OR CHAIRMAN FROM THE PRESIDENT’S
2016 CAMPAIGN GET ARRESTED.
AND THE TIMING IS JUST -- I MEAN
I GUESS NOTHING IS TOO WEIRD AT
THIS POINT BUT THIS IS
REMARKABLE CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS.
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCING THEY RAISED
MORE THAN $70 MILLION FOR THE
BIDEN AND HARRIS CHAMPAIGN IN
THE DNC, THEY SEE THE CONVENTION
AS FLAWLESS, EVERYTHING THEY
WANTED FROM IT, EVEN AS FIRST
EVER VIRTUAL CONVENTION.
FIRST TIME TODAY, TWO HALVES OF
THE TICKET, BIDEN AND HARRIS
DOING THEIR FIRST JOINT
INTERVIEWS, THEY’RE PROCEEDING.
MEANWHILE, AT THE EXACT SAME
TIME, THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE
HOUSE ARE HAVING TO PRETEND ONCE
AGAIN, YEAH, PRESIDENT
DEFINITELY BARELY KNOWS THE
NEWLY ARRESTED GUY.
DEFINITELY ISN’T SOMEBODY WHO
RAN HIS CAMPAIGN AND SERVED AS
SENIOR ADVISER FOR MONTHS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE.
EVEN RIGHT NOW AS THEIR OPPONENT
IS ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION
AFTER TRIUMPHANT CONVENTION,
JUST CHAOS AHEAD IN TERMS OF
PLANNING FOR RNC NEXT WE’RE,
PRESIDENT HAVING TO DO THAT SONG
AND DANCE AGAIN, OH, YEAH, I
BARELY KNOW THE GUY.
>> I HAVEN’T BEEN DEALING WITH
HIM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AS
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM
KNOW.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN OUR CAMPAIGN,
WORKED FOR GOLDMAN SACHS, A LOT OF COMPANIES.
OF COMPANIES.
BUT HE DEALING WITH HIM AT ALL.
I HAVEN’T DEALT WITH HIM AT ALL
OVER YEARS NOW.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN THE
PRESIDENT’S LAWYER WAS ARRESTED,
PRESIDENT SAID MICHAEL COHEN WAS
A PR PERSON WHO DID SMALL LEGAL
WORK, VERY SMALL LEGAL WORK.
AND THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN WAS ARRESTED, PAUL
MANAFORT, THE PRESIDENT SAID
QUOTE, I DIDN’T KNOW MANAFORT
WELL, HE WASN’T WITH THE
CAMPAIGN LONG.
HE WAS WITH THE CAMPAIGN AS YOU
KNOW FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.
WHEN LEV AND IGOR WERE ARRESTED
BACK IN OCTOBER, ALL THE
PICTURES EMERGED ALL OF
DIFFERENT TIMES THEY HAD BEEN
WITH THE PRESIDENT, REMEMBER
WHEN THEY GOT ARRESTED,
PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT LEV AND
IGOR, QUOTE, I DON’T KNOW THESE
GENTLEMEN.
WHY ARE YOU IN ALL THE PICTURES
WITH THEM THEN?
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER PLED
GUILTY, WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE
SAID ABOUT MIKE FLYNN WHEN HE
GOT CHARGED.
MICHAEL FLYNN WAS QUOTE, A
FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIAL WHO DID HAVE VOLUNTEER
WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
HE WAS NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER!
WHEN ROGER STONE WAS ARRESTED
FOR THINGS HE DID AND THINGS HE
LIED ABOUT DURING THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, PRESIDENT
TRIED THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, ROGER DIDN’T WORK FOR
ME IN THE CAMPAIGN, EXCEPT WAY
AT THE BEGINNING, LONG BEFORE
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIM.
THIS IS HOW LOYALTY WORKS.
LOYALTY DEMANDS ARE INFINITE.
THE LOYALTY RECIPROCITY, WHAT,
YOU’RE BREAKING UP, I CAN’T
HEAR -- COULD YOU CALL ME BACK?
NOW THE PRESIDENT, AS HE
PREPARES TO ACCEPT THE
RENOMINATION OF HIS PARTY FOR
PRERKSZ
PRESIDENT, AS THE BIDEN AND
HARRIS CAMPAIGN TAKES OFF LIKE A
ROCKET, NOW THE PRESIDENT SAYS I
HIS CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN SOME GUY
WHO WORKED FOR GOLDMAN SACHS,
CAN BARELY REMEMBER HIM.
DID HE WORK AT WHITE HOUSE?
WHO KNOWS, NOBODY CAN REMEMBER
THAT.
STEVE BANNON HAS PLED NOT GUILTY
TO FELONY CHARGES.
NOW STARTING TO SEE HEADLINES
SOURCED TO HIM BRAGGING ABOUT
HOW HE VERY MUCH KNOWS THE
PRESIDENT AND IS STILL IN
CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT.
STEVE BANNON IS THOUGHT TO BE
FACING A CONSIDERABLE SENTENCE
IF HE’S CONVICTED HERE.
THEORETICALLY, BASED ON THE
MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THESE
CRIMES, DECADES IN PRISON.
REALISTICALLY MORE LIKE SIX TO
NINE YEARS HE’S FACING.
IF HE’S UNDER PRESSURE FROM
PROSECUTORS TO HELP THEM WITH
OTHER CRIMES HE KNOWS ABOUT, IF
HE’S UNDER PRESSURE FROM
PROSECUTORS TO BECOME A
COOPERATING WITNESS LIKE HE WAS
IN THE ROGER STONE TRIAL TO EARN
LENIENCY ON THE MULTIPLE FELONY
CHARGES HE’S FACING HIMSELF,
IT’S MORE DRAMATIC THAN USUAL
FOR PRESIDENT TO SAY HE COULDN’T
PICK STEVE BANNON OUT OF A LOIP.
WHILE STEVE BANNON IS SAYING,
YES, WE’VE BEEN TALKING
RECENTLY.
PRESIDENT HAS TO ONCE AGAIN
MANAGE SOMEBODY UNDER SERIOUS
FEDERAL CRIMINAL PRESSURE
THEMSELVES, THINKING ABOUT THEIR
OWN LIFE AND MORTALITY, AND
WEIGHING WHETHER OR NOT TO FLIP
ON THE PRESIDENT, FACT HE’S
HAVING TO CONSIDER THAT AGAIN
BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND
HIM ARRESTED AND CHARGED AND
PLED GUILTY TO FELONIES SINCE
HE’S BEEN IN PRISON, HE’S HAVING
TO DEAL WITH THAT AGAIN NOW
HEADING INTO THE CONVENTION.
THAT’S NOT THE NORMAL BACKGROUND
NOISE OF THE CONVENTIONS.
RUNNING AGAINST THE INCUMBENT,