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>>> NOW TO NEWLY REVEALED
IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE THAT
ACTUALLY SHREDS A CORE TRUMP
DEFENSE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM
THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
AS WE REPORTED ON "THE BEAT"
THIS WEEK, THIS COMES FROM A KEY
PART OF THE REPORT THAT HAS
FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR.
IT DEMOLISHES A KEY DEFENSE
TRUMP ALLIES HAVE BEEN SAYING,
AND YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS.
ONE OF THE DEFENSES HAS BEEN TO
CLAIM THAT THAT MILITARY AID
ULTIMATELY ALL REACHED UKRAINE.
>> THE REAL BOTTOM LINE IS HE
GOT THE MONEY.
>> THE UKRAINE I DON’T KNOWS GOT
NOTHING TO AS FAR AS
INVESTIGATIONS GOES TO GET THE
AID RELEASED.
AID RELEASED. >> THOSE FUNDS WERE PAID.
THEY WERE FULLY PAID.
>> NOTE TRUMP THERE FALSELY
CLAIMING THE FUNDS WERE FULLY
PAID.
PAID. LET’S HEAR THAT PART AGAIN.
>> AS FAR AS WITHHOLDING FUNDS,
THOSE FUNDS WERE PAID, THEY WERE
FULLY PAID.
FULLY PAID. >> FULLY PAID.
FALSE.
FALSE. FIRST OF ALL, IT’S NOT A VALID
BRIBERY DEFENSE TO SAY YOUR
BRIBERY DIDN’T WORK.
BUT WHAT’S NEW HERE IN THE
REPORT IS THE WAY THEY’RE LYING
ABOUT THIS AS A FACTUAL MATTER
THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT REPORT
REVEALS THOSE FUNDS DID NOT
FULLY GET TO UKRAINE, NOT LAST
MONTH, NOT EVER.
PAGE 145 OF THE REPORT, PENTAGON
OFFICIALS CONFIRMING TO
INVESTIGATORS UKRAINE STILL HAS
NOT RECEIVED $35 MILLION OF THE
SECURITY ASSISTANCE YET TO BE
DISPERSED.
DISPERSED. 35 Ms, THAT’S A BIG DEAL.
THAT’S IN FACT 14% OF THE ENTIRE
AMOUNT IN THE ALLEGED EXTORTION
PLOT.
PLOT. HOW DIG A DEAL IS THIS?
A PENTAGON OFFICIAL UNDER OATH
CONFIRMING THAT MONEY NEVER GOT
TO UKRAINE IN THE IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS.
HEARINGS. >> MR. CUBER, WAS DOD ABLE TO
PUT ALL THE SECURITY FUNDS INTO
CONTRACT BEFORE THE END OF THE
FISCAL YEAR?
FISCAL YEAR? >> NO, SIR.
>> AND HOW MUCH WERE THEY NOT
ABLE TO OBLIGATE?
WHAT WAS LEFT UNOBLIGATED?
>> I BELIEVE THE FIGURE WAS 35
MILLION.
MILLION. >> I’M JOINED NOW BY FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR JOHN FLANNERY
WHO HAS BEEN COUNSEL TO THREE
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS,
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, THE RIGHT EXPERT.
GOOD EVENING SIR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> WE TALK ABOUT LAW.
WE ALSO TALK ABOUT FACTS.
THERE ARE LEGAL DEFENSES AND
FAILING AT BRIBERY IS NOT A GOOD
LEGAL DEFENSE.
LEGAL DEFENSE. THEN THERE’S FACTUAL DEFENSES.
SO, FOCUSING YOUR LASER ANALYSIS
ON THE FACTUAL PART HERE, DO YOU
VIEW IT AS IMPORTANT THAT THE
IMPEACHMENT REPORT SURFACES THE
FACT THAT WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS
UKRAINE GOT FULLY PAID, THAT
ITSELF IS FALSE?
>> I THINK THAT’S SIGNIFICANT,
AND IT SORT OF SHOWS THAT HE
JUST CAN’T LET IT GO.
AND HE STILL IS PUSHING IT AND
PERHAPS THAT’S WHY RUDY’S OVER
THERE AS WELL.
BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS
ABOUT IT, IT WAS $35.2 MILLION
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE BECAUSE THESE
ITEMS GO FOR GRENADE LAUNCHERS,
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS, AND NAVAL
COMBAT CRAFT.
