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Active Measures (2018)

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  3. (ominous music)
  4.  
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  7. (people chattering)
  8.  
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  11. ? Russians have
  12. learned that there
  13.  
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  16. is an asymmetry in
  17. conventional warfare.
  18.  
  19. 5
  20. 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:36,503
  21. The Russian military
  22. does not match
  23.  
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  26. that of the United
  27. States by far.
  28. akumenang.com
  29.  
  30. 7
  31. 00:00:38,672 --> 00:00:41,642
  32. How do you then balance
  33. out the asymmetry?
  34.  
  35. 8
  36. 00:00:42,843 --> 00:00:45,779
  37. One way to do that is to invest
  38. in much cheaper measures.
  39.  
  40. 9
  41. 00:00:45,846 --> 00:00:48,615
  42. These nonconventional
  43. active measures
  44.  
  45. 10
  46. 00:00:48,682 --> 00:00:51,417
  47. to try to weaken
  48. western institutions,
  49.  
  50. 11
  51. 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:55,321
  52. undermine western democracies
  53. versus sending in the tanks.
  54.  
  55. 12
  56. 00:01:00,426 --> 00:01:05,165
  57. ? Putin realizes that if
  58. we're divided as a nation
  59.  
  60. 13
  61. 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:10,236
  62. we cannot protect ourselves
  63. from threats within and without.
  64.  
  65. 14
  66. 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:12,673
  67. ? From the Russian
  68. point of view,
  69.  
  70. 15
  71. 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:15,576
  72. political warfare is just
  73. part of the art of war.
  74.  
  75. 16
  76. 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:17,644
  77. ? What they're driving
  78. at over the longer term
  79.  
  80. 17
  81. 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:20,480
  82. is to watch democracy
  83. crumble from the inside out.
  84.  
  85. 18
  86. 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:33,226
  87. ? I'm sitting with
  88. him at dinner.
  89.  
  90. 19
  91. 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:36,863
  92. I told him I'd been
  93. at the memorial
  94.  
  95. 20
  96. 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:38,632
  97. of the siege of Leningrad.
  98.  
  99. 21
  100. 00:01:38,699 --> 00:01:40,400
  101. He said I'll tell you a story.
  102.  
  103. 22
  104. 00:01:40,466 --> 00:01:42,603
  105. He said my father was
  106. one of those people
  107.  
  108. 23
  109. 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:44,270
  110. who was on the front lines.
  111.  
  112. 24
  113. 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:47,641
  114. And had gotten 24
  115. hours off to go home.
  116.  
  117. 25
  118. 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:49,576
  119. As he was walking down the
  120. street to his apartment,
  121.  
  122. 26
  123. 00:01:49,643 --> 00:01:53,413
  124. he saw a big pile of bodies
  125. which was not at all uncommon.
  126.  
  127. 27
  128. 00:01:53,479 --> 00:01:56,249
  129. He saw a leg sticking out
  130. and a shoe on the foot
  131.  
  132. 28
  133. 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,885
  134. and he recognized that
  135. as being his wife.
  136.  
  137. 29
  138. 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:02,188
  139. So he stopped and he screamed
  140.  
  141. 30
  142. 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:03,289
  143. and said, well, that's my wife.
  144.  
  145. 31
  146. 00:02:03,356 --> 00:02:03,924
  147. That's my wife.
  148.  
  149. 32
  150. 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:05,325
  151. I want my wife.
  152.  
  153. 33
  154. 00:02:05,391 --> 00:02:07,728
  155. The body collectors told him
  156. to leave and he kept demanding.
  157.  
  158. 34
  159. 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:10,764
  160. At this point he's pulling
  161. his wife from under the pile.
  162.  
  163. 35
  164. 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:12,699
  165. He took her to their apartment
  166.  
  167. 36
  168. 00:02:12,766 --> 00:02:14,167
  169. and nursed her back to health.
  170.  
  171. 37
  172. 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:17,638
  173. And then after the war she
  174. gave birth to Vladimir Putin.
  175.  
  176. 38
  177. 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:25,411
  178. Putin sees himself as
  179. literally pulling the body
  180.  
  181. 39
  182. 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:29,282
  183. of Russia out of the pile,
  184. the dust bin of history.
  185.  
  186. 40
  187. 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:30,684
  188. You know, we are
  189. going to revive you.
  190.  
  191. 41
  192. 00:02:30,751 --> 00:02:31,552
  193. You are not dead.
  194.  
  195. 42
  196. 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:33,286
  197. And I will take care of you.
  198.  
  199. 43
  200. 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:35,856
  201. I mean, that is the mindset.
  202.  
  203. 44
  204. 00:02:35,922 --> 00:02:39,660
  205. ? I think his ambitions always
  206. were to be the president
  207.  
  208. 45
  209. 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:42,763
  210. and then gather all the
  211. instruments of power
  212.  
  213. 46
  214. 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:44,898
  215. into the presidency.
  216.  
  217. 47
  218. 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:49,570
  219. ? His devotion to reasserting
  220. Russia's greatness
  221.  
  222. 48
  223. 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,572
  224. is certainly in
  225. his self?interest
  226.  
  227. 49
  228. 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:53,774
  229. because he wants to be the czar.
  230.  
  231. 50
  232. 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,577
  233. He wants to be the
  234. richest man in the world
  235.  
  236. 51
  237. 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,812
  238. and he wants to settle scores.
  239.  
  240. 52
  241. 00:03:00,581 --> 00:03:03,584
  242. ? He made his way
  243. up through the KGB.
  244.  
  245. 53
  246. 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:04,851
  247. ? His role in the KGB
  248.  
  249. 54
  250. 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:08,822
  251. was to support Russian
  252. intelligence officers
  253.  
  254. 55
  255. 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:10,591
  256. living under assumed identities
  257.  
  258. 56
  259. 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:12,793
  260. under deep cover inside
  261. the United States
  262.  
  263. 57
  264. 00:03:12,859 --> 00:03:14,761
  265. and developing active measures
  266.  
  267. 58
  268. 00:03:14,828 --> 00:03:17,664
  269. to impact the policies
  270. of the United States.
  271.  
  272. 59
  273. 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,800
  274. ? The KGB was power.
  275.  
  276. 60
  277. 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:22,503
  278. If you said that you were
  279. with the KGB, doors were open.
  280.  
  281. 61
  282. 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:23,837
  283. People would stand aside.
  284.  
  285. 62
  286. 00:03:25,706 --> 00:03:27,941
  287. ? In 1991 when the
  288. Soviet Union collapsed,
  289.  
  290. 63
  291. 00:03:28,008 --> 00:03:30,310
  292. every republic that
  293. emerged from the debris
  294.  
  295. 64
  296. 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:32,045
  297. of the Soviet Union
  298. agreed at the time
  299.  
  300. 65
  301. 00:03:32,112 --> 00:03:35,982
  302. to recognize the republics in
  303. their then existing borders.
  304.  
  305. 66
  306. 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:43,757
  307. ? Putin, like many Russians,
  308. feels that the dissolution,
  309.  
  310. 67
  311. 00:03:43,824 --> 00:03:45,826
  312. the dissolving of
  313. the Soviet Union
  314.  
  315. 68
  316. 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:49,329
  317. was a horrific thing because
  318. it made the Russian people
  319.  
  320. 69
  321. 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:51,665
  322. and Russia itself smaller.
  323.  
  324. 70
  325. 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:53,767
  326. And the Americans are
  327. celebrating all of this.
  328.  
  329. 71
  330. 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:57,738
  331. (speaking in foreign language)
  332.  
  333. 72
  334. 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:08,915
  335. ? I think he's dedicated
  336. to building it back up.
  337.  
  338. 73
  339. 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:13,019
  340. (downcast piano music)
  341.  
  342. 74
  343. 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:22,929
  344. ? The first time I met
  345. him in the spring of 1991,
  346.  
  347. 75
  348. 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:25,832
  349. he was the deputy
  350. mayor of St. Petersburg
  351.  
  352. 76
  353. 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:29,570
  354. working for the mayor whose
  355. name was Anatoly Sobchak.
  356.  
  357. 77
  358. 00:04:30,904 --> 00:04:34,708
  359. Sobchak was this charismatic
  360. western leaning guy
  361.  
  362. 78
  363. 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,110
  364. allied with Boris Yeltsin.
  365.  
  366. 79
  367. 00:04:37,177 --> 00:04:40,547
  368. His deputy was the
  369. exact opposite of that.
  370.  
  371. 80
  372. 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,783
  373. Non?descript, grave bureaucrat.
  374.  
  375. 81
  376. 00:04:42,849 --> 00:04:44,117
  377. A very soft spoken.
  378.  
  379. 82
  380. 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:49,422
  381. Had you asked me back then
  382. to name a thousand people
  383.  
  384. 83
  385. 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:50,924
  386. that might be the next
  387. president of Russia
  388.  
  389. 84
  390. 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:52,726
  391. he would not have made my list.
  392.  
  393. 85
  394. 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:56,763
  395. ? He supported Mayor Sobchak
  396.  
  397. 86
  398. 00:04:56,830 --> 00:05:00,767
  399. but he was also organizing
  400. this incredible network
  401.  
  402. 87
  403. 00:05:00,834 --> 00:05:05,839
  404. of former KGB foreign economic
  405. interest and local interest.
  406.  
  407. 88
  408. 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,709
  409. ? In the 1990's St.
  410. Petersburg was known
  411.  
  412. 89
  413. 00:05:08,775 --> 00:05:10,577
  414. for organized crime
  415. and corruption.
  416.  
  417. 90
  418. 00:05:12,813 --> 00:05:14,815
  419. State institutions
  420. were partnering
  421.  
  422. 91
  423. 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:16,683
  424. with Kremlin
  425. organizations to rip off
  426.  
  427. 92
  428. 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,952
  429. as much as they could
  430. as fast as they could.
  431.  
  432. 93
  433. 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,788
  434. ? Putin was a pretty good fixer.
  435.  
  436. 94
  437. 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:23,056
  438. He could make stuff happen.
  439.  
  440. 95
  441. 00:05:23,123 --> 00:05:24,925
  442. He knew how to work the system.
  443.  
  444. 96
  445. 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:28,929
  446. ? [Heather] Mr. Putin
  447. was able as deputy mayor
  448.  
  449. 97
  450. 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:32,766
  451. to be the focal point of all
  452. of these different networks
  453.  
  454. 98
  455. 00:05:32,833 --> 00:05:34,034
  456. as they came together.
  457.  
  458. 99
  459. 00:05:34,901 --> 00:05:37,938
  460. ? He was made FSB director.
  461.  
  462. 100
  463. 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:41,542
  464. The FSB is responsible
  465. for internal spying.
  466.  
  467. 101
  468. 00:05:41,608 --> 00:05:42,776
  469. These are the guys who
  470. have the most funding,
  471.  
  472. 102
  473. 00:05:42,843 --> 00:05:44,144
  474. the most resources.
  475.  
  476. 103
  477. 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:47,013
  478. ? He learned which
  479. served him in good stead
  480.  
  481. 104
  482. 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,082
  483. how to maneuver politically.
  484.  
  485. 105
  486. 00:05:55,622 --> 00:05:56,990
  487. ? That became his primary goal.
  488.  
  489. 106
  490. 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:57,858
  491. Power.
  492.  
  493. 107
  494. 00:05:57,924 --> 00:06:00,794
  495. The FSB was simply a ladder.
  496.  
  497. 108
  498. 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:04,464
  499. ? Almost immediately after the
  500. breakup of the Soviet Union,
  501.  
  502. 109
  503. 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:06,600
  504. these oligarchs were
  505. able to take over
  506.  
  507. 110
  508. 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:09,770
  509. state owned enterprises at
  510. bargain basement prices.
  511.  
  512. 111
  513. 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:12,906
  514. It turned some of
  515. these individuals into
  516. multi?millionaires
  517.  
  518. 112
  519. 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,709
  520. or even billionaires
  521. almost overnight.
  522.  
  523. 113
  524. 00:06:15,776 --> 00:06:16,943
  525. ? Under Yeltsin, the oligarchs
  526.  
  527. 114
  528. 00:06:17,010 --> 00:06:19,646
  529. became very powerful
  530. and very independent.
  531.  
  532. 115
  533. 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,782
  534. And the power of the
  535. state was crumbling.
  536.  
  537. 116
  538. 00:06:23,784 --> 00:06:25,752
  539. The end of the Yeltsin
  540. years he obtained
  541.  
  542. 117
  543. 00:06:25,819 --> 00:06:28,989
  544. almost sort of a buffoonish
  545. type of personality.
  546.  
  547. 118
  548. 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:29,856
  549. You know, a drunk.
  550.  
  551. 119
  552. 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:31,558
  553. A little bit out of control.
  554.  
  555. 120
  556. 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:36,830
  557. ? Yeltsin was nervous and
  558. he chose to go with a guy
  559.  
  560. 121
  561. 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:40,466
  562. that he thought would protect
  563. his family and their assets.
  564.  
  565. 122
  566. 00:06:41,635 --> 00:06:44,070
  567. That's, I think, the
  568. sole purpose why Putin
  569.  
  570. 123
  571. 00:06:44,137 --> 00:06:46,472
  572. was selected to then
  573. run for president.
  574.  
  575. 124
  576. 00:06:49,710 --> 00:06:53,013
  577. ? Followed by the bombings
  578. of the apartment houses.
  579.  
  580. 125
  581. 00:06:54,648 --> 00:06:58,018
  582. ? There were a series of
  583. terrorist attacks in 1999.
  584.  
  585. 126
  586. 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:00,921
  587. (somber piano music)
  588.  
  589. 127
  590. 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:02,856
  591. They found evidence of the FSB
  592.  
  593. 128
  594. 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:05,626
  595. having been there
  596. and set that all up.
  597.  
  598. 129
  599. 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:08,061
  600. ? I know what has been alleged.
  601.  
  602. 130
  603. 00:07:08,128 --> 00:07:10,864
  604. I find the evidence
  605. compelling and I know
  606.  
  607. 131
  608. 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:13,099
  609. those terrorist attacks
  610. helped Vladimir Putin
  611.  
  612. 132
  613. 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,801
  614. win the election.
  615.  
  616. 133
  617. 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:18,271
  618. I'm not ready to believe yet
  619.  
  620. 134
  621. 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:21,007
  622. and maybe that's just my
  623. idealism getting in the way
  624.  
  625. 135
  626. 00:07:21,074 --> 00:07:24,144
  627. of my analytic side that
  628. the Russian government
  629.  
  630. 136
  631. 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:27,781
  632. would kill its own civilians
  633. to elect Putin president.
  634.  
  635. 137
  636. 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:33,987
  637. ? The apartment bombings
  638. were KGB operations
  639.  
  640. 138
  641. 00:07:34,054 --> 00:07:37,290
  642. using a type of explosive
  643. that's only made
  644.  
  645. 139
  646. 00:07:37,357 --> 00:07:39,826
  647. in a KGB facility.
  648.  
  649. 140
  650. 00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:42,128
  651. ? Oh, sure.
  652.  
  653. 141
  654. 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:44,197
  655. It was very clever
  656. and the Russian people
  657.  
  658. 142
  659. 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:45,966
  660. began to look for a leader.
  661.  
  662. 143
  663. 00:07:46,032 --> 00:07:47,968
  664. It's not the first
  665. time in history.
  666.  
  667. 144
  668. 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,736
  669. You can compare
  670. it in some degree
  671.  
  672. 145
  673. 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:52,539
  674. to the 1930's and the
  675. rise of Adolph Hitler.
  676.  
  677. 146
  678. 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,069
  679. ? With respect to democracy,
  680. I think it's pretty clear
  681.  
  682. 147
  683. 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:26,139
  684. from the very get go he
  685. feared independent actors.
  686.  
  687. 148
  688. 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:29,142
  689. (speaking in foreign language)
  690.  
  691. 149
  692. 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:31,177
  693. ? Putin started forcing
  694. the independent media
  695.  
  696. 150
  697. 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:33,914
  698. to knuckle under,
  699. putting in state control,
  700.  
  701. 151
  702. 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:35,982
  703. turning it into
  704. propaganda outfits.
  705.  
  706. 152
  707. 00:08:38,652 --> 00:08:42,723
  708. ? Started arresting people who
  709. had different points of view.
  710.  
  711. 153
  712. 00:08:42,789 --> 00:08:44,658
  713. (men yelling)
  714.  
  715. 154
  716. 00:08:44,725 --> 00:08:48,194
  717. ? Then he starts going after
  718. independent journalists.
  719.  
  720. 155
  721. 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:50,030
  722. They start ending up dead.
  723.  
  724. 156
  725. 00:08:50,096 --> 00:08:51,264
  726. Assassinated.
  727.  
  728. 157
  729. 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:54,134
  730. ? The most prominent
  731. journalist in Russia,
  732.  
  733. 158
  734. 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,539
  735. Anna Politkovskaya was
  736. murdered on Putin's birthday.
  737.  
  738. 159
  739. 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:05,045
  740. ? Putin brought the
  741. oligarchs to heel.
  742.  
  743. 160
  744. 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,195
  745. ? A number of them were
  746. forced to leave the country
  747.  
  748. 161
  749. 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:25,098
  750. Some were killed in
  751. mysterious fashions.
  752.  
  753. 162
  754. 00:09:25,165 --> 00:09:28,301
  755. Those who remained are
  756. basically lapdogs of his.
  757.  
  758. 163
  759. 00:09:37,778 --> 00:09:38,845
  760. ? Putin was letting
  761. everyone know
  762.  
  763. 164
  764. 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,647
  765. that this period of
  766. everybody getting to do
  767.  
  768. 165
  769. 00:09:40,714 --> 00:09:42,182
  770. their own thing
  771. was very much over.
  772.  
  773. 166
  774. 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:45,652
  775. ? And then he brought
  776. his most trusted friends
  777.  
  778. 167
  779. 00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:47,954
  780. and confidantes from the
  781. intelligence services
  782.  
  783. 168
  784. 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:52,292
  785. into the key positions,
  786. controlling all
  787. those businesses.
  788.  
  789. 169
  790. 00:09:53,459 --> 00:09:56,897
  791. ? Vladimir Putin and his
  792. oligarchs used money,
  793.  
  794. 170
  795. 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:59,165
  796. essentially stolen from
  797. the Russian people.
  798.  
  799. 171
  800. 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:01,067
  801. ? If you're one of
  802. these big kleptocrats,
  803.  
  804. 172
  805. 00:10:01,134 --> 00:10:05,205
  806. getting your stolen proceeds
  807. into a rule of law system
  808.  
  809. 173
  810. 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:07,040
  811. is one of your
  812. highest priorities.
  813.  
  814. 174
  815. 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:10,376
  816. ? Once that money is
  817. laundered, they have access
  818.  
  819. 175
  820. 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,979
  821. to western banks and they
  822. can do whatever they want.
  823.  
  824. 176
  825. 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:18,051
  826. ? Semion Mogilevich was the
  827. first big organized crime figure
  828.  
  829. 177
  830. 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:23,156
  831. in Russia who figured out how
  832. to launder massive amounts
  833.  
  834. 178
  835. 00:10:23,223 --> 00:10:25,692
  836. out of Russia and the
  837. former Soviet Union.
  838.  
  839. 179
  840. 00:10:25,759 --> 00:10:28,161
  841. ? Semion Mogilevich is worth
  842. about 10 billion dollars
  843.  
  844. 180
  845. 00:10:28,228 --> 00:10:30,330
  846. according to FBI reports.
  847.  
  848. 181
  849. 00:10:30,396 --> 00:10:32,265
  850. He's considered the
  851. money laundering genius.
  852.  
  853. 182
  854. 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:34,300
  855. He's sometimes
  856. called the brainy don
  857.  
  858. 183
  859. 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:37,303
  860. 'cause he has a
  861. economics degree.
  862.  
  863. 184
  864. 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:40,006
  865. ? [Scott] The most important
  866. of the Russian crime bosses.
  867.  
  868. 185
  869. 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:42,943
  870. The man who was for years
  871. on the 10 Most Wanted list
  872.  
  873. 186
  874. 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:44,344
  875. in the United States.
  876.  
  877. 187
  878. 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:47,313
  879. ? [Jonathan] He still lives
  880. happily in Moscow today.
  881.  
  882. 188
  883. 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,117
  884. ? [Reporter] In Russia he
  885. still gets the VIP treatment
  886.  
  887. 189
  888. 00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:53,720
  889. and is rarely without a
  890. bodyguard who chauffeurs him
  891.  
  892. 190
  893. 00:10:53,787 --> 00:10:58,224
  894. and his 200,000 pound armor
  895. plated bomb proof limousine.
  896.  
  897. 191
  898. 00:10:59,192 --> 00:11:00,827
  899. ? [Reporter] Why did
  900. you suss out companies
  901.  
  902. 192
  903. 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:02,028
  904. in the Channel Islands?
  905.  
  906. 193
  907. 00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:06,166
  908. ? The problem was that I
  909. didn't know any other way.
  910.  
  911. 194
  912. 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:08,201
  913. Well, they taught us
  914. geography at school.
  915.  
  916. 195
  917. 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:09,202
  918. I was sick that day.
  919.  
  920. 196
  921. 00:11:10,871 --> 00:11:14,007
  922. ? The Russian mafia
  923. is an adjunct of the
  924. Russian government.
  925.  
  926. 197
  927. 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,042
  928. ? I've described it as
  929. going from organized crime
  930.  
  931. 198
  932. 00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:19,379
  933. under the Soviets to
  934. disorganized crime
  935.  
  936. 199
  937. 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:23,149
  938. under Yeltsin to organized
  939. crime again under Putin.
  940.  
  941. 200
  942. 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:27,220
  943. ? His networks recycle back
  944. to Mr. Putin's inner circle
  945.  
  946. 201
  947. 00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:31,491
  948. and they continue to help
  949. maintain Mr. Putin's power.
  950.  
  951. 202
  952. 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:35,061
  953. ? To the point where
  954. today Putin may well be
  955.  
  956. 203
  957. 00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:37,197
  958. the wealthiest man on
  959. the face of the planet.
  960.  
  961. 204
  962. 00:11:45,338 --> 00:11:47,874
  963. ? Yeah. (laughs)
  964.  
  965. 205
  966. 00:11:47,941 --> 00:11:48,742
  967. Yeah.
  968.  
  969. 206
  970. 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:52,278
  971. Everything I know that's
  972. interesting I can't tell you.
  973.  
  974. 207
  975. 00:11:53,947 --> 00:11:57,250
  976. Now let me try to think of
  977. a way to go at 30,000 feet.
  978.  
  979. 208
  980. 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:04,791
  981. Yeah, I know where
  982. you're going with this
  983.  
  984. 209
  985. 00:12:04,858 --> 00:12:07,961
  986. 'cause I know we're gonna talk
  987. about Trump in a few minutes.
  988.  
  989. 210
  990. 00:12:08,028 --> 00:12:11,297
  991. (upbeat electro music)
  992.  
  993. 211
  994. 00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:24,578
  995. ? In the 70's Donald
  996. Trump is a scion
  997.  
  998. 212
  999. 00:12:24,645 --> 00:12:28,114
  1000. of one of the biggest
  1001. landowners along the east coast.
  1002.  
  1003. 213
  1004. 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,188
  1005. ? He played monopoly.
  1006.  
  1007. 214
  1008. 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:36,557
  1009. Yes, indeed.
  1010.  
  1011. 215
  1012. 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:40,326
  1013. More than monopoly, he
  1014. played with building blocks.
  1015.  
  1016. 216
  1017. 00:12:40,393 --> 00:12:42,863
  1018. Always with building blocks.
  1019.  
  1020. 217
  1021. 00:12:42,929 --> 00:12:46,266
  1022. ? He has huge ambitions,
  1023. huge ego as we know.
  1024.  
  1025. 218
  1026. 00:12:46,332 --> 00:12:49,335
  1027. ? Because not everybody is
  1028. meant to be a business person.
  1029.  
  1030. 219
  1031. 00:12:49,402 --> 00:12:50,236
  1032. They'll ruin their lives.
  1033.  
  1034. 220
  1035. 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:51,738
  1036. I mean they'll go and they'll,
  1037.  
  1038. 221
  1039. 00:12:51,805 --> 00:12:54,274
  1040. they'll put up their house and
  1041. they'll mortgage their cars
  1042.  
  1043. 222
  1044. 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,976
  1045. and everything else they own.
  1046.  
  1047. 223
  1048. 00:12:56,042 --> 00:12:58,545
  1049. ? And he is starting
  1050. to move into Manhattan.
  1051.  
  1052. 224
  1053. 00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:03,950
  1054. ? Trump Tower was
  1055. structured in a way
  1056.  
  1057. 225
  1058. 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:07,353
  1059. that made it a money
  1060. laundering paradox.
  1061.  
  1062. 226
  1063. 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:10,290
  1064. ? [Nina] Trump Tower became
  1065. one of the first buildings
  1066.  
  1067. 227
  1068. 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:15,361
  1069. in New York where
  1070. Shell companies could
  1071. buy and sell condos
  1072.  
  1073. 228
  1074. 00:13:16,597 --> 00:13:19,032
  1075. without identifying yourself.
  1076.  
  1077. 229
  1078. 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:24,437
  1079. ? If you go back to the 80's,
  1080. Senator Henry Scoop Jackson
  1081.  
  1082. 230
  1083. 00:13:24,505 --> 00:13:27,273
  1084. got a bill through Congress
  1085. allowing the immigration
  1086.  
  1087. 231
  1088. 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:29,442
  1089. of Soviet Jews into
  1090. the United States
  1091.  
  1092. 232
  1093. 00:13:29,510 --> 00:13:32,345
  1094. at a time when immigration
  1095. had been highly restrictive.
  1096.  
  1097. 233
  1098. 00:13:32,412 --> 00:13:34,581
  1099. ? We'll honor the
  1100. right of a person
  1101.  
  1102. 234
  1103. 00:13:34,648 --> 00:13:35,982
  1104. to leave a country freely
  1105.  
  1106. 235
  1107. 00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:39,285
  1108. and return freely just as
  1109. clear as anything can be.
  1110.  
  1111. 236
  1112. 00:13:39,352 --> 00:13:41,254
  1113. ? [Craig] The Russians
  1114. saw it as an opportunity
  1115.  
  1116. 237
  1117. 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:43,423
  1118. to open their jails.
  1119.  
  1120. 238
  1121. 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:47,093
  1122. That's when you see members
  1123. of Russian organized crime
  1124.  
  1125. 239
  1126. 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,896
  1127. come to the United States
  1128. for the very, very first time
  1129.  
  1130. 240
  1131. 00:13:49,963 --> 00:13:51,431
  1132. and end up in Brighton Beach.
  1133.  
  1134. 241
  1135. 00:13:54,267 --> 00:13:56,369
  1136. ? There were certain techniques
  1137.  
  1138. 242
  1139. 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:58,939
  1140. for money management
  1141. and money movement
  1142.  
  1143. 243
  1144. 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:01,341
  1145. that were prized above others.
  1146.  
  1147. 244
  1148. 00:14:02,643 --> 00:14:06,012
  1149. And these involved real estate.
  1150.  
  1151. 245
  1152. 00:14:06,079 --> 00:14:09,349
  1153. ? It started off simply as
  1154. money laundering pure and simple
  1155.  
  1156. 246
  1157. 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:12,686
  1158. and you had in 1984 for
  1159. example David Bogatin,
  1160.  
  1161. 247
  1162. 00:14:12,753 --> 00:14:15,956
  1163. who was a Russian
  1164. mobster, met with Trump.
  1165.  
  1166. 248
  1167. 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:19,125
  1168. Trump Tower had just opened
  1169. the previous year and Bogatin,
  1170.  
  1171. 249
  1172. 00:14:19,192 --> 00:14:21,962
  1173. who had no legal way
  1174. of making that money,
  1175.  
  1176. 250
  1177. 00:14:22,028 --> 00:14:24,430
  1178. sat down with Trump
  1179. and bought five condos
  1180.  
  1181. 251
  1182. 00:14:24,497 --> 00:14:25,298
  1183. and the state
  1184. attorney general ruled
  1185.  
  1186. 252
  1187. 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:27,233
  1188. that that was money laundering.
  1189.  
  1190. 253
  1191. 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:31,404
  1192. Vyacheslav Ivankov,
  1193. who was very close
  1194.  
  1195. 254
  1196. 00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:35,075
  1197. to the great mastermind
  1198. of organized crime,
  1199.  
  1200. 255
  1201. 00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:38,444
  1202. Semion Mogilevich, and he
  1203. was sent to the United States
  1204.  
  1205. 256
  1206. 00:14:38,512 --> 00:14:41,447
  1207. to oversee the rise of
  1208. the Brighton Beach mafia.
  1209.  
  1210. 257
  1211. 00:14:41,515 --> 00:14:44,284
  1212. And when the feds were looking
  1213. for him they looked all over
  1214.  
  1215. 258
  1216. 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:45,952
  1217. and they couldn't find
  1218. him anywhere in Brooklyn.
  1219.  
  1220. 259
  1221. 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:47,921
  1222. Instead, he was
  1223. living in Trump Tower.
  1224.  
  1225. 260
  1226. 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:54,427
  1227. ? Donald Trump marries Ivana.
  1228.  
  1229. 261
  1230. 00:14:54,494 --> 00:14:59,032
  1231. The Czech Secret Police
  1232. takes note of this.
  1233.  
  1234. 262
  1235. 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:02,035
  1236. The intelligence that they
  1237. gathered was that Donald Trump
  1238.  
  1239. 263
  1240. 00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:05,105
  1241. was being pressured,
  1242. not clear by whom,
  1243.  
  1244. 264
  1245. 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:08,609
  1246. to run for president
  1247. as early as 1988.
  1248.  
  1249. 265
  1250. 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:11,512
  1251. They thought that it would
  1252. be good for Czechoslovakia
  1253.  
  1254. 266
  1255. 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:15,181
  1256. if this husband of a Czech
  1257. citizen became president
  1258.  
  1259. 267
  1260. 00:15:15,248 --> 00:15:16,316
  1261. of the United States.
  1262.  
  1263. 268
  1264. 00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:20,253
  1265. After his successes
  1266. in New York City
  1267.  
  1268. 269
  1269. 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,690
  1270. he got into the Atlantic
  1271. city casino business.
  1272.  
  1273. 270
  1274. 00:15:27,728 --> 00:15:30,096
  1275. He goes big.
  1276.  
  1277. 271
  1278. 00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:31,998
  1279. Builds the Trump Taj Majal.
  1280.  
  1281. 272
  1282. 00:15:32,065 --> 00:15:34,267
  1283. ? Which will be the largest
  1284. hotel casino in the world
  1285.  
  1286. 273
  1287. 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:36,436
  1288. and I think it's gonna
  1289. be a tremendous success.
  1290.  
  1291. 274
  1292. 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:40,574
  1293. ? That turns out
  1294. to be his undoing.
  1295.  
  1296. 275
  1297. 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:45,045
  1298. ? In a town where
  1299. for the last 10 years
  1300.  
  1301. 276
  1302. 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,648
  1303. no casino with
  1304. 60,000 squared foot
  1305.  
  1306. 277
  1307. 00:15:47,714 --> 00:15:49,115
  1308. has ever been fully utilized.
  1309.  
  1310. 278
  1311. 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:53,520
  1312. On what basis would someone
  1313. build one with 120,000 feet?
  1314.  
  1315. 279
  1316. 00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:56,356
  1317. He was destined to fail.
  1318.  
  1319. 280
  1320. 00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:02,162
  1321. ? Trump Casino was
  1322. hit hard for having
  1323.  
  1324. 281
  1325. 00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:06,132
  1326. violated U. S. federal anti?money
  1327. laundering regulations.
  1328.  
  1329. 282
  1330. 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,470
  1331. It suggests a culture of
  1332. willful disregard of the law.
  1333.  
  1334. 283
  1335. 00:16:11,572 --> 00:16:14,407
  1336. ? [Nina] He basically
  1337. unravels financially.
  1338.  
  1339. 284
  1340. 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,277
  1341. He also was unraveling
  1342. personally at this same time.
  1343.  
  1344. 285
  1345. 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:18,679
  1346. His marriage was falling apart.
  1347.  
  1348. 286
  1349. 00:16:20,180 --> 00:16:21,515
  1350. ? [Jonathan] By that
  1351. point he had filed,
  1352.  
  1353. 287
  1354. 00:16:21,582 --> 00:16:23,449
  1355. I believe it was
  1356. six bankruptcies.
  1357.  
  1358. 288
  1359. 00:16:23,517 --> 00:16:25,586
  1360. He had no way to move
  1361. forward professionally.
  1362.  
  1363. 289
  1364. 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:27,487
  1365. He couldn't get a
  1366. bank loan anywhere.
  1367.  
  1368. 290
  1369. 00:16:27,554 --> 00:16:29,523
  1370. ? There is a homeless
  1371. person sitting,
  1372.  
  1373. 291
  1374. 00:16:30,691 --> 00:16:32,826
  1375. sitting right outside
  1376. of Trump Tower.
  1377.  
  1378. 292
  1379. 00:16:32,893 --> 00:16:36,429
  1380. I remember my father pointing
  1381. to him and saying, you know,
  1382.  
  1383. 293
  1384. 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:38,565
  1385. that guy has eight billion
  1386. dollars more than me
  1387.  
  1388. 294
  1389. 00:16:38,632 --> 00:16:41,635
  1390. because he was in such extreme
  1391. debt at that point, you know.
  1392.  
  1393. 295
  1394. 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:47,508
  1395. ? The Russians have a
  1396. particular type of mark
  1397.  
  1398. 296
  1399. 00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:48,575
  1400. whom they go after.
  1401.  
  1402. 297
  1403. 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:52,713
  1404. They go after somebody who
  1405. has business resources,
  1406.  
  1407. 298
  1408. 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,350
  1409. perhaps some shady morals
  1410. so that they're amenable
  1411.  
  1412. 299
  1413. 00:16:57,417 --> 00:16:58,752
  1414. to the bribery.
  1415.  
  1416. 300
  1417. 00:17:00,554 --> 00:17:03,389
  1418. Or perhaps are in a difficult
  1419. financial situation.
  1420.  
  1421. 301
  1422. 00:17:03,456 --> 00:17:07,093
  1423. And either has political
  1424. connections or aspirations.
  1425.  
  1426. 302
  1427. 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,763
  1428. I've just described
  1429. Donald Trump.
  1430.  
  1431. 303
  1432. 00:17:09,830 --> 00:17:14,134
  1433. He was the perfect
  1434. mark for the Russians.
  1435.  
  1436. 304
  1437. 00:17:15,669 --> 00:17:16,870
  1438. ? The Russians saved him.
  1439.  
  1440. 305
  1441. 00:17:16,937 --> 00:17:18,338
  1442. They rescued him.
  1443.  
  1444. 306
  1445. 00:17:18,404 --> 00:17:21,542
  1446. He would not have gotten back
  1447. in business without them.
  1448.  
  1449. 307
  1450. 00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:24,177
  1451. I think it's safe to say he
  1452. couldn't have run for president
  1453.  
  1454. 308
  1455. 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:25,311
  1456. if he had just been a guy
  1457.  
  1458. 309
  1459. 00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:27,213
  1460. who was four billion
  1461. dollars in debt.
  1462.  
  1463. 310
  1464. 00:17:29,750 --> 00:17:32,619
  1465. When the Russian
  1466. mafia does something
  1467.  
  1468. 311
  1469. 00:17:32,686 --> 00:17:36,557
  1470. it's with Putin's permission
  1471. and it's serving his interests.
  1472.  
  1473. 312
  1474. 00:17:36,623 --> 00:17:38,625
  1475. ? Have you ever
  1476. knowingly done business
  1477.  
  1478. 313
  1479. 00:17:38,692 --> 00:17:41,562
  1480. with what I like to
  1481. call organized crime?
  1482.  
  1483. 314
  1484. 00:17:41,628 --> 00:17:43,530
  1485. (audience laughing)
  1486.  
  1487. 315
  1488. 00:17:43,597 --> 00:17:44,798
  1489. Have they ever stopped by and??
  1490.  
  1491. 316
  1492. 00:17:44,865 --> 00:17:47,167
  1493. ? Well, I really tried
  1494. to stay away from them
  1495.  
  1496. 317
  1497. 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:48,434
  1498. as much as possible.
  1499. ? Right.
  1500.  
  1501. 318
  1502. 00:17:48,502 --> 00:17:50,436
  1503. ? Although I must say
  1504. I have met on occasion
  1505.  
  1506. 319
  1507. 00:17:50,504 --> 00:17:51,572
  1508. a few of those people.
  1509.  
  1510. 320
  1511. 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:54,608
  1512. They happen to be
  1513. very nice people.
  1514.  
  1515. 321
  1516. 00:17:54,675 --> 00:17:56,242
  1517. You just don't want
  1518. to owe them money.
  1519.  
  1520. 322
  1521. 00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:58,612
  1522. ? Yeah, I understand.
  1523. ? Don't owe them money.
  1524.  
  1525. 323
  1526. 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:04,685
  1527. ? Simeon Mogelivich, he made
  1528. a decision to make the move
  1529.  
  1530. 324
  1531. 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:09,389
  1532. on Trump after studying Trump's
  1533. 2004 bankruptcy filings.
  1534.  
  1535. 325
  1536. 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,897
  1537. Noticing that Trump had
  1538. lost his credit lines.
  1539.  
  1540. 326
  1541. 00:18:16,963 --> 00:18:20,601
  1542. They felt he would not be
  1543. in the position to say no.
  1544.  
  1545. 327
  1546. 00:18:20,667 --> 00:18:24,270
  1547. ? The Russian real
  1548. estate firm Bayrock
  1549.  
  1550. 328
  1551. 00:18:24,337 --> 00:18:26,640
  1552. started leasing
  1553. space in Trump Tower.
  1554.  
  1555. 329
  1556. 00:18:27,808 --> 00:18:30,711
  1557. Putin needs to keep
  1558. track of his oligarchs
  1559.  
  1560. 330
  1561. 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:34,915
  1562. and one way of keeping tabs is
  1563. knowing where their money is.
  1564.  
  1565. 331
  1566. 00:18:34,981 --> 00:18:37,518
  1567. Bayrock may well have
  1568. been a way of doing that.
  1569.  
  1570. 332
  1571. 00:18:38,752 --> 00:18:41,822
  1572. To me that's a turning point
  1573. because what we have here
  1574.  
  1575. 333
  1576. 00:18:41,888 --> 00:18:45,358
  1577. is a very serious
  1578. intelligence operation
  1579.  
  1580. 334
  1581. 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:47,561
  1582. and it is in the
  1583. belly of the beast.
  1584.  
  1585. 335
  1586. 00:18:47,628 --> 00:18:48,829
  1587. It is in the home of the man
  1588.  
  1589. 336
  1590. 00:18:48,895 --> 00:18:51,532
  1591. who becomes president
  1592. of the United States.
  1593.  
  1594. 337
  1595. 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:54,300
  1596. And it was operating there
  1597. for many, many years.
  1598.  
  1599. 338
  1600. 00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:57,538
  1601. ? One of the key people putting
  1602. it together, Felix Sater.
  1603.  
  1604. 339
  1605. 00:18:57,604 --> 00:19:00,340
  1606. ? A lieutenant in the
  1607. Mogilevich crime family.
  1608.  
  1609. 340
  1610. 00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:03,910
  1611. Very connected into the nexus
  1612.  
  1613. 341
  1614. 00:19:03,977 --> 00:19:06,680
  1615. between the Russian
  1616. criminal organizations
  1617.  
  1618. 342
  1619. 00:19:06,747 --> 00:19:10,751
  1620. and the Russian national
  1621. security organizations.
  1622.  
  1623. 343
  1624. 00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:14,420
  1625. ? He became managing
  1626. director of Bayrock.
  1627.  
  1628. 344
  1629. 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:16,657
  1630. He himself had been
  1631. convicted of two felonies.
  1632.  
  1633. 345
  1634. 00:19:16,723 --> 00:19:19,860
  1635. ? Slashing a guy's
  1636. face at a bar.
  1637.  
  1638. 346
  1639. 00:19:19,926 --> 00:19:23,296
  1640. ? Another was a pump
  1641. and dump stock scheme.
  1642.  
  1643. 347
  1644. 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,999
  1645. But he ended up
  1646. cooperating with the feds
  1647.  
  1648. 348
  1649. 00:19:26,066 --> 00:19:28,835
  1650. and he started
  1651. providing information
  1652.  
  1653. 349
  1654. 00:19:28,902 --> 00:19:32,405
  1655. on sales of weapons to Al?Qaeda.
  1656.  
  1657. 350
  1658. 00:19:32,472 --> 00:19:34,608
  1659. Mogilevich, according
  1660. to FBI reports,
  1661.  
  1662. 351
  1663. 00:19:34,675 --> 00:19:36,376
  1664. was selling weapons to Al?Qaeda.
  1665.  
  1666. 352
  1667. 00:19:37,711 --> 00:19:39,813
  1668. That raised very
  1669. interesting questions
  1670.  
  1671. 353
  1672. 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,883
  1673. 'cause I don't think Felix
  1674. Sater would betray Mogilevich.
  1675.  
  1676. 354
  1677. 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:46,787
  1678. He famously
  1679. threatened an investor
  1680.  
  1681. 355
  1682. 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:48,922
  1683. with electrocuting
  1684. his testicles.
  1685.  
  1686. 356
  1687. 00:19:51,324 --> 00:19:53,827
  1688. Trump worked with Sater
  1689. for many, many years
  1690.  
  1691. 357
  1692. 00:19:53,894 --> 00:19:56,462
  1693. after it was revealed
  1694. that he was a criminal.
  1695.  
  1696. 358
  1697. 00:19:56,530 --> 00:19:58,699
  1698. He continued to work
  1699. for Trump and in fact
  1700.  
  1701. 359
  1702. 00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:01,802
  1703. had a business card saying
  1704. that he was a senior advisor
  1705.  
  1706. 360
  1707. 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:03,637
  1708. to the Trump organization.
  1709.  
  1710. 361
  1711. 00:20:03,704 --> 00:20:05,038
  1712. ? [Michael] There's
  1713. multiple photographs
  1714.  
  1715. 362
  1716. 00:20:05,105 --> 00:20:06,507
  1717. of the two of them together.
  1718.  
  1719. 363
  1720. 00:20:06,573 --> 00:20:08,909
  1721. He had an office in Trump tower.
  1722.  
  1723. 364
  1724. 00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:11,778
  1725. Trump was the public
  1726. face of Bayrock.
  1727.  
  1728. 365
  1729. 00:20:11,845 --> 00:20:15,682
  1730. ? And yet when he was placed
  1731. under oath in a deposition
  1732.  
  1733. 366
  1734. 00:20:15,749 --> 00:20:18,952
  1735. and confronted about
  1736. Sater, he simply says, uh.
  1737.  
  1738. 367
  1739. 00:20:19,019 --> 00:20:20,787
  1740. ? If he was sitting in
  1741. a the room right now,
  1742.  
  1743. 368
  1744. 00:20:20,854 --> 00:20:23,557
  1745. I really wouldn't know
  1746. what he looked like.
  1747.  
  1748. 369
  1749. 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,594
  1750. ? [Craig] Trump actually
  1751. personally asks Sater
  1752.  
  1753. 370
  1754. 00:20:27,661 --> 00:20:32,298
  1755. to escort his two children,
  1756. Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr.,
  1757.  
  1758. 371
  1759. 00:20:32,365 --> 00:20:35,401
  1760. on a trip to Moscow and
  1761. showed them around the town.
  1762.  
  1763. 372
  1764. 00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:40,006
  1765. ? He seems to be playing
  1766. a consistent role
  1767.  
  1768. 373
  1769. 00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:43,744
  1770. in assisting the Trump's
  1771. and tapping Russians
  1772.  
  1773. 374
  1774. 00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:46,613
  1775. or let's say post?Soviet money
  1776.  
  1777. 375
  1778. 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,015
  1779. for developing
  1780. condominium units.
  1781.  
  1782. 376
  1783. 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:52,052
  1784. No co?op board has to
  1785. review whoever is buying.
  1786.  
  1787. 377
  1788. 00:20:52,118 --> 00:20:54,420
  1789. It's safer than
  1790. putting it in the bank.
  1791.  
  1792. 378
  1793. 00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:57,724
  1794. (upbeat electro music)
  1795.  
  1796. 379
  1797. 00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:00,761
  1798. ? The Sunny Isles development
  1799. is the Florida development
  1800.  
  1801. 380
  1802. 00:21:00,827 --> 00:21:03,864
  1803. that the Trumps own that
  1804. has been heavily populated
  1805.  
  1806. 381
  1807. 00:21:03,930 --> 00:21:07,668
  1808. by Russians who want
  1809. to launder their money.
  1810.  
  1811. 382
  1812. 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:09,903
  1813. ? [Craig] At least a
  1814. third of the condos
  1815.  
  1816. 383
  1817. 00:21:09,970 --> 00:21:12,939
  1818. in Sunny isles, Florida
  1819. have been sold to Russia.
  1820.  
  1821. 384
  1822. 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:20,514
  1823. ? Trump's Soho is one of the
  1824. promoters of the project.
  1825.  
  1826. 385
  1827. 00:21:20,581 --> 00:21:22,883
  1828. Alexsandr Mashkevich
  1829. has been described
  1830.  
  1831. 386
  1832. 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,851
  1833. as Mogelivich's banker.
  1834.  
  1835. 387
  1836. 00:21:27,721 --> 00:21:30,891
  1837. The Trump Tower project
  1838. in Baku is located
  1839.  
  1840. 388
  1841. 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:35,562
  1842. in the middle of a
  1843. post?industrial sledge pool.
  1844.  
  1845. 389
  1846. 00:21:35,629 --> 00:21:38,331
  1847. It's just sort of a joke
  1848. that they were building this.
  1849.  
  1850. 390
  1851. 00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:42,736
  1852. ? Trump World Tower.
  1853.  
  1854. 391
  1855. 00:21:42,803 --> 00:21:44,170
  1856. I started looking
  1857. at who bought into
  1858.  
  1859. 392
  1860. 00:21:44,237 --> 00:21:47,040
  1861. and the very first name I
  1862. came across that was Russian
  1863.  
  1864. 393
  1865. 00:21:47,107 --> 00:21:48,274
  1866. was that of Eduard Nektalov.
  1867.  
  1868. 394
  1869. 00:21:48,341 --> 00:21:51,512
  1870. He had been indicted
  1871. for money laundering.
  1872.  
  1873. 395
  1874. 00:21:51,578 --> 00:21:53,614
  1875. He turned state's
  1876. evidence and was going
  1877.  
  1878. 396
  1879. 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,649
  1880. to cooperate with the feds.
  1881.  
  1882. 397
  1883. 00:21:55,716 --> 00:21:57,483
  1884. He was murdered the next day.
  1885.  
  1886. 398
  1887. 00:21:59,853 --> 00:22:01,622
  1888. ? The Toronto Tower.
  1889.  
  1890. 399
  1891. 00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:03,857
  1892. The source of funding
  1893. was the Vensheconobank,
  1894.  
  1895. 400
  1896. 00:22:05,892 --> 00:22:10,764
  1897. the two twin cash management
  1898. tools of the Kremlin.
  1899.  
  1900. 401
  1901. 00:22:13,066 --> 00:22:15,936
  1902. They go out and become
  1903. involved in projects
  1904.  
  1905. 402
  1906. 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:19,506
  1907. usually because one
  1908. man, Vladimir Putin,
  1909.  
  1910. 403
  1911. 00:22:19,573 --> 00:22:21,007
  1912. tells them to do so.
  1913.  
  1914. 404
  1915. 00:22:21,074 --> 00:22:24,778
  1916. That would link this project
  1917. straight back to the Kremlin.
  1918.  
  1919. 405
  1920. 00:22:27,213 --> 00:22:29,049
  1921. ? I think this is the
  1922. tip of the iceberg.
  1923.  
  1924. 406
  1925. 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:33,119
  1926. There's been 1.3 trillion
  1927. dollars in flight capital
  1928.  
  1929. 407
  1930. 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,021
  1931. since Putin's become president.
  1932.  
  1933. 408
  1934. 00:22:36,256 --> 00:22:39,459
  1935. There are over 30 Trump
  1936. Towers all over the world.
  1937.  
  1938. 409
  1939. 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,928
  1940. That means there are
  1941. several thousand units.
  1942.  
  1943. 410
  1944. 00:22:41,995 --> 00:22:45,065
  1945. So many condos that journalists
  1946. like me have been unable
  1947.  
  1948. 411
  1949. 00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:48,068
  1950. to investigate because they
  1951. are in Shell companies.
  1952.  
  1953. 412
  1954. 00:22:48,134 --> 00:22:50,971
  1955. ? Shell corporations
  1956. where law enforcement
  1957.  
  1958. 413
  1959. 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:52,906
  1960. and the public and the
  1961. press can go and see
  1962.  
  1963. 414
  1964. 00:22:52,973 --> 00:22:54,107
  1965. what the name of
  1966. the corporation is
  1967.  
  1968. 415
  1969. 00:22:54,174 --> 00:22:56,910
  1970. but they can't find out
  1971. who's really behind it.
  1972.  
  1973. 416
  1974. 00:22:56,977 --> 00:22:57,778
  1975. What's really going on.
  1976.  
  1977. 417
  1978. 00:22:57,844 --> 00:22:59,112
  1979. Who's pulling the strings here.
  1980.  
  1981. 418
  1982. 00:22:59,179 --> 00:23:01,748
  1983. ? So a 500 million dollar
  1984. condo can change hands
  1985.  
  1986. 419
  1987. 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:02,916
  1988. three or four times a year
  1989.  
  1990. 420
  1991. 00:23:02,983 --> 00:23:05,118
  1992. and you've laundered 20
  1993. million dollars or so.
  1994.  
  1995. 421
  1996. 00:23:06,887 --> 00:23:08,555
  1997. We want to follow the money.
  1998.  
  1999. 422
  2000. 00:23:08,622 --> 00:23:10,924
  2001. It's clear to me that
  2002. a huge amount of it
  2003.  
  2004. 423
  2005. 00:23:10,991 --> 00:23:14,861
  2006. comes from the Ukraine
  2007. Russian energy trade.
  2008.  
  2009. 424
  2010. 00:23:14,928 --> 00:23:16,863
  2011. ? Vladimir Putin particularly
  2012.  
  2013. 425
  2014. 00:23:16,930 --> 00:23:19,666
  2015. has a strong feeling
  2016. about Ukraine.
  2017.  
  2018. 426
  2019. 00:23:19,733 --> 00:23:23,537
  2020. Ukraine was part of Russia
  2021. for many, many years.
  2022.  
  2023. 427
  2024. 00:23:23,604 --> 00:23:26,172
  2025. He feels that needs
  2026. to be restored.
  2027.  
  2028. 428
  2029. 00:23:29,009 --> 00:23:30,877
  2030. ? Putin has worked to undermine
  2031.  
  2032. 429
  2033. 00:23:30,944 --> 00:23:33,046
  2034. democracies across the globe.
  2035.  
  2036. 430
  2037. 00:23:34,314 --> 00:23:37,250
  2038. ? [Woman] You had a couple of
  2039. people running for president.
  2040.  
  2041. 431
  2042. 00:23:37,317 --> 00:23:40,821
  2043. ? Viktor Yanukovich
  2044. who appeared to be
  2045.  
  2046. 432
  2047. 00:23:40,887 --> 00:23:43,824
  2048. more interested in keeping
  2049. Ukraine aligned with Russia.
  2050.  
  2051. 433
  2052. 00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:46,159
  2053. Significant amounts of
  2054. money coming from Russia
  2055.  
  2056. 434
  2057. 00:23:46,226 --> 00:23:48,695
  2058. into the Yanukovich campaign.
  2059.  
  2060. 435
  2061. 00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:52,232
  2062. ? His competitor on the
  2063. other side, Yuschenko,
  2064.  
  2065. 436
  2066. 00:23:52,298 --> 00:23:54,935
  2067. was a Ukrainian politician.
  2068.  
  2069. 437
  2070. 00:23:55,001 --> 00:23:59,773
  2071. A reputation of being clean
  2072. and fair and pro?western.
  2073.  
  2074. 438
  2075. 00:24:00,974 --> 00:24:03,910
  2076. Yulia Tymoshenko entered
  2077. the Yushenko campaign.
  2078.  
  2079. 439
  2080. 00:24:03,977 --> 00:24:05,712
  2081. She was a politician.
  2082.  
  2083. 440
  2084. 00:24:05,779 --> 00:24:07,581
  2085. ? Tymoshenko, in my experience,
  2086.  
  2087. 441
  2088. 00:24:07,648 --> 00:24:09,783
  2089. she was by the far the
  2090. most effective minister
  2091.  
  2092. 442
  2093. 00:24:09,850 --> 00:24:11,151
  2094. in the Ukrainian cabinet.
  2095.  
  2096. 443
  2097. 00:24:11,217 --> 00:24:14,220
  2098. ? Well, I was working for
  2099. Senator McCain in 2004.
  2100.  
  2101. 444
  2102. 00:24:14,287 --> 00:24:15,556
  2103. And we visited.
  2104.  
  2105. 445
  2106. 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:17,858
  2107. We met with Yuschenko.
  2108.  
  2109. 446
  2110. 00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:20,894
  2111. They just said, I'm afraid
  2112. they're gonna try to kill him.
  2113.  
  2114. 447
  2115. 00:24:20,961 --> 00:24:22,128
  2116. Within a matter of months
  2117.  
  2118. 448
  2119. 00:24:22,195 --> 00:24:24,531
  2120. he had been poisoned
  2121. and almost was killed.
  2122.  
  2123. 449
  2124. 00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:27,200
  2125. ? A disfiguring poisoning.
  2126.  
  2127. 450
  2128. 00:24:27,267 --> 00:24:28,935
  2129. It destroyed his looks.
  2130.  
  2131. 451
  2132. 00:24:29,002 --> 00:24:31,071
  2133. Scarred his face.
  2134.  
  2135. 452
  2136. 00:24:31,137 --> 00:24:35,542
  2137. ? Quite convinced it
  2138. was a KGB operation.
  2139.  
  2140. 453
  2141. 00:24:35,609 --> 00:24:38,679
  2142. ? He was off the campaign
  2143. trail for about four weeks.
  2144.  
  2145. 454
  2146. 00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:40,280
  2147. It also had a
  2148. second effect, too,
  2149.  
  2150. 455
  2151. 00:24:40,346 --> 00:24:42,716
  2152. was it really
  2153. hardened his resolve.
  2154.  
  2155. 456
  2156. 00:25:02,168 --> 00:25:03,003
  2157. ? And not in the
  2158. Soviet Union republic.
  2159.  
  2160. 457
  2161. 00:25:04,470 --> 00:25:06,673
  2162. ? [Steven] During the election
  2163. there was lots of evidence
  2164.  
  2165. 458
  2166. 00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:09,042
  2167. that something had gone wrong.
  2168.  
  2169. 459
  2170. 00:25:12,045 --> 00:25:15,081
  2171. ? At that time Ukrainian
  2172. intelligence agencies
  2173.  
  2174. 460
  2175. 00:25:15,148 --> 00:25:17,751
  2176. detected that there were
  2177. hackers who actually tried
  2178.  
  2179. 461
  2180. 00:25:17,818 --> 00:25:20,621
  2181. to break into the central
  2182. election commission.
  2183.  
  2184. 462
  2185. 00:25:20,687 --> 00:25:24,024
  2186. So they were trying to change
  2187. the results of the votes.
  2188.  
  2189. 463
  2190. 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,693
  2191. ? And those parts that
  2192. had voted for Yanukovich
  2193.  
  2194. 464
  2195. 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,962
  2196. turned out in excess
  2197. of 100% was reported.
  2198.  
  2199. 465
  2200. 00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:30,296
  2201. ? [Reporter] The country's
  2202. election commission
  2203.  
  2204. 466
  2205. 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:31,732
  2206. ignored reports of fraud
  2207.  
  2208. 467
  2209. 00:25:31,798 --> 00:25:35,936
  2210. declaring Kremlin?backed
  2211. victory Yanukovich the winner.
  2212.  
  2213. 468
  2214. 00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:41,808
  2215. ? The election was, in the eyes
  2216. of most Ukrainians, stolen.
  2217.  
  2218. 469
  2219. 00:25:48,815 --> 00:25:50,851
  2220. The Ukrainians had enough.
  2221.  
  2222. 470
  2223. 00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:53,987
  2224. And the Orange Revolution
  2225. consisted of people coming out
  2226.  
  2227. 471
  2228. 00:25:54,054 --> 00:25:55,355
  2229. to the central Kiev square
  2230.  
  2231. 472
  2232. 00:25:55,421 --> 00:25:59,660
  2233. and saying, no, we're not
  2234. going to accept a bad election.
  2235.  
  2236. 473
  2237. 00:26:08,101 --> 00:26:12,606
  2238. ? The Ukrainian Supreme Court
  2239. basically ruled a do over.
  2240.  
  2241. 474
  2242. 00:26:25,351 --> 00:26:29,155
  2243. ? Russia opposed that
  2244. idea because they
  2245. understood correctly
  2246.  
  2247. 475
  2248. 00:26:29,222 --> 00:26:31,057
  2249. that if it was done
  2250. in a free and fair way
  2251.  
  2252. 476
  2253. 00:26:31,124 --> 00:26:33,293
  2254. that Mr. Yanukovich
  2255. would not win.
  2256.  
  2257. 477
  2258. 00:26:34,394 --> 00:26:37,430
  2259. ? [Daniel] And Yuschenko
  2260. became president.
  2261.  
  2262. 478
  2263. 00:26:37,497 --> 00:26:40,233
  2264. ? [Steven] His prime minister
  2265. was Yulia Tymoshenko.
  2266.  
  2267. 479
  2268. 00:26:41,902 --> 00:26:44,671
  2269. ? So this week has
  2270. a unique feel to it
  2271.  
  2272. 480
  2273. 00:26:44,738 --> 00:26:46,840
  2274. as we all have the
  2275. profound privilege
  2276.  
  2277. 481
  2278. 00:26:46,907 --> 00:26:49,776
  2279. of welcoming president
  2280. Viktor Yuschenko to??
  2281.  
  2282. 482
  2283. 00:26:49,843 --> 00:26:53,013
  2284. (audience applauding)
  2285.  
  2286. 483
  2287. 00:26:56,349 --> 00:26:58,885
  2288. ? Protection from the
  2289. regime of mobsters
  2290.  
  2291. 484
  2292. 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:00,921
  2293. is only a matter
  2294. that can cause hope.
  2295.  
  2296. 485
  2297. 00:27:01,888 --> 00:27:03,223
  2298. We faced a very similar choice.
  2299.  
  2300. 486
  2301. 00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:06,326
  2302. It was not a choice between
  2303. the left and the right.
  2304.  
  2305. 487
  2306. 00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:10,396
  2307. It was the choice
  2308. between totalitarian
  2309. regime and democracy.
  2310.  
  2311. 488
  2312. 00:27:10,463 --> 00:27:12,933
  2313. It has betrayed
  2314. the future at best.
  2315.  
  2316. 489
  2317. 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:16,169
  2318. ? [Reporter] Viktor Yanukovich
  2319. predicted more turmoil ahead.
  2320.  
  2321. 490
  2322. 00:27:16,236 --> 00:27:18,038
  2323. I am ready to lead, he said.
  2324.  
  2325. 491
  2326. 00:27:18,104 --> 00:27:20,774
  2327. Yuschenko will find out what
  2328. opposition really means.
  2329.  
  2330. 492
  2331. 00:27:21,942 --> 00:27:25,245
  2332. ? Mr. Manafort came
  2333. to Ukraine late 2004.
  2334.  
  2335. 493
  2336. 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:28,081
  2337. Yanukovich had been
  2338. fairly badly discredited.
  2339.  
  2340. 494
  2341. 00:27:37,090 --> 00:27:38,391
  2342. The role that I saw
  2343. for Mr. Manafort
  2344.  
  2345. 495
  2346. 00:27:38,458 --> 00:27:42,128
  2347. was somebody tried to
  2348. rehabilitate Mr. Yanukovich.
  2349.  
  2350. 496
  2351. 00:27:42,195 --> 00:27:46,232
  2352. ? Paul Manafort has been a
  2353. Washington political consultant
  2354.  
  2355. 497
  2356. 00:27:46,299 --> 00:27:48,034
  2357. for a long, long time.
  2358.  
  2359. 498
  2360. 00:27:49,269 --> 00:27:51,104
  2361. ? [Reporter] Paul Manafort,
  2362. a top campaign strategist
  2363.  
  2364. 499
  2365. 00:27:51,171 --> 00:27:52,272
  2366. for President Bush.
  2367.  
  2368. 500
  2369. 00:27:58,011 --> 00:28:00,280
  2370. ? [Woman] Bob Dole was the
  2371. last one who brought him on
  2372.  
  2373. 501
  2374. 00:28:00,346 --> 00:28:02,382
  2375. as the head of the
  2376. convention at that point.
  2377.  
  2378. 502
  2379. 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:04,284
  2380. ? We are ready, not
  2381. only to continue to lead
  2382.  
  2383. 503
  2384. 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,286
  2385. in the Congress but to
  2386. take the White House.
  2387.  
  2388. 504
  2389. 00:28:06,352 --> 00:28:07,187
  2390. ? He had disappeared.
  2391.  
  2392. 505
  2393. 00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:09,022
  2394. No one knew what he was doing.
  2395.  
  2396. 506
  2397. 00:28:14,528 --> 00:28:17,163
  2398. ? [Greg] It's impossible
  2399. that Paul Manafort was not
  2400.  
  2401. 507
  2402. 00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:20,166
  2403. at least run past the
  2404. Russian government
  2405.  
  2406. 508
  2407. 00:28:20,233 --> 00:28:23,236
  2408. because Manafort was
  2409. very close to Yanukovich.
  2410.  
  2411. 509
  2412. 00:28:23,303 --> 00:28:25,972
  2413. And Yanukovich was so
  2414. close to the Kremlin.
  2415.  
  2416. 510
  2417. 00:28:29,142 --> 00:28:31,812
  2418. ? The big switch from western,
  2419. the western point of view
  2420.  
  2421. 511
  2422. 00:28:31,878 --> 00:28:34,781
  2423. was the Munich security
  2424. conference speech.
  2425.  
  2426. 512
  2427. 00:28:36,216 --> 00:28:39,319
  2428. ? The United States has
  2429. overstepped its national borders
  2430.  
  2431. 513
  2432. 00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:40,521
  2433. in every way.
  2434.  
  2435. 514
  2436. 00:28:40,587 --> 00:28:43,957
  2437. Of course such a policy
  2438. stimulates an arms race.
  2439.  
  2440. 515
  2441. 00:28:44,024 --> 00:28:45,859
  2442. No one feels safe.
  2443.  
  2444. 516
  2445. 00:28:45,926 --> 00:28:48,228
  2446. ? Senator Joe Lieberman
  2447. and I were sitting
  2448.  
  2449. 517
  2450. 00:28:48,294 --> 00:28:51,031
  2451. in assigned seats
  2452. in the front row.
  2453.  
  2454. 518
  2455. 00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:53,567
  2456. And he would utter
  2457. a phrase in Russian
  2458.  
  2459. 519
  2460. 00:28:53,634 --> 00:28:57,303
  2461. and after he would say, he'd
  2462. look over at the two of us
  2463.  
  2464. 520
  2465. 00:28:57,370 --> 00:29:00,473
  2466. like that, you know, I said
  2467. what is it with this guy?
  2468.  
  2469. 521
  2470. 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:03,276
  2471. ? I very often.
  2472.  
  2473. 522
  2474. 00:29:03,343 --> 00:29:04,377
  2475. He repeals by our partners.
  2476.  
  2477. 523
  2478. 00:29:04,444 --> 00:29:05,646
  2479. The effect that
  2480. Russia should play
  2481.  
  2482. 524
  2483. 00:29:05,712 --> 00:29:09,082
  2484. an increasingly active
  2485. role in world affairs.
  2486.  
  2487. 525
  2488. 00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:11,785
  2489. ? That was 2007.
  2490.  
  2491. 526
  2492. 00:29:13,053 --> 00:29:15,188
  2493. Two months later they
  2494. did the cyber?attack
  2495.  
  2496. 527
  2497. 00:29:15,255 --> 00:29:20,260
  2498. on my country because we really
  2499. didn't want a Soviet statue
  2500.  
  2501. 528
  2502. 00:29:21,528 --> 00:29:23,063
  2503. in the middle of town.
  2504.  
  2505. 529
  2506. 00:29:24,397 --> 00:29:25,899
  2507. We didn't tear it down.
  2508.  
  2509. 530
  2510. 00:29:25,966 --> 00:29:27,300
  2511. We moved it.
  2512.  
  2513. 531
  2514. 00:29:27,367 --> 00:29:30,571
  2515. We figured, okay, this is
  2516. important for some people.
  2517.  
  2518. 532
  2519. 00:29:30,637 --> 00:29:35,075
  2520. But even that was sort
  2521. of enough of an offense.
  2522.  
  2523. 533
  2524. 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:37,310
  2525. (yelling)
  2526.  
  2527. 534
  2528. 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,983
  2529. The 9th of May with the
  2530. day the Russians celebrate
  2531.  
  2532. 535
  2533. 00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:46,620
  2534. the end of World War II no one
  2535. could get into any websites
  2536.  
  2537. 536
  2538. 00:29:46,687 --> 00:29:51,191
  2539. including the banks, any
  2540. government sites, news media.
  2541.  
  2542. 537
  2543. 00:29:52,058 --> 00:29:53,627
  2544. I mean, it's clear they did it.
  2545.  
  2546. 538
  2547. 00:29:53,694 --> 00:29:55,996
  2548. A year later they
  2549. invaded Georgia.
  2550.  
  2551. 539
  2552. 00:29:58,298 --> 00:30:00,400
  2553. ? After the collapse
  2554. of the Soviet Union,
  2555.  
  2556. 540
  2557. 00:30:00,466 --> 00:30:04,137
  2558. Georgia was controlled by
  2559. mafias and criminal gangs
  2560.  
  2561. 541
  2562. 00:30:04,204 --> 00:30:05,972
  2563. that were known
  2564. as thieves?in?law.
  2565.  
  2566. 542
  2567. 00:30:06,039 --> 00:30:10,911
  2568. ? Then came the revolution
  2569. and Misha Saakashvili
  2570.  
  2571. 543
  2572. 00:30:10,977 --> 00:30:12,245
  2573. became their president.
  2574.  
  2575. 544
  2576. 00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:19,119
  2577. And made, really, very
  2578. significant changes
  2579.  
  2580. 545
  2581. 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:21,287
  2582. and improvement to the country.
  2583.  
  2584. 546
  2585. 00:30:21,354 --> 00:30:23,289
  2586. ? After years of
  2587. the Georgian economy
  2588.  
  2589. 547
  2590. 00:30:23,356 --> 00:30:25,959
  2591. being a basket case
  2592. suddenly starts to roar.
  2593.  
  2594. 548
  2595. 00:30:26,026 --> 00:30:29,195
  2596. He had a vision of Georgia
  2597. in NATO and the EU.
  2598.  
  2599. 549
  2600. 00:30:29,262 --> 00:30:30,363
  2601. The Russians hated it.
  2602.  
  2603. 550
  2604. 00:30:31,464 --> 00:30:34,367
  2605. ? As long as you
  2606. have these blocs,
  2607.  
  2608. 551
  2609. 00:30:34,434 --> 00:30:36,036
  2610. NATO and the European Union,
  2611.  
  2612. 552
  2613. 00:30:36,102 --> 00:30:40,140
  2614. they're bigger,
  2615. richer, stronger, more
  2616. powerful than Russia.
  2617.  
  2618. 553
  2619. 00:30:42,709 --> 00:30:46,279
  2620. But if you reduce them
  2621. to their individual parts
  2622.  
  2623. 554
  2624. 00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:49,049
  2625. each of these countries
  2626. is far weaker than Russia.
  2627.  
  2628. 555
  2629. 00:30:50,383 --> 00:30:53,654
  2630. ? They kept provoking the
  2631. Georgians more and more
  2632.  
  2633. 556
  2634. 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,355
  2635. and more and more.
  2636.  
  2637. 557
  2638. 00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:57,057
  2639. They wanted a war.
  2640.  
  2641. 558
  2642. 00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:00,393
  2643. ? They started to say the war.
  2644.  
  2645. 559
  2646. 00:31:01,562 --> 00:31:04,030
  2647. At first he started
  2648. to tell it to me.
  2649.  
  2650. 560
  2651. 00:31:04,097 --> 00:31:05,431
  2652. To some western leaders.
  2653.  
  2654. 561
  2655. 00:31:08,234 --> 00:31:11,304
  2656. Looked like the west
  2657. was the wandering life,
  2658.  
  2659. 562
  2660. 00:31:11,371 --> 00:31:14,207
  2661. wanted somewhere and Russians
  2662. knew where they were going.
  2663.  
  2664. 563
  2665. 00:31:16,643 --> 00:31:18,612
  2666. Then we had direct
  2667. military attacks.
  2668.  
  2669. 564
  2670. 00:31:20,246 --> 00:31:24,150
  2671. ? In the middle of the opening
  2672. ceremonies of the Olympics,
  2673.  
  2674. 565
  2675. 00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:25,586
  2676. the Russians invaded Georgia.
  2677.  
  2678. 566
  2679. 00:31:30,190 --> 00:31:31,658
  2680. (man yelling)
  2681.  
  2682. 567
  2683. 00:31:31,725 --> 00:31:35,095
  2684. (tanks rapidly firing)
  2685.  
  2686. 568
  2687. 00:31:35,161 --> 00:31:36,262
  2688. ? Wake up, wake up.
  2689.  
  2690. 569
  2691. 00:31:36,329 --> 00:31:38,632
  2692. We are attacked because
  2693. we wanted to be free.
  2694.  
  2695. 570
  2696. 00:31:38,699 --> 00:31:40,200
  2697. We are attacked
  2698. because we wanted
  2699.  
  2700. 571
  2701. 00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:41,267
  2702. to build genuine democracy.
  2703.  
  2704. 572
  2705. 00:31:41,334 --> 00:31:43,637
  2706. If Americans and
  2707. Europeans don't stand up
  2708.  
  2709. 573
  2710. 00:31:43,704 --> 00:31:46,372
  2711. for their own values,
  2712. for their own principles,
  2713.  
  2714. 574
  2715. 00:31:46,439 --> 00:31:48,509
  2716. then those principles and
  2717. values will be in danger
  2718.  
  2719. 575
  2720. 00:31:48,575 --> 00:31:50,744
  2721. to the Georgia,
  2722. tomorrow elsewhere.
  2723.  
  2724. 576
  2725. 00:31:50,811 --> 00:31:52,746
  2726. ? But the Russians then
  2727. spent a lot of time
  2728.  
  2729. 577
  2730. 00:31:52,813 --> 00:31:55,649
  2731. convincing everyone the
  2732. Georgians started the war.
  2733.  
  2734. 578
  2735. 00:31:55,716 --> 00:31:57,150
  2736. It's Saakashvili's fault.
  2737.  
  2738. 579
  2739. 00:31:57,217 --> 00:31:59,452
  2740. He was dangerous and a madman.
  2741.  
  2742. 580
  2743. 00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,522
  2744. ? Russia has criticized
  2745. the western media
  2746.  
  2747. 581
  2748. 00:32:01,588 --> 00:32:04,525
  2749. for what it's called it's
  2750. biosphere on the conflict.
  2751.  
  2752. 582
  2753. 00:32:04,591 --> 00:32:06,593
  2754. Not all journalists blame
  2755. Russia for the conflict.
  2756.  
  2757. 583
  2758. 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:07,994
  2759. Alex Jones?
  2760.  
  2761. 584
  2762. 00:32:08,061 --> 00:32:10,296
  2763. ? [Alex] I just hope Russia
  2764. keeps troops in Georgia
  2765.  
  2766. 585
  2767. 00:32:10,363 --> 00:32:11,732
  2768. because the dictator,
  2769.  
  2770. 586
  2771. 00:32:11,798 --> 00:32:14,467
  2772. and we know he was elected
  2773. under fraud there in Georgia
  2774.  
  2775. 587
  2776. 00:32:14,535 --> 00:32:16,637
  2777. has said that he plans,
  2778. he said it last week,
  2779.  
  2780. 588
  2781. 00:32:16,703 --> 00:32:18,438
  2782. to attack again.
  2783.  
  2784. 589
  2785. 00:32:18,505 --> 00:32:21,474
  2786. ? Allegation that Georgia
  2787. would attack Russia
  2788.  
  2789. 590
  2790. 00:32:21,542 --> 00:32:25,746
  2791. is so foolish and
  2792. outrageous and disgraceful.
  2793.  
  2794. 591
  2795. 00:32:25,812 --> 00:32:28,081
  2796. But it's typical
  2797. of Vladimir Putin.
  2798.  
  2799. 592
  2800. 00:32:29,516 --> 00:32:31,351
  2801. ? They did not
  2802. achieve the collapse
  2803.  
  2804. 593
  2805. 00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:33,086
  2806. of the Saakashvili government.
  2807.  
  2808. 594
  2809. 00:32:33,153 --> 00:32:35,088
  2810. It cost them a lot in respect,
  2811.  
  2812. 595
  2813. 00:32:35,155 --> 00:32:37,157
  2814. in international relationships.
  2815.  
  2816. 596
  2817. 00:32:37,223 --> 00:32:39,092
  2818. And their military
  2819. was really exposed
  2820.  
  2821. 597
  2822. 00:32:39,159 --> 00:32:41,261
  2823. as something weaker
  2824. than they all thought.
  2825.  
  2826. 598
  2827. 00:32:42,596 --> 00:32:44,698
  2828. So there was this whole
  2829. portfolio of kind of rethinking
  2830.  
  2831. 599
  2832. 00:32:44,765 --> 00:32:47,634
  2833. what are the political
  2834. warfare tools
  2835.  
  2836. 600
  2837. 00:32:47,701 --> 00:32:49,970
  2838. that we have that we can use.
  2839.  
  2840. 601
  2841. 00:32:51,437 --> 00:32:54,274
  2842. ? They began to increase
  2843. their funding to far right
  2844.  
  2845. 602
  2846. 00:32:54,340 --> 00:32:58,211
  2847. nationalistic white
  2848. supremacists political parties.
  2849.  
  2850. 603
  2851. 00:32:58,278 --> 00:33:01,682
  2852. ? In democracies, public
  2853. opinion is your battlefield.
  2854.  
  2855. 604
  2856. 00:33:01,748 --> 00:33:03,817
  2857. It's finding those
  2858. affinity groups.
  2859.  
  2860. 605
  2861. 00:33:03,884 --> 00:33:05,519
  2862. They don't like globalization.
  2863.  
  2864. 606
  2865. 00:33:05,586 --> 00:33:07,588
  2866. They're very fearful
  2867. of immigration.
  2868.  
  2869. 607
  2870. 00:33:07,654 --> 00:33:08,421
  2871. They're xenophobic.
  2872.  
  2873. 608
  2874. 00:33:08,488 --> 00:33:10,791
  2875. And that fear is then used
  2876.  
  2877. 609
  2878. 00:33:10,857 --> 00:33:13,560
  2879. by Russian disinformation
  2880. operations to say
  2881.  
  2882. 610
  2883. 00:33:13,627 --> 00:33:16,429
  2884. you're not being protected
  2885. from migration crisis,
  2886.  
  2887. 611
  2888. 00:33:16,496 --> 00:33:20,233
  2889. from the social changes
  2890. that we see around you.
  2891.  
  2892. 612
  2893. 00:33:20,300 --> 00:33:24,538
  2894. Gazprom and others, they were
  2895. purchasing local affiliates
  2896.  
  2897. 613
  2898. 00:33:24,605 --> 00:33:27,440
  2899. so it looked like less Russian,
  2900. had less of a Russian face.
  2901.  
  2902. 614
  2903. 00:33:27,508 --> 00:33:31,477
  2904. ? Gazprom is the world's
  2905. largest gas company.
  2906.  
  2907. 615
  2908. 00:33:31,545 --> 00:33:36,149
  2909. It and its resources
  2910. are used to help achieve
  2911.  
  2912. 616
  2913. 00:33:36,216 --> 00:33:38,652
  2914. the political objectives
  2915. of the Russian state.
  2916.  
  2917. 617
  2918. 00:33:38,719 --> 00:33:41,555
  2919. ? When the economics
  2920. and the politics combine
  2921.  
  2922. 618
  2923. 00:33:41,622 --> 00:33:44,257
  2924. in fact the, it's state capture.
  2925.  
  2926. 619
  2927. 00:33:44,324 --> 00:33:48,361
  2928. The national government
  2929. cannot take independent action
  2930.  
  2931. 620
  2932. 00:33:48,428 --> 00:33:53,433
  2933. that does not follow
  2934. Russia's policy interests.
  2935.  
  2936. 621
  2937. 00:33:54,635 --> 00:33:55,902
  2938. ? It's far better to
  2939. expend your energy
  2940.  
  2941. 622
  2942. 00:33:55,969 --> 00:33:59,673
  2943. on getting a Russia
  2944. friendly government elected
  2945.  
  2946. 623
  2947. 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:01,708
  2948. than it is to have to
  2949. build up your military
  2950.  
  2951. 624
  2952. 00:34:01,775 --> 00:34:03,409
  2953. to invade the country.
  2954.  
  2955. 625
  2956. 00:34:05,546 --> 00:34:07,480
  2957. ? There was the Russian
  2958. oligarchy, Ivanishvili,
  2959.  
  2960. 626
  2961. 00:34:07,548 --> 00:34:10,450
  2962. who was biggest private
  2963. shareholder of Russia Gazprom.
  2964.  
  2965. 627
  2966. 00:34:11,718 --> 00:34:14,621
  2967. Suddenly Ivanishvili announced
  2968. that he was entering politics
  2969.  
  2970. 628
  2971. 00:34:14,688 --> 00:34:16,356
  2972. and he will run against us.
  2973.  
  2974. 629
  2975. 00:34:16,422 --> 00:34:17,691
  2976. ? They wanted to believe
  2977.  
  2978. 630
  2979. 00:34:17,758 --> 00:34:21,294
  2980. that he was this independent
  2981. weirdo businessman.
  2982.  
  2983. 631
  2984. 00:34:21,361 --> 00:34:23,229
  2985. He must be a very
  2986. successful man.
  2987.  
  2988. 632
  2989. 00:34:23,296 --> 00:34:25,666
  2990. Nobody wanted to believe
  2991. he was what he is,
  2992.  
  2993. 633
  2994. 00:34:25,732 --> 00:34:29,770
  2995. a front for Russian
  2996. engagement in the country.
  2997.  
  2998. 634
  2999. 00:34:29,836 --> 00:34:32,506
  3000. The campaign in Georgia
  3001. before the 2012 election
  3002.  
  3003. 635
  3004. 00:34:32,573 --> 00:34:35,676
  3005. had been increasingly dirty
  3006. and hostile and violent.
  3007.  
  3008. 636
  3009. 00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:38,378
  3010. ? So the narrative
  3011. was that no matter
  3012.  
  3013. 637
  3014. 00:34:38,444 --> 00:34:41,147
  3015. what you will falsify,
  3016. rig the elections.
  3017.  
  3018. 638
  3019. 00:34:41,214 --> 00:34:43,517
  3020. And then they would
  3021. take it to the streets.
  3022.  
  3023. 639
  3024. 00:34:43,584 --> 00:34:44,685
  3025. ? There was a lot of discussion
  3026.  
  3027. 640
  3028. 00:34:44,751 --> 00:34:46,386
  3029. about political prosecution.
  3030.  
  3031. 641
  3032. 00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:47,854
  3033. If they won they would have put
  3034.  
  3035. 642
  3036. 00:34:47,921 --> 00:34:50,156
  3037. the entire former
  3038. government in prison,
  3039.  
  3040. 643
  3041. 00:34:50,223 --> 00:34:51,257
  3042. that these were all criminal.
  3043.  
  3044. 644
  3045. 00:34:51,324 --> 00:34:52,859
  3046. Some of it was
  3047. really cheap stuff.
  3048.  
  3049. 645
  3050. 00:34:52,926 --> 00:34:54,695
  3051. Saakashvili is
  3052. really an Armenian.
  3053.  
  3054. 646
  3055. 00:34:54,761 --> 00:34:56,530
  3056. He's not really a Georgian.
  3057.  
  3058. 647
  3059. 00:34:58,699 --> 00:35:00,601
  3060. ? That's a technique the
  3061. Russians use quite a bit.
  3062.  
  3063. 648
  3064. 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:02,202
  3065. The best way to
  3066. discredit somebody
  3067.  
  3068. 649
  3069. 00:35:02,268 --> 00:35:03,837
  3070. is to make them
  3071. appear inauthentic.
  3072.  
  3073. 650
  3074. 00:35:03,904 --> 00:35:06,840
  3075. They're not part of
  3076. the community which
  3077. they say they are.
  3078.  
  3079. 651
  3080. 00:35:06,907 --> 00:35:08,609
  3081. ? Then it's picked
  3082. up by other media.
  3083.  
  3084. 652
  3085. 00:35:08,675 --> 00:35:10,644
  3086. It's sort of spread
  3087. about social media.
  3088.  
  3089. 653
  3090. 00:35:11,845 --> 00:35:14,380
  3091. Eventually people sort of say
  3092. some of this must be true.
  3093.  
  3094. 654
  3095. 00:35:16,683 --> 00:35:18,952
  3096. ? Mafia bosses, (speaking in
  3097. foreign language) from Russia
  3098.  
  3099. 655
  3100. 00:35:19,019 --> 00:35:21,855
  3101. try to help to organize
  3102. mass disturbances.
  3103.  
  3104. 656
  3105. 00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:26,392
  3106. They listened to our
  3107. telephone conversations,
  3108.  
  3109. 657
  3110. 00:35:26,459 --> 00:35:28,595
  3111. especially when we were
  3112. calling from abroad.
  3113.  
  3114. 658
  3115. 00:35:30,697 --> 00:35:33,266
  3116. For whatever similar situation
  3117. would ignite in Georgia
  3118.  
  3119. 659
  3120. 00:35:33,333 --> 00:35:36,603
  3121. they always had intercepts
  3122. for all kind of situations.
  3123.  
  3124. 660
  3125. 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:38,739
  3126. ? No party in Georgia
  3127. could have been
  3128.  
  3129. 661
  3130. 00:35:38,805 --> 00:35:40,674
  3131. in a real popular
  3132. way for Russian.
  3133.  
  3134. 662
  3135. 00:35:40,741 --> 00:35:42,275
  3136. And Ivanishvili knew that.
  3137.  
  3138. 663
  3139. 00:35:42,342 --> 00:35:43,677
  3140. So you had a new
  3141. message on Russia.
  3142.  
  3143. 664
  3144. 00:35:43,744 --> 00:35:45,546
  3145. It was wouldn't it be nice
  3146.  
  3147. 665
  3148. 00:35:45,612 --> 00:35:47,814
  3149. if we had a better
  3150. relationship with Russia?
  3151.  
  3152. 666
  3153. 00:35:54,821 --> 00:35:56,790
  3154. ? About two weeks
  3155. before the vote,
  3156.  
  3157. 667
  3158. 00:35:56,857 --> 00:35:58,592
  3159. there was the
  3160. release of the first
  3161.  
  3162. 668
  3163. 00:35:58,659 --> 00:36:01,695
  3164. of what became known as
  3165. the prison abuse tapes.
  3166.  
  3167. 669
  3168. 00:36:01,762 --> 00:36:03,730
  3169. ? The images looked very bad.
  3170.  
  3171. 670
  3172. 00:36:03,797 --> 00:36:06,366
  3173. After initial shock, people
  3174. started to look at the image.
  3175.  
  3176. 671
  3177. 00:36:06,432 --> 00:36:10,303
  3178. In details they explain to us
  3179. that the whole thing was fake.
  3180.  
  3181. 672
  3182. 00:36:10,370 --> 00:36:12,839
  3183. Later we discovered that
  3184. this thing was done by guys
  3185.  
  3186. 673
  3187. 00:36:12,906 --> 00:36:16,309
  3188. with very well?known Russian
  3189. intelligence connections.
  3190.  
  3191. 674
  3192. 00:36:16,376 --> 00:36:17,778
  3193. But it was too late.
  3194.  
  3195. 675
  3196. 00:36:17,844 --> 00:36:19,746
  3197. ? [Reporter] On Tuesday
  3198. President Saakashvili
  3199.  
  3200. 676
  3201. 00:36:19,813 --> 00:36:23,483
  3202. conceded he lost the closely
  3203. fought parliamentary vote.
  3204.  
  3205. 677
  3206. 00:36:23,550 --> 00:36:26,687
  3207. ? 65 or so former officials
  3208. have been arrested,
  3209.  
  3210. 678
  3211. 00:36:26,753 --> 00:36:28,288
  3212. detained, or convicted.
  3213.  
  3214. 679
  3215. 00:36:29,756 --> 00:36:31,858
  3216. Saakashvili will be arrested
  3217. if he goes back to Georgia.
  3218.  
  3219. 680
  3220. 00:36:40,801 --> 00:36:42,736
  3221. ? And then you saw the
  3222. allowing of Russian money
  3223.  
  3224. 681
  3225. 00:36:42,803 --> 00:36:44,671
  3226. back into Georgia's
  3227. full society.
  3228.  
  3229. 682
  3230. 00:36:44,738 --> 00:36:47,741
  3231. ? We are returning Georgia
  3232. product to the Russian market.
  3233.  
  3234. 683
  3235. 00:36:47,808 --> 00:36:49,342
  3236. ? His wealth and his fortune
  3237.  
  3238. 684
  3239. 00:36:49,409 --> 00:36:51,745
  3240. are all connected
  3241. to the Kremlin.
  3242.  
  3243. 685
  3244. 00:36:51,812 --> 00:36:54,981
  3245. That means he can never be
  3246. independent of what they want.
  3247.  
  3248. 686
  3249. 00:36:55,048 --> 00:36:57,751
  3250. ? Putin had told the
  3251. National Security Council
  3252.  
  3253. 687
  3254. 00:36:57,818 --> 00:36:59,686
  3255. that Georgian elections
  3256. were the most successful
  3257.  
  3258. 688
  3259. 00:36:59,753 --> 00:37:01,888
  3260. special operation they ever had.
  3261.  
  3262. 689
  3263. 00:37:04,825 --> 00:37:06,660
  3264. They learned that
  3265. any democratic system
  3266.  
  3267. 690
  3268. 00:37:06,727 --> 00:37:10,063
  3269. is essentially very vulnerable
  3270. to this kind of meddling.
  3271.  
  3272. 691
  3273. 00:37:10,130 --> 00:37:12,699
  3274. Full corruption,
  3275. information campaigns,
  3276.  
  3277. 692
  3278. 00:37:12,766 --> 00:37:14,668
  3279. character destructions,
  3280.  
  3281. 693
  3282. 00:37:14,735 --> 00:37:17,704
  3283. and then your adversary's
  3284. much more vulnerable.
  3285.  
  3286. 694
  3287. 00:37:17,771 --> 00:37:20,507
  3288. Then it's nothing about their
  3289. economy size or military size.
  3290.  
  3291. 695
  3292. 00:37:20,574 --> 00:37:21,908
  3293. It's about their state of mind.
  3294.  
  3295. 696
  3296. 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,482
  3297. ? In Ukraine Putin
  3298. did the same thing.
  3299.  
  3300. 697
  3301. 00:37:29,550 --> 00:37:33,987
  3302. ? Ukraine is about
  3303. 100% dependent on
  3304. Russia for natural gas.
  3305.  
  3306. 698
  3307. 00:37:34,054 --> 00:37:36,823
  3308. ? Instead of there being
  3309. direct sales from Gazprom
  3310.  
  3311. 699
  3312. 00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:40,460
  3313. there were a whole series
  3314. of intermediary companies
  3315.  
  3316. 700
  3317. 00:37:40,527 --> 00:37:43,830
  3318. which seemed to be controlled
  3319. by a man named Dmitry Firtash.
  3320.  
  3321. 701
  3322. 00:37:47,601 --> 00:37:50,604
  3323. Dmitry Firtash, a
  3324. Pro?Putin oligarch.
  3325.  
  3326. 702
  3327. 00:37:51,905 --> 00:37:55,609
  3328. He had worked with
  3329. Mogilevich, the crime boss.
  3330.  
  3331. 703
  3332. 00:37:55,676 --> 00:37:58,845
  3333. They siphon off lots of
  3334. money from this Gazprom.
  3335.  
  3336. 704
  3337. 00:37:58,912 --> 00:38:00,246
  3338. Billions of dollars.
  3339.  
  3340. 705
  3341. 00:38:00,313 --> 00:38:03,650
  3342. ? [Michael] Firtash was very
  3343. close to Vladimir Putin.
  3344.  
  3345. 706
  3346. 00:38:03,717 --> 00:38:08,021
  3347. Paul Manafort was a
  3348. business partner of Firtash.
  3349.  
  3350. 707
  3351. 00:38:08,088 --> 00:38:09,222
  3352. ? Ukrainian politicians.
  3353.  
  3354. 708
  3355. 00:38:09,289 --> 00:38:12,392
  3356. It was all just whisper
  3357. the name Paul Manafort.
  3358.  
  3359. 709
  3360. 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:16,496
  3361. He was the dark prince
  3362. in the background,
  3363.  
  3364. 710
  3365. 00:38:16,563 --> 00:38:18,565
  3366. orchestrating everything.
  3367.  
  3368. 711
  3369. 00:38:22,135 --> 00:38:24,004
  3370. He was viewed as a man
  3371. who was the connection
  3372.  
  3373. 712
  3374. 00:38:24,070 --> 00:38:27,808
  3375. between the Kremlin and
  3376. pro?Russian party in Ukraine
  3377.  
  3378. 713
  3379. 00:38:27,874 --> 00:38:31,377
  3380. to advance Russian
  3381. political interests.
  3382.  
  3383. 714
  3384. 00:38:34,180 --> 00:38:36,850
  3385. ? Russia was buying
  3386. up utilities.
  3387.  
  3388. 715
  3389. 00:38:36,917 --> 00:38:39,586
  3390. The oligarchs were
  3391. doing Putin's bidding.
  3392.  
  3393. 716
  3394. 00:38:39,653 --> 00:38:41,955
  3395. It cut off Ukraine's
  3396. energy supply.
  3397.  
  3398. 717
  3399. 00:38:45,726 --> 00:38:46,993
  3400. ? It's really a terrible thing
  3401.  
  3402. 718
  3403. 00:38:47,060 --> 00:38:48,962
  3404. if someone is killed by a bullet
  3405.  
  3406. 719
  3407. 00:38:49,029 --> 00:38:51,632
  3408. but isn't it terrible
  3409. if you shut down
  3410.  
  3411. 720
  3412. 00:38:51,698 --> 00:38:52,899
  3413. the power in the winter?
  3414.  
  3415. 721
  3416. 00:38:53,934 --> 00:38:56,737
  3417. ? In 2009, after about two weeks
  3418.  
  3419. 722
  3420. 00:38:56,803 --> 00:38:57,838
  3421. meeting with President Putin,
  3422.  
  3423. 723
  3424. 00:38:57,904 --> 00:39:01,007
  3425. Prime Minster Tymoshenko
  3426. negotiated a deal
  3427.  
  3428. 724
  3429. 00:39:01,074 --> 00:39:03,544
  3430. that ended the gas cutoff.
  3431.  
  3432. 725
  3433. 00:39:05,045 --> 00:39:06,613
  3434. ? [Reporter] The
  3435. presidential elections
  3436.  
  3437. 726
  3438. 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,915
  3439. head for a pulsating climax.
  3440.  
  3441. 727
  3442. 00:39:08,982 --> 00:39:10,416
  3443. In the orange corner
  3444.  
  3445. 728
  3446. 00:39:10,483 --> 00:39:13,887
  3447. the current poor western prime
  3448. minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
  3449.  
  3450. 729
  3451. 00:39:14,888 --> 00:39:16,156
  3452. In the blue corner,
  3453.  
  3454. 730
  3455. 00:39:16,222 --> 00:39:19,459
  3456. pro?Moscow opposition
  3457. leader Viktor Yanukovich.
  3458.  
  3459. 731
  3460. 00:39:19,526 --> 00:39:20,761
  3461. ? [Reporter]
  3462. Manafort was remaking
  3463.  
  3464. 732
  3465. 00:39:20,827 --> 00:39:23,664
  3466. Yanukovych's overall
  3467. appearance and personality
  3468.  
  3469. 733
  3470. 00:39:23,730 --> 00:39:25,932
  3471. as a politician to make
  3472. him more palatable.
  3473.  
  3474. 734
  3475. 00:39:29,169 --> 00:39:31,104
  3476. ? [Reporter] When he
  3477. said no to a TV debate,
  3478.  
  3479. 735
  3480. 00:39:31,171 --> 00:39:34,374
  3481. she went ahead with it anyway
  3482. facing an empty podium.
  3483.  
  3484. 736
  3485. 00:39:52,826 --> 00:39:54,928
  3486. ? [Reporter] Viktor
  3487. Yanukovich claimed victory
  3488.  
  3489. 737
  3490. 00:39:54,995 --> 00:39:57,497
  3491. in the Ukraine
  3492. presidential election.
  3493.  
  3494. 738
  3495. 00:40:02,703 --> 00:40:04,538
  3496. ? Once Viktor Yanukovich
  3497. had become president
  3498.  
  3499. 739
  3500. 00:40:04,605 --> 00:40:05,972
  3501. one of the things
  3502. they were trying
  3503.  
  3504. 740
  3505. 00:40:06,039 --> 00:40:08,642
  3506. to go after Tymoshenko
  3507. for was, in fact,
  3508.  
  3509. 741
  3510. 00:40:08,709 --> 00:40:10,711
  3511. that gas arrangement
  3512. she had done.
  3513.  
  3514. 742
  3515. 00:40:10,777 --> 00:40:11,878
  3516. ? [Reporter] She
  3517. compared the case
  3518.  
  3519. 743
  3520. 00:40:11,945 --> 00:40:14,047
  3521. to a Stalinist show trial.
  3522.  
  3523. 744
  3524. 00:40:14,114 --> 00:40:16,249
  3525. ? [Reporter] All this
  3526. was staged in advance
  3527.  
  3528. 745
  3529. 00:40:16,316 --> 00:40:18,118
  3530. of the president's
  3531. administration
  3532.  
  3533. 746
  3534. 00:40:18,184 --> 00:40:19,520
  3535. to eliminate the opposition.
  3536.  
  3537. 747
  3538. 00:40:19,586 --> 00:40:23,156
  3539. ? It may have been a bad
  3540. deal but it certainly wasn't
  3541.  
  3542. 748
  3543. 00:40:23,223 --> 00:40:26,059
  3544. the criminal action that
  3545. the Ukrainian government
  3546.  
  3547. 749
  3548. 00:40:26,126 --> 00:40:28,094
  3549. under Yanukovich
  3550. charged her with.
  3551.  
  3552. 750
  3553. 00:40:35,035 --> 00:40:36,870
  3554. ? [Reporter] A seven year
  3555. prison term and an order
  3556.  
  3557. 751
  3558. 00:40:36,937 --> 00:40:40,040
  3559. that she pay 200 million
  3560. dollars in compensation.
  3561.  
  3562. 752
  3563. 00:40:54,888 --> 00:40:56,523
  3564. ? [Reporter] From
  3565. prison, Tymoshenko staged
  3566.  
  3567. 753
  3568. 00:40:56,590 --> 00:40:57,958
  3569. a temporary hunger strike
  3570.  
  3571. 754
  3572. 00:40:58,024 --> 00:40:59,826
  3573. saying she'd been
  3574. beaten by guards
  3575.  
  3576. 755
  3577. 00:40:59,893 --> 00:41:01,828
  3578. and needed immediate
  3579. medical attention.
  3580.  
  3581. 756
  3582. 00:41:10,303 --> 00:41:11,437
  3583. ? In a lawsuit that was filed
  3584.  
  3585. 757
  3586. 00:41:11,505 --> 00:41:13,974
  3587. by the former prime
  3588. minister of Ukraine,
  3589.  
  3590. 758
  3591. 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:18,011
  3592. there were some rather
  3593. striking court documents
  3594.  
  3595. 759
  3596. 00:41:19,913 --> 00:41:22,716
  3597. referring to Manafort's role,
  3598.  
  3599. 760
  3600. 00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:27,287
  3601. and including his
  3602. business relationships,
  3603.  
  3604. 761
  3605. 00:41:27,353 --> 00:41:32,559
  3606. real estate deals with a Russian
  3607. oligarch, Dmitry Firtash.
  3608.  
  3609. 762
  3610. 00:41:33,627 --> 00:41:35,896
  3611. Paul Manafort was in business
  3612.  
  3613. 763
  3614. 00:41:35,962 --> 00:41:40,967
  3615. with not one but two
  3616. Russian oligarchs.
  3617.  
  3618. 764
  3619. 00:41:42,002 --> 00:41:44,938
  3620. Dmitry Firtash, who
  3621. was under indictment
  3622.  
  3623. 765
  3624. 00:41:45,005 --> 00:41:46,673
  3625. by the U. S. Justice Department.
  3626.  
  3627. 766
  3628. 00:41:51,878 --> 00:41:55,181
  3629. Another, Deripaska, who
  3630. had been denied entry
  3631.  
  3632. 767
  3633. 00:41:55,248 --> 00:41:56,416
  3634. into the United States
  3635.  
  3636. 768
  3637. 00:41:56,482 --> 00:41:59,019
  3638. because of suspected
  3639. organized crime ties.
  3640.  
  3641. 769
  3642. 00:42:00,186 --> 00:42:04,024
  3643. ? Paul Manafort signed a
  3644. contract with Oleg Derispaska
  3645.  
  3646. 770
  3647. 00:42:04,090 --> 00:42:07,227
  3648. to promote the Kremlin and
  3649. the Kremlin's interests.
  3650.  
  3651. 771
  3652. 00:42:09,996 --> 00:42:14,701
  3653. Quoting Deripaska, Putin
  3654. told him Manafort's our man.
  3655.  
  3656. 772
  3657. 00:42:21,007 --> 00:42:24,811
  3658. ? Paul Manafort got his home
  3659. in Trump Towers in 2006.
  3660.  
  3661. 773
  3662. 00:42:27,113 --> 00:42:30,884
  3663. You can easily see billions
  3664. of dollars being siphoned off
  3665.  
  3666. 774
  3667. 00:42:30,951 --> 00:42:33,854
  3668. from that Ukraine
  3669. Russian energy trade
  3670.  
  3671. 775
  3672. 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:37,323
  3673. and going through
  3674. Firtash to Paul Manafort
  3675.  
  3676. 776
  3677. 00:42:37,390 --> 00:42:40,661
  3678. and to Russians or Ukrainians
  3679. who were buying condos
  3680.  
  3681. 777
  3682. 00:42:40,727 --> 00:42:42,295
  3683. in Trump?branded properties.
  3684.  
  3685. 778
  3686. 00:42:48,368 --> 00:42:50,904
  3687. ? Russia has three main
  3688. tactics for engaging
  3689.  
  3690. 779
  3691. 00:42:50,971 --> 00:42:52,739
  3692. in what we call active measures.
  3693.  
  3694. 780
  3695. 00:42:52,806 --> 00:42:55,041
  3696. Propaganda, cyber?attacks.
  3697.  
  3698. 781
  3699. 00:42:55,108 --> 00:42:57,010
  3700. Most people don't
  3701. focus on a third pillar
  3702.  
  3703. 782
  3704. 00:42:57,077 --> 00:43:00,146
  3705. of Russian active measures
  3706. which is to recruit and enlist
  3707.  
  3708. 783
  3709. 00:43:00,213 --> 00:43:03,349
  3710. and in some cases run
  3711. agents of influence.
  3712.  
  3713. 784
  3714. 00:43:08,221 --> 00:43:09,255
  3715. ? The Russians, with their
  3716.  
  3717. 785
  3718. 00:43:09,322 --> 00:43:12,192
  3719. full?time intelligence
  3720. operatives.
  3721.  
  3722. 786
  3723. 00:43:13,393 --> 00:43:16,797
  3724. There's probably way
  3725. over 1,000 of those
  3726.  
  3727. 787
  3728. 00:43:16,863 --> 00:43:18,364
  3729. in the United States.
  3730.  
  3731. 788
  3732. 00:43:18,431 --> 00:43:20,701
  3733. ? The FBI does its best to try
  3734.  
  3735. 789
  3736. 00:43:20,767 --> 00:43:23,436
  3737. to monitor Russian
  3738. intelligence officers
  3739.  
  3740. 790
  3741. 00:43:23,504 --> 00:43:26,807
  3742. here in the United States
  3743. but there are so many of them
  3744.  
  3745. 791
  3746. 00:43:26,873 --> 00:43:30,176
  3747. and frankly the FBI's
  3748. resources are so limited.
  3749.  
  3750. 792
  3751. 00:43:30,243 --> 00:43:35,248
  3752. ? When I did cases I actually
  3753. had to decide on which days
  3754.  
  3755. 793
  3756. 00:43:36,449 --> 00:43:40,754
  3757. I wanted the FBI surveillance
  3758. group to watch my target.
  3759.  
  3760. 794
  3761. 00:43:43,824 --> 00:43:45,025
  3762. ? We had no idea.
  3763.  
  3764. 795
  3765. 00:43:45,091 --> 00:43:47,828
  3766. They just seemed like
  3767. a nice, quiet family.
  3768.  
  3769. 796
  3770. 00:43:49,395 --> 00:43:53,834
  3771. ? If you look at either as
  3772. Russian agents or as Russians
  3773.  
  3774. 797
  3775. 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:58,071
  3776. who work on disinformation
  3777. there are more of them
  3778.  
  3779. 798
  3780. 00:43:58,138 --> 00:44:00,240
  3781. than there are Russians
  3782. in the armed forces.
  3783.  
  3784. 799
  3785. 00:44:01,274 --> 00:44:04,277
  3786. So a thousand. (laughs)
  3787.  
  3788. 800
  3789. 00:44:04,344 --> 00:44:06,079
  3790. ? These can be
  3791. individuals who know
  3792.  
  3793. 801
  3794. 00:44:06,146 --> 00:44:08,849
  3795. that they are spying for
  3796. Russian intelligence.
  3797.  
  3798. 802
  3799. 00:44:08,915 --> 00:44:10,817
  3800. Know that they are
  3801. committing espionage.
  3802.  
  3803. 803
  3804. 00:44:10,884 --> 00:44:14,487
  3805. Or can refer to some
  3806. individuals who just aren't sure
  3807.  
  3808. 804
  3809. 00:44:14,555 --> 00:44:16,322
  3810. exactly who they're
  3811. dealing with.
  3812.  
  3813. 805
  3814. 00:44:16,389 --> 00:44:20,160
  3815. Maybe it's bankers,
  3816. maybe its financiers.
  3817.  
  3818. 806
  3819. 00:44:20,226 --> 00:44:22,328
  3820. Maybe it's people on the
  3821. periphery of government
  3822.  
  3823. 807
  3824. 00:44:22,395 --> 00:44:26,867
  3825. doing something that the
  3826. Russian government wants.
  3827.  
  3828. 808
  3829. 00:44:26,933 --> 00:44:28,802
  3830. ? It seems that
  3831. anybody who was anybody
  3832.  
  3833. 809
  3834. 00:44:28,869 --> 00:44:32,072
  3835. in Russian organized crime
  3836. who came to Manhattan
  3837.  
  3838. 810
  3839. 00:44:32,138 --> 00:44:34,240
  3840. bought a condo unit
  3841. in Trump tower.
  3842.  
  3843. 811
  3844. 00:44:34,307 --> 00:44:37,110
  3845. There were gambling
  3846. operations going on there
  3847.  
  3848. 812
  3849. 00:44:37,177 --> 00:44:39,746
  3850. and prostitution operations.
  3851.  
  3852. 813
  3853. 00:44:39,813 --> 00:44:42,148
  3854. These investigations
  3855. were leading to Trump
  3856.  
  3857. 814
  3858. 00:44:42,215 --> 00:44:43,449
  3859. over and over and over again.
  3860.  
  3861. 815
  3862. 00:44:45,218 --> 00:44:48,321
  3863. ? Christopher Steele is a
  3864. former MI6 specialist in Russia.
  3865.  
  3866. 816
  3867. 00:44:48,388 --> 00:44:51,457
  3868. The U. S. investigator firm
  3869. commissioned Mr. Steele
  3870.  
  3871. 817
  3872. 00:44:51,525 --> 00:44:55,161
  3873. to look at Mr. Trump and Russia.
  3874.  
  3875. 818
  3876. 00:44:55,228 --> 00:44:56,630
  3877. It was a very general assignment
  3878.  
  3879. 819
  3880. 00:44:56,697 --> 00:44:59,766
  3881. and he found an extensive
  3882. set of relations with Russia.
  3883.  
  3884. 820
  3885. 00:45:02,368 --> 00:45:05,005
  3886. ? [Scott] He was generally
  3887. held in very high regard.
  3888.  
  3889. 821
  3890. 00:45:05,071 --> 00:45:08,208
  3891. Had a reputation of also
  3892. for working with the FBI.
  3893.  
  3894. 822
  3895. 00:45:08,274 --> 00:45:11,044
  3896. ? He helped the FBI
  3897. make the FIFA cases.
  3898.  
  3899. 823
  3900. 00:45:12,212 --> 00:45:13,146
  3901. ? [Reporter] Major
  3902. corruption crackdown
  3903.  
  3904. 824
  3905. 00:45:13,213 --> 00:45:14,881
  3906. going down right now.
  3907.  
  3908. 825
  3909. 00:45:14,948 --> 00:45:16,149
  3910. Arrests made around the world.
  3911.  
  3912. 826
  3913. 00:45:16,216 --> 00:45:17,317
  3914. ? [Reporter] This is the result
  3915.  
  3916. 827
  3917. 00:45:17,383 --> 00:45:19,185
  3918. of a three year long
  3919. FBI investigation.
  3920.  
  3921. 828
  3922. 00:45:19,252 --> 00:45:20,386
  3923. ? He broke the case.
  3924.  
  3925. 829
  3926. 00:45:20,453 --> 00:45:24,290
  3927. He gave them access
  3928. to the key witnesses
  3929.  
  3930. 830
  3931. 00:45:24,357 --> 00:45:27,293
  3932. that they used to get the
  3933. pretty spectacular results
  3934.  
  3935. 831
  3936. 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,295
  3937. that they ultimately got.
  3938.  
  3939. 832
  3940. 00:45:30,531 --> 00:45:34,167
  3941. ? Alexander Litvinenko,
  3942. who's a former FSB agent.
  3943.  
  3944. 833
  3945. 00:45:34,234 --> 00:45:39,239
  3946. When he sought asylum in London
  3947. he started working for MI6.
  3948.  
  3949. 834
  3950. 00:45:40,373 --> 00:45:42,275
  3951. His handler was
  3952. Christopher Steele.
  3953.  
  3954. 835
  3955. 00:45:43,610 --> 00:45:46,580
  3956. He was trying to expose
  3957. that Vladimir Putin
  3958.  
  3959. 836
  3960. 00:45:46,647 --> 00:45:49,249
  3961. was closely linked
  3962. to Semion Mogilevich,
  3963.  
  3964. 837
  3965. 00:45:49,315 --> 00:45:52,152
  3966. the crime boss of Russia.
  3967.  
  3968. 838
  3969. 00:45:52,218 --> 00:45:55,288
  3970. Litvinenko was eventually
  3971. poisoned by polonium
  3972.  
  3973. 839
  3974. 00:45:55,355 --> 00:45:59,025
  3975. in a murder that was very
  3976. directly linked to Russia.
  3977.  
  3978. 840
  3979. 00:46:00,426 --> 00:46:03,964
  3980. So when Mr. Steele was
  3981. hired to do oppo research
  3982.  
  3983. 841
  3984. 00:46:04,030 --> 00:46:08,301
  3985. on Donald Trump he was very,
  3986. very knowledgeable indeed.
  3987.  
  3988. 842
  3989. 00:46:09,603 --> 00:46:13,306
  3990. ? The Steele Dossier
  3991. was a set of reports
  3992.  
  3993. 843
  3994. 00:46:13,373 --> 00:46:15,075
  3995. that Mr. Steele wrote.
  3996.  
  3997. 844
  3998. 00:46:17,210 --> 00:46:22,215
  3999. ? All of its allegations fall
  4000. into one of three categories.
  4001.  
  4002. 845
  4003. 00:46:25,151 --> 00:46:30,156
  4004. Not yet proven, proven to
  4005. be true, and have an error
  4006.  
  4007. 846
  4008. 00:46:36,530 --> 00:46:39,533
  4009. that is consistent
  4010. with transcription
  4011.  
  4012. 847
  4013. 00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:42,135
  4014. or transliteration problems.
  4015.  
  4016. 848
  4017. 00:46:42,202 --> 00:46:45,305
  4018. ? It was said to
  4019. Mr. Steele's sources
  4020.  
  4021. 849
  4022. 00:46:45,371 --> 00:46:50,043
  4023. that Russia had turned Mr.
  4024. Trump for many, many years.
  4025.  
  4026. 850
  4027. 00:46:51,945 --> 00:46:53,346
  4028. In the course of work
  4029. on Russia matters,
  4030.  
  4031. 851
  4032. 00:46:53,413 --> 00:46:55,348
  4033. I came to know Mr. Steele.
  4034.  
  4035. 852
  4036. 00:46:55,415 --> 00:46:58,619
  4037. I work with people
  4038. who I can trust.
  4039.  
  4040. 853
  4041. 00:46:58,685 --> 00:46:59,986
  4042. Yes, I trusted Chris Steele.
  4043.  
  4044. 854
  4045. 00:47:00,053 --> 00:47:01,988
  4046. I still trust Chris Steele.
  4047.  
  4048. 855
  4049. 00:47:02,055 --> 00:47:03,123
  4050. ? Look at Putin what
  4051. he's doing with,
  4052.  
  4053. 856
  4054. 00:47:03,189 --> 00:47:05,225
  4055. I mean, you know, what's
  4056. going on over there.
  4057.  
  4058. 857
  4059. 00:47:05,291 --> 00:47:06,392
  4060. I mean, this guy has done,
  4061.  
  4062. 858
  4063. 00:47:06,459 --> 00:47:09,195
  4064. whether you like him
  4065. or don't like him
  4066.  
  4067. 859
  4068. 00:47:09,262 --> 00:47:13,033
  4069. he's doing a great job in
  4070. rebuilding the image of Russia.
  4071.  
  4072. 860
  4073. 00:47:13,099 --> 00:47:15,435
  4074. And also rebuilding
  4075. Russia period.
  4076.  
  4077. 861
  4078. 00:47:15,501 --> 00:47:19,906
  4079. ? Putin seeks the veneer
  4080. of democratic legitimacy
  4081.  
  4082. 862
  4083. 00:47:19,973 --> 00:47:22,342
  4084. but there cannot be choice.
  4085.  
  4086. 863
  4087. 00:47:22,408 --> 00:47:25,178
  4088. In the Russian
  4089. constitution you cannot run
  4090.  
  4091. 864
  4092. 00:47:25,245 --> 00:47:26,947
  4093. for a third term as president.
  4094.  
  4095. 865
  4096. 00:47:27,013 --> 00:47:30,450
  4097. So what he did was to
  4098. find a very close member
  4099.  
  4100. 866
  4101. 00:47:30,517 --> 00:47:33,987
  4102. of his inner circle to
  4103. agree to be president
  4104.  
  4105. 867
  4106. 00:47:34,054 --> 00:47:35,255
  4107. while he could be prime minster.
  4108.  
  4109. 868
  4110. 00:47:39,125 --> 00:47:43,463
  4111. ? He is someone who is obviously
  4112. being installed by Putin
  4113.  
  4114. 869
  4115. 00:47:43,530 --> 00:47:48,301
  4116. and it raises serious
  4117. issues about how we're going
  4118.  
  4119. 870
  4120. 00:47:48,368 --> 00:47:50,103
  4121. to deal with Russia
  4122. going forward.
  4123.  
  4124. 871
  4125. 00:47:51,572 --> 00:47:55,041
  4126. ? Putin faces what I call
  4127. the King Lear problem.
  4128.  
  4129. 872
  4130. 00:47:55,108 --> 00:47:58,411
  4131. You can't resign to
  4132. a comfortable life
  4133.  
  4134. 873
  4135. 00:47:58,478 --> 00:48:02,182
  4136. because of the things you've
  4137. done when you were king.
  4138.  
  4139. 874
  4140. 00:48:02,248 --> 00:48:06,119
  4141. But the constitutional
  4142. forms were observed.
  4143.  
  4144. 875
  4145. 00:48:17,130 --> 00:48:18,565
  4146. ? When Putin returned
  4147. to the presidency,
  4148.  
  4149. 876
  4150. 00:48:18,632 --> 00:48:19,933
  4151. by that point I
  4152. think it was about
  4153.  
  4154. 877
  4155. 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,368
  4156. to the least surprising
  4157. development that any of us
  4158.  
  4159. 878
  4160. 00:48:22,435 --> 00:48:24,337
  4161. had seen in Russia
  4162. in a long time.
  4163.  
  4164. 879
  4165. 00:48:24,404 --> 00:48:26,406
  4166. ? I mean, you can imagine
  4167. the conversation with Putin.
  4168.  
  4169. 880
  4170. 00:48:26,472 --> 00:48:27,508
  4171. Vladimir.
  4172.  
  4173. 881
  4174. 00:48:28,742 --> 00:48:29,776
  4175. You think you'd like
  4176. to be president again?
  4177.  
  4178. 882
  4179. 00:48:29,843 --> 00:48:33,647
  4180. I think I would.
  4181. (audience laughs)
  4182.  
  4183. 883
  4184. 00:48:39,419 --> 00:48:43,524
  4185. ? The election was clearly
  4186. unfair and illegitimate.
  4187.  
  4188. 884
  4189. 00:48:43,590 --> 00:48:46,459
  4190. I said that on behalf
  4191. of the United States.
  4192.  
  4193. 885
  4194. 00:48:46,527 --> 00:48:49,996
  4195. We just witnessed a flawed
  4196. duma election in Russia
  4197.  
  4198. 886
  4199. 00:48:50,063 --> 00:48:54,467
  4200. including efforts to halt
  4201. the election monitoring.
  4202.  
  4203. 887
  4204. 00:48:54,535 --> 00:48:57,003
  4205. And Russian voters deserve
  4206. a full investigation
  4207.  
  4208. 888
  4209. 00:48:57,070 --> 00:48:59,640
  4210. of electoral fraud
  4211. and manipulation.
  4212.  
  4213. 889
  4214. 00:48:59,706 --> 00:49:01,975
  4215. I wasn't the only
  4216. person who thought that.
  4217.  
  4218. 890
  4219. 00:49:05,512 --> 00:49:09,082
  4220. ? [Heather] He encountered the
  4221. largest public demonstrations
  4222.  
  4223. 891
  4224. 00:49:09,149 --> 00:49:10,517
  4225. of his tenure.
  4226.  
  4227. 892
  4228. 00:49:10,584 --> 00:49:12,786
  4229. (shouting in foreign language)
  4230.  
  4231. 893
  4232. 00:49:12,853 --> 00:49:14,721
  4233. ? [Man] They shouted
  4234. Putin is a thief.
  4235.  
  4236. 894
  4237. 00:49:14,788 --> 00:49:17,524
  4238. ? Which terrified him because
  4239. of the Orange Revolution.
  4240.  
  4241. 895
  4242. 00:49:19,092 --> 00:49:22,395
  4243. Because of the uprisings
  4244. that took place
  4245.  
  4246. 896
  4247. 00:49:22,462 --> 00:49:25,298
  4248. post collapse of
  4249. the Soviet Union
  4250.  
  4251. 897
  4252. 00:49:25,365 --> 00:49:27,768
  4253. in places that
  4254. wanted more than just
  4255.  
  4256. 898
  4257. 00:49:27,834 --> 00:49:30,436
  4258. a different form of autocracy.
  4259.  
  4260. 899
  4261. 00:49:30,504 --> 00:49:32,539
  4262. ? If you look at
  4263. the crowds of those
  4264.  
  4265. 900
  4266. 00:49:32,606 --> 00:49:33,940
  4267. that were in the protest,
  4268.  
  4269. 901
  4270. 00:49:34,007 --> 00:49:37,477
  4271. I'll bet ya nine out of 10
  4272. of them were under age 25.
  4273.  
  4274. 902
  4275. 00:49:37,544 --> 00:49:39,479
  4276. They don't want that
  4277. kind of a government.
  4278.  
  4279. 903
  4280. 00:49:39,546 --> 00:49:41,347
  4281. They want to be
  4282. like the Europeans.
  4283.  
  4284. 904
  4285. 00:49:41,414 --> 00:49:43,483
  4286. And I think that Vladimir
  4287. Putin has not seen
  4288.  
  4289. 905
  4290. 00:49:43,550 --> 00:49:45,519
  4291. the last of these protests.
  4292.  
  4293. 906
  4294. 00:49:45,586 --> 00:49:48,288
  4295. ? And then he attacked
  4296. me and accused me
  4297.  
  4298. 907
  4299. 00:49:48,354 --> 00:49:50,757
  4300. of inciting the demonstrations
  4301.  
  4302. 908
  4303. 00:49:50,824 --> 00:49:53,293
  4304. that really were grassroots
  4305. from the bottom up.
  4306.  
  4307. 909
  4308. 00:49:53,359 --> 00:49:56,763
  4309. ? Putin blamed
  4310. her very publicly.
  4311.  
  4312. 910
  4313. 00:49:56,830 --> 00:49:58,665
  4314. Privately he did
  4315. too, by the way.
  4316.  
  4317. 911
  4318. 00:49:59,666 --> 00:50:01,501
  4319. ? She set the tone for
  4320. some of the activists
  4321.  
  4322. 912
  4323. 00:50:01,568 --> 00:50:02,803
  4324. inside our country.
  4325.  
  4326. 913
  4327. 00:50:02,869 --> 00:50:03,970
  4328. Gave them a signal.
  4329.  
  4330. 914
  4331. 00:50:04,037 --> 00:50:06,106
  4332. They heard this signal
  4333. and started active work
  4334.  
  4335. 915
  4336. 00:50:06,172 --> 00:50:09,175
  4337. in support of the
  4338. U. S. State Department.
  4339.  
  4340. 916
  4341. 00:50:09,242 --> 00:50:12,546
  4342. ? I suspect that
  4343. Putin, like Stalin,
  4344.  
  4345. 917
  4346. 00:50:12,613 --> 00:50:16,116
  4347. read every one else
  4348. by his own measure.
  4349.  
  4350. 918
  4351. 00:50:17,551 --> 00:50:20,453
  4352. And being a cynical person,
  4353. understanding only power,
  4354.  
  4355. 919
  4356. 00:50:20,521 --> 00:50:24,090
  4357. he probably assumed that
  4358. we were equally cynical
  4359.  
  4360. 920
  4361. 00:50:24,157 --> 00:50:26,560
  4362. and our protestations
  4363. of support for democracy
  4364.  
  4365. 921
  4366. 00:50:26,627 --> 00:50:28,094
  4367. were meaningless fluff.
  4368.  
  4369. 922
  4370. 00:50:30,196 --> 00:50:33,466
  4371. So that he sees our
  4372. actions in Russia
  4373.  
  4374. 923
  4375. 00:50:33,534 --> 00:50:35,569
  4376. as designed to undermine him.
  4377.  
  4378. 924
  4379. 00:50:35,636 --> 00:50:38,238
  4380. And he looks at all the
  4381. democratic activists
  4382.  
  4383. 925
  4384. 00:50:38,304 --> 00:50:41,207
  4385. as somehow somebody
  4386. else's puppet.
  4387.  
  4388. 926
  4389. 00:50:41,274 --> 00:50:45,512
  4390. Hillary Clinton is doing this
  4391. or Condi Rice is doing this.
  4392.  
  4393. 927
  4394. 00:50:45,579 --> 00:50:48,615
  4395. ? It's not that he
  4396. believes everything
  4397.  
  4398. 928
  4399. 00:50:48,682 --> 00:50:52,819
  4400. but there is a kind of a
  4401. grounding in his KGB training
  4402.  
  4403. 929
  4404. 00:50:52,886 --> 00:50:54,655
  4405. because, remember,
  4406. during the Cold War
  4407.  
  4408. 930
  4409. 00:50:54,721 --> 00:50:58,424
  4410. they would fund some
  4411. firebrand in some country
  4412.  
  4413. 931
  4414. 00:50:58,491 --> 00:51:02,128
  4415. to became allied with
  4416. them and we would go in
  4417.  
  4418. 932
  4419. 00:51:02,195 --> 00:51:04,831
  4420. and try to undercut that
  4421. person and visa versa.
  4422.  
  4423. 933
  4424. 00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:08,434
  4425. But a lot of it is just to
  4426. keep people in Russia in line.
  4427.  
  4428. 934
  4429. 00:51:08,501 --> 00:51:13,507
  4430. My experience with him was
  4431. difficult and challenging
  4432.  
  4433. 935
  4434. 00:51:14,374 --> 00:51:16,643
  4435. because I challenged him.
  4436.  
  4437. 936
  4438. 00:51:16,710 --> 00:51:18,645
  4439. ? It's better not
  4440. to argue with women.
  4441.  
  4442. 937
  4443. 00:51:18,712 --> 00:51:20,714
  4444. But Mrs. Clinton has
  4445. never been too graceful
  4446.  
  4447. 938
  4448. 00:51:20,781 --> 00:51:22,115
  4449. in her statements.
  4450.  
  4451. 939
  4452. 00:51:22,182 --> 00:51:25,151
  4453. When people push boundaries
  4454. too far it's not because
  4455.  
  4456. 940
  4457. 00:51:25,218 --> 00:51:27,621
  4458. they are strong but
  4459. because they are weak.
  4460.  
  4461. 941
  4462. 00:51:27,688 --> 00:51:30,924
  4463. But maybe weakness is not the
  4464. right quality for a woman.
  4465.  
  4466. 942
  4467. 00:51:30,991 --> 00:51:32,392
  4468. ? In meetings that
  4469. I've had with him,
  4470.  
  4471. 943
  4472. 00:51:32,458 --> 00:51:36,730
  4473. he is in a very calculated
  4474. way trying to gain advantage,
  4475.  
  4476. 944
  4477. 00:51:36,797 --> 00:51:39,700
  4478. looking at you with
  4479. disdain and contempt.
  4480.  
  4481. 945
  4482. 00:51:39,766 --> 00:51:41,101
  4483. The bored kid in school.
  4484.  
  4485. 946
  4486. 00:51:41,167 --> 00:51:43,904
  4487. When the cameras are on he will
  4488. criticize the United States.
  4489.  
  4490. 947
  4491. 00:51:43,970 --> 00:51:45,038
  4492. When the cameras are gone,
  4493.  
  4494. 948
  4495. 00:51:45,105 --> 00:51:47,674
  4496. he'll act like he's
  4497. willing to talk to you.
  4498.  
  4499. 949
  4500. 00:51:47,741 --> 00:51:48,575
  4501. He's into man spreading.
  4502.  
  4503. 950
  4504. 00:51:48,642 --> 00:51:50,443
  4505. You know what that is, right.
  4506.  
  4507. 951
  4508. 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,550
  4509. ? Putin never really developed
  4510. a working relationship
  4511.  
  4512. 952
  4513. 00:51:56,617 --> 00:51:58,351
  4514. with secretary Clinton.
  4515.  
  4516. 953
  4517. 00:51:58,418 --> 00:52:03,323
  4518. He became very upset about
  4519. what she said in December, 2011
  4520.  
  4521. 954
  4522. 00:52:03,990 --> 00:52:05,792
  4523. and was looking for revenge.
  4524.  
  4525. 955
  4526. 00:52:05,859 --> 00:52:08,629
  4527. ? If you can use and capture
  4528. elite in specific ways
  4529.  
  4530. 956
  4531. 00:52:08,695 --> 00:52:09,796
  4532. you can accomplish your goals
  4533.  
  4534. 957
  4535. 00:52:09,863 --> 00:52:12,498
  4536. without needing to
  4537. get public support.
  4538.  
  4539. 958
  4540. 00:52:12,566 --> 00:52:14,300
  4541. The recruiting tool was money.
  4542.  
  4543. 959
  4544. 00:52:14,367 --> 00:52:17,237
  4545. ? You see just so much
  4546. money flowing to Trump.
  4547.  
  4548. 960
  4549. 00:52:23,409 --> 00:52:25,946
  4550. It's hard to imagine
  4551. there's not more to it
  4552.  
  4553. 961
  4554. 00:52:26,012 --> 00:52:29,315
  4555. than just simple
  4556. generosity. (chuckles)
  4557.  
  4558. 962
  4559. 00:52:29,382 --> 00:52:33,654
  4560. ? All his American banks
  4561. cut their lines of credit.
  4562.  
  4563. 963
  4564. 00:52:33,720 --> 00:52:35,055
  4565. Stopped doing business with him
  4566.  
  4567. 964
  4568. 00:52:35,121 --> 00:52:40,426
  4569. and one bank steps into the
  4570. breach as his lender of choice.
  4571.  
  4572. 965
  4573. 00:52:41,427 --> 00:52:42,796
  4574. And that's Deutsche bank.
  4575.  
  4576. 966
  4577. 00:52:44,865 --> 00:52:47,300
  4578. ? From the perspective
  4579. of most western bankers
  4580.  
  4581. 967
  4582. 00:52:47,367 --> 00:52:49,670
  4583. that was just seen as insane.
  4584.  
  4585. 968
  4586. 00:52:49,736 --> 00:52:50,871
  4587. ? He's had a history
  4588.  
  4589. 969
  4590. 00:52:50,937 --> 00:52:53,406
  4591. of making misleading
  4592. statements to them.
  4593.  
  4594. 970
  4595. 00:52:53,473 --> 00:52:54,274
  4596. Threatening them.
  4597.  
  4598. 971
  4599. 00:52:54,340 --> 00:52:56,510
  4600. They call and he sues them.
  4601.  
  4602. 972
  4603. 00:52:56,577 --> 00:52:57,911
  4604. He fails to pay the loan.
  4605.  
  4606. 973
  4607. 00:52:57,978 --> 00:53:01,314
  4608. He publicly criticizes
  4609. Deutsche Bank about all this.
  4610.  
  4611. 974
  4612. 00:53:01,381 --> 00:53:06,252
  4613. But Deutsche bank sticks
  4614. with him loyally throughout.
  4615.  
  4616. 975
  4617. 00:53:06,319 --> 00:53:10,023
  4618. Not only that they
  4619. also start making loans
  4620.  
  4621. 976
  4622. 00:53:10,090 --> 00:53:12,526
  4623. to his son?in?law,
  4624. Jared Kushner.
  4625.  
  4626. 977
  4627. 00:53:13,860 --> 00:53:16,630
  4628. ? Deutsche Bank has
  4629. been fined before
  4630.  
  4631. 978
  4632. 00:53:16,697 --> 00:53:19,399
  4633. for participating in
  4634. Russian money laundering.
  4635.  
  4636. 979
  4637. 00:53:21,001 --> 00:53:22,803
  4638. ? [Reporter] The German bank
  4639. says it's willing to pay
  4640.  
  4641. 980
  4642. 00:53:22,869 --> 00:53:26,439
  4643. over 600 million dollars in
  4644. fines for its connections
  4645.  
  4646. 981
  4647. 00:53:26,507 --> 00:53:28,308
  4648. to alleged Russian
  4649. money laundering.
  4650.  
  4651. 982
  4652. 00:53:29,643 --> 00:53:31,344
  4653. ? When the scandal
  4654. erupted that Deutsche Bank
  4655.  
  4656. 983
  4657. 00:53:31,411 --> 00:53:33,614
  4658. about these money
  4659. laundering operations,
  4660.  
  4661. 984
  4662. 00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:37,383
  4663. the Deutsche bank CEO was fired.
  4664.  
  4665. 985
  4666. 00:53:37,450 --> 00:53:40,320
  4667. He became the CEO of
  4668. the bank of Cyprus.
  4669.  
  4670. 986
  4671. 00:53:40,386 --> 00:53:43,924
  4672. ? One of the
  4673. financial institutions
  4674.  
  4675. 987
  4676. 00:53:43,990 --> 00:53:46,727
  4677. through which they
  4678. launder money.
  4679.  
  4680. 988
  4681. 00:53:46,793 --> 00:53:50,564
  4682. ? [Scott] Who hired him to be
  4683. the CEO of the Bank of Cyprus?
  4684.  
  4685. 989
  4686. 00:53:50,631 --> 00:53:55,068
  4687. Wilbur Ross, tight
  4688. supporter of Donald Trump,
  4689.  
  4690. 990
  4691. 00:53:55,135 --> 00:53:57,838
  4692. now his Secretary of Commerce.
  4693.  
  4694. 991
  4695. 00:53:57,904 --> 00:54:01,742
  4696. ? The practice of overpaying
  4697. significantly is something
  4698.  
  4699. 992
  4700. 00:54:01,808 --> 00:54:05,546
  4701. that falls into the
  4702. category of Russian methods.
  4703.  
  4704. 993
  4705. 00:54:05,612 --> 00:54:06,747
  4706. ? [Scott] The man known
  4707.  
  4708. 994
  4709. 00:54:06,813 --> 00:54:08,882
  4710. as the Russian potash
  4711. king, Rybolovlev,
  4712.  
  4713. 995
  4714. 00:54:08,949 --> 00:54:12,519
  4715. purchases a property
  4716. for more than twice
  4717.  
  4718. 996
  4719. 00:54:12,586 --> 00:54:14,621
  4720. what Trump had paid for it.
  4721.  
  4722. 997
  4723. 00:54:15,756 --> 00:54:17,457
  4724. ? That's when our
  4725. country was going through
  4726.  
  4727. 998
  4728. 00:54:17,524 --> 00:54:20,326
  4729. a financial collapse
  4730. that largely was caused
  4731.  
  4732. 999
  4733. 00:54:20,393 --> 00:54:22,629
  4734. by the real estate market.
  4735.  
  4736. 1000
  4737. 00:54:22,696 --> 00:54:26,900
  4738. Did he overpay because Mr. Trump
  4739. was such a great negotiator
  4740.  
  4741. 1001
  4742. 00:54:26,967 --> 00:54:29,335
  4743. or was there something
  4744. else going on?
  4745.  
  4746. 1002
  4747. 00:54:29,402 --> 00:54:30,771
  4748. ? Never does anything
  4749. with the property.
  4750.  
  4751. 1003
  4752. 00:54:30,837 --> 00:54:34,641
  4753. So the property transaction
  4754. appears to be nothing more
  4755.  
  4756. 1004
  4757. 00:54:34,708 --> 00:54:38,444
  4758. than cover for infusing a
  4759. cool 100 million dollars
  4760.  
  4761. 1005
  4762. 00:54:38,512 --> 00:54:41,014
  4763. into Trump's bank accounts.
  4764.  
  4765. 1006
  4766. 00:54:41,081 --> 00:54:45,752
  4767. This same Rybolovlev is
  4768. also a principal owner
  4769.  
  4770. 1007
  4771. 00:54:45,819 --> 00:54:48,655
  4772. with Wilbur Ross of
  4773. the bank of Cyprus.
  4774.  
  4775. 1008
  4776. 00:54:49,823 --> 00:54:53,026
  4777. ? In 2013 there was
  4778. a bust at Trump Tower
  4779.  
  4780. 1009
  4781. 00:54:53,093 --> 00:54:55,461
  4782. of a massive gambling ring.
  4783.  
  4784. 1010
  4785. 00:54:55,529 --> 00:54:58,632
  4786. It was run by a gun
  4787. named Taiwanchic.
  4788.  
  4789. 1011
  4790. 00:54:58,699 --> 00:55:02,035
  4791. He has been tied to the Russia
  4792. crime boss Simeon Mogilevich.
  4793.  
  4794. 1012
  4795. 00:55:03,670 --> 00:55:06,740
  4796. 29 people were indicted but
  4797. Taiwanchic fled to Russia.
  4798.  
  4799. 1013
  4800. 00:55:09,976 --> 00:55:12,879
  4801. ? [Craig] Taiwanchic
  4802. appeared again that year,
  4803.  
  4804. 1014
  4805. 00:55:12,946 --> 00:55:15,749
  4806. oddly enough, at the
  4807. Miss Universe pageant
  4808.  
  4809. 1015
  4810. 00:55:15,816 --> 00:55:19,920
  4811. that Donald Trump was
  4812. doing with Aras Agalarov.
  4813.  
  4814. 1016
  4815. 00:55:19,986 --> 00:55:22,455
  4816. ? [Michael] Billionaire
  4817. oligarch who was known
  4818.  
  4819. 1017
  4820. 00:55:22,523 --> 00:55:24,390
  4821. actually as Putin's builder
  4822.  
  4823. 1018
  4824. 00:55:24,457 --> 00:55:27,794
  4825. because he had done massive
  4826. construction projects
  4827.  
  4828. 1019
  4829. 00:55:27,861 --> 00:55:31,665
  4830. for the Kremlin and
  4831. gotten a big award
  4832.  
  4833. 1020
  4834. 00:55:31,732 --> 00:55:34,000
  4835. personally delivered by Putin.
  4836.  
  4837. 1021
  4838. 00:55:39,039 --> 00:55:40,106
  4839. ? Donald Trump chose Moscow
  4840.  
  4841. 1022
  4842. 00:55:40,173 --> 00:55:42,609
  4843. as the place to
  4844. have Miss Universe.
  4845.  
  4846. 1023
  4847. 00:55:42,676 --> 00:55:44,911
  4848. I think it would be important
  4849. for us to understand
  4850.  
  4851. 1024
  4852. 00:55:44,978 --> 00:55:48,414
  4853. just who he met with
  4854. while he was on that trip.
  4855.  
  4856. 1025
  4857. 00:55:48,481 --> 00:55:51,051
  4858. Whether he talked
  4859. to Vladimir Putin.
  4860.  
  4861. 1026
  4862. 00:55:53,987 --> 00:55:55,856
  4863. ? There was a luncheon with
  4864.  
  4865. 1027
  4866. 00:55:55,922 --> 00:55:59,526
  4867. a lot of Russian business
  4868. leaders in which Trump spoke
  4869.  
  4870. 1028
  4871. 00:55:59,593 --> 00:56:02,896
  4872. and the birthday party
  4873. for Aras Agalarov.
  4874.  
  4875. 1029
  4876. 00:56:03,864 --> 00:56:06,800
  4877. ? [Scott] He even
  4878. appears in the scion
  4879.  
  4880. 1030
  4881. 00:56:06,867 --> 00:56:09,870
  4882. of the Agalarov
  4883. family music video.
  4884.  
  4885. 1031
  4886. 00:56:09,936 --> 00:56:10,771
  4887. ? You're fired.
  4888. akumenang.com
  4889.  
  4890. 1032
  4891. 00:56:20,947 --> 00:56:21,948
  4892. ? Compromat.
  4893.  
  4894. 1033
  4895. 00:56:22,015 --> 00:56:23,984
  4896. It's essentially
  4897. embarrassing information
  4898.  
  4899. 1034
  4900. 00:56:24,050 --> 00:56:26,653
  4901. that's going to put you
  4902. under somebody else's thumb.
  4903.  
  4904. 1035
  4905. 00:56:27,888 --> 00:56:30,223
  4906. ? Use money, use sex,
  4907. use whatever they can
  4908.  
  4909. 1036
  4910. 00:56:30,290 --> 00:56:31,725
  4911. to try to entrap people.
  4912.  
  4913. 1037
  4914. 00:56:31,792 --> 00:56:33,794
  4915. I mean, that's just a fact.
  4916.  
  4917. 1038
  4918. 00:56:33,860 --> 00:56:36,730
  4919. ? They don't mind blowing
  4920. up their own bribery scheme
  4921.  
  4922. 1039
  4923. 00:56:36,797 --> 00:56:41,167
  4924. to blackmail an individual and
  4925. now they've got that person.
  4926.  
  4927. 1040
  4928. 00:56:41,234 --> 00:56:44,237
  4929. ? There's purely rumors
  4930. that on his trips to Moscow
  4931.  
  4932. 1041
  4933. 00:56:44,304 --> 00:56:47,608
  4934. that Trump was involved
  4935. in various sex escapades
  4936.  
  4937. 1042
  4938. 00:56:47,674 --> 00:56:49,009
  4939. that may have compromised him.
  4940.  
  4941. 1043
  4942. 00:56:54,147 --> 00:56:56,883
  4943. ? [piers] If I can offer you a
  4944. check for 10 billion dollars.
  4945.  
  4946. 1044
  4947. 00:56:56,950 --> 00:56:58,151
  4948. ? [Trump] Billion.
  4949.  
  4950. 1045
  4951. 00:56:58,218 --> 00:56:59,553
  4952. ? [Piers] But the deal
  4953. is you can't have sex
  4954.  
  4955. 1046
  4956. 00:56:59,620 --> 00:57:01,988
  4957. for the next 10 years.
  4958. ? Would that include my wife?
  4959.  
  4960. 1047
  4961. 00:57:23,644 --> 00:57:27,213
  4962. ? Sergei Million appears in
  4963. connection with Trump's dealings
  4964.  
  4965. 1048
  4966. 00:57:27,280 --> 00:57:31,618
  4967. in Russia and certainly in
  4968. connection with his hotel stays
  4969.  
  4970. 1049
  4971. 00:57:31,685 --> 00:57:34,187
  4972. and someone who would know an
  4973. awful lot about what went on
  4974.  
  4975. 1050
  4976. 00:57:34,254 --> 00:57:35,789
  4977. during those visits
  4978. with meetings
  4979.  
  4980. 1051
  4981. 00:57:35,856 --> 00:57:37,190
  4982. with prostitutes and so forth.
  4983.  
  4984. 1052
  4985. 00:57:37,257 --> 00:57:39,292
  4986. ? You know, I was in Moscow
  4987. a couple of months ago.
  4988.  
  4989. 1053
  4990. 00:57:39,359 --> 00:57:41,728
  4991. I own the Miss Universe pageant.
  4992.  
  4993. 1054
  4994. 00:57:41,795 --> 00:57:43,997
  4995. And they treated me so great.
  4996.  
  4997. 1055
  4998. 00:57:44,064 --> 00:57:45,198
  4999. Putin even sent me a present.
  5000.  
  5001. 1056
  5002. 00:57:45,265 --> 00:57:48,168
  5003. Beautiful present
  5004. with a beautiful note.
  5005.  
  5006. 1057
  5007. 00:57:48,234 --> 00:57:52,005
  5008. ? When you look at Steele's
  5009. report information he gives,
  5010.  
  5011. 1058
  5012. 00:57:52,973 --> 00:57:56,977
  5013. one of those sources
  5014. could be Million.
  5015.  
  5016. 1059
  5017. 00:57:57,043 --> 00:57:59,613
  5018. We don't know that for sure
  5019. but the descriptions match.
  5020.  
  5021. 1060
  5022. 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:01,782
  5023. ? He likes Russia because
  5024. there's money to be made there.
  5025.  
  5026. 1061
  5027. 00:58:01,848 --> 00:58:05,952
  5028. ? He likes Russia because he
  5029. likes beautiful Russian ladies.
  5030.  
  5031. 1062
  5032. 00:58:06,019 --> 00:58:09,656
  5033. ? But I hear that golden
  5034. showers was not the end of it.
  5035.  
  5036. 1063
  5037. 00:58:09,723 --> 00:58:12,258
  5038. There was much more
  5039. extreme sick stuff.
  5040.  
  5041. 1064
  5042. 00:58:12,325 --> 00:58:14,995
  5043. ? He was only there
  5044. two days one night.
  5045.  
  5046. 1065
  5047. 00:58:15,061 --> 00:58:16,997
  5048. He was supposed
  5049. to be there longer
  5050.  
  5051. 1066
  5052. 00:58:17,063 --> 00:58:21,301
  5053. but Billy Graham's
  5054. 95th birthday party
  5055.  
  5056. 1067
  5057. 00:58:21,367 --> 00:58:25,005
  5058. was in Asheville,
  5059. North Carolina.
  5060.  
  5061. 1068
  5062. 00:58:25,071 --> 00:58:27,040
  5063. Trump felt the need to go.
  5064.  
  5065. 1069
  5066. 00:58:27,107 --> 00:58:28,374
  5067. Why?
  5068.  
  5069. 1070
  5070. 00:58:28,441 --> 00:58:31,645
  5071. Because he's getting ready
  5072. to run for president.
  5073.  
  5074. 1071
  5075. 00:58:31,712 --> 00:58:35,048
  5076. ?? Happy birthday to you ??
  5077.  
  5078. 1072
  5079. 00:58:38,819 --> 00:58:40,286
  5080. ? To be honest, the
  5081. question was just asked
  5082.  
  5083. 1073
  5084. 00:58:40,353 --> 00:58:42,989
  5085. or was asked many times today
  5086. at the Miss Universe contest.
  5087.  
  5088. 1074
  5089. 00:58:43,056 --> 00:58:46,059
  5090. They said would you run, and
  5091. it's just too soon to say.
  5092.  
  5093. 1075
  5094. 00:58:46,126 --> 00:58:48,695
  5095. ? [Reporter] Do you
  5096. have a relationship
  5097. with Vladimir Putin,
  5098.  
  5099. 1076
  5100. 00:58:48,762 --> 00:58:52,899
  5101. a conversational relationship
  5102. or anything that you feel
  5103.  
  5104. 1077
  5105. 00:58:52,966 --> 00:58:56,269
  5106. you have sway or influence
  5107. over his government?
  5108.  
  5109. 1078
  5110. 00:58:56,336 --> 00:59:00,006
  5111. ? I do have a relationship
  5112. and I can tell you
  5113.  
  5114. 1079
  5115. 00:59:00,073 --> 00:59:02,308
  5116. that he's very interested in
  5117. what we're doing here today.
  5118.  
  5119. 1080
  5120. 00:59:02,375 --> 00:59:03,409
  5121. He's probably very interested
  5122.  
  5123. 1081
  5124. 00:59:03,476 --> 00:59:04,811
  5125. in what you and I
  5126. are saying today
  5127.  
  5128. 1082
  5129. 00:59:04,878 --> 00:59:07,147
  5130. and I'm sure he's going to
  5131. be seeing it in some form.
  5132.  
  5133. 1083
  5134. 00:59:07,213 --> 00:59:08,782
  5135. But I do have a
  5136. relationship with him.
  5137.  
  5138. 1084
  5139. 00:59:08,849 --> 00:59:09,950
  5140. ? About Russia.
  5141.  
  5142. 1085
  5143. 00:59:10,016 --> 00:59:12,085
  5144. You were asked yesterday
  5145. if you've ever spoken
  5146.  
  5147. 1086
  5148. 00:59:12,152 --> 00:59:15,922
  5149. to Vladimir Putin and you
  5150. said I don't want to say.
  5151.  
  5152. 1087
  5153. 00:59:15,989 --> 00:59:17,223
  5154. ? Yeah, I have no
  5155. comment on that.
  5156.  
  5157. 1088
  5158. 00:59:17,290 --> 00:59:17,924
  5159. No comment.
  5160.  
  5161. 1089
  5162. 00:59:17,991 --> 00:59:19,092
  5163. I was in Russia??
  5164.  
  5165. 1090
  5166. 00:59:19,159 --> 00:59:20,293
  5167. ? Well one of the things
  5168. people like about you
  5169.  
  5170. 1091
  5171. 00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:22,696
  5172. is you answer any questions.
  5173. ? Yeah, but.
  5174.  
  5175. 1092
  5176. 00:59:22,763 --> 00:59:24,130
  5177. Let's assume I did.
  5178.  
  5179. 1093
  5180. 00:59:24,197 --> 00:59:25,932
  5181. Perhaps it was personal or,
  5182. you know, I don't want to,
  5183.  
  5184. 1094
  5185. 00:59:25,999 --> 00:59:28,702
  5186. I don't want to
  5187. hurt his confidence.
  5188.  
  5189. 1095
  5190. 00:59:28,769 --> 00:59:31,137
  5191. He's done a very
  5192. brilliant job in terms
  5193.  
  5194. 1096
  5195. 00:59:31,204 --> 00:59:34,841
  5196. of what he represents and
  5197. who he's representing.
  5198.  
  5199. 1097
  5200. 00:59:38,078 --> 00:59:39,445
  5201. ? Viktor Yanukovich
  5202. had been in talks
  5203.  
  5204. 1098
  5205. 00:59:39,513 --> 00:59:42,983
  5206. with the European Union about
  5207. an association agreement
  5208.  
  5209. 1099
  5210. 00:59:43,049 --> 00:59:46,953
  5211. but then after a visit to
  5212. Moscow and getting the message
  5213.  
  5214. 1100
  5215. 00:59:47,020 --> 00:59:50,256
  5216. that this was not going
  5217. to be seen favorably,
  5218.  
  5219. 1101
  5220. 00:59:50,323 --> 00:59:52,258
  5221. Yanukovich came back
  5222. and decided that
  5223.  
  5224. 1102
  5225. 00:59:52,325 --> 00:59:54,695
  5226. in fact he was not gonna
  5227. pursue this agreement.
  5228.  
  5229. 1103
  5230. 00:59:54,761 --> 00:59:57,030
  5231. So this square in downtown Kiev,
  5232.  
  5233. 1104
  5234. 00:59:57,097 --> 00:59:59,299
  5235. protestors went there and
  5236. began demanding that, in fact,
  5237.  
  5238. 1105
  5239. 00:59:59,365 --> 01:00:00,667
  5240. this agreement go into force,
  5241.  
  5242. 1106
  5243. 01:00:00,734 --> 01:00:03,670
  5244. instead of some alternative
  5245. agreement with Russia.
  5246.  
  5247. 1107
  5248. 01:00:06,072 --> 01:00:09,676
  5249. They protest not just
  5250. in favor of an agreement
  5251.  
  5252. 1108
  5253. 01:00:09,743 --> 01:00:10,877
  5254. with the European Union
  5255.  
  5256. 1109
  5257. 01:00:10,944 --> 01:00:13,446
  5258. but a protest against
  5259. Viktor Yanukovich
  5260.  
  5261. 1110
  5262. 01:00:13,514 --> 01:00:16,683
  5263. and the way he was running
  5264. things at the time.
  5265.  
  5266. 1111
  5267. 01:00:18,218 --> 01:00:20,186
  5268. ? About a week later
  5269. the police went in
  5270.  
  5271. 1112
  5272. 01:00:20,253 --> 01:00:21,221
  5273. and broke up that camp.
  5274.  
  5275. 1113
  5276. 01:00:27,127 --> 01:00:30,230
  5277. In two hours shed more
  5278. blood than had been shed
  5279.  
  5280. 1114
  5281. 01:00:30,296 --> 01:00:34,134
  5282. during the entire Orange
  5283. Revolution back in 2004.
  5284.  
  5285. 1115
  5286. 01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:35,368
  5287. ? And at each turn,
  5288.  
  5289. 1116
  5290. 01:00:35,435 --> 01:00:38,138
  5291. Yanukovich became more
  5292. and more repressive,
  5293.  
  5294. 1117
  5295. 01:00:38,204 --> 01:00:39,740
  5296. more and more bloodthirsty.
  5297.  
  5298. 1118
  5299. 01:00:46,379 --> 01:00:48,181
  5300. ? You had people
  5301. shooting into the crowd.
  5302.  
  5303. 1119
  5304. 01:00:48,248 --> 01:00:50,316
  5305. In some cases directly
  5306. shot to the head
  5307.  
  5308. 1120
  5309. 01:00:50,383 --> 01:00:53,219
  5310. where like snipers
  5311. were shooting at them.
  5312.  
  5313. 1121
  5314. 01:00:53,286 --> 01:00:55,756
  5315. (guns firing)
  5316.  
  5317. 1122
  5318. 01:00:59,192 --> 01:01:02,328
  5319. Probably 100, you know,
  5320. odd people killed.
  5321.  
  5322. 1123
  5323. 01:01:10,036 --> 01:01:13,306
  5324. ? He just infuriated and
  5325. enraged his entire country.
  5326.  
  5327. 1124
  5328. 01:01:25,485 --> 01:01:28,221
  5329. ? [Reporter] Yanukovich defied
  5330. calls for his resignation.
  5331.  
  5332. 1125
  5333. 01:01:28,288 --> 01:01:32,258
  5334. ? I am not going to leave
  5335. Ukraine or go anywhere.
  5336.  
  5337. 1126
  5338. 01:01:32,325 --> 01:01:34,928
  5339. ? Yanukovich packed
  5340. up in a car and left.
  5341.  
  5342. 1127
  5343. 01:01:39,199 --> 01:01:41,367
  5344. He fled the country and
  5345. turned up in Russia.
  5346.  
  5347. 1128
  5348. 01:01:43,469 --> 01:01:45,939
  5349. ? And this is while Manafort
  5350. is still advising him.
  5351.  
  5352. 1129
  5353. 01:01:46,006 --> 01:01:48,942
  5354. ? I don't think that Yanukovich
  5355. was the pro?Putin person
  5356.  
  5357. 1130
  5358. 01:01:49,009 --> 01:01:51,411
  5359. that he's reputed to be
  5360. and if you look at what??
  5361.  
  5362. 1131
  5363. 01:01:51,477 --> 01:01:52,546
  5364. ? [Charlie] Well, he went off.
  5365.  
  5366. 1132
  5367. 01:01:52,613 --> 01:01:54,447
  5368. He ended up in Moscow.
  5369. ? Well, yeah.
  5370.  
  5371. 1133
  5372. 01:01:54,515 --> 01:01:56,249
  5373. ? [Reporter] The ousted
  5374. president is wanted
  5375.  
  5376. 1134
  5377. 01:01:56,316 --> 01:01:58,084
  5378. for mass murder and on the run.
  5379.  
  5380. 1135
  5381. 01:01:58,151 --> 01:01:59,485
  5382. ? So you have the
  5383. Ukrainian parliament.
  5384.  
  5385. 1136
  5386. 01:01:59,553 --> 01:02:01,087
  5387. What do we do?
  5388.  
  5389. 1137
  5390. 01:02:01,154 --> 01:02:02,188
  5391. ? [Reporter] Parliament voted
  5392.  
  5393. 1138
  5394. 01:02:02,255 --> 01:02:04,290
  5395. to free Yanukovych's
  5396. arch nemesis,
  5397.  
  5398. 1139
  5399. 01:02:04,357 --> 01:02:06,259
  5400. opposition leader
  5401. Yulia Tymoshenko.
  5402.  
  5403. 1140
  5404. 01:02:08,494 --> 01:02:11,264
  5405. ? Today you have an open
  5406. road to build Ukraine
  5407.  
  5408. 1141
  5409. 01:02:11,331 --> 01:02:12,733
  5410. the way you want.
  5411.  
  5412. 1142
  5413. 01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:15,836
  5414. That is why you must stay here
  5415. until the person you trust
  5416.  
  5417. 1143
  5418. 01:02:15,902 --> 01:02:18,271
  5419. is elected in an honest way.
  5420.  
  5421. 1144
  5422. 01:02:18,338 --> 01:02:20,974
  5423. ? My sense is at that point
  5424. the Russians panicked.
  5425.  
  5426. 1145
  5427. 01:02:23,610 --> 01:02:25,879
  5428. The Russians had lying
  5429. in a safe somewhere
  5430.  
  5431. 1146
  5432. 01:02:25,946 --> 01:02:29,349
  5433. the plan how you take Crimea
  5434. and they activated that plan.
  5435.  
  5436. 1147
  5437. 01:02:33,419 --> 01:02:35,956
  5438. Within a couple of
  5439. days you saw people
  5440.  
  5441. 1148
  5442. 01:02:36,022 --> 01:02:38,124
  5443. who were very clearly
  5444. professional soldiers.
  5445.  
  5446. 1149
  5447. 01:02:38,191 --> 01:02:40,260
  5448. They were wearing Russian
  5449. style combat fatigues
  5450.  
  5451. 1150
  5452. 01:02:40,326 --> 01:02:42,262
  5453. but they had no
  5454. identifying insignia.
  5455.  
  5456. 1151
  5457. 01:02:42,328 --> 01:02:45,298
  5458. The Ukrainians referred to these
  5459. people as little green men.
  5460.  
  5461. 1152
  5462. 01:02:45,365 --> 01:02:48,201
  5463. ? [Richard] Which were in
  5464. fact special operations forces
  5465.  
  5466. 1153
  5467. 01:02:48,268 --> 01:02:50,036
  5468. and intelligence operatives.
  5469.  
  5470. 1154
  5471. 01:02:51,237 --> 01:02:53,373
  5472. ? We thought this
  5473. could be the beginning
  5474.  
  5475. 1155
  5476. 01:02:53,439 --> 01:02:56,409
  5477. of an outright full scale
  5478. invasion of the country.
  5479.  
  5480. 1156
  5481. 01:02:58,579 --> 01:03:01,481
  5482. That's when the separatists
  5483. shot down the Malaysian airliner
  5484.  
  5485. 1157
  5486. 01:03:01,548 --> 01:03:04,384
  5487. and killed over 100
  5488. Dutch passengers.
  5489.  
  5490. 1158
  5491. 01:03:05,919 --> 01:03:08,288
  5492. ? [Richard] Separatists
  5493. initially boasted on Twitter
  5494.  
  5495. 1159
  5496. 01:03:08,354 --> 01:03:10,490
  5497. that they had taken it down.
  5498.  
  5499. 1160
  5500. 01:03:10,557 --> 01:03:14,094
  5501. ? The unforgivable sin
  5502. was Putin lying about it.
  5503.  
  5504. 1161
  5505. 01:03:15,495 --> 01:03:19,432
  5506. Suggesting Ukrainians shot
  5507. it down or CIA shot it down.
  5508.  
  5509. 1162
  5510. 01:03:19,499 --> 01:03:22,202
  5511. Throwing out a bunch of
  5512. chafe which was an insult.
  5513.  
  5514. 1163
  5515. 01:03:23,436 --> 01:03:26,239
  5516. The European Union
  5517. had had enough.
  5518.  
  5519. 1164
  5520. 01:03:26,306 --> 01:03:29,175
  5521. They joined us with
  5522. strong sectoral sanctions.
  5523.  
  5524. 1165
  5525. 01:03:29,242 --> 01:03:30,977
  5526. And that surprised the Russians
  5527.  
  5528. 1166
  5529. 01:03:31,044 --> 01:03:33,246
  5530. and it hit the
  5531. Russian economy hard
  5532.  
  5533. 1167
  5534. 01:03:33,313 --> 01:03:36,449
  5535. right at the time oil
  5536. prices started to tank.
  5537.  
  5538. 1168
  5539. 01:03:36,517 --> 01:03:38,218
  5540. So they had a double whammy.
  5541.  
  5542. 1169
  5543. 01:03:38,284 --> 01:03:39,452
  5544. ? How do you respond
  5545.  
  5546. 1170
  5547. 01:03:39,520 --> 01:03:43,289
  5548. to the greatest geo
  5549. strategic catastrophe
  5550.  
  5551. 1171
  5552. 01:03:43,356 --> 01:03:44,525
  5553. of the 20th century,
  5554.  
  5555. 1172
  5556. 01:03:44,591 --> 01:03:47,060
  5557. which was the collapse
  5558. of the Soviet Union?
  5559.  
  5560. 1173
  5561. 01:03:47,127 --> 01:03:50,396
  5562. You try to preempt the
  5563. collapse of the western system
  5564.  
  5565. 1174
  5566. 01:03:50,463 --> 01:03:52,098
  5567. in the 21st century.
  5568.  
  5569. 1175
  5570. 01:03:53,667 --> 01:03:56,937
  5571. If you can't destroy these
  5572. structures militarily,
  5573.  
  5574. 1176
  5575. 01:03:57,003 --> 01:03:59,372
  5576. you will destroy
  5577. them from within.
  5578.  
  5579. 1177
  5580. 01:03:59,439 --> 01:04:02,509
  5581. ? By actually creating
  5582. fissures and exploiting them
  5583.  
  5584. 1178
  5585. 01:04:02,576 --> 01:04:05,345
  5586. such that it's the
  5587. electorate is so divided
  5588.  
  5589. 1179
  5590. 01:04:05,411 --> 01:04:08,414
  5591. that you don't trust
  5592. the government anymore.
  5593.  
  5594. 1180
  5595. 01:04:08,481 --> 01:04:10,116
  5596. ? The foundations of geopolitics
  5597.  
  5598. 1181
  5599. 01:04:10,183 --> 01:04:12,218
  5600. is a guiding
  5601. principle for Russia.
  5602.  
  5603. 1182
  5604. 01:04:12,285 --> 01:04:14,320
  5605. It's something that
  5606. their militaries
  5607.  
  5608. 1183
  5609. 01:04:14,387 --> 01:04:16,690
  5610. and intelligence
  5611. services have relied upon
  5612.  
  5613. 1184
  5614. 01:04:16,757 --> 01:04:18,892
  5615. and applied throughout
  5616. their campaigns.
  5617.  
  5618. 1185
  5619. 01:04:30,737 --> 01:04:34,207
  5620. ? Russia has helped unite an
  5621. alternative right movement.
  5622.  
  5623. 1186
  5624. 01:04:34,274 --> 01:04:36,476
  5625. ? You have certain
  5626. voices in the media.
  5627.  
  5628. 1187
  5629. 01:04:36,543 --> 01:04:39,479
  5630. Info Wars, for example,
  5631. Breitbart to capitalize
  5632.  
  5633. 1188
  5634. 01:04:39,546 --> 01:04:41,414
  5635. on these divisions.
  5636.  
  5637. 1189
  5638. 01:04:41,481 --> 01:04:45,451
  5639. And then further encourage them
  5640. for their own personal gain.
  5641.  
  5642. 1190
  5643. 01:04:45,519 --> 01:04:47,721
  5644. ? I'd like to punch him
  5645. in the face, I'll tell ya.
  5646.  
  5647. 1191
  5648. 01:04:47,788 --> 01:04:50,390
  5649. Knock the crap out of
  5650. him, would you, seriously.
  5651.  
  5652. 1192
  5653. 01:04:51,525 --> 01:04:53,359
  5654. That guy looked like
  5655. an NFL football player.
  5656.  
  5657. 1193
  5658. 01:04:53,426 --> 01:04:54,427
  5659. Now, they took him out.
  5660.  
  5661. 1194
  5662. 01:04:54,494 --> 01:04:55,295
  5663. And I'll tell you what.
  5664.  
  5665. 1195
  5666. 01:04:55,361 --> 01:04:57,531
  5667. It was really amazing to watch.
  5668.  
  5669. 1196
  5670. 01:04:57,598 --> 01:04:58,231
  5671. Bye.
  5672.  
  5673. 1197
  5674. 01:04:58,298 --> 01:04:59,633
  5675. Go home to mommy.
  5676.  
  5677. 1198
  5678. 01:04:59,700 --> 01:05:02,002
  5679. But if we get a little bit
  5680. rough in taking them out,
  5681.  
  5682. 1199
  5683. 01:05:02,068 --> 01:05:03,469
  5684. oh, we're terrible people.
  5685.  
  5686. 1200
  5687. 01:05:03,537 --> 01:05:06,239
  5688. It's one of the many reasons
  5689. our country's going to hell.
  5690.  
  5691. 1201
  5692. 01:05:06,306 --> 01:05:08,074
  5693. ? Certainly this is
  5694. all in the interest
  5695.  
  5696. 1202
  5697. 01:05:08,141 --> 01:05:10,511
  5698. of at least one country.
  5699.  
  5700. 1203
  5701. 01:05:10,577 --> 01:05:15,015
  5702. ? To see this otherwise
  5703. rather brazen candidate
  5704.  
  5705. 1204
  5706. 01:05:16,583 --> 01:05:21,588
  5707. turn into such a sycophant
  5708. when the name of Putin
  5709.  
  5710. 1205
  5711. 01:05:22,556 --> 01:05:25,626
  5712. ever came up rang a
  5713. very discordant bell.
  5714.  
  5715. 1206
  5716. 01:05:25,692 --> 01:05:28,094
  5717. ? Putin has done an amazing job
  5718.  
  5719. 1207
  5720. 01:05:28,161 --> 01:05:31,264
  5721. of showing leadership whether
  5722. it's a noble or cause or not.
  5723.  
  5724. 1208
  5725. 01:05:31,331 --> 01:05:32,132
  5726. Let's not discuss that.
  5727.  
  5728. 1209
  5729. 01:05:32,198 --> 01:05:33,499
  5730. He is now the world leader.
  5731.  
  5732. 1210
  5733. 01:05:33,567 --> 01:05:34,735
  5734. I respect Putin.
  5735.  
  5736. 1211
  5737. 01:05:34,801 --> 01:05:36,502
  5738. He's a strong leader,
  5739. I can tell you that.
  5740.  
  5741. 1212
  5742. 01:05:36,570 --> 01:05:37,337
  5743. Unlike what we have.
  5744.  
  5745. 1213
  5746. 01:05:37,403 --> 01:05:38,705
  5747. We have a pathetic leader.
  5748.  
  5749. 1214
  5750. 01:05:38,772 --> 01:05:42,108
  5751. I think in terms of
  5752. leadership, he's getting an A.
  5753.  
  5754. 1215
  5755. 01:05:42,175 --> 01:05:44,177
  5756. ? As far as an individual
  5757.  
  5758. 1216
  5759. 01:05:44,244 --> 01:05:47,413
  5760. who poses a threat to
  5761. the world literally.
  5762.  
  5763. 1217
  5764. 01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:50,517
  5765. A person who has
  5766. no moral standards
  5767.  
  5768. 1218
  5769. 01:05:50,584 --> 01:05:52,485
  5770. that I've been able to detect.
  5771.  
  5772. 1219
  5773. 01:05:52,553 --> 01:05:54,320
  5774. F is not low enough.
  5775.  
  5776. 1220
  5777. 01:05:54,387 --> 01:05:56,456
  5778. ? He was certainly very
  5779. vocal about Russia,
  5780.  
  5781. 1221
  5782. 01:05:56,523 --> 01:05:57,724
  5783. wanting a better relationship.
  5784.  
  5785. 1222
  5786. 01:05:57,791 --> 01:05:59,660
  5787. ? Wouldn't it be a
  5788. wonderful thing, frankly,
  5789.  
  5790. 1223
  5791. 01:05:59,726 --> 01:06:02,162
  5792. if we actually got
  5793. along with Russia?
  5794.  
  5795. 1224
  5796. 01:06:02,228 --> 01:06:04,030
  5797. ? Who's against getting
  5798. along with people
  5799.  
  5800. 1225
  5801. 01:06:04,097 --> 01:06:05,532
  5802. but that's not a policy.
  5803.  
  5804. 1226
  5805. 01:06:05,599 --> 01:06:08,535
  5806. ? More noticeable perhaps is
  5807. the absence of any criticism.
  5808.  
  5809. 1227
  5810. 01:06:08,602 --> 01:06:10,436
  5811. ? The fact is that, you know,
  5812.  
  5813. 1228
  5814. 01:06:10,503 --> 01:06:12,038
  5815. he hasn't been
  5816. convicted of anything.
  5817.  
  5818. 1229
  5819. 01:06:12,105 --> 01:06:13,473
  5820. ? Some of the
  5821. things he was saying
  5822.  
  5823. 1230
  5824. 01:06:13,540 --> 01:06:17,578
  5825. was actually talking points
  5826. that sounded very similar
  5827.  
  5828. 1231
  5829. 01:06:17,644 --> 01:06:20,046
  5830. to what the Russian
  5831. media will put out there.
  5832.  
  5833. 1232
  5834. 01:06:20,113 --> 01:06:20,914
  5835. ? [Reporter] The
  5836. fact that Ukraine
  5837.  
  5838. 1233
  5839. 01:06:20,981 --> 01:06:22,415
  5840. has not published radar data
  5841.  
  5842. 1234
  5843. 01:06:22,482 --> 01:06:24,518
  5844. leads us to the
  5845. conjecture the missiles,
  5846.  
  5847. 1235
  5848. 01:06:24,585 --> 01:06:26,653
  5849. if it was a buk, was
  5850. launched from territory
  5851.  
  5852. 1236
  5853. 01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:29,222
  5854. under the control of
  5855. the Ukrainian military.
  5856.  
  5857. 1237
  5858. 01:06:29,289 --> 01:06:31,658
  5859. ? If it was a Russian made
  5860. buk missile that took down
  5861.  
  5862. 1238
  5863. 01:06:31,725 --> 01:06:35,428
  5864. that plane would you hold
  5865. Putin and Russia accountable?
  5866.  
  5867. 1239
  5868. 01:06:35,495 --> 01:06:36,663
  5869. Would there be sanctions?
  5870.  
  5871. 1240
  5872. 01:06:36,730 --> 01:06:38,098
  5873. ? Well, you know, they
  5874. say it wasn't them.
  5875.  
  5876. 1241
  5877. 01:06:38,164 --> 01:06:39,800
  5878. It may have been their weapon
  5879. but they didn't use it.
  5880.  
  5881. 1242
  5882. 01:06:39,866 --> 01:06:41,201
  5883. They didn't fire it.
  5884.  
  5885. 1243
  5886. 01:06:41,267 --> 01:06:43,436
  5887. They even said the other
  5888. side fired it to blame them.
  5889.  
  5890. 1244
  5891. 01:06:43,503 --> 01:06:45,672
  5892. ? He never provided his
  5893. original birth certificate.
  5894.  
  5895. 1245
  5896. 01:06:45,739 --> 01:06:50,243
  5897. What he provided was a
  5898. photoshopped computer image
  5899.  
  5900. 1246
  5901. 01:06:50,310 --> 01:06:54,080
  5902. of something that was
  5903. issued only in 2007.
  5904.  
  5905. 1247
  5906. 01:06:54,147 --> 01:06:57,651
  5907. ? A certificate of live birth
  5908. is not even signed by anybody.
  5909.  
  5910. 1248
  5911. 01:06:57,718 --> 01:06:58,484
  5912. I saw his.
  5913.  
  5914. 1249
  5915. 01:06:58,552 --> 01:06:59,720
  5916. I read it very carefully.
  5917.  
  5918. 1250
  5919. 01:06:59,786 --> 01:07:01,588
  5920. ? They're voting for
  5921. peace on planet earth
  5922.  
  5923. 1251
  5924. 01:07:01,655 --> 01:07:02,756
  5925. if they vote for Trump.
  5926.  
  5927. 1252
  5928. 01:07:02,823 --> 01:07:06,326
  5929. But if they vote for
  5930. Hillary, it's war.
  5931.  
  5932. 1253
  5933. 01:07:06,392 --> 01:07:10,263
  5934. ? Now Hillary Clinton wants to
  5935. confront nuclear?armed Russia
  5936.  
  5937. 1254
  5938. 01:07:10,330 --> 01:07:13,233
  5939. that could very well lead
  5940. us into World War III.
  5941.  
  5942. 1255
  5943. 01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:16,336
  5944. ? Mr. McCain was taken
  5945. prisoner in Vietnam
  5946.  
  5947. 1256
  5948. 01:07:16,402 --> 01:07:19,506
  5949. and was put not just
  5950. in jail but in a pit.
  5951.  
  5952. 1257
  5953. 01:07:19,573 --> 01:07:21,374
  5954. He sat there for several years.
  5955.  
  5956. 1258
  5957. 01:07:21,441 --> 01:07:23,610
  5958. Anyone would go nuts after that.
  5959.  
  5960. 1259
  5961. 01:07:23,677 --> 01:07:25,846
  5962. ? He's a war hero
  5963. 'cause he was captured.
  5964.  
  5965. 1260
  5966. 01:07:25,912 --> 01:07:27,614
  5967. I like people that
  5968. weren't captured, okay,
  5969.  
  5970. 1261
  5971. 01:07:27,681 --> 01:07:28,749
  5972. I hate to tell you.
  5973.  
  5974. 1262
  5975. 01:07:30,183 --> 01:07:32,452
  5976. ? Donald Trump delivered a
  5977. major foreign policy speech
  5978.  
  5979. 1263
  5980. 01:07:32,519 --> 01:07:35,622
  5981. at the Mayflower Hotel in
  5982. Washington on April 27.
  5983.  
  5984. 1264
  5985. 01:07:35,689 --> 01:07:37,357
  5986. The center for the
  5987. national interest,
  5988.  
  5989. 1265
  5990. 01:07:37,423 --> 01:07:38,559
  5991. this American Think Tank,
  5992.  
  5993. 1266
  5994. 01:07:38,625 --> 01:07:41,427
  5995. which has very close
  5996. ties to the Kremlin.
  5997.  
  5998. 1267
  5999. 01:07:41,494 --> 01:07:44,565
  6000. This Think Tank
  6001. played a leading role
  6002.  
  6003. 1268
  6004. 01:07:44,631 --> 01:07:47,701
  6005. in drafting Donald
  6006. Trump's speech
  6007.  
  6008. 1269
  6009. 01:07:47,768 --> 01:07:51,638
  6010. and that speech was full
  6011. of Russian propaganda.
  6012.  
  6013. 1270
  6014. 01:07:51,705 --> 01:07:54,608
  6015. ? We can upgrade
  6016. NATO's outdated mission
  6017.  
  6018. 1271
  6019. 01:07:54,675 --> 01:07:57,711
  6020. and structure grown
  6021. out of the Cold War.
  6022.  
  6023. 1272
  6024. 01:07:57,778 --> 01:08:01,582
  6025. I am skeptical of
  6026. international unions.
  6027.  
  6028. 1273
  6029. 01:08:01,648 --> 01:08:03,784
  6030. The U. S. must be prepared
  6031.  
  6032. 1274
  6033. 01:08:03,850 --> 01:08:07,554
  6034. to let these countries
  6035. defend themselves.
  6036.  
  6037. 1275
  6038. 01:08:07,621 --> 01:08:11,191
  6039. Some say the Russians
  6040. won't be reasonable.
  6041.  
  6042. 1276
  6043. 01:08:11,257 --> 01:08:12,826
  6044. I intend to find out.
  6045.  
  6046. 1277
  6047. 01:08:15,796 --> 01:08:18,932
  6048. ? When Paul Manafort became
  6049. the actual head of the campaign
  6050.  
  6051. 1278
  6052. 01:08:18,999 --> 01:08:20,233
  6053. all of a sudden I
  6054. had a pop up window
  6055.  
  6056. 1279
  6057. 01:08:20,300 --> 01:08:23,236
  6058. come on my computer
  6059. saying that Yahoo believed
  6060.  
  6061. 1280
  6062. 01:08:23,303 --> 01:08:26,372
  6063. that I was part of an attempt
  6064. of state sponsored actors.
  6065.  
  6066. 1281
  6067. 01:08:27,307 --> 01:08:29,510
  6068. So I was being targeted.
  6069.  
  6070. 1282
  6071. 01:08:29,576 --> 01:08:31,177
  6072. That was the first time.
  6073.  
  6074. 1283
  6075. 01:08:32,679 --> 01:08:36,349
  6076. ? There was a Russian
  6077. campaign to interfere
  6078.  
  6079. 1284
  6080. 01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:38,585
  6081. in American elections
  6082. through hacking.
  6083.  
  6084. 1285
  6085. 01:08:38,652 --> 01:08:40,854
  6086. That information
  6087. appeared in the dossier
  6088.  
  6089. 1286
  6090. 01:08:40,921 --> 01:08:44,424
  6091. before it was publicly reported
  6092. anywhere else, anywhere.
  6093.  
  6094. 1287
  6095. 01:08:44,490 --> 01:08:45,559
  6096. ? You saw active measures
  6097.  
  6098. 1288
  6099. 01:08:45,626 --> 01:08:48,595
  6100. in elections across
  6101. eastern Europe.
  6102.  
  6103. 1289
  6104. 01:08:48,662 --> 01:08:50,664
  6105. No one really thought
  6106. that that would happen
  6107.  
  6108. 1290
  6109. 01:08:50,731 --> 01:08:53,534
  6110. in the U. S. base until it did.
  6111.  
  6112. 1291
  6113. 01:08:58,939 --> 01:09:03,644
  6114. ? I was surprised as everyone
  6115. was but looking back on it
  6116.  
  6117. 1292
  6118. 01:09:03,710 --> 01:09:05,946
  6119. with benefit of
  6120. hindsight, obviously,
  6121.  
  6122. 1293
  6123. 01:09:06,012 --> 01:09:07,548
  6124. we should have probably known
  6125.  
  6126. 1294
  6127. 01:09:07,614 --> 01:09:10,817
  6128. that something like that
  6129. was going to happen.
  6130.  
  6131. 1295
  6132. 01:09:10,884 --> 01:09:13,486
  6133. ? Russia is 1.6% of
  6134. the world economy.
  6135.  
  6136. 1296
  6137. 01:09:16,623 --> 01:09:20,927
  6138. They're so small but they
  6139. have, they're so centralized.
  6140.  
  6141. 1297
  6142. 01:09:24,531 --> 01:09:26,700
  6143. And when state concentrates
  6144. these resources
  6145.  
  6146. 1298
  6147. 01:09:26,767 --> 01:09:30,571
  6148. on wanting something
  6149. then it works.
  6150.  
  6151. 1299
  6152. 01:09:30,637 --> 01:09:33,173
  6153. ? Russia did a wide
  6154. range of hacks.
  6155.  
  6156. 1300
  6157. 01:09:34,875 --> 01:09:38,444
  6158. Started I would guess around
  6159. August, September of 2015,
  6160.  
  6161. 1301
  6162. 01:09:38,512 --> 01:09:39,813
  6163. extended all the way
  6164. through the spring
  6165.  
  6166. 1302
  6167. 01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:42,583
  6168. and into the summer of 2016.
  6169.  
  6170. 1303
  6171. 01:09:42,649 --> 01:09:45,619
  6172. We're talking about thousands
  6173. of Americans that were hit.
  6174.  
  6175. 1304
  6176. 01:09:45,686 --> 01:09:48,589
  6177. They were going after anybody
  6178. and everybody they could.
  6179.  
  6180. 1305
  6181. 01:09:48,655 --> 01:09:51,725
  6182. Their targets include media
  6183. personalities, politicians,
  6184.  
  6185. 1306
  6186. 01:09:51,792 --> 01:09:53,694
  6187. government officials,
  6188. current and former.
  6189.  
  6190. 1307
  6191. 01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,797
  6192. Anybody that they could gain
  6193. what is ultimately information
  6194.  
  6195. 1308
  6196. 01:09:56,863 --> 01:09:59,465
  6197. or compromat that
  6198. they could use.
  6199.  
  6200. 1309
  6201. 01:09:59,533 --> 01:10:00,734
  6202. That is the nuclear fuel
  6203.  
  6204. 1310
  6205. 01:10:00,801 --> 01:10:03,269
  6206. that powers the influence
  6207. operation in '16.
  6208.  
  6209. 1311
  6210. 01:10:03,336 --> 01:10:06,372
  6211. ? A couple of my
  6212. co?workers who had access
  6213.  
  6214. 1312
  6215. 01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:09,042
  6216. to my personal email used
  6217. to manage the volume.
  6218.  
  6219. 1313
  6220. 01:10:09,109 --> 01:10:12,345
  6221. One of them saw a
  6222. phishing attempt
  6223.  
  6224. 1314
  6225. 01:10:12,412 --> 01:10:16,517
  6226. from a Google source through
  6227. some mistake of communication.
  6228.  
  6229. 1315
  6230. 01:10:16,583 --> 01:10:20,687
  6231. One of our cyber
  6232. security experts in
  6233. the campaign suggested
  6234.  
  6235. 1316
  6236. 01:10:20,754 --> 01:10:23,323
  6237. to my assistant that they
  6238. change their email account.
  6239.  
  6240. 1317
  6241. 01:10:23,389 --> 01:10:27,728
  6242. So she clicked on the link
  6243. and my private email cache
  6244.  
  6245. 1318
  6246. 01:10:27,794 --> 01:10:30,330
  6247. was, you know, was exfiltrated.
  6248.  
  6249. 1319
  6250. 01:10:33,734 --> 01:10:37,303
  6251. ? People were seeing this
  6252. dangerous troubling activity
  6253.  
  6254. 1320
  6255. 01:10:37,370 --> 01:10:39,706
  6256. coming from the Russians
  6257. that was actually
  6258.  
  6259. 1321
  6260. 01:10:39,773 --> 01:10:42,442
  6261. in our electoral system.
  6262.  
  6263. 1322
  6264. 01:10:42,509 --> 01:10:43,677
  6265. ? Government officials
  6266. learned that they're
  6267.  
  6268. 1323
  6269. 01:10:43,744 --> 01:10:48,882
  6270. actually going into
  6271. state voter databases.
  6272.  
  6273. 1324
  6274. 01:10:49,883 --> 01:10:51,785
  6275. ? There may have been
  6276. 26 different states
  6277.  
  6278. 1325
  6279. 01:10:51,852 --> 01:10:54,054
  6280. where there were efforts
  6281. made to penetrate.
  6282.  
  6283. 1326
  6284. 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:56,456
  6285. That's disturbing.
  6286.  
  6287. 1327
  6288. 01:10:56,523 --> 01:11:00,594
  6289. The key to flip an election
  6290. without leaving a trace
  6291.  
  6292. 1328
  6293. 01:11:00,661 --> 01:11:02,796
  6294. is the voter rolls.
  6295.  
  6296. 1329
  6297. 01:11:02,863 --> 01:11:06,933
  6298. ? It would only take
  6299. a small digital switch
  6300.  
  6301. 1330
  6302. 01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:08,835
  6303. to make that happen.
  6304.  
  6305. 1331
  6306. 01:11:08,902 --> 01:11:13,574
  6307. This really spooked
  6308. officials in the White House
  6309.  
  6310. 1332
  6311. 01:11:13,640 --> 01:11:18,579
  6312. and that's the moment I
  6313. think that the enormity
  6314.  
  6315. 1333
  6316. 01:11:18,645 --> 01:11:21,782
  6317. of the Russian
  6318. influence campaign
  6319.  
  6320. 1334
  6321. 01:11:21,848 --> 01:11:24,618
  6322. really started to hit home.
  6323.  
  6324. 1335
  6325. 01:11:24,685 --> 01:11:26,953
  6326. ? The fact that
  6327. there was that attack
  6328.  
  6329. 1336
  6330. 01:11:27,020 --> 01:11:29,956
  6331. on the fundamental, the
  6332. absolute fundamental
  6333.  
  6334. 1337
  6335. 01:11:30,023 --> 01:11:34,460
  6336. free and fair election should
  6337. have alarmed all of us.
  6338.  
  6339. 1338
  6340. 01:11:34,528 --> 01:11:36,730
  6341. ? The Russians didn't
  6342. care if we found out.
  6343.  
  6344. 1339
  6345. 01:11:36,797 --> 01:11:37,898
  6346. This is pretty new.
  6347.  
  6348. 1340
  6349. 01:11:37,964 --> 01:11:39,399
  6350. ? They stole the data.
  6351.  
  6352. 1341
  6353. 01:11:39,465 --> 01:11:40,266
  6354. Let's be clear about it.
  6355.  
  6356. 1342
  6357. 01:11:40,333 --> 01:11:41,367
  6358. I don't like this word hacking.
  6359.  
  6360. 1343
  6361. 01:11:41,434 --> 01:11:42,903
  6362. This is theft.
  6363.  
  6364. 1344
  6365. 01:11:42,969 --> 01:11:45,806
  6366. If the Russians walked into my
  6367. house and took something out,
  6368.  
  6369. 1345
  6370. 01:11:45,872 --> 01:11:47,841
  6371. this is exactly the same thing.
  6372.  
  6373. 1346
  6374. 01:11:47,908 --> 01:11:50,476
  6375. And I think the problem that a
  6376. lot of Americans have with it
  6377.  
  6378. 1347
  6379. 01:11:50,544 --> 01:11:53,413
  6380. is they don't see it, they
  6381. don't think of it that way.
  6382.  
  6383. 1348
  6384. 01:11:53,479 --> 01:11:55,782
  6385. ? The goal was
  6386. plausible deniability.
  6387.  
  6388. 1349
  6389. 01:11:55,849 --> 01:11:58,619
  6390. And you hear that even in
  6391. Vladimir Putin's statements.
  6392.  
  6393. 1350
  6394. 01:11:58,685 --> 01:11:59,753
  6395. ? If they are patriotic,
  6396.  
  6397. 1351
  6398. 01:11:59,820 --> 01:12:01,988
  6399. they contribute in a
  6400. way they think is right.
  6401.  
  6402. 1352
  6403. 01:12:02,055 --> 01:12:05,692
  6404. To fight against those who
  6405. say bad things about Russia.
  6406.  
  6407. 1353
  6408. 01:12:05,759 --> 01:12:07,661
  6409. ? If there were people
  6410. in the Trump Campaign
  6411.  
  6412. 1354
  6413. 01:12:07,728 --> 01:12:08,895
  6414. who colluded in any of that,
  6415.  
  6416. 1355
  6417. 01:12:08,962 --> 01:12:11,732
  6418. those people are at
  6419. serious criminal risk
  6420.  
  6421. 1356
  6422. 01:12:11,798 --> 01:12:16,169
  6423. because there were serious
  6424. crimes people committed in 2016
  6425.  
  6426. 1357
  6427. 01:12:16,236 --> 01:12:18,839
  6428. to influence the U. S. elections.
  6429.  
  6430. 1358
  6431. 01:12:18,905 --> 01:12:20,173
  6432. ? Once it looked like Trump
  6433.  
  6434. 1359
  6435. 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,943
  6436. was gonna be the clear nominee,
  6437. the Agalarovs resurfaced
  6438.  
  6439. 1360
  6440. 01:12:23,009 --> 01:12:25,746
  6441. and they said we are
  6442. obviously supportive
  6443.  
  6444. 1361
  6445. 01:12:25,812 --> 01:12:27,380
  6446. of the Trump Campaign
  6447. but more importantly,
  6448.  
  6449. 1362
  6450. 01:12:27,447 --> 01:12:29,883
  6451. we are doing so with
  6452. the blessing of the
  6453. Russian government
  6454.  
  6455. 1363
  6456. 01:12:29,950 --> 01:12:32,018
  6457. and with the Russian
  6458. government involved.
  6459.  
  6460. 1364
  6461. 01:12:35,021 --> 01:12:37,924
  6462. ? And they promised there
  6463. would be the delivery
  6464.  
