>> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE RACH HE HAD MADDOW SHOW THE RACH HE HAD MADDOW SHOW STARTS NOW. STARTS NOW. >>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT >>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT HOME TODAY. HOME TODAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. FIRST, DEEP BREATH. FIRST, DEEP BREATH. NOT THAT DEEP. NOT THAT DEEP. THIS WAS A BIG DAY. THIS WAS A BIG DAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WITH THE FULL AND COMPLETE AND WITH THE FULL AND COMPLETE EXPECTATION THAT MORE OF IT MAY EXPECTATION THAT MORE OF IT MAY YET HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE TALKING YET HAPPEN WHILE WE ARE TALKING TONIGHT. TONIGHT. THINGS GOING FAST NOW. THINGS GOING FAST NOW. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PAY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION. ATTENTION. ON THIS SHOW SINCE THE SUMMER OF ON THIS SHOW SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2016, WE HAVE COVERED THE RUSSIA 2016, WE HAVE COVERED THE RUSSIA ANGLE ON THE CANDIDACY AND THE ANGLE ON THE CANDIDACY AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT PROBABLY MORE THAN PRESIDENT PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE NATIONAL PRESS. ANYBODY IN THE NATIONAL PRESS. I’VE BEEN TEASED FOR IT. I’VE BEEN TEASED FOR IT. CRITICIZED FOR IT. CRITICIZED FOR IT. I KNOW THE INTENSITY OF OUR I KNOW THE INTENSITY OF OUR COVERAGE, OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW COVERAGE, OF WHAT WE NOW KNOW OF, THE RUSSIA SCANDAL, OUR OF, THE RUSSIA SCANDAL, OUR DEDICATION TO THE STORY, BY DEDICATION TO THE STORY, BY NECESSITY HAS SQUEEZED OUT TIME NECESSITY HAS SQUEEZED OUT TIME THAT WE MAY HAVE DEVOTED TO THAT WE MAY HAVE DEVOTED TO OTHER STORIES. OTHER STORIES. I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT. I’M TOTALLY COGNIZANT OF THAT. I’M TOTALLY COGNIZANT OF THAT. ON THIS OF ALL DAYS, HERE’S WHY ON THIS OF ALL DAYS, HERE’S WHY WE HAVE COVERED IT SO INTENSELY. WE HAVE COVERED IT SO INTENSELY. SINCE IT FIRST BECAME CLEAR THAT SINCE IT FIRST BECAME CLEAR THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG AND THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG AND ILLICIT AND UNEXPLAINED ABOUT ILLICIT AND UNEXPLAINED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS PARTICULAR FOREIGN ADVERSARY AND PARTICULAR FOREIGN ADVERSARY AND THE UNLIKELY RISE OF THIS THE UNLIKELY RISE OF THIS UNLIKELY POLITICIAN WHO SHOCKED UNLIKELY POLITICIAN WHO SHOCKED EVERYONE BY WINNING THE LAST EVERYONE BY WINNING THE LAST U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THERE WAS NO REASON AS A THERE WAS NO REASON AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HE WOULD PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HE WOULD STICK WITH SOME CARE TO SAY STICK WITH SOME CARE TO SAY ANYTHING REMOTELY CRITICAL ABOUT ANYTHING REMOTELY CRITICAL ABOUT RUSSIA AND ITS PRESIDENT. RUSSIA AND ITS PRESIDENT. THERE WAS NO REASON WHY HE WOULD THERE WAS NO REASON WHY HE WOULD DIG OUT OF THE VAULT A CAMPAIGN DIG OUT OF THE VAULT A CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN WHO HAD NOT WORKED IN CHAIRMAN WHO HAD NOT WORKED IN AMERICAN POLITICS FOR MORE THAN AMERICAN POLITICS FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION BUT HE HAD SPENT A GENERATION BUT HE HAD SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE DOING MORE THAN A DECADE DOING VLADIMIR PUTIN’S WORK IN THE VLADIMIR PUTIN’S WORK IN THE SOVIET UNION. SOVIET UNION. THERE WAS NO AND APPLICABLE THERE WAS NO AND APPLICABLE REASON TO NAME A GUY QUITE REASON TO NAME A GUY QUITE RECENTLY AND LITERALLY CAUGHT UP RECENTLY AND LITERALLY CAUGHT UP IN A RUSSIAN SPY RING IN NEW IN A RUSSIAN SPY RING IN NEW YORK AS ONE OF HIS FIVE FOREIGN YORK AS ONE OF HIS FIVE FOREIGN POLICY ADVISERS WHEN THIS WAS A POLICY ADVISERS WHEN THIS WAS A GUY NOBODY HAD EVER, EVER HEARD GUY NOBODY HAD EVER, EVER HEARD OF. OF. THERE IS NO REASON TO KEEP THERE IS NO REASON TO KEEP SECRET THAT HE DID HAVE PENDING SECRET THAT HE DID HAVE PENDING BUSINESS DEALS IN RUSSIA DURING BUSINESS DEALS IN RUSSIA DURING THE CAMPAIGN. THE CAMPAIGN. FROM A MAN WHO LOVES TO BRAG FROM A MAN WHO LOVES TO BRAG ABOUT EVEN THE SMALLEST AND MOST ABOUT EVEN THE SMALLEST AND MOST UNIMPRESSIVE BUSINESS ENDEAVORS, UNIMPRESSIVE BUSINESS ENDEAVORS, HIS STEAKS, HIS VODKA, HIS HIS STEAKS, HIS VODKA, HIS TERRIBLE WINE. TERRIBLE WINE. THERE WAS NO AND APPLICABLE THERE WAS NO AND APPLICABLE REASON WHY HE WOULDN’T BRAG ON REASON WHY HE WOULDN’T BRAG ON THE DAY OF ONE OF THE EARLY THE DAY OF ONE OF THE EARLY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES, PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES, THAT VERY DAY, HE HAD SIGNED A THAT VERY DAY, HE HAD SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO BUILD THE LETTER OF INTENT TO BUILD THE TALLEST BUILDING IN RUSSIA. TALLEST BUILDING IN RUSSIA. THERE IS NO AND APPLICABLE THERE IS NO AND APPLICABLE REASON. REASON. THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULDN’T REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULDN’T INTERVENE IN THE PLATFORM TO INTERVENE IN THE PLATFORM TO MAKE IT MORE PRO RUSSIA AND THEN MAKE IT MORE PRO RUSSIA AND THEN COVER UP THEIR TRACKS AND DENY COVER UP THEIR TRACKS AND DENY THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT. THERE’S NO AND APPLICABLE THERE’S NO AND APPLICABLE REASON. REASON. HE SURPRISED EVERYONE BY HE SURPRISED EVERYONE BY INVITING THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN INVITING THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INTO THE OVAL OFFICE MINISTER INTO THE OVAL OFFICE WITH NO NOTICE, NO U.S. MEDIA, WITH NO NOTICE, NO U.S. MEDIA, AND APPARENTLY TO LIMIT ON HIS AND APPARENTLY TO LIMIT ON HIS WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE TO WILLINGNESS TO DISCLOSE TO RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CODE WORD RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CODE WORD INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE. THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANY OF THERE IS NO REASON FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. THOSE THINGS. UNLESS YOU WERE WILLING TO UNLESS YOU WERE WILLING TO BELIEVE THE WORST. BELIEVE THE WORST. AND WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THE AND WHO WANTS TO BELIEVE THE WORST? WORST? YOU DON’T WANT TO THINK TOO HARD YOU DON’T WANT TO THINK TOO HARD ABOUT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. ABOUT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. FOR ONE THING IT RAISES FOR ONE THING IT RAISES UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A COUNTRY, WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS A COUNTRY, WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS CITIZENS. WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS CITIZENS. IF THE WORST CASE IS TRUE. IF THE WORST CASE IS TRUE. FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE BEEN FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE BEEN THROUGH AS A COUNTRY, FOR EVERY THROUGH AS A COUNTRY, FOR EVERY KIND OF TRIAL AND CHALLENGE AND KIND OF TRIAL AND CHALLENGE AND INTRIGUE AND EMBARRASSMENT AND INTRIGUE AND EMBARRASSMENT AND SCANDAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN SCANDAL THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AS A NATION, WE HAVEN’T THROUGH AS A NATION, WE HAVEN’T EVER HAD TO RECKON WITH THE EVER HAD TO RECKON WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEBODY HAS POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEBODY HAS ASCENDED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF ASCENDED TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES TO SERVE THE THE UNITED STATES TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY INTERESTS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY RATHER THAN OUR OWN. RATHER THAN OUR OWN. WHAT’S THE CORRECTIVE TO THAT? WHAT’S THE CORRECTIVE TO THAT? HOW DO YOU REMEDY THAT? HOW DO YOU REMEDY THAT? THESE ARE NO LONGER HYPOTHETICAL THESE ARE NO LONGER HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND I THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AND I RECOGNIZE IT SOUNDS NUTS TO SAY RECOGNIZE IT SOUNDS NUTS TO SAY IT EVEN NOW. IT EVEN NOW. THIS IS A REASON WHY THERE’S A THIS IS A REASON WHY THERE’S A BIG NATIONAL FREAKOUT OVER WHAT BIG NATIONAL FREAKOUT OVER WHAT THE PRESIDENT JUST DID IN THE PRESIDENT JUST DID IN PUBLIC. PUBLIC. WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE LONG WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE LONG PRIVATE MEETING HE INSISTED ON PRIVATE MEETING HE INSISTED ON TAKING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY TAKING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY WITH NO OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIALS WITH NO OTHER AMERICAN OFFICIALS PRESENT, WHATEVER HAPPENED PRESENT, WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE, WHAT HAPPENED IN PUBLIC THERE, WHAT HAPPENED IN PUBLIC THERE AFTER HAS REALLY SHAKEN THERE AFTER HAS REALLY SHAKEN THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE COUNTRY TODAY. FOR THE WORST POSSIBLE REASONS. FOR THE WORST POSSIBLE REASONS. BEFORE TODAY, NO SERVING U.S. BEFORE TODAY, NO SERVING U.S. PRESIDENT HAS EVER BEFORE TAKEN PRESIDENT HAS EVER BEFORE TAKEN SIDES WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SIDES WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AGAINST OUR OWN. AGAINST OUR OWN. LET ALONE A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT LET ALONE A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT THAT HAS JUST ATTACKED OUR THAT HAS JUST ATTACKED OUR COUNTRY. COUNTRY. IF THE PRESIDENT DID THAT TODAY IF THE PRESIDENT DID THAT TODAY BECAUSE HE HAS SOME REASON TO BECAUSE HE HAS SOME REASON TO SERVE THAT COUNTRY RATHER THAN SERVE THAT COUNTRY RATHER THAN OUR OWN, WELL THEN A LOT THAT OUR OWN, WELL THEN A LOT THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INEXPLICABLE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN INEXPLICABLE IS. IS. DEEP BREATH. DEEP BREATH. IT MEANS WE’LL HAVE TO COME TO IT MEANS WE’LL HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH THIS AS A COUNTRY AND TERMS WITH THIS AS A COUNTRY AND WE’LL HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH WE’LL HAVE TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT AS A WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT AS A COUNTRY TO FIX THIS. COUNTRY TO FIX THIS. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE BLINDERS HAVE TO COME OFF. BLINDERS HAVE TO COME OFF. WE HAVE TO BE REAL. WE HAVE TO BE REAL. HAPPILY, JUST AT THE TIME WE HAPPILY, JUST AT THE TIME WE NEED THAT, WE ARE GETTING SOME NEED THAT, WE ARE GETTING SOME SERIOUS HELP FROM THE NOW SERIOUS HELP FROM THE NOW RAPIDLY UNSPOOLING LEGAL CASE RAPIDLY UNSPOOLING LEGAL CASE THAT SURROUNDS THIS SCANDAL. THAT SURROUNDS THIS SCANDAL. FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL’S OFFICE, FROM THE FBI, FROM THE OFFICE, FROM THE FBI, FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION AT NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE COURT ROOMS WHERE THESE MULTIPLE COURT ROOMS WHERE THESE MULTIPLE KRASS MOVING FORWARD. KRASS MOVING FORWARD. THE STORY OF WHAT RUSSIA DID TO THE STORY OF WHAT RUSSIA DID TO OUR COUNTRY AND WHO MIGHT HAVE OUR COUNTRY AND WHO MIGHT HAVE HELPED THEM AND HOW, AND HOW HELPED THEM AND HOW, AND HOW MUCH TROUBLE THEY MIGHT BE IN, MUCH TROUBLE THEY MIGHT BE IN, IT IS JUST NOW STARTING TO COME IT IS JUST NOW STARTING TO COME INTO FOCUS. INTO FOCUS. THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. AND ON THAT FRONT THERE’S BEEN A AND ON THAT FRONT THERE’S BEEN A BUNCH OF DEVELOPMENTS. BUNCH OF DEVELOPMENTS. WHEN I SAID THINGS MIGHT WHEN I SAID THINGS MIGHT CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WHILE WE’RE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WHILE WE’RE TALKING OVER THE COURSE OF THE TALKING OVER THE COURSE OF THE HOUR, I MEAN IT. HOUR, I MEAN IT. NOT JUST OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS NOT JUST OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND TODAY, EVEN WHILE THE SUMMIT AND TODAY, EVEN WHILE THE SUMMIT WAS HAPPENING, BUT INTO THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT INTO THIS EVENING. EVENING. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE GIVEN US DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE GIVEN US AS CITIZENS A LOT MORE CLARITY. AS CITIZENS A LOT MORE CLARITY. A LOT OF NEW CLARITY IN TERMS OF A LOT OF NEW CLARITY IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND WHAT EVIDENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVIDENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTER INTELLIGENCE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSEMBLE. ASSEMBLE. WHEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE WHEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO NAIL THAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO NAIL DOWN, WHERE THEY HAVE SHOWN DOWN, WHERE THEY HAVE SHOWN THEIR WORK, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE THEIR WORK, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH OF IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, SO MUCH OF IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THAT GIVES US A VIEW OF WHERE THAT GIVES US A VIEW OF WHERE THEY’RE HEADING. THEY’RE HEADING. I THINK OF FURTHER HELP TO US IN I THINK OF FURTHER HELP TO US IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHO WE TERMS OF FIGURING OUT WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND HOW ARE, WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND HOW WE WILL DEAL WITH WHAT IS NOW A WE WILL DEAL WITH WHAT IS NOW A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS FOR OUR NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS FOR OUR COUNTRY. COUNTRY. SO TO THAT END, I THINK THE SO TO THAT END, I THINK THE LEGAL CASE HERE IS NOT LEGAL CASE HERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE WAY WE FIX THIS NECESSARILY THE WAY WE FIX THIS AS A COUNTRY. AS A COUNTRY. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS THE WAY WE I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS THE WAY WE FIX THIS AS A COUNTRY. FIX THIS AS A COUNTRY. IT IS THE WAY WE FIND OUT WHAT’S IT IS THE WAY WE FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AND GET THE TRUTH. GOING ON AND GET THE TRUTH. TO THAT END, IN TERMS OF THE TO THAT END, IN TERMS OF THE EVOLUTION OF THIS LEGAL CASE, EVOLUTION OF THIS LEGAL CASE, LET ME START WITH ONE SMALL LET ME START WITH ONE SMALL DEVELOPMENT THAT DIDN’T GET VERY DEVELOPMENT THAT DIDN’T GET VERY MUCH ATTENTION TODAY. MUCH ATTENTION TODAY. I’M LEADING WITH THIS NOT I’M LEADING WITH THIS NOT BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BUT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT THING BUT BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT. HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT. IT IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE IT IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE OF PAUL MANAFORT, THE CASE OF PAUL MANAFORT, THE PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN CHAIR. PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN CHAIR. NECESSARY JAIL NOW AWAITING TWO NECESSARY JAIL NOW AWAITING TWO DIFFERENT FEDERAL TRIALS ON DIFFERENT FEDERAL TRIALS ON MULTIPLE FELONY TRIALS IN EACH MULTIPLE FELONY TRIALS IN EACH JURISDICTION. JURISDICTION. THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE FIRST JURISDICTION IN WHICH HE WAS CHARGED WAS WASHINGTON, HE WAS CHARGED WAS WASHINGTON, D.C. D.C. THE JUDGE SET A TRIAL DATE FOR THE JUDGE SET A TRIAL DATE FOR MANAFORT IN D.C. IN SEPTEMBER. MANAFORT IN D.C. IN SEPTEMBER. THE SECOND HE WAS CHARGED WAS IN THE SECOND HE WAS CHARGED WAS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA. EVEN THOUGH THOSE CHARGES CAME EVEN THOUGH THOSE CHARGES CAME SECOND, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SECOND, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA IS KNOWN AS THE ROCKET VIRGINIA IS KNOWN AS THE ROCKET DOCKET. DOCKET. THEY LIKE TO GO FAST. THEY LIKE TO GO FAST. DON’T ASK A JUDGE IN THE EASTERN DON’T ASK A JUDGE IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT FOR A DELAY IN YOUR DISTRICT FOR A DELAY IN YOUR TRIAL. TRIAL. DON’T TAKE LONG RECESS. DON’T TAKE LONG RECESS. DON’T ASK THE JUDGE TO MAKE IT DON’T ASK THE JUDGE TO MAKE IT TAKE TOO LONG. TAKE TOO LONG. THEY LIKE TO GO FAST. THEY LIKE TO GO FAST. SOMETIMES FASTER THAN TEETH SOMETIMES FASTER THAN TEETH PROSECUTORS OR THE DEFENSE IS PROSECUTORS OR THE DEFENSE IS COMFORTABLE WITH. COMFORTABLE WITH. IN MANAFORT’S VIRGINIA TRIAL, IN MANAFORT’S VIRGINIA TRIAL, NOT ONLY DID THEY SET HIS TRIAL NOT ONLY DID THEY SET HIS TRIAL DATE FOR JULY, TWO MONTHS AHEAD DATE FOR JULY, TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF HIS D.C. TRIAL DATE, EVEN OF HIS D.C. TRIAL DATE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS CHARGED IN D.C. THOUGH HE WAS CHARGED IN D.C. FIRST. FIRST. BUT THE JUDGE IN VIRGINIA HAS BUT THE JUDGE IN VIRGINIA HAS REALLY SPED THINGS ALONG. REALLY SPED THINGS ALONG. TURNED DOWN HIS REQUEST FOR A TURNED DOWN HIS REQUEST FOR A DELAY. DELAY. HE TURNED DOWN PROSECUTOR’S HE TURNED DOWN PROSECUTOR’S REQUEST FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF REQUEST FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO BE BLOCKED OUT ON THE TIME TO BE BLOCKED OUT ON THE JUDGE’S CALENDAR FOR THE TRIAL. JUDGE’S CALENDAR FOR THE TRIAL. THEY WANTED THREE WEEKS FOR THE THEY WANTED THREE WEEKS FOR THE TRIAL. TRIAL. HE SAID NO, I WANT IT DONE IN HE SAID NO, I WANT IT DONE IN ONE WEEK. ONE WEEK. HE WANTS TO GET IT DONE. HE WANTS TO GET IT DONE. THAT’S WHAT THIS DOCKET IS THAT’S WHAT THIS DOCKET IS NOBODY FOR AND THAT WHATEVER IS NOBODY FOR AND THAT WHATEVER IS WHAT THIS JUDGE IS KNOWN FOR. WHAT THIS JUDGE IS KNOWN FOR. THAT’S WHY IT IS SURPRISING AND THAT’S WHY IT IS SURPRISING AND VERY INTERESTING THAT IN PAUL VERY INTERESTING THAT IN PAUL MANAFORT’S CASE IN THE ROCKET MANAFORT’S CASE IN THE ROCKET DOCKET EASTERN DISTRICT OF DOCKET EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, THE JUDGE JUST HANDED VIRGINIA, THE JUDGE JUST HANDED OUT A BIG DELAY. OUT A BIG DELAY. JUST POSTPONED A HEARING THAT JUST POSTPONED A HEARING THAT WAS DUE TO HAPPEN IN MANAFORT’S WAS DUE TO HAPPEN IN MANAFORT’S CASE TOMORROW MORNING. CASE TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING PART OF THE CASE INTERESTING PART OF THE CASE ANYWAY. ANYWAY. A HEARING TO DISCUSS A LOT OF A HEARING TO DISCUSS A LOT OF PROCEDURAL ELEMENTS OF THE CASE. PROCEDURAL ELEMENTS OF THE CASE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE HEARING BUT TOMORROW WILL BE THE HEARING BUT THE JUDGE NOW SAYS THAT WILL BE THE JUDGE NOW SAYS THAT WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. AND NO, WE DON’T KNOW WHY. AND NO, WE DON’T KNOW WHY. IT’S TOTALLY POSSIBLE THE JUDGE IT’S TOTALLY POSSIBLE THE JUDGE HAS A TOOTHACHE, RIGHT? HAS A TOOTHACHE, RIGHT? OR NEEDS TO GET HIS CAR OR NEEDS TO GET HIS CAR INSPECTED. INSPECTED. JUST REALIZE, CAN’T MEET JUST REALIZE, CAN’T MEET TOMORROW FOR SOME TOTALLY TOMORROW FOR SOME TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASON. DIFFERENT REASON. BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING VERY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING VERY BADLY FOR MANAFORT AND HIS BADLY FOR MANAFORT AND HIS DEFENSE TEAM. DEFENSE TEAM. HIS LAWYERS HAVE LOST LITERALLY HIS LAWYERS HAVE LOST LITERALLY ON EVERY SINGLE MOTION THEY’VE ON EVERY SINGLE MOTION THEY’VE MADE TO THE JUDGE UP TO AND MADE TO THE JUDGE UP TO AND INCLUDING PAUL MANAFORT BEING INCLUDING PAUL MANAFORT BEING MOVED SEVERAL DAYS AGO TO A NEW MOVED SEVERAL DAYS AGO TO A NEW JAIL HE DID WANT TO BE MOVED TO. JAIL HE DID WANT TO BE MOVED TO. A MOVE THAT OCCASIONED THE A MOVE THAT OCCASIONED THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF THIS MUG SHOT. PUBLIC RELEASE OF THIS MUG SHOT. IF THIS IS BEING DELAYED, IT IS IF THIS IS BEING DELAYED, IT IS THE PROCESS OF THE NEW THE PROCESS OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT COULD BE THAT HE DEVELOPMENT, IT COULD BE THAT HE IS POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING A IS POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING A GUILTY PLEA. GUILTY PLEA. HE IS THE ONLY AMERICAN CHARGED HE IS THE ONLY AMERICAN CHARGED THUS FAR IN THE ENTIRE CASE WHO THUS FAR IN THE ENTIRE CASE WHO HAS NOT PLED GUILTY OR AGREED TO HAS NOT PLED GUILTY OR AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH PROSECUTORS. COOPERATE WITH PROSECUTORS. IF HE DOES SO, THAT WOULD BE A IF HE DOES SO, THAT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL. BIG DEAL. SO YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT’S GOING SO YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT’S GOING ON IN THE MANAFORT CASE. ON IN THE MANAFORT CASE. AS WE WERE GETTING THAT SMALL AS WE WERE GETTING THAT SMALL BIT OF INFORMATION OUT OF THE BIT OF INFORMATION OUT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA TODAY, AS WE WERE GETTING THAT TODAY, AS WE WERE GETTING THAT INFORMATION, THE JUSTICE INFORMATION, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED A SURPRISE NEW INDICTMENT. SURPRISE NEW INDICTMENT. THIS WAS MADE A LOT MORE THIS WAS MADE A LOT MORE HEADLINES. HEADLINES. A LOT OF THE REPORTING ON THIS A LOT OF THE REPORTING ON THIS INDICTMENT TODAY DESCRIBES MARIA INDICTMENT TODAY DESCRIBES MARIA BUTTINA AS A RUSSIAN GUN RIGHTS BUTTINA AS A RUSSIAN GUN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. ACTIVIST. THERE ISN’T A GUN RIGHTS THERE ISN’T A GUN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA. MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA. LET ALONE ONE THAT SHE IS PART LET ALONE ONE THAT SHE IS PART OF. OF. THERE AREN’T GUN RIGHTS IN THERE AREN’T GUN RIGHTS IN RUSSIA. RUSSIA. THERE IS NO GUN RIGHTS MOVEMENT THERE IS NO GUN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA. IN RUSSIA. THE IDEA THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE IDEA THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH HIS POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH HE IS ALLIED, THE IDEA THAT THEY HE IS ALLIED, THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THAT ACTIVISM ON WOULD SUPPORT THAT ACTIVISM ON RUSSIAN SOIL IS RIDICULOUS. RUSSIAN SOIL IS RIDICULOUS. THAT WOULD BE LIKE MIKE PENCE IN THAT WOULD BE LIKE MIKE PENCE IN A GAY PRIDE PARADE. A GAY PRIDE PARADE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. WHAT SHE HAS BEEN VISIBLY FOR A WHAT SHE HAS BEEN VISIBLY FOR A FEW YEARS IS AN ODD RUSSIAN FEW YEARS IS AN ODD RUSSIAN APPENDAGE TO THE NRA APPENDAGE TO THE NRA SPECIFICALLY AND ASSOCIATE EDD. SPECIFICALLY AND ASSOCIATE EDD. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER US REPORTING YOU MIGHT REMEMBER US REPORTING THAT AMONG AMERICAN OFFICIALS, THAT AMONG AMERICAN OFFICIALS, SHE AND ANOTHER RUSSIAN WHO SHE SHE AND ANOTHER RUSSIAN WHO SHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH, AMONG THE IS ASSOCIATED WITH, AMONG THE AMERICANS THEY WERE ABLE TO GET, AMERICANS THEY WERE ABLE TO GET, TO GO FOR THIS LAUGHABLE GUN TO GO FOR THIS LAUGHABLE GUN RIGHTS IN RUSSIA SCAM THEY WERE RIGHTS IN RUSSIA SCAM THEY WERE PULLING, WAS JOHN BOLTEN WHO IS PULLING, WAS JOHN BOLTEN WHO IS THE NEW TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY THE NEW TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. ADVISER. I MEAN, MARIA BUTTINA WAS I MEAN, MARIA BUTTINA WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND BEING ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND BEING CHARGED. CHARGED. JOHN BOLTEN, NOT THAT LONG AGO JOHN BOLTEN, NOT THAT LONG AGO WAS PERSUADED TO MAKE A VIDEO WAS PERSUADED TO MAKE A VIDEO ADDRESS FOR HER SUPPOSED GUN ADDRESS FOR HER SUPPOSED GUN RIGHTS GROUP IN RUSSIA. RIGHTS GROUP IN RUSSIA. >> TODAY, YOU’RE ENGAGED IN AN >> TODAY, YOU’RE ENGAGED IN AN HISTORIC DEBATE ABOUT THE HISTORIC DEBATE ABOUT THE POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF YOUR POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF YOUR FREEDOMS. FREEDOMS. SHOULD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE HAVE SHOULD THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS? THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS? >> TODAY ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL >> TODAY ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT COMPLAINT FILED IN FEDERAL COURT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THE PERSON IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THE PERSON WHO ARRANGED FOR JOHN BOLTON TO WHO ARRANGED FOR JOHN BOLTON TO MAKE THAT ADDRESS ON RUSSIAN GUN MAKE THAT ADDRESS ON RUSSIAN GUN RIGHTS, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH RIGHTS, SHE WAS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO ACT AS AN AGENT OF CONSPIRACY TO ACT AS AN AGENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITHIN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES. THE FBI’S INVESTIGATION HAS THE FBI’S INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED THAT MARIA BUTTINA WAS REVEALED THAT MARIA BUTTINA WAS WORKING IN THE DIRECTION OF AN WORKING IN THE DIRECTION OF AN UNNAMED RUSSIAN OFFICIAL WHO WAS UNNAMED RUSSIAN OFFICIAL WHO WAS NAMED AS A HIGH LEVEL OFFICIAL NAMED AS A HIGH LEVEL OFFICIAL IN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE RUSSIAN LEGISLATURE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND LATER BECAME A FEDERATION AND LATER BECAME A TOP OFFICIAL AT THE RUSSIAN TOP OFFICIAL AT THE RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK. CENTRAL BANK. THAT RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ISN’T THAT RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ISN’T NAMED IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT NAMED IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT BUT IT IS CLEAR AS A BELL THAT BUT IT IS CLEAR AS A BELL THAT HE IS ALEXANDER, HER LONG TIME HE IS ALEXANDER, HER LONG TIME ASSOCIATE. ASSOCIATE. AS DESCRIBED TODAY, HE DIRECTED AS DESCRIBED TODAY, HE DIRECTED MARIA’S ACTIVITIES IN MARIA’S ACTIVITIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS CONSPIRACY. FURTHERANCE OF THIS CONSPIRACY. THE FBI’S INVESTIGATION HAS THE FBI’S INVESTIGATION HAS LATER REVEALED THAT THEY TOOK LATER REVEALED THAT THEY TOOK STEPS TO ESTABLISH PRIVATE OR AS STEPS TO ESTABLISH PRIVATE OR AS SHE CALLED THEM, BACK CHANNEL SHE CALLED THEM, BACK CHANNEL HINES OF COMMUNICATION. HINES OF COMMUNICATION. THESE LINES COULD BE USED BY THE THESE LINES COULD BE USED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO PENETRATE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO PENETRATE THE DECISION MAKING AN RAT TO US THE DECISION MAKING AN RAT TO US ADVANCE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. ADVANCE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT GOES ON THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT GOES ON TO DESCRIBE WHAT SEEMS TO BE A TO DESCRIBE WHAT SEEMS TO BE A RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED EFFORT TO USE ALEXANDER AND EFFORT TO USE ALEXANDER AND MARIA TO INFLUENCE THE MARIA TO INFLUENCE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE UNITED REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE UNITED STATES. STATES. USING THE NRA AS THE RUSSIAN USING THE NRA AS THE RUSSIAN POINT OF LEVERAGE. POINT OF LEVERAGE. AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE AND IT IS CLEAR THAT THE POLITICAL PARTY IN QUESTION IS POLITICAL PARTY IN QUESTION IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND THE GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION AND THE GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IS DEFINITELY THE NRA. IS DEFINITELY THE NRA. THAT’S HOW YOU HAVE TO READ IT. THAT’S HOW YOU HAVE TO READ IT. THE FBI RETAINS WHAT THEY CALL THE FBI RETAINS WHAT THEY CALL HER PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THIS HER PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THIS SPYING OPERATION. SPYING OPERATION. IF YOU INSERT THE PROPER IF YOU INSERT THE PROPER ANNOUNCES, IT IS PRETTY ANNOUNCES, IT IS PRETTY SURPRISING WHAT SHE SAYS AS OF SURPRISING WHAT SHE SAYS AS OF MARCH 2015 SHE WAS TRYING TO DO. MARCH 2015 SHE WAS TRYING TO DO. THIS IS HER PROJECT PROPOSAL. THIS IS HER PROJECT PROPOSAL. THE FIRST LINE READS, PROJECT THE FIRST LINE READS, PROJECT DESCRIPTION. DESCRIPTION. DIPLOMACY. DIPLOMACY. IT GOES ON TO STATE THAT A MAJOR IT GOES ON TO STATE THAT A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WOULD LIKELY OBTAIN PARTY, WOULD LIKELY OBTAIN CONTROL OVER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AFTER THE 2016 ELECTIONS. AFTER THE 2016 ELECTIONS. THE PROJECT PROPOSAL SAYS THE THE PROJECT PROPOSAL SAYS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS REPUBLICAN PARTY IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH NEGATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN NEGATIVE AND AGGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD POLICY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO RUSSIA. TO RUSSIA. HOWEVER, NOW WITH THE RIGHT TO HOWEVER, NOW WITH THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE, SEEMS BEST TO BUILD NEGOTIATE, SEEMS BEST TO BUILD CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS. CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS. THE PROJECT PROPOSAL NOTES THE THE PROJECT PROPOSAL NOTES THE CENTRAL PLACE AND INFLUENCE IN CENTRAL PLACE AND INFLUENCE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLAYED BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLAYED BY THE NRA. THE NRA. THE NRA ACCORDING TO HER IS THE THE NRA ACCORDING TO HER IS THE LARGEST SPONSOR OF ELECTIONS TO LARGEST SPONSOR OF ELECTIONS TO THE U.S. CONGRESS AS WELL AS A THE U.S. CONGRESS AS WELL AS A SPONSOR OTHER EVENTS. SPONSOR OTHER EVENTS. THAT’S HER PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THAT’S HER PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THIS INFLUENCE OPERATION WHICH THIS INFLUENCE OPERATION WHICH THE FBI SAYS SHE WAS RUNNING THE FBI SAYS SHE WAS RUNNING LEFT FIELDLY IN THE UNITED LEFT FIELDLY IN THE UNITED STATES. STATES. TO INFILTRATE AND INFLUENCE THEY TO INFILTRATE AND INFLUENCE THEY WILL. WILL. THAT’S HER PROJECT PROPOSAL IN THAT’S HER PROJECT PROPOSAL IN 2015. 2015. WHY WOULD ONE IN THE RUSSIAN WHY WOULD ONE IN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WASLIKELY TO GA REPUBLICAN PARTY WASLIKELY TO GA CONTROL OVER THE ELECTIONS IN CONTROL OVER THE ELECTIONS IN 2016? 