WEEK SALUTE TODAY, WITH A GREAT
STORY HONORING OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN SERVICE.
>>> FIRST, FOR WEEKS, ACTRESS ROSE McGOWAN, SHE WAS ON SHOWS
LIKE "CHARMED."
LIKE "CHARMED."
SHE HAD A LOT TO SAY.
ALONG WITH HER ACCUSATIONS, SHE AND OTHER WOMEN WERE HARASSED,E
AND OTHER WOMEN WERE HARASSED, AND ASSAULTED, AND INCLUDING
OTHERS AND HER OWN, RAPED BY HARVEY WEINSTEIN.N, RAPED BY
HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
INVESTIGATORS ARE TAKING THESE AND OTHER CLAIMS SERIOUSLY NOW.
SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE UNDER
WAY.
WAY. AND THE NYPD SAYS IT BELIEVES IT
HAS ENOUGH TO ARREST HARVEY
WEINSTEIN, IN CONNECTION WITH
ANOTHER WOMANS CLAIMS. WEINSTEIN DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS
OF NONCONSENSUAL SEX.
BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS AN ELEMENT
OF ROSES STORIES THAT WAS TOO
CRAZY TO BELIEVE. SHE HAD BEEN SILENCED FOR 20
YEARS.
YEARS.
BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE WAS
HARASSED AND MALIGNED.
THAT DIRT FROM HER PAST, INCLUDING A WARRANT FOR A FELONY
DRUG POSSESSION WAS BEING
SECRETLY UNEARTHED TO SHAME HER.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID --
RIGHT?
RIGHT? WELL, AS ROSE PUT IT, THE
MONSTERS FACE WAS EVERYWHERE.
TO HEAD TO WHO FELT SHE WAS OFF
THE DEEP END WHO DISMISSED HER
AS A HYSTERIC, GUESS WHAT?
IT SEEMS ROSE WAS RIGHT ALL
ALONG.
ALONG.
AS THEY SAY, JUST BECAUSE YOURE
PARANOID, DOESNT MEAN THAT
PEOPLE ARENT REALLY OUT TO GET
YOU?
AND THEY WERE OUT TO GET ROSE McGAHNMc WERE OUT TO GET ROSE
McGAHNMc McGOWAN.
McGOWAN. THEY WERE.
THEY WERE. IN WAYS YOU CANNOT IMAGINE.
WEINSTEIN ACCUSERS, NOT JUST THE
ACCUSERS, BUT THE REPORTERS TO
WHOM THE ACCUSERS WERE TELLING
THEIR STORIES.
THEIR STORIES.
AND REPORTERS EDITORS IN SOME CASES.PORTERS EDITORS IN SOME
CASES.
ACCORDING TO RONAN FARROW, IN "THE NEW YORKER," CAME OUT LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
DOZENS OF DOCUMENTS AND PEOPLE
INVOLVED, THERE WAS A SECRET,
SOPHISTICATED, CONCERTED
CONSPIRACY OF
INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING
OPERATIVES WORKING TOGETHER TO
INTIMIDATE, HUMILIATE AND SILENCE THOSE WHO WERE ACCUSING
HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN. HOW?
HOW?
WITH FORMER ISRAELI MASOD AGENTS.RMER ISRAELI MASOD
AGENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IN TERMS THAT HARVEY WEINSTEIN WOULDMS THAT
HARVEY WEINSTEIN WOULD UNDERSTAND, YESTERDAY BECAME
"THE BOURN IDENTITY," THE
REAL-LIFE ONE.
REAL-LIFE ONE. THERES DETAILS THAT WOULD
ASTOUND
ASTOUND ASTOUND.
ASTOUND. IM GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH
THIS.
THIS.
HERES THE ALLEGATION. HARVEY WEINSTEIN SECRETLY PAID
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
TO ONE OF AMERICAS MOST
POWERFUL
POWERFUL POWERFUL LAW FIRMS, WHICH
ARRANGED FOR A FORMER ISRAELI
DEFENSE FORCES OFFICERS, WHO
IMPERSON NATED EDIM
IMPERSON
IMPERSON IMPERSON
IMPERSON IMPERSONATED TO BEFRIEND McGAHN,
TO SPILL DIRT ON HERSELF FOR
WEINSTEIN TO USE TO INTIMIDATE
INTO SILENCE.
INTO SILENCE. ROSE McGOWAN MET WITH THIS
AGENT, FOUR TIMES.
THEY WENT TO THE BOARDWALK
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
THEY HAD ICE CREAM TOGETHER. THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT ROSE HAD
BEEN THROUGH, THIS SOFT PLACE
FOR HER TO FALL WOMAN NEXT TO
HER.
HER.
AND IT WAS ALL A SETUP. THE WOMAN WAS A FRAUD..
THE WOMAN WAS A FRAUD. IT TURNS OUT, ROSE McGOWAN WAS
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
THE MONSTERS FACE WAS EVERY EVERYWHERERS FACE WAS EVERY
EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE. AND SHE WAS NOT CRAZY.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESNT THINK THE
WEINSTEIN MACHINE WASNT
SYSTEMATICALLY GRINDING AWAY TO
SILENT WOMEN, I URGE YOU TO READ THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE IN "THE READ
THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE IN "THE NEW YORKER."
