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>>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
EVER SINCE THE PRESIDENT HAS GOT
ELECTED HE’S BEEN ON THE QUEST
TO MAKE THE ROLE OF ATTORNEY
GENERAL, THE PEOPLES LAWYER HIS
PERSONAL LAWYER.
PERSONAL LAWYER. IT’S TEMPTED TO ASK WHERE IS MY
ROY COHN.
ROY COHN. HE WENT ONTO BE A CONCILIARY FOR
THE NEW YORK MOB AND ALSO A
LAWYER AND MENTOR TO ONE DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. AND FOR DONALD TRUMP HE
REPRESENTED THE PERFECT LAWYER.
IT APPEARS IN THE PRESIDENT’S
INFAMOUS PHONE CALL WITH
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT HE HAS NOT
ONE BUT TWO ROY COHNS.
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS TRUMP
TELLS THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT TO
EXPECT A CALL FROM THOSE TWO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. ONE OF THEM IS THE CURRENT
ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE TOP LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE
UNITED STATES, THAT’S WILLIAM
BARR.
BARR. AND ONE OF THEM IS TRUMP’S
PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, RUDY
GIULIANI.
GIULIANI. I QUOTE FROM THE CALL NOTES
HERE, I WILL HAVE MR. GIULIANI
GIVE YOU A CALL AND I’M ALSO
GOING TO HAVE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BARR CALL, AND WE WILL GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF IT.
AND I WILL TELL RUDY AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR TO CALL.
NOW, RUDY GIULIANI IS TRUMP’S
PRIVATE ATTORNEY, BUT IN A KIND
OF DUBIOUS METAPHYSICAL WAY.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT PAYING RUDY
GIULIANI.
GIULIANI. GIULIANI IS THE PRESIDENT’S
PRIVATE ATTORNEY BECAUSE
GIULIANI CALLS HIMSELF THAT.
THERE IS NO FORMAL RELATIONSHIP
THAT WE KNOW OF.
GIULIANI IMPORTANT TO NOTE
DOESN’T DO ANY ACTUAL LEGAL WORK
FOR THE PRESIDENT AS FAR AS WE
CAN TELL.
CAN TELL. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ENGAGED IN A
MILLION DIFFERENT LAWSUITS AND
RUDY GIULIANI IS NOT NAMED ON
ONE OF THOSE BRIEFS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE, PROFESSIONAL
LAWYERS WHO ARE BARRED IN
WHATEVER STATE THEY’RE
PRACTICING IN WHO GO INTO COURT
WEEK AFTER WEEK AND FILE BRIEFS
ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT.
BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT GIULIANI IS
DOING.
DOING. HE IS TRUMP’S FIXER AND HIS BAG
MAN BUT FOR FREE.
AND THAT IS WHY GIULIANI IS AT
THE STRF OF THIS WHOLE THING.
HE WAS RUNNING POINT ON THE
TRUMP SCHEME TO EXTORT UKRAINE
AND GET THEM TO DIG UP AND
MANUFACTURE DIRT ON THE
PRESIDENT’S POLITICAL RIVAL.
IF THERE ARE TWO THEMES THAT
CONSTANTLY COME THROUGH IN EVERY
SINGLE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION
TRANSCRIPT WE GET, NUMBER ONE
THERE WAS A SPRAWLING ENERGETIC
CORRUPT ATTEMPT AND TWO RUDY
GIULIANI WAS RUNNING THAT
CORRUPT EXTORTION ATTEMPT.
TODAY WE GOT OUR LATEST EXAMPLE
OF THAT IN THE RELEASE OF THE
DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPT OF THE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
GEORGE KENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE I READ FROM THAT, MR.
GIULIANI HAD BEEN CARRYING ON A
CAMPAIGN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FULL
OF LIES AND INCORRECT
INFORMATION ABOUT THE U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE,
AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH.
AMBASSADOR YOVANOVITCH. IT WAS CLEAR THE FORMER MAYOR
THE LOOUNS ON THE PRESIDENT IN
TERMS OF THE WAY THE PRESIDENT
THOUGHT OF UKRAINE.
NOW, RUDY GIULIANI WAS AND IS UP
TO HIS EYEBALLS IN THIS UKRAINE
SCHEME.
SCHEME. IT HAS SINCE BEEN REPORTED BY
MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS THAT RUDY
GIULIANI IS ALSO UNDER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION IN THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR HIS
ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE.
YESTERDAY GIULIANI TWEETED HE’D
HIRE A LAWYER AS ANYONE UNDER
INVESTIGATION SHOULD.
INVESTIGATION SHOULD. THE INTERESTING TWIST IS THAT
RUDY’S NEW LAWYER A GUY NAMED
ROBERT COSTELLO IS ALSO THE GUY
WHO REPRESENTS TRUMP’S FORMER
FIXER AND LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN.
BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD
COHEN AFTER SPEAKING TO RUDY
GIULIANI HE WAS CONFIDENT COHEN
COULD SLEEP CONFIDENT TONIGHT
BECAUSE HE HAD FRIENDS IN HIGH
PLACES.
PLACES. OF COURSE MICHAEL COHEN IS NOW
IN PRISON AFTER COMMITTING
CRIMES HE PLEADED GUILTY TO ON
BEHALF OF TRUMP.
THAT MAKES ME WONDER, REMEMBER
THE PRESIDENT NAMES TWO PEOPLE
IN THE CALL NOTES, RIGHT?
SO WE KNOW WHAT GIULIANI WAS UP
TO BECAUSE ALMOST ALL THE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN TESTIFYING ABILITY HIS
CORRUPT BEHAVIOR.
CORRUPT BEHAVIOR. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GUY?
WHAT WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BAR UP TO?
DID HE THROW IT OUT WITHOUT
DISCUSSING WITH HIM FIRST?
IS THERE ANYONE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TAKEN THE
KIND OF STEPS THOSE IN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT WERE FORCED INTO
TAKING, TAKING CONTEMPORANEOUS
NOTES AND RAISING RED FLAGS
ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR?
THOSE ARE OECH QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TESTIFIED BUT NO ONE YET FROM
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO KNOW WILLIAM BARR HAS
GENERALLY VIEWED HIS ROLE OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BE THAT OF
PERSONALLY DEFENDING AND
PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT
POLITICALLY.
POLITICALLY. REMEMBER HE SPUN THE MUELLER
REPORT FOR TRUMP, WENT OUT AND
ANNOUNCED THERE WAS NO
OBSTRUCTION DESPITE EVIDENCE TO
THE CONTRARY.
THE CONTRARY. HIS OWN DOJ SHUTDOWN THE
CRIMINAL ANALYSIS OF THE UKRAINE
CALL NOTES AND REFUSED TO LOOK
AT ANY OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING
CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
CONTEXTUAL EVIDENCE. THEY PUT OUT A STATEMENT TO
DEFEND THE PRESIDENT, BUT THERE
IS ONE THING ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR WOULD NOT DO AND
THAT IS GO OUT IN PUBLIC IN
FRONT OF THE TV CAMERAS AND
DEFEND TRUMP.
DEFEND TRUMP. "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING
LAST NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR
SHOW THAT TRUMP WANTED BARR TO
HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE SAYING
THE PRESIDENT BROKE NO LAWS ON
THE CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE AND BARR REFUSED.
I DON’T KNOW WHY BUT ONE IDEA
MIGHT BE IS BECAUSE PART OF THAT
WOULD BE BARR WOULD HAVE TO TAKE
LIVE QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS
ABOUT HIS ROLE IN THE WHOLE
UKRAINIAN EXTORTION SCHEME.
QUOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL CALL YOU OR
YOUR PEOPLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY,
QUOTE, THERE’S A LOT OF TALK
ABOUT BIDEN’S SON, THAT BIDEN
STOP SAID THE PROSECUTION SO
WHATEVER YOU CAN DO WITH THE
PROSECUTION THAT WOULD BE GREAT?
SO DID WILLIAM BARR EVER FOLLOW
UP ON THAT, DID HE EVER SPEAK
ABOUT JOE BIDEN’S SON?
AS FAR AS I KNOW SINCE WE GOT
THE CALL NOTES WILLIAM BARR