>>> NOW WE TURN TO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU, THE KIND OF
REPORTING WE DON’T ALWAYS HAVE
TIME FOR HONESTLY DURING THE
WEEK WHEN IT IS BREAKING NEWS
AND ONE BOMBSHELL AFTER ANOTHER.
BUT NOW WE WILL DIG INTO THE
LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS
IMPEACHMENT PROBE.
IMPEACHMENT PROBE. PRESIDENT TRUMP FAMOUSLY WENT
THROUGH MANY LAWYERS DURING THE
MUELLER PROBE.
MUELLER PROBE. SOME ARE GONE.
ONE WENT TO PRISON.
WE’LL GET TO HIM IN A MOMENT.
WE BEGIN WITH TWO KEY LAWYERS
WHO REPRESENTED TRUMP IN THE
MUELLER PROBE.
MUELLER PROBE. YOU SEE THEM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
THERE.
THERE. BOTH BACK IN THE UKRAINE STORY,
GIULIANI DRIVING THE ENTIRE PLOT
WORKING MORE LIKE A SHADOW
DIPLOMAT THAN LOBBYIST.
HE WAS PAID HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS BY THE TWO MEN YOU SEE
BENEATH THE PHOTOGRAPH.
THEY HAVE BEEN INDICTED AND THEY
ARE REPRESENTED BY GIULIANI’S
CO-COUNSEL FROM THE MUELLER
PROBE JOHN DOWD.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THE DEFENDANTS CLAIM THEIR
PROXIMITY HERE GIVES THEM
PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIONS.
PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIONS. THEY WANT TO INVOKE EXECUTIVE
PRIVILEGE CLAIMS BECAUSE THEY
SAY GIULIANI ALSO WORKS FOR
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THAT’S NOT HOW PRIVILEGE REALLY
WORKS.
WORKS. FOR THIS WEB, THOSE UKRAINIANS
ARE THE CLIENT.
NOW LOOK HERE AT THIS MUCH
RICHER CLIENT ON TOP.
THIS UKRAINIAN OLIGARCH, ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES NOW.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ALLEGE HE’S
LINKED TO THE RUSSIAN MOB AND
HIRED THESE TWO FOX NEWS
ANALYSTS WHO TRUMP ALSO TRIED TO
HIRE AS HIS LAWYERS.
THEY ARE LEGALLY REPRESENTING A
CONSERVATIVE WRITER WHO WAS
PUSHING THE UKRAINE SCANDAL
BEFORE THERE WAS ONE, BEFORE THE
TRUMP CALL, BEFORE THE FUNDING,
BEFORE THE CALLS FOR A BIDEN
PROBE.
PROBE. TAKE A LOOK BACK IN APRIL.
THIS MAN WAS WRITING HEADLINES
LIKE THIS IN THE DC PAPER "THE
HILL."
HILL." JOE BIDEN’S 2020 UKRAINIAN MIGHT
MARE: A CLOSED PROBE IS REVIVED.
INTERESTING PREDICTION THERE
BECAUSE THAT IS THE OUTCOME TA
DONALD TRUMP WAS LOOKING FOR AND
GIULIANI WAS PUSHING AND FURTASH
WHO IS LINKED THROUGH THESE
LAWYERS TO THE PERSON THAT WROTE
THIS HEADLINE HAS OTHER REASONS
FOR SEEKING INFLUENCE.
HE’S FIGHTING EXTRADITION TO THE
U.S. ON CORRUPTION CHARGES AND
HIRED, GUESS WHO, LANNY DAVIS AS
HIS LAWYER FOR THAT.
THAT’S SOMETHING DAVIS WAS DOING
UNTIL LAST YEAR.
HE’S TYPICALLY CLOSER TO
DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. AND HE
REPRESENTS ANOTHER FORMER TRUMP
LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN WHO IS
CURRENTLY IN JAIL.
PUT IT ALTOGETHER HERE AND YOU
SEE HE’S KEY AND HAS BEEN
FUNDING EFFORTS TO DIG UP THIS
UKRAINIAN DIRT, INCLUDING SOME
OF THOSE VERY DOCUMENTS THAT
GIULIANI WAIVED AROUND WHERE?
ON FOX NEWS, WHERE THERE ARE
LAWYERS WHO WORK FOR FURTASH.
I WANT TO CLEAR, EVERYONE HAS A
RIGHT TO A LAWYER AND LAWYERS
SOMETIMES INNOCENTLY REPRESENT
SEVERAL PEOPLE IN A SIMILAR CASE
AND THEY HAVE COMMON FACTS SO IT
COULD SAVE TIME.
BUT THESE WEBS COULD SPELL
TROUBLE FOR TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT
ARGUMENT BECAUSE THEY RAISE
OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT NONLEGAL
MATTERS LIKE WHETHER PEOPLE ARE
HIDING BEHIND LAWYERS TO DO
OTHER DIRTY WORK OR WHETHER
FOREIGN ACTORS ARE THROWING
MONEY AROUND TO INFLUENCE U.S.
FOREIGN POLICY AND WHETHER
DONALD TRUMP’S PENSION FOR
PEOPLE TO DONATE THEIR WORK FOR
HIM FROM PAUL MANAFORT TO
GIULIANI CREATES NEW RISKS.
IT IS ONE THING FOR SOMEONE TO
VOLUNTEER AND ANOTHER IF PEOPLE
VOLUNTEER FOR ONE CLIENT IN
ORDER TO SELL ACCESS AND MAKE
MONEY FROM OTHER CLIENTS.
>> AND I THINK I OFFER TO THIS
IS SOMETHING UNIQUE.
I’M A LAWYER WHO KNOWS THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS WELL
AS ANYBODY IN AMERICA.
I’M ALSO A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. >> OH, HE’S A VERY GOOD FRIEND
OF DONALD TRUMP.
FACTOR THAT IN HOW YOU WANT.
THEN THERE IS A RECORDING
GIULIANI DID NOT MEAN TO
RELEASE, THIS ACCIDENTAL VOICE
MAIL TO REPORTER WHERE HE SPEAKS
ABOUT FOREIGN BUSINESS AND
GIULIANI’S STATED PROBLEM,
GETTING MORE MONEY.
>> THE PROBLEM IS WE NEED SOME
MONEY.
MONEY. WE NEED A FEW THOUSAND.
>> THIS IS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN
LAWYERS BILLABLE HOURS.
GIULIANI IS SPENDING THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS TRAVELING AROUND THE
WORLD ON THESE UKRAINE MISSIONS.
DO PEOPLE THINK HE’S DONATING
THAT SPENDING OUT-OF-POCKET,
TOO?
TOO? GIULIANI HAS ASSISTED THIS IS
WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT, WHICH
COULD MAKE IT WORSE ACCORDING TO
ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPERTS.
ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPERTS. TAKE TREVOR POTTER WHO RAN THE
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, WAS
THE TOP LAWYER FOR THE 2008
McCAIN CAMPAIGN RUNNING AGAINST
OBAMA.
OBAMA. HE SOUNDED THE ALARM SAYING WE
HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS PAYING RUDY
GIULIANI.
GIULIANI. HE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS
ARRANGEMENT SIDESTEPS ETHICS
OBLIGATIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE
TRANSPARENCY BEHIND THE DOMESTIC
INTERESTS WHO ARE PAYING HIM,
GIULIANI.
GIULIANI. REMEMBER, FOREIGN MONEY CANNOT
GO TO U.S. CAMPAIGNS OR
POLITICAL PROJECTS OR THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THAT’S A FELONY.
WHEN FOREIGN MONEY CREEPS INTO
THE DEFENSE FUND-RAISING FOR A
DIFFERENT PRESIDENT, IT WAS A
BOMBSHELL THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO
INDICTMENTS.
INDICTMENTS. >> WE HAVE MORE ON THE MONEY
TRAIL TONIGHT.
TRAIL TONIGHT. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
REPORTED IN THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND THE
PRESIDENT’S DEFENSE FUND FROM
FOREIGN SOURCES.
FOREIGN SOURCES. >> $640,000, MUCH OF IT MONEY
WAS BROUGHT TO THE CLINTON
DEFENSE MONEY BY CHARLIE TREE.
>> IT IS ILLEGAL.
NOW IF YOU ARE HEARING THIS ALL
LAID OUT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
ABOUT THE PROBLEM HERE.
TRUMP’S FACING POTENTIAL
IMPEACHMENT FOR DEMANDING PORN
HELP FOR HIS POLITICAL GOALS.
NOW HIS MOST VISIBLE CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY IS UNDER FIRE
FOR GETTING FOREIGN HELP FOR HIS
POLITICAL GOALS.
POLITICAL GOALS. AND GIULIANI WON’T SAY WHO PAYS
HIM, WHICH IS IMPEACHMENT PROBE
IS NOW ASKING.
HE’S ALSO UNDER CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION UNDER FOREIGN
INFLUENCE LAWS AMONG OTHER
THINGS.
THINGS. IT IS NOT GOOD WHEN YOUR DEFENSE
LAWYER’S PROBLEMS SOUND LIKE
YOUR OWN PROBLEMS AND WITH ALL
THESE LAWYERS THERE ADD TO YOUR
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. ALL THESE LAWYERS THERE ADD TO YOUR
PROBLEMS
YOU GOT?
YOU GOT? A LOT.
A LOT. HOW MANY PROBLEM
A OT
A OT MR. SAVAGE ADDRESSES A ONCE
LOYAL WITNESS WHO SPOKE OUT
AGAINST HIM SAYING, GANG VERSUS