NEW YORKER."
IT READS LIKE A THRILLER. BUT ITS A HORROR STORY THAT NOT
JUST ROSE BUT OTHERS HAD TO
LIVE, AS WELL.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR WEINSTEIN
SAYS, IT IS A FICTION TO SUGGEST
THAT ANY INDIVIDUALS WERE
TARGETED OR SUPPRESSED AT ANY
TIME.
TIME.
BUT WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHATS ALREADY ON THE RECORDT
WHATS ALREADY ON THE RECORD NOW.
NOW.
AND WHATS ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED
BY WEINSTEINS OWN LAWYER, A GUY YOU MAY REMEMBER, NAMED DAVIDUY
YOU MAY REMEMBER, NAMED DAVID BOISE.
BOISE. WERE JOINED BY KATE SNOW AND
CYNTHIA McFADDEN.
CYNTHIA McFADDEN. [ APPLAUSE ]
HELLO, LADIES.
OKAY.
A LOT TO UNPACK. A LOT TO UNPACK.
LETS JUST START.
ITS A FICTION TO SUGGEST THAT
ANY INDIVIDUALS WERE TARGETED OR
SUPPRESSED.
SUPPRESSED.
HOW IS THAT A FICTION?
DAVID BOIES -- >> I DONT KNOW BECAUSE
WEINSTEINS ATTORNEYS HAVE NOT
RESPONDED TO MY REPEATED REQUEST
FOR COMMENT.
FOR COMMENT.
LAST NIGHT, MY PHONE CALLS AND
MY E-MAILS WERE NOT RETURNED. I DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO EXPAND
UPON AS FAR AS THEIR POINT OF
VIEW.
VIEW.
ALL I CAN GO OFF OF IS WHAT THEY SAID IN "THE NEW YORKER."AT THEY
SAID IN "THE NEW YORKER." THIS ARTICLE IS -- YOU JUST
DESCRIBED IT.
DESCRIBED IT.
IT IS STUNNING. LET ME READ YOU ONE QUOTE FROM
THE ARTICLE, FROM RONAN FARROW.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,
"THE NEW YORKER REPORTING"
WEINSTEIN HAD AGENCIES TARGET OR
COLLECT INFORMATION ON DOZENS OF
INDIVIDUALS.
INDIVIDUALS.
AND COME UP WITH PROFILES THAT TARGETED THEIR SEXUAL ORS THAT
TARGETED THEIR SEXUAL OR PERSONAL HISTORIES.
PERSONAL HISTORIES.
HE MONITORED THESE INVESTIGATIONS PERSONALLY.
INVESTIGATIONS PERSONALLY. >> WHERE DID HE FIND TIME TO
MAKE MOVIES?
MAKE MOVIES? >> A LOT OF ENERGY.
>> A LOT OF ENERGY PUT INTO
COVERING HIS OWN TRACKS.
AND NOW, WE READ, AS WE EXPECT
ED
ED
SUSPECTED, THAT IT WASNT JUST HIM.ECTED, THAT IT WASNT JUST
HIM. HE HIRED DAVID BOIES, RESPECTED
LAWYER.
LAWYER.
>> THREE WEEKS AGO, I HAD A
LENGTHY CONVERSATION ON
BACKGROUND.
I CANT NAME THE BACKGROUND, BUT
THE PERSON IS AN ASSOCIATE OF DAVID BOIES THAT TOLD ME,E OF
DAVID BOIES THAT TOLD ME, LISTEN, HE HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE LEGAL TEAM.
HES NOT ON THE LEGAL TEAM.
HES NOT DEFENDING HARVEY
WEINSTEIN AGAINST THESE SEXUAL
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS.
HE HAS NO PART IN THIS WHATSOEVER.ART IN THIS
WHATSOEVER.
IN THE NEW YORKER, HE ADMITS HE SIGNED CONTRACTS., HE ADMITS HE
SIGNED CONTRACTS. >> AND AN EXTRAORDINARY THING.
WE TALK FOR ONE MOMENT ABOUT
DAVID BOIES.
DAVID BOIES. HE REPRESENTED AL GORE IN THE
FLORIDA RE-ELECTION.
FLORIDA RE-ELECTION. HE WAS THE LAWYER WHO FOUGHT FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA.
HE IS, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
MOST HIGHLY REGARDED AND
RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE BAR.
HE IN "THE NEW YORKER," SAYS, I
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON NOTICE OF A
PROBLEM AND DONE SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
IT.
>> YOU THINK?
>> WELL, "THE NEW YORK TIMES," DISMANTLES HIM THIS MORNING.,"
DISMANTLES HIM THIS MORNING. "THE NEW YORK TIMES," ONE OF THE
REPORTERS WHO WAS TARGETED
THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WAS
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTER.
>> THEY WERE DIGGING UP DIRT ON
THE REPORTERS.