COMBAT CRAFT. THAT’S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR A
VULNERABLE NATION ADJOINING
RUSSIA THAT HAS MILITARY
INVOLVEMENT IN A HOT WAR THAT’S
STILL GOING ON IN UKRAINE.
HE’S HAVING IT BOTH WAYS.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE HIM HOLDING
BACK THE FUNDS -- AND FOR NO
GOOD REASONS -- VINDMAN
TESTIFIED THAT WHEN THEY HELD
THE FUNDS AND THEN RELEASED IT,
THERE WAS NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL
THAT HAD CHANGED ON THE GROUND
THAT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO
WITHHOLD THE FUNDS AT ANY TIME.
SO, THIS 35 MILLION WHICH
HAPPENS AFTER THAT IS NOT
WITHHELD FOR ANY GOOD REASON
EITHER.
EITHER. NOBODY AT THE PENTAGON CAN GIVE
US A GOOD REASON.
SO, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE MORE
PROOF FOR THE MISCONDUCT FOR
BRIBERY AND EXTORTION AND ABUSE
OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION BECAUSE
HE’S LYING TO THE PUBLIC EVEN AS
WE’RE SITTING HERE.
>> JOHN --
>> YES?
>> YES? >> THERE’S THE CASE AND ALL THE
FACTS IN THE REPORT, AND THEN
THERE’S HOW YOU PRESENT IT.
I WANT TO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN
THE PRESIDENT’S FALSE CLAIM THAT
WE DUG OUT OF THE REPORT TO FACT
CHECK BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THAT IMAGE OF HIM SAYING "FULLY
BECAUSE YOU CAN WRITE ALL THE BOOKS AND REPORTS YOU WANT --
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> -- BUT WHAT THE PUBLIC AND
THE SENATE DEALS WITH IS WHAT IS
KNOWN TOP OF MIND, RIGHT?
>> WELL, HOW YOU WOULD TRY THIS
CASE IN THE SENATE IS
SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE YOU WOULD
TAKE OUT MAGIC MOMENTS IN THIS
CASE.
CASE. I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE READ
OUT ON JULY 25th, THAT’S A MAGIC
MOMENT.
MOMENT. BUT YOU TAKE THAT STATEMENT YOU
JUST DID AND YOU SHOW HIM TO BE
A LIAR BY THEN SHOWING THE
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND USING THE
OTHER TAPE OR THE WITNESS AGAIN
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT.
THAT SAME WITNESS, I BELIEVE,
SAID THAT THERE WAS AN INQUIRY
BY THE UKRAINIAN EMBASSY ON THE
VERY DAY OF THE JULY 25th CALL
ABOUT WHERE’S OUR MONEY WHICH IS
WHAT ANYBODY WOULD EXPECT OF A
NATION THAT’S UNDER ARMS AND
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT RUSSIA CAN
DO IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE WHERE
THEY’RE ACTIVE ON BEHALF OF
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. SO, I THINK HOW DO YOU TRY THIS?
>> ONE OUT OF EIGHT BUCKS IS
MISSING MONEY.
MISSING MONEY. IT’S STRIKING.
IT’S STRIKING. >> IT IS.
>> IT IS. >> MR. FLANNERY, OFTEN A LEGAL
WITNESS FOR US.
TONIGHT A BIT OF A FACT WITNESS.
YOU’LL PERMIT -- I DON’T EVEN
KNOW IF IT COUNTS AS A LEGAL
JOKE, JUST A LEGAL REFERENCE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU IN ALL OF OUR
EXPERT TESTIMONY, SIR.
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.
IT’S SERVED ME TO HAVE READ THE
THING.
THING. BUT THERE ARE PEARLS IN THEM
THERE HILLS -- OR GOLD, I GUESS.
AND IT’S WORTH THE READ.
AND THE READ IS GOING TO BE WHAT
BRINGS DOWN THIS PRESIDENT.
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, HE’S GOING
DOWN.
DOWN. AND THE REPUBLICANS WHO THINK
THEY CAN VOTE TO SAVE THIS GUY
IN THE SENATE, YOU KNOW, ONE
MONTH AFTER THAT TRIAL IS OVER,
WHATEVER THE RESULT IS, HE’LL DO
SOMETHING ELSE WHILE WE’RE STILL
TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM BECAUSE
HE WAS CONVICTED OR BECAUSE HE’S
BEGINNING HIS CAMPAIGN.