HEY THERE!
ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU ON HERE.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I'M GOOD.
YEAH, EXCELLENT.
WHY?
SOMETHING GOING ON?
>> Stephen: NO.
( LAUGHTER ) HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING THE
MUELLER-VERSRAY?
>> IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR WHICH BY MY CALCULATIONS IS 36 AND A HALF
SCARAMUCCIS.
( LAUGHTER ) PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE
IT.
>> Stephen: SO ONE YEAR IN, DONALD TRUMP IS STILL CALLING
THIS "WITCH HUNT," OKAY?
>> THEY'VE CAUGHT A FEW WITCHES, BY THE WAY.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW WITCH INDICTMENTS.
>> Stephen: I WOULD BUY WITCH INSURANCE IF I WERE DONALD
TRUMP.
>> SOME WITCH BOND BAILSMAN ARE IN BUSINESS
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: GIULIANI, GREAT
LAWYER, CLEARLY.
( LAUGHTER ) FANTASTIC.
FANTASTIC LAWYER.
( LAUGHTER ) HE HAS SAID THAT THE WHOLE
INVESTIGATION AT THIS POINT HAS BECOME ABSURD, IT'S ABSURD.
IS IT ABSURD TO YOU?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANYTHING ABSURD ABOUT IT?
>> THE FACT THE PRESIDENT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP?
>> I THINK ANYBODY WHO -- I THINK PEOPLE WHO LIKE HIM THINK
HE SHOULD SHUT UP.
I THINK PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE HIM THINK HE SHOULD SHUT UP
ABOUT THE INDICTMENT, THE INVESTIGATION.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I DISAGREE.
EXERCISE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH, SIR.
( LAUGHTER ) >> THERE ARE TIMES -- YOU KNOW
THIS CRAZY NEWS CYCLE, THERE ARE TIMES WE WILL BE GETTING READY
TO DO A ESHOW AND THEN THE PRESIDENT WILL BLAST FORTH WITH
A BUNCH OF TWITTER SPRAY.
>> Stephen: YEP.
AND THERE GOES OUR BLOCK ON THE BOOMING ECONOMY, WE'VE GOT
TO COVER PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING AFTER THE F.B.I. OR THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
I DON'T THINK IT DOES HIM ANY GOOD.
>> Stephen: I THINK HE'S HIS OWN WORST ENEMY FOR THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP HIM.
>> IT COMES FROM A PLACE OF LOVE FOR COUNTRY AND FOR THE
PRESIDENCY, YES.
>> Stephen: FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
>> AND THE PRESIDENT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO GIULIANI SAYS,
HE'S SHOPPING AROUND TODAY, AND GIULIANI'S ASSIGNMENT THIS WEEK
OF, LIKE, WRAP IT UP, COME ON, A YEAR, TIME TO WRAP IT UP, HE
SAYS ALL THAT MUELLER CAN DO IS WRITE A REPORT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HE'S CLAIMING MUELLER'S TEAM SAID TO HIM WE
CAN'T INDICT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY SAID THAT.
IS THAT TRUE?
HAVE YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE?
CAN ALL MUELLER DO IS WRITE A REPORT?
>> WELL IT'S A REPORT THAT GOES TO THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND MAY HAVE CHARGES RECOMMENDED IN IT.
BUT, SURE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN BY REPORT, YEAH, IT MIGHT
END UP WITH PEOPLE BEING CHARGED AND GOING BEFORE A GRAND JURY.
>> Stephen: ALL I WANT IS A REPORT.
>> WHAT KIND OF REPORT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
LIKE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR -- >> Stephen: THE TRUTH.
I JUST WANT THE TRUTH.
I WANT SOMEBODY TO SAY WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I THINK THE GREATEST DAMAGE -- I MEAN,
DONALD TRUMP WILL COME AND DONALD TRUMP WILL GO, BUT -- I
THINK WE LEARNED THAT FROM STORMY --
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
BUT WHAT I -- >> I KEEP TELLING YOU, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WEAR BLUE.
>> Stephen: IT'S ON A BLUE CARD.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS WE
WILL NO LONGER VALUE KNOWING WHAT THE TRUTH IS ANYMORE.
I THINK THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION.
DONALD TRUMP GOES TO JAIL, EVEN IMPEACHMENT, WHATEVER, IT'S
KNOWING WHAT THE TRUTH WAS SO WE CAN HAVE AN ETHICAL OR MORAL
SPINE TO THIS MOMENT.
>> YEAH, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'LL DO YOU ONE BETTER.
>> Stephen: WILL YOU?
WE'LL SEE IF IT'S BETTER.
>> THAT THE WHAT YOU THINK.
YOU WANT THE TRUTH ABOUT RUSSIA AND POSSIBLE COLLUSION, I JUST
WOULD LIKE THE TRUTH AND FACTS TO BE RESPECTED AGAIN IN THIS
COUNTRY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE IDEA THAT THERE WAS --
>> Stephen: I THINK YOU DID ONE BETTER.
