SO, THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT RUSSIA.
THEY DID TALK ABOUT RUSSIA.
HONEST PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE-- ALSO, JEFF SESSIONS.
BUT ONE THING THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AND ADAMANT
ABOUT: THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTACT WITH WIKILEAKS.
IT'S AN INSULTING QUESTION.
AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
WHERE THEY MET WITH WIKILEAKS.
BECAUSE YOU SEE, WE JUST FOUND OUT THERE WAS SECRET
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP JR. AND WIKILEAKS.
NOW, TO BE FAIR, DON JR. MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS ON
WIKIPEDIA.
( LAUGHTER ) "DO THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THE
CHEESECAKES AT THE FACTORY, OR WHAT?
AND, SEND."
( LAUGHTER ) APPARENTLY, TRUMP JR. "EXCHANGED
DIRECT MESSAGES ON TWITTER WITH WIKILEAKS DURING THE COURSE OF
THE 2016 RACE."
THE DAMNING D.M. COMES FROM OCTOBER 2016, WHEN WIKILEAKS
WROTE, "HEY, DONALD, GREAT TO SEE YOU AND YOUR DAD TALKING
ABOUT OUR PUBLICATIONS.
THERE'S MANY GREAT STORIES THE PRESS ARE MISSING, AND WE'RE
SURE SOME OF YOUR FOLLOWS WILL FIND IT.
BY THE WAY, WE JUST RELEASED PODESTA EMAILS PART 4."
DON JR. DID NOT RESPOND TO THE MESSAGE, BUT JUST 15 MINUTES
AFTER RECEIVING IT, HIS DAD TWEETED, "VERY LITTLE PICK-UP BY
THE DISHONEST MEDIA OF INCREDIBLE INFORMATION PROVIDED
BY WIKILEAKS.
SO DISHONEST!
RIGGED SYSTEM!"
( APPLAUSE ) "NOW, I CAN'T-- I-- I-- I-- I
I."
I CAN'T PROVE THAT DONALD TRUMP JR. CALLED HIS FATHER, BUT LIKE
THEY SAY, "IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND TALKS LIKE A DUCK, THE
DUCK IS COLLUDING WITH THE RUSSIANS."
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
AND WIKILEAKS EVEN CONTACTED DON JR. TWICE ON ELECTION NIGHT.
FIRST, WHEN HILLARY WAS STILL EXPECTED TO WIN, THEY WROTE,
"HI, DON, IF YOUR FATHER LOSES, WE THINK IT IS MUCH MORE
INTERESTING IF HE DOES NOT CONCEDE AND SPENDS TIME
CHALLENGING THE MEDIA."
THEN AFTER MIDNIGHT, WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TRUMP WON, THEY JUST
WROTE, "WOW."
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S RIGHT.
NOT "CONGRATULATIONS."
JUST "WOW."
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S LIKE TELLING THE BRIDE AT
THE WEDDING, "HOLY CRAP, DERRICK, HUH?
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
DOB JR. IS NOT THE ONLY ONE IMPLICATED BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT
THEIR VERY FIRST MESSAGE HE E-MAILED STEVE BANNON, KELLYANNE
CONWAY, JARED KUSHNER THAT WIKILEAKS MADE CONTACT.
"DEAR EVERYONE: WIKILEAKS IS GOING TO HELP US TAKE DOWN
HILLARY.
MAKE SURE TO KEEP IT SECRET, DON'T PUT IT IN AN EMAIL LIKE
THIS ONE.
AND, SEND.
OH, SHOOT-- I FORGOT TO ASK ABOUT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY."
TOO RISKY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND IN KEEPING WITH DON JR.'S
STRATEGY OF NOT KNOWING WHEN TO SHUT UP, YESTERDAY, AFTER THE
STORY BROKE, HE TWEETED OUT THE FULL CONVERSATIONS, SAYING,
"HERE IS THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF MESSAGES WITH @WIKILEAKS, WITH
MY WHOPPING THREE RESPONSES, WHICH ONE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES HAS CHOSEN TO SELECTIVELY LEAK.
HOW IRONIC!" THAT DEFENSE DOESN'T WORK.
"YOUR HONOR, HERE'S THE PHOTOS OF MY VICTIM'S BODY WITH A
WHOPPING THREE STAB WOUNDS.
I REST MY CASE."
HOW IRONIC.
( APPLAUSE ) MEANWHILE--
>> Jon: GOT NO CASE.
>> Stephen: MEANWHILE, FOR EVERYBODY IN THE TRUMP CAMP,
DADDY'S HOME.
BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FINALLY BACK FROM HIS 12-DAY
TRIP TO ASIA, AND ACCORDING TO HIM, THE TRIP WAS A HUGE
SUCCESS, BRAGGING TO REPORTERS, "A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID IT'S
ALMOST PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO GO THROUGH 12 DAYS."
LAYOFF LAU( LAUGHTER ) REALLY?
YOU KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ASIA FOREVER, RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) WELL, THAT'S BIGGER THAN 12.
12-- 12 IS MORE-- 12 IS MORE OR LESS.
12 IS LESS THAN FOREVER.
AND TRUMP ISN'T THE ONLY ONE GIVING HIM RAVE REVIEWS.
SO IS HIS STAFF, NOTING THAT THE PRESIDENT REMAINED ATTENTIVE
DURING LENGTHY DIPLOMATIC RITUALS, INCLUDING AN HOUR-PLUS
TOUR OF A MUSEUM IN BEIJING'S FORBIDDEN CITY."
YES, OUR PRESIDENT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE RIGORS OF A
FOURTH-GRADE FIELD TRIP.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
YES, HE DID SO WELL--
DID SO WELL-- GENERAL KELLEY-- GENERAL KELLEY ACTUALLY GAVE HIM
20 MINUTES OF iPAD TIME ON THE RIDE HOME.
NOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN HIS ENERGY DIPPED,
"INCLUDING DURING A LENGTHY INTERPRETIVE HIP-HOP PERFORMANCE
IN MANILA."
I CANNOT BLAME HIM FOR THAT.
I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SENTENCE.
ALSO, I JUST WANT OT SAY IF THAT HIP-HOP PERFORMANCE IN MANILA
WAS NOT CALLED "MANILA ICE," WE SHOULD BOMB THEM.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )