FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS
A "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING
AUTHOR AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER WHOSE NEW BOOK IS
"KUSHNER INC." PLEASE WELCOME, VICKY WARD! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, THANKS
FOR BEING ON THE SHOW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A BOOK
HERE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT
ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK. >> YOU DID. >> Stephen: CALLED "KUSHNER,
INC.." , INC. IS SHORT FOR INCOMPETENT. ( LAUGHTER )
IT'S GREED, AMBITION AND CORRUPTION. FIRST OF ALL, HOW DID THE
WRITING OF THIS BOOK COME ABOUT? HOW DID YOU GET THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT IVANKA AND JARED? HOW DID YOU LEARN THESE THINGS? BECAUSE SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
BASICALLY JUST SAID, OH, IT'S SHADY, ANONYMOUS SOURCES. >> OKAY. >> Stephen: THERE ARE A LOT OF
ANONYMOUS SOURCES IN HERE. >> THEY ARE. >> Stephen: HOW DO WE KNOW
THEY'RE NOT SHADY? >> IF SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS
WANTS TO GET INTO A CREDIBILITY RATINGS BATTLE WITH ME, I'LL
TAKE HER ON. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE THE PRESIDENT'S FEELINGS OF WORKING
WITH HIS KIDS? BECAUSE NOT EVERY PRESIDENT HAS
HAD HIS CHILDREN IN THERE IN OFFICIAL CAPACITIES IN THE WHITE
HOUSE. >> NO, THEY HAVEN'T. WE HAVE A NEPOTISM LAW TO STOP
IT. >> Stephen: A WEAK ONE,
EVIDENTLY. >> A VERY WEAK ONE. >> Stephen: A NEPOTISM
SUGGESTION. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. ( LAUGHTER )
SO HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT FEEL ABOUT IT? >> SO BEYONCE IS ACTUALLY --
HE'S VERY AMBIVALENT. HE WAS VERY AMBIVALENT ABOUT
HAVING THEM COME IN. HE HATES IT WHEN THEY GET
NEGATIVE PRESS. HE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIKE
READING ABOUT THIS BOOK TOO MUCH. HE HATED IT WHEN JARED COULDN'T
FILL OUT HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE FORM MANY, MANY TIMES. >> Stephen: IF THERE WERE 100
CORRECTIONS IN THE SECURITY FORM, YES. >> HE HATED IT WHEN, YOU KNOW,
THEY BOTH MISUSED EMAIL. THEY USED PRIVATE EMAIL SERVERS. >> Stephen: WHY DO YOU THINK
THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET THEM OUT OF THERE? >> SO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. HE ASKED JOHN KELLY, FORMER
CHIEF OF STAFF, TO MAKE THEIR LIVES SO MISERABLE THAT THEY
WOULD JUST RESIGN. JOHN KELLY DID EXACTLY WHAT HE
WAS ASKED TO DO. THEY CAME TO RESIGN, AND TRUMP
COULDN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW, FOR A MAN --
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY ACTUALLY SAID WE'RE
TENDERING OUR RESIGNATIONS? >> YES. >> Stephen: TO KELLY OR THE
PRESIDENT? >> TO THE PRESIDENT, AND HE --
HE CANNOT SEND HIS DAUGHTER HOME AND, ACTUALLY, HIS SUPPORTERS,
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THINK THAT HIS DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND MAY
BE HIS UNDOING, THAT THEY ARE FAR MORE DANGEROUS TO HIM THAN
ROBERT MUELLER. >> Stephen: WHY? WHY ARE THEY DANGEROUS? BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIRT IN THEIR
PAST OR -- >> ALL THE VULNERABILITIES THAT
I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, JARED'S ROLE IN THE FIRING OF
JAMES COMEY IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE THINGS BEING LOOKED AT BY
CONGRESS, WHO NOW HAVE SUBPOENA POWER. IT WAS MUCH GREATER THAN HAS
BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. JARED NORMALLY TRIES TO TAKE THE
PRESIDENT ASIDE WHEN NO ONE ELSE CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. HE ACTUALLY HAD A STANDUP FIGHT
IN FRONT WITH STEVE BANNON IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE AND IN
FRONT OF THE PRESIDENT ABOUT JAMES COMEY, AND IT WAS HE WHO
WAS PUSHING THE JAMES COMEY TO BE FIRED. HE MADE THREE POINTS. HE SAID THE F.B.I. HATES JAMES
COMEY, THE DEMOCRATS HATE JAMES COMEY AND THE TRUMP BASE WOULD
LOVE IT IF WE FIRED HIM. WHY DID HE DO ALL OF THIS? BECAUSE THE PRESS HAD JUST GOT
WIND TO HAVE THE FACT THAT JARED HAD NOT MENTIONED ANY OF HIS
MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN DIGNITARIES ON HIS SECURITY
FORMS, AND COMEY WAS IN CHARGE OF THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. >> Stephen: YOU ARE SAYING TO
PROTECT HIMSELF, NOT THE PRESIDENT. >> EXACTLY, THAT IS THE
APPEARANCE. >> Stephen: IS THERE ANYBODY
LEFT TO CHECK THE INFLUENCE OF JARED AND IVANKA BECAUSE
BANNON'S GONE, KELLY'S GONE. >> BIG BODY COUNT. >> Stephen: BLOOD IN THE
GUTTERS. WHO IS THERE TO SAY NO TO THESE
PEOPLE? >> SO HERE'S AN INTERESTING
SUGGESTION -- MELANIA TRUMP, FRIEND OF THIS SHOW, IS --
>> Stephen: SHE'S HERE OFTEN. SHE'S HERE OFTEN. ( LAUGHTER )
>> -- SHE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN MY BOOK WHO HAS EVER
SUCCESSFULLY STOOD UP TO IVANKA TRUMP AND WON. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A SCENE, IT'S
THE TRANSITION, IVANKA TRUMP HAS TOLD THE WORLD THAT SHE'S NOT
GOING TO BE JOINING WHITE HOUSE. THAT IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE'S MAKING
ALL THE PLANS. SHE'S ACTUALLY HAVING A TRUMP
FAMILY OFFICE DRAWN UP FOR THE EAST WING, WHICH IS NORMALLY THE
TERRITORY OF THE FIRST LADY. WHEN MELANIA TRUMP HEARD ABOUT
THIS, SHE PUT A VERY QUICK END TO IVANKA'S PLANS. >> Stephen: SO ALL OUR HOPE
RESTS ON MELANIA TRUMP. ( LAUGHTER )
THANK YOU FOR THIS HOPEFUL, HOPEFUL DISCUSSION. ( LAUGHTER )
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE BOOK IS "KUSHNER, INC.." IT'S AVAILABLE TOMORROW. VICKY WARD, EVERYBODY.