>> WE'RE IN A PERIOD WHERE THE PRESIDENT CAN GO ON TWITTER AND
SAY I'M BRINGING THESE THREE HOSTAGES BACK.
KUDOS TO HIM, GOOD THAT HE DID THAT.
THREE HOSTAGES BACK, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO GET HIM,
THEY FAILED.
TWO WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT.
HOW ON EARTH WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPOSED TO GET THEM OUT?
>> Stephen: OBAMA BROUGHT HOME TEN HOSTAGES.
HE JUST DIDN'T DO A 3:00 A.M.
PHOTO OP WITH THEM.
>> TRUE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I'LL GET YA.
I STILL ONE-UPPED YOU.
THAT'S GOOD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU GAVE A
SPEECH -- YOU GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT AT UMASS AM HURST
AND WARNED THAT THE IMPERIAL IS BEING ATTACKED AND CORRODED.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE PEOPLE ON TV WHO AID AND I BET WITH THE
CROWNINCORROSION OF THE INFORMAT KELLYANNE CONWAY, WHY HAVE HER
ON TV?
SHE IS A COLLECTION OF DECEPTIONS WITH A BLONDE WIG
STAPLED ON TOP.
( APPLAUSE ) >> WELL, SO SHE WOULD TAKE ISSUE
WITH THAT DESCRIPTION.
I WILL SAY -- >> Stephen: SHE WOULD BE LYING
AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I WILL SAY THIS, WE ALWAYS
DEBATE WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE ON ANY GUEST -- WOULD THIS GUEST BE
HELPFUL FOR OUR VIEWERS TO UNDERSTAND THUS AND SUCH.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD KELLYANNE CONWAY ON, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER IT
BECAME CLEAR FROM RUDY GIULIANI THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD NOT
TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT THE HUSH MONEY
PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS VIA MICHAEL COHEN.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
I CAUGHT IT WAS WORTH THE TIME TO HAVE KELLYANNE CONWAY
COME ON AND FOR ME TO CHALLENGE HER ON THE NOTION OF WHY DOES
THIS PRESIDENT TELL SO MANY LIES.
>> Stephen: YES.
A PREMISE WITH WHICH SHE DIDN'T TAKE ISSUE.
SHE SAID THE PRESIDENT DOES MANY THINGS.
( LAUGHTER ) WHICH WAS --
( LAUGHTER ) -- YOU WILL HAVE TO CONCEDE IS
TRUE.
>> Stephen: THAT IS.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH IT TO HAVE
PEOPLE ON SO YOU CAN CHALLENGE THE VERY NOTION OF THE FACTS
THAT ARE BEING DISREGARDED AND THE LIES THAT ARE BEING TOLD.
>> Stephen: WHO OVER THERE IS TELLING THE TRUTH?
WHO DO YOU GO, IF I HAD THAT PERSON, THEY TEND TO GIVE ME THE
STRAIGHT DOPE?
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE ON THE SHOW THAT I DON'T THINK ARE
LYING TO ME.
WE HAD JOHN BOLTON THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: HE'S NOT LYING.
HE'S JUST CRAZY.
HONESTLY, THOUGH.
HIS MUSTACHE LIES, THOUGH.
>> HIS MUSTACHE IS VERY HONEST.
>> Stephen: THE MUSTACHE IS HONEST?
>> IT'S A TRUE MUSTACHE.
>> Stephen: GENERAL SNOWFLAKE?
I SAW A BUNCH OF FAKE MUSTACHES IN YOUR MAKEUP ROOM.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
O YOU'RE THE LIARS NOW.
WE'RE THE LIARS.
THAT'S ALL THE SHOWBIZ IS.
>> I KNOW WHAT A TRUE AND A FAKE MUSTACHE IS.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET TO MORE LYING FROM THE LYING JAKE
TAPPER.
>> YOUR TRUMP ACCENT HAS GOTTEN SO GOOD.
I SAID THIS TO YOU THE OTHER DAY, I HAVE BEEN WATCHING IT
EVOLVE SINCE 2015.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
IT'S STRONG.
I THINK IT'S STRONG.
>> Stephen: (TRUMP ACCENT) ANOTHER LIE.
TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE A ACCENT, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ME.
( PIANO RIFF ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> THIS IS FICTION.
>> Stephen: THIS IS FICTION.
ENTER THE WORLD OF NOVELS.
JAKJAKE TAPPER, NEW NOVEL CALLED "THE HELLFIRE CLUB."
WHY ARE YOU WRITING FICTION IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE TRUTH?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING STUFF GOING ON IN WASHINGTON
THAT TAKES PLACE.
1954, A YOUNG CONGRESSMAN GOES TO WASHINGTON WITH HIS GEOLOGIST
WIFE AND THEY GOT SWEPT UP IN SECRET SOCIETY.