  6465. 1365
  6466. 01:12:37,991 --> 01:12:41,628
  6467. of information that would damage
  6468. Hillary Clinton's campaign.
  6469.  
  6470. 1366
  6471. 01:12:42,495 --> 01:12:43,564
  6472. ? [Man] This is information
  6473.  
  6474. 1367
  6475. 01:12:43,630 --> 01:12:45,131
  6476. the Russian government
  6477. has collected.
  6478.  
  6479. 1368
  6480. 01:12:48,969 --> 01:12:53,073
  6481. ? Donald Trump, Jr. emailed
  6482. back, great, I love it.
  6483.  
  6484. 1369
  6485. 01:12:54,741 --> 01:12:57,110
  6486. Here we see what appears to
  6487. be evidence of collusion.
  6488.  
  6489. 1370
  6490. 01:12:58,845 --> 01:13:02,616
  6491. ? [Michael] Donald Trump,
  6492. Jr. forwarded the emails
  6493.  
  6494. 1371
  6495. 01:13:02,683 --> 01:13:04,985
  6496. to Paul Manafort, then
  6497. the campaign manager,
  6498.  
  6499. 1372
  6500. 01:13:05,051 --> 01:13:07,487
  6501. and Jared Kushner.
  6502.  
  6503. 1373
  6504. 01:13:07,554 --> 01:13:10,090
  6505. They both sat in on the meeting.
  6506.  
  6507. 1374
  6508. 01:13:11,224 --> 01:13:13,794
  6509. ? Conspiracies are very
  6510. easy to enter into.
  6511.  
  6512. 1375
  6513. 01:13:13,860 --> 01:13:16,930
  6514. If indeed there was
  6515. just a tacit agreement
  6516.  
  6517. 1376
  6518. 01:13:16,997 --> 01:13:20,066
  6519. furthering that conspiracy,
  6520. boy, they're in.
  6521.  
  6522. 1377
  6523. 01:13:21,001 --> 01:13:23,069
  6524. And they're on the
  6525. wrong side of the law.
  6526.  
  6527. 1378
  6528. 01:13:25,972 --> 01:13:30,977
  6529. ? Trump being pressed
  6530. early on in the campion
  6531.  
  6532. 1379
  6533. 01:13:32,078 --> 01:13:34,014
  6534. for a list of his
  6535. foreign policy advisors.
  6536.  
  6537. 1380
  6538. 01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:39,085
  6539. The second name he mentions
  6540. is Carter Page, PhD.
  6541.  
  6542. 1381
  6543. 01:13:40,253 --> 01:13:41,855
  6544. ? No one had heard
  6545. of Carter Page.
  6546.  
  6547. 1382
  6548. 01:13:41,922 --> 01:13:44,257
  6549. He had worked for
  6550. Merrill Lynch in Moscow.
  6551.  
  6552. 1383
  6553. 01:13:44,324 --> 01:13:47,894
  6554. ? [Michael] He had been
  6555. an investor in Gazprom
  6556.  
  6557. 1384
  6558. 01:13:47,961 --> 01:13:52,766
  6559. and a quite vocal defender
  6560. of the Putin government.
  6561.  
  6562. 1385
  6563. 01:13:52,833 --> 01:13:55,569
  6564. A critic of sanctions.
  6565.  
  6566. 1386
  6567. 01:13:55,636 --> 01:13:58,004
  6568. ? Carter Page traveled
  6569. over to Moscow
  6570.  
  6571. 1387
  6572. 01:13:58,071 --> 01:14:00,006
  6573. with permission of
  6574. the Trump campaign
  6575.  
  6576. 1388
  6577. 01:14:00,073 --> 01:14:02,075
  6578. as a senior advisor
  6579. to Donald Trump.
  6580.  
  6581. 1389
  6582. 01:14:02,142 --> 01:14:05,178
  6583. ? Washington and
  6584. other western capitals
  6585.  
  6586. 1390
  6587. 01:14:05,245 --> 01:14:07,848
  6588. have impeded potential progress
  6589.  
  6590. 1391
  6591. 01:14:07,914 --> 01:14:11,952
  6592. through their often
  6593. hypocritical focus on ideas
  6594.  
  6595. 1392
  6596. 01:14:12,018 --> 01:14:15,055
  6597. such as democratization,
  6598. inequality,
  6599.  
  6600. 1393
  6601. 01:14:15,121 --> 01:14:16,890
  6602. corruption, and regime change.
  6603.  
  6604. 1394
  6605. 01:14:16,957 --> 01:14:19,726
  6606. ? [Craig] The Steele Dossier
  6607. alleges that Carter Page
  6608.  
  6609. 1395
  6610. 01:14:19,793 --> 01:14:22,763
  6611. met with Igor Sechin
  6612. who is head of Rozneft,
  6613.  
  6614. 1396
  6615. 01:14:22,829 --> 01:14:25,165
  6616. the enormous
  6617. Russian oil company.
  6618.  
  6619. 1397
  6620. 01:14:27,033 --> 01:14:30,203
  6621. Sechin happens to be very,
  6622. very close to Vladimir Putin.
  6623.  
  6624. 1398
  6625. 01:14:30,270 --> 01:14:31,838
  6626. ? [Scott] Sechin was
  6627. his closest friend
  6628.  
  6629. 1399
  6630. 01:14:31,905 --> 01:14:33,173
  6631. in the intelligence services.
  6632.  
  6633. 1400
  6634. 01:14:34,340 --> 01:14:36,009
  6635. ? They came up with a scheme
  6636.  
  6637. 1401
  6638. 01:14:36,076 --> 01:14:39,045
  6639. by which sanctions would
  6640. be lifted on Russia.
  6641.  
  6642. 1402
  6643. 01:14:40,246 --> 01:14:43,884
  6644. In return, when parts of
  6645. Rozneft were sold off,
  6646.  
  6647. 1403
  6648. 01:14:43,950 --> 01:14:47,053
  6649. a huge portion of it, I
  6650. believe was 19% of it,
  6651.  
  6652. 1404
  6653. 01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:48,154
  6654. would be diverted.
  6655.  
  6656. 1405
  6657. 01:14:50,123 --> 01:14:51,592
  6658. ? This could have
  6659. been another way
  6660.  
  6661. 1406
  6662. 01:14:51,658 --> 01:14:55,161
  6663. to funnel enormous
  6664. cash resources
  6665.  
  6666. 1407
  6667. 01:14:55,228 --> 01:14:57,130
  6668. to Donald Trump or his family.
  6669.  
  6670. 1408
  6671. 01:14:59,866 --> 01:15:03,036
  6672. America's European allies
  6673. were picking up things
  6674.  
  6675. 1409
  6676. 01:15:03,103 --> 01:15:06,940
  6677. involving interaction between
  6678. the figures associated
  6679.  
  6680. 1410
  6681. 01:15:07,007 --> 01:15:11,144
  6682. with the Trump Campaign and
  6683. Russian agents of influence
  6684.  
  6685. 1411
  6686. 01:15:11,211 --> 01:15:13,246
  6687. that they were very
  6688. disturbed about.
  6689.  
  6690. 1412
  6691. 01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:30,030
  6692. ? When the administration asked
  6693. for a bipartisan statement
  6694.  
  6695. 1413
  6696. 01:15:30,096 --> 01:15:31,431
  6697. saying that Russians were active
  6698.  
  6699. 1414
  6700. 01:15:31,497 --> 01:15:33,734
  6701. and they were trying to
  6702. interfere with the election
  6703.  
  6704. 1415
  6705. 01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:35,869
  6706. they were blocked by
  6707. Republican leadership.
  6708.  
  6709. 1416
  6710. 01:15:35,936 --> 01:15:38,672
  6711. ? When I was working in the
  6712. House of Representatives,
  6713.  
  6714. 1417
  6715. 01:15:38,739 --> 01:15:41,141
  6716. especially as the
  6717. Policy Director for
  6718. the House Republicans,
  6719.  
  6720. 1418
  6721. 01:15:41,207 --> 01:15:43,677
  6722. I was part of many discussions.
  6723.  
  6724. 1419
  6725. 01:15:43,744 --> 01:15:46,046
  6726. One of them was on June 15.
  6727.  
  6728. 1420
  6729. 01:15:46,112 --> 01:15:48,749
  6730. One of the leaders
  6731. speculated that Trump
  6732.  
  6733. 1421
  6734. 01:15:48,815 --> 01:15:51,217
  6735. had a compromising
  6736. relationship with Putin,
  6737.  
  6738. 1422
  6739. 01:15:54,187 --> 01:15:56,322
  6740. a very serious
  6741. allegation to make
  6742.  
  6743. 1423
  6744. 01:15:56,389 --> 01:15:59,225
  6745. but it was one that
  6746. everyone was thinking.
  6747.  
  6748. 1424
  6749. 01:16:04,364 --> 01:16:07,033
  6750. The leaders were afraid to
  6751. stand up to Donald Trump
  6752.  
  6753. 1425
  6754. 01:16:07,100 --> 01:16:12,105
  6755. for fear of being attacked
  6756. by his Russian troll army.
  6757.  
  6758. 1426
  6759. 01:16:29,089 --> 01:16:31,124
  6760. ? [Michael] By the
  6761. time of the convention,
  6762.  
  6763. 1427
  6764. 01:16:31,191 --> 01:16:32,325
  6765. it was beginning to look
  6766.  
  6767. 1428
  6768. 01:16:32,392 --> 01:16:36,797
  6769. like there was a really
  6770. serious Russian effort.
  6771.  
  6772. 1429
  6773. 01:16:44,204 --> 01:16:45,739
  6774. ? She is above the law.
  6775.  
  6776. 1430
  6777. 01:16:45,806 --> 01:16:47,140
  6778. ? [Michael] Michael
  6779. Flynn had become
  6780.  
  6781. 1431
  6782. 01:16:47,207 --> 01:16:51,311
  6783. a top national security
  6784. advisor to Trump.
  6785.  
  6786. 1432
  6787. 01:16:51,377 --> 01:16:52,212
  6788. ? Lock her up.
  6789.  
  6790. 1433
  6791. 01:16:55,181 --> 01:16:56,149
  6792. ? What concerns me again
  6793.  
  6794. 1434
  6795. 01:16:56,216 --> 01:16:57,383
  6796. from a counter
  6797. intelligence perspective
  6798.  
  6799. 1435
  6800. 01:16:57,450 --> 01:16:58,785
  6801. is the pattern that
  6802. Flynn has established.
  6803.  
  6804. 1436
  6805. 01:16:58,852 --> 01:17:01,888
  6806. Flynn goes to Moscow and
  6807. sits next to Vladimir Putin
  6808.  
  6809. 1437
  6810. 01:17:01,955 --> 01:17:04,691
  6811. in a lavish RT s
  6812. ponsored event.
  6813.  
  6814. 1438
  6815. 01:17:04,758 --> 01:17:05,926
  6816. Just like in the United States,
  6817.  
  6818. 1439
  6819. 01:17:05,992 --> 01:17:07,160
  6820. you don't get to sit
  6821. next to the president
  6822.  
  6823. 1440
  6824. 01:17:07,227 --> 01:17:08,995
  6825. of the United States
  6826. without any planning.
  6827.  
  6828. 1441
  6829. 01:17:10,230 --> 01:17:12,298
  6830. He takes money from
  6831. the Russians, from RT,
  6832.  
  6833. 1442
  6834. 01:17:12,365 --> 01:17:15,068
  6835. which is nothing more than a
  6836. propaganda arm of the Kremlin.
  6837.  
  6838. 1443
  6839. 01:17:15,135 --> 01:17:16,336
  6840. Then says he didn't
  6841. take any money.
  6842.  
  6843. 1444
  6844. 01:17:16,402 --> 01:17:19,005
  6845. ? [Reporter] Were you
  6846. paid for that amount?
  6847.  
  6848. 1445
  6849. 01:17:19,072 --> 01:17:22,709
  6850. ? You have to ask my, the
  6851. folks that went over there to??
  6852.  
  6853. 1446
  6854. 01:17:22,776 --> 01:17:23,844
  6855. ? I'm asking you.
  6856.  
  6857. 1447
  6858. 01:17:23,910 --> 01:17:25,011
  6859. You'd know if you were paid.
  6860.  
  6861. 1448
  6862. 01:17:25,078 --> 01:17:26,446
  6863. ? I didn't take any
  6864. money from Russia
  6865.  
  6866. 1449
  6867. 01:17:26,513 --> 01:17:28,048
  6868. if that's what you're asking me.
  6869.  
  6870. 1450
  6871. 01:17:28,114 --> 01:17:29,149
  6872. ? Well then who paid you?
  6873.  
  6874. 1451
  6875. 01:17:29,215 --> 01:17:31,017
  6876. ? My Speaker's Bureau.
  6877.  
  6878. 1452
  6879. 01:17:31,084 --> 01:17:33,419
  6880. ? The Speakers Bureau is
  6881. merely the pass through
  6882.  
  6883. 1453
  6884. 01:17:33,486 --> 01:17:37,924
  6885. for the organization that's
  6886. paying for the speech.
  6887.  
  6888. 1454
  6889. 01:17:37,991 --> 01:17:40,326
  6890. Flynn had given the same answer
  6891.  
  6892. 1455
  6893. 01:17:40,393 --> 01:17:43,229
  6894. when he was trying to get
  6895. his security clearance.
  6896.  
  6897. 1456
  6898. 01:17:46,066 --> 01:17:48,268
  6899. ? At that convention, the
  6900. Republican party did something
  6901.  
  6902. 1457
  6903. 01:17:48,334 --> 01:17:50,937
  6904. that they almost have
  6905. never done before
  6906.  
  6907. 1458
  6908. 01:17:51,004 --> 01:17:53,239
  6909. which was take out
  6910. of their platform,
  6911.  
  6912. 1459
  6913. 01:17:53,306 --> 01:17:55,842
  6914. language that was
  6915. standing up for Ukraine
  6916.  
  6917. 1460
  6918. 01:17:55,909 --> 01:17:57,944
  6919. and standing against Russia.
  6920.  
  6921. 1461
  6922. 01:17:58,011 --> 01:17:59,746
  6923. ? I was confident
  6924. that was gonna be
  6925.  
  6926. 1462
  6927. 01:17:59,813 --> 01:18:01,281
  6928. a part of our party platform.
  6929.  
  6930. 1463
  6931. 01:18:01,347 --> 01:18:02,516
  6932. It was before.
  6933.  
  6934. 1464
  6935. 01:18:02,583 --> 01:18:06,152
  6936. All of a sudden
  6937. somewhere it disappeared.
  6938.  
  6939. 1465
  6940. 01:18:06,219 --> 01:18:08,421
  6941. ? J. D. Gordon, his
  6942. account is that it was
  6943.  
  6944. 1466
  6945. 01:18:08,488 --> 01:18:10,891
  6946. at the request of
  6947. the Trump Campaign.
  6948.  
  6949. 1467
  6950. 01:18:10,957 --> 01:18:15,495
  6951. ? And I think that's part
  6952. of this whole scandal
  6953.  
  6954. 1468
  6955. 01:18:15,562 --> 01:18:17,531
  6956. that needs to be resolved.
  6957.  
  6958. 1469
  6959. 01:18:17,598 --> 01:18:21,367
  6960. Why would the
  6961. Republican party remove
  6962.  
  6963. 1470
  6964. 01:18:21,434 --> 01:18:26,106
  6965. a provision that would help
  6966. people who had been invaded
  6967.  
  6968. 1471
  6969. 01:18:26,172 --> 01:18:28,975
  6970. and slaughtered
  6971. defend themselves?
  6972.  
  6973. 1472
  6974. 01:18:29,042 --> 01:18:29,876
  6975. Interesting.
  6976.  
  6977. 1473
  6978. 01:18:44,090 --> 01:18:46,159
  6979. ? When we went into
  6980. the convention,
  6981.  
  6982. 1474
  6983. 01:18:46,226 --> 01:18:49,095
  6984. we had to contend with
  6985. that first drop of emails.
  6986.  
  6987. 1475
  6988. 01:18:49,162 --> 01:18:51,798
  6989. ? Just that the DNC employee??
  6990. ? It's Russia.
  6991.  
  6992. 1476
  6993. 01:18:51,865 --> 01:18:52,966
  6994. Adverse.
  6995.  
  6996. 1477
  6997. 01:18:53,033 --> 01:18:54,067
  6998. They were in
  6999. communication or in touch
  7000.  
  7001. 1478
  7002. 01:18:54,134 --> 01:18:57,403
  7003. with Julian Assange
  7004. at Wikileaks.
  7005.  
  7006. 1479
  7007. 01:18:57,470 --> 01:18:59,573
  7008. ? And then they published
  7009. that data in a way
  7010.  
  7011. 1480
  7012. 01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:03,143
  7013. to help Trump and
  7014. hurt Hillary Clinton.
  7015.  
  7016. 1481
  7017. 01:19:03,209 --> 01:19:05,145
  7018. ? When Wikileaks was
  7019. originally founded
  7020.  
  7021. 1482
  7022. 01:19:05,211 --> 01:19:09,115
  7023. I don't think it had the
  7024. intention of influencing
  7025.  
  7026. 1483
  7027. 01:19:09,182 --> 01:19:13,053
  7028. the 2016 American election
  7029. but was it the goal
  7030.  
  7031. 1484
  7032. 01:19:13,119 --> 01:19:16,356
  7033. after Assange announced that
  7034. he wanted to harm Hillary.
  7035.  
  7036. 1485
  7037. 01:19:16,422 --> 01:19:17,257
  7038. You bet.
  7039.  
  7040. 1486
  7041. 01:19:18,258 --> 01:19:19,425
  7042. I mean, he said so.
  7043.  
  7044. 1487
  7045. 01:19:20,827 --> 01:19:22,863
  7046. From that standpoint, it
  7047. was a match made in heaven.
  7048.  
  7049. 1488
  7050. 01:19:24,330 --> 01:19:28,201
  7051. ? [John] They were actively
  7052. in the systems of Democratic
  7053.  
  7054. 1489
  7055. 01:19:28,268 --> 01:19:31,137
  7056. and as we now know
  7057. Republicans as well.
  7058.  
  7059. 1490
  7060. 01:19:31,204 --> 01:19:33,239
  7061. ? We'll publish the
  7062. embarrassing material
  7063.  
  7064. 1491
  7065. 01:19:33,306 --> 01:19:35,542
  7066. from the hack into the DNC.
  7067.  
  7068. 1492
  7069. 01:19:35,609 --> 01:19:39,345
  7070. We won't publish
  7071. the embarrassing
  7072. material in the RNC.
  7073.  
  7074. 1493
  7075. 01:19:39,412 --> 01:19:41,114
  7076. ? There were more
  7077. damaging ones on Manafort
  7078.  
  7079. 1494
  7080. 01:19:41,181 --> 01:19:41,982
  7081. that they could have dropped.
  7082.  
  7083. 1495
  7084. 01:19:42,048 --> 01:19:43,449
  7085. They didn't.
  7086.  
  7087. 1496
  7088. 01:19:43,517 --> 01:19:46,620
  7089. It really exposed a lot of
  7090. personal contact information.
  7091.  
  7092. 1497
  7093. 01:19:46,687 --> 01:19:49,856
  7094. So many staff were getting
  7095. harassment calls for weeks.
  7096.  
  7097. 1498
  7098. 01:19:49,923 --> 01:19:53,093
  7099. ? As we learned more
  7100. first about the DNC,
  7101.  
  7102. 1499
  7103. 01:19:53,159 --> 01:19:57,564
  7104. he basically invited them to
  7105. try to, you know, hack into me.
  7106.  
  7107. 1500
  7108. 01:19:57,631 --> 01:20:00,967
  7109. ? He blurts things
  7110. out that sound to me
  7111.  
  7112. 1501
  7113. 01:20:01,034 --> 01:20:05,338
  7114. as a prosecutor almost
  7115. like an effort to confess.
  7116.  
  7117. 1502
  7118. 01:20:05,405 --> 01:20:08,474
  7119. ? Russia, if you're
  7120. listening, I hope you're able
  7121.  
  7122. 1503
  7123. 01:20:08,542 --> 01:20:13,547
  7124. to find the 30,000
  7125. emails that are missing.
  7126.  
  7127. 1504
  7128. 01:20:14,948 --> 01:20:19,252
  7129. ? If you were in fact
  7130. conspiring with Russia
  7131.  
  7132. 1505
  7133. 01:20:20,420 --> 01:20:22,889
  7134. and encouraging them
  7135. to help your campaign
  7136.  
  7137. 1506
  7138. 01:20:22,956 --> 01:20:25,559
  7139. and signaling them as to
  7140. what you wanted them to do...
  7141.  
  7142. 1507
  7143. 01:20:25,626 --> 01:20:27,260
  7144. ? I think you will probably
  7145.  
  7146. 1508
  7147. 01:20:27,327 --> 01:20:30,063
  7148. be rewarded mightily
  7149. by our press.
  7150.  
  7151. 1509
  7152. 01:20:32,298 --> 01:20:36,236
  7153. ? There's a pretty good
  7154. suggestion right there
  7155.  
  7156. 1510
  7157. 01:20:36,302 --> 01:20:38,539
  7158. but in this case made in
  7159. plain view in open daylight
  7160.  
  7161. 1511
  7162. 01:20:38,605 --> 01:20:41,307
  7163. at high noon, it's a little odd.
  7164.  
  7165. 1512
  7166. 01:20:46,112 --> 01:20:47,313
  7167. ? Campaign was over.
  7168.  
  7169. 1513
  7170. 01:20:47,380 --> 01:20:48,448
  7171. Bernie had lost.
  7172.  
  7173. 1514
  7174. 01:20:48,515 --> 01:20:51,317
  7175. I was assisting in helping with
  7176.  
  7177. 1515
  7178. 01:20:51,384 --> 01:20:54,354
  7179. a number of Facebook
  7180. pages here in California.
  7181.  
  7182. 1516
  7183. 01:20:54,420 --> 01:20:57,924
  7184. I started to see strange
  7185. people appearing.
  7186.  
  7187. 1517
  7188. 01:20:57,991 --> 01:21:02,295
  7189. Their posts were coming from
  7190. American sounding websites
  7191.  
  7192. 1518
  7193. 01:21:02,362 --> 01:21:05,999
  7194. but when I peeled
  7195. away the layers,
  7196.  
  7197. 1519
  7198. 01:21:06,066 --> 01:21:08,334
  7199. eastern Europe became
  7200. a common theme.
  7201.  
  7202. 1520
  7203. 01:21:09,502 --> 01:21:12,105
  7204. They were propaganda pieces.
  7205.  
  7206. 1521
  7207. 01:21:12,172 --> 01:21:14,074
  7208. Not a single one of them true.
  7209.  
  7210. 1522
  7211. 01:21:14,140 --> 01:21:17,043
  7212. All viciously anti?Hillary.
  7213.  
  7214. 1523
  7215. 01:21:17,110 --> 01:21:20,046
  7216. This isn't just
  7217. one Sanders page.
  7218.  
  7219. 1524
  7220. 01:21:20,113 --> 01:21:22,448
  7221. It's Latinos for
  7222. Sanders, Pennsylvania,
  7223.  
  7224. 1525
  7225. 01:21:22,516 --> 01:21:24,450
  7226. Wisconsin, Michigan for Sanders.
  7227.  
  7228. 1526
  7229. 01:21:24,518 --> 01:21:25,919
  7230. It kept on going.
  7231.  
  7232. 1527
  7233. 01:21:25,986 --> 01:21:30,056
  7234. ? While we were focusing on
  7235. the positive of social media
  7236.  
  7237. 1528
  7238. 01:21:30,123 --> 01:21:33,960
  7239. and information technology,
  7240. Russia was looking at how
  7241.  
  7242. 1529
  7243. 01:21:34,027 --> 01:21:35,161
  7244. to use that as an instrument
  7245.  
  7246. 1530
  7247. 01:21:35,228 --> 01:21:38,398
  7248. and they have been
  7249. incredibly effective.
  7250.  
  7251. 1531
  7252. 01:21:38,464 --> 01:21:41,467
  7253. ? Cyber with social media,
  7254. with things like RT.
  7255.  
  7256. 1532
  7257. 01:21:41,535 --> 01:21:43,436
  7258. They can reach out to
  7259. western publics in a way
  7260.  
  7261. 1533
  7262. 01:21:43,503 --> 01:21:46,540
  7263. that they couldn't
  7264. do 35, 40 years ago.
  7265.  
  7266. 1534
  7267. 01:21:46,607 --> 01:21:49,109
  7268. Some of their predecessors
  7269. would be really envious
  7270.  
  7271. 1535
  7272. 01:21:49,175 --> 01:21:50,577
  7273. of the techniques
  7274. that they have now.
  7275.  
  7276. 1536
  7277. 01:21:50,644 --> 01:21:53,580
  7278. ? How the Russian state does
  7279. influence operations online
  7280.  
  7281. 1537
  7282. 01:21:53,647 --> 01:21:54,715
  7283. is pretty complex.
  7284.  
  7285. 1538
  7286. 01:21:54,781 --> 01:21:57,450
  7287. On the one hand you have
  7288. real people, trolls.
  7289.  
  7290. 1539
  7291. 01:21:57,518 --> 01:22:00,721
  7292. A bigger part is actually
  7293. digital disinformation.
  7294.  
  7295. 1540
  7296. 01:22:00,787 --> 01:22:05,425
  7297. Making user accounts
  7298. that are algorithms.
  7299.  
  7300. 1541
  7301. 01:22:05,491 --> 01:22:09,596
  7302. This is the evolution of
  7303. artificial intelligence online.
  7304.  
  7305. 1542
  7306. 01:22:09,663 --> 01:22:12,365
  7307. ? Russians figured out
  7308. how you game Google.
  7309.  
  7310. 1543
  7311. 01:22:12,432 --> 01:22:15,035
  7312. If you have enough
  7313. bots to drive it
  7314.  
  7315. 1544
  7316. 01:22:15,101 --> 01:22:17,337
  7317. to the top of the
  7318. Google suggestion list.
  7319.  
  7320. 1545
  7321. 01:22:17,403 --> 01:22:18,471
  7322. ? Any wedge that's there,
  7323.  
  7324. 1546
  7325. 01:22:18,539 --> 01:22:19,806
  7326. they're gonna test
  7327. that audience out.
  7328.  
  7329. 1547
  7330. 01:22:19,873 --> 01:22:22,509
  7331. And when they find success
  7332. then they exploit it.
  7333.  
  7334. 1548
  7335. 01:22:22,576 --> 01:22:24,511
  7336. They double down on it.
  7337.  
  7338. 1549
  7339. 01:22:24,578 --> 01:22:25,612
  7340. You might see them show up
  7341.  
  7342. 1550
  7343. 01:22:25,679 --> 01:22:27,748
  7344. around Black Lives
  7345. Matter protests.
  7346.  
  7347. 1551
  7348. 01:22:27,814 --> 01:22:30,150
  7349. And in the counter
  7350. protest movement.
  7351.  
  7352. 1552
  7353. 01:22:30,216 --> 01:22:32,385
  7354. Any anti?government or
  7355. white supremacist group.
  7356.  
  7357. 1553
  7358. 01:22:32,452 --> 01:22:34,487
  7359. Nationalists, non?globalists.
  7360.  
  7361. 1554
  7362. 01:22:34,555 --> 01:22:38,491
  7363. Anti?EU, anti?NATO,
  7364. anti?immigration.
  7365.  
  7366. 1555
  7367. 01:22:38,559 --> 01:22:42,596
  7368. ? Promoting the far right,
  7369. promoting the far left,
  7370.  
  7371. 1556
  7372. 01:22:42,663 --> 01:22:46,066
  7373. so that our politics
  7374. become more polarized,
  7375.  
  7376. 1557
  7377. 01:22:46,132 --> 01:22:48,569
  7378. then Putin can feed
  7379. lies to either side
  7380.  
  7381. 1558
  7382. 01:22:48,635 --> 01:22:50,637
  7383. because they hate
  7384. each other so much.
  7385.  
  7386. 1559
  7387. 01:22:51,738 --> 01:22:54,440
  7388. If we're divided as Americans
  7389.  
  7390. 1560
  7391. 01:22:54,508 --> 01:22:58,278
  7392. then it's harder for us to
  7393. stand up to that influence.
  7394.  
  7395. 1561
  7396. 01:22:58,344 --> 01:23:00,514
  7397. ? They know that in the
  7398. west there's a tendency
  7399.  
  7400. 1562
  7401. 01:23:00,581 --> 01:23:02,583
  7402. towards positivism,
  7403. there's a tendency towards,
  7404.  
  7405. 1563
  7406. 01:23:02,649 --> 01:23:03,449
  7407. well, I don't know.
  7408.  
  7409. 1564
  7410. 01:23:03,517 --> 01:23:04,317
  7411. That's a story that's out there.
  7412.  
  7413. 1565
  7414. 01:23:04,384 --> 01:23:04,918
  7415. We just can't discredit it.
  7416.  
  7417. 1566
  7418. 01:23:04,985 --> 01:23:05,752
  7419. We have to.
  7420.  
  7421. 1567
  7422. 01:23:05,819 --> 01:23:08,288
  7423. Maybe the media is right.
  7424.  
  7425. 1568
  7426. 01:23:08,354 --> 01:23:10,123
  7427. The Russians know that
  7428. we do this a
  7429. s westerners.
  7430.  
  7431. 1569
  7432. 01:23:10,190 --> 01:23:11,725
  7433. They see it coming and
  7434. they take it to the bank
  7435.  
  7436. 1570
  7437. 01:23:11,792 --> 01:23:13,226
  7438. every single time.
  7439.  
  7440. 1571
  7441. 01:23:13,293 --> 01:23:14,494
  7442. ? The westerners are lazy.
  7443.  
  7444. 1572
  7445. 01:23:14,561 --> 01:23:15,662
  7446. I mean, they don't do research.
  7447.  
  7448. 1573
  7449. 01:23:15,729 --> 01:23:18,431
  7450. Russians have already
  7451. done everything for them
  7452.  
  7453. 1574
  7454. 01:23:18,498 --> 01:23:21,467
  7455. and they know how to pack it
  7456. and how to feed it to them.
  7457.  
  7458. 1575
  7459. 01:23:21,535 --> 01:23:23,704
  7460. ? Russia wins the audience first
  7461.  
  7462. 1576
  7463. 01:23:23,770 --> 01:23:25,438
  7464. and then directs them somewhere.
  7465.  
  7466. 1577
  7467. 01:23:25,506 --> 01:23:27,440
  7468. It's very different from
  7469. American approaches.
  7470.  
  7471. 1578
  7472. 01:23:27,508 --> 01:23:29,142
  7473. Americans are impatient.
  7474.  
