Trump Can’t Save You: GOP Sex Scandal Gets Warning From Trump Witness | The Beat With Ari Melber

>>> WELCOME BACK. >>> WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THIS BIG STORY ACROSS WASHINGTON ALL WEEK. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND STAUNCH TRUMP ALLY MATT GAETZ FACING A NEW ETHICS COMMITTEE VIOLATION. GAETZ DENIED ALL WRONGDOING. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THE YOUNG, RELATIVELY NEW CONGRESSMAN HAS FACED AN ETHICS REVIEW. STATISTICALLY MOST MEMBERS NEVER FACE A SINGLE ONE. BUT IN 2019 AN ETHICS PROBE FOCUSSED IN ON GAETZ PUBLICALLY APPEARING TO HASSLE OR THREATEN A WITNESS, MICHAEL COHEN WHO USED TO WORK FOR TRUMP. MANY VIEWS IT AS AN ATTEMPT TO HASSLE THIS WITNESS BEFORE HE PROVIDED TESTIMONY TO THE WITNESS. >> DOES YOUR TWEET AMOUNT TO WITNESS TAMPERING NOT. >> ACTUALLY NOT. IT IS WITNESS TESTING. IT IS WITNESS TESTING. >> COULD PEOPLE SEE YOUR AS A THREAT. >> IT DID ADMONISH GAETZ FOR FAILING TO, QUOTE, EXERCISE REASONABLE JUDGMENT AND RESTRAINT. WE SHOULD NOTE IT DID NOT FINDS THAT GAETZ WAS GUILTY OF ACTUALLY CONDUCTING WITNESS TAMPERING OR WITNESS INTIMIDATION OF THAT VALUABLE WITNESS AT THE TIME, ACCORDING TO HOUSE INVESTIGATORS MICHAEL COHEN. JOINING US NOW IS MICHAEL COHEN WHO WAS FORMERLY A LAWYER FOR DONALD TRUMP. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING, ARI. YEAH. I GAVE MYSELF A LITTLE REST AND RELAXATION FOR A FEW WEEKS. >> HEY, WE CAN ALL USE IT THESE DAYS. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, SIR. AS I MENTIONED, YOU WERE CONSIDERED A VALUABLE WITNESS IN THAT PROCEEDING AS WELL AS IN THE MUELLER PROBE, AS WELL AS UP WITH THE NEW YORK D.A. WE’LL GET TO THAT BECAUSE IT’S NEWSWORTHY. BUT LET’S START WITH MR. GAETZ. YOU BOTH HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON IN THAT AT ONE TIME YOU BOTH HAVE SUPPORTED DONALD TRUMP. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIM, GIVEN YOUR PAST CLASH, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’S LEARNING RIGHT NOW THAT DONALD TRUMP IS NOT DOING A THING TO HELP HIM? >> WELL, HE’S LEARNING NOTHING. BUT GAETZ’S BEHAVIOR WAS SO BRAZEN AND SO STUPID THAT IT ACTUALLY BOGGLES THE MIND BECAUSE THE ONLY REASONABLE EXPLANATION FOR HIS BEHAVIOR IS THAT HE FELT THAT HE WOULD BE PROTECTED BY DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. SO HE MUST HAVE BEEN PETRIFIED WHEN TRUMP LOST THE ELECTION SIMPLY BECAUSE NOW HE WAS EXPOSED. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS DONALD TRUMP IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS WITH YOUNG WOMEN. SO WAS RUDY GIULIANI IN THE BORAT MOVIE WITH SASHA BAREN COHEN’S DAUGHTER IN THE MOVIE, RIGHT? THIS WAS ALL GOING ON DURING THE CAMPAIGN ANYWAY. COREY LEWANDOWSKI HAD HIS TRYST. RICK GATES HAD HIS TWIST. THEY’RE FOLLOWING DONALD TRUMP’S PLAY BOOK. AS I EXPLAINED BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT I KNOW THE PLAY BOOK AND IT DIDN’T WORK FOR ME AND IT’S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO WORK FOR YOU. TO MATT GAETZ REALLY NEEDS TO SMARTEN UP AND UNDERSTAND THAT HE’S IN VERY SERIOUS TROUBLE. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORT THAT HAD MULTIPLE SOURCES SAYING MR. GAETZ WAS SEEKING A BLANKET PARDON FOR WHAT CONDUCT I SUPPOSE ONLY HE WOULD KNOW IN HIS MIND THAT HE WANTED A PARDON. >> GOOD LUCK. IF DONALD TRUMP WASN’T GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT POCKET PARDON, THEN THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET IT. I ACTUALLY HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AS WELL AS TO "THE DAILY BEAST" FOR UNCOVERING THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS THING IS GREAT FODDER FOR "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND ALL OF THE COMEDIANS BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT, ARI, THE BEST PART OF THIS IS THE FACT GAETZ ACTUALLY PAID FOR SEX USING VENMO AND THEN TITLED THE PAYMENTS TUITION AND SCHOOL. THIS DOPE SHOULD HAVE LINKED HIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT TO HIS SEEKING ARRANGEMENTS ACCOUNT. THAT’S HOW STUPID HE IS. AND HIS VENMO ACCOUNT IS ON OPEN PUBLIC MEANING EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT TRANSACTIONS ARE GOING ON. AND, YET, THIS IS THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA HAVE CHOSEN? I DON’T GET IT. >> I’M GOING TO PUT UP A TEXT HERE ON THE SCREEN. THIS CAME UP FROM THE ETHICS PROBE WHERE HANNITY IS TALKING TO MATT GAETZ. HANNITY SAYS, IT’S SMART TO PULL DOWN THIS THING ABOUT YOU. IT WILL BE PASS. MAYBE SEND A NOTE TO MICHAEL PRIVATELY. CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK TO CRITICS, PAST CRITICS OF YOURSELF INCLUDED AND HANNITY AND GAETZ THAT IT FEELS SOMETIMES LIKE THERE IS A GAME IN PUBLIC WHERE FOLKS ARE INTERVIEWING, YOU KNOW, HANNITY IS INTERVIEWING THIS OR THAT PERSON VIA GAETZ OR SAYING TO YOU HE’S GOING TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS AND THEN IT TURNS OUT YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. HE’S ADVISING GAETZ BEHIND THE SCENES. WHAT LIGHT CAN YOU SHED ON ALL OF THIS? >> WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY DISINGENUOUS OF SHAWN. ONE DAY HE’S CALLING ME TRYING TO PRETEND TO BE MY BODY, HAVING ME ON. BASICALLY HE WAS USING TRUMP TO THE SAME EXTENT TRUMP WAS USING HIM. AND, SO, WHEN GAETZ FINALLY REALIZED HE WAS IN BIG TROUBLE WITH THE ETHICS DEPARTMENT, HE OF COURSE TURNED TO SHAWN HANNITY SHOWING THAT HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE AND THEN HE -- SHAWN IS ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO DRAFT DRAFTED THE APOLOGY TO ME TELLING HIM TO SEND IT TO ME KNOWING I WOULD ACCEPT THE ANALOGY BECAUSE I DIDN’T PARLY CARE MUCH ABOUT MATT GAETZ. WHAT I CARED ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT IT HURT MY FAMILY, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS NOT GOING TO PUT UP WITH. >> JUST QUICKLY, YOU’RE SAYING THAT SHAWN HANNITY WAS PLAYING BOTH OF YOU, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY WRITING THE APOLOGY YOU WERE GOING TO GET OS STENSIVELY FROM GAETZ? >> THAT’S CORRECT. THAT’S CORRECT. I THINK IT’S REALLY TERRIBLE. IF SHAWN WAS SMART, HE WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM, STEP AWAY FROM POLITICS. FIND YOURSELF A FOX OR NEWSMAX AND TAKE OVER THAT CHRIS HANSEN ROLE ON -- YOU KNOW, REBOOT THE PROGRAM ON "TO CATCH A PREDATOR" BECAUSE I THINK MATT GAETZ WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THE ROLE. >> ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, IT IS SHAWN HANNITY PLAYING ON THE SIDE, WHICH IS A

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Length: 6min 57sec (417 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 09 2021