>>> NOW TO OUR SPECIAL REPORT TONIGHT TACKLING ANY OTHER WEEK
IN THE TRUMP ERA.
THE FIRST TRUMP OFFICIAL TO
CONFESS UNDER OATH TO A QUID PRO
QUO BRIBERY PLOT.
THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH
TRUMP’S OWN PENTAGON AND
NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF
DETAILING A PLOT TO EXTORT
FOREIGN
FOREIGN FOREIGNERS TO HELP DONALD TRUMP
CHEAT IN THE ELECTION.
AND THIS IS NOT POLICY FROM A
FEW BAD APPLES, THIS WAS THE
TRUMP POLICY.
TRUMP POLICY. EVERYONE WAS IN THE LOOP.
AND THE WHAT HERE HAS BEEN
MATCHED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
WHO.
WHO. BECAUSE EACH OF THOSE
REVELATIONS IS DRAWN NOT FROM
CRITICS OR OBSERVERS, BUT FROM
THIS MARCH OF NINE DIFFERENT
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INSIDERS
WHO JOINED 12 OTHER WITNESSES
WHO HAVE PROVIDED 30 HOURS OF
TESTIMONY IN THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS, TESTIFYING UNDER OATH,
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE UNDER
PRESSURE AND AT TIMES AT RISK,
DISTINGUISHING THEMSELVES FROM
SOME OF THEIR MOST POWERFUL
BOSSES WHO REMAIN IN
BUREAUCRATIC AND LEGAL HIDING.
IT’S A REMINDER ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE IN WASHINGTON BETWEEN
BEING A BOSS AND ACTING LIKE A
BOSS.
BOSS. A POINT THAT WAS FURTHER
UNDERSCORED BY HOW MANY OF THESE
WITNESSES DEPARTED THEIR
HEARINGS BECAUSE THEY APPEARED
UNDER SUBPOENAS THAT THEY
PROBABLY DIDN’T WANT TO GET IN A
PROCESS THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT
INITIATE.
INITIATE. SO AFTER BRAIFG THE PRESSURE AND
THE THREATS, CONSIDER THAT MOST
WALKED OUT.
WALKED OUT. THEY DIDN’T GET TO RESER A
SECURITY BUBBLE OF A MOTORCADE
LIKE, SAY, THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF
OF STAFF, WHO REMAINS
COMFORTABLE AND, GOING DOWN TO
CATCH AN ICONIC RED TAXI AND
GOING BACK WAIT THEYTHE WAY THEY
NOT WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT, A LOT
OF SECURITY, A LOT OF MONEY,
JUST COMING IN THROUGH PUBLIC
SERVICE.
SERVICE. JUST DAMNING EVIDENCE AND
RECEIPTS.
RECEIPTS. TO PARAPHRASE THE ISLEY
BROTHERS, YOU HAVE TO HOLD ONTO
YOUR RECEIPT.
YOUR RECEIPT. AND WHILE THE WHITE HOUSE IS
FIGHTING THE TAXES, A WOULD-BE
LACKEY WHO TURNED ON HIM, AND
GORDON SONDLAND WHO TURNED INTO
A STAR WITNESS BASICALLY FOR
ENTERING THE EVIDENCE OF
IMPEACHMENT OF HIS OWN BOSS,
ADMITTING HIS TESTIMONY TO TRY
TO POSITION HIMSELF AS MORE OF A
WITNESS, LESS OF A
CO-CONSPIRATOR TO BRIBERY.
THIS IS CRUCIAL.
PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN FOR YEARS
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP DEMEANING HIS
POWER OF OFFICE IN GENERAL, BUT
AS WE REPORTED RIGHT HERE, ONLY
RECENTLY DID THE PUBLIC EVIDENCE
CALL FOR A CASE OF BRIBERY WHICH
IS AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
NOW, THE CURRENT AMBASSADOR
SAYS, YES, WE DO KWOERK.
IT’S UNREAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT.
IT. TAKE IT IN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN SOMEONE
KWESZ
KWESZ CONFESSES IN PUBLIC.
>> WAS THERE A QUID PRO QUO?
AS I TESTIFIED PREVIOUSLY WITH
REGARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE CALL
AND THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING, THE
ANSWER IS YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. HOW DO YOU CONFESS THAT AND GET
AWAY WITH IT?
I MEAN, SONDLAND MAY BE NAIVE
ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT HE IS NOT
DUMB.
DUMB. HE CAME IN ARMED WITH LARGER
NAMES THAN HIS OWN, TRADING UP
ON HIS BOSSES IN THE SAME WAY HE
ONCE TRADED MONEY FOR DIRT ON
THEIR BEHALF.
THEIR BEHALF. IT’S FUNNY, RIGHT?
IF YOU RELY ON SOMEONE AVERSED
TO POWER PLAYS, THEY RELY ON
YOU.
YOU. WHO WAS IN ON THIS PLOT,
ACCORDING TO GORDON SONDLAND?
IT WAS EVERYONE.
>> MR. GIULIANI, PRESIDENT
TRUMP, SECRETARY POMPEO,
SECRETARY PERRY, BRIAN
McCORMICK, MISS KENNA, CHIEF OF
STAFF MULVANEY AND MR.
MULVANEY’S CHIEF OF STAFF ROB
BLAIR.
BLAIR. A LOT OF SENIOR OFFICIALS.
EVERYONE WAS IN THE LOOP.
>> NOW, IN TOTAL FAIRNESS, WHAT
IF SONDLAND IS JUST TYING TO
SAVE HIMSELF SO HE’S GOTTEN
HIMSELF STUCK IN SOMETHING AND
JUST TAKING SHOTS FROM EVERY
EVERYWHERE ELSE.
EVERYWHERE ELSE. THE RULE IS CLEAR, IF YOU COME
WITH THE KING,-- FOR THE KING, Y
NOT MISS.
NOT MISS. IF HE COMES, HE’S BRINGING THE
RECEIPTS.
RECEIPTS. HE CAME WITH THE EMAILS, THE
TEXT MESSAGES, PROVING THAT THE
WORDS YOU JUST HEARD WERE IN ON
THE PLOT, ING.
THE EVIDENCE WENT TO SECRETARY
POMPEO, LAYING OUT THIS BRIBERY
SCHEME TO ENSURE TRUMP FOR
LEADING THE INVESTIGATION.
THERE IS ANOTHER EMAIL SHOWING
HIM DIRECTING THE NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL TO SET UP THE
CALLS.
CALLS. TELLING CONGRESS TODAY, THOSE
DIRTY, POLITICAL ERRANDS TO GO
AFTER BIDEN.
AFTER BIDEN. >> HE WAS BEING INVOLVED IN A,
AND WE WERE BEING INVOLVED IN
NATIONAL SECURITY R.
>> WHILE THAT PLOT PLANNED OUT,
THIS IS THE KIND OF CHEATING
THAT COULD TIP AN ELECTION.
THE UKRANIANS FELT THE HEAT
BECAUSE THEIR.
BECAUSE THEIR. SOMEONE SEIZE THE THAT HE
DOESN’T THINK IT’S AN FROM THIS
WEEK, YOU -- A TOP PENTAGON
OFFICIAL NOT ONLY ASKING ABOUT
THAT MONEY, BUT THEY DEMANDED
UKRAINE GO AFTER BIDEN.
>> ON JULY 25th, A MEMBER OF MY
STAFF GOT A QUESTION FROM A U.S.
EMBASSY CONTRACT ASKING, WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH U.S. UKRANIAN
ASSISTANCE?
ASSISTANCE? IN AIDE SAID, THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE AND THE HOUSE ARE
ASKING ABOUT SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.
ASSISTANCE. >> SHE WAS EXPLAINING SHE KNEW
THE MONEY WAS FROZEN, WHICH
UPDATES THE PRIOR COMMENT FROM
VINDMAN WHO SAID HE DIDN’T KNOW
IF IT WAS WORKING OR NOT.
THEY STARTED GOING FORWARD TO
SUBMIT, TO ANNOUNCE THESE, UNDER
OATH, THERE WAS A QUID PRO QUO.
THE BRIBERY PLOT WAS BASICALLY
BEING EXECUTED.
BEING EXECUTED. IT WAS ONLY ELECTED IN REALTIME.
IF HIS SHIFT SOUNDS LIKE A
STUNNING BACKDROP TO TRUMP, THIS
INVESTIGATE.
INVESTIGATE. SO THE AMBASSADOR CHANGED
EVERYTHING BAU HE FELT MONTHS
TELLING ABOUT IT.
