ATTACKING ROBERT MUELLER ON TWITTERS AND DEFENDING THE
MOSCOW PROJECT HE SPENT YEARS
FLAT OUT DENYING.
FIRST, I WANT TO SET THE STAGE
FOR WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
THE STAKES ARE HUGE.
IT COULD BE KEY TO THE STOCK
MARKET SOARING OR TANKING FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
ANY DISTRACTIONS COULD BE A
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. BOY DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE A
BIG ONE RIGHT THIS MOMENT.
WE KNOW THAT YESTERDAY HIS
LONGTIME ATTORNEY AND FIXER
MICHAEL COHEN PLEADED GUILTY TO
LYING TO CONGRESS.
HE SPECIFICALLY LIED ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO
SECURE A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN
MISCO, NOW ADMITTING HE TALKED
TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY
MEMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT
THIS THING.
THIS THING. IN RESPONSE, THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS ALLIES LAUNCHED A
MULTIPRONGED ATTEMPT TO PUSH
BACK.
BACK. STEP ONE, GO AFTER MICHAEL
COHEN.
COHEN. >> HE’S A WEAK PERSON.
NOT A VERY SMART PERSON.
SO VERY SIMPLY, MICHAEL COHEN IS
LYING AND HE’S TRYING TO GET A
REDUCED SENTENCE FOR THINGS THAT
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
>> RUDY GIULIANI SAYS TRUMP’S
WRITTEN ANSWERS ABOUT THE MOSCOW
PROJECT MATCH COHEN’S VERSION OF
THE EVENTS.
THE EVENTS. IF COHEN IS LYING AND ISN’T
TRUMP LYING TOO?
STEP TWO, ADMIT THERE WAS A
RUSSIA PROJECT IN THE WORKS,
THEN TRY TO CONVINCE EVERYONE IT
WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
>> IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT IN
NEWSPAPERS.
NEWSPAPERS. IT WAS A WELL-KNOWN PROJECT.
I DIDN’T DO THE PROJECT.
I DECIDED NOT TO DO THE PROJECT.
SO I DIDN’T DO IT.
SO WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DOING
A PROJECT.
A PROJECT. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NOT DOING A
PROJECT.
PROJECT. >> LOOKING BACK, THERE WERE SOME
VAGUE PUBLIC REFERENCES TO THE
PRESIDENT’S DESIRE TO POSSIBLY
BUILD A TRUMP TOWER IN MOSCOW
DURING THE CAMPAIGN BUT TO ARGUE
THAT EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT,
THAT SEEMS UNTRUE.
STEP THREE, INSIST THAT NONE OF
THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT
WAS ALL LEGAL.
TRUMP SAID THURSDAY HE WAS
ALLOWED TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTED
DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
HE TWEETED ANOTHER VERSION
SAYING QUOTE, I GET IT, I’M A
VERY GOOD DEVELOPER.
HAPPILY LIVING MY LIFE WHEN I
SEE THE COUNTRY GOING IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
WRONG DIRECTION. I DECIDE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
AND CONTINUE TO RUN MY BUSINESS,
VERY LEGAL AND VERY COOL.
TALK ABOUT IT ON A CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
TRAIL. I LIGHTLY LOOKED AT DOING A
BUILDING SOMEWHERE IN RUSSIA AND
DIDN’T DO THE PROJECT.
WHICH HUNT.
WHICH HUNT. GIULIANI ALSO DOWNPLAYED THE
SIGNIFICANT OF THE RUSSIA
PROJECT THURSDAY.
PROJECT THURSDAY. TELLING "THE WASHINGTON POST,"
QUOTE, THE PRESIDENT, AS FAR AS
HE KNOWS, HE REMEMBERS THERE WAS
SUCH A PROPOSAL FOR THE HOTEL,
HE TALKED IT OVER WITH COHEN.
THERE WAS A NONBINDING LETTER OF
INTENT THAT WAS SENT.
IT NEVER CAME TO FRUITION.
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
THE IDEA THAT RUSSIA WAS JUST AN
IDEA OR THAT TRUMP WAS ONLY
MILDLY INTERESTED IN THE
PROJECT, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND
"THE WASHINGTON POST" PUBLISHED
A TIME LINE SHOWING TRUMP’S
ATTEMPTS TO SPREAD HIS BRANDS IN
RUSSIA GOES BACK MORE THAN 30
YEARS.
YEARS. BACK IN THE LATE 1990s.
THERE’S NO SUGGESTION COHEN’S
LIE SOMEHOW PROVED THE PRESIDENT
CON SPIRED WITH RUSSIA.
IF THIS WAS NOT A BIG DEAL, WHY
DID HE KEEP IT QUIET?
WHY IS THE STORY CHANGING?
WHY DID COHEN HIMSELF TELL TWO
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES THE
MOSCOW PROJECT ENDED IN JANUARY
2016.
2016. THIS WAS A LIE.
IT ENDED IN JUNE 2016.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HE CLAIMS
HE LIED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE PRESIDENT’S POLITICAL
MESSAGING.
MESSAGING. SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING
POLITICALLY BETWEEN JANUARY 2016
AND JUNE 2016?
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WE KNOW PRESIDENT WAS DENYING HE
HAD FINANCIAL DEALINGS WITH
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. MULTIPLE TIMES.
MULTIPLE TIMES. ALSO SAYING THIS.
>> YOU WANT TO MAKE A GOOD DEAL
FOR THE COUNTRY?
THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH NOT
FIGHTING EVERYBODY, HAVING
RUSSIA WHERE WE HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP AS OPPOSED TO ALL
THE STUPIDITY.
THE STUPIDITY. PUTIN SAYS VERY NICE THINGS
ABOUT ME.
ABOUT ME. HAS NO AFFECT ON ME OTHER THAN I
THINK IT’S VERY NICE.
IF WE CAN GET ALONG WITH RUSSIA,
THAT’S VERY GOOD.
>> I KNOW RUSSIA WELL.
THEY WANT TO BE FRIENDLY WITH
THE UNITED STATES.
WOULDN’T IT BE NICE IF WE GET
ALONG WITH SOMEBODY?
>> THERE’S A REASON WHY
CANDIDATES TYPICALLY REVEAL
THEIR TAX RETURNS AND OPT FOR
COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY.
COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. IT IS SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
KNOW THEY’RE NOT UNDER ANY
INFLUENCE OF A COMPANY OR A
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THE FACT THAT TRUMP WAS PURSUING
A REAL ESTATE PROJECT IN RUSSIA
WHILE DENYING IT TO THE PUBLIC
AND PUBLICLY CALLING FOR WARMER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH RUSSIA.
REMEMBER, WE HAVE MASSIVE
SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF
THE ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.
THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
WAS SO WARM ON RUSSIA WHILE
TALKING ABOUT A BUSINESS DEAL
OBVIOUSLY RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW ANY OF THIS
WOULD HAVE IMPACTED TRUMP’S
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. THERE’S ONE THING FOR SURE.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2016, THE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY GOT UNDER
WAY.
WAY. TRUMP WAS ONE OF A TON OF
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. BY MAY, HE HAD KNOCKED OUT EVERY
SINGLE ONE AND BECOME THE
PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE.