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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:18,687 --> 00:01:20,269 The guy from The Apprentice 2 00:01:20,369 --> 00:01:23,673 is now president, so that's... cool. 3 00:01:27,897 --> 00:01:29,839 Maybe Ivanka will tell him what to do. 4 00:01:29,939 --> 00:01:32,522 Everybody says she cares about the environment. 5 00:01:35,946 --> 00:01:37,728 He said, "Grab 'em by the pussy." 6 00:01:39,990 --> 00:01:41,652 "You can grab 'em by the pussy"? 7 00:01:45,756 --> 00:01:47,738 When you look around right now, 8 00:01:47,838 --> 00:01:49,256 the Clinton chapter of the Democratic Party is over. 9 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,661 We're gonna be okay. 10 00:01:50,761 --> 00:01:53,424 America will figure this out. 11 00:01:53,524 --> 00:01:55,426 I can't go to school today, Daddy. 12 00:01:55,526 --> 00:01:57,529 They're gonna kill me. 13 00:02:08,620 --> 00:02:10,202 Are you okay? 14 00:02:10,302 --> 00:02:12,304 I'm fine, sir. 15 00:02:22,035 --> 00:02:24,698 These were so funny a month ago. 16 00:02:24,798 --> 00:02:26,900 We should be looking at likely scenarios now. 17 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,182 Hate crimes spiking. White nationalism. 18 00:02:29,282 --> 00:02:30,620 Maybe he surrounds himself 19 00:02:30,644 --> 00:02:33,347 with people who keep him in check. 20 00:02:33,447 --> 00:02:36,110 I mean, they won't just let him govern by tweeting. 21 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:37,711 I just... 22 00:02:37,811 --> 00:02:40,755 I keep thinking that we were causal in some of this. 23 00:02:40,855 --> 00:02:42,837 It was razor-thin in some states. 24 00:02:42,937 --> 00:02:45,199 You know what was causal? She ran a horrible campaign. 25 00:02:45,299 --> 00:02:46,801 What if none of that mattered? 26 00:02:46,901 --> 00:02:48,083 What if we didn't matter? 27 00:02:48,183 --> 00:02:49,924 What if the Russians just handpicked 28 00:02:50,024 --> 00:02:52,587 our next president, and we just fuckin' missed it? 29 00:02:56,191 --> 00:02:57,191 Good morning. 30 00:02:57,272 --> 00:02:58,894 Morning. 31 00:02:58,994 --> 00:03:01,397 I'm the guy who got Donald Trump elected. 32 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:05,439 We're still responsible for monitoring the Russian threat 33 00:03:05,521 --> 00:03:07,423 and it just got a whole lot worse. 34 00:03:07,523 --> 00:03:09,425 We need to get a better understanding 35 00:03:09,525 --> 00:03:11,868 of what that means today. 36 00:03:11,968 --> 00:03:14,250 Now, what's in the PDB? 37 00:03:17,814 --> 00:03:18,995 - Morning. - Morning. 38 00:03:19,095 --> 00:03:21,798 Yeah, I saw the fucking memo. 39 00:03:21,898 --> 00:03:23,480 The fuck are you yelling at me for? 40 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:25,122 I'm not Jim Comey's boss. 41 00:03:25,222 --> 00:03:27,585 That guy couldn't pick me out of a fucking... 42 00:03:31,549 --> 00:03:33,451 All the formers are up my ass. 43 00:03:33,551 --> 00:03:35,529 - Everyone inside? - They think it's our fault. 44 00:03:35,553 --> 00:03:37,491 The formers can think whatever they want. 45 00:03:37,515 --> 00:03:39,115 - They aren't here. - Yeah, but you were. 46 00:03:39,157 --> 00:03:41,299 And what you let that fucking guy do is disgusting. 47 00:03:41,399 --> 00:03:43,341 Could be the end of the goddamn republic! 48 00:03:43,441 --> 00:03:45,704 Morning. I saw she was leading in Florida, 49 00:03:45,804 --> 00:03:48,707 so I curled up with a romance novel and went to bed. 50 00:03:48,807 --> 00:03:51,830 How much did she win by? 51 00:03:51,930 --> 00:03:54,473 Today is a day to remember that this is a... 52 00:03:54,573 --> 00:03:57,557 politically agnostic institution. 53 00:03:57,657 --> 00:04:00,199 In that spirit, we're gonna welcome 54 00:04:00,299 --> 00:04:02,282 every lawyer sent here by the new administration, 55 00:04:02,382 --> 00:04:04,524 and we're gonna do everything in our power 56 00:04:04,624 --> 00:04:06,927 to ensure their success in serving and protecting 57 00:04:07,027 --> 00:04:09,730 the American people, right? 58 00:04:09,830 --> 00:04:13,694 Meanwhile, we have until January the 20th 59 00:04:13,794 --> 00:04:16,216 to complete the projects that are essential to us 60 00:04:16,316 --> 00:04:18,459 before our tenures here are finished. 61 00:04:18,559 --> 00:04:22,123 What things do we most need to get across the finish line? 62 00:04:46,188 --> 00:04:47,730 Okay. 63 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,333 We've been attacked on my watch. 64 00:04:50,433 --> 00:04:53,156 I have to get my arms around that. 65 00:04:54,637 --> 00:04:56,780 I want a complete I.C. assessment 66 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,943 sources, methods. 67 00:05:00,043 --> 00:05:03,186 I have to protect this country for the rest of my term 68 00:05:03,286 --> 00:05:05,509 and... prepare the incoming president 69 00:05:05,609 --> 00:05:07,511 for the threat he's about to face. 70 00:05:07,611 --> 00:05:11,395 Mr. President, what if he is a part of that threat? 71 00:05:11,495 --> 00:05:14,078 Then I really need to get my arms around it. 72 00:05:14,178 --> 00:05:16,681 What are the questions I need to be asking? 73 00:05:16,781 --> 00:05:21,126 Well... how deeply did they penetrate our democracy? 74 00:05:21,226 --> 00:05:23,248 Who in Russia directed the effort? 75 00:05:23,348 --> 00:05:25,570 Did any Americans conspire to help, 76 00:05:25,670 --> 00:05:29,334 and if so, how were they coerced or enticed into doing so? 77 00:05:29,434 --> 00:05:31,817 I want it largely unclassified. 78 00:05:31,917 --> 00:05:33,779 I want it done before I leave office. 79 00:05:33,879 --> 00:05:36,462 John. What's your gut on this? 80 00:05:36,562 --> 00:05:39,705 Mr. President, I don't know enough yet to be sure. 81 00:05:39,805 --> 00:05:41,828 I'm troubled by President-elect Trump's 82 00:05:41,928 --> 00:05:43,830 consistent unwillingness to criticize Putin, 83 00:05:43,930 --> 00:05:45,351 even in private. 84 00:05:45,451 --> 00:05:47,674 That indicates to me some sort of relationship, 85 00:05:47,774 --> 00:05:49,316 some sort of... 86 00:05:49,416 --> 00:05:51,998 coercive pressure being applied. I'm... 87 00:05:52,098 --> 00:05:55,002 trying to limit myself to facts here, but... 88 00:05:55,102 --> 00:05:56,764 I think it's fair to start asking 89 00:05:56,864 --> 00:05:58,646 why Putin would want Donald Trump elected. 90 00:05:58,746 --> 00:06:01,208 I have to believe it's more than just a personal animus 91 00:06:01,308 --> 00:06:02,890 towards Secretary Clinton. 92 00:06:02,990 --> 00:06:05,613 And what does Putin stand to gain by having a friend 93 00:06:05,713 --> 00:06:07,615 - in this office instead of me? - Oh, sir, 94 00:06:07,715 --> 00:06:10,298 at the very least, end to the financial sanctions 95 00:06:10,398 --> 00:06:13,702 you imposed on them for invasion of Crimea. 96 00:06:13,802 --> 00:06:16,865 A weakening of our most critical Western alliances. 97 00:06:16,965 --> 00:06:18,787 They're probably hoping to collapse NATO. 98 00:06:18,887 --> 00:06:20,429 An end to the Iran nuclear deal. 99 00:06:20,529 --> 00:06:22,387 And we'll start to allow drilling for oil 100 00:06:22,411 --> 00:06:23,993 - in the Arctic. - Pathway 101 00:06:24,093 --> 00:06:25,995 for Turkish incursion against the Kurds. 102 00:06:26,095 --> 00:06:27,837 Trade war with China. 103 00:06:27,937 --> 00:06:29,599 And most importantly... 104 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:31,701 discord. 105 00:06:32,542 --> 00:06:34,924 The U.S. government consumed by hyper-partisanship... 106 00:06:35,024 --> 00:06:36,686 War with itself. 107 00:06:36,786 --> 00:06:40,370 Republicans and Democrats no longer able to govern together. 108 00:06:40,470 --> 00:06:42,672 That was the goal all along. 109 00:06:44,274 --> 00:06:46,617 Until we know better, 110 00:06:46,717 --> 00:06:48,779 we would ask that you give careful thought 111 00:06:48,879 --> 00:06:50,661 to what intel you're going to share 112 00:06:50,761 --> 00:06:53,384 with the incoming administration... 113 00:06:53,484 --> 00:06:56,147 about anything Russia-related. 114 00:06:56,247 --> 00:06:59,470 All I've told him so far is, uh... 115 00:06:59,570 --> 00:07:01,913 "Keep your eyes on North Korea," and... 116 00:07:02,013 --> 00:07:03,314 "Don't hire Michael Flynn." 117 00:07:03,414 --> 00:07:07,519 Obviously, uh, I'll be imposing new sanctions 118 00:07:07,619 --> 00:07:09,521 on Putin for this. 119 00:07:11,383 --> 00:07:13,545 Okay, fellas, thank you. 120 00:07:15,908 --> 00:07:17,930 Jim, can you stay for a minute? 121 00:07:18,030 --> 00:07:19,372 Of course, Mr. President. 122 00:07:19,472 --> 00:07:21,754 Thank you, Pete. 123 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:27,781 How's your family? 124 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,883 Fine, sir, thank you. Yours? 125 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:32,886 Shaken. 126 00:07:35,689 --> 00:07:38,072 I have hated this whole year. 127 00:07:38,172 --> 00:07:39,753 The last thing we wanted 128 00:07:39,853 --> 00:07:42,276 was to influence the election in any way. 129 00:07:42,376 --> 00:07:44,959 - I know that. - I'm trying not to prejudge. 130 00:07:45,059 --> 00:07:47,722 I'm trying to be hopeful about the next four years, but... 131 00:07:47,822 --> 00:07:49,924 That's good, because for the next four years, 132 00:07:50,024 --> 00:07:52,407 the Bureau is likely to matter a lot. 133 00:07:52,507 --> 00:07:54,729 Well, um, you'll have to keep it... 134 00:07:54,829 --> 00:07:56,371 pointed in the right direction, 135 00:07:56,471 --> 00:07:58,473 and I'm confident you can do that. 136 00:07:59,514 --> 00:08:00,856 Thank you, sir. 137 00:08:00,956 --> 00:08:02,618 Only Jim Comey 138 00:08:02,718 --> 00:08:05,741 could violate department norms, throw an election, 139 00:08:05,841 --> 00:08:09,525 and still get an "attaboy" from the outgoing president. 140 00:08:25,702 --> 00:08:27,404 Did you see this? 141 00:08:27,504 --> 00:08:28,966 Yes. I saw it. 142 00:08:29,066 --> 00:08:30,768 I-I'm as upset as you are. 143 00:08:30,868 --> 00:08:32,289 I doubt that. 144 00:08:32,389 --> 00:08:35,012 Sanctions strangle my country, 145 00:08:35,112 --> 00:08:37,134 - not yours. - I understand, Mr. Ambassador. 146 00:08:37,234 --> 00:08:40,538 Expelling 35 diplomats, closing two of our properties, 147 00:08:40,638 --> 00:08:42,140 financial hardship. 148 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,823 Mr. Putin, my president, 149 00:08:44,923 --> 00:08:48,226 views these as unwarranted attacks on his people, 150 00:08:48,326 --> 00:08:49,988 and a personal insult. 151 00:08:50,088 --> 00:08:51,630 I understand. 152 00:08:51,730 --> 00:08:55,194 But, please, tell him not to react. 153 00:08:55,294 --> 00:08:56,435 All right? 154 00:08:56,535 --> 00:08:57,837 The president-elect and I 155 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:00,199 do not support the Obama sanctions. 156 00:09:00,299 --> 00:09:02,041 Just let us get in there. 157 00:09:02,141 --> 00:09:04,043 We'll fix this. 158 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:07,527 In tab five you'll find our conclusion, 159 00:09:07,627 --> 00:09:09,088 which is this: 160 00:09:09,188 --> 00:09:11,131 the Russian effort succeeded. 161 00:09:11,231 --> 00:09:13,854 They achieved their aim, the election of Donald Trump, 162 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:16,977 at minimal cost, without damage to their own interests. 163 00:09:17,077 --> 00:09:19,540 And at this point, they have no real incentive to stop. 164 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:21,302 Meaning we can expect more 165 00:09:21,402 --> 00:09:24,265 - of this kind of espionage. - This was not espionage. 166 00:09:24,365 --> 00:09:26,347 Espionage connotes, at least to us, 167 00:09:26,447 --> 00:09:28,309 a passive collection of intel. 168 00:09:28,409 --> 00:09:29,670 This was an attack. 169 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:32,193 And it will be replicated 170 00:09:32,293 --> 00:09:34,453 unless aggressive measures are taken by this government 171 00:09:34,495 --> 00:09:36,498 to stop it. 172 00:09:37,178 --> 00:09:39,080 Did they hack only Democrats? 173 00:09:39,180 --> 00:09:41,483 No, sir, they hacked both parties successfully. 174 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:44,586 But they only weaponized the info from the DNC. 175 00:09:45,667 --> 00:09:47,169 What else? 176 00:09:47,269 --> 00:09:51,293 Uh, sir, there is more material in that report. 177 00:09:51,393 --> 00:09:52,935 A dossier. 178 00:09:53,035 --> 00:09:55,418 The I.C. did not commission this material, 179 00:09:55,518 --> 00:09:57,981 and it's not integrated into our analysis. 180 00:09:58,081 --> 00:10:00,063 But it comes from a credible source, 181 00:10:00,163 --> 00:10:02,145 and we thought we should brief you on it. 182 00:10:02,245 --> 00:10:05,429 The dossier alleges a long history of financial ties 183 00:10:05,529 --> 00:10:07,591 between Donald Trump and Russia. 184 00:10:07,691 --> 00:10:10,954 Loans from Putin-run banks and Russian oligarchs. 185 00:10:11,054 --> 00:10:15,199 Of particular concern is a long-proposed Trump Tower 186 00:10:15,299 --> 00:10:16,560 in Moscow. 187 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:19,684 We know that on October the 13th, 2015, 188 00:10:19,784 --> 00:10:21,926 Donald Trump signed a letter of intent 189 00:10:22,026 --> 00:10:25,450 with a Russian billionaire and close Putin ally, Andrey Rozov, 190 00:10:25,550 --> 00:10:27,252 to build the tower, 191 00:10:27,352 --> 00:10:29,414 money guaranteed by VTB. 192 00:10:29,514 --> 00:10:31,576 He said a hundred times 193 00:10:31,676 --> 00:10:33,494 on the campaign trail he had no deals with Russia. 194 00:10:33,518 --> 00:10:35,941 He said a lot of things. 195 00:10:36,041 --> 00:10:39,625 There are other points of coercion as well. 196 00:10:39,725 --> 00:10:42,188 The dossier also alleges that in 2013... 197 00:11:03,030 --> 00:11:04,812 And your confidence in this intel? 198 00:11:04,912 --> 00:11:08,516 Nothing in the dossier has been disproven to date. 199 00:11:11,599 --> 00:11:13,982 Okay. 200 00:11:14,082 --> 00:11:15,944 So what's the plan? 201 00:11:16,044 --> 00:11:18,907 We feel a duty to warn the president-elect on all of this. 202 00:11:19,007 --> 00:11:20,709 Even if the allegations are false, 203 00:11:20,809 --> 00:11:22,791 they could be used as leverage over him 204 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,593 by Putin or his cohorts. 205 00:11:24,693 --> 00:11:26,715 And, of course, any public disclosure of them 206 00:11:26,815 --> 00:11:29,198 could be highly impactful to his presidency. 207 00:11:29,298 --> 00:11:31,200 Briefing him tomorrow in New York. 208 00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:32,762 Jim is going to go over 209 00:11:32,862 --> 00:11:34,403 the more salacious material 210 00:11:34,503 --> 00:11:38,207 with Mr. Trump privately to spare the president-elect 211 00:11:38,307 --> 00:11:39,849 any undue embarrassment. 212 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:41,811 We drew straws. 213 00:11:41,911 --> 00:11:43,413 I lost. 214 00:11:43,513 --> 00:11:45,515 Jim. 215 00:11:47,037 --> 00:11:50,420 Before you go... 216 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,000 When you sit down with Trump tomorrow, 217 00:11:52,082 --> 00:11:54,465 it is vital that you be very careful 218 00:11:54,565 --> 00:11:56,507 how you present this information to him. 219 00:11:56,607 --> 00:11:59,630 I mean very careful. 220 00:11:59,730 --> 00:12:01,833 - You ever met him? - No. 221 00:12:01,933 --> 00:12:03,675 What's your read on him? 222 00:12:03,775 --> 00:12:06,518 Well, the thing about Trump is, he can take a beating, 223 00:12:06,618 --> 00:12:08,319 but he can't actually take a punch. 224 00:12:08,419 --> 00:12:09,957 Meaning if half the country hates him, he doesn't 225 00:12:09,981 --> 00:12:13,965 really give a damn, but if one person insults him, 226 00:12:14,065 --> 00:12:15,968 he never gets past it. 227 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:18,388 Now, you walk in there and tell him what's in that dossier, 228 00:12:18,430 --> 00:12:20,733 he might think you're trying to leverage him in some way. 229 00:12:20,833 --> 00:12:24,296 He has to be briefed, Jeh. 230 00:12:24,396 --> 00:12:27,620 Just carefully, Jim. 231 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,144 He has three impulses that drive his decision-making: 232 00:12:31,244 --> 00:12:34,988 spite, spite and spite. 233 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:37,631 You have to be encouraging. 234 00:12:37,731 --> 00:12:42,135 It's like giving a kid a lollipop before a flu shot. 235 00:12:43,217 --> 00:12:45,239 Yeah. 236 00:12:50,424 --> 00:12:52,787 - Thanks, Jeh. - Yeah. 237 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:29,145 Let's remember, we're here simply to lay out the facts. 238 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:58,377 Good morning. 239 00:14:01,220 --> 00:14:04,323 Mr. President-elect. Jim Clapper. 240 00:14:04,423 --> 00:14:06,686 I know who you are. Saw your testimony yesterday. 241 00:14:06,786 --> 00:14:08,127 You look good on TV. 242 00:14:08,227 --> 00:14:11,691 No, sir. I have a face made for radio. 243 00:14:11,791 --> 00:14:16,376 Please meet Mike Rogers, John Brennan... 244 00:14:16,476 --> 00:14:17,653 Mr. President-elect. 245 00:14:17,677 --> 00:14:19,299 ...and James Comey. 246 00:14:19,399 --> 00:14:21,401 Mr. President-elect. 247 00:14:25,766 --> 00:14:29,870 The Russians' initial objectives were to make Americans doubt 248 00:14:29,970 --> 00:14:32,873 the validity of our electoral process, 249 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:35,877 and weaken what they saw as the likely presidency 250 00:14:35,977 --> 00:14:37,799 of Secretary Clinton. 251 00:14:37,899 --> 00:14:41,002 In July, once you'd become the nominee, 252 00:14:41,102 --> 00:14:42,804 the Russian objective changed. 253 00:14:42,904 --> 00:14:45,046 At that point, their focus became 254 00:14:45,146 --> 00:14:48,450 helping you become president. 255 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:51,213 A part of the effort was a social media campaign 256 00:14:51,313 --> 00:14:54,897 using fake Facebook accounts, fake YouTube videos, 257 00:14:54,997 --> 00:14:56,495 false identities on Instagram and Twitter, 258 00:14:56,519 --> 00:14:58,701 all of it tightly coordinated 259 00:14:58,801 --> 00:15:01,464 to duplicate propaganda coming from Russia Today 260 00:15:01,564 --> 00:15:03,226 and Sputnik Radio. 261 00:15:03,326 --> 00:15:05,028 There was also an attempt by the Russians 262 00:15:05,128 --> 00:15:07,310 to attack the voting process itself. 263 00:15:07,410 --> 00:15:09,953 Voter rolls in 21 states were targeted. 264 00:15:10,053 --> 00:15:11,471 Do we have any evidence that their efforts 265 00:15:11,495 --> 00:15:13,317 met with any success? 266 00:15:13,417 --> 00:15:15,879 - No, sir, we don't. - Oh. 267 00:15:15,979 --> 00:15:17,321 Oh, so, then, 268 00:15:17,421 --> 00:15:21,165 there's no actual impact from the meddling. 269 00:15:21,265 --> 00:15:24,408 I think we should be very careful with that word. 270 00:15:24,508 --> 00:15:27,472 Meddling is what my mother-in-law did. 271 00:15:30,675 --> 00:15:33,578 We can also say with a high degree of confidence 272 00:15:33,678 --> 00:15:36,221 that this was not a fishing expedition 273 00:15:36,321 --> 00:15:40,425 conducted by low or even mid-level GRU agents. 274 00:15:40,525 --> 00:15:43,028 This was a Putin-directed effort. 275 00:15:43,128 --> 00:15:45,711 And that can be substantiated by human intelligence, 276 00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:48,854 signal intelligence and cyber forensics. 277 00:15:50,937 --> 00:15:54,320 How dumb were the Democrats not to protect their cyber? 278 00:15:54,420 --> 00:16:00,287 The RNC was a lot smarter than that, a lot tougher. 279 00:16:00,387 --> 00:16:02,889 And you said there was no impact on the results, right? 280 00:16:02,989 --> 00:16:07,214 Sir, we are not given the charter, the authority 281 00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:08,856 or the resources to make a call 282 00:16:08,956 --> 00:16:13,220 on how much the Russians impacted our electoral process. 283 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,343 We were simply tasked with assessing 284 00:16:15,443 --> 00:16:17,505 their methods and objectives, 285 00:16:17,605 --> 00:16:22,110 namely, your election... 286 00:16:22,210 --> 00:16:25,634 A result that is now viewed in Moscow as a success. 287 00:16:25,734 --> 00:16:27,736 Here, too. 288 00:16:28,737 --> 00:16:30,679 We should get ahead of this. 289 00:16:30,779 --> 00:16:32,721 There's information in the unclassified version 290 00:16:32,821 --> 00:16:34,123 that should come from us 291 00:16:34,223 --> 00:16:37,126 as opposed to the unfriendly news outlets. 292 00:16:37,226 --> 00:16:40,449 So, we should start drafting a statement for the press. 293 00:16:40,549 --> 00:16:43,132 "The chiefs of the intel community 294 00:16:43,232 --> 00:16:47,457 have found no evidence that Russian meddling 295 00:16:47,557 --> 00:16:49,959 affected the outcome of the election." 296 00:16:51,681 --> 00:16:53,664 Mr. President-elect, 297 00:16:53,764 --> 00:16:57,147 there is additional material in this assessment, 298 00:16:57,247 --> 00:16:59,870 sensitive material. 299 00:16:59,970 --> 00:17:02,032 We thought that Director Comey 300 00:17:02,132 --> 00:17:04,155 should review it with you more privately. 301 00:17:04,255 --> 00:17:06,157 How private? 302 00:17:06,257 --> 00:17:08,119 Uh, I thought the two of us would be best. 303 00:17:08,219 --> 00:17:10,521 - Can I join? - Entirely up to you, of course. 304 00:17:10,621 --> 00:17:11,941 I just didn't think it was fitting 305 00:17:12,023 --> 00:17:13,365 in front of a larger group. 306 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,568 Just the two of us. Thanks, everybody. 307 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:18,170 Thank you, sir. 308 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:35,388 You've had one hell of a year. 309 00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:38,952 I suppose I have, sir. 310 00:17:39,052 --> 00:17:42,876 I thought you handled the e-mail thing honorably. 311 00:17:42,976 --> 00:17:45,038 First you saved her, but you were tough on her 312 00:17:45,138 --> 00:17:49,683 and they hated you for that, but what choice did you have? 313 00:17:49,783 --> 00:17:51,525 And I've asked. 314 00:17:51,625 --> 00:17:53,968 You've got a great reputation at the Bureau. 315 00:17:54,068 --> 00:17:56,130 People there really like you. 316 00:17:56,230 --> 00:17:58,372 I hope you'll stay on. 317 00:17:58,472 --> 00:18:01,976 - I intend to, sir. - Good. 318 00:18:02,076 --> 00:18:05,981 Did anyone happen to notice what they didn't ask? 319 00:18:06,081 --> 00:18:08,884 "How do we keep the Russians from doing this again?" 320 00:18:10,926 --> 00:18:12,668 Maybe they know. 321 00:18:12,768 --> 00:18:15,230 Mr. President-elect, as Director Clapper mentioned, 322 00:18:15,330 --> 00:18:18,394 there is additional sensitive material in the assessment. 323 00:18:18,494 --> 00:18:20,596 A few caveats. Uh, this... thank you... 324 00:18:20,696 --> 00:18:23,599 This material was collected by a private intelligence firm 325 00:18:23,699 --> 00:18:25,802 on behalf of private clients. 326 00:18:25,902 --> 00:18:28,485 We have not independently corroborated it. 327 00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:30,687 But its source is a person known to the Bureau 328 00:18:30,787 --> 00:18:33,770 as a reliable former employee of a friendly intelligence service 329 00:18:33,870 --> 00:18:37,374 who collects information from a layered network of sub-sources. 330 00:18:37,474 --> 00:18:39,176 Okay. 331 00:18:39,276 --> 00:18:41,739 On behalf of his clients, 332 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:45,062 he compiled a dossier of 17 separate reports 333 00:18:45,162 --> 00:18:47,265 on you and your past dealings with Russia. 334 00:18:47,365 --> 00:18:51,910 One of those reports asserts that in 2013, 335 00:18:52,010 --> 00:18:55,313 you spent a night with Russian prostitutes 336 00:18:55,413 --> 00:18:58,156 in a Moscow hotel room, which was secretly videotaped... 337 00:18:58,256 --> 00:19:01,920 There were no prostitutes. There were never prostitutes. 338 00:19:04,383 --> 00:19:07,126 You'd have to be an idiot to believe something like that. 339 00:19:07,226 --> 00:19:10,329 I am not saying that the FBI believes these accusations. 340 00:19:10,429 --> 00:19:12,167 We simply have a duty to make you aware of them. 341 00:19:12,191 --> 00:19:13,693 Do I look like I need to go there? 342 00:19:13,793 --> 00:19:15,495 Like I need to go to prostitutes? 343 00:19:15,595 --> 00:19:17,497 Again, the Bureau has not passed judgment 344 00:19:17,597 --> 00:19:19,339 on the truth of the allegations. 345 00:19:19,439 --> 00:19:22,342 Our endeavor is to protect you. 346 00:19:22,442 --> 00:19:25,265 The dossier is out there and will become public. 347 00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:29,269 At least two members of Congress have it, as does the press. 348 00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:31,632 - CNN has it. - CNN. Of course. 349 00:19:31,732 --> 00:19:33,314 The Clinton News Network. 350 00:19:33,414 --> 00:19:37,518 The dossier further states that you had the prostitutes 351 00:19:37,618 --> 00:19:39,320 urinate on a bed 352 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:41,683 that had been slept in by President Obama 353 00:19:41,783 --> 00:19:44,085 - and the first lady. - This is what happens 354 00:19:44,185 --> 00:19:46,528 when you're rich and famous. 355 00:19:46,628 --> 00:19:48,530 It just happens more to me because no one 356 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:50,011 has ever succeeded like I have. 357 00:19:50,111 --> 00:19:53,175 Women come forward saying I harassed them, 358 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,177 it's never true. 359 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:58,941 Lady sues me, says I touched her at Mar-a-Lago 360 00:19:59,041 --> 00:20:00,583 with her boyfriend in the room? 361 00:20:00,683 --> 00:20:02,104 But guess what? 362 00:20:02,204 --> 00:20:03,964 The whole thing was her boyfriend was unhappy 363 00:20:04,046 --> 00:20:05,948 with a business deal he and I were in. 364 00:20:06,048 --> 00:20:08,271 I give him what he wants and poof. 365 00:20:08,371 --> 00:20:11,034 She drops her suit. 366 00:20:11,134 --> 00:20:14,477 Summer Zervos says I harassed her on The Apprentice, 367 00:20:14,577 --> 00:20:16,800 kissing her openmouthed and touching her, 368 00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:20,204 and she was so upset and hurt by it. 369 00:20:20,304 --> 00:20:23,467 So why is she inviting me to dinner during the campaign? 370 00:20:24,468 --> 00:20:26,170 Wait. 371 00:20:26,270 --> 00:20:30,294 Another woman says I harassed her on a plane from London, 372 00:20:30,394 --> 00:20:33,498 except the people on the flight say it never happened. 373 00:20:33,598 --> 00:20:36,821 It's all these lies, it's disgraceful, 374 00:20:36,921 --> 00:20:39,824 and they never prove anything. 375 00:20:39,924 --> 00:20:43,789 My ex-wife once said I raped her 376 00:20:43,889 --> 00:20:46,191 in order to get a better settlement out of me. 377 00:20:46,291 --> 00:20:47,633 And then she retracted it. 378 00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:50,035 Can you imagine that? 379 00:20:50,135 --> 00:20:53,319 Accusing the father of her children like that? 380 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:56,322 It's sad. 381 00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:59,846 So now some guy steps forward, probably paid by Hillary... 382 00:20:59,946 --> 00:21:02,449 People laughed when I first called her Crooked Hillary, 383 00:21:02,549 --> 00:21:04,349 but it stuck 'cause everyone knew it was true; 384 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:05,812 a lot of people always thought it, 385 00:21:05,912 --> 00:21:08,095 but nobody ever said it till Trump did. 386 00:21:08,195 --> 00:21:11,859 And says the Russians... It's always the Russians lately, 387 00:21:11,959 --> 00:21:13,260 they're the new boogeyman... 388 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:15,182 The Russians say... 389 00:21:15,282 --> 00:21:18,065 I needed hookers? 390 00:21:18,165 --> 00:21:21,989 Now, I-I know some people in the Bureau have it in for me. 391 00:21:22,089 --> 00:21:26,154 I could see that, the way they gave Hillary a free pass. 392 00:21:26,254 --> 00:21:28,476 But I'm the president now. 393 00:21:28,576 --> 00:21:31,480 The FBI is not investigating you, sir. 394 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:33,722 We're always trying to assess what Russia is doing, 395 00:21:33,822 --> 00:21:35,824 and what they might do. 396 00:21:37,105 --> 00:21:39,008 Good. 397 00:21:42,111 --> 00:21:45,715 If I were Russia, I'd be worried about what Trump might do. 398 00:21:46,796 --> 00:21:48,738 Okay? 399 00:21:48,838 --> 00:21:52,362 My behavior has been unimpeachable. 400 00:22:00,170 --> 00:22:02,713 Do you want to cancel your visit, boss? 401 00:22:02,813 --> 00:22:05,115 - Hmm? - NYO. 402 00:22:05,215 --> 00:22:07,118 You want to cancel? 403 00:22:07,218 --> 00:22:09,520 Oh, no, Shaun, but thanks. 404 00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:11,522 That-That's fine. 405 00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:15,126 - How'd the recital go? - Sir? 406 00:22:15,226 --> 00:22:18,970 Your daughter had a recital last night, right? How'd it go? 407 00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:21,433 Fine. Thank you, sir. 408 00:22:24,636 --> 00:22:26,378 According to a statement released 409 00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:29,141 by the Trump transition team today, "The chiefs 410 00:22:29,241 --> 00:22:31,143 of the intel community confirmed this morning 411 00:22:31,243 --> 00:22:34,387 that Russian meddling had no impact whatsoever 412 00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:36,148 on the outcome of the election." 413 00:22:36,248 --> 00:22:38,751 The statement went on to say that while the servers 414 00:22:38,851 --> 00:22:40,873 at the Democratic National Committee 415 00:22:40,973 --> 00:22:43,516 had been penetrated by Russian hackers, 416 00:22:43,616 --> 00:22:46,079 the systems at the Republican National Committee 417 00:22:46,179 --> 00:22:48,321 have proven impregnable. 418 00:22:50,464 --> 00:22:53,207 Director Comey's office. 419 00:22:53,307 --> 00:22:55,309 Of course. Please hold. 420 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:59,413 Sir, the president-elect is on line one. 421 00:22:59,513 --> 00:23:01,375 Boss, BuzzFeed just released 422 00:23:01,475 --> 00:23:03,558 the Steele dossier. 423 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,222 Evening, sir. How are you? 424 00:23:07,322 --> 00:23:08,783 I'm very concerned about 425 00:23:08,883 --> 00:23:10,865 the leaking of this phony Russian dossier. 426 00:23:10,965 --> 00:23:12,623 I think it's a disgrace that it could happen, 427 00:23:12,647 --> 00:23:14,269 and I want to know how it did. 428 00:23:14,369 --> 00:23:16,391 Sir, it's not entirely accurate to call it a leak. 429 00:23:16,491 --> 00:23:19,274 This wasn't a government document, it wasn't classified. 430 00:23:19,374 --> 00:23:21,917 It was compiled by private parties and widely distributed 431 00:23:22,017 --> 00:23:24,039 before the FBI ever learned of its existence. 432 00:23:24,139 --> 00:23:25,881 So we really can't call it a leak. 433 00:23:25,981 --> 00:23:29,085 Whatever we call it, I think it's a disgrace. 434 00:23:29,185 --> 00:23:31,327 It shows a great lack of respect for the presidency, 435 00:23:31,427 --> 00:23:33,089 and I think it's a terrible thing. 436 00:23:33,189 --> 00:23:35,291 Maybe that's how Obama did things, 437 00:23:35,391 --> 00:23:39,296 but as soon as I take office, we're gonna run a tighter ship. 438 00:23:39,396 --> 00:23:42,379 - No leaks. - That would be ideal, sir. 439 00:23:42,479 --> 00:23:45,783 I saw you on TV today, on the Hill. 440 00:23:45,883 --> 00:23:48,065 I thought your answers were very sharp. 441 00:23:48,165 --> 00:23:49,947 That's not easy, it's not easy. 442 00:23:50,047 --> 00:23:53,030 People try to trip you up. I hope you're gonna stay on. 443 00:23:53,130 --> 00:23:55,032 That is very much my intention. 444 00:23:55,132 --> 00:23:58,436 Good. Well, good night, Jim. 445 00:23:58,536 --> 00:23:59,918 And the facts 446 00:24:00,018 --> 00:24:01,760 that are competing here are, 447 00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:06,044 what is the truth about what these Russians claim they have 448 00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:07,464 - on the president-elect? - Right. 449 00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,288 Is there anything there? 450 00:24:09,388 --> 00:24:13,012 And how much communication was there between the Trump campaign 451 00:24:13,112 --> 00:24:16,135 and Russia, and those are still unknown. 452 00:24:16,235 --> 00:24:17,296 You. 453 00:24:17,396 --> 00:24:18,694 Uh, on that intelligence report, 454 00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:21,060 the second part of their conclusion was that 455 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,658 Vladimir Putin ordered it because he was... 456 00:24:22,682 --> 00:24:25,505 Look, if Putin likes Donald Trump, 457 00:24:25,605 --> 00:24:28,268 I consider that an asset, not a liability, 458 00:24:28,368 --> 00:24:31,071 because we have a horrible relationship with Russia. 459 00:24:31,171 --> 00:24:33,554 Russia can help us fight ISIS, which, by the way, 460 00:24:33,654 --> 00:24:35,516 is, number one, tricky. 461 00:24:35,616 --> 00:24:38,319 I mean, if you look at it, this administration created ISIS 462 00:24:38,419 --> 00:24:40,237 by leaving at the wrong time. 463 00:24:40,261 --> 00:24:42,003 The void was created, ISIS was formed. 464 00:24:42,103 --> 00:24:45,006 So, if Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what, folks? 465 00:24:45,106 --> 00:24:48,009 That's called an asset, not a liability. 466 00:24:48,109 --> 00:24:51,252 Now, I don't know that I'm gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. 467 00:24:51,352 --> 00:24:53,815 I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't. 468 00:24:53,915 --> 00:24:56,618 And if I don't, do you honestly believe Hillary 469 00:24:56,718 --> 00:24:59,341 would be tougher on Putin than me? 470 00:24:59,441 --> 00:25:01,343 Give me a break. 471 00:25:01,443 --> 00:25:03,706 Russia will have far greater respect for our country 472 00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:07,269 when I'm leading it, and I believe and I hope... 473 00:25:07,369 --> 00:25:09,792 Maybe it won't happen, it's possible. 474 00:25:09,892 --> 00:25:12,875 But I won't be given a little reset button like Hillary. 475 00:25:12,975 --> 00:25:14,597 "Here, press this piece of plastic." 476 00:25:14,697 --> 00:25:16,880 Guy looks at her, he said, "What are you doing?" 477 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:18,481 There's no reset button. 478 00:25:18,581 --> 00:25:21,044 We're either going to go along or we're not. 479 00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:22,646 Yes. 480 00:25:22,746 --> 00:25:25,128 We really should go to Paris. 481 00:25:25,228 --> 00:25:27,331 - Amen. - No, I mean now. 482 00:25:29,353 --> 00:25:32,016 Do you mind if the girls and I go to the Women's March 483 00:25:32,116 --> 00:25:33,858 the day after the inauguration? 484 00:25:33,958 --> 00:25:36,461 Nope. Just don't get arrested. 485 00:25:36,561 --> 00:25:38,703 Well, I'll try my best. 486 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,709 Hey, Andy. 487 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:48,273 Boss, Michael Flynn had five phone conversations 488 00:25:48,373 --> 00:25:51,216 with Russian Ambassador Kislyak on December 29th. 489 00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:56,001 Say more. 490 00:25:56,101 --> 00:25:57,843 The conversations took place the day 491 00:25:57,943 --> 00:26:00,206 after POTUS announced the additional sanctions. 492 00:26:00,306 --> 00:26:03,569 We were on Kislyak for all of them. 493 00:26:03,669 --> 00:26:06,893 And, boss, they discussed those sanctions. 494 00:26:06,993 --> 00:26:09,576 Flynn promised to remove them upon taking office. 495 00:26:09,676 --> 00:26:11,418 - Anyone else know? - No. 496 00:26:11,518 --> 00:26:13,420 We have it in a box at the moment. 497 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,342 Keep it there. Thanks, Andy. 498 00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:17,104 I-I talked to General Flynn 499 00:26:17,204 --> 00:26:20,227 about, uh, that-that conversation, and actually, 500 00:26:20,327 --> 00:26:23,230 it was initiated when, uh, on-on Christmas Day. 501 00:26:23,330 --> 00:26:25,633 He had sent a text to the Russian ambassador 502 00:26:25,733 --> 00:26:28,716 to express, uh, not only Christmas wishes 503 00:26:28,816 --> 00:26:31,239 but, uh, sympathy for the loss of life 504 00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:33,882 in the airplane crash that took place. 505 00:26:33,982 --> 00:26:37,886 It was strictly coincidental that they had a conversation. 506 00:26:37,986 --> 00:26:40,168 They did not discuss anything having to do 507 00:26:40,268 --> 00:26:44,813 with, uh, the United States' decision to, uh, expel diplomats 508 00:26:44,913 --> 00:26:47,256 or-or, uh, i-impose a censure against Russia. 509 00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:48,974 So, did they ever have a conversation 510 00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:51,460 about sanctions ever on those days or any other day? 511 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,263 Those conversations that happened to occur 512 00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:57,827 around the time, uh, that the United States, uh, 513 00:26:57,927 --> 00:27:00,070 took-took action to expel diplomats, 514 00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:03,633 uh, had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. 515 00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:06,517 It's four siblings, each living in separate homes. 516 00:27:06,617 --> 00:27:08,519 So it's weekly home visits for each kid, 517 00:27:08,619 --> 00:27:10,841 weekly meetings with each set of parents, 518 00:27:10,941 --> 00:27:13,204 court reports, family partnership meetings, 519 00:27:13,304 --> 00:27:16,727 school visits and coordinating with their social workers. 520 00:27:16,827 --> 00:27:19,370 It's all tracking, but yes, 521 00:27:19,470 --> 00:27:22,714 another set of eyes on this one would be great. 522 00:27:25,116 --> 00:27:27,619 No, why would I watch the inauguration? 523 00:27:27,719 --> 00:27:31,063 I didn't even know it was on. 524 00:27:31,163 --> 00:27:34,867 So, courthouse at 2? 525 00:28:18,213 --> 00:28:20,535 - Thanks, Abby. - Thank you, ma'am. 526 00:28:22,377 --> 00:28:24,279 Morning, Sally. How are you? 527 00:28:24,379 --> 00:28:25,641 Another day. 528 00:28:25,741 --> 00:28:27,743 What's up? 529 00:28:30,226 --> 00:28:33,169 We intercepted five phone calls on December 29th 530 00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:35,371 between Sergey Kislyak and Michael Flynn 531 00:28:35,471 --> 00:28:37,614 in which sanction relief was discussed. 532 00:28:37,714 --> 00:28:41,298 The VP was just on television proclaiming that not to be true. 533 00:28:41,398 --> 00:28:43,400 It's true. 534 00:28:46,403 --> 00:28:48,025 The new administration 535 00:28:48,125 --> 00:28:50,147 needs to be alerted about this immediately. 536 00:28:50,247 --> 00:28:51,785 I don't think we can do that at this moment. 537 00:28:51,809 --> 00:28:53,631 - Why not? - Flynn is the subject 538 00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:55,513 of an open investigation by the Bureau. 539 00:28:55,613 --> 00:28:57,034 We need to interview him first. 540 00:28:57,134 --> 00:28:59,557 The Russians have kompromat on the incoming NSA. 541 00:28:59,657 --> 00:29:00,918 That constitutes 542 00:29:01,018 --> 00:29:02,921 a real threat to national security. 543 00:29:03,021 --> 00:29:04,562 We need to know what he knows, Sally. 544 00:29:04,662 --> 00:29:06,664 We also need to alert the... 545 00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:19,838 He reminds me of Sammy the Bull. 546 00:29:22,481 --> 00:29:24,483 I see that. 547 00:29:27,487 --> 00:29:30,630 The boss gets absolute power, absolute loyalty, 548 00:29:30,730 --> 00:29:33,373 and no one outside the inner circle counts. 549 00:29:35,575 --> 00:29:39,059 "My soul should burn if I ever betray Cosa Nostra." 550 00:29:42,663 --> 00:29:44,665 Let me think about it. 551 00:29:51,512 --> 00:29:53,014 We were so close. 552 00:29:53,114 --> 00:29:55,537 A woman president got so close. 553 00:29:55,637 --> 00:29:56,738 I know, baby. I know. 554 00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:59,020 Fucking James Comey. 555 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,902 Ah. 556 00:30:01,002 --> 00:30:02,464 No. 557 00:30:02,564 --> 00:30:05,547 Today is not about that. 558 00:30:05,647 --> 00:30:07,625 The people united will never be defeated! 559 00:30:09,652 --> 00:30:11,273 ...will never be defeated! 560 00:30:11,373 --> 00:30:14,757 The people united will never be defeated! 561 00:30:14,857 --> 00:30:16,439 The people united 562 00:30:16,539 --> 00:30:18,161 will never be defeated! 563 00:30:18,261 --> 00:30:19,843 The people united 564 00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,524 will never be defeated! 565 00:30:21,624 --> 00:30:25,288 The people united will never be defeated! 566 00:30:25,388 --> 00:30:26,610 The people united 567 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:28,332 will never be defeated! 568 00:30:28,432 --> 00:30:30,013 I do think this raises real questions. 569 00:30:30,113 --> 00:30:32,977 The Logan Act, Erin, has been rarely invoked in our history. 570 00:30:33,077 --> 00:30:34,975 - Yeah. - But it lays down a clear line 571 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:37,181 that we only have one president at a time 572 00:30:37,281 --> 00:30:39,383 and that American leaders, American citizens, 573 00:30:39,483 --> 00:30:41,866 shouldn't be engaging in their own foreign policy. 574 00:30:41,966 --> 00:30:44,709 Uh, after January 20th, once Trump becomes president, 575 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:47,152 General Flynn's free to have any contacts he chooses 576 00:30:47,252 --> 00:30:49,092 with foreign governments and their ambassadors. 577 00:30:49,134 --> 00:30:52,357 Uh, but it seems very suspicious that three weeks in advance, 578 00:30:52,457 --> 00:30:55,440 uh, he needed to have a call in order to schedule a call 579 00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:57,803 that wouldn't happen for weeks hence. 580 00:31:06,032 --> 00:31:08,334 Thank you all for coming. 581 00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:12,659 We're gonna have a great eight years together. 582 00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:15,181 This is a good room for me because... 583 00:31:15,281 --> 00:31:17,264 law enforcement people all love Trump. 584 00:31:17,364 --> 00:31:18,945 Military people, too. 585 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,188 Probably everyone in this room voted for me. 586 00:31:21,288 --> 00:31:23,951 I won't ask you to raise your hands if you did, 587 00:31:24,051 --> 00:31:27,354 but I guarantee a big portion did. 588 00:31:27,454 --> 00:31:28,916 Because guess what? 589 00:31:29,016 --> 00:31:31,359 We're all on the same wavelength, folks. 590 00:31:31,459 --> 00:31:35,843 So, I want to thank you all for the fantastic job you did 591 00:31:35,943 --> 00:31:37,966 keeping our inaugural events safe. 592 00:31:38,066 --> 00:31:40,088 I know it wasn't easy with all those people. 593 00:31:40,188 --> 00:31:42,451 Biggest inaugural ever, and you know better than anybody 594 00:31:42,551 --> 00:31:45,013 how that's been distorted by the dishonest media. 595 00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:47,376 Fake news. 596 00:31:47,476 --> 00:31:49,538 But you did your jobs. 597 00:31:49,638 --> 00:31:50,900 And... 598 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,102 James! 599 00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:55,264 Jim Comey. 600 00:31:55,364 --> 00:31:57,266 FBI director. 601 00:32:01,371 --> 00:32:03,473 Let's take some pictures, say hello to each other. 602 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:06,096 Okay? Where's a good spot? Right here. 603 00:32:14,505 --> 00:32:16,507 He's more famous than me. 604 00:32:26,117 --> 00:32:28,780 That's your father's "oh, shit" face. 605 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,882 I know. 606 00:32:40,372 --> 00:32:41,790 Really looking forward to working with you. 607 00:32:41,814 --> 00:32:43,816 Let's take a picture. 608 00:32:45,377 --> 00:32:47,159 Joe. Joe Clancy, Secret Service. 609 00:32:47,259 --> 00:32:49,682 Get up here. Look at... He's the man. 610 00:32:49,782 --> 00:32:51,965 Get over here. 611 00:32:52,065 --> 00:32:53,767 There's been one call. 612 00:32:53,867 --> 00:32:57,330 I talked to, uh, General Flynn about this again last night. 613 00:32:57,430 --> 00:33:00,013 One call. Talked about four subjects. 614 00:33:00,113 --> 00:33:03,297 One was the, uh, loss of life 615 00:33:03,397 --> 00:33:05,855 that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. 616 00:33:05,879 --> 00:33:08,742 Two was Christmas and holiday greetings. 617 00:33:08,842 --> 00:33:10,985 Um, three was to facilit... 618 00:33:11,085 --> 00:33:13,828 or to talk about a conference in Syria on ISIS. 619 00:33:13,928 --> 00:33:15,670 And four was to set up a... 620 00:33:15,770 --> 00:33:17,912 to talk about, after the inauguration, 621 00:33:18,012 --> 00:33:19,354 setting up a call 622 00:33:19,454 --> 00:33:21,756 between President Putin and President Trump. 623 00:33:21,856 --> 00:33:25,080 Um, that... I don't believe that that has been set up yet 624 00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:27,522 because the call was to say after... 625 00:33:27,622 --> 00:33:29,685 They did follow up... I'm sorry... two days ago 626 00:33:29,785 --> 00:33:32,608 about how to facilitate that call once again. 627 00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:34,810 So, there have been a total of two calls. 628 00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:37,693 - Morning. - Morning. 629 00:33:37,793 --> 00:33:40,376 - Thanks for your time, General. - Not at all. Not at all. 630 00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:42,178 I was just in the Oval. 631 00:33:42,278 --> 00:33:43,495 Have you seen it since we got in? 632 00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:45,101 - I haven't, no. - Oh, you should. 633 00:33:45,201 --> 00:33:46,783 It looks really different now. 634 00:33:46,883 --> 00:33:49,826 President has, uh, quite a knack for interior design. 635 00:33:54,811 --> 00:33:56,273 Hi, Jim. 636 00:33:56,373 --> 00:33:58,716 I wanted you to hear it from me personally. 637 00:33:58,816 --> 00:34:00,678 We just sent two agents over to the White House 638 00:34:00,778 --> 00:34:02,199 to interview Mike Flynn. 639 00:34:02,299 --> 00:34:04,402 - You what? - They're in with him now. 640 00:34:04,502 --> 00:34:06,544 Without notifying me first? 641 00:34:09,627 --> 00:34:11,249 Sally, I don't know where this is headed, 642 00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:12,687 but it could be a place where Flynn 643 00:34:12,711 --> 00:34:14,052 or others in the White House are 644 00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:15,930 - in big trouble. - Exactly why chain of command 645 00:34:15,954 --> 00:34:16,975 is so important here. 646 00:34:17,075 --> 00:34:18,595 And if you signed off on the interview, 647 00:34:18,637 --> 00:34:20,619 it could be framed as a final partisan attack 648 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,701 by an Obama appointee on the new president. 649 00:34:22,801 --> 00:34:25,264 - If I do it, it's not. - I want you to stop doing this. 650 00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:28,227 I want you to stop deciding what I do and don't need to know. 651 00:34:28,327 --> 00:34:30,407 You don't get to make those calls for the rest of us. 652 00:34:30,489 --> 00:34:31,911 I'm just trying to get to the truth 653 00:34:32,011 --> 00:34:34,033 with as little political interference as possible. 654 00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:35,675 You worry about the truth part, okay? 655 00:34:35,775 --> 00:34:39,079 I'll handle the rest. 656 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:41,401 I want to be briefed as soon as they get back. 657 00:34:41,501 --> 00:34:44,565 Of course. Thanks, Sally. 658 00:34:44,665 --> 00:34:46,447 And by the way, 659 00:34:46,547 --> 00:34:48,989 you're an Obama appointee, too. 660 00:34:50,070 --> 00:34:52,633 I'm a lot of things now. 661 00:34:54,075 --> 00:34:55,977 What happened was 662 00:34:56,077 --> 00:34:57,979 it was Christmas Day. 663 00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:01,102 There was a Russian plane went down, 664 00:35:01,202 --> 00:35:03,265 and... 665 00:35:03,365 --> 00:35:04,986 Excuse me... 666 00:35:05,086 --> 00:35:06,668 It killed this choir 667 00:35:06,768 --> 00:35:09,872 that I had seen perform when I was in Moscow. 668 00:35:09,972 --> 00:35:12,875 And I wanted to pass along my condolences 669 00:35:12,975 --> 00:35:14,997 to Ambassador Kislyak. 670 00:35:15,097 --> 00:35:17,239 Did you discuss any matters of substance 671 00:35:17,339 --> 00:35:18,521 with the ambassador? 672 00:35:18,621 --> 00:35:21,964 Uh, well, not many. Not many. 673 00:35:22,064 --> 00:35:24,767 I was in the Dominican Republic at the time, 674 00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:28,892 and the, uh, cell reception was not great. 675 00:35:28,992 --> 00:35:31,535 Did you ask him at all about the upcoming UN vote 676 00:35:31,635 --> 00:35:33,096 on the Israeli settlements? 677 00:35:33,196 --> 00:35:34,698 Uh, listen, Sergey, 678 00:35:34,798 --> 00:35:36,700 while I've got you, 679 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,345 um, the upcoming UN vote on the Israeli settlements... 680 00:35:41,445 --> 00:35:42,707 Just in a very general way. 681 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:46,190 You know, "What's your... What's your position on this?" 682 00:35:46,290 --> 00:35:47,832 You know, that kind of thing. 683 00:35:47,932 --> 00:35:49,834 I'm... 684 00:35:49,934 --> 00:35:51,396 I'm sure you know all this already. 685 00:35:51,496 --> 00:35:53,518 You-you were probably listening in, right? 686 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:58,083 Did you ask him to have Russia abstain 687 00:35:58,183 --> 00:36:00,165 from the UN vote? 688 00:36:00,265 --> 00:36:02,247 No. I did not. 689 00:36:02,347 --> 00:36:03,809 Any chance that I can 690 00:36:03,909 --> 00:36:06,172 talk you into abstaining or... 691 00:36:06,272 --> 00:36:07,889 Did you ask for help in delaying the vote? 692 00:36:07,913 --> 00:36:09,615 ...maybe delaying the vote for a few days? 693 00:36:09,715 --> 00:36:11,337 - No. - Did you discuss with him 694 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:14,180 any of the new sanctions that the Obama administration 695 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,182 had levied upon Russia as punishment 696 00:36:16,282 --> 00:36:18,184 for Russia's interference in our election? 697 00:36:18,284 --> 00:36:20,347 No. Uh... 698 00:36:20,447 --> 00:36:24,111 In fact, I didn't even know about those at the time. 699 00:36:24,211 --> 00:36:26,954 - Mm-hmm. - Um, I didn't have access 700 00:36:27,054 --> 00:36:29,556 to, uh, television news in the Dominican, 701 00:36:29,656 --> 00:36:32,800 and my-my government-issued BlackBerry wasn't working. 702 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,643 Were you concerned at all about the Russian government, 703 00:36:35,743 --> 00:36:38,286 that they might retaliate for the sanctions, 704 00:36:38,386 --> 00:36:40,969 perhaps escalate tensions between the two countries? 705 00:36:41,069 --> 00:36:44,172 Well, in a... In a very general way, sure. 706 00:36:44,272 --> 00:36:46,334 - Mm-hmm. - Sure. But, um... 707 00:36:46,434 --> 00:36:48,697 But, like I said, I... You know, I was learning 708 00:36:48,797 --> 00:36:51,900 about all of this, uh, in real time, so... 709 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,902 Did you ask of the ambassador 710 00:36:54,002 --> 00:36:58,147 that Russia not retaliate in any way to these measures? 711 00:36:58,247 --> 00:36:59,989 Uh... 712 00:37:00,089 --> 00:37:02,672 No. 713 00:37:02,772 --> 00:37:04,754 Did you say anything along the lines of... 714 00:37:04,854 --> 00:37:06,552 - Just let us get in there. - ..."Let us get in there 715 00:37:06,576 --> 00:37:08,077 - and fix this"? - We'll fix this. 716 00:37:08,177 --> 00:37:10,560 "Please don't play tit for tat"? That sort of thing? 717 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,843 So there's no need for him to engage in any sort 718 00:37:12,943 --> 00:37:14,324 - of reciprocal... - Um... 719 00:37:14,424 --> 00:37:15,686 ...tit-for-tat response. 720 00:37:15,786 --> 00:37:18,569 Not really. You know... You know what, I don't remember. 721 00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:22,132 Um, you know, if the subject came up at all, 722 00:37:22,232 --> 00:37:23,894 it-it certainly wasn't, you know, 723 00:37:23,994 --> 00:37:26,137 "Hey, don't do anything." 724 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:29,460 I see. 725 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,883 Yeah. 726 00:37:32,924 --> 00:37:35,667 Boss... 727 00:37:35,767 --> 00:37:38,390 interview team is back from the White House. 728 00:37:38,490 --> 00:37:41,273 General Flynn denied the whole thing. 729 00:37:41,373 --> 00:37:44,516 Althea, get me the D.A.G., please. 730 00:37:44,616 --> 00:37:47,640 They used whole sentences from the conversations. 731 00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:49,281 Unless he's recently had a stroke, 732 00:37:49,381 --> 00:37:51,440 he would have to know they were working off a transcript. 733 00:37:51,464 --> 00:37:52,525 Why would he do that? 734 00:37:52,625 --> 00:37:54,385 He's got to know he just lit himself on fire. 735 00:37:54,467 --> 00:37:55,467 Who else was in the room? 736 00:37:55,548 --> 00:37:57,010 Just our two agents and him. 737 00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:59,332 He opted against having White House Counsel there. 738 00:37:59,432 --> 00:38:01,775 How fast can you get me a draft 302? 739 00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:03,096 Within the hour. 740 00:38:03,196 --> 00:38:05,759 I have the D.A.G. on line 1. 741 00:38:08,282 --> 00:38:10,024 Hi, Sally. 742 00:38:10,124 --> 00:38:12,246 Thank you for your time, Don. 743 00:38:13,327 --> 00:38:15,429 I asked Mary to join us 744 00:38:15,529 --> 00:38:17,191 because she's career DOJ, 745 00:38:17,291 --> 00:38:19,033 and I-I felt it would be prudent 746 00:38:19,133 --> 00:38:21,636 to establish some institutional memory here. 747 00:38:21,736 --> 00:38:23,278 How's everyone settling in? 748 00:38:23,378 --> 00:38:25,840 Oh. We're remaking the place. 749 00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:27,362 Even the Oval. 750 00:38:27,462 --> 00:38:29,524 Have... you seen it? 751 00:38:29,624 --> 00:38:31,887 Well, you should. 752 00:38:31,987 --> 00:38:34,089 The president has a real eye 753 00:38:34,189 --> 00:38:36,011 for interior design. 754 00:38:36,111 --> 00:38:37,333 Ah. 755 00:38:37,433 --> 00:38:39,435 What can I do for you? 756 00:38:41,117 --> 00:38:43,339 In the last few days, 757 00:38:43,439 --> 00:38:46,022 several members of this administration, 758 00:38:46,122 --> 00:38:47,704 including the vice president, 759 00:38:47,804 --> 00:38:50,947 have made public comments concerning General Flynn 760 00:38:51,047 --> 00:38:53,189 and his calls with the Russian ambassador 761 00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:56,073 that we now know to be materially untrue. 762 00:38:56,173 --> 00:38:58,075 We believe this is the result 763 00:38:58,175 --> 00:39:00,878 of General Flynn having misled the White House 764 00:39:00,978 --> 00:39:04,441 about the nature and content of those calls. 765 00:39:04,541 --> 00:39:06,203 I see. 766 00:39:06,303 --> 00:39:09,167 Uh, are you permitted to tell me how you know what you know? 767 00:39:09,267 --> 00:39:12,850 We electronically surveil Ambassador Kislyak 768 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:14,172 as a matter of routine. 769 00:39:14,272 --> 00:39:17,255 So we were on all those calls. 770 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,777 They discussed sanctions, 771 00:39:18,877 --> 00:39:20,579 diplomatic expulsions, 772 00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:24,423 the UN vote on Israeli settlements. 773 00:39:24,523 --> 00:39:27,706 If General Flynn has told the vice president 774 00:39:27,806 --> 00:39:29,708 or anyone else in the administration 775 00:39:29,808 --> 00:39:32,431 that those calls did not touch upon those topics, 776 00:39:32,531 --> 00:39:34,033 then he has told an untruth. 777 00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:36,235 And the vice president has a right to know 778 00:39:36,335 --> 00:39:38,157 that he has been propagating that untruth 779 00:39:38,257 --> 00:39:40,320 in the public square. 780 00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:42,322 What are you planning to do with this? 781 00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:44,404 Y-You gonna notify Congress? 782 00:39:44,504 --> 00:39:46,486 It is not our... 783 00:39:46,586 --> 00:39:49,169 intention to embarrass the White House. 784 00:39:49,269 --> 00:39:52,573 It is our intention to protect the American people. 785 00:39:52,673 --> 00:39:55,095 So, this is close-hold. 786 00:39:55,195 --> 00:39:58,019 But we believe General Flynn is now compromised 787 00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:00,121 with respect to the Russians. 788 00:40:01,402 --> 00:40:03,625 You'll have to explain that to me. 789 00:40:03,725 --> 00:40:05,066 He has lied. 790 00:40:05,166 --> 00:40:07,469 And the Russians know that he has lied. 791 00:40:07,569 --> 00:40:09,911 They undoubtedly have their own recordings 792 00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:11,473 of those conversations. 793 00:40:11,573 --> 00:40:14,236 That gives them leverage over him. 794 00:40:14,336 --> 00:40:17,840 The-the term of art is "kompromat," 795 00:40:17,940 --> 00:40:19,401 meaning... 796 00:40:19,501 --> 00:40:21,503 they could now blackmail him. 797 00:40:22,224 --> 00:40:25,448 And every single time 798 00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:27,370 another member of this administration 799 00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:29,372 goes on television to say 800 00:40:29,472 --> 00:40:32,696 Flynn and the ambassador did not touch upon those topics 801 00:40:32,796 --> 00:40:34,698 or discuss the sanctions, 802 00:40:34,798 --> 00:40:36,960 the level of kompromat increases. 803 00:40:38,882 --> 00:40:40,784 General Flynn was interviewed this week 804 00:40:40,884 --> 00:40:43,867 by two FBI agents, here at the White House. 805 00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:45,789 Were you aware of that? 806 00:40:45,889 --> 00:40:48,392 No. 807 00:40:48,492 --> 00:40:50,234 How'd he do? 808 00:40:50,334 --> 00:40:53,237 I'm sorry. I'm not at liberty to tell you. 809 00:40:53,337 --> 00:40:56,100 But an investigation is ongoing. 810 00:40:57,382 --> 00:41:00,225 Think we should just fire him? 811 00:41:02,267 --> 00:41:04,269 That is not our call. 812 00:41:06,351 --> 00:41:08,654 Obviously, you don't want 813 00:41:08,754 --> 00:41:11,177 the highest-ranking National Security officer 814 00:41:11,277 --> 00:41:13,939 in the U.S. government to be... 815 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,602 blackmailable by a foreign adversary. 816 00:41:18,364 --> 00:41:20,366 Especially Russia. 817 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:23,670 Well... 818 00:41:23,770 --> 00:41:26,673 thanks for bringing this to our attention. 819 00:41:26,773 --> 00:41:28,895 We appreciate it. 820 00:41:36,303 --> 00:41:38,406 Thank you for coming back on such short notice. 821 00:41:38,506 --> 00:41:40,848 Of course. 822 00:41:40,948 --> 00:41:42,610 I reported back to the president 823 00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:44,492 after our meeting yesterday, 824 00:41:44,592 --> 00:41:47,355 and there was one thing we were unclear on. 825 00:41:48,716 --> 00:41:50,218 Why does it matter 826 00:41:50,318 --> 00:41:52,220 if one administration official lies 827 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,003 to another administration official? 828 00:41:59,888 --> 00:42:01,688 I want people to sit in the courtyard. 829 00:42:01,730 --> 00:42:03,272 So, tables, umbrellas. 830 00:42:03,372 --> 00:42:05,595 We're gonna build a gym on the mezzanine. 831 00:42:05,695 --> 00:42:07,036 And maybe a day spa? 832 00:42:07,136 --> 00:42:09,118 Done. 833 00:42:15,265 --> 00:42:17,167 Director Comey's office. 834 00:42:17,267 --> 00:42:20,570 Of course. One moment, please. 835 00:42:20,670 --> 00:42:22,673 Sir, the president is calling. 836 00:42:28,479 --> 00:42:30,481 Thank you. 837 00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:33,224 This is Jim Comey. 838 00:42:33,324 --> 00:42:34,585 Hi, Jim. 839 00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:37,068 Would you like to come over for dinner tonight? 840 00:42:37,168 --> 00:42:39,110 Of course, sir. 841 00:42:45,817 --> 00:42:47,399 - Hi. - Hi. 842 00:42:47,499 --> 00:42:49,001 I can't meet you for dinner tonight. 843 00:42:49,101 --> 00:42:50,803 - Sorry. - Better offer? 844 00:42:50,903 --> 00:42:52,805 No. But definitely a bigger name. 845 00:42:52,905 --> 00:42:54,907 The president. 846 00:42:55,387 --> 00:42:56,849 Oh. 847 00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:59,372 Just the two of you? 848 00:42:59,472 --> 00:43:01,474 I hope not. 849 00:43:02,315 --> 00:43:03,736 Me, too. 850 00:43:55,251 --> 00:43:57,073 Just the two of us? 851 00:43:57,173 --> 00:43:58,555 Yes, sir. 852 00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,442 I like that. 853 00:44:25,443 --> 00:44:27,426 People who are on time. 854 00:44:30,289 --> 00:44:32,271 I think a leader should always be on time. 855 00:44:32,371 --> 00:44:34,273 Good to see you, Mr. President. 856 00:44:34,373 --> 00:44:36,876 I hear things are going very well at the Bureau. 857 00:44:36,976 --> 00:44:38,798 You're gonna love Jeff Sessions. 858 00:44:38,898 --> 00:44:39,898 Very smart. 859 00:44:39,979 --> 00:44:42,081 First senator to endorse me. 860 00:44:42,181 --> 00:44:43,483 Sit. 861 00:44:43,583 --> 00:44:46,065 I look forward to working with him. 862 00:44:47,867 --> 00:44:50,450 He doesn't know I called. 863 00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:53,854 I wanted this to be private, just between us. 864 00:44:53,954 --> 00:44:56,196 Reince Priebus doesn't even know you're here. 865 00:45:03,884 --> 00:45:06,788 They write these things one at a time, 866 00:45:06,888 --> 00:45:08,890 by hand. 867 00:45:09,891 --> 00:45:11,893 Calligraphy. 868 00:45:12,854 --> 00:45:15,417 They write them by hand. 869 00:45:22,184 --> 00:45:24,186 So, what do you want to do? 870 00:45:25,187 --> 00:45:26,609 Sir? 871 00:45:26,709 --> 00:45:31,414 Lots of people want to be director of the FBI. 872 00:45:31,514 --> 00:45:34,337 But I tell everybody how highly I think of you. 873 00:45:34,437 --> 00:45:36,820 I have lots of friends there. 874 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,504 Nobody has better relationships with the FBI than I do. 875 00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:42,506 So people would tell me if there was a problem. 876 00:45:42,606 --> 00:45:43,987 But I know you're respected, 877 00:45:44,087 --> 00:45:46,990 which is what I tell people that say I could make a change 878 00:45:47,090 --> 00:45:49,233 if I wanted to. 879 00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:52,476 Press has been very unfair to you. 880 00:45:52,576 --> 00:45:55,039 I know about that. 881 00:45:55,139 --> 00:45:59,884 Nobody gets treated as unfairly as I do. 882 00:45:59,984 --> 00:46:01,846 It's disgraceful. 883 00:46:01,946 --> 00:46:05,290 So I'd understand if you wanted to... walk away, 884 00:46:05,390 --> 00:46:08,493 go back to the private sector. 885 00:46:08,593 --> 00:46:10,415 I know that's attractive. 886 00:46:10,515 --> 00:46:14,059 But, um, I don't think it'd be good for you, personally. 887 00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:16,662 It'd make you look like you'd done something wrong. 888 00:46:16,762 --> 00:46:18,584 Who needs that? 889 00:46:18,684 --> 00:46:20,884 I mean, doesn't matter to me that I could make a change. 890 00:46:20,926 --> 00:46:21,988 I, mm... 891 00:46:22,088 --> 00:46:24,831 I get along with everybody. 892 00:46:24,931 --> 00:46:28,354 But I wanted to know what you were thinking about it. 893 00:46:28,454 --> 00:46:29,916 It's true, Mr. President. 894 00:46:30,016 --> 00:46:32,359 You can fire the FBI director at any time, 895 00:46:32,459 --> 00:46:34,921 for any reason or for no reason at all. 896 00:46:35,021 --> 00:46:37,164 But... I want to stay 897 00:46:37,264 --> 00:46:39,166 because I love the Bureau and I love my job 898 00:46:39,266 --> 00:46:42,490 and I believe I'm doing it well. 899 00:46:42,590 --> 00:46:45,070 One thing I never had to think about in the Trump Organization, 900 00:46:45,152 --> 00:46:46,694 because I did so much myself... 901 00:46:46,794 --> 00:46:48,936 You know, people think we were so big, but... 902 00:46:49,036 --> 00:46:51,599 truth is, I did everything. 903 00:46:52,881 --> 00:46:54,422 But now I have to rely on people. 904 00:46:54,522 --> 00:46:55,904 I have all these... 905 00:46:56,004 --> 00:46:59,067 idiot advisors around who think they got me elected. 906 00:46:59,167 --> 00:47:01,830 You know who I actually listen to? 907 00:47:01,930 --> 00:47:03,352 TV people. 908 00:47:03,452 --> 00:47:07,276 Because they got to get ratings every day. 909 00:47:07,376 --> 00:47:10,079 White House advisor can guess wrong, 910 00:47:10,179 --> 00:47:11,360 still keep his job. 911 00:47:11,460 --> 00:47:12,842 Not the TV guys. 912 00:47:12,942 --> 00:47:15,605 A lot of smart people in that business. 913 00:47:15,705 --> 00:47:17,927 Well, you can rely on me, sir. 914 00:47:18,027 --> 00:47:19,329 To tell you the... 915 00:47:19,429 --> 00:47:20,850 I need loyalty. 916 00:47:23,553 --> 00:47:25,295 I expect... 917 00:47:25,395 --> 00:47:27,978 loyalty. 918 00:47:36,967 --> 00:47:38,469 You would think, 919 00:47:38,569 --> 00:47:42,113 being a New Yorker... 920 00:47:42,213 --> 00:47:45,116 I'd be prepared for how nasty this town is. 921 00:47:46,498 --> 00:47:47,399 I mean, 922 00:47:47,499 --> 00:47:49,081 I'm a tough guy, right? 923 00:47:49,181 --> 00:47:50,842 But this town... 924 00:47:50,942 --> 00:47:53,285 They lie about the size of my inauguration... 925 00:47:53,385 --> 00:47:55,647 Biggest crowd ever... And they can't give it to me. 926 00:47:55,747 --> 00:47:58,330 They lie about me mocking some disabled reporter... 927 00:47:58,430 --> 00:48:00,733 which I never did. 928 00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:02,335 Like I'm gonna grope 929 00:48:02,435 --> 00:48:05,058 some unattractive woman on an airplane 930 00:48:05,158 --> 00:48:07,580 or pay some porn star to come to my room. 931 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,062 It's all fake news. 932 00:48:09,162 --> 00:48:11,424 And people... a lot of people... 933 00:48:11,524 --> 00:48:13,867 Are saying that. 934 00:48:13,967 --> 00:48:15,264 You know, Hillary never understood 935 00:48:15,288 --> 00:48:16,990 how good I was at getting free media, 936 00:48:17,090 --> 00:48:18,472 which I call "earned media" 937 00:48:18,572 --> 00:48:19,953 because you got to work to get it. 938 00:48:20,053 --> 00:48:22,436 But it was just such a nasty campaign. 939 00:48:22,536 --> 00:48:24,999 There's a very fine book about the political battles 940 00:48:25,099 --> 00:48:27,441 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson... 941 00:48:27,541 --> 00:48:28,679 Yeah, somebody gave me that book. 942 00:48:28,703 --> 00:48:29,804 It's upstairs. 943 00:48:29,904 --> 00:48:31,806 I'm gonna read it. 944 00:48:31,906 --> 00:48:34,088 They make these jokes about me... 945 00:48:34,188 --> 00:48:36,171 Alec Baldwin... it's so terrible. 946 00:48:36,271 --> 00:48:38,053 Like I can't read. 947 00:48:38,153 --> 00:48:42,898 Who do they think writes all my best-selling books? 948 00:48:42,998 --> 00:48:45,180 As I see it, 949 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,784 you had three phases with the Hillary e-mail thing. 950 00:48:48,884 --> 00:48:51,067 Phase one, where you saved her 951 00:48:51,167 --> 00:48:52,909 by announcing you weren't gonna prosecute, 952 00:48:53,009 --> 00:48:55,547 which a lot of lawyers have told me was not the right conclusion. 953 00:48:55,571 --> 00:48:58,314 Our investigators spent a year on it before deciding 954 00:48:58,414 --> 00:49:00,396 there was no prosecutable case there. 955 00:49:00,496 --> 00:49:03,440 Well, a lot of smart people, very educated people, disagree. 956 00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:06,243 Alan Dershowitz. 957 00:49:06,343 --> 00:49:09,887 Anyways, then comes Comey Two, 958 00:49:09,987 --> 00:49:12,489 where you did what you had to do by telling Congress 959 00:49:12,589 --> 00:49:14,331 you were reopening the investigation. 960 00:49:14,431 --> 00:49:16,494 Absolutely the right move. 961 00:49:16,594 --> 00:49:18,976 Then comes Comey Three, 962 00:49:19,076 --> 00:49:21,219 where you saved her again, 963 00:49:21,319 --> 00:49:23,982 which she totally misplayed. 964 00:49:24,082 --> 00:49:25,860 And then you get attacked, I think very unfairly, 965 00:49:25,884 --> 00:49:28,146 by the liberal mainstream media. 966 00:49:28,246 --> 00:49:29,948 Partisan CNN. 967 00:49:30,048 --> 00:49:32,811 How do you hold up under the strain? 968 00:49:34,373 --> 00:49:36,955 Same way you do, I imagine. 969 00:49:37,055 --> 00:49:39,338 Family. 970 00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:52,973 Oh, this is luxury. 971 00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:56,096 And I know luxury. 972 00:49:56,196 --> 00:49:58,939 I'm pretty great at interior design. 973 00:49:59,039 --> 00:50:02,563 This is nicer than Mar-a-Lago. 974 00:50:16,778 --> 00:50:19,441 Does your guy McCabe have a problem with me? 975 00:50:19,541 --> 00:50:21,403 No, sir, of course not. 976 00:50:21,503 --> 00:50:23,845 I was pretty rough on him during the campaign. 977 00:50:23,945 --> 00:50:26,008 Andy, like everyone else at the Bureau, 978 00:50:26,108 --> 00:50:28,090 is a professional who puts country first. 979 00:50:28,190 --> 00:50:31,253 Ours is an apolitical culture. 980 00:50:31,353 --> 00:50:33,456 'Cause I'm still very upset about 981 00:50:33,556 --> 00:50:35,938 this golden showers business. 982 00:50:36,038 --> 00:50:37,976 It would bother me if there was even one percent chance 983 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,183 Melania would think it was true. 984 00:50:40,283 --> 00:50:41,424 I'm a germophobe. 985 00:50:41,524 --> 00:50:43,546 I didn't even stay over that night. 986 00:50:43,646 --> 00:50:45,028 People saw that. 987 00:50:45,128 --> 00:50:46,546 You should investigate the allegation 988 00:50:46,570 --> 00:50:48,231 to prove what a lie it is. 989 00:50:48,331 --> 00:50:50,434 Mr. President, we can do that, but you should know 990 00:50:50,534 --> 00:50:52,516 that if we did, it would create a narrative 991 00:50:52,616 --> 00:50:55,119 that we were investigating you personally. 992 00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:58,042 And it's very difficult to prove that something 993 00:50:58,142 --> 00:51:00,004 - didn't happen. - Well, think about it. 994 00:51:00,104 --> 00:51:02,567 Because it would be very hurtful to me and my family. 995 00:51:02,667 --> 00:51:04,289 Of course. 996 00:51:04,389 --> 00:51:07,292 Would you ever like to have your family here for dinner? 997 00:51:07,392 --> 00:51:09,294 - You can. - Mr. President, 998 00:51:09,394 --> 00:51:11,296 I-I think it's in your best interest 999 00:51:11,396 --> 00:51:12,978 that we not socialize too much. 1000 00:51:13,078 --> 00:51:14,700 The country needs to know that the FBI 1001 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,182 is completely divorced from politics. 1002 00:51:17,282 --> 00:51:19,024 Obama was very close with Holder 1003 00:51:19,124 --> 00:51:20,404 when Holder was attorney general. 1004 00:51:20,446 --> 00:51:22,448 I thought that was a mistake. 1005 00:51:23,569 --> 00:51:25,571 He made a lot of them. 1006 00:51:27,733 --> 00:51:31,357 We're just starting to dig out from some of his mistakes. 1007 00:51:31,457 --> 00:51:35,762 It's unbelievable how much we're accomplishing. 1008 00:51:35,862 --> 00:51:37,524 You can make Reince Priebus your contact. 1009 00:51:37,624 --> 00:51:39,086 He knows we're meeting here tonight. 1010 00:51:39,186 --> 00:51:40,928 The point is... 1011 00:51:41,028 --> 00:51:43,911 I need loyalty. 1012 00:51:48,996 --> 00:51:51,879 You will always get honesty from me. 1013 00:51:54,282 --> 00:51:56,104 That's what I want... 1014 00:51:56,204 --> 00:51:58,206 Honest loyalty. 1015 00:52:01,890 --> 00:52:04,973 You will get that from me. 1016 00:52:57,549 --> 00:52:59,551 Damn it. 1017 00:53:50,485 --> 00:53:52,468 Am I overreacting? 1018 00:53:52,568 --> 00:53:53,789 No. 1019 00:53:53,889 --> 00:53:56,512 No, this is how a mob boss talks. 1020 00:53:57,933 --> 00:53:59,755 A few takeaways... 1021 00:53:59,855 --> 00:54:03,039 The independence of the FBI doesn't mean anything to him. 1022 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:06,363 He sees everything in terms of personal loyalty. 1023 00:54:06,463 --> 00:54:10,127 He's fixated on the hookers thing. 1024 00:54:10,227 --> 00:54:12,329 And he thinks you have a problem with him. 1025 00:54:12,429 --> 00:54:13,850 I told him you don't. 1026 00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:16,734 Boss, you have to be very careful here. 1027 00:54:16,834 --> 00:54:20,337 Memorialize any more conversations you have with him. 1028 00:54:20,437 --> 00:54:22,700 There aren't supposed to be any conversations with him. 1029 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,458 Did he bring up Michael Flynn at all? 1030 00:54:24,482 --> 00:54:26,260 Or acknowledge that we had been to the White House 1031 00:54:26,284 --> 00:54:28,286 - to interview Flynn? - No. 1032 00:54:30,008 --> 00:54:32,190 Possible he was respecting a boundary there? 1033 00:54:32,290 --> 00:54:34,352 Hard to say. 1034 00:54:34,452 --> 00:54:36,435 He moves so fast from one subject to another, 1035 00:54:36,535 --> 00:54:40,399 and so much of what he says is factually and legally incorrect. 1036 00:54:40,499 --> 00:54:43,122 It's possible that he thinks the conversation went well 1037 00:54:43,222 --> 00:54:45,364 and that I'm solidly on board. 1038 00:54:45,464 --> 00:54:47,887 This cannot happen again. It is completely 1039 00:54:47,987 --> 00:54:49,845 inappropriate for the two of you to engage like this. 1040 00:54:49,869 --> 00:54:52,091 He's the president... am I supposed to refuse his call? 1041 00:54:52,191 --> 00:54:56,576 He just asked you to put loyalty to him above your duty 1042 00:54:56,676 --> 00:54:58,458 to investigate the threat posed by Russia. 1043 00:54:58,558 --> 00:55:00,560 I'm aware. 1044 00:55:01,281 --> 00:55:03,283 Uh, boss? 1045 00:55:03,603 --> 00:55:05,606 He just fired Sally Yates. 1046 00:55:21,623 --> 00:55:23,625 Ma'am? 1047 00:55:27,148 --> 00:55:29,611 Can I get you anything? 1048 00:55:29,711 --> 00:55:33,255 Are you asking me if this is a two-Diet-Coke day, Justin? 1049 00:55:33,355 --> 00:55:35,137 I guess I am. 1050 00:55:35,237 --> 00:55:37,299 I'll be fine. 1051 00:55:37,399 --> 00:55:39,422 But you could hand me those couple of books 1052 00:55:39,522 --> 00:55:41,524 over there. 1053 00:55:54,257 --> 00:55:57,641 Justin... 1054 00:55:57,741 --> 00:56:00,264 you ever start to feel shaky... 1055 00:56:02,626 --> 00:56:05,610 ...go outside... 1056 00:56:05,710 --> 00:56:09,794 and look at the buildings up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. 1057 00:56:11,155 --> 00:56:12,977 They've been here a long time. 1058 00:56:13,077 --> 00:56:15,520 And they're gonna be here a long time. 1059 00:56:17,562 --> 00:56:20,906 Because what they represent is eternal... 1060 00:56:21,006 --> 00:56:23,509 Institutions, 1061 00:56:23,609 --> 00:56:25,831 the rule of law, 1062 00:56:25,931 --> 00:56:29,094 no matter who is in power. 1063 00:56:34,420 --> 00:56:36,563 Understand? 1064 00:56:36,663 --> 00:56:38,565 I do. 1065 00:56:38,665 --> 00:56:40,667 Yes, ma'am. 1066 00:56:43,350 --> 00:56:45,352 Go. 1067 00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,103 Sources report that the president 1068 00:56:56,203 --> 00:56:58,382 will soon name Rod Rosenstein, U.S. attorney for Baltimore, 1069 00:56:58,406 --> 00:57:01,269 to replace Yates as deputy attorney general. 1070 00:57:01,369 --> 00:57:03,747 President Trump telling Fox News in a brand-new 1071 00:57:03,771 --> 00:57:06,234 interview he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin. 1072 00:57:06,334 --> 00:57:07,756 That's not new. 1073 00:57:07,856 --> 00:57:09,918 Here's what is new, the president acknowledges 1074 00:57:10,018 --> 00:57:12,601 that Putin may be a killer, but adds, 1075 00:57:12,701 --> 00:57:15,884 "We've got a lot of killers." 1076 00:57:15,984 --> 00:57:17,967 Even Republicans are perplexed and some of them 1077 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:19,408 have condemned those comments. 1078 00:57:19,508 --> 00:57:22,411 Why do you think the president continues to praise Putin? 1079 00:57:22,511 --> 00:57:24,694 So... 1080 00:57:24,794 --> 00:57:28,338 I understand your dinner with the president went very well. 1081 00:57:28,438 --> 00:57:30,340 And that you're interested in staying on. 1082 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:33,303 Yes. 1083 00:57:33,403 --> 00:57:35,603 So how does that work, do we make an announcement or...? 1084 00:57:35,685 --> 00:57:38,268 That's not really necessary. 1085 00:57:38,368 --> 00:57:40,888 As I explained to the president, I already have a ten-year term. 1086 00:57:40,971 --> 00:57:42,273 So there's nothing to announce. 1087 00:57:42,373 --> 00:57:45,396 Oh, well, I think he wanted to. 1088 00:57:45,496 --> 00:57:48,719 But let's talk about how you and I are gonna be working together, 1089 00:57:48,819 --> 00:57:52,764 the rules for the FBI director, White House chief of staff. 1090 00:57:52,864 --> 00:57:55,727 Did you talk to Denis McDonough often or...? 1091 00:57:55,827 --> 00:57:58,610 We talked about policy and operational issues, 1092 00:57:58,710 --> 00:58:00,452 specific terror threats. 1093 00:58:00,552 --> 00:58:02,450 As I explained to the president, there's a bright line 1094 00:58:02,474 --> 00:58:03,896 between DOJ and the White House. 1095 00:58:03,996 --> 00:58:05,257 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 1096 00:58:05,357 --> 00:58:07,295 Did you talk to him about the Hillary e-mail thing? 1097 00:58:07,319 --> 00:58:10,142 Never, and he wouldn't ask. 1098 00:58:10,242 --> 00:58:13,546 We all thought that that was so unfair 1099 00:58:13,646 --> 00:58:15,708 how that landed on you, like it was your fault 1100 00:58:15,808 --> 00:58:19,312 that she set up her e-mail system illegally. 1101 00:58:19,412 --> 00:58:21,434 Or that she decided not to campaign in Michigan. 1102 00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:29,283 Listen, uh, are we confidential here? 1103 00:58:29,383 --> 00:58:30,604 If you like. 1104 00:58:30,704 --> 00:58:32,046 Thank you. 1105 00:58:32,146 --> 00:58:34,288 Do you have a FISA order on Mike Flynn? 1106 00:58:34,388 --> 00:58:37,331 Reince, that's the bright line 1107 00:58:37,431 --> 00:58:40,735 I'm talking about. 1108 00:58:40,835 --> 00:58:43,013 Question like that should go to the White House Counsel, 1109 00:58:43,037 --> 00:58:46,381 then DOJ leadership, then to me. 1110 00:58:46,481 --> 00:58:48,423 Sorry, it's a rookie mistake. 1111 00:58:50,245 --> 00:58:52,027 Do you have a FISA order on Mike Flynn? 1112 00:58:52,127 --> 00:58:54,469 No. 1113 00:58:54,569 --> 00:58:56,572 Thank you. 1114 00:58:58,213 --> 00:58:59,595 Do you want to see the president? 1115 00:58:59,695 --> 00:59:01,797 I'm sure he's very busy. 1116 00:59:01,897 --> 00:59:04,120 Actually, he likes impromptu meetings. 1117 00:59:04,220 --> 00:59:06,522 Uh, DOJ has a no-contact policy with the White House. 1118 00:59:06,622 --> 00:59:08,881 - It's really in his best inter... - I'm sure he'd love to see you. 1119 00:59:08,905 --> 00:59:10,907 I'm gonna go see if he's in the Oval. 1120 00:59:27,805 --> 00:59:30,087 Can I ask you a question, sir? 1121 00:59:31,168 --> 00:59:33,171 Mm-hmm. 1122 00:59:33,971 --> 00:59:37,816 What did you guys actually have on Hillary? 1123 00:59:42,020 --> 00:59:43,802 Can you keep a secret? 1124 00:59:43,902 --> 00:59:46,044 Yeah. 1125 00:59:46,144 --> 00:59:48,147 So can I. 1126 00:59:50,749 --> 00:59:53,132 Hello, Director. 1127 00:59:53,232 --> 00:59:55,294 General. 1128 00:59:55,394 --> 00:59:56,896 How are you settling in? 1129 00:59:56,996 --> 00:59:59,659 All fine, except for my, uh, my workout routine. 1130 00:59:59,759 --> 01:00:02,742 I haven't found time for that lately. 1131 01:00:02,842 --> 01:00:04,384 This place has plenty of stairs. 1132 01:00:04,484 --> 01:00:06,867 Might just come to that. 1133 01:00:06,967 --> 01:00:08,909 He'd love to see you! 1134 01:00:09,009 --> 01:00:11,011 Great. 1135 01:00:11,411 --> 01:00:13,193 I see you changed the curtains. 1136 01:00:13,293 --> 01:00:15,296 Obama's were horrible. 1137 01:00:16,617 --> 01:00:18,619 These are the same ones Bill Clinton used. 1138 01:00:25,667 --> 01:00:27,969 I wonder how I would've done against Bernie 1139 01:00:28,069 --> 01:00:30,412 if you'd charged Hillary like you should have. 1140 01:00:30,512 --> 01:00:32,414 How do you think I'd have done against Bernie? 1141 01:00:32,514 --> 01:00:34,937 We try to stay out of the political realm, Mr. President. 1142 01:00:35,037 --> 01:00:38,961 So how come Andy McCabe's wife ran for office? 1143 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:42,384 Number two guy in the FBI, 1144 01:00:42,484 --> 01:00:45,167 taking a million dollars from the Clintons. 1145 01:00:46,849 --> 01:00:48,511 A lot of people, very educated people, 1146 01:00:48,611 --> 01:00:50,193 said I wasn't rough enough on him. 1147 01:00:50,293 --> 01:00:52,275 Does he have a problem with me? 1148 01:00:52,375 --> 01:00:55,599 Mr. President, as I told you, Andy is a pro. 1149 01:00:55,699 --> 01:00:58,862 I know you'll come to value him, as I do. 1150 01:01:00,664 --> 01:01:03,847 Have you done any more thinking about the golden showers thing? 1151 01:01:03,947 --> 01:01:05,849 'Cause it would really bother me 1152 01:01:05,949 --> 01:01:08,192 if Melania gave that any credibility. 1153 01:01:09,713 --> 01:01:12,416 The hookers thing is nonsense, 1154 01:01:12,516 --> 01:01:15,019 although Putin once told me 1155 01:01:15,119 --> 01:01:17,662 they got the most beautiful hookers in the world there. 1156 01:01:17,762 --> 01:01:20,145 But I didn't even stay overnight in Moscow. 1157 01:01:20,245 --> 01:01:22,547 I stayed long enough to be nice. 1158 01:01:22,647 --> 01:01:24,207 I'm nice to everyone when it's business. 1159 01:01:24,289 --> 01:01:26,712 No one here gets that because no one here ever had 1160 01:01:26,812 --> 01:01:28,594 to make a business deal. 1161 01:01:28,694 --> 01:01:30,876 I sat down for an interview with Bill O'Reilly. 1162 01:01:30,976 --> 01:01:32,318 Did you see it? 1163 01:01:32,418 --> 01:01:33,879 Yes, sir. 1164 01:01:33,979 --> 01:01:36,642 He insults the Russians, and now he owes them an apology 1165 01:01:36,742 --> 01:01:38,324 because why is he calling them killers? 1166 01:01:38,424 --> 01:01:40,767 And why is he trying to get me to say it 1167 01:01:40,867 --> 01:01:43,249 when I'm trying to repair all the damage Obama did 1168 01:01:43,349 --> 01:01:44,691 and get along with people again? 1169 01:01:44,791 --> 01:01:46,933 So I should say I don't respect the leader 1170 01:01:47,033 --> 01:01:49,296 of a major country I'm trying to get along with? 1171 01:01:49,396 --> 01:01:50,817 Putin is a strong thinker. 1172 01:01:50,917 --> 01:01:53,060 He speaks very powerfully. 1173 01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:56,223 And he never sent anyone with a briefcase 1174 01:01:56,323 --> 01:02:00,348 and a billion dollars for Iran like Obama did. 1175 01:02:00,448 --> 01:02:04,031 That nuclear deal is a disgrace, another thing we have to fix. 1176 01:02:04,131 --> 01:02:06,314 If Russia can help us in the region... 1177 01:02:06,414 --> 01:02:08,236 And a lot of my military people say 1178 01:02:08,336 --> 01:02:10,318 Russia's going to be very key for us there... 1179 01:02:10,418 --> 01:02:12,601 Why would I want to insult them? 1180 01:02:12,701 --> 01:02:15,043 You know, everybody's crying for Ukraine. 1181 01:02:15,143 --> 01:02:17,286 The Ukrainians aren't so terrific. 1182 01:02:17,386 --> 01:02:19,688 They've tried to invalidate my election. 1183 01:02:19,788 --> 01:02:21,330 They're not nice people. 1184 01:02:21,430 --> 01:02:23,252 So I gave a good answer. 1185 01:02:23,352 --> 01:02:25,374 Really, it was a great answer. 1186 01:02:25,474 --> 01:02:27,176 I gave a really great answer. 1187 01:02:27,276 --> 01:02:29,499 You think it was a great answer, right? 1188 01:02:29,599 --> 01:02:32,302 The first part of your answer was fine, Mr. President, 1189 01:02:32,402 --> 01:02:34,404 but not the second part. 1190 01:02:35,725 --> 01:02:37,767 We aren't the kind of killers that Putin is. 1191 01:02:43,814 --> 01:02:46,417 These aren't the curtains Bill Clinton used. 1192 01:02:47,818 --> 01:02:49,440 Boss, you cannot keep 1193 01:02:49,540 --> 01:02:51,442 having conversations with this man. 1194 01:02:51,542 --> 01:02:53,925 I'll say it again. He's the president, our boss. 1195 01:02:54,025 --> 01:02:55,727 He won't invite me over again. 1196 01:02:55,827 --> 01:02:57,849 I really offended him this time. 1197 01:02:57,949 --> 01:02:59,531 Did he bring up Michael Flynn? 1198 01:02:59,631 --> 01:03:01,373 No, but he brought up you again, 1199 01:03:01,473 --> 01:03:03,535 and the Russian hookers and Hillary. 1200 01:03:03,635 --> 01:03:05,497 This is not tenable, any of it. 1201 01:03:05,597 --> 01:03:07,419 Let's assume good faith for a second, 1202 01:03:07,519 --> 01:03:09,599 that he just doesn't know how a president is supposed 1203 01:03:09,641 --> 01:03:11,904 to act with DOJ, and no one around him does, either. 1204 01:03:12,004 --> 01:03:13,305 It's our job to help him. 1205 01:03:13,405 --> 01:03:14,743 - How do we do that? - You've explained it 1206 01:03:14,767 --> 01:03:16,429 - to him clearly? - Yes. 1207 01:03:16,529 --> 01:03:18,991 Can we set up a briefing for him? Someone else to explain it? 1208 01:03:19,091 --> 01:03:20,713 I'm not sure he's interested. 1209 01:03:20,813 --> 01:03:23,094 Have you seen any evidence that he values the rule of law? 1210 01:03:23,136 --> 01:03:24,437 None. 1211 01:03:24,537 --> 01:03:25,937 Then why are we assuming good faith? 1212 01:03:25,979 --> 01:03:28,141 What should I do? Arrest him? 1213 01:03:29,623 --> 01:03:32,886 You've had worse ideas. 1214 01:03:32,986 --> 01:03:35,369 This is CNN breaking news. 1215 01:03:37,271 --> 01:03:38,973 Our breaking news on CNN, 1216 01:03:39,073 --> 01:03:41,575 the national security advisor, Michael Flynn, has resigned. 1217 01:03:41,675 --> 01:03:44,178 Flynn's resignation coming in the wake of news 1218 01:03:44,278 --> 01:03:46,376 that the Justice Department warned the Trump administration 1219 01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:49,143 last month that Flynn misled the administration 1220 01:03:49,243 --> 01:03:51,025 about his communications 1221 01:03:51,125 --> 01:03:53,348 with the Russian ambassador to the United States, 1222 01:03:53,448 --> 01:03:57,512 and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail by the Russians. 1223 01:03:57,612 --> 01:03:59,332 Again, that's our breaking news here on CNN. 1224 01:03:59,414 --> 01:04:01,557 I want to get right to all of our correspondents... 1225 01:04:01,657 --> 01:04:03,234 Mr. President, as you know, tracking 1226 01:04:03,258 --> 01:04:04,880 ISIS and its penetration levels 1227 01:04:04,980 --> 01:04:07,803 on American soil is a big part of the FBI's mission. 1228 01:04:07,903 --> 01:04:11,167 But there are other threats that we don't talk about as much 1229 01:04:11,267 --> 01:04:13,369 that are equally dangerous long-term, 1230 01:04:13,469 --> 01:04:15,452 requiring an entirely different level 1231 01:04:15,552 --> 01:04:18,214 of vigilance and attention. 1232 01:04:18,314 --> 01:04:21,978 There is a sophisticated Eastern European terror group... 1233 01:04:22,078 --> 01:04:25,422 They call themselves the "Chechen Islamic Brotherhood"... 1234 01:04:25,522 --> 01:04:27,384 That has embedded sleeper operatives 1235 01:04:27,484 --> 01:04:29,066 in the United States. 1236 01:04:29,166 --> 01:04:31,669 These people have been here legally for years. 1237 01:04:31,769 --> 01:04:34,832 They speak fluent English and look Caucasian. 1238 01:04:34,932 --> 01:04:36,394 They have families and jobs. 1239 01:04:36,494 --> 01:04:38,876 And they are time bombs. 1240 01:04:38,976 --> 01:04:40,839 We are devoting enormous resources 1241 01:04:40,939 --> 01:04:42,520 to monitoring these people. 1242 01:04:42,620 --> 01:04:45,323 We try to jam them up where we can on local charges, 1243 01:04:45,423 --> 01:04:46,925 in ways that don't show our hand. 1244 01:04:47,025 --> 01:04:48,807 We've even tried to flip some, 1245 01:04:48,907 --> 01:04:52,931 but they are hard guys, and they are, right now, 1246 01:04:53,031 --> 01:04:55,935 quietly preparing with extraordinary patience 1247 01:04:56,035 --> 01:04:58,157 and disciplined tradecraft, for something big. 1248 01:04:59,959 --> 01:05:02,622 Sir, our partners overseas have picked up chatter 1249 01:05:02,722 --> 01:05:06,406 about an attack on an East Coast American city this summer. 1250 01:05:11,011 --> 01:05:14,034 The Tsarnaev brothers... They were Chechen, right? 1251 01:05:14,134 --> 01:05:17,237 The, um... They were the Boston Marathon guys. 1252 01:05:17,337 --> 01:05:18,417 Yes, but we don't know that 1253 01:05:18,459 --> 01:05:19,956 they were connected to The Brotherhood. 1254 01:05:19,980 --> 01:05:21,842 The Tsarnaevs lacked the discipline 1255 01:05:21,942 --> 01:05:23,364 that this group typically demands. 1256 01:05:23,464 --> 01:05:25,366 And we don't yet know the city? 1257 01:05:25,466 --> 01:05:26,848 No. We are watching now 1258 01:05:26,948 --> 01:05:28,950 to see where they're allocating resources. 1259 01:05:30,632 --> 01:05:32,053 Okay. 1260 01:05:32,153 --> 01:05:34,135 Thanks, everybody. I want to talk to Jim. 1261 01:05:34,235 --> 01:05:36,237 Thanks, everybody. 1262 01:05:37,319 --> 01:05:39,021 You know, I wrote a book, 1263 01:05:39,121 --> 01:05:41,023 a very, really successful book, 1264 01:05:41,123 --> 01:05:42,905 a year before the World Trade Center, 1265 01:05:43,005 --> 01:05:45,588 said there's someone named Osama bin Laden, 1266 01:05:45,688 --> 01:05:48,511 you ought to take him out, he's big trouble. 1267 01:05:48,611 --> 01:05:50,553 I think I wrote 12 books. 1268 01:05:50,653 --> 01:05:52,235 Nobody listened to me. Thanks, Jeff. 1269 01:05:52,335 --> 01:05:54,337 I want to talk to Jim. 1270 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:01,424 Yes, sir. 1271 01:06:03,787 --> 01:06:06,730 That e-mail investigation looked pretty tricky. 1272 01:06:06,830 --> 01:06:08,292 Okay, Jared. Thank you. 1273 01:06:08,392 --> 01:06:10,634 - It was. - Thank you, Jared. 1274 01:06:20,605 --> 01:06:22,747 Did you see my tweet this morning? 1275 01:06:22,847 --> 01:06:24,849 I didn't, sir. 1276 01:06:26,091 --> 01:06:29,154 I make calls on this beautiful phone 1277 01:06:29,254 --> 01:06:32,758 to leaders in Australia or Mexico or wherever, 1278 01:06:32,858 --> 01:06:36,021 and I expect those calls to be confidential. 1279 01:06:37,663 --> 01:06:39,885 And then, I see leaks in the fake news, 1280 01:06:39,985 --> 01:06:42,145 quoting me, saying things I don't even remember saying, 1281 01:06:42,188 --> 01:06:43,970 I don't think I even actually said. 1282 01:06:44,070 --> 01:06:47,233 And people say I've got one of the world's greatest memories. 1283 01:06:49,115 --> 01:06:52,018 The leaks cost Mike Flynn his job, 1284 01:06:52,118 --> 01:06:54,381 which I think is very sad. 1285 01:06:54,481 --> 01:06:56,984 Making calls was his job. 1286 01:06:57,084 --> 01:06:59,346 I want that, 1287 01:06:59,446 --> 01:07:01,749 especially with Russia. 1288 01:07:01,849 --> 01:07:04,351 But he lied to the vice president so I let him go. 1289 01:07:04,451 --> 01:07:07,034 But he really is a good guy. 1290 01:07:07,134 --> 01:07:09,397 I have a good guy coming in to replace him. 1291 01:07:09,497 --> 01:07:13,161 He enjoys a lot of respect from very smart people, but... 1292 01:07:13,261 --> 01:07:15,243 but you know better than anybody 1293 01:07:15,343 --> 01:07:18,627 how unfair the fake news can be. 1294 01:07:19,708 --> 01:07:20,769 Sir, leaks are terrible. 1295 01:07:20,869 --> 01:07:22,090 On our side of the street, 1296 01:07:22,190 --> 01:07:24,093 leaks can jeopardize FBI operations, 1297 01:07:24,193 --> 01:07:25,694 put lives at risk. 1298 01:07:25,794 --> 01:07:27,696 Well, we can start by going after the reporters 1299 01:07:27,796 --> 01:07:29,178 that get people to leak. 1300 01:07:29,278 --> 01:07:32,021 You know, ten or 15 years ago, 1301 01:07:32,121 --> 01:07:35,505 put reporters in jail to find out what they knew. 1302 01:07:35,605 --> 01:07:37,827 It worked. It worked on Judy Miller. 1303 01:07:37,927 --> 01:07:40,830 I am a fan of pursuing leakers aggressively, 1304 01:07:40,930 --> 01:07:42,792 but going after reporters is tricky 1305 01:07:42,892 --> 01:07:45,115 for legal reasons, constitutional reasons. 1306 01:07:45,215 --> 01:07:47,397 Well, talk to Sessions about it, 1307 01:07:47,497 --> 01:07:49,600 see if we can be more aggressive. 1308 01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,562 You know, they spend a couple of days in jail, 1309 01:07:51,662 --> 01:07:53,163 suddenly they're ready to talk. 1310 01:07:55,306 --> 01:07:57,168 - Mr. President. - Ah, we'll see ya, Reince. 1311 01:07:57,268 --> 01:08:00,351 Just-just a minute or two more. 1312 01:08:06,878 --> 01:08:09,221 Mike Flynn. 1313 01:08:09,321 --> 01:08:12,464 He's a good guy, been through a lot. 1314 01:08:12,564 --> 01:08:15,868 He lied to Pence, but he didn't do anything wrong on the calls. 1315 01:08:15,968 --> 01:08:19,151 I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. 1316 01:08:19,251 --> 01:08:21,554 He's a good guy. 1317 01:08:21,654 --> 01:08:24,116 Maybe he has some judgment issues. I don't know. 1318 01:08:26,219 --> 01:08:28,121 But I hope you can let this go. 1319 01:08:31,985 --> 01:08:34,327 I agree he's been through a lot. 1320 01:08:34,427 --> 01:08:36,169 It's just these leaks. 1321 01:08:36,269 --> 01:08:39,132 They're really disgraceful. 1322 01:08:39,232 --> 01:08:41,615 He's a Republican. He's always been a Republican. 1323 01:08:41,715 --> 01:08:43,377 But he is a D.C. guy. 1324 01:08:43,477 --> 01:08:45,579 And the president does not like D.C. guys. 1325 01:08:45,679 --> 01:08:48,583 And he doesn't like long briefings. I told you. 1326 01:08:48,683 --> 01:08:51,305 General Sessions, can I have a word with you? 1327 01:08:51,405 --> 01:08:53,408 Course, Jim. 1328 01:08:59,574 --> 01:09:02,117 That can't happen. You're my boss. 1329 01:09:02,217 --> 01:09:05,841 You can't get kicked out of the room so he can talk to me alone. 1330 01:09:05,941 --> 01:09:08,604 You have to be between me and the president 1331 01:09:08,704 --> 01:09:11,127 for the sake of the Bureau. 1332 01:09:11,227 --> 01:09:13,369 General? 1333 01:09:13,469 --> 01:09:15,772 That was a fine briefing you gave, Jim. 1334 01:09:15,872 --> 01:09:18,835 You know, you really are a good guy. 1335 01:09:24,641 --> 01:09:26,423 That's fucking obstruction of justice. 1336 01:09:26,523 --> 01:09:28,621 The president just committed a crime in your presence, 1337 01:09:28,645 --> 01:09:30,427 and he asked you to break the law. 1338 01:09:30,527 --> 01:09:32,389 - I know. - Did you tell the A.G.? 1339 01:09:32,489 --> 01:09:35,272 No. Pretty sure he's about to recuse himself on all this. 1340 01:09:35,372 --> 01:09:37,475 - That'll go over well. - Yeah. 1341 01:09:37,575 --> 01:09:39,957 Boss, uh, I'm uncomfortable with this. 1342 01:09:40,057 --> 01:09:42,356 It looks too much like you're being pulled into a conspiracy 1343 01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:43,860 by the president of the United States. 1344 01:09:43,941 --> 01:09:46,464 Yes, that is his intention. Now what? 1345 01:09:48,226 --> 01:09:50,529 Things will settle down once Rod's in place as D.A.G. 1346 01:09:50,629 --> 01:09:52,286 He'll normalize our relations across the street 1347 01:09:52,310 --> 01:09:54,030 and restrict our contact to the White House. 1348 01:09:54,072 --> 01:09:56,255 You sound like a PowerPoint. Rod's not gonna save you. 1349 01:09:56,355 --> 01:09:58,577 He's gonna cover his own ass, as he always has. 1350 01:09:58,677 --> 01:10:00,779 Do you really not know how screwed you are? 1351 01:10:00,879 --> 01:10:02,181 Of course I do. 1352 01:10:02,281 --> 01:10:04,503 Well, then stop walking into the Oval 1353 01:10:04,603 --> 01:10:06,225 thinking you can outwit this guy. 1354 01:10:06,325 --> 01:10:08,067 He's just gonna fire you. 1355 01:10:08,167 --> 01:10:10,185 He can't fire me. I'm running the Russia investigation. 1356 01:10:10,209 --> 01:10:12,192 - It'd look horrible. - That's ego. 1357 01:10:12,292 --> 01:10:13,553 That's fact. 1358 01:10:13,653 --> 01:10:15,836 Jim, Jesus. Fact is dead now. 1359 01:10:15,936 --> 01:10:17,237 I, 1360 01:10:17,337 --> 01:10:20,160 - Rod Rosenstein... - I, Rod Rosenstein... 1361 01:10:20,260 --> 01:10:23,083 - ...do solemnly swear... - ...do solemnly swear... 1362 01:10:23,183 --> 01:10:25,005 ...that I will support and defend... 1363 01:10:25,105 --> 01:10:26,607 ...that I will support and defend... 1364 01:10:26,707 --> 01:10:28,449 ...the Constitution of the United States... 1365 01:10:28,549 --> 01:10:30,731 ...the Constitution of the United States... 1366 01:10:30,831 --> 01:10:33,614 - ...against all enemies... - ...against all enemies... 1367 01:10:33,714 --> 01:10:36,538 - ...foreign and domestic. - ...foreign and domestic. 1368 01:10:36,638 --> 01:10:38,540 Looking forward to diving in, Rod. 1369 01:10:38,640 --> 01:10:40,422 Discussing department priorities. 1370 01:10:40,522 --> 01:10:42,384 Oh, I have prepared a list. 1371 01:10:42,484 --> 01:10:44,826 Good. Good. 1372 01:10:44,926 --> 01:10:46,108 Tell me, where on that list 1373 01:10:46,208 --> 01:10:48,210 would you put firing James Comey? 1374 01:10:49,651 --> 01:10:52,274 I certainly 1375 01:10:52,374 --> 01:10:54,116 think it's something we should discuss. 1376 01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:55,758 Okay. 1377 01:10:55,858 --> 01:10:57,578 ...that I will bear true faith... 1378 01:10:57,620 --> 01:10:58,961 ...that I will bear true faith... 1379 01:10:59,061 --> 01:11:00,363 ...and allegiance to the same. 1380 01:11:00,463 --> 01:11:01,925 ...and allegiance to the same. 1381 01:11:02,025 --> 01:11:04,047 That I take this obligation freely... 1382 01:11:04,147 --> 01:11:06,249 That I take this obligation freely... 1383 01:11:06,349 --> 01:11:08,051 ...without any mental reservation... 1384 01:11:08,151 --> 01:11:09,449 ...without any mental reservation... 1385 01:11:09,473 --> 01:11:10,614 ...or purpose of evasion. 1386 01:11:10,714 --> 01:11:12,015 ...or purpose of evasion. 1387 01:11:12,115 --> 01:11:13,817 And that I will well 1388 01:11:13,917 --> 01:11:15,957 - and faithfully discharge... - And that I will well 1389 01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,542 - and faithfully discharge... - ...the duties of the office... 1390 01:11:18,642 --> 01:11:20,140 ...the duties of the office... 1391 01:11:20,164 --> 01:11:21,662 ...which I am about to enter. 1392 01:11:21,686 --> 01:11:23,023 ...which I am about to enter. 1393 01:11:23,047 --> 01:11:24,389 So help me God. 1394 01:11:24,489 --> 01:11:26,671 - So help me God. - Well done, Rod. 1395 01:11:26,771 --> 01:11:28,593 Okay. 1396 01:11:34,059 --> 01:11:36,261 He's gonna get his head chopped off. 1397 01:11:37,342 --> 01:11:38,884 Isn't he? 1398 01:11:38,984 --> 01:11:40,486 We all are. 1399 01:11:40,586 --> 01:11:42,588 I'll see you at the ranch. 1400 01:12:16,504 --> 01:12:18,366 I'm not sure I can do this. 1401 01:12:18,466 --> 01:12:20,889 Yes, you can. 1402 01:12:20,989 --> 01:12:23,291 That one, honey. 1403 01:12:23,391 --> 01:12:24,453 Listen. 1404 01:12:24,553 --> 01:12:26,054 I'm here to tell you, 1405 01:12:26,154 --> 01:12:27,816 this Russia thing is a ruse. 1406 01:12:27,916 --> 01:12:29,298 It's a ruse. 1407 01:12:29,398 --> 01:12:31,300 I don't have any deals in Russia. 1408 01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,742 I don't have any dealings with Russia. 1409 01:12:33,842 --> 01:12:35,705 I could have, very easily, 1410 01:12:35,805 --> 01:12:37,426 but I didn't want to carry any debt. 1411 01:12:37,526 --> 01:12:40,029 As a businessman, I always had very little debt. 1412 01:12:40,129 --> 01:12:41,551 No debt. 1413 01:12:41,651 --> 01:12:45,195 Because I believe that's the best way to do business. 1414 01:12:45,295 --> 01:12:47,677 Now, tomorrow you'll say, 1415 01:12:47,777 --> 01:12:49,537 "Donald Trump wants to get along with Russia. 1416 01:12:49,579 --> 01:12:50,640 This is terrible." 1417 01:12:50,740 --> 01:12:52,402 It's not terrible... it's good. 1418 01:12:52,502 --> 01:12:55,926 We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20%... 1419 01:12:56,026 --> 01:12:57,283 ...don't be a bully. 1420 01:12:57,307 --> 01:12:58,685 ...of uranium in our country. 1421 01:12:58,709 --> 01:13:00,126 You tell your kids, don't be a bigot. 1422 01:13:00,150 --> 01:13:01,928 We have a very valuable man, Rex Tillerson, 1423 01:13:01,952 --> 01:13:03,654 who's gonna be meeting with them shortly. 1424 01:13:03,754 --> 01:13:05,456 And I told him, I said, "I know..." 1425 01:13:05,556 --> 01:13:07,939 Greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship 1426 01:13:08,039 --> 01:13:09,977 - that's 30 miles offshore... - But he's just a traitor. 1427 01:13:10,001 --> 01:13:11,022 But either way... 1428 01:13:11,122 --> 01:13:12,420 If we could get along with Russia... 1429 01:13:12,444 --> 01:13:14,446 - ...he betrayed me. - ...it's a positive thing. 1430 01:14:01,416 --> 01:14:03,418 Boss? 1431 01:14:03,898 --> 01:14:05,801 The president's calling for you. 1432 01:14:05,901 --> 01:14:08,443 Listen, I'm trying to run the country, 1433 01:14:08,543 --> 01:14:10,165 and the cloud of this Russia business 1434 01:14:10,265 --> 01:14:12,968 is making that very difficult, very tough. 1435 01:14:13,068 --> 01:14:15,371 If I didn't have the cloud, we would've won 1436 01:14:15,471 --> 01:14:17,933 the health care vote and a lot of people are very upset 1437 01:14:18,033 --> 01:14:20,056 about that because that should've gone through. 1438 01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:22,018 You know I have nothing 1439 01:14:22,118 --> 01:14:24,180 to do with Russia. 1440 01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:27,824 I have a letter here from the biggest law firm in D.C. 1441 01:14:27,924 --> 01:14:30,187 saying I have no income from Russia. 1442 01:14:30,287 --> 01:14:32,109 And I'm going to be filing a personal lawsuit 1443 01:14:32,209 --> 01:14:34,111 against the author of this horrible dossier. 1444 01:14:34,211 --> 01:14:36,193 And I'm not even sure Steele is his real name. 1445 01:14:36,293 --> 01:14:38,836 It sounds like a made-up name to me. 1446 01:14:38,936 --> 01:14:41,959 But it's gonna be a huge suit, because the things he said 1447 01:14:42,059 --> 01:14:45,203 were very unfair and very painful. 1448 01:14:45,303 --> 01:14:47,365 So I want to know what you can do 1449 01:14:47,465 --> 01:14:49,567 to lift this Russia cloud. 1450 01:14:49,667 --> 01:14:51,966 Mr. President, we are running it down as quickly as we can. 1451 01:14:51,990 --> 01:14:54,653 For now it's in your best interest to let us do that work. 1452 01:14:54,753 --> 01:14:57,091 You know, nobody knows how many problems I create for Russia. 1453 01:14:57,115 --> 01:14:58,577 I'm actually very bad for Russia. 1454 01:14:58,677 --> 01:15:01,860 Much tougher on them than Obama. 1455 01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:04,863 I'm gonna be commissioning more nukes, newer nukes. 1456 01:15:04,963 --> 01:15:07,867 Ours are 40 years old, some of them. 1457 01:15:07,967 --> 01:15:10,109 I'm also making sure we're doing more oil drilling, 1458 01:15:10,209 --> 01:15:11,991 which Russia hates, but all I get is 1459 01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:14,314 Trump, Russia, Trump, Russia... The same cloud. 1460 01:15:14,414 --> 01:15:16,836 And it's very unfair, and very bad for the country. 1461 01:15:16,936 --> 01:15:18,838 So I think 1462 01:15:18,938 --> 01:15:20,881 there should be a way for you to get out there 1463 01:15:20,981 --> 01:15:24,805 that you're not investigating me. 1464 01:15:24,905 --> 01:15:27,087 Sir, I was just up on the Hill, 1465 01:15:27,187 --> 01:15:28,849 and I told congressional leadership 1466 01:15:28,949 --> 01:15:31,011 that we are not investigating you. 1467 01:15:31,111 --> 01:15:34,575 I'm trying to make smart deals, tough deals. 1468 01:15:34,675 --> 01:15:37,338 And it's incredible how well we're doing. 1469 01:15:37,438 --> 01:15:38,820 No one can believe it. 1470 01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:41,623 It's probably the best first month 1471 01:15:41,723 --> 01:15:44,025 any president ever had. 1472 01:15:44,125 --> 01:15:46,788 And it's because I hire all the best people, 1473 01:15:46,888 --> 01:15:48,590 only the best. 1474 01:15:48,690 --> 01:15:51,433 But I have this cloud hanging over everything. 1475 01:15:51,533 --> 01:15:54,036 And now I'm supposed to go to the G7, 1476 01:15:54,136 --> 01:15:56,198 so I only hope that you can get out the fact 1477 01:15:56,298 --> 01:15:58,320 that I'm not being investigated. 1478 01:15:58,420 --> 01:16:01,324 I haven't brought up the McCabe thing, 1479 01:16:01,424 --> 01:16:03,045 because you say he's an honorable guy, 1480 01:16:03,145 --> 01:16:04,968 but he's very close with Terry McAuliffe 1481 01:16:05,068 --> 01:16:06,529 and the Clintons. 1482 01:16:06,629 --> 01:16:08,531 And they gave him money. 1483 01:16:08,631 --> 01:16:10,894 But you say he's an honorable guy, so... 1484 01:16:10,994 --> 01:16:12,496 so I'm trusting you. 1485 01:16:12,596 --> 01:16:15,439 Yes, Andy is an honorable person. 1486 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,342 Okay. 1487 01:16:18,442 --> 01:16:20,904 Thank you, Jim. 1488 01:16:21,004 --> 01:16:22,746 Boss? 1489 01:16:22,846 --> 01:16:24,584 Do you want to go to a diversity recruiting event 1490 01:16:24,608 --> 01:16:26,711 at the L.A. field office May 9? 1491 01:16:30,014 --> 01:16:31,352 You're really trying to recreate... 1492 01:16:31,376 --> 01:16:32,477 Okay, that's easy. 1493 01:16:32,577 --> 01:16:34,759 Your... your grandmother taught me. 1494 01:16:34,859 --> 01:16:36,721 - Okay, here we go with that one. - Oh, good. 1495 01:16:36,821 --> 01:16:38,443 - And then there's that one. - Ah. 1496 01:16:38,543 --> 01:16:41,166 - Thank-thank you. - What's that? 1497 01:16:41,266 --> 01:16:43,248 The drama department randomly decided 1498 01:16:43,348 --> 01:16:44,690 to do Guys and Dolls. 1499 01:16:44,790 --> 01:16:46,372 I'm trying out for Adelaide. 1500 01:16:46,472 --> 01:16:49,195 Oh. 1501 01:16:51,597 --> 01:16:52,618 - Come here. - Ah. 1502 01:16:52,718 --> 01:16:54,720 Like that. 1503 01:17:00,927 --> 01:17:03,029 Tonight, the Attorney General Jeff Sessions explained 1504 01:17:03,129 --> 01:17:04,831 his decision to recuse himself, 1505 01:17:04,931 --> 01:17:07,594 and it came from his involvement with the Trump campaign. 1506 01:17:07,694 --> 01:17:09,676 He said he felt it was the appropriate thing to do 1507 01:17:09,776 --> 01:17:11,919 because of his ties to the campaign. 1508 01:17:12,019 --> 01:17:13,681 He made no mention of his meetings 1509 01:17:13,781 --> 01:17:16,021 with the Russian ambassador as a factor in this decision. 1510 01:17:16,103 --> 01:17:18,606 And he said he did nothing wrong. 1511 01:17:18,706 --> 01:17:22,050 Jim... just checking 1512 01:17:22,150 --> 01:17:24,412 that you did what I asked you to do before? 1513 01:17:24,512 --> 01:17:26,775 Get out the fact that I'm not being investigated? 1514 01:17:26,875 --> 01:17:29,177 Sir, I passed that request along to Dana Boente, 1515 01:17:29,277 --> 01:17:31,299 but I haven't yet heard back from him. 1516 01:17:31,399 --> 01:17:32,261 Who's that? 1517 01:17:32,361 --> 01:17:34,022 Sir, with General Sessions recused, 1518 01:17:34,122 --> 01:17:36,665 Dana Boente is now acting A.G. with respect to this issue. 1519 01:17:36,765 --> 01:17:38,507 Well, Jeff shouldn't have recused himself. 1520 01:17:38,607 --> 01:17:40,149 It was a dumb thing to do. 1521 01:17:40,249 --> 01:17:42,031 Because now every time I sit down 1522 01:17:42,131 --> 01:17:44,033 with a foreign leader, it's this cloud. 1523 01:17:44,133 --> 01:17:45,875 The Democrats keep bringing it up, 1524 01:17:45,975 --> 01:17:48,438 and it's just an excuse for losing the election, 1525 01:17:48,538 --> 01:17:51,281 when maybe I just ran a great campaign. 1526 01:17:51,381 --> 01:17:53,261 The most effective way for you to handle this is 1527 01:17:53,303 --> 01:17:55,085 to have your White House Counsel, Don McGahn, 1528 01:17:55,185 --> 01:17:57,908 call the acting A.G. to make all requests. 1529 01:18:00,871 --> 01:18:05,055 I have been very loyal to you, very loyal. 1530 01:18:05,155 --> 01:18:08,399 We had that... thing, you know? 1531 01:18:14,325 --> 01:18:17,208 McGahn should talk to Dana. 1532 01:18:24,296 --> 01:18:26,238 Anyway, the reason I called, 1533 01:18:26,338 --> 01:18:28,881 they just had the bombings, the Coptic Church. 1534 01:18:28,981 --> 01:18:31,043 Three Americans killed by an Egyptian soldier. 1535 01:18:31,143 --> 01:18:32,685 A lot of people are very upset. 1536 01:18:32,785 --> 01:18:35,368 So I spoke to the Egyptian president. 1537 01:18:35,468 --> 01:18:37,410 - I know Obama never... - Sir, I think 1538 01:18:37,510 --> 01:18:38,771 you mean the Jordanian king. 1539 01:18:38,871 --> 01:18:41,754 The bombing incident occurred in Jordan. 1540 01:18:45,038 --> 01:18:47,381 Just bring the killer to justice. 1541 01:18:47,481 --> 01:18:49,883 You're doing a great job, Jim. 1542 01:19:11,426 --> 01:19:13,588 Smart birds. 1543 01:19:15,430 --> 01:19:17,432 You write it all down, boss? 1544 01:19:24,200 --> 01:19:26,662 I just noticed... 1545 01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:29,586 you can't see the White House from here. 1546 01:19:29,686 --> 01:19:31,688 That never bothered me before. 1547 01:19:33,570 --> 01:19:37,314 No. I guess you can't. 1548 01:20:03,882 --> 01:20:05,884 You okay? 1549 01:20:18,578 --> 01:20:19,599 Jim. 1550 01:20:19,699 --> 01:20:21,040 Thanks for coming. 1551 01:20:21,140 --> 01:20:22,882 Of course. You settling in okay? 1552 01:20:22,982 --> 01:20:25,525 Eh, reasonably. 1553 01:20:25,625 --> 01:20:27,247 A few land mines strewn about. 1554 01:20:27,347 --> 01:20:28,689 Ha, that's surprising. 1555 01:20:28,789 --> 01:20:30,891 I thought I'd stepped on all of them already. 1556 01:20:30,991 --> 01:20:32,993 What can I do for you? 1557 01:20:34,274 --> 01:20:36,857 I thought you might give me a tutorial. 1558 01:20:36,957 --> 01:20:39,981 You know, how to do this job as well as it can be done. 1559 01:20:40,081 --> 01:20:42,623 Also, I wanted to know who you thought I should pick 1560 01:20:42,723 --> 01:20:44,345 for the Manhattan office. 1561 01:20:44,445 --> 01:20:46,347 I'll answer the second question first. 1562 01:20:46,447 --> 01:20:49,270 I know the White House is pushing Bob McRaven 1563 01:20:49,370 --> 01:20:51,673 for that position, but I think he'd be a disaster. 1564 01:20:51,773 --> 01:20:54,476 I have serious questions about his integrity. 1565 01:20:54,576 --> 01:20:56,198 Would urge you to talk to Clark Derry. 1566 01:20:56,298 --> 01:20:57,639 Clark thinks Bob perjured himself 1567 01:20:57,739 --> 01:20:59,441 on a case the Chicago office prosecuted. 1568 01:20:59,541 --> 01:21:01,924 Well, that makes things easy. 1569 01:21:02,024 --> 01:21:07,370 As to running this office, tell me... 1570 01:21:07,470 --> 01:21:09,932 ...what was your favorite kind of candy as a kid? 1571 01:21:10,032 --> 01:21:11,935 Hmm? 1572 01:21:12,035 --> 01:21:14,097 Someone comes into my office to brief me, 1573 01:21:14,197 --> 01:21:16,379 they're often scared by the myth of the place. 1574 01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:18,381 That limits their effectiveness. 1575 01:21:18,481 --> 01:21:21,265 One personal connection, and they relax. 1576 01:21:21,365 --> 01:21:24,228 So what was yours? 1577 01:21:24,328 --> 01:21:26,510 - Reese's. - Ah. 1578 01:21:26,610 --> 01:21:28,312 Mine, too. 1579 01:21:28,412 --> 01:21:30,414 Almond Joy was a close second. 1580 01:21:32,737 --> 01:21:36,601 Not sure I can imagine asking someone that question. 1581 01:21:36,701 --> 01:21:38,703 Why not? 1582 01:21:40,505 --> 01:21:42,507 I'm not you. 1583 01:21:47,232 --> 01:21:51,176 The job is about protecting people. 1584 01:21:51,276 --> 01:21:54,420 Every decision comes back to that. 1585 01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,582 Everything the entire department does 1586 01:21:56,682 --> 01:21:59,665 will run through this office, so you need to be at your best. 1587 01:21:59,765 --> 01:22:03,029 You need to eat well, exercise, get enough sleep. 1588 01:22:03,129 --> 01:22:06,433 You need to be with your family to recharge yourself. 1589 01:22:06,533 --> 01:22:09,156 That goes for all of your staff as well. 1590 01:22:09,256 --> 01:22:12,119 Try to get out of the office by 6, 6:30 every night, 1591 01:22:12,219 --> 01:22:14,361 because no one will leave before you do, 1592 01:22:14,461 --> 01:22:17,364 and you want them spending time with their loved ones. 1593 01:22:17,464 --> 01:22:20,307 Workaholics make soulless choices. 1594 01:22:22,390 --> 01:22:24,852 That must be why your staff likes you so much. 1595 01:22:24,952 --> 01:22:27,575 I just treat 'em like people. 1596 01:22:27,675 --> 01:22:30,799 And the president? How do you treat him? 1597 01:22:33,561 --> 01:22:36,184 Leaders like that throw you back to first principles. 1598 01:22:36,284 --> 01:22:38,307 Hmm. 1599 01:22:38,407 --> 01:22:40,265 You just have to keep remembering what they are. 1600 01:22:40,289 --> 01:22:43,632 Sir, I have the A.G. calling. 1601 01:22:43,732 --> 01:22:46,956 Should I ask him what his favorite candy was? 1602 01:22:47,056 --> 01:22:48,958 The next day, 1603 01:22:49,058 --> 01:22:51,080 unbeknownst to me, 1604 01:22:51,180 --> 01:22:53,603 the president went to his hotel in New Jersey 1605 01:22:53,703 --> 01:22:56,326 with Stephen Miller to write a memo 1606 01:22:56,426 --> 01:22:59,129 designed to justify the firing of Jim Comey. 1607 01:22:59,229 --> 01:23:01,892 It was called the "Bedminster Memo," 1608 01:23:01,992 --> 01:23:04,935 a four-page screed excoriating Jim. 1609 01:23:05,035 --> 01:23:06,977 Jim Comey is an Obama guy, okay. 1610 01:23:07,077 --> 01:23:09,300 I don't care how much he talks about being a Republican, 1611 01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:11,822 he has never protected me because he's an Obama guy, 1612 01:23:11,922 --> 01:23:13,144 and he's not on the team. 1613 01:23:13,244 --> 01:23:14,785 The president gave it to Don McGahn, 1614 01:23:14,885 --> 01:23:17,548 who gave it to General Sessions... 1615 01:23:17,648 --> 01:23:20,151 who gave it to me. 1616 01:23:20,251 --> 01:23:24,015 And then I was summoned to the White House. 1617 01:23:33,345 --> 01:23:35,427 What was your favorite? 1618 01:23:36,949 --> 01:23:38,170 As a kid? 1619 01:23:38,270 --> 01:23:40,273 I'm sorry? 1620 01:23:42,315 --> 01:23:45,038 Nothing. 1621 01:23:46,279 --> 01:23:48,662 That was stupid. 1622 01:23:48,762 --> 01:23:50,764 Rod. 1623 01:23:51,565 --> 01:23:53,567 - Don. - Hey. 1624 01:24:00,975 --> 01:24:03,998 Mr. President... 1625 01:24:04,098 --> 01:24:06,881 I don't think you can send this memo out in its current state. 1626 01:24:06,981 --> 01:24:09,884 Why not? It's all true. 1627 01:24:09,984 --> 01:24:13,248 It reads like personal animus instead 1628 01:24:13,348 --> 01:24:14,769 of a reasoned executive decision... 1629 01:24:14,869 --> 01:24:16,291 He lied to me. 1630 01:24:16,391 --> 01:24:19,454 He told me he would tell people I wasn't under investigation. 1631 01:24:19,554 --> 01:24:21,096 And I was very specific about that. 1632 01:24:21,196 --> 01:24:22,818 Very strong and powerful there. 1633 01:24:22,918 --> 01:24:25,301 And then he goes to the Senate, and he doesn't say it. 1634 01:24:25,401 --> 01:24:28,904 A lot of people told me I should fire him, but I kept him around. 1635 01:24:29,004 --> 01:24:30,867 He's not a good guy. He's a dirty guy. 1636 01:24:30,967 --> 01:24:33,509 - A bad cop. And he lied to me. - Well, nevertheless, 1637 01:24:33,609 --> 01:24:36,072 the language in this memo is fairly incendiary 1638 01:24:36,172 --> 01:24:38,715 and very easy to misconstrue. 1639 01:24:38,815 --> 01:24:41,238 I think it would be bad for the presidency 1640 01:24:41,338 --> 01:24:42,479 and bad for you legally 1641 01:24:42,579 --> 01:24:44,401 to-to have this out there. 1642 01:24:44,501 --> 01:24:45,963 What parts? 1643 01:24:46,063 --> 01:24:49,046 Well, for one, you do not need to mention... 1644 01:24:49,146 --> 01:24:51,208 And should not... The Russia investigation 1645 01:24:51,308 --> 01:24:53,330 as grounds for firing Director Comey. 1646 01:24:53,430 --> 01:24:55,813 His mishandling of the Hillary e-mails is enough. 1647 01:24:55,913 --> 01:24:57,255 He and I had an understanding 1648 01:24:57,355 --> 01:24:59,697 about what he was gonna tell people, and he didn't do it. 1649 01:24:59,797 --> 01:25:00,859 The Trump-Russia cloud. 1650 01:25:00,959 --> 01:25:03,181 He told me he'd lift it and then didn't. 1651 01:25:03,281 --> 01:25:05,503 People should know he broke that deal. 1652 01:25:05,603 --> 01:25:08,427 Sir, you would be exposing yourself 1653 01:25:08,527 --> 01:25:10,909 to unnecessary risk here. 1654 01:25:11,009 --> 01:25:13,011 Then you write it. 1655 01:25:16,215 --> 01:25:19,679 - I can do that. - Great. 1656 01:25:19,779 --> 01:25:21,761 Would you put in 1657 01:25:21,861 --> 01:25:24,083 the fact that he told me three times 1658 01:25:24,183 --> 01:25:25,725 I wasn't under investigation? 1659 01:25:25,825 --> 01:25:27,443 It's very important that people understand that. 1660 01:25:27,467 --> 01:25:28,368 Again, that would be 1661 01:25:28,468 --> 01:25:29,970 conflating your decision to fire him 1662 01:25:30,070 --> 01:25:31,411 with the Russia investigation, 1663 01:25:31,511 --> 01:25:34,014 which is what we're all seeking to avoid. 1664 01:25:34,114 --> 01:25:37,177 He's got people thinking I like golden showers. 1665 01:25:37,277 --> 01:25:40,421 Are you gonna keep anything about it? 1666 01:25:40,521 --> 01:25:43,384 Jim Comey takes his fucking initials too seriously. 1667 01:25:43,484 --> 01:25:45,066 Stephen keeps me tied to my base, 1668 01:25:45,166 --> 01:25:46,903 which a lot of people forget, and then they don't 1669 01:25:46,927 --> 01:25:48,549 get reelected. 1670 01:25:48,649 --> 01:25:51,032 I don't want your version to go too easy on Comey. 1671 01:25:51,132 --> 01:25:54,095 He's a bad guy. He's a dishonest guy. 1672 01:25:55,697 --> 01:25:57,959 I understand how you feel, sir. 1673 01:25:58,059 --> 01:26:00,562 Fine. Start writing. 1674 01:26:00,662 --> 01:26:02,965 But I want Russia in there. 1675 01:26:11,874 --> 01:26:13,536 Thank you for your work. 1676 01:26:13,636 --> 01:26:17,500 Thank you. Thanks for being part of what we do. 1677 01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:19,783 President Kennedy was touring a NASA facility once 1678 01:26:19,883 --> 01:26:21,785 when he came upon a guy pushing a broom. 1679 01:26:21,885 --> 01:26:23,827 This was 1962. 1680 01:26:23,927 --> 01:26:25,869 And the president asked, 1681 01:26:25,969 --> 01:26:27,587 "What do you do here?" And the guy replied, 1682 01:26:27,611 --> 01:26:29,953 "I'm putting a man on the Moon." 1683 01:26:30,053 --> 01:26:33,157 Exactly. Exactly. 1684 01:26:33,257 --> 01:26:35,960 I'm here in L.A. for a diversity recruiting event 1685 01:26:36,060 --> 01:26:38,963 where I will try to convince... Is it 500? 1686 01:26:39,063 --> 01:26:40,881 - Five hundred and six. - Five hundred and six. 1687 01:26:40,905 --> 01:26:42,607 Five hundred and six lawyers and engineers 1688 01:26:42,707 --> 01:26:44,569 and business school graduates 1689 01:26:44,669 --> 01:26:46,451 that they ought to take a cut in pay 1690 01:26:46,551 --> 01:26:48,934 and become special agents with the FBI. 1691 01:26:49,034 --> 01:26:50,495 Now, oddly enough, 1692 01:26:50,595 --> 01:26:52,457 this isn't a tough sell, 1693 01:26:52,557 --> 01:26:54,740 because people fundamentally believe 1694 01:26:54,840 --> 01:26:57,303 in the mission of this Bureau. 1695 01:26:57,403 --> 01:27:00,286 A mission every one of you... 1696 01:27:21,749 --> 01:27:24,151 I'm gonna go figure out what's happening. 1697 01:27:25,753 --> 01:27:27,915 Uh, but... 1698 01:27:28,956 --> 01:27:31,539 Whether or not that's true, 1699 01:27:31,639 --> 01:27:33,661 my message to you won't change, so let's just... 1700 01:27:33,761 --> 01:27:36,765 Let me j... I'll finish that. Um... 1701 01:27:41,570 --> 01:27:44,233 Every one of you is personally responsible 1702 01:27:44,333 --> 01:27:46,595 for protecting the American people 1703 01:27:46,695 --> 01:27:50,059 and upholding the Constitution of the United States. 1704 01:27:52,021 --> 01:27:55,184 Thank you for doing it so well. 1705 01:27:56,265 --> 01:27:58,267 Deirdre? 1706 01:28:02,031 --> 01:28:04,935 Director Comey, I have the deputy on the line. 1707 01:28:05,035 --> 01:28:07,177 Thank you. Does that mean it's true? 1708 01:28:07,277 --> 01:28:10,701 A letter was delivered from the White House, boss. 1709 01:28:10,801 --> 01:28:13,964 You've been fired, effective immediately. 1710 01:28:15,446 --> 01:28:17,548 I see. 1711 01:28:17,648 --> 01:28:19,650 Can you read it to me? 1712 01:28:20,651 --> 01:28:21,873 You sure? 1713 01:28:21,973 --> 01:28:24,275 Yeah. 1714 01:28:24,375 --> 01:28:26,237 "Dear Director Comey, 1715 01:28:26,337 --> 01:28:27,879 I have received the attached letters 1716 01:28:27,979 --> 01:28:29,160 from the attorney general 1717 01:28:29,260 --> 01:28:31,603 and deputy attorney general of the United States 1718 01:28:31,703 --> 01:28:33,765 recommending your dismissal as the director 1719 01:28:33,865 --> 01:28:35,727 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 1720 01:28:35,827 --> 01:28:37,930 I've accepted their recommendation, 1721 01:28:38,030 --> 01:28:40,292 and you are hereby terminated and removed from office, 1722 01:28:40,392 --> 01:28:42,214 effective immediately. 1723 01:28:42,314 --> 01:28:43,376 While I greatly appreciate 1724 01:28:43,476 --> 01:28:45,658 you informing me on three separate occasions 1725 01:28:45,758 --> 01:28:49,342 that I am not under investigation, 1726 01:28:49,442 --> 01:28:51,184 I nevertheless concur 1727 01:28:51,284 --> 01:28:53,947 with the judgment of the Department of Justice 1728 01:28:54,047 --> 01:28:58,392 that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau. 1729 01:28:58,492 --> 01:29:00,394 It is essential that we find..." 1730 01:29:00,494 --> 01:29:03,077 What do the attachments say? From the A.G. and the D.A.G. 1731 01:29:03,177 --> 01:29:04,678 A.G.'s is pretty standard. 1732 01:29:04,778 --> 01:29:07,741 - Yeah. The one from Rod? - Two and a half pages. 1733 01:29:08,983 --> 01:29:10,885 Read it to me, will you? 1734 01:29:10,985 --> 01:29:12,887 - Boss. - Andy, 1735 01:29:12,987 --> 01:29:14,489 I can't order you to. 1736 01:29:14,589 --> 01:29:16,591 I'm just asking. 1737 01:29:19,314 --> 01:29:20,775 "The Federal Bureau of Investigation 1738 01:29:20,875 --> 01:29:23,178 has long been regarded as our nation's premier..." 1739 01:29:23,278 --> 01:29:25,280 Just skip to the gruesome parts. 1740 01:29:27,242 --> 01:29:29,144 This whole thing is gruesome, boss. 1741 01:29:29,244 --> 01:29:31,627 "The current FBI director 1742 01:29:31,727 --> 01:29:33,029 is an articulate 1743 01:29:33,129 --> 01:29:35,431 and persuasive speaker about leadership 1744 01:29:35,531 --> 01:29:38,594 and the immutable principles of the Department of Justice. 1745 01:29:38,694 --> 01:29:41,758 He deserves our appreciation for his public service. 1746 01:29:41,858 --> 01:29:44,361 As you and I have discussed, however, 1747 01:29:44,461 --> 01:29:48,125 I cannot defend the director's handling of the conclusion 1748 01:29:48,225 --> 01:29:50,607 of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's e-mails, 1749 01:29:50,707 --> 01:29:53,610 and I do not understand his refusal to accept 1750 01:29:53,710 --> 01:29:57,675 the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken." 1751 01:30:00,958 --> 01:30:02,300 Deirdre, if you would, 1752 01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:04,378 I'd like you to conduct the recruiting event for me. 1753 01:30:04,402 --> 01:30:06,564 Sure, boss. Course. 1754 01:30:29,549 --> 01:30:31,050 Well, it's true. 1755 01:30:31,150 --> 01:30:32,772 What you've heard. 1756 01:30:32,872 --> 01:30:36,036 President has fired me, effective immediately. 1757 01:30:39,559 --> 01:30:42,142 Andy McCabe will now be your acting director, 1758 01:30:42,242 --> 01:30:44,685 which means you are in very good hands. 1759 01:30:48,369 --> 01:30:51,552 The FBI's values are bigger than any single person, 1760 01:30:51,652 --> 01:30:54,155 so it's the same mission no matter who's running it, 1761 01:30:54,255 --> 01:30:56,758 so I-I have no fear for its future. 1762 01:30:56,858 --> 01:30:58,860 What saddens me... 1763 01:31:03,865 --> 01:31:05,867 ...is leaving you. 1764 01:31:08,470 --> 01:31:10,933 The kind of people you are. 1765 01:31:11,033 --> 01:31:13,375 Honest. 1766 01:31:13,475 --> 01:31:15,818 Fearless. 1767 01:31:15,918 --> 01:31:17,920 Independent. 1768 01:31:18,961 --> 01:31:20,963 Patriotic. 1769 01:31:24,968 --> 01:31:27,050 That... 1770 01:31:28,531 --> 01:31:30,534 ...I will miss. 1771 01:31:32,135 --> 01:31:34,518 I wish you all the best. 1772 01:32:42,330 --> 01:32:44,633 And? 1773 01:32:44,733 --> 01:32:47,195 It is the determination of my team 1774 01:32:47,295 --> 01:32:51,880 that it would absolutely be a lawful use of taxpayer funds. 1775 01:32:51,980 --> 01:32:54,323 He was traveling on FBI business. 1776 01:32:54,423 --> 01:32:57,246 The government is obligated to bring him home. 1777 01:32:57,346 --> 01:32:59,929 And the plane has to return to D.C. regardless. 1778 01:33:00,029 --> 01:33:02,492 So do his protective and comms teams. 1779 01:33:02,592 --> 01:33:04,053 The director wants... 1780 01:33:05,595 --> 01:33:08,338 Jim would like to rent a car and drive back. 1781 01:33:08,438 --> 01:33:10,420 - No. - Three thousand miles? 1782 01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,462 There are security issues here. 1783 01:33:12,562 --> 01:33:15,225 What if some nut decides to shoot him? 1784 01:33:15,325 --> 01:33:17,023 I can't believe we're even having this conversation. 1785 01:33:17,047 --> 01:33:19,069 Okay. 1786 01:33:19,169 --> 01:33:21,172 Okay. 1787 01:33:23,854 --> 01:33:25,856 Put him on the plane. 1788 01:33:34,706 --> 01:33:37,349 Thank you for your service, Shaun. And your friendship. 1789 01:33:38,830 --> 01:33:40,612 Boss, I have to say it. 1790 01:33:40,712 --> 01:33:42,714 You deserve better. 1791 01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:50,503 Get home to your family. 1792 01:33:50,603 --> 01:33:52,605 Thank you, sir. 1793 01:34:13,988 --> 01:34:15,990 What's new? 1794 01:34:18,192 --> 01:34:20,194 You tell me. 1795 01:34:23,918 --> 01:34:26,882 I had so much more left to do. 1796 01:34:43,499 --> 01:34:44,917 Yes or no, did the president 1797 01:34:44,941 --> 01:34:48,324 direct Rod Rosenstein to write this memo on James Comey? 1798 01:34:48,424 --> 01:34:50,647 No, the president had lost, uh... 1799 01:34:50,747 --> 01:34:53,770 Again, like I said, he'd lost confidence in Director Comey, 1800 01:34:53,870 --> 01:34:55,692 and, frankly, he'd been considering 1801 01:34:55,792 --> 01:34:59,096 letting Director Comey go since the day he was elected. 1802 01:34:59,196 --> 01:35:01,699 Uh, but he did have a conversation, 1803 01:35:01,799 --> 01:35:04,662 uh, with the deputy attorney general, 1804 01:35:04,762 --> 01:35:08,025 uh, on Monday where they had come to him 1805 01:35:08,125 --> 01:35:10,268 to express their concerns. 1806 01:35:10,368 --> 01:35:12,630 The president asked that they put those concerns 1807 01:35:12,730 --> 01:35:14,352 and their recommendation in writing, 1808 01:35:14,452 --> 01:35:16,190 which is the letter that you guys have received. 1809 01:35:16,214 --> 01:35:17,592 So it's the White House's assertion 1810 01:35:17,616 --> 01:35:19,558 that Rod Rosenstein decided on his own 1811 01:35:19,658 --> 01:35:22,361 after being confirmed to review Comey's performance? 1812 01:35:22,461 --> 01:35:24,643 Absolutely. And I think, uh, most of America 1813 01:35:24,743 --> 01:35:27,446 had decided on their own that Director Comey 1814 01:35:27,546 --> 01:35:30,950 was not, uh, the person that should be leading the FBI. 1815 01:35:32,031 --> 01:35:34,133 In short, 1816 01:35:34,233 --> 01:35:36,376 our investigation is beginning to overlap 1817 01:35:36,476 --> 01:35:38,418 with the Senate Intel's investigation. 1818 01:35:38,518 --> 01:35:40,700 It's creating some issues. 1819 01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:42,943 It's our feeling that with public confidence 1820 01:35:43,043 --> 01:35:46,547 in both the Bureau and the Senate now compromised, 1821 01:35:46,647 --> 01:35:49,009 the best option... 1822 01:35:50,531 --> 01:35:52,152 ...the only option is the appointment 1823 01:35:52,252 --> 01:35:54,535 of a special counsel. 1824 01:35:58,259 --> 01:36:00,301 Rod? 1825 01:36:06,267 --> 01:36:08,270 Are you okay? 1826 01:36:12,434 --> 01:36:15,217 I can't believe 1827 01:36:15,317 --> 01:36:17,319 they used me like this. 1828 01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:20,443 - But you wrote the memo. - I... 1829 01:36:22,725 --> 01:36:26,389 They asked me narrow questions, and I answered them narrowly. 1830 01:36:26,489 --> 01:36:29,232 I didn't know that they were going to use me like this. 1831 01:36:29,332 --> 01:36:31,334 I... 1832 01:36:37,260 --> 01:36:39,263 Is your family okay? 1833 01:36:41,865 --> 01:36:44,348 Are you sleeping at all? 1834 01:36:48,352 --> 01:36:52,136 The president wants me to say that firing Jim was my idea, 1835 01:36:52,236 --> 01:36:53,898 but that is a lie. 1836 01:36:53,998 --> 01:36:56,942 And there's no one in here that I can talk to about this. 1837 01:36:57,042 --> 01:36:59,364 There's nobody in here that I trust. 1838 01:37:07,733 --> 01:37:11,037 I wish I could talk to Jim about this. 1839 01:37:11,137 --> 01:37:13,940 He'd understand what I'm dealing with. 1840 01:37:15,061 --> 01:37:17,263 It's pretty funny, huh? 1841 01:37:20,146 --> 01:37:22,188 I think he's unwell. 1842 01:37:23,750 --> 01:37:25,832 The president. 1843 01:37:27,554 --> 01:37:29,977 I think if someone invoked the 25th Amendment, 1844 01:37:30,077 --> 01:37:33,300 there would be support from a lot of the cabinet. 1845 01:37:33,400 --> 01:37:35,983 Sessions would support it. 1846 01:37:36,083 --> 01:37:39,106 Kelly, too. Others. 1847 01:37:39,206 --> 01:37:43,211 But you'd need evidence to convince the public. 1848 01:37:47,575 --> 01:37:50,779 I should wear a wire next time I'm with him. 1849 01:37:52,180 --> 01:37:54,643 Then everyone would know. 1850 01:37:54,743 --> 01:37:57,006 I could. 1851 01:37:57,106 --> 01:37:59,168 I never get searched when I go in there. 1852 01:37:59,268 --> 01:38:01,650 No one ever searches me. 1853 01:38:01,750 --> 01:38:03,833 I could record him. 1854 01:38:07,637 --> 01:38:11,761 It's so crazy in there. 1855 01:38:13,123 --> 01:38:16,066 Would it be helpful to you if I... 1856 01:38:16,166 --> 01:38:19,249 wore a wire next time I'm with him? 1857 01:38:21,612 --> 01:38:23,614 I could record him. 1858 01:38:25,976 --> 01:38:27,978 Rod, can I... 1859 01:38:30,621 --> 01:38:33,725 Can I get back to you on that? 1860 01:38:33,825 --> 01:38:35,527 Yeah, this is it. 1861 01:38:35,627 --> 01:38:39,371 Yeah. I just fired the head of the FBI. 1862 01:38:39,471 --> 01:38:41,493 He was crazy, a real nutjob. 1863 01:38:41,593 --> 01:38:44,336 I faced great pressure because of Russia. 1864 01:38:44,436 --> 01:38:45,818 It's taken off now. 1865 01:38:45,918 --> 01:38:48,180 You know, fake news... 1866 01:38:48,280 --> 01:38:49,702 Fake news. 1867 01:38:49,802 --> 01:38:51,459 They keeps talking about, "Election interference, 1868 01:38:51,483 --> 01:38:53,025 election interference. 1869 01:38:53,125 --> 01:38:55,228 The Russians meddled in our election. Oh, no!" 1870 01:38:55,328 --> 01:38:56,989 And I think, first, who cares? 1871 01:38:57,089 --> 01:38:58,631 We got the right result. 1872 01:38:58,731 --> 01:39:00,553 Right? And second, 1873 01:39:00,653 --> 01:39:03,036 what do they think we do to other people's elections? 1874 01:39:03,136 --> 01:39:04,397 We invented meddling. 1875 01:39:04,497 --> 01:39:06,279 How do you know Putin wasn't our idea? 1876 01:39:09,943 --> 01:39:11,945 Here's what I see. 1877 01:39:13,787 --> 01:39:17,411 I see a president launching an attack on this Bureau 1878 01:39:17,511 --> 01:39:19,513 to weaken it. 1879 01:39:21,075 --> 01:39:24,178 I'm not yet ready to ascribe motives for this. 1880 01:39:24,278 --> 01:39:25,980 But when viewed in conjunction 1881 01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:29,384 with him inviting two Russian intel operatives into the Oval, 1882 01:39:29,484 --> 01:39:32,187 and the firing of Director Comey, 1883 01:39:32,287 --> 01:39:36,311 which was designed to slow or stop an ongoing investigation 1884 01:39:36,411 --> 01:39:39,114 into Russia's malign activities concerning our election 1885 01:39:39,214 --> 01:39:42,478 and our democracy more broadly, 1886 01:39:42,578 --> 01:39:45,581 I am forced to make a very disconcerting call. 1887 01:39:47,223 --> 01:39:51,568 We have to expand the Crossfire Hurricane investigation 1888 01:39:51,668 --> 01:39:54,270 to include the president himself. 1889 01:39:55,912 --> 01:39:57,814 When the world learns of this, 1890 01:39:57,914 --> 01:39:59,856 the blowback will be immense. 1891 01:39:59,956 --> 01:40:01,836 "How dare they investigate a sitting president?" 1892 01:40:01,919 --> 01:40:03,741 So let me be clear. 1893 01:40:03,841 --> 01:40:06,704 This investigation is about Russia, 1894 01:40:06,804 --> 01:40:09,427 period, full stop. 1895 01:40:09,527 --> 01:40:12,350 It has always been about Russia's attempt 1896 01:40:12,450 --> 01:40:13,991 to undermine our democracy. 1897 01:40:14,091 --> 01:40:17,395 Flynn, Manafort, Papadopoulos, Carter Page... 1898 01:40:17,495 --> 01:40:20,839 They all put themselves within our line of inquiry. 1899 01:40:20,939 --> 01:40:22,941 So has the president. 1900 01:40:24,743 --> 01:40:27,366 We have adequate predication to be investigating all of them. 1901 01:40:27,466 --> 01:40:29,128 Is everyone clear? 1902 01:40:29,228 --> 01:40:30,609 Sir? 1903 01:40:30,709 --> 01:40:32,831 The president is calling. 1904 01:40:33,873 --> 01:40:35,615 Secured line? 1905 01:40:35,715 --> 01:40:38,418 - No, sir. - Thank you. 1906 01:40:52,532 --> 01:40:54,435 This is McCabe. 1907 01:40:54,535 --> 01:40:56,397 This is Don Trump. How are you? 1908 01:40:56,497 --> 01:40:58,399 I'm fine, sir. How are you? 1909 01:40:58,499 --> 01:41:00,201 You know, boy, it's incredible. 1910 01:41:00,301 --> 01:41:01,981 Such a great thing. People are really happy 1911 01:41:02,063 --> 01:41:03,524 about the fact that he's gone. 1912 01:41:03,624 --> 01:41:06,047 I mean, it's just remarkable what people are saying. 1913 01:41:06,147 --> 01:41:08,770 I received hundreds of messages from FBI people, 1914 01:41:08,870 --> 01:41:10,732 how happy they are that I fired him. 1915 01:41:10,832 --> 01:41:13,054 People saying things on the media. Have you seen that? 1916 01:41:13,154 --> 01:41:15,377 You know, I didn't actually know how hated he was. 1917 01:41:15,477 --> 01:41:17,779 What's it like there in the building? Have you seen that? 1918 01:41:17,879 --> 01:41:19,181 You need me, sir? 1919 01:41:19,281 --> 01:41:21,824 Why would I need you? 1920 01:41:21,924 --> 01:41:23,866 People here are very surprised. 1921 01:41:23,966 --> 01:41:25,748 But we're trying to get back to work. 1922 01:41:25,848 --> 01:41:28,231 Yeah, I really want to come over there to the FBI 1923 01:41:28,331 --> 01:41:30,713 and show all my FBI people how much I love them. 1924 01:41:30,813 --> 01:41:32,795 So I think it'd be good for me 1925 01:41:32,895 --> 01:41:34,998 to come over there, tomorrow or the next day. 1926 01:41:35,098 --> 01:41:37,100 Do you think that'd be a good idea? 1927 01:41:39,462 --> 01:41:41,164 You're always welcome here, sir. 1928 01:41:41,264 --> 01:41:42,886 But I want to know 1929 01:41:42,986 --> 01:41:45,449 how he was allowed to fly home on the FBI jet. 1930 01:41:45,549 --> 01:41:47,531 I watched that, and I want an investigation opened 1931 01:41:47,631 --> 01:41:49,351 into how that happened and who allowed that. 1932 01:41:49,433 --> 01:41:51,375 Mr. President, I can look into that for you, 1933 01:41:51,475 --> 01:41:53,217 but it's really unnecessary. 1934 01:41:53,317 --> 01:41:55,179 I authorized it. 1935 01:41:55,279 --> 01:41:57,822 What?! 1936 01:41:57,922 --> 01:42:00,745 We had an obligation to bring him and his staff home safely, 1937 01:42:00,845 --> 01:42:02,908 as well as the flight crew and the plane. 1938 01:42:03,008 --> 01:42:05,430 I don't want that. I don't approve that. I don't want that. 1939 01:42:05,530 --> 01:42:06,828 Nevertheless, sir, I authorized it. 1940 01:42:06,852 --> 01:42:08,353 Well, I want it looked into. 1941 01:42:08,453 --> 01:42:11,357 And he's not to be allowed back on FBI property again. 1942 01:42:11,457 --> 01:42:12,918 Ever. 1943 01:42:13,018 --> 01:42:15,601 You send him his stuff in boxes. Is that clear? 1944 01:42:15,701 --> 01:42:17,803 - Yes, sir. - I'm surprised at you. 1945 01:42:17,903 --> 01:42:19,946 I'd heard you were part of the Resistance. 1946 01:42:21,507 --> 01:42:23,009 Sir? 1947 01:42:23,109 --> 01:42:25,572 That you didn't agree with Comey on the Hillary e-mails, 1948 01:42:25,672 --> 01:42:27,974 you didn't like his decisions. 1949 01:42:28,074 --> 01:42:30,377 No, sir. 1950 01:42:30,477 --> 01:42:32,739 I was a part of those decisions. 1951 01:42:32,839 --> 01:42:34,982 Oh. 1952 01:42:35,082 --> 01:42:36,623 Well, you just make sure 1953 01:42:36,723 --> 01:42:38,345 the courtyard is full when I get there. 1954 01:42:38,445 --> 01:42:40,147 FBI people love me. 1955 01:42:40,247 --> 01:42:43,230 Same feeling I get in North Carolina, which I won so big. 1956 01:42:43,330 --> 01:42:45,193 90% of the Bureau voted for me. 1957 01:42:45,293 --> 01:42:46,754 Who did you vote for? 1958 01:42:46,854 --> 01:42:50,238 Mr. President, I've been a Republican all my life. 1959 01:42:50,338 --> 01:42:51,639 I have voted 1960 01:42:51,739 --> 01:42:54,402 for every Republican presidential candidate. 1961 01:42:54,502 --> 01:42:57,646 But given the circumstances present at the time, 1962 01:42:57,746 --> 01:43:02,251 I didn't feel it was appropriate for me to vote in 2016. 1963 01:43:02,351 --> 01:43:04,653 You know, your problem is your wife. 1964 01:43:04,753 --> 01:43:08,878 She lost her election in Virginia, didn't she? 1965 01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:13,102 Yes, she did. 1966 01:43:13,202 --> 01:43:16,246 Ask her how it feels to be a loser. 1967 01:43:34,345 --> 01:43:36,888 We will need to be meticulous here. 1968 01:43:36,988 --> 01:43:39,330 I want a documentary record 1969 01:43:39,430 --> 01:43:42,133 of everything we find, in indelible fashion 1970 01:43:42,233 --> 01:43:44,336 so that if I am removed from office 1971 01:43:44,436 --> 01:43:45,897 or otherwise marginalized, 1972 01:43:45,997 --> 01:43:48,820 our work will go on unabated. 1973 01:43:48,920 --> 01:43:51,043 That is vital. 1974 01:43:52,124 --> 01:43:54,707 He can fire me, 1975 01:43:54,807 --> 01:43:57,169 but he cannot fire the FBI. 1976 01:44:17,391 --> 01:44:19,533 Let's begin. 1977 01:44:19,633 --> 01:44:22,456 Fired FBI director James Comey says 1978 01:44:22,556 --> 01:44:24,378 the president tried to convince him 1979 01:44:24,478 --> 01:44:26,100 to end the investigation 1980 01:44:26,200 --> 01:44:28,018 of former national security advisor Michael Flynn. 1981 01:44:28,042 --> 01:44:29,420 The story was first 1982 01:44:29,444 --> 01:44:30,745 reported by The New York Times 1983 01:44:30,845 --> 01:44:32,267 and then confirmed by CBS News. 1984 01:44:32,367 --> 01:44:34,029 James Comey wrote a memo 1985 01:44:34,129 --> 01:44:36,872 about an Oval Office meeting with the president. 1986 01:44:36,972 --> 01:44:38,830 This was the day after General Flynn was forced to resign. 1987 01:44:38,854 --> 01:44:40,191 The former FBI director 1988 01:44:40,215 --> 01:44:42,638 was known for taking detailed notes 1989 01:44:42,738 --> 01:44:44,600 of meetings, but these Comey memos 1990 01:44:44,700 --> 01:44:47,082 allegedly show a pattern and raise 1991 01:44:47,182 --> 01:44:48,764 additional questions about whether 1992 01:44:48,864 --> 01:44:50,806 the president was trying to interfere 1993 01:44:50,906 --> 01:44:53,369 in the Russia investigation and why. 1994 01:44:53,469 --> 01:44:55,291 On Friday evening, 1995 01:44:55,391 --> 01:44:57,333 the Senate Intelligence Committee announced 1996 01:44:57,433 --> 01:44:59,696 that James Comey has agreed 1997 01:44:59,796 --> 01:45:02,259 to testify in open session 1998 01:45:02,359 --> 01:45:03,900 before the committee. 1999 01:45:09,526 --> 01:45:11,528 Hey, boss. 2000 01:45:16,454 --> 01:45:18,196 You drove all the way 2001 01:45:18,296 --> 01:45:19,837 from Atlanta just to say hello? 2002 01:45:19,937 --> 01:45:22,240 Heck no. I'm private sector now. 2003 01:45:22,340 --> 01:45:25,924 I flew all the way from Atlanta just to say hello. 2004 01:45:26,024 --> 01:45:28,627 First class. 2005 01:45:30,188 --> 01:45:32,811 It stinks, what the White House is saying... 2006 01:45:32,911 --> 01:45:36,635 That you weren't loved and respected inside the Bureau. 2007 01:45:38,477 --> 01:45:40,679 I wanted you to hear it from me. 2008 01:45:41,961 --> 01:45:44,143 You were. 2009 01:45:44,243 --> 01:45:46,245 You still are. 2010 01:45:50,930 --> 01:45:54,594 Really wanted to have my opening memorized for this one. 2011 01:45:54,694 --> 01:45:56,697 Having trouble this morning. 2012 01:45:58,338 --> 01:46:00,340 You'll be fine. 2013 01:46:02,142 --> 01:46:04,144 Thanks, Mark. Appreciate it. 2014 01:46:06,187 --> 01:46:08,009 The American people 2015 01:46:08,109 --> 01:46:09,851 see right through the blatant lies 2016 01:46:09,951 --> 01:46:11,452 of a self-admitted leaker. 2017 01:46:11,552 --> 01:46:12,890 ...the nickname that Donald Trump has given James Comey, 2018 01:46:12,914 --> 01:46:14,175 that nickname being 2019 01:46:14,275 --> 01:46:16,217 - "Slimeball." - This is a man 2020 01:46:16,317 --> 01:46:17,339 who's a narcissist. 2021 01:46:17,439 --> 01:46:18,656 A horrendous error 2022 01:46:18,680 --> 01:46:19,901 of judgment, and he did it, 2023 01:46:20,001 --> 01:46:21,619 I think, 'cause he's kind of an arrogant guy 2024 01:46:21,643 --> 01:46:23,866 who was trying to protect his own reputation. 2025 01:46:55,559 --> 01:46:57,421 In conclusion, Senators, 2026 01:46:57,521 --> 01:47:00,104 I want the American people to know this truth: 2027 01:47:00,204 --> 01:47:03,428 the FBI is honest. 2028 01:47:03,528 --> 01:47:06,871 The FBI is strong. 2029 01:47:06,971 --> 01:47:08,273 And the FBI is 2030 01:47:08,373 --> 01:47:12,397 and always will be independent. 2031 01:47:12,497 --> 01:47:14,520 Now, I'd like to take this opportunity 2032 01:47:14,620 --> 01:47:18,163 to say something to my former colleagues, if I may. 2033 01:47:18,263 --> 01:47:21,287 I am so sorry that I didn't get the chance 2034 01:47:21,387 --> 01:47:23,389 to say goodbye to you properly. 2035 01:47:25,311 --> 01:47:29,215 It was the honor of my life to serve beside you, 2036 01:47:29,315 --> 01:47:32,539 to be part of the FBI family, 2037 01:47:32,639 --> 01:47:35,041 and I will miss it for the rest of my life. 2038 01:47:37,043 --> 01:47:39,947 Thank you for standing watch. 2039 01:47:40,047 --> 01:47:41,949 Thank you 2040 01:47:42,049 --> 01:47:45,232 for doing so much good for this country. 2041 01:47:45,332 --> 01:47:48,776 Do that good as long as ever you can. 2042 01:47:50,698 --> 01:47:52,640 And, Senators, I look forward to your questions. 2043 01:47:54,462 --> 01:47:57,365 He does speak beautifully. 2044 01:47:57,465 --> 01:47:58,967 I will give him that. 2045 01:47:59,067 --> 01:48:02,290 And he... he shakes hands with all the janitors. 2046 01:48:02,390 --> 01:48:06,255 But for all his theatrics, Jim Comey got himself fired, 2047 01:48:06,355 --> 01:48:09,318 while I stuck around to keep the ship afloat. 2048 01:48:10,399 --> 01:48:11,981 You ever think of that? 2049 01:48:12,081 --> 01:48:15,144 Me. 2050 01:48:15,244 --> 01:48:17,547 Those people out there may not love me, 2051 01:48:17,647 --> 01:48:19,649 but they respect me. 2052 01:48:21,130 --> 01:48:24,134 Shouldn't that be enough for a public servant? 2053 01:48:26,096 --> 01:48:28,218 Sir, I really should get started. 2054 01:48:34,785 --> 01:48:37,708 I have to get the place ready for the new D.A.G. 2055 01:48:39,430 --> 01:48:41,432 Of course. 2056 01:48:44,996 --> 01:48:48,460 You know, every day before I come in, 2057 01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:50,658 I spend some time outside looking at all the buildings 2058 01:48:50,682 --> 01:48:52,224 on this street. 2059 01:48:52,324 --> 01:48:54,326 You should do that. 2060 01:48:55,567 --> 01:48:57,469 Why's that? 2061 01:48:57,569 --> 01:48:59,571 'Cause they've always been here. 2062 01:49:01,173 --> 01:49:03,436 Doesn't matter who the president is, 2063 01:49:03,536 --> 01:49:05,918 which party is in power. 2064 01:49:06,018 --> 01:49:09,682 The institutions, the rule of law. 2065 01:49:09,782 --> 01:49:12,265 Nothing ever knocks them down. 2066 01:49:13,306 --> 01:49:15,308 That always comforts me. 2067 01:49:17,350 --> 01:49:19,352 Good for you. 2068 01:49:25,399 --> 01:49:27,761 And it's 3 Musketeers. 2069 01:49:30,404 --> 01:49:31,706 My favorite candy bar. 2070 01:49:36,411 --> 01:49:40,195 I guess this is where Jim Comey would turn around, 2071 01:49:40,295 --> 01:49:44,519 help you build those boxes and ask you for your life story. 2072 01:49:44,619 --> 01:49:46,522 Yeah, probably. 2073 01:49:49,625 --> 01:49:51,727 Goddamn showboat. 2074 01:54:02,174 --> 01:54:05,176 Subtitles >>>>oakislandtk<<<<< www.opensubtitles.org 155660

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