THE REPORTERS. >> AND DAVID BOIES LAW FIRM WAS
DEFENDING THE"THE NEW YORK TIMES
>> TRYING TO DISCREDIT THE WOMEN
AND THE REPORTERS, HES
REPRESENTING "THE NEW YORK
TIMES."
TIMES." THINK HOW IRRITATED YOU WOULD BE
IF YOURE "THE TIMES."
>> HERES WHAT THEY SAY.
>> YOU DONT HAVE TO IMAGINE IT.
>> THIS "NEW YORK TIMES."
THIS INTOLERABLE CONDUCT, A
GRAVE BETRAYAL OF TRUST AND A
BREACH OF THE PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS THAT ALL LAWYERS ARE
REQUIRED TO OBSERVE.
>> ITS NOT JUST HIM.
YOU HAVE THE FORMER MOSAD AGENT,
DOWN THE BOARDWALK WITH ROSE
McGOWAN.
McGOWAN.
>> SHE E-MAILED HER I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO.D HER I BELIEVE
TWO WEEKS AGO. AFTER THE STORY IS PUBLIC, SHE
E-MAILS HER AND SAYS, YOURE SO
BRAVE.
BRAVE.
>> ITS NOT JUST THE LAWYERS AND
THE LEGISLATIVE FIRMS.
THE MEDIA, "THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER." "THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER."
I KNOW YOU KNOW "THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRERS" CREDIBILITY.
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THE CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER WAS
DOING HARVEYS BIDDING. WAS CALLING UP ROSE McGOWAN,
EX-BOYFRIEND LEFT HIS PARTNER
FOR ROSE McGOWAN.
CALLING UP THE WOMAN.
GETTING HER ON RAPE.
ACCORDING TO RONAN FARROW.
AND CELEBRATING SAYING, I GOT IT
ON TAPE.
ON TAPE. NOW, THIS GUY AT "THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER."
ENQUIRER."
WHY WOULDNT I PROSECT THIS GUY? >> HIS DEFENSE WAS, I HAD AGUY?
>> HIS DEFENSE WAS, I HAD A CONTRACT WITH HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
I COLLECTED INFORMATION WAS I
DIDNT WRITE STORIES ABOUT IT.
>> YOU DID YOUR DIGGING TO
DISCREDIT A RAPE ACCUSER, AND
HAD NO IDEA IF SHE WAS A RAPE
VICTIM.
VICTIM.
THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THIS WHOLE CASE IS DISGUSTING. THIS
WHOLE CASE IS DISGUSTING. >> I THINK ITS GOING TO BE A
NEWS HEADLINE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
THESE COMPANIES EXIST.
THESE COMPANIES EXIST, THAT
EMPLOYEE FORMER INTELLIGENCE
OPERATIVES.
OPERATIVES.
THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT FIRMS
HIRED.
NOT JUST THIS MOSSAD AGENT. THEY EXIST TO DO BUSINESST.
THEY EXIST TO DO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE.
THAT MEANS WERE GOING TO GET AS
MUCH DIRT ON OUR RIVALS, OUR COMPETITORS, OR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT
BE SUING US, AS POSSIBLE.
THEY COVER IT UP, BY USING A LAW
FIRM, TO HIRE THE AGENCIES.
>> SO, IT CAN BE PRIVILEGED.
>> THE LAWYERS DONT HAVE TO
REVEAL WHAT WAS SAID.
>> THEN, HERES WHAT HAPPENS.
THE ACCUSERS COME FORWARD, WHICH
TAKES A LOT OF GUTS.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY ASK,
WHY DIDNT YOU REPORT EARLIER?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
-- YOU AND YOUR WHY DIDNT YOU
REPORT QUESTION?
REPORT QUESTION? THESE WOMEN KNEW.
AND SHE WAS DISMISSED AS NUTS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT
ABOUT ROSE McGOWAN FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
>> ANOTHER TWEETED THIS MORNING. SHE SAID WHY DIDNT I -- AND SHE.
SHE SAID WHY DIDNT I -- AND SHE NAMES OTHER WOMEN, SPEAK UP
EARLIER?
EARLIER?
QUOTE, WE WERE FOLLOWED BY EX-MOSSAD AGENTS.LLOWED BY
EX-MOSSAD AGENTS. ISNT THAT TERRIFYING?
VERY.
VERY.
>> I THINK THE LAST WORD SHOULD
GO TO RONAN FARROW. INCREDIBLE SPEES OF JOURNALISM.
>> ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS
ABOUT IT, ON THE RECORD
STATEMENTS.
STATEMENTS.
THATS WHAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT.S WHAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK
OUT.
>> THE DOCUMENTS, ONE OF THE CONTRACTS IS EMBEDDED IN THE
PIECE.
PIECE.
>> DAVID BOIES, DID GIVE A
STATEMENT TO "THE NEW YORKER,"
TALKING ABOUT HIS ALLEGED
CONFLICT IN REPRESENTING "THE
NEW YORK TIMES," WHILE TRYING TO
GO AFTER "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
REPORTERS.
IF EVIDENCE COULD BE UNCOVERED
TO CONVINCE "THE TIMES" THAT THE
CHARGES SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED,
I DID NOT BELIEVE AND DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE ADVERSE TO