POTENTIAL LEGAL ISSUES COULD BE
MONEY LAUNDERING, TAX EVASION.
BILL?
>> Bill: I WANT TO BRING IN
ROBERT O’BRIEN FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THE NORTH LAWN.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT.
WE’RE JUGGLING A LOT OF THINGS
TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
>> A BUSY DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
AS WELL.
>> Bill: LIKE EVERY DAY.
LET’S MOTOR THROUGH.
HOW SERIOUS IS THIS MATTER WITH
THE BIDENS?
>> IT’S SOMETHING FOR THE FBI
AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK
INTO.
WHAT I’M CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT
THE ALLEGATIONS ARE MADE
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE’VE SEEN
CHINA DOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
SEEKING TO USE MONEY, FUNDS AND
INVESTMENT DEALS, TRADE DEALS
SOMETIMES BLACKMAIL TO GAIN
INFLUENCE OVER AMERICANS THAT
THEY THINK CAN HELP THEM.
SO WHAT IS BEING REPORTED IS
CONSISTENT WITH HOW CHINA HAS
OPERATED HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND
WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO IT.
I DON’T HAVE A LOT OF SPECIFIC
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE
BIDENS.
>> Bill: CAN YOU SAY IF
BOBULINSKI IS CREDIBLE?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW BOBULINSKI.
I MEAN, HE SEEMS TO HAVE
DOCUMENTS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES
THAT HE’S GIVEN TO THE FBI.
THE ALLEGATIONS ARE CONCERNING.
>> Bill: LET’S TALK ABOUT
ELECTION SECURITY.
YOU SAID THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO
MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE AND SECURE.
THEN WE GET RUSSIAN AND IRAN
SENDING TWEETS AND E-MAILS.
WE DO WE THINK WE’RE SO FRAGILE
THAT OUR DEMOCRACY COULD BE BENT
BY TEHRAN OR MOSCOW BY SOME
E-MAILS IN FLORIDA OR ALASKA?
>> I DON’T THINK WE ARE.
THAT’S THE POINT I’VE BEEN
MAKING.
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
ATTEMPTS AT ELECTION INFLUENCE,
E-MAILS, TWITTER ACCOUNTS,
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS.
RUSSIANS TALKING AN’T THE SECOND
AMENDMENT FROM ST. PETERSBURG.
IRANIANS PRETENDING TO BE THE
PROUD BOYS THAT THINK THINK WILL
HURT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I DON’T THINK THAT HAS A LOT OF
IMPACT.
WE’RE CAREFUL ABOUT IT, MOP OR
THING IT AND STUDYING IT AND
ALERTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
MAKING SURE SUNSHINE IS THE BEST
DISINFECTANT.
OUR ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE, THE
MACHINES THAT WE VOTE ON, THE
PAPER BALLOTS THAT WE USE, THE
SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE ARE
VERY ROBUST.
WHAT I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TO
AND THE PRESIDENT HAS
ENCOURAGED, GET OUT AND VOTE.
THAT’S THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH
THE FOREIGN ADVERSARIES.
I MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
INFLUENCE OPERATIONS, MANY OF
WHICH ARE POOR AND NOT WELL
THOUGHT OUT AND DON’T MOVE THE
NEEDLE.
I THINK WE’VE DONE A GREAT JOB
HARDENING OUR ELECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> Bill: MIDDLE EAST, I NEVER
THOUGHT I’D SEE THAT.
IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL AND FAR
FROM IT.
SUDAN SAYS THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE
PEACE WITH ISRAEL.
WHY IS THIS DAM BREAK SOMETHING.
>> THE PRESIDENT’S POLICIES.
HE TOOK STRONG ACTION AGAINST
IRAN WHICH IS ENGAGED IN MALIGN
ACTIVITY WITH HAMAS AND ASSAD
AND YEMEN.
THE PRESIDENT STOOD UP TO HIM
AND CUT OFF THE $150 BILLION IN
SANCTIONS THAT THEY GOT FROM THE
JCPOA.
OUR ARAB FRIENDS SAW THAT AND
GULF ALLIES AND REALIZE WE’RE
GOING TO STAND UP FOR HIM.
IN ISRAEL, HE DID SOMETHING THAT
PRESIDENTS HAVE PROMISED TO DO
BUT NEVER HAVE DONE.
HE MOVED THE EMBASSY.
HE RECOGNIZED THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.
THEN HE TOOK THE POLITICAL
CAPITOL IN THE GULF AND PRODDED
BOTH SIDES TO COME TO THE TABLE.
HE’S ACHIEVED A HISTORIC BREAK
THROUGH WITH THREE PEACE DEALS
IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
LOOK, WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
KOSOVO, WHICH IS A MUSLIM
MAJORITY COUNTRY IN EUROPE.
>> Bill: WHO IS -- JUST TO MOVE
IT ALONG HERE, WHO IS NEXT?
>> I THINK THERE’S A NUMBER OF
COUNTRIES THAT WANT TO GO NEXT.
WE’RE TALKING TO -- LOOK AT THE
MAP.
WE’RE TALKING TO COUNTRIES IN
NORTH AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST.
I DON’T WANT TO PREJUDGE WHO --
>> Bill: THE PRESIDENT SAID IRAN
TODAY.
IS THAT FOR REAL?
IS THAT PIE IN THE SKY?
>> I THINK WHAT HE SAID WITH I
RAN AND I WAS THERE WITH HIM IN
THE OVAL, ONCE EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS MADE PEACE WITH ISRAEL AND
IS TRADING WITH THE UNITED
STATES AND WE’VE GOT JUST A
WONDERFUL SITUATION IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, IRAN WILL BE
FEELING LEFT OUT AND HE WOULDN’T
BE SURPRISED IF THE IRANIAN
PEOPLE DEMANDED THAT THEIR
GOVERNMENT GET ON BOARD.
BECAUSE THERE’S GOING TO BE
TREMENDOUS PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
IT WILL BE GREAT FOR AMERICANS
AS WELL AS WE TRADE AND HAVE
GREAT RELATIONS WITH THESE
COUNTRIES.
>> Bill: VERY INTERESTING.
AS I SAID, IT’S NOT DONE TILL
IT’S DONE, UNTIL THE DEAL IS
SIGNED.
CAN YOU GET THAT BEFORE ELECTION
DAY?
>> WITH SUDAN WE HAVE.
WE HAVE WITH UAE AND WE HAVE
WITH BAHRAIN.
WE’RE NOT IN AN ELECTION DAY
SCHEDULE.
EACH NEGOTIATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN
PACE AND THEY’RE TOUGH.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT THIS FOR 70
YEARS SINCE ISRAEL WAS CREATED.
WE’RE GOING TO GET A FEW MORE.
THEY’LL COME WHEN THEY COME.
IT WILL BE SOON.
>> Bill: THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.