OFF. AND THAT IS ALL. RACHEL MADDOW I AND THAT IS ALL. RACHEL MADDOW I HERE. HERE. >> JOHN GOTTI DIED IN PRISON >> JOHN GOTTI DIED IN PRISON AFTER SERVING TEN YEARS OF A AFTER SERVING TEN YEARS OF A LIFE SENTENCE FOR HIS LIFE SENTENCE FOR HIS CONVICTIONS FOR FIVE DIFFERENT CONVICTIONS FOR FIVE DIFFERENT MURDERS. MURDERS. JOHN GOTTI WAS THE BOSS OF THE JOHN GOTTI WAS THE BOSS OF THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY IN THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY IN THE MAFIA. MAFIA. BUT BEFORE HE DIED, WHILE HE WAS BUT BEFORE HE DIED, WHILE HE WAS STILL IN FEDERAL PRISON, ONE OF STILL IN FEDERAL PRISON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOHN GOTTI GOT THE THINGS THAT JOHN GOTTI GOT TONE JOY AS-- GOT TO ENJOY IN FE TONE JOY AS-- GOT TO ENJOY IN FE PRISON IS THAT HE FAIRLY REGULAR PRISON IS THAT HE FAIRLY REGULAR VISITS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS VISITS FROM MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AND BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILY AND BECAUSE THEY ARE CONVERSATIONS WERE MONITORED BY CONVERSATIONS WERE MONITORED BY PRISON AUTHORITIES AND IN HIS PRISON AUTHORITIES AND IN HIS CASE THEY WERE NOT JUST AUDIO CASE THEY WERE NOT JUST AUDIO TAPED, THEY WERE VIDEO TAPED, WE TAPED, THEY WERE VIDEO TAPED, WE CAN NOW FOR THE AGES SEE IN CAN NOW FOR THE AGES SEE IN LIVING COLOR -- OR AT LEAST IN LIVING COLOR -- OR AT LEAST IN BLURRY WASHED OUT USED TO BE BLURRY WASHED OUT USED TO BE COLOR, NOT JUST THE MOVIE IDEA COLOR, NOT JUST THE MOVIE IDEA OR THE COMIC BOOK IDEA OF WHAT OR THE COMIC BOOK IDEA OF WHAT GANGSTERS ARE LIKE, WITH THE GANGSTERS ARE LIKE, WITH THE GOTTY PRISON TAKES YOU COULD SEE GOTTY PRISON TAKES YOU COULD SEE THE REAL DEAL. THE REAL DEAL. AND HE’S EXACTLY AS CHARMING AS AND HE’S EXACTLY AS CHARMING AS YOU MIGHT CHECK. YOU MIGHT CHECK. NOT JUST IN DEALING WITH HISPEER NOT JUST IN DEALING WITH HISPEER IN CRIME BUT DEALING WITH IN CRIME BUT DEALING WITH IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. THIS IS HOW HE SPOKE TO HIS THIS IS HOW HE SPOKE TO HIS 10-YEAR-OLD GRAND SON WHO HAD 10-YEAR-OLD GRAND SON WHO HAD COME TO VISIT HIM AND THE COME TO VISIT HIM AND THE GRANDSON TOLD HIM HIS CAREER GRANDSON TOLD HIM HIS CAREER PLANS WERE BECOME A PROFESSIONAL PLANS WERE BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE, THIS IS HOW HIS ATHLETE, THIS IS HOW HIS GRANDFATHER RESPONDED. GRANDFATHER RESPONDED. >> THAT IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT >> THAT IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU MIGHT GO TO SCHOOL AND YOU MIGHT GO TO SCHOOL AND BECOME A LAWYER, JOHN. BECOME A LAWYER, JOHN. >> NO, DADDY, HE IS GOING TO >> NO, DADDY, HE IS GOING TO BECOME A LAWYER. BECOME A LAWYER. >> NO, I’M NOT. >> NO, I’M NOT. >> REALLY? >> REALLY? >> NO, I’M NOT. >> NO, I’M NOT. I’M GOING TO BE A BASKETBALL I’M GOING TO BE A BASKETBALL PLAYER. PLAYER. [ INAUDIBLE ]. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> YOU AIN’T GOING TO BE A >> YOU AIN’T GOING TO BE A BASEBALL PLAYER OR A BASKETBALL BASEBALL PLAYER OR A BASKETBALL PLAYER. PLAYER. >> HE’S BEEN SMART TODAY. >> HE’S BEEN SMART TODAY. >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING -- >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING -- >> YOU TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO BE >> YOU TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO BE AND I NEVER SAID I WANTED TO AND I NEVER SAID I WANTED TO BE -- BE -- >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL ABOUT BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL PLAYERS, TO BE GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYERS, TO BE GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER OR A BASEBALL PLAYER PLAYER OR A BASEBALL PLAYER FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO BE A FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO BE A GOOD LIAR, A GOOD LOW-LIFE, AND GOOD LIAR, A GOOD LOW-LIFE, AND AN -- AN -- >> TAKE A LOT OF DRUGS. >> TAKE A LOT OF DRUGS. >> YOU GOT TO TAKE STORIESY -- >> YOU GOT TO TAKE STORIESY -- STEROIDS AND ANYBODY THAT DOES STEROIDS AND ANYBODY THAT DOES TAKE STEROIDS IS A GARBAGE PAIL. TAKE STEROIDS IS A GARBAGE PAIL. >> FINE, THEN I’M A CROOK. >> FINE, THEN I’M A CROOK. >> I DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE >> I DON’T CARE IF YOU ARE NOTHING. NOTHING. YOU AIN’T -- YOU THINK YOU’RE YOU AIN’T -- YOU THINK YOU’RE BEING SELFISH AND SPITEFUL WITH BEING SELFISH AND SPITEFUL WITH ME. ME. YOU GET AN [ BLEEP ] FROM ME. YOU GET AN [ BLEEP ] FROM ME. I AIN’T THE FATHER OF YOUR I AIN’T THE FATHER OF YOUR CHILDREN. CHILDREN. >> HE’S BEING A SMART ALEC. >> HE’S BEING A SMART ALEC. BELIEVE ME, HE’LL GET -- BELIEVE ME, HE’LL GET -- [ BLEEP ]. [ BLEEP ]. >> YOU WILL NEVER FORGET ME -- >> YOU WILL NEVER FORGET ME -- THE [ BLEEP ] YOU’LL GET FROM THE [ BLEEP ] YOU’LL GET FROM ME. ME. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I GOT TOO MANY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW I GOT TOO MANY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW AND I DON’T NEED YOU FOR A AND I DON’T NEED YOU FOR A FRIEND. FRIEND. I GOT A MILLION FRIENDS RIGHT I GOT A MILLION FRIENDS RIGHT NOW. NOW. A MILLION PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND A MILLION PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND SEE ME NOW THEY WOULD CRY TO SEE SEE ME NOW THEY WOULD CRY TO SEE ME SO YOU ANTD DO -- AIN’T DOING ME SO YOU ANTD DO -- AIN’T DOING ME ANYTHING AND YOU SAVE THAT ME ANYTHING AND YOU SAVE THAT FOR YOUR FATHER. FOR YOUR FATHER. IF I HEAR THAT I’LL PUT MY IF I HEAR THAT I’LL PUT MY [ BLEEP ] UP YOUR [ BLEEP ]. [ BLEEP ] UP YOUR [ BLEEP ]. I’M SERIOUS, BOY. I’M SERIOUS, BOY. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WITH THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WITH YOU GUYS, YOU [ BLEEP ]. YOU GUYS, YOU [ BLEEP ]. BECAUSE PEOPLE [ BLEEP ] WITH BECAUSE PEOPLE [ BLEEP ] WITH THE ANSWERS YOU GAVE. THE ANSWERS YOU GAVE. YOU COULD LOOK AT SAD AS YOU YOU COULD LOOK AT SAD AS YOU WANT TO LOOK. WANT TO LOOK. NOW GIVE THAT PHONE OVER AND GET NOW GIVE THAT PHONE OVER AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. THE HELL OUT OF HERE. >> YOU BETTER NOT [ BLEEP ] WITH >> YOU BETTER NOT [ BLEEP ] WITH ME. ME. THAT COMES FROM YOUR MOTHER, NOT THAT COMES FROM YOUR MOTHER, NOT FROM ME. FROM ME. >> THAT WAS JOHN GOTTI IN PRISON >> THAT WAS JOHN GOTTI IN PRISON IN 1998, SWEARING AT HIS IN 1998, SWEARING AT HIS GRANDSON AND SENDING HIM AWAY GRANDSON AND SENDING HIM AWAY FOR HAVING TEMMERETITY WHO SAID FOR HAVING TEMMERETITY WHO SAID WANTED TO BE A ATHLETE AND WANTED TO BE A ATHLETE AND DRESSED UP TO COME AND SEE HIM. DRESSED UP TO COME AND SEE HIM. AND IN THE SAME VISITS WHICH WE AND IN THE SAME VISITS WHICH WE HAVE TAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF, HAVE TAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF, WE ALSO KNOW THAT JOHN GOTTI WE ALSO KNOW THAT JOHN GOTTI SHARED A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN SHARED A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND. HIS DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND. HIS OWN SON-IN-LAW A GUY NAMED HIS OWN SON-IN-LAW A GUY NAMED CAR MINE AG NELLO WHO WAS NOT CAR MINE AG NELLO WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO VISIT IN PRISON BECAUSE ABLE TO VISIT IN PRISON BECAUSE OF HIS OWN TROUBLES WITH THE OF HIS OWN TROUBLES WITH THE CRIMINAL LAW BUT THAT DOES D -- CRIMINAL LAW BUT THAT DOES D -- DID NOT GOTTI STOP FROM WHAT HE DID NOT GOTTI STOP FROM WHAT HE THOUGHT ON HER HUSBAND AND I THOUGHT ON HER HUSBAND AND I WILL SPARE YOU THE TAPES BECAUSE WILL SPARE YOU THE TAPES BECAUSE THE BLEEPING GETS EXHAUSTING. THE BLEEPING GETS EXHAUSTING. BUT ON THE SAME TAPES GOTTI TOLD BUT ON THE SAME TAPES GOTTI TOLD HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT HER HUSBAND, HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT HER HUSBAND, QUOTE, HE’S GOING TO GET QUOTE, HE’S GOING TO GET INDICTED ANY DAY. INDICTED ANY DAY. THIS MORON. THIS MORON. LOOK YOU WANT A PREDICTION, BY LOOK YOU WANT A PREDICTION, BY JUNE YOUR HUSBAND WILL GET JUNE YOUR HUSBAND WILL GET INDICTED AND EVERY TWO OR THREE INDICTED AND EVERY TWO OR THREE CENTS HE GOT WILL BE ALL TIED CENTS HE GOT WILL BE ALL TIED UP. UP. HE TOLD HER ABOUT HER HUSBAND, HE TOLD HER ABOUT HER HUSBAND, HE’S AN IMBESS ILL AND LED A HE’S AN IMBESS ILL AND LED A LIST OF IMAGINARY CHARGES LIST OF IMAGINARY CHARGES AGAINST HER HUSBAND. AGAINST HER HUSBAND. YOU GOT TO SEE THE CHARGES. YOU GOT TO SEE THE CHARGES. MALICIOUS MOPARY, POSSESSION OF MALICIOUS MOPARY, POSSESSION OF BRAIN WITH INTENT TO USE. BRAIN WITH INTENT TO USE. STOLEN BUMPER AND HUBCAP. STOLEN BUMPER AND HUBCAP. THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO THE FANT THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO THE FANT THAT HIS DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND WAS THAT HIS DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND WAS IN THE AUTO SALVAGE AND SCRAP IN THE AUTO SALVAGE AND SCRAP METAL BUSINESS SO THAT IS JOHN METAL BUSINESS SO THAT IS JOHN GETTY SAYING I WOULD GET IN GETTY SAYING I WOULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR A STOLEN BUMPER OR A TROUBLE FOR A STOLEN BUMPER OR A HUB CAB. HUB CAB. HE REFERENCED THE FACT THAT HIS HE REFERENCED THE FACT THAT HIS SON-IN-LAW WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE A SON-IN-LAW WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE A MOOD DISORDER THAT RESULTED IN MOOD DISORDER THAT RESULTED IN VIOLENT RAGES FOR WHICH HE TOOK VIOLENT RAGES FOR WHICH HE TOOK MEDICATION. MEDICATION. AND HIS SAID TO NIZ DAUGHTER IN AND HIS SAID TO NIZ DAUGHTER IN THE PRISON VISIT ABOUT HER THE PRISON VISIT ABOUT HER HUSBAND, IS HE FEELING GOOD? HUSBAND, IS HE FEELING GOOD? IS HE NOT FEELING GOOD? IS HE NOT FEELING GOOD? IS HIS MEDICATION INCREASED, IS HIS MEDICATION INCREASED, DECREASED OR UP OR DOWN? DECREASED OR UP OR DOWN? DOES HE GET INTO THE BACKSEAT OF DOES HE GET INTO THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR AND THINK SOMEBODY IS THE CAR AND THINK SOMEBODY IS STOLEN THE STEERING WHEEL? STOLEN THE STEERING WHEEL? NICE. NICE. NICE GUY. NICE GUY. MUST BE NICE FOR THE WHOLE MUST BE NICE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. FAMILY. THAT IS 1998. THAT IS 1998. JOHN GOTTI BEFORE HE DIED A FEW JOHN GOTTI BEFORE HE DIED A FEW YEARS LATER IN PRISON. YEARS LATER IN PRISON. BERATING HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT HER BERATING HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT HER THEN HUSBAND, HIS OWN THEN HUSBAND, HIS OWN SON-IN-LAW. SON-IN-LAW. BUT YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS JOHN BUT YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS JOHN GOTTI WAS A LITTLE BIT RIGHT, AT GOTTI WAS A LITTLE BIT RIGHT, AT LEAST ON ONE OF THE POINTS. LEAST ON ONE OF THE POINTS. BECAUSE THOSE PRISON TAPES WERE BECAUSE THOSE PRISON TAPES WERE FROM 1998. FROM 1998. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN 1999, A THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN 1999, A NEW BUSINESS OPENED UP IN NEW BUSINESS OPENED UP IN QUEENS, NEW YORK. QUEENS, NEW YORK. A NEW BUSINESS CALLED STADIUM A NEW BUSINESS CALLED STADIUM SCRAP. SCRAP. IT WAS CALLED STADIUM SCRAP IT WAS CALLED STADIUM SCRAP BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR SHEA STADIUM BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR SHEA STADIUM WHERE THE METS USED TO PLAY AND WHERE THE METS USED TO PLAY AND THEY OPENED DOORS IN 1999. THEY OPENED DOORS IN 1999. AND THEY STARTED BUYING UP DEAD AND THEY STARTED BUYING UP DEAD CARS. CARS. AND PUTTING THEM IN THE CRUSHER. AND PUTTING THEM IN THE CRUSHER. SMASHING THEM INTO HUNKS OF SMASHING THEM INTO HUNKS OF METAL AND THEN SELLING THAT METAL AND THEN SELLING THAT METAL TO SHREDDERS AND SCRAP METAL TO SHREDDERS AND SCRAP DEALERS. DEALERS. AND WHEN STADIUM SCRAP OPENED UP AND WHEN STADIUM SCRAP OPENED UP IN 1999, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY IN 1999, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS OF THAT KIND IN OTHER BUSINESS OF THAT KIND IN THAT PART OF QUEENS, NEW YORK, THAT PART OF QUEENS, NEW YORK, BUT IF YOU LOOKED SUPER CLOSELY, BUT IF YOU LOOKED SUPER CLOSELY, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BUSINESS THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT BUSINESS THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO OTHER BUSINESSES OF COMPARED TO OTHER BUSINESSES OF THAT TYPE. THAT TYPE. STADIUM SCRAP TURNED OUT HAD STADIUM SCRAP TURNED OUT HAD CAMERAS EVERYWHERE. CAMERAS EVERYWHERE. AND MICROPHONES. AND MICROPHONES. QUOTE, A PEN AND TILT MICROWAVE QUOTE, A PEN AND TILT MICROWAVE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED ON A POLE CAMERA WAS POSITIONED ON A POLE 100 YARDS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO 100 YARDS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUSINESS AND IT VIEWED THE THE BUSINESS AND IT VIEWED THE FRONT OF THE YARD AND MOST OF FRONT OF THE YARD AND MOST OF THE STREET. THE STREET. ADDITIONALLY A RECORDING DEVICE ADDITIONALLY A RECORDING DEVICE WAS INSTALLED ON THE YARD WAS INSTALLED ON THE YARD TELEPHONE AND A LISTENING DEVICE TELEPHONE AND A LISTENING DEVICE WAS STALLED IN THE TRAILER USED WAS STALLED IN THE TRAILER USED AS AN OFFICE. AS AN OFFICE. THEY INSTALLED TWO VIDEO CAMERAS THEY INSTALLED TWO VIDEO CAMERAS INSIDE OF THE TRAILER AND ONE INSIDE OF THE TRAILER AND ONE OUTSIDE OVERLOOKING THE SALVAGE OUTSIDE OVERLOOKING THE SALVAGE YARD. YARD. AND THESE WEREN’T THE KIND OF AND THESE WEREN’T THE KIND OF CAMERAS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. CAMERAS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. THEY WERE CAMERAS AND THEY WERE CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES THAT WERE HIDDEN. MICROPHONES THAT WERE HIDDEN. AND THEY WERE MONITORED FOR AND THEY WERE MONITORED FOR SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES. SURVEILLANCE PURPOSES. BECAUSE STADIUM SCRAP, THAT BECAUSE STADIUM SCRAP, THAT BUSINESS THAT OPENED UP IN BUSINESS THAT OPENED UP IN QUEENS IN 1999, STADIUM SCRAP, QUEENS IN 1999, STADIUM SCRAP, WAS FAKE. WAS FAKE. IT WAS A BIG LONG-RUNNING IT WAS A BIG LONG-RUNNING UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. OPERATION. MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES GOT TOGETHER AND AUTHORITIES GOT TOGETHER AND THEY HATCHED THIS PLAN THAT THEY THEY HATCHED THIS PLAN THAT THEY WOULD OPEN UP A FAKE BUSINESS IN WOULD OPEN UP A FAKE BUSINESS IN QUEENS. QUEENS. A FAKE SCRAP METAL AND AUTO A FAKE SCRAP METAL AND AUTO SALVAGE BUSINESS IN THAT PART OF SALVAGE BUSINESS IN THAT PART OF QUEENS. QUEENS. AND THEY WOULD DO THAT BASICALLY AND THEY WOULD DO THAT BASICALLY AS A STING OPERATION. AS A STING OPERATION. BECAUSE THAT BUSINESS SECTOR IN BECAUSE THAT BUSINESS SECTOR IN THAT PART OF NEW YORK WAS THAT PART OF NEW YORK WAS GENERALLY BELIEVED BY LAW GENERALLY BELIEVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ALL MOBBED UP ENFORCEMENT TO BE ALL MOBBED UP AND SO THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD AND SO THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD USE A FAKE BUSINESS OF THAT KIND USE A FAKE BUSINESS OF THAT KIND TO TRY TO CRACK OPEN THE TO TRY TO CRACK OPEN THE ORGANIZED CRIME INFILTRATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME INFILTRATION OF THE BUSINESSES. THE BUSINESSES. SO UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT SO UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LEARNED TO -- I MEAN, I OFFICERS LEARNED TO -- I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW -- DRIVE WRECKERS AND DON’T KNOW -- DRIVE WRECKERS AND CAR CRUSHERS AND FORKLIFTS AND CAR CRUSHERS AND FORKLIFTS AND FLATBED TRUCKS AND THEY LEARNED FLATBED TRUCKS AND THEY LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS HOW TO DO THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AND THEY OPENED UP THIS FAKE AND THEY OPENED UP THIS FAKE BUSINESS AND IN EARLY 1999 AND BUSINESS AND IN EARLY 1999 AND THEY STARTED DOING WORK. THEY STARTED DOING WORK. THEY WERE BUYING AND SELLING THEY WERE BUYING AND SELLING SCRAPPED AUTOS AND SCRAP METAL SCRAPPED AUTOS AND SCRAP METAL AND DOING AUTO SALVAGE. AND DOING AUTO SALVAGE. BUT BINGO, AS SOON AS THEY BUT BINGO, AS SOON AS THEY OPENED THAT THING UP, INSTANT OPENED THAT THING UP, INSTANT RESULTS. RESULTS. WITHIN A MONTH OF THEM OPENING WITHIN A MONTH OF THEM OPENING UP, THIS FAKE BUSINESS, STADIUM UP, THIS FAKE BUSINESS, STADIUM SCRAP, WITHIN A MONTH OF THEM SCRAP, WITHIN A MONTH OF THEM OPENING, IN WALKED, AS PREDICTED OPENING, IN WALKED, AS PREDICTED BY JOHN GOTTI, IN WALKED JOHN BY JOHN GOTTI, IN WALKED JOHN GOTTI’S SON-IN-LAW. GOTTI’S SON-IN-LAW. CAR MINE AGNELO, THE GUY WHO CAR MINE AGNELO, THE GUY WHO GOTTI SAID WAS DESTINED TO BE GOTTI SAID WAS DESTINED TO BE INDICTED ANY DAY NOW. INDICTED ANY DAY NOW. ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, THIS IS WHAT PROSECUTORS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. HAPPENED NEXT. THIS IS FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY THIS IS FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS COVERAGE AT THE TIME. NEWS COVERAGE AT THE TIME. QUOTE, MR. AGNELO AND JOE QUOTE, MR. AGNELO AND JOE BURGER, A 390 POUND CHILDHOOD BURGER, A 390 POUND CHILDHOOD POUND NOEN AS JUM BE VISITED POUND NOEN AS JUM BE VISITED STADIUM SCRAP AND SAID THAT AGO STADIUM SCRAP AND SAID THAT AGO NELLO WANTED HIM TO BRING THE NELLO WANTED HIM TO BRING THE METD METD -- THE METAL TO HIS FACILITY -- THE METAL TO HIS FACILITY INSTEAD. INSTEAD. THEY GAVE THE OFFICERS A SIMPLE THEY GAVE THE OFFICERS A SIMPLE MESSAGE. MESSAGE. SELL HIM THE CRUSHED CARS AT SELL HIM THE CRUSHED CARS AT ARTIFICIALLY LOW PRICES OR ARTIFICIALLY LOW PRICES OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAID LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAID THAT WHEN THE UNDERCOVER THAT WHEN THE UNDERCOVER OFFICERS REFUSED, MR. AGNELO HAD OFFICERS REFUSED, MR. AGNELO HAD ASSOCIATES FIRE BOMB THE ASSOCIATES FIRE BOMB THE BUSINESS STADIUM SCRAP AND BUSINESS STADIUM SCRAP AND BECAUSE IT WAS FAKE, BECAUSE IT BECAUSE IT WAS FAKE, BECAUSE IT WAS AN UNDERCOVER LAW WAS AN UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION SET UP ENFORCEMENT OPERATION SET UP SPECIFICALLY TO CATCH CRIMINALS, SPECIFICALLY TO CATCH CRIMINALS, THERE WERE CAMERAS AND THERE WERE CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES EVERYWHERE THAT MICROPHONES EVERYWHERE THAT CAUGHT ALL OF THAT. CAUGHT ALL OF THAT. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO LAY IT ALL SO THEY WERE ABLE TO LAY IT ALL OUT IN THE INDICTMENT AND IN THE OUT IN THE INDICTMENT AND IN THE PRESS RELEASE THEY WERE VERY PRESS RELEASE THEY WERE VERY PROUDLY ABLE TO SOON PUT OUT PROUDLY ABLE TO SOON PUT OUT ABOUT THE INDICTMENTS THAT ABOUT THE INDICTMENTS THAT DERIVED FROM THAT CASE. DERIVED FROM THAT CASE. QUOTE, ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 10th QUOTE, ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 10th AT DIRECTION OF AGNELO, THE LOCK AT DIRECTION OF AGNELO, THE LOCK WAS CUT. WAS CUT. ON JUNE 15th HE DIRECTED THE ON JUNE 15th HE DIRECTED THE STADIUM, AT THE EXPRESS STADIUM, AT THE EXPRESS DISCRETION, STADIUM SCRAP GATE DISCRETION, STADIUM SCRAP GATE YARD WAS CUT AND ENTERED AND YARD WAS CUT AND ENTERED AND BOTTLES FILLED WITH GASOLINE BOTTLES FILLED WITH GASOLINE WERE THROWN AND THE GASOLINE WAS WERE THROWN AND THE GASOLINE WAS IGNITED WITH ROAD FLARES. IGNITED WITH ROAD FLARES. ON JUNE 29th THE STATE LOCK WAS ON JUNE 29th THE STATE LOCK WAS GUT AND GASOLINE WAS THROWN ON GUT AND GASOLINE WAS THROWN ON THE TRAILER ITSELF AND THE THE TRAILER ITSELF AND THE GASOLINE WAS IGNITED. GASOLINE WAS IGNITED. ON JUNE 30th, AGNELO HAD ON JUNE 30th, AGNELO HAD BURGER -- SO TECHNICALLY HE’S BURGER -- SO TECHNICALLY HE’S JUMBO BURGER, HE HAD JUMBO, MR. JUMBO BURGER, HE HAD JUMBO, MR. BURGER,IN BURGER,IN BURGER, INSPECT THE DAMAGE BURGER, INSPECT THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRE THE NIGHT CAUSED BY THE FIRE THE NIGHT BEFORE WHICH MR. BURGER SHORTLY BEFORE WHICH MR. BURGER SHORTLY AFTERWARD WAS OBSERVED DOING. AFTERWARD WAS OBSERVED DOING. SO THIS BUST, THIS LONG-TIME SO THIS BUST, THIS LONG-TIME UNDERCOVER STING OPERATION UNDERCOVER STING OPERATION INVOLVING THE COPS RUNNING A INVOLVING THE COPS RUNNING A FAKE SCRAP METAL AND AUTO FAKE SCRAP METAL AND AUTO SALVAGE BUSINESS IN QUEENS HE, SALVAGE BUSINESS IN QUEENS HE, THEY GOT A BUNCH OF ATTENTION THEY GOT A BUNCH OF ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THIS OPERATION, BUT BECAUSE OF THIS OPERATION, BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT DID NOT TAKE ALSO BECAUSE IT DID NOT TAKE THEM LONG TO CATCH A BIG FISH. THEM LONG TO CATCH A BIG FISH. THEY GOT GOTTI’S SON-IN-LAW. THEY GOT GOTTI’S SON-IN-LAW. WHO IT TURNS OUT IS NOT A GUY WHO IT TURNS OUT IS NOT A GUY JUST LOOKED UPON WITH DISFAVOR JUST LOOKED UPON WITH DISFAVOR BY HIS FAMOUS FATHER-IN-LAW IN BY HIS FAMOUS FATHER-IN-LAW IN PRISON. PRISON. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY NEWS, HE ACCORDING TO THE DAILY NEWS, HE WAS VIEWED AS A, QUOTE, REAL WAS VIEWED AS A, QUOTE, REAL LIFE TONY SOPRANO. LIFE TONY SOPRANO. A RUTHLESS 250 POUND MOPSTER WHO A RUTHLESS 250 POUND MOPSTER WHO CONTROLLED HIGHLY PROFITABLE CONTROLLED HIGHLY PROFITABLE LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. LEGITIMATE BUSINESSES. OVER THE YEARS HE SCUFFLED WITH OVER THE YEARS HE SCUFFLED WITH COPS WRITING HIS TRAFFIC TICKETS COPS WRITING HIS TRAFFIC TICKETS AND ACCUSED OF BEATING AN EX AND ACCUSED OF BEATING AN EX EMPLOYEE WITH A TELEPHONE AND HE EMPLOYEE WITH A TELEPHONE AND HE THREATENED TO BREAK THE FINGERS THREATENED TO BREAK THE FINGERS OF A DEBT COLLECTOR AND PUT HIM OF A DEBT COLLECTOR AND PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR. IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR. THE INDICTMENT SAID HE THE INDICTMENT SAID HE THREATENED TO HIT A STOCKBROKER THREATENED TO HIT A STOCKBROKER WITH A HAMMER. WITH A HAMMER. BUT WHEN THEY SNAPPED THE TRAP BUT WHEN THEY SNAPPED THE TRAP SHUT ON THIS STING OPERATION, SHUT ON THIS STING OPERATION, THIS AGNELLO FOR ALL OF HIS THIS AGNELLO FOR ALL OF HIS STORMS. STORMS. >> WAS-- >> WAS-- HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THEY HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE THEY CAUGHT. CAUGHT. UNDER THE STATE’S ORGANIZED UNDER THE STATE’S ORGANIZED CRIME CONTROL ACT -- BY THE TIME CRIME CONTROL ACT -- BY THE TIME THEY WRAPPED UP THE OPERATION THEY WRAPPED UP THE OPERATION THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT WASN’T THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IT WASN’T JUST HIM AND A HANDFUL OF GUYS JUST HIM AND A HANDFUL OF GUYS IN HIS CREW, BY THE TIME THEY IN HIS CREW, BY THE TIME THEY WRAPPED THIS UP THE FOLLOWING WRAPPED THIS UP THE FOLLOWING YEAR THERE WERE 49 PEOPLE WHO YEAR THERE WERE 49 PEOPLE WHO GOT ARRESTED IN THIS STING. GOT ARRESTED IN THIS STING. SO, YEAH, THIS GOT A BUNCH OF SO, YEAH, THIS GOT A BUNCH OF PRESS COVERAGE AND THERE WERE PRESS COVERAGE AND THERE WERE BRAGGING RIGHTS INVOLVED FOR THE BRAGGING RIGHTS INVOLVED FOR THE PROSECUTORS WHEN THE INDICTMENTS PROSECUTORS WHEN THE INDICTMENTS CAME DOWN. CAME DOWN. BUT LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, WHAT BUT LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, WHAT SEEMS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING SEEMS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FOR US NOW IS THAT IT WASN’T OME FOR US NOW IS THAT