THEN IT WAS, NO, THERE WAS NO
QUID PRO QUO.
THEN YOU HAD SONDLAND TURNING
AROUND AND TELLING IMPEACHMENT
INVESTIGATORS WHAT THEY WANTED
TO HEAR, WHICH WAS THE TRUTH,
AND WHAT SONDLAND’S LAWYERS
WOULD ADVISE HIM TO SAY, WHICH
IS THE TRUTH.
THAT’S THE BEST WAY TO COVER
JAIL TIME AND THAT PUTS TRUMP
SUPPORTERS IN A TIGHT PLOT RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. >> WHY WOULD SONDLAND ADMIT
THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN SAID ABOUT HIS PLOT AND
THINGS THAT LOOKED BAD IF THEY
WEREN’T TRUE?
WEREN’T TRUE? WHY WOULD HE BRING APPROXIMATE I
WILL ADMIT SOMETHING BAD ABOUT
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. WHEN YOU’RE DEFENDING OR DENYING
HOW GREAT YOU ARE, YOU USUALLY
HAVE NO BIAS REASON TO CONFESS
OR CRITICIZE YOURSELVES.
IT’S USUALLY AN EXCEPTION TO
HEARSAY.
HEARSAY. BUT THIS ADMISSION INTO.
YOU CAN THINK OF THIS ADMISSION
AS THE NMN.
THAT RAPPER SAID, DID I EVER,
SONDLAND IS WHATEVER THEY SAID
HE WAS, A TRUMP POLITICAL DONOR
TRYING TO.
TRYING TO. WHY WOULD HE SAY IT WAS?
SOMETIMES IT IS THAT SIMPLE.
CHEESEIE LD.
CHEESEIE LD. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CONDUCT IN
THIS SCANDAL WHICH CAME -- YOU
REMEMBER -- FROM HIS NUMBER ONE
WHITE HOUSE MAY HAVE MICK
MULVANEY AND HE WENT ON TO THE
QUID PRO QUO IN ORDER TO DEFEND
IT.
IT. >> DID HE ALSO MENTION THE
FUNCTION OF THE DSL SERVER.
>> WHAT YOU MARKED.
YOU REMEMBER, OF COURSE, WE DO
YOU LIVE IF THAT WAS.
TRUMP’S LAWYERS THE SAME DAY
STARTED PUBLICLY REBUKING
MULVANEY FOR THE CLAIMS.
HE STARTED WALKING THEM BACK.
DO YOU REMEMBER GOING, WHAT IS
HE DOING?
HE DOING? THINK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW NOW BUT
MILL VEINIE KNOW WHAT THERE IS
TIEING MICK AS A RULE IRANIAN IN
IT.
IT. INSTEAD OF SAYING WHAT DONALD
TRUMP IS STILL SAYING THIS WEEK,
WHICH IS IT DIDN’T HAPPEN WHILE
STILL EMPLOYING THE GUYS WHO
SAID IT HAPPENED.
.
. DO YOU KNOW THE GUY TRYING TO
BREAK THESE SEATS UP AND HOW DO
YOU GET AROUND THIS EVIDENCE
WHICH SHOWS HE WAS.
NOW, DOES MR. TRUMP PAY
ATTENTION ENOUGH TO ALL OF THIS
TO NOTICE?
TO NOTICE? WILL HE FIRE HIS AMBASSADOR
BECAUSE THEY BOTH SEEM TO HAVE
AN INTEREST AHEAD OF.
>>> ALSO.
>>> ALSO. HE WANTED AN INVESTIGATION TO
DISCUSS FOREIGN CORRUPTION NOT
FOR ADDITIONALIF THERE WAS, AN
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE TESTIMONY, AGAIN, FROM THE
CURRENT EMPLOYER.
CURRENT EMPLOYER. HE’S LYING AND WHY BONT.
THE GOAL IS MAYBE U.S.
TELEVISION COVERAGE OF BIDEN
PRO.
PRO. IF YOU GET SONDLAND TO HELP THE
UKRANIANS TO DO THIS, AS HE
DETAILED, WELL, YOU MIGHT BE IN
BRIBERY TERRITORY.
BRIBERY TERRITORY. DONALD TRUMP WAS DENOUNCING IT
ON CNN, BUT DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T
CARE IF THE ACTUAL
INVESTIGATIONS WERE REALLY
THERE.