THE REAL HELLFIRE CLUB WAS A SECRET SOCIETY IN ENGLAND IN THE
1700s.
PEOPLE OF NOBILITY AND POLITICIANS WOULD GO TO THIS
LITTLE TOWN OUTSIDE LONDON AND ENGAGE IN DEBAUCHEROUS
ACTIVITIES.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SMELL?
BEN FRANKLIN WENT.
>> HE BROUGHT IT TO THE UNITED STATES.
AND IT CONTINUED AND IT WAS SECRET AND IN POWER IN 1954.
>> Stephen: THERE'S MURDER.
THERE'S MURDER SNORE THERE'S A LOT OF JOE McCARTHY IN
THERE.
>> JOE McCARTHY IS THERE.
THEY SAY HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF BUT RHYMES.
IF YOU STUDY THE MACK KARATE ERA AND SEE A POLITICIAN TELLING A
LOT OF LIES AND SMEARING PEOPLE AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING
UP TO THE INDECENCY YOU HEAR A LITTLE RHYMING MAYBE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SPEAKING OF SENSE
OF SMELL, YOUR MAIN CHARACTER.
>> CHARLIE MARTYR.
>> Stephen: HE'S DESCRIBED AS HAVING A KEEN SENSE OF SMELL.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO HAVE ONE.
>> MY BROTHER AND I HAVE KEEN SENSES OF SMELL.
>> Stephen: DOCUMENTED?
WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THE SMITH CENTER OF OLFACTORY GIFTS IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A REAL PLACE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER LIE.
IT'S FICTION.
>> Stephen: YES.
BUT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF SMELL AND IT'S A CURSE.
>> Stephen: HOW SO?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AMERICA, YOU NEED A MINT.
ALL OF YA.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DO I SMELL
RIGHT NOW?
>> DID YOU HAVE CAT FOOD FOR LUNCH?
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH?
>> Stephen: FRISKY BUFFET.
HONESTLY, DID YOU HAVE TUNA FOR LUNCH?
>> I DID.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: BUT I BRUSHED MY TEETH AND EVERYTHING SINCE THEN
AND PUT ON DEODORANT.
>> WHICH WOULD BE PERFECT FOR NORMAL PEOPLE BUT I.
>> Stephen: HAVE A SUPERPOWER.
-- HAVE A SUPERPOWER.
AND IT IS A CURSE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WHISKERS.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY.
IT IS RELEVANT TO THE PLOT, I SHOULD POINT OUT, HIS SENSE OF
SMELL BECOMES RELEVANT TO THE PLOT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
IS THERE A GAS LEAK OR SOMETHING?
>> I'M NOT SPOILING IT FOR YOU.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
NOW, YOU CAN'T SELL A BOOK WITHOUT A SEX SCENE.
>> I DON'T HAVE A SEX SCENE.
I HAVE A SEXY SCENE.
>> Stephen: SEXY SCENE.
YEAH, IT'S JUST HAPPENED.
>> CHARLIE IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE AND THERE'S A SCENE AFTER
THEY HAVE HAD SEX.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU SEEM PRETTY DEFENSIVE ABOUT THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST FICTION.
HE COULD BE HAVING SEX WITH ANYBODY.
>> IT'S THE ONE PART OF THE BOOK YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IT'S TRUE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE SEX SCENE OR SHOULD I?
>> I THINK YOU WOULD BE BETTER, YOU CAN DO YOUR BARRY WHITE
VOICE.
>> Stephen: DO WE NEED MOOD LIGHTING?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: CAN WE GET A SEXY SNARE IN OR --
( SEXY MUSIC ) >> OH, YEAH, NICE.
>> Stephen: MMM...
CHAPTER 22...
( SEXY VOICE ) CHARLIE EX HAILED ONE LAST
SATISFIED BREATH TO BOTH BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING DOWN HIS
HEART RATE AND SIGNAL HIS IMMENSE SATISFACTION.
( LAUGHTER ) "INDEED -- INDEED, MARGARET
SAID -- THEIR CLOTHES STREWN ABOUT THE LIVING ROOM, THE
COUPLE LAY NAKED ON THE COUCH.
IN THE WEEKS SINCE THEY RETURNED FROM MARYLAND, THEY HAD BEEN
RECONNECTING, FIRST AS FRIENDS.
>> THEN -- >> Stephen: -- NOW AS HUSBAND
AND WIFE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: HER EXPANDING ABDOMEN --
>> SHE'S PREGNANT.
HOLD ON.
>> Stephen: MARGAR FILTHY!
PREGNANT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE SEX!
HOW DARE YOU.
>> AN EXPANDING ABDOMEN, PEOPLE ARE, LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THERE'S A BABY IN THERE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO BUY IT NOW!
"THE HELLFIRE CLUB" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
JAKE TAPPER, EVERYBODY!