IT WASN’T OME THE PROSECUTORS WHO HAD BRAGGING THE PROSECUTORS WHO HAD BRAGGING RIGHTS ABOUT THAT STING. RIGHTS ABOUT THAT STING. NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS A NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS A JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. AND IT INVOLVED A WHOLE BUNCH OF AND IT INVOLVED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES INCLUDING NYPD AND ENTITIES INCLUDING NYPD AND PROSECUTORS IN QUEENS. PROSECUTORS IN QUEENS. AND IT ALSO INVOLVED ANOTHER AND IT ALSO INVOLVED ANOTHER AGENCY. AGENCY. WHOSE ANNUAL REPORT THAT YEAR WHOSE ANNUAL REPORT THAT YEAR CONTAINED SOME OF THE JUICIEST CONTAINED SOME OF THE JUICIEST DETAILS WE GOT ABOUT THIS WHOLE DETAILS WE GOT ABOUT THIS WHOLE OPERATION. OPERATION. AND THAT ENTITY, WHICH WAS A KEY AND THAT ENTITY, WHICH WAS A KEY PART OF THIS STING OPERATION, PART OF THIS STING OPERATION, WAS THE FRAUD SQUAD AT THE NEW WAS THE FRAUD SQUAD AT THE NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. YORK STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. AND THE NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE AND THE NEW YORK STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DOESN’T HAVE THAT DEPARTMENT DOESN’T HAVE THAT NAME ANY MORE. NAME ANY MORE. THAT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT HAS THAT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT HAS NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO AN NOW BEEN INCORPORATED INTO AN AGENCY CALLED THE NEW YORK AGENCY CALLED THE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. SERVICES. BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME WORK BUT IT STILL DOES THE SAME WORK AND THEY’VE STILL GOT THE SAME AND THEY’VE STILL GOT THE SAME LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES. RESPONSIBILITIES. AND I’M SURE, BECAUSE THEY DO AND I’M SURE, BECAUSE THEY DO CRIMINAL INSURANCE ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL INSURANCE ENFORCEMENT, I’M SURE A BUNCH OF THAEM IS AS I’M SURE A BUNCH OF THAEM IS AS BORING AS IT SOUNDS BUT BORING AS IT SOUNDS BUT SOMETIMES IN THE RELATIVELY SOMETIMES IN THE RELATIVELY RECENT HISTORY OF THAT AGENCY, RECENT HISTORY OF THAT AGENCY, IT HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE OF IT HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE OF BORING. BORING. IT IS FRONT PAGE NEWS FOR MANY IT IS FRONT PAGE NEWS FOR MANY DAYS RUNNING. DAYS RUNNING. IT IS DUDES LEARNING TO RUN AUTO IT IS DUDES LEARNING TO RUN AUTO CRUSHERS AND OPENING UP FAKE CRUSHERS AND OPENING UP FAKE SCRAP METAL IN QUEENS NEXT TO SCRAP METAL IN QUEENS NEXT TO SHEA STADIUM AND GETTING FIRE SHEA STADIUM AND GETTING FIRE BOMBED BY GUYS CALLED JUMBO WHO BOMBED BY GUYS CALLED JUMBO WHO THREATEN TO SNAP OFF PEOPLE’S THREATEN TO SNAP OFF PEOPLE’S FINGERS AND SHOVE THEM INTO FINGERS AND SHOVE THEM INTO TRUNKS. TRUNKS. IT WRAPPED UP 50 SUSPECTED IT WRAPPED UP 50 SUSPECTED GANGSTERS AT A TIME INCLUDING GANGSTERS AT A TIME INCLUDING PROVING JOHN GOTTI RIGHT ABOUT PROVING JOHN GOTTI RIGHT ABOUT THE PROPENSITY OF HIS SON-IN-LAW THE PROPENSITY OF HIS SON-IN-LAW FOR GETTING INDICTED SOME TIME FOR GETTING INDICTED SOME TIME SOON BECAUSE OF HI VIOLENT SOON BECAUSE OF HI VIOLENT TEMPER. TEMPER. AND THAT IS THE SAME AGENCY, THE AND THAT IS THE SAME AGENCY, THE EXACT SAME AGENCY THAT HAS NOW EXACT SAME AGENCY THAT HAS NOW SUBPOENAED THE INSURANCE BROKER SUBPOENAED THE INSURANCE BROKER THAT HAS DONE BUSINESS FOR YEARS THAT HAS DONE BUSINESS FOR YEARS WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS BUSINESS. STATES AND HIS BUSINESS. THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT HAS SENT THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT HAS SENT THAT COMPANY, WHAT IS REPORTED THAT COMPANY, WHAT IS REPORTED TO BE AN EXPANSIVE NINE-PAGE TO BE AN EXPANSIVE NINE-PAGE SUBPOENA DEMANDING THAT THAT SUBPOENA DEMANDING THAT THAT INSURANCE BROKER HAND OVER MORE INSURANCE BROKER HAND OVER MORE THAN SO YEARS OF INTERNAL THAN SO YEARS OF INTERNAL COMPANY DOCUMENTS THAT MENTION COMPANY DOCUMENTS THAT MENTION DONALD TRUMP, OR THE TRUMP DONALD TRUMP, OR THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, OR PLUS ALL ORGANIZATION, OR PLUS ALL POLICIES THAT WERE ISSUED TO THE POLICIES THAT WERE ISSUED TO THE PRESIDENT OR TO HIS BUSINESS, PRESIDENT OR TO HIS BUSINESS, PLUS ANY APPLICATIONS OR PLUS ANY APPLICATIONS OR SUPPORTING MATERIALS THAT WERE SUPPORTING MATERIALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OR SUBMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OR HIS BUSINESS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN HIS BUSINESS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THOSE INSURANCE POLICIES. THOSE INSURANCE POLICIES. AND NO, THAT IS NOT OPENING UP A AND NO, THAT IS NOT OPENING UP A MOB HONEY POT SCRAP YARD UP BY MOB HONEY POT SCRAP YARD UP BY THE MET’S OLD STADIUM. THE MET’S OLD STADIUM. BUT THE BALL ON THIS ONE IS NOW BUT THE BALL ON THIS ONE IS NOW ROLLING WITH THAT SAME AGENCY. ROLLING WITH THAT SAME AGENCY. >> TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE DID THE >> TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE DID THE PRESIDENT PROVIDE INFLATED ASSET PRESIDENT PROVIDE INFLATED ASSET TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY. TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY. >> YES. >> YES. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAD >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAD THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WHAT YOU USED THEM FOR? WHAT YOU USED THEM FOR? >> WHEN WE WERE DEALING LATER ON >> WHEN WE WERE DEALING LATER ON WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WE WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WE WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH THESE WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH THESE COPIES SO THAT THEY WOULD COPIES SO THAT THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE PREMIUM, UNDERSTAND THAT THE PREMIUM, WHICH IS BASED SOMETIMES UPON WHICH IS BASED SOMETIMES UPON THE INDIVIDUAL’S CAPABILITIES TO THE INDIVIDUAL’S CAPABILITIES TO PAY WOULD BE REDUCED. PAY WOULD BE REDUCED. >> AND ALL OF THIS WAS DONE AT >> AND ALL OF THIS WAS DONE AT THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION AND THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTION AND WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE? WITH HIS KNOWLEDGE? >> YES. >> YES. >> AND DID THIS INFORMATION >> AND DID THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US INFLATE THE PROVIDED TO US INFLATE THE PRESIDENT’S ASSETS? PRESIDENT’S ASSETS? >> I BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS ARE >> I BELIEVE THESE NUMBERS ARE INFLATED. INFLATED. >> TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID THE >> TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID THE PRESIDENT EVER PROVIDE INFLATED PRESIDENT EVER PROVIDE INFLATED ASSETS TO A BANK IN ORDER TO ASSETS TO A BANK IN ORDER TO HELP HIM OBTAIN A LOAN? HELP HIM OBTAIN A LOAN? >> THE GENTLEMAN’S TIME HAS >> THE GENTLEMAN’S TIME HAS EXPIRED. EXPIRED. >> BUT YOU MAY ANSWER THAT >> BUT YOU MAY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. QUESTION. >> THESE DOCUMENTS AND OTHERS >> THESE DOCUMENTS AND OTHERS WERE PROVIDED TO DEUTSCHE BANK WERE PROVIDED TO DEUTSCHE BANK ON ONE OCCASION WHERE I WAS WITH ON ONE OCCASION WHERE I WAS WITH HIM AND NOW ATTEMPT TO -- TO HIM AND NOW ATTEMPT TO -- TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MONEY SO THAT ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MONEY SO THAT HE COULD PUT A BID ON THE HE COULD PUT A BID ON THE BUFFALO BILLS. BUFFALO BILLS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS. >> TODAY FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN >> TODAY FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN NINE DAYS, THE PRESIDENT’S LONG NINE DAYS, THE PRESIDENT’S LONG TIME ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN GAVE TIME ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN GAVE TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS. TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS. FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY HE FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY HE TESTIFIES BEHIND CLOSED DOOR TOS TESTIFIES BEHIND CLOSED DOOR TOS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE. THAT COMMITTEE HAD ONLY INTENDED THAT COMMITTEE HAD ONLY INTENDED TO SPEAK WITH HIM ONCE THURSDAY TO SPEAK WITH HIM ONCE THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK BUT COHEN’S LAWYERS OF LAST WEEK BUT COHEN’S LAWYERS SAY A DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING SAY A DECISION WAS MADE TO BRING HIM BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND OF HIM BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND OF TESTIMONY TODAY. TESTIMONY TODAY. ONLY BECAUSE COHEN BROUGHT THAT ONLY BECAUSE COHEN BROUGHT THAT COMMITTEE NEW INFORMATION LAST COMMITTEE NEW INFORMATION LAST WEEK. WEEK. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDED THEY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO ASK HIM MORE AND THEY WANTED TO ASK HIM MORE AND THEY CRUCIALLY WANTED TO ASK HIM TO CRUCIALLY WANTED TO ASK HIM TO PROVIDE ANY SUPPORTING PROVIDE ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THEM TO DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW THEM TO BACK UP THESE CLAIMS. BACK UP THESE CLAIMS. AND AGAIN WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAS AND AGAIN WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT EVEN JUST THE STUFF, THE BUT EVEN JUST THE STUFF, THE PHYSICAL STUFF THAT COHEN PHYSICAL STUFF THAT COHEN PROVIDED DURING HIS PUBLIC PROVIDED DURING HIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE TESTIMONY LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE REAL TROUBLE. REAL TROUBLE. I MEAN, THOSE FINANCIAL I MEAN, THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YOU JUST HEARD COHEN STATEMENTS YOU JUST HEARD COHEN BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT, THE BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE THREE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE THREE YEARS OF STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL YEARS OF STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION THAT CONE SAID WERE CONDITION THAT CONE SAID WERE SMITDED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SMITDED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS BUSINESS TO AT LEAST ONE BANK TO BUSINESS TO AT LEAST ONE BANK TO TRY TO OBTAIN A BANK LOAN AND TO TRY TO OBTAIN A BANK LOAN AND TO INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE COMPANIES. AND WHAT COHEN DESCRIBED ABOUT AND WHAT COHEN DESCRIBED ABOUT THE CON TENTS OF THE FINANCIAL THE CON TENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND WHAT THEY WERE STATEMENTS AND WHAT THEY WERE USED FOR LOOKS LIKE A REASONABLE USED FOR LOOKS LIKE A REASONABLE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO SUBSTANTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO FELONY BANK FRAUD AND INSURANCE FELONY BANK FRAUD AND INSURANCE FRAUD. FRAUD. COHEN SAID THE STATEMENTS WERE COHEN SAID THE STATEMENTS WERE INFLATED. INFLATED. THAT IS NOT A WILD CLAIM. THAT IS NOT A WILD CLAIM. ONE TRUMP PROPERTY LISTED ON THE ONE TRUMP PROPERTY LISTED ON THE STATEMENTS, PROPERTY IN WEST STATEMENTS, PROPERTY IN WEST CHESTER COUNTY WAS BOUGHT BY CHESTER COUNTY WAS BOUGHT BY TRUMP FOR $8 MILLION AND IT IS TRUMP FOR $8 MILLION AND IT IS TWICE ASSESSED OF BEING WORTH TWICE ASSESSED OF BEING WORTH LESS THAN $20 MILLION AND FORBES LESS THAN $20 MILLION AND FORBES YESTERDAY REPORTED THAT NET YESTERDAY REPORTED THAT NET WORTH OF THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW WORTH OF THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT $24 MILLION. IS ABOUT $24 MILLION. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND HIS THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND HIS FEDERAL ETHICS DECLARATION LAST FEDERAL ETHICS DECLARATION LAST YEAR DECLARED HE BELIEVED THAT YEAR DECLARED HE BELIEVED THAT PROPERTY TO BE WORTH SOMEWHERE PROPERTY TO BE WORTH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $25 MILLION AND BETWEEN $25 MILLION AND $50 MILLION AND NEVERTHELESS, $50 MILLION AND NEVERTHELESS, DESPITE THE PRESIDENT’S OWN DESPITE THE PRESIDENT’S OWN DECLARATION OF THE WORTH OF THAT DECLARATION OF THE WORTH OF THAT PROPERTY THIS PAST YEAR, ON THE PROPERTY THIS PAST YEAR, ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HE LISTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HE LISTED THE WORTH AS $292 MILLION. THE WORTH AS $292 MILLION. AND AGAIN, HE REPORTEDLY USED AND AGAIN, HE REPORTEDLY USED THE STATEMENTS WITH BANKS AND THE STATEMENTS WITH BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES. INSURANCE COMPANIES. AND $291 MILLION IS NOT A AND $291 MILLION IS NOT A ROUNDING ERROR FOR A PROPERTY ROUNDING ERROR FOR A PROPERTY LIKE THIS. LIKE THIS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, "THE IN ADDITION TO THAT, "THE WASHINGTON POST" FURTHER REPORTS WASHINGTON POST" FURTHER REPORTS THAT UPON REVIEWING THE THAT UPON REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT APPEARS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT APPEARS THAT TRUMP NOT ONLY INFLATED THE THAT TRUMP NOT ONLY INFLATED THE VALUE OF SOME OF HIS ASSETS, HE VALUE OF SOME OF HIS ASSETS, HE ALSO, QUOTE, EXAGGERATING HIS ALSO, QUOTE, EXAGGERATING HIS WEALTH BY LEAVING THINGS OUT IN WEALTH BY LEAVING THINGS OUT IN 2011 AND 2012 FOR INSTANCE THE 2011 AND 2012 FOR INSTANCE THE STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION OMITTED HIS HOTEL IN CONDITION OMITTED HIS HOTEL IN CHICAGO WHICH AT THE TIME WAS CHICAGO WHICH AT THE TIME WAS CARRYING A HIGH DEBT LOAD. CARRYING A HIGH DEBT LOAD. LIKE -- THE LIKELY RESULT OF LIKE -- THE LIKELY RESULT OF TRUMP’S OVER ALL DEBT SEEMED TRUMP’S OVER ALL DEBT SEEMED SMALLER. SMALLER. THERE ISN’T A MORAL STORY. THERE ISN’T A MORAL STORY. IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE CHARACTER BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. POINT. IT IS ONE THING TO TELL SOMEBODY IT IS ONE THING TO TELL SOMEBODY YOU MET AT A BAR THAT YOU’RE YOU MET AT A BAR THAT YOU’RE WORTH A LOT MORE THAN YOU ARE. WORTH A LOT MORE THAN YOU ARE. IT IS LIKE, LYING ABOUT YOUR IT IS LIKE, LYING ABOUT YOUR HEIGHT. HEIGHT. OR LYING ABOUT BEING FIRST IN OR LYING ABOUT BEING FIRST IN YOUR CLASS AT WHARTON OR LYING YOUR CLASS AT WHARTON OR LYING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU INHERITED FROM YOUR DAD AND INHERITED FROM YOUR DAD AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE SELF-MADE WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE SELF-MADE OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU WON THE OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU WON THE POPULAR VOTE OR YOUR INAUGURAL POPULAR VOTE OR YOUR INAUGURAL CROWD OR WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY CROWD OR WHETHER YOU ACTUALLY BUILT ONE INCH OF THE WALL. BUILT ONE INCH OF THE WALL. LYING IS LYING IS LYING. LYING IS LYING IS LYING. IT COULD BE A WHOLE WAY OF LIFE IT COULD BE A WHOLE WAY OF LIFE IT TURNS OUT. IT TURNS OUT. BUT IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LIE BUT IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU LIE IN YOUR WRITTEN FINANCIAL IN YOUR WRITTEN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. STATEMENTS. THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO THAT YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN AN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND IN AN EFFORT TO GET BANK LOANS OR EFFORT TO GET BANK LOANS OR DEFRAUD INSURANCE COMPANIES. DEFRAUD INSURANCE COMPANIES. WHEN YOU LIE IN FINANCIAL WHEN YOU LIE IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE STATEMENTS, THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE TIGHTLY REGULATED. TIGHTLY REGULATED. AT LEAST AGAINST THAT KIND OF AT LEAST AGAINST THAT KIND OF FRAUD. FRAUD. AND WHEN YOU LIE TO THOSE KINDS AND WHEN YOU LIE TO THOSE KINDS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FOR OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FOR THOSE KINDS OF PURPOSES, AND THOSE KINDS OF PURPOSES, AND THERE IS DOCUMENTATION OF IT, THERE IS DOCUMENTATION OF IT, YOU’RE TELLING THE KINDS OF LIE YOU’RE TELLING THE KINDS OF LIE THAT’S GET CHASED DOWN AND THAT’S GET CHASED DOWN AND PROSECUTED BY AMONG OTHERS THE PROSECUTED BY AMONG OTHERS THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WILLING TO OPEN TYPES OF PEOPLE WILLING TO OPEN UP A FAKE SCRAP YARD IN QUEENS UP A FAKE SCRAP YARD IN QUEENS AND FILM THEMSELVES GETTING FIRE AND FILM THEMSELVES GETTING FIRE BOMBED MULTIPLE TIMES TO LOCK UP BOMBED MULTIPLE TIMES TO LOCK UP 50 MOBSTERS. 50 MOBSTERS. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT MICHAEL AND TO THE EXTENT THAT MICHAEL COHEN’S TESTIMONY AND SUPPORTING COHEN’S TESTIMONY AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION BOLSTERS CLAIMS OF DOCUMENTATION BOLSTERS CLAIMS OF FELONY BANK FRAUD, IT IS FELONY BANK FRAUD, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE ENTITY COHEN DESCRIBED AS THE ENTITY COHEN DESCRIBED AS THE TARGET OF THAT ATTEMPTED BANK TARGET OF THAT ATTEMPTED BANK FRAUD, DEUTSCHE BANK THEY ARE FRAUD, DEUTSCHE BANK THEY ARE COOPERATING WITH CONGRESSIONAL COOPERATING WITH CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS. INVESTIGATORS. WHEN IT COMES TO THE INSURANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE INSURANCE SIDE OF THAT ALLEGED FRAUD BY SIDE OF THAT ALLEGED FRAUD BY COHEN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE COHEN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT UPON RECEIVING THE SUBPOENA THAT UPON RECEIVING THE SUBPOENA FROM THE AGENCY THAT INVENTED FROM THE AGENCY THAT INVENTED STADIUM SCRAP AND FACED OFF WITH STADIUM SCRAP AND FACED OFF WITH JUMBO, THAT LARGE INSURANCE JUMBO, THAT LARGE INSURANCE AGENCY IS ALSO REPORTEDLY FULLY AGENCY IS ALSO REPORTEDLY FULLY COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES. AND INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES. SO THOSE BALLS ARE ROLLING. SO THOSE BALLS ARE ROLLING. AND SPEAKING OF ROLLING. AND SPEAKING OF ROLLING. TODAY MICHAEL COHEN WAS BACK TODAY MICHAEL COHEN WAS BACK BEFORE THE INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AGAIN. COMMITTEE AGAIN. AND THIS TIME IN WHAT MUST HAVE AND THIS TIME IN WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN OMINOUS SIGN FOR THE BEEN AN OMINOUS SIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, MICHAEL COHEN AND WHITE HOUSE, MICHAEL COHEN AND HIS LEGAL TEAM WALKED INTO THAT HIS LEGAL TEAM WALKED INTO THAT TESTIMONY ROLLING A BUNCH OF TESTIMONY ROLLING A BUNCH OF SUITCASES. SUITCASES. ONE SUITCASE, TWO SUITCASES, ONE SUITCASE, TWO SUITCASES, THREE SUITCASES. THREE SUITCASES. PLUS ALL OF THE FILE FOLDERS AND PLUS ALL OF THE FILE FOLDERS AND THE BRIEFCASES FULL OF THE BRIEFCASES FULL OF DOCUMENTS. DOCUMENTS. AMONG THE MATERIALS THAT MICHAEL AMONG THE MATERIALS THAT MICHAEL COHEN IS SAID TO HAVE HANDED COHEN IS SAID TO HAVE HANDED OVER TO THE INTELLIGENCE OVER TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE TODAY WERE ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE TODAY WERE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE PREPARATION DOCUMENTS ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF HIS PREVIOUS TESTIMONY TO OF HIS PREVIOUS TESTIMONY TO CONGRESS FOR WHICH HE HAS NOW CONGRESS FOR WHICH HE HAS NOW PLED GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT PLED GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRUMP CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION SECRET EFFORTS ORGANIZATION SECRET EFFORTS DURING THE CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A DURING THE CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A BIG, RICH, MOSCOW REAL ESTATE BIG, RICH, MOSCOW REAL ESTATE PROJECT WITH HELP FROM THE PROJECT WITH HELP FROM THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND AT LEAST RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND AT LEAST ONE SANCTIONED RUSSIAN BANK. ONE SANCTIONED RUSSIAN BANK. THINK ABOUT THOSE LIES. THINK ABOUT THOSE LIES. WHY DID COHEN LIE THAT WAY TO WHY DID COHEN LIE THAT WAY TO CONGRESS, THE FIRST TIME HE CONGRESS, THE FIRST TIME HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THEM. TESTIFIED BEFORE THEM. THERE IS NO REASON THOSE LIES THERE IS NO REASON THOSE LIES ABOUT THE TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW ABOUT THE TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT MICHAEL PROJECT WOULD BENEFIT MICHAEL COHEN IN ANY WAY. COHEN IN ANY WAY. THE LIES THAT HE TOLD IN THAT THE LIES THAT HE TOLD IN THAT TESTIMONY, WHICH AGAIN HE’S PLED TESTIMONY, WHICH AGAIN HE’S PLED YILT GUILTY FOR, THEY APPEAR TO YILT GUILTY FOR, THEY APPEAR TO BE DESIGNED NOT TO HELP HIMSELF BE DESIGNED NOT TO HELP HIMSELF BUT TO OFFER POLITICAL COVER TO BUT TO OFFER POLITICAL COVER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM EMILY ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM EMILY JANE FOX AT VANITY FAIR AND CNN JANE FOX AT VANITY FAIR AND CNN AND OTHERS, TODAY’S NEW AND OTHERS, TODAY’S NEW DOCUMENTS FROM COHEN ABOUT THAT DOCUMENTS FROM COHEN ABOUT THAT TESTIMONY WERE INTENDED TO TESTIMONY WERE INTENDED TO BOLSTER THE CLAIMS FROM COHEN BOLSTER THE CLAIMS FROM COHEN THAT LAWYERS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THAT LAWYERS ACTING ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP HELPED CONCOCT PRESIDENT TRUMP HELPED CONCOCT HIS FALSE TESTIMONY ABOUT TRUMP HIS FALSE TESTIMONY ABOUT TRUMP TOWER MOSCOW. TOWER MOSCOW. AGAIN FALSE TESTIMONY THAT DID AGAIN FALSE TESTIMONY THAT DID NOT BENEFIT COHEN, IT NOT BENEFIT COHEN, IT SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED PRESIDENT SPECIFICALLY BENEFITED PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SOLICITING FALSE TRUMP AND SOLICITING FALSE TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS IS TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS IS DESCRIBED AS OBSTRUCTION OF DESCRIBED AS OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IN THE ARTICLES OF JUSTICE IN THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST NIXON AND IMPEACHMENT AGAINST NIXON AND CLINTON. CLINTON. AS A MATTER OF CRIMINAL LAW IS AS A MATTER OF CRIMINAL LAW IS IT IS -- IS PURGY WHICH IS IT IS -- IS PURGY WHICH IS FELONY AND THAT WOULD DEPEND ON FELONY AND THAT WOULD DEPEND ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE. THE FACTS OF THE CASE. BUT TODAY WAS THE DAY WHEN BUT TODAY WAS THE DAY WHEN MICHAEL COHEN INITIALLY WAS MICHAEL COHEN INITIALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPORTING TO SUPPOSED TO BE REPORTING TO FEDERAL PRISON. FEDERAL PRISON. TO START SERVING HIS FEDERAL TO START SERVING HIS FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR LYING TO PRISON SENTENCE FOR LYING TO CONGRESS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONGRESS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE FELONIES AND OTHER CRIMES. FELONIES AND OTHER CRIMES. AFTER BEING GIVEN A FEW WEEKS AFTER BEING GIVEN A FEW WEEKS EXTENSION BY THE FEDERAL JUDGE EXTENSION BY THE FEDERAL JUDGE OVERSEEING HIS CASE, IT IS JUST OVERSEEING HIS CASE, IT IS JUST REMARKABLE TO SEE HIM SPENDING REMARKABLE TO SEE HIM SPENDING HIS LAST WEEKS OF LIBERTY HIS LAST WEEKS OF LIBERTY ROLLING IN SUITCASES FULL OF ROLLING IN SUITCASES FULL OF DOCUMENTS THAT MAY ULTIMATELY DOCUMENTS THAT MAY ULTIMATELY STAND TO BURY THE PRESIDENT.