THERE. >> GIULIANI AND TRUMP DIDN’T
CARE IF HE DID THEM, IS THAT
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >> I NEVER HEARD MR. GOLDMAN SAY
THE EXPEDITING IN SOME WAY.
ALL I KNOW IS THEY HAD TO
ANNOUNCE ON THAT FORM AND THE
FORM CHANGED.
FORM CHANGED. THIS WAS A DEMAND FROM ANOTHER
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. >> THIS WAS A DEMAND THAT THE
PRESIDENT PLAYED ON A
NEWSCHANNEL OF TRUMP’S POLITICAL
RIVAL.
RIVAL. >> ON A CABLE NEWSCHANNEL.
AND CNN HAS CONFIRMED ITS LITTLE
PIECE OF THIS, ALTHOUGH THEY
DIDN’T KNOW WHAT ALL THE GOALS
WERE, BUT THEY DID CONFIRM THEY
HAD A PLANNED INTERVIEW WITH THE
UKRAINENIAN
UKRAINENIAN UKRANIAN.
UKRANIAN. >> FOR MONTHS THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE HAS BEEN MOUNTING AN
INTENSE CAMPAIGN TO FORCIBLY
MAKE HIM THAT THE FORUM IN WHICH
HE WOULD MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
SOME OF THIS GETS TECHNICAL, BUT
A LOT OF THAT ISN’T.
>> YOU SEE THE PLOT.
MOST PROBES, OF COURSE,.
RARELY ARE INVESTIGATIONS NOTED
AT THE OUTSET.
DONALD TRUMP, OF COURSE, KNEW
ALL THAT, BUT HE KNEW HOW MUCH
HE INNOCENTLY, OF 2015 EMAILS.
REMEMBER, THERE WAS NO CHARGE OF
THOSE, GET BAD IN TO 2020 AND
LAWMAKERS ARE SAYING IT’S ALL
IMPORTANT FOR TROOP THAT IT HPD
ON AIR.
ON AIR. >> I ASSUME MR. PRESIDENT WOULD
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. >> SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE.
YOU DON’T.
YOU DON’T. HE ALSO RAISED AN INTENTION OF A
DIFFERENT, BUT HE PUBLICLY
REBUKED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
DEFIANCE, WHICH SOME.
>> I HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO
STATE DEPARTMENT EMAILS AND MANY
OTHER MULTIPLE EMALES.
YET THESE MATERIALS WERE NOT
PROVIDED TO ME.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE
INFORMATION THAT THE CONGRESS
DEEMS ELEPHANT HAVE A.
THE PRESIDENT MOSTLY WHICH
QUOTED THEIR QUOTE WHICH GOT
THEM IN TROUBLE, THERE IS NO
QUID PRO QUO.
AS YOU SEE THIS TESTIMON
THOUGH, LOOK HOW IT PLAYED OUT
FOR RANKING MEMBER NUNES.
HE DIDN’T LOOK --
>> THE DEMOCRATS ARE HEAVILY
INVOLVED LOOKING UP UKRANIANS TO
TIRT
TIRT TIRT.
TIRT. >> THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO
IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WITHOUT ANY
FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE. WHEN HE
ANNOUNCED, I WANT NOTHING, I
WANT NOTHING, NO QUID PRO QUO.
LOOK AT SOME OF THE BODY
LANGUAGE THAT’S BEEN GOING
VIRAL.
VIRAL. HE LOOKED DOWNRIGHT, WELL,
DOWNCAST OVER WHAT HE JUST.
WITH NEARLY 100,000, THEY ARE
GLAD WE WENT AFTER MR. TRUMP.
>> THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR
DAIRN --LY HIS OFFICE FOR A MORE
PERSONAL GAIN.
PERSONAL GAIN. >> THIS ADDITION OF THE WHITE
HOUSE MEETING OF THE SECURITY
ASSISTANCE WAS A BASIC QUID PRO
QUO.
QUO. IT GOES RIGHT TO THE ART OF THE
ISSUE OF SOME KIND OF BRIBERY.
RARELY DO YOU SEE THE EVIDENCE
STACKED UP LIKE THIS.
IS THERE SOME DEFENSE OF IT?
WE HAVEN’T MANY.
BUT IT IS STRIKING TO SEE SUCH A
PLOT LAID OUT THE BY PLT AND SEE
THEM NOT REBUKED,.