2016? WHY WOULD SHE THINK THAT? WHY WOULD SHE THINK THAT? WHY DOES SHE THINK THAT ENOUGH WHY DOES SHE THINK THAT ENOUGH TO BE SO SURE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE SO SURE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO PREDICATE THIS WHOLE TO PREDICATE THIS WHOLE INFLUENCE OPERATION OVER A INFLUENCE OPERATION OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THAT EXPECTED NUMBER OF YEARS ON THAT EXPECTED OUTCOME? OUTCOME? ALSO, WHY IN THE SPRING OF 2015 ALSO, WHY IN THE SPRING OF 2015 DID SHE THINK SHE HAD THE, DID SHE THINK SHE HAD THE, QUOTE -- THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE. QUOTE -- THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE. WHY WOULD THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WHY WOULD THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT BELIEVE IN 2015 THEY HAD THE BELIEVE IN 2015 THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE POSITIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN POSITIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE 2016 PARTY WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE 2016 ELECTIONS? ELECTIONS? AGAIN, DON’T KNOW. AGAIN, DON’T KNOW. BUT WE ARE LIKELY TO FIND OUT. BUT WE ARE LIKELY TO FIND OUT. THE FBI LAYS OUT DETAIL IN THIS THE FBI LAYS OUT DETAIL IN THIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT HOW SHE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT HOW SHE WORKED WITH THE GOVERNMENT WORKED WITH THE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN UNNAMED U.S. PERSONS AND BETWEEN UNNAMED U.S. PERSONS AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. WE DON’T KNOW WHO U.S. PERSON WE DON’T KNOW WHO U.S. PERSON TWO IS BUT A YEAR AFTER HER TWO IS BUT A YEAR AFTER HER PROJECT PROPOSAL, SHE REPORTEDLY PROJECT PROPOSAL, SHE REPORTEDLY E-MAILED U.S. PERSON TWO SAID, E-MAILED U.S. PERSON TWO SAID, THAT HE HAD CONFIRMED TO HER. THAT HE HAD CONFIRMED TO HER. AND THAT THERE WAS APPROVAL FOR AND THAT THERE WAS APPROVAL FOR BUILDING THIS COMMUNICATION BUILDING THIS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. CHANNEL. SO PUTIN APPROVED OF HER SO PUTIN APPROVED OF HER BUILDING THIS BACK CHANNEL TO BUILDING THIS BACK CHANNEL TO THE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PARTY THE AMERICAN REPUBLICAN PARTY THROUGH THE NRA. THROUGH THE NRA. A BACK CHANNEL THAT WENT FROM A BACK CHANNEL THAT WENT FROM THE KREMLIN TO THE REPUBLICAN THE KREMLIN TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY USING THE NRA AS THE PARTY USING THE NRA AS THE CONDUIT. CONDUIT. APPROVED BY RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL APPROVED BY RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. ADMINISTRATION. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THE ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, THE ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE 2016 ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE 2016 ELECTION CAME IN OVERNIGHT, AS ELECTION CAME IN OVERNIGHT, AS NOVEMBER 8 TURN EDED, WITH HER NOVEMBER 8 TURN EDED, WITH HER HANDLER IN THE RUSSIAN HANDLER IN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT, THAT NIGHT AS THE GOVERNMENT, THAT NIGHT AS THE ELECTION RETURNS CAME IN ELECTION RETURNS CAME IN ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT SHE ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT SHE SAID TO HIM, QUOTE, I AM GOING SAID TO HIM, QUOTE, I AM GOING ON SLEEP. ON SLEEP. IT IS 3:00 A.M. HERE. IT IS 3:00 A.M. HERE. I AM READY FOR FURTHER ORDERS. I AM READY FOR FURTHER ORDERS. LATER THAT MONTH, HAVING LATER THAT MONTH, HAVING ARRANGED FOR A LARGE RUSSIAN ARRANGED FOR A LARGE RUSSIAN DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST WHICH NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST WHICH TOOK PLACE IN EARLY 2017 RIGHT TOOK PLACE IN EARLY 2017 RIGHT AFTER THE TRUMP INAUGURATION, AFTER THE TRUMP INAUGURATION, MARIA BUTINA, QUOTE, SHE STATED MARIA BUTINA, QUOTE, SHE STATED THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST ARE HAND THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST ARE HAND PICKED BY ALEXANDER AND ME AND PICKED BY ALEXANDER AND ME AND ARE VERY INFLUENTIAL IN RUSSIA. ARE VERY INFLUENTIAL IN RUSSIA. THEY ARE COMING TO ESTABLISH A THEY ARE COMING TO ESTABLISH A BACK CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION. BACK CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION. THAT WAS AN E-MAIL TO U.S. THAT WAS AN E-MAIL TO U.S. PERSON ONE. PERSON ONE. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS NEW INDICTMENT, IFLGS GOING ON SAY INDICTMENT, IFLGS GOING ON SAY TWOFOLD. TWOFOLD. I THINK IT’S THREEFOLD. I THINK IT’S THREEFOLD. FIRST THIS IS A COLLUSION FIRST THIS IS A COLLUSION INDICTMENT. INDICTMENT. THIS IS A CRIMINAL ALLEGATION THIS IS A CRIMINAL ALLEGATION FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION OF THE JUSTICE DIVISION OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI THAT AN DEPARTMENT AND THE FBI THAT AN AGENT OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AGENT OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS WORKING IN REPUBLICAN AND WAS WORKING IN REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN THIS CONSERVATIVE POLITICS IN THIS COUNTRY TO AMONG OTHER THINGS, COUNTRY TO AMONG OTHER THINGS, SET UP SECRET CONTACTS AND SET UP SECRET CONTACTS AND SECRET LINES OF COMMUNICATION SECRET LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE KREMLIN. WITH THE KREMLIN. WITH SUPPORT FROM AND APPROVAL WITH SUPPORT FROM AND APPROVAL FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN. FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN. THAT’S ONE. THAT’S ONE. THIS IS A COLLUSION INDICTMENT. THIS IS A COLLUSION INDICTMENT. AND THERE’S U.S. PERSONS AND THERE’S U.S. PERSONS DESCRIBED BUT NOT NAMED. DESCRIBED BUT NOT NAMED. PRESUMELY WE WILL COME TONS PRESUMELY WE WILL COME TONS THEM. THEM. THAT’S ONE. THAT’S ONE. IN OUR OWN POLITICS, THIS HAS IN OUR OWN POLITICS, THIS HAS VERY LARGE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VERY LARGE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NRA AND IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NRA AND IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS WILL PUT A IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS WILL PUT A VERY HOT FIRE UNDER THE QUESTION VERY HOT FIRE UNDER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE NRA MAY HAVE BEEN OF WHETHER THE NRA MAY HAVE BEEN USED, NOT JUST FOR A RUSSIAN USED, NOT JUST FOR A RUSSIAN INFLUENCE OPERATION IN THE INFLUENCE OPERATION IN THE UNITED STATES BUT POTENTIALLY AS UNITED STATES BUT POTENTIALLY AS A MEANS OF FUNNING -- FUNDING. A MEANS OF FUNNING -- FUNDING. BUT THERE’S ONE LAST WAY IN BUT THERE’S ONE LAST WAY IN WHICH THIS WILL BE REALLY WHICH THIS WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT’S THE IMPORTANT AND THAT’S THE LOGISTICS. LOGISTICS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO ONLY BE THIS IS NOT GOING TO ONLY BE INTERESTING ON ITS FIRST DAY. INTERESTING ON ITS FIRST DAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GIFT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. KEEPS ON GIVING. UNLIKE THE INDICTMENT OF ALL THE UNLIKE THE INDICTMENT OF ALL THE OTHER RUSSIANS, ALL THE OTHER 26 OTHER RUSSIANS, ALL THE OTHER 26 RUSSIANS WHO HAVE BEEN RUSSIANS WHO HAVE BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED THUS FAR IN CRIMINALLY CHARGED THUS FAR IN THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION, UNLIKE THOSE 26 MARKS RHEA UNLIKE THOSE 26 MARKS RHEA BUTINA WAS HERE AND THEY HAVE BUTINA WAS HERE AND THEY HAVE ARRESTED HER. ARRESTED HER. THE OTHER 26 RUSSIANS CHARGED THE OTHER 26 RUSSIANS CHARGED WILL LIKELY NEVER, EVER SET FOOT WILL LIKELY NEVER, EVER SET FOOT IN A U.S. COURTROOM OR EVER IN A U.S. COURTROOM OR EVER AGAIN ON U.S. SOIL. AGAIN ON U.S. SOIL. BUT MARIA WAS HERE. BUT MARIA WAS HERE. THEY EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS IN THEY EXECUTED SEARCH WARRANTS IN APRIL. APRIL. OVER THE WEEKEND AN ARREST OVER THE WEEKEND AN ARREST WARRANT WAS VERY QUIETLY ISSUED, WARRANT WAS VERY QUIETLY ISSUED, SHE IS CURRENTLY BEING HEALTH SHE IS CURRENTLY BEING HEALTH WITHOUT BOND. WITHOUT BOND. A NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO A NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE THAT THE THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE THAT THE U.S. IS HOLDING ONE OF RUSSIA’S U.S. IS HOLDING ONE OF RUSSIA’S CITIZENS. CITIZENS. SHE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN SHE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON WEDNESDAY. COURT ON WEDNESDAY. IN FEDERAL COURT IN WASHINGTON, IN FEDERAL COURT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. D.C. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IN THIS CASE, ALL LIKELIHOOD IN THIS CASE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CASE, A THERE IS GOING TO BE A CASE, A TRIAL WITH INDICTMENTS FROM TRIAL WITH INDICTMENTS FROM FEBRUARY AND UNLIKE THE 12 FEBRUARY AND UNLIKE THE 12 RUSSIANS WHO WERE INDICTED ON RUSSIANS WHO WERE INDICTED ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY. WE’VE GOT NAMES AND SXRIPGSS WE’VE GOT NAMES AND SXRIPGSS VERY SERIOUS CRIMES ALLEGED. VERY SERIOUS CRIMES ALLEGED. IN THIS CASE, THEY’VE GOT HER. IN THIS CASE, THEY’VE GOT HER. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE FIGHT WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE FIGHT UNFOLD AND THIS ALL FOLLOWS THE UNFOLD AND THIS ALL FOLLOWS THE INCREDIBLE BUNL OF INFORMATION INCREDIBLE BUNL OF INFORMATION WE GOT FRIDAY WHEN THE 12 WE GOT FRIDAY WHEN THE 12 OFFICERS WERE INDICTED FOR THE OFFICERS WERE INDICTED FOR THE ATTACK IN THE CRIMINAL CAMPAIGN. ATTACK IN THE CRIMINAL CAMPAIGN. WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAID HE DOESN’T BELIEVE THE U.S. DOESN’T BELIEVE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON THE QUESTION OF GOVERNMENT ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT RUSSIA WAS WHETHER OR NOT RUSSIA WAS INVOLVED IN THE 20 SELECTION. INVOLVED IN THE 20 SELECTION. PART OF THE CONVENIENT BECAUSE PART OF THE CONVENIENT BECAUSE HE SAID THAT STANDING THERE. HE SAID THAT STANDING THERE. THEY HAVE THE RUSSIANS DEAD TO THEY HAVE THE RUSSIANS DEAD TO RIGHTS AND THEY’VE SHOWN THEIR RIGHTS AND THEY’VE SHOWN THEIR WORK AND IT IS VERY SPECIFYING. WORK AND IT IS VERY SPECIFYING. IN THE FRIDAY INDICTMENT, THEY IN THE FRIDAY INDICTMENT, THEY TRACE THE BITCOIN PAYMENTS USED TRACE THE BITCOIN PAYMENTS USED BY THESE GRU OFFICERS TO SET UP BY THESE GRU OFFICERS TO SET UP THE FIRST WEBSITE WHERE THEY THE FIRST WEBSITE WHERE THEY DUMPED THE STOLEN DOCUMENTS. DUMPED THE STOLEN DOCUMENTS. THEY FOLLOWED BITCOIN, THEY THEY FOLLOWED BITCOIN, THEY FOLLOWED THE MONEY. FOLLOWED THE MONEY. THEY COLLECT THE MONEY USED TO THEY COLLECT THE MONEY USED TO SET UP D.C. LEAKS.COM TO THE SET UP D.C. LEAKS.COM TO THE SAME FUNDS BEING USED TO SET UP SAME FUNDS BEING USED TO SET UP MALICIOUS DOMAINS. MALICIOUS DOMAINS. THAT’S HOW THEY HACKED AND STOLE THAT’S HOW THEY HACKED AND STOLE THE DOCUMENTS IN THE FIRST THE DOCUMENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. PLACE. THAT MEANS THAT PUBLICATION AND THAT MEANS THAT PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION ARE LINKED BY A DISSEMINATION ARE LINKED BY A MONEY TRAIL TO THE WAY THEY MONEY TRAIL TO THE WAY THEY STOLE THE MATERIALS IN THE FIRST STOLE THE MATERIALS IN THE FIRST PLACE. PLACE. THAT MEANS ANYBODY WHO AIDED AND THAT MEANS ANYBODY WHO AIDED AND ABETTED IN ANY PART OF THAT, AID ABETTED IN ANY PART OF THAT, AID AND ABETTED IN THAT MAJOR CRIME. AND ABETTED IN THAT MAJOR CRIME. WE KNOW IT IS ALL THE SAME WE KNOW IT IS ALL THE SAME PEOPLE DOING ALL THE SAME WORK PEOPLE DOING ALL THE SAME WORK WITH ALL THE SAME MONEY FOR ALL WITH ALL THE SAME MONEY FOR ALL THE SAME THAT YOU RECALL. THE SAME THAT YOU RECALL. ANY AMERICANS INVOLVED IN THAT. ANY AMERICANS INVOLVED IN THAT. THE TWITTER ACCOUNT THEY SET UP THE TWITTER ACCOUNT THEY SET UP FROM D.C. LEAKS WAS FROM THE FROM D.C. LEAKS WAS FROM THE SAME ACCOUNT. SAME ACCOUNT. IT WAS BLACKS AGAINST HILLARY. IT WAS BLACKS AGAINST HILLARY. IT WAS REGISTERED ON THE SAME IT WAS REGISTERED ON THE SAME SERVER WHERE THEY HOSTED MORE OF SERVER WHERE THEY HOSTED MORE OF THESE SPEAR FISHING DOMAINS AND THESE SPEAR FISHING DOMAINS AND THAT WHOLE VIRTUAL NET WORK WAS THAT WHOLE VIRTUAL NET WORK WAS PAID FOR OUT OF THE SAME COIN PAID FOR OUT OF THE SAME COIN THAT THEY USED TO BUY A SERVING THAT THEY USED TO BUY A SERVING SERVER FROM MALAYSIA FROM WHICH SERVER FROM MALAYSIA FROM WHICH THEY RAN THE WEBBSITE. THEY RAN THE WEBBSITE. IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN THE IT IS ALL LAID OUT IN THE INDICTMENT. INDICTMENT. ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT. ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT. THE PROPAGANDA TO MAKE PEOPLE THE PROPAGANDA TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE WAS CONTROVERSY BELIEVE THERE WAS CONTROVERSY ABOUT AND HATRED FOR HILLARY ABOUT AND HATRED FOR HILLARY CLINTON THAT DID NOT EXIST IN CLINTON THAT DID NOT EXIST IN GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT. THAT WAS THE SAME OPERATION THAT WAS THE SAME OPERATION STEALING MATERIAL IN THE CLINTON STEALING MATERIAL IN THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND THE SAME PEOPLE AND CAMPAIGN AND THE SAME PEOPLE AND THE SAME OPERATION THAT STAGED THE SAME OPERATION THAT STAGED THE RELEASE OF THOSE STOLEN THE RELEASE OF THOSE STOLEN DOCUMENTS CAUSE MAXIMUM DOCUMENTS CAUSE MAXIMUM POLITICAL PAINFUL FIRST THROUGH POLITICAL PAINFUL FIRST THROUGH D.C. LEAKS AND THEN LUCIFER AND D.C. LEAKS AND THEN LUCIFER AND THEN WIKILEAKS. THEN WIKILEAKS. ALL THE SAME MONEY, ALL THE SAME ALL THE SAME MONEY, ALL THE SAME COMPUTERS. COMPUTERS. THAT GIVES US INCREDIBLE INSIGHT THAT GIVES US INCREDIBLE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE CRIME WAS AND WHO INTO WHAT THE CRIME WAS AND WHO DONE IT. DONE IT. BUT IT ALSO OUGHT TO GIVE US BUT IT ALSO OUGHT TO GIVE US SOME APPRECIATION FOR HOW MUCH SOME APPRECIATION FOR HOW MUCH U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND U.S. U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND U.S. COUNTER ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN COUNTER ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO. ABLE TO DO. THEY GOT THE NAMES OF THE THEY GOT THE NAMES OF THE OFFICERS. OFFICERS. THEY KNEW WHO WAS MASSQUERADING. THEY KNEW WHO WAS MASSQUERADING. THEY KNOW WHO WAS RUNNING THEY KNOW WHO WAS RUNNING PROGRAMS TO CLEAR HIS TRACKS PROGRAMS TO CLEAR HIS TRACKS WHEN WORD THAT THE FBI WAS ON TO WHEN WORD THAT THE FBI WAS ON TO HIM. HIM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE YET TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT BUT YET TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT BUT WE’LL TALK ABOUT WITH SOMEONE WE’LL TALK ABOUT WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE WHO WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, THE VERY SERIOUS MIDDLE OF IT, THE VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATION RAISED IN THE FRIDAY ALLEGATION RAISED IN THE FRIDAY INDICTMENT, THAT THE RUSSIAN INDICTMENT, THAT THE RUSSIAN OPERATION WITH OR WITHOUT THE OPERATION WITH OR WITHOUT THE HELP OF AMERICAN CONFEDERATES, HELP OF AMERICAN CONFEDERATES, STILL UNCLEAR, THEY HAVE APPEAR STILL UNCLEAR, THEY HAVE APPEAR TO HAVE DONE STUFF OR TRIED TO TO HAVE DONE STUFF OR TRIED TO DO STUFF THAT WASN’T JUST ABOUT DO STUFF THAT WASN’T JUST ABOUT SWAYING PUBLIC OPINION AND SWAYING PUBLIC OPINION AND STEALING STUFF THAT WAS THEN STEALING STUFF THAT WAS THEN TURNED BACK AROUND INTO U.S. TURNED BACK AROUND INTO U.S. MIDEAST. MIDEAST. IT SAYS THAT THEY TARGETED FIELD IT SAYS THAT THEY TARGETED FIELD OPERATION PLANS WHEN THEY STOLE OPERATION PLANS WHEN THEY STOLE STUFF FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. STUFF FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND THEY STOLE HUNDREDS OF AND THEY STOLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL VOTER THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUAL VOTER FILES. FILES. AND THEY STOLE SOMETHING THAT AND THEY STOLE SOMETHING THAT THEY DESCRIBE AS THE TEST THEY DESCRIBE AS THE TEST APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE DNC’S ANALYTICS. DNC’S ANALYTICS. IF THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED IF THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED WITH DPOMTS WERE STOLEN AND WITH DPOMTS WERE STOLEN AND TURNED LOOSE ON THE PRESIDENT, TURNED LOOSE ON THE PRESIDENT, IF THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED IF THIS PRESIDENT WAS ELECTED BECAUSE RUSSIAN MILITARY BECAUSE RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OBTAINED FOR HIM INTELLIGENCE OBTAINED FOR HIM HIS POINTS’ FIELD OPERATION HIS POINTS’ FIELD OPERATION PLANS AND VOTER FILES AND THE PLANS AND VOTER FILES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S AN, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S AN, THE ANALYTICS. ANALYTICS. THAT’S NOT AN INFLUENCE THAT’S NOT AN INFLUENCE OPERATION ANYMORE. OPERATION ANYMORE. THAT’S, I MEAN, THAT IS, THAT IS THAT’S, I MEAN, THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING AS I SAID AT THE TOP, SOMETHING AS I SAID AT THE TOP, WE NEED TO REALLY SERIOUSLY WE NEED TO REALLY SERIOUSLY RECKON WITH AS A COUNTRY. RECKON WITH AS A COUNTRY. MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WITHOUT BLINDERS ON. WITHOUT BLINDERS ON. WE NOW NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT. WE NOW NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT. THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY TOOK THE PRESIDENT PUBLICLY TOOK SIDES WITH RUSSIA AGAINST THE SIDES WITH RUSSIA AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TODAY AND THAT U.S. GOVERNMENT TODAY AND THAT REALLY HAS OCCASIONED A NATIONAL REALLY HAS OCCASIONED A NATIONAL FREAKOUT. FREAKOUT. AT THIS MOMENT I THINK WORST AT THIS MOMENT I THINK WORST BEING SPECIFIC. BEING SPECIFIC. WHAT THE DANGER IS AND WHAT THE WHAT THE DANGER IS AND WHAT THE BEST WAY FOR AMERICA TO FIX A BEST WAY FOR AMERICA TO FIX A PROBLEM LIKE THE ONE. PROBLEM LIKE THE ONE. IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER CONFRONT AS A NATION. CONFRONT AS A NATION. WE HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT.
