. >> FORGET POLITICS.
ON A PURELY HUMAN LEVEL, IF
YOU’RE YOU A PART OF THE SMEAR
CAMPAIGN CAN, THINK ABOUT WHAT
YOU’RE SAYING.
YOU’RE SAYING. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.
YOU’RE SAYING A MAN WHO WENT
INTO A CONSULATE TO GET A
MARRIAGE LICENSE AND LEFT IN
PIECES IN A BAG AFTER HE WAS
TORTURED AND MURDERED, HE’S THE
BAD GUY?
BAD GUY? >> WOW.
>> WOW. >> THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SAYING.
YOU’RE SAYING HE’S THE BAD GUY.
>> JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
>> THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE
DOING.
DOING. IT’S PATHETIC.
IT’S PATHETIC. AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO
NOW, DONNIE, THAT DONALD TRUMP,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, WHOSE BIDDING THEY’RE
DOING, SEEMS TO BE MOVING IN THE
OTHER DIRECTION SAYING I THINK
HE WAS KILLED AND IT DOES LIKE
LIKE MBS --
>> LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, TRUMP
WILL LEAVE TOXICITY IN HIS PATH.
I MADE A JOKE BEFORE WE WERE
GOING TO BREAK AND ALEX YELLED
AT ME.
AT ME. LITTLE JARED KUSHNER IS GOING TO
BE VERY UPSET BECAUSE HIS CROWN
PRINCE BUDDY, THEY’RE FOUGHT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO FUTURE
DEALINGS TOGETHER AND JARED WILL
BE SO UPSET BECAUSE HE HAD SUCH
A NICE --
A NICE -- >> WHAT’S THAT VOICE YOU HAVE?
>> THAT’S JARED KUSHNER BECAUSE
HIS CROWN PRINCE DUDBUDDY WHO HA
WORKED SO HARD --
>> WHOSE VOICE IS THAT?
>> THAT’S JARED KUSHNER.
>> NO, IT COULD BE USE.
>> THE LITTLE CROWN PRINCE IS --
>> STOP IT.
STOP IT.
STOP IT. >> I JUST CAN’T STOP IT.
>> WELL, NO, LISTEN, JARED WAS
HANGING OUT ALL WEEKEND WITH
MBS.
MBS. ALL WEEKEND.
ALL WEEKEND. RIGHT BEFORE HE DID WHAT HE DID
WITH THE SAUDI -- THE OTHER
SAUDI PRINCES.
SAUDI PRINCES. HE WAS THERE ALL WEEKEND.
AND THEN HE LEAVES AND, BOOM,
SUDDENLY EVERYBODY GOES UNDER
HOUSE ARREST AND GETS TORTURED
IN THE RITZ AND YOU WONDER
WHETHER JARED GAVE HIM THE GO
AHEAD.
AHEAD. LISTEN, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO.
DO. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BOTHER YOU.
>> THE WOMAN PUSHING BACK WHAT
MARIE HARF, A FORMER OBAMA STATE
DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON PUSHED
BACK ON THOSE FOX HOSTS
SUGGESTIONS THAT JAMAL
KHASHOGGI, A WASHINGTON POST
COLUMNIST WHO WAS MURDERED AT
THE HANDS OF THE SAUDIS, THAT HE
WASN’T CLEAN.
WASN’T CLEAN. I DON’T KNOW HOW GOSSIP AND
RUMORS AND SMEAR CAMPAIGNS ENUP
BEING PARROTED BY THE PRESS.
THAT IS AS DISGRACEFUL AS --
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. FOX NEWS HAS DONE A GOOD JOBS AT
TIMES OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO
CALLING PEOPLE OUT.
>> TRYING.
>> TRYING. >> AND, BOY, THEY SHOULD BE
SALUTED FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS
SO IMPORTANT.
SO IMPORTANT. THEY NEED TO CALL THAT OUT.
>> I HOPE MANAGEMENT DOES
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> THEY NEED THE CALL THAT OUT.
>> COMING UP --
>> AND BY THE WAY, WE’LL CALL
DONNIE OUT.
DONNIE OUT. >> I CAN’T HELP IT.
>> THIS IS A DEEPLY PERSONAL
STORY.
STORY. IT HURTS WHEN A MEMBER OF THE
PRESS IS TREATED THIS WAY AND
YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CALLS
THE PRESS THE ENEMY OF THE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE A PRESS UNDER SIEGE
WHEN MOST OF US ARE TRYING TO DO