  7475. 1579
  7476. 01:23:29,209 --> 01:23:31,512
  7477. You just create
  7478. pictures, you create bios
  7479.  
  7480. 1580
  7481. 01:23:31,578 --> 01:23:34,080
  7482. that look like accounts that
  7483. are from these locations
  7484.  
  7485. 1581
  7486. 01:23:34,147 --> 01:23:36,683
  7487. because people are more
  7488. likely to take in information
  7489.  
  7490. 1582
  7491. 01:23:36,750 --> 01:23:39,319
  7492. from people that look like
  7493. them and talk like them.
  7494.  
  7495. 1583
  7496. 01:23:39,385 --> 01:23:40,854
  7497. Follow everybody that's
  7498. in that community.
  7499.  
  7500. 1584
  7501. 01:23:40,921 --> 01:23:42,589
  7502. You retweet what they say.
  7503.  
  7504. 1585
  7505. 01:23:42,656 --> 01:23:44,090
  7506. Lowering the guard
  7507. of that audience
  7508.  
  7509. 1586
  7510. 01:23:44,157 --> 01:23:47,327
  7511. so they would accept Russian
  7512. information or Russian views.
  7513.  
  7514. 1587
  7515. 01:23:47,393 --> 01:23:50,296
  7516. Over time you can insert
  7517. in the content you want.
  7518.  
  7519. 1588
  7520. 01:23:52,365 --> 01:23:54,467
  7521. ? [Reporter] In this office
  7522. building in St. Petersburg,
  7523.  
  7524. 1589
  7525. 01:23:54,535 --> 01:23:56,202
  7526. an army of trolls.
  7527.  
  7528. 1590
  7529. 01:23:56,269 --> 01:23:57,804
  7530. They were even caught on camera
  7531.  
  7532. 1591
  7533. 01:23:57,871 --> 01:24:00,507
  7534. secretly filmed by
  7535. a former employee.
  7536.  
  7537. 1592
  7538. 01:24:00,574 --> 01:24:02,509
  7539. ? The U. S. elections
  7540. are the key issue
  7541.  
  7542. 1593
  7543. 01:24:02,576 --> 01:24:04,745
  7544. for the Kremlin and of
  7545. course Russia has invested
  7546.  
  7547. 1594
  7548. 01:24:04,811 --> 01:24:06,747
  7549. a lot of effort into them.
  7550.  
  7551. 1595
  7552. 01:24:06,813 --> 01:24:08,615
  7553. It's so sophisticated
  7554. and adapted
  7555.  
  7556. 1596
  7557. 01:24:08,682 --> 01:24:10,416
  7558. for the tastes of internet users
  7559.  
  7560. 1597
  7561. 01:24:10,483 --> 01:24:12,586
  7562. that it's almost
  7563. impossible to recognize.
  7564.  
  7565. 1598
  7566. 01:24:12,653 --> 01:24:14,054
  7567. ? You have serious quotas.
  7568.  
  7569. 1599
  7570. 01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:17,591
  7571. So in an hour you have to
  7572. produce 20 tweets, 30 comments
  7573.  
  7574. 1600
  7575. 01:24:17,658 --> 01:24:19,125
  7576. on these websites.
  7577.  
  7578. 1601
  7579. 01:24:19,192 --> 01:24:21,828
  7580. So, it's actually like a work
  7581. environment for these people.
  7582.  
  7583. 1602
  7584. 01:24:21,895 --> 01:24:24,665
  7585. ? [Reporter] 12 hours a
  7586. day praising the Kremlin,
  7587.  
  7588. 1603
  7589. 01:24:24,731 --> 01:24:26,833
  7590. berating its enemies.
  7591.  
  7592. 1604
  7593. 01:24:26,900 --> 01:24:29,570
  7594. ? I myself have a number
  7595. of Russian trolls.
  7596.  
  7597. 1605
  7598. 01:24:29,636 --> 01:24:32,739
  7599. I know whenever I refer to the
  7600. illegal annexation of Crimea
  7601.  
  7602. 1606
  7603. 01:24:32,806 --> 01:24:35,175
  7604. I get, you know, quite
  7605. a bit of criticism.
  7606.  
  7607. 1607
  7608. 01:24:35,241 --> 01:24:36,376
  7609. ? An interview like this,
  7610.  
  7611. 1608
  7612. 01:24:36,442 --> 01:24:37,477
  7613. once it goes out
  7614. on the internet,
  7615.  
  7616. 1609
  7617. 01:24:37,544 --> 01:24:38,879
  7618. I'll receive some
  7619. sort of trolling
  7620.  
  7621. 1610
  7622. 01:24:38,945 --> 01:24:40,614
  7623. very specifically around it.
  7624.  
  7625. 1611
  7626. 01:24:40,681 --> 01:24:43,249
  7627. The goal is essentially
  7628. to get you to shut up.
  7629.  
  7630. 1612
  7631. 01:24:43,316 --> 01:24:45,151
  7632. And to not be a challenger.
  7633.  
  7634. 1613
  7635. 01:24:45,218 --> 01:24:46,720
  7636. They'll threaten
  7637. lawsuits, for example,
  7638.  
  7639. 1614
  7640. 01:24:46,787 --> 01:24:48,789
  7641. because they know nothing
  7642. effects an American
  7643.  
  7644. 1615
  7645. 01:24:48,855 --> 01:24:50,524
  7646. like the threat of a lawsuit.
  7647.  
  7648. 1616
  7649. 01:24:52,058 --> 01:24:53,359
  7650. If you're operating in Europe,
  7651. the closer you get to Moscow,
  7652.  
  7653. 1617
  7654. 01:24:53,426 --> 01:24:56,930
  7655. the more your physical
  7656. life is actually in danger.
  7657.  
  7658. 1618
  7659. 01:24:56,997 --> 01:24:59,566
  7660. (gun firing)
  7661.  
  7662. 1619
  7663. 01:25:00,734 --> 01:25:02,669
  7664. They can try and break
  7665. into your bank accounts,
  7666.  
  7667. 1620
  7668. 01:25:02,736 --> 01:25:03,870
  7669. attack you financially,
  7670.  
  7671. 1621
  7672. 01:25:03,937 --> 01:25:05,806
  7673. and if they can't
  7674. get to you personally
  7675.  
  7676. 1622
  7677. 01:25:05,872 --> 01:25:07,774
  7678. they'll target your family.
  7679.  
  7680. 1623
  7681. 01:25:07,841 --> 01:25:09,175
  7682. They create false stories,
  7683.  
  7684. 1624
  7685. 01:25:09,242 --> 01:25:12,646
  7686. seed it out there to try
  7687. and destroy your reputation.
  7688.  
  7689. 1625
  7690. 01:25:12,713 --> 01:25:16,650
  7691. ? You plant an idea,
  7692. a fake story, a lie.
  7693.  
  7694. 1626
  7695. 01:25:16,717 --> 01:25:17,851
  7696. ? It will take on
  7697. a life of its own
  7698.  
  7699. 1627
  7700. 01:25:17,918 --> 01:25:19,586
  7701. and you don't have
  7702. to do the propaganda.
  7703.  
  7704. 1628
  7705. 01:25:19,653 --> 01:25:21,454
  7706. The audience will do it for you.
  7707.  
  7708. 1629
  7709. 01:25:22,656 --> 01:25:25,592
  7710. Seth Rich was a campaign
  7711. worker for Hillary Clinton.
  7712.  
  7713. 1630
  7714. 01:25:25,659 --> 01:25:27,427
  7715. He turned up dead.
  7716.  
  7717. 1631
  7718. 01:25:27,493 --> 01:25:29,730
  7719. The Seth Rich story
  7720. was that he was the one
  7721.  
  7722. 1632
  7723. 01:25:29,796 --> 01:25:32,498
  7724. who stole the Democratic
  7725. Committee emails.
  7726.  
  7727. 1633
  7728. 01:25:32,566 --> 01:25:34,735
  7729. There's no evidence
  7730. to support that.
  7731.  
  7732. 1634
  7733. 01:25:34,801 --> 01:25:36,670
  7734. Today is, it's an
  7735. unsolved murder
  7736.  
  7737. 1635
  7738. 01:25:36,737 --> 01:25:38,839
  7739. but it's propagated both
  7740. by the alternative right
  7741.  
  7742. 1636
  7743. 01:25:38,905 --> 01:25:40,707
  7744. but also by groups
  7745. like Wikileaks.
  7746.  
  7747. 1637
  7748. 01:25:40,774 --> 01:25:42,576
  7749. Even to the point where
  7750. you have Russian ambassador
  7751.  
  7752. 1638
  7753. 01:25:42,643 --> 01:25:44,678
  7754. show up and say I think
  7755. there might be something
  7756.  
  7757. 1639
  7758. 01:25:44,745 --> 01:25:45,879
  7759. into this Seth Rich story.
  7760.  
  7761. 1640
  7762. 01:25:45,946 --> 01:25:48,615
  7763. That doubt that's there
  7764. really covers your hand
  7765.  
  7766. 1641
  7767. 01:25:48,682 --> 01:25:49,850
  7768. over the longer term.
  7769.  
  7770. 1642
  7771. 01:25:50,984 --> 01:25:53,687
  7772. ? And sometimes
  7773. the most outrageous
  7774.  
  7775. 1643
  7776. 01:25:53,754 --> 01:25:57,558
  7777. are the ones that you think
  7778. that you don't want to dignify
  7779.  
  7780. 1644
  7781. 01:25:57,624 --> 01:26:00,727
  7782. with a response to but that
  7783. I've subsequently learned
  7784.  
  7785. 1645
  7786. 01:26:00,794 --> 01:26:02,128
  7787. that's a kind of
  7788. dangerous proposition.
  7789.  
  7790. 1646
  7791. 01:26:02,195 --> 01:26:04,831
  7792. ? John Podesta says let's
  7793. go over to the pizza place
  7794.  
  7795. 1647
  7796. 01:26:04,898 --> 01:26:06,533
  7797. and all of a sudden it's a story
  7798.  
  7799. 1648
  7800. 01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:08,902
  7801. about child trafficking
  7802. ring in the basement
  7803.  
  7804. 1649
  7805. 01:26:08,969 --> 01:26:11,004
  7806. which doesn't exist
  7807. in the pizza place.
  7808.  
  7809. 1650
  7810. 01:26:11,071 --> 01:26:14,240
  7811. ? Resulted in a person who
  7812. had been reading this stuff
  7813.  
  7814. 1651
  7815. 01:26:14,307 --> 01:26:16,643
  7816. deciding that he would deputize
  7817. himself to come up here
  7818.  
  7819. 1652
  7820. 01:26:16,710 --> 01:26:19,613
  7821. with a gun, firing that
  7822. weapon in the pizza parlor.
  7823.  
  7824. 1653
  7825. 01:26:20,480 --> 01:26:21,782
  7826. But it just sort of never ends.
  7827.  
  7828. 1654
  7829. 01:26:24,084 --> 01:26:26,953
  7830. ? 2013 they were starting
  7831. to learn the power
  7832.  
  7833. 1655
  7834. 01:26:27,020 --> 01:26:28,622
  7835. of this influence.
  7836.  
  7837. 1656
  7838. 01:26:28,689 --> 01:26:31,858
  7839. In 2014 they were doing
  7840. capability development.
  7841.  
  7842. 1657
  7843. 01:26:31,925 --> 01:26:35,662
  7844. '15 was winning
  7845. audiences so that in 2016
  7846.  
  7847. 1658
  7848. 01:26:35,729 --> 01:26:37,831
  7849. you could actually go
  7850. after the U. S. election.
  7851.  
  7852. 1659
  7853. 01:26:39,499 --> 01:26:41,735
  7854. The primary message
  7855. would be one,
  7856.  
  7857. 1660
  7858. 01:26:41,802 --> 01:26:43,704
  7859. Hillary Clinton cannot
  7860. become president.
  7861.  
  7862. 1661
  7863. 01:26:43,770 --> 01:26:46,707
  7864. Second one is Trump is the
  7865. man to mend fences with Russia
  7866.  
  7867. 1662
  7868. 01:26:46,773 --> 01:26:50,043
  7869. and he's a great leader and a
  7870. nationalist much like Putin.
  7871.  
  7872. 1663
  7873. 01:26:50,110 --> 01:26:52,746
  7874. The third one was Bernie
  7875. Sanders got a raw deal
  7876.  
  7877. 1664
  7878. 01:26:52,813 --> 01:26:54,781
  7879. that you shouldn't even
  7880. come out to the polls.
  7881.  
  7882. 1665
  7883. 01:26:54,848 --> 01:26:58,685
  7884. ? The Russians in line with
  7885. right wing radical media
  7886.  
  7887. 1666
  7888. 01:26:58,752 --> 01:27:03,389
  7889. were creating false
  7890. stories to generate fear
  7891.  
  7892. 1667
  7893. 01:27:03,456 --> 01:27:05,425
  7894. and in story after
  7895. story after story.
  7896.  
  7897. 1668
  7898. 01:27:05,491 --> 01:27:07,060
  7899. ? [George] Secretary Clinton
  7900. had a serious disease.
  7901.  
  7902. 1669
  7903. 01:27:07,127 --> 01:27:08,194
  7904. ? [Man] Multiple sclerosis.
  7905.  
  7906. 1670
  7907. 01:27:08,261 --> 01:27:09,796
  7908. ? [Woman] Hillary's
  7909. gonna cause nuclear war.
  7910.  
  7911. 1671
  7912. 01:27:09,863 --> 01:27:10,964
  7913. ? [Man] Murderer of 30 people.
  7914.  
  7915. 1672
  7916. 01:27:11,031 --> 01:27:13,600
  7917. ? [Man] Funding Isis,
  7918. smuggling drugs.
  7919.  
  7920. 1673
  7921. 01:27:13,667 --> 01:27:15,001
  7922. ? Untrustworthy.
  7923. ? Pedophilia.
  7924.  
  7925. 1674
  7926. 01:27:15,068 --> 01:27:16,136
  7927. ? [Woman] Crooked.
  7928.  
  7929. 1675
  7930. 01:27:16,202 --> 01:27:17,704
  7931. ? Hillary Clinton
  7932. is the she devil.
  7933.  
  7934. 1676
  7935. 01:27:17,771 --> 01:27:20,874
  7936. ? Totally creepy falsehood.
  7937.  
  7938. 1677
  7939. 01:27:20,941 --> 01:27:22,876
  7940. ? Sometimes we found
  7941. in the United States
  7942.  
  7943. 1678
  7944. 01:27:22,943 --> 01:27:26,947
  7945. our greatest strength, free
  7946. speech, open societies,
  7947.  
  7948. 1679
  7949. 01:27:27,013 --> 01:27:31,852
  7950. a democracy can also be one of
  7951. our greatest vulnerabilities.
  7952.  
  7953. 1680
  7954. 01:27:31,918 --> 01:27:36,923
  7955. ? I don't think we were
  7956. fully aware of the impact,
  7957.  
  7958. 1681
  7959. 01:27:37,891 --> 01:27:39,025
  7960. the effects that it was having.
  7961.  
  7962. 1682
  7963. 01:27:39,092 --> 01:27:42,829
  7964. So much of it seemed
  7965. surreal, ridiculous.
  7966.  
  7967. 1683
  7968. 01:27:42,896 --> 01:27:46,633
  7969. ? By utilizing our
  7970. openness, they exploited us.
  7971.  
  7972. 1684
  7973. 01:27:46,700 --> 01:27:48,902
  7974. If people that I knew personally
  7975.  
  7976. 1685
  7977. 01:27:48,969 --> 01:27:50,537
  7978. to be thinking
  7979. thoughtful people,
  7980.  
  7981. 1686
  7982. 01:27:50,604 --> 01:27:54,508
  7983. if they were sharing
  7984. the propaganda, who
  7985. else was sharing?
  7986.  
  7987. 1687
  7988. 01:27:54,575 --> 01:27:55,876
  7989. ? Everyone falls for fake news.
  7990.  
  7991. 1688
  7992. 01:27:55,942 --> 01:27:56,977
  7993. I've fallen for fake news.
  7994.  
  7995. 1689
  7996. 01:27:57,043 --> 01:28:01,748
  7997. ? Over the last 75
  7998. days, the top 20
  7999.  
  8000. 1690
  8001. 01:28:01,815 --> 01:28:04,885
  8002. demonstrably fake stories,
  8003.  
  8004. 1691
  8005. 01:28:04,951 --> 01:28:07,621
  8006. got more Facebook
  8007. likes and shares
  8008.  
  8009. 1692
  8010. 01:28:07,688 --> 01:28:11,592
  8011. than the top 20 campaign
  8012. stories from mainstream media.
  8013.  
  8014. 1693
  8015. 01:28:11,658 --> 01:28:15,729
  8016. ? It laid the groundwork
  8017. for Sanders supporters
  8018.  
  8019. 1694
  8020. 01:28:15,796 --> 01:28:17,598
  8021. to say I've had it.
  8022.  
  8023. 1695
  8024. 01:28:17,664 --> 01:28:19,432
  8025. ? They actually have
  8026. won over a segment
  8027.  
  8028. 1696
  8029. 01:28:19,499 --> 01:28:22,402
  8030. of the U. S. audience like
  8031. Russia's never won over before.
  8032.  
  8033. 1697
  8034. 01:28:22,468 --> 01:28:23,770
  8035. A white nationalists rally
  8036.  
  8037. 1698
  8038. 01:28:23,837 --> 01:28:26,507
  8039. in Charlottesville,
  8040. Virginia, where they chanted.
  8041.  
  8042. 1699
  8043. 01:28:31,111 --> 01:28:35,849
  8044. ? Recent polling indicates
  8045. that 49% of Republican voters,
  8046.  
  8047. 1700
  8048. 01:28:35,916 --> 01:28:38,118
  8049. I'm sad to say, believe that,
  8050.  
  8051. 1701
  8052. 01:28:38,184 --> 01:28:40,787
  8053. that Putin and that
  8054. Russia are either
  8055.  
  8056. 1702
  8057. 01:28:40,854 --> 01:28:43,857
  8058. an ally or a friendly nation.
  8059.  
  8060. 1703
  8061. 01:28:43,924 --> 01:28:47,561
  8062. ? The question is who
  8063. helped guide the decisions
  8064.  
  8065. 1704
  8066. 01:28:47,628 --> 01:28:48,929
  8067. that the Russians were making,
  8068.  
  8069. 1705
  8070. 01:28:48,995 --> 01:28:50,496
  8071. what ads they may have bought.
  8072.  
  8073. 1706
  8074. 01:28:50,564 --> 01:28:52,432
  8075. What kinds of fake news
  8076.  
  8077. 1707
  8078. 01:28:52,498 --> 01:28:54,701
  8079. they thought would
  8080. be most effective.
  8081.  
  8082. 1708
  8083. 01:28:54,768 --> 01:28:56,737
  8084. ? If you know the personality
  8085.  
  8086. 1709
  8087. 01:28:56,803 --> 01:28:58,238
  8088. of the people you're targeting,
  8089.  
  8090. 1710
  8091. 01:28:58,304 --> 01:29:01,808
  8092. you can nuance your messaging
  8093. to resonate more effectively
  8094.  
  8095. 1711
  8096. 01:29:01,875 --> 01:29:03,844
  8097. with those key audience groups.
  8098.  
  8099. 1712
  8100. 01:29:03,910 --> 01:29:06,913
  8101. This information is quite
  8102. helpful to a campaign manager.
  8103.  
  8104. 1713
  8105. 01:29:07,948 --> 01:29:09,415
  8106. ? Cambridge Analytica popped up
  8107.  
  8108. 1714
  8109. 01:29:09,482 --> 01:29:13,687
  8110. growing out of an experiment,
  8111. behavioral science experiment
  8112.  
  8113. 1715
  8114. 01:29:13,754 --> 01:29:16,823
  8115. at Cambridge University
  8116. to see whether they could
  8117.  
  8118. 1716
  8119. 01:29:16,890 --> 01:29:21,628
  8120. analyze large numbers
  8121. of people using Facebook
  8122.  
  8123. 1717
  8124. 01:29:21,695 --> 01:29:25,799
  8125. because people are spilling
  8126. their feelings to their friends,
  8127.  
  8128. 1718
  8129. 01:29:25,866 --> 01:29:27,934
  8130. hundreds of millions of
  8131. people in their pool.
  8132.  
  8133. 1719
  8134. 01:29:28,001 --> 01:29:29,269
  8135. ? We have somewhere close to
  8136.  
  8137. 1720
  8138. 01:29:29,335 --> 01:29:31,905
  8139. four or five thousand
  8140. data points on every adult
  8141.  
  8142. 1721
  8143. 01:29:31,972 --> 01:29:33,173
  8144. in the United States.
  8145.  
  8146. 1722
  8147. 01:29:33,239 --> 01:29:35,576
  8148. We can see where these
  8149. people are on the map.
  8150.  
  8151. 1723
  8152. 01:29:35,642 --> 01:29:38,812
  8153. ? They were able to take
  8154. that to micro segment.
  8155.  
  8156. 1724
  8157. 01:29:38,879 --> 01:29:41,915
  8158. You belong to a group
  8159. of 12 like?minded people
  8160.  
  8161. 1725
  8162. 01:29:41,982 --> 01:29:43,950
  8163. exactly like you
  8164. who are interested
  8165.  
  8166. 1726
  8167. 01:29:44,017 --> 01:29:46,119
  8168. in the same things
  8169. around the country.
  8170.  
  8171. 1727
  8172. 01:29:46,186 --> 01:29:48,689
  8173. ? These are people who
  8174. are definitely going
  8175.  
  8176. 1728
  8177. 01:29:48,755 --> 01:29:51,224
  8178. to vote but they need
  8179. moving from the center
  8180.  
  8181. 1729
  8182. 01:29:51,291 --> 01:29:53,026
  8183. a little bit more
  8184. towards the right.
  8185.  
  8186. 1730
  8187. 01:29:53,093 --> 01:29:55,028
  8188. ? You're not supposed
  8189. to go into Facebook
  8190.  
  8191. 1731
  8192. 01:29:55,095 --> 01:29:58,198
  8193. and harvest that
  8194. kind of information.
  8195.  
  8196. 1732
  8197. 01:29:58,264 --> 01:30:02,202
  8198. Cambridge Analytica
  8199. got its Facebook data
  8200.  
  8201. 1733
  8202. 01:30:02,268 --> 01:30:04,237
  8203. in a sort of quasi?legal way.
  8204.  
  8205. 1734
  8206. 01:30:04,304 --> 01:30:06,873
  8207. ? We can look at what
  8208. issue they care about.
  8209.  
  8210. 1735
  8211. 01:30:06,940 --> 01:30:08,742
  8212. Gun rights I've selected.
  8213.  
  8214. 1736
  8215. 01:30:08,809 --> 01:30:11,512
  8216. That narrows the field
  8217. slightly more and now we know
  8218.  
  8219. 1737
  8220. 01:30:11,578 --> 01:30:13,847
  8221. that we need a
  8222. message on gun rights.
  8223.  
  8224. 1738
  8225. 01:30:13,914 --> 01:30:15,849
  8226. It needs to be a
  8227. persuasion message
  8228.  
  8229. 1739
  8230. 01:30:15,916 --> 01:30:17,551
  8231. and it needs to be nuanced
  8232.  
  8233. 1740
  8234. 01:30:17,618 --> 01:30:19,485
  8235. according to the
  8236. certain personality
  8237.  
  8238. 1741
  8239. 01:30:19,553 --> 01:30:20,787
  8240. that we're interested in.
  8241.  
  8242. 1742
  8243. 01:30:20,854 --> 01:30:23,824
  8244. ? They were very involved
  8245. in the Brexit vote.
  8246.  
  8247. 1743
  8248. 01:30:25,291 --> 01:30:27,894
  8249. ? We saw the Russian
  8250. bot armies, the trolls,
  8251.  
  8252. 1744
  8253. 01:30:27,961 --> 01:30:30,697
  8254. have a very pro Brexit message.
  8255.  
  8256. 1745
  8257. 01:30:30,764 --> 01:30:33,600
  8258. ? There have been allegations
  8259. that Cambridge Analytica
  8260.  
  8261. 1746
  8262. 01:30:33,667 --> 01:30:38,004
  8263. supported it through a small
  8264. office above a pizza shop,
  8265.  
  8266. 1747
  8267. 01:30:38,071 --> 01:30:41,908
  8268. which is not exactly the
  8269. kind of place you think
  8270.  
  8271. 1748
  8272. 01:30:41,975 --> 01:30:45,178
  8273. would be the center for
  8274. international intrigue
  8275.  
  8276. 1749
  8277. 01:30:45,245 --> 01:30:46,780
  8278. unless it was just a cutout
  8279.  
  8280. 1750
  8281. 01:30:46,847 --> 01:30:49,850
  8282. for somebody much more
  8283. consequential behind it.
  8284.  
  8285. 1751
  8286. 01:30:51,151 --> 01:30:54,588
  8287. ? [Craig] Cambridge
  8288. Analytics is owned by SCL.
  8289.  
  8290. 1752
  8291. 01:30:54,655 --> 01:30:58,525
  8292. ? A larger and much more
  8293. sinister global election
  8294.  
  8295. 1753
  8296. 01:30:58,592 --> 01:31:03,029
  8297. tampering operation using
  8298. big data and technology.
  8299.  
  8300. 1754
  8301. 01:31:03,096 --> 01:31:05,966
  8302. ? SCL is in turn owned
  8303. by shell companies
  8304.  
  8305. 1755
  8306. 01:31:06,032 --> 01:31:08,835
  8307. that you can trace
  8308. back to Dmitry Firtash
  8309.  
  8310. 1756
  8311. 01:31:09,803 --> 01:31:12,038
  8312. who again is tied to Mogilevich.
  8313.  
  8314. 1757
  8315. 01:31:15,809 --> 01:31:18,278
  8316. That would complete
  8317. the entire string
  8318.  
  8319. 1758
  8320. 01:31:18,344 --> 01:31:21,615
  8321. and show crime boss
  8322. and Mogilevich involved
  8323.  
  8324. 1759
  8325. 01:31:21,682 --> 01:31:24,951
  8326. starting out with pure and
  8327. simple money laundering in 1984
  8328.  
  8329. 1760
  8330. 01:31:25,018 --> 01:31:27,988
  8331. with Trump properties going
  8332. forward more than 32 years
  8333.  
  8334. 1761
  8335. 01:31:28,054 --> 01:31:31,692
  8336. to the election in which
  8337. this data mining firm
  8338.  
  8339. 1762
  8340. 01:31:31,758 --> 01:31:33,794
  8341. Cambridge Analytica is
  8342. playing a very, very big role
  8343.  
  8344. 1763
  8345. 01:31:33,860 --> 01:31:36,029
  8346. in the Trump campaign
  8347. and helping him win.
  8348.  
  8349. 1764
  8350. 01:31:43,670 --> 01:31:46,039
  8351. ? Of the two candidates
  8352. left in this election,
  8353.  
  8354. 1765
  8355. 01:31:46,106 --> 01:31:48,575
  8356. one of them is using
  8357. these technologies
  8358.  
  8359. 1766
  8360. 01:31:48,642 --> 01:31:50,310
  8361. and it's gonna be very
  8362. interesting to see
  8363.  
  8364. 1767
  8365. 01:31:50,376 --> 01:31:53,346
  8366. how they impact the
  8367. next several weeks.
  8368.  
  8369. 1768
  8370. 01:31:53,413 --> 01:31:54,681
  8371. Thank you.
  8372.  
  8373. 1769
  8374. 01:31:54,748 --> 01:31:56,116
  8375. ? [Nina] One of the big
  8376. investors in Cambridge Analytica
  8377.  
  8378. 1770
  8379. 01:31:56,182 --> 01:31:57,851
  8380. is Robert Mercer.
  8381.  
  8382. 1771
  8383. 01:32:02,889 --> 01:32:05,058
  8384. He's a hedge fund billionaire.
  8385.  
  8386. 1772
  8387. 01:32:32,352 --> 01:32:35,922
  8388. ? Cyber scientists on the
  8389. outside noticed this server
  8390.  
  8391. 1773
  8392. 01:32:35,989 --> 01:32:38,258
  8393. that was configured
  8394. in a very unusual way
  8395.  
  8396. 1774
  8397. 01:32:38,324 --> 01:32:42,696
  8398. that was a direct link
  8399. essentially from a Russian bank,
  8400.  
  8401. 1775
  8402. 01:32:42,763 --> 01:32:45,165
  8403. Alfa bank, and Trump Tower.
  8404.  
  8405. 1776
  8406. 01:32:48,101 --> 01:32:50,771
  8407. ? [Man] That would
  8408. obviously explain
  8409.  
  8410. 1777
  8411. 01:32:50,837 --> 01:32:53,006
  8412. a major path of communications.
  8413.  
  8414. 1778
  8415. 01:32:53,073 --> 01:32:54,240
  8416. ? Trump Tower.
  8417.  
  8418. 1779
  8419. 01:32:54,307 --> 01:32:56,943
  8420. They seemed to have
  8421. premonitions of things
  8422.  
  8423. 1780
  8424. 01:32:57,010 --> 01:32:59,012
  8425. that were gonna happen
  8426. that in fact did happen.
  8427.  
  8428. 1781
  8429. 01:32:59,079 --> 01:33:01,682
  8430. Roger Stone in August
  8431. saying it would be my turn
  8432.  
  8433. 1782
  8434. 01:33:01,748 --> 01:33:03,917
  8435. at the barrel while
  8436. he simultaneously
  8437.  
  8438. 1783
  8439. 01:33:03,984 --> 01:33:06,119
  8440. involved with Wikileaks.
  8441.  
  8442. 1784
  8443. 01:33:06,186 --> 01:33:11,024
  8444. ? I actually have
  8445. communicated with Assange.
  8446.  
  8447. 1785
  8448. 01:33:11,091 --> 01:33:13,026
  8449. I believe the next
  8450. crunch of documents
  8451.  
  8452. 1786
  8453. 01:33:13,093 --> 01:33:16,129
  8454. pertain to the
  8455. Clinton Foundation
  8456.  
  8457. 1787
  8458. 01:33:16,196 --> 01:33:19,666
  8459. but there's no telling what
  8460. the October surprise may be.
  8461.  
  8462. 1788
  8463. 01:33:19,733 --> 01:33:23,737
  8464. ? October 7, 2016, three
  8465. major things happened.
  8466.  
  8467. 1789
  8468. 01:33:23,804 --> 01:33:24,971
  8469. The Department of
  8470. Homeland Security
  8471.  
  8472. 1790
  8473. 01:33:25,038 --> 01:33:27,107
  8474. and the Director of
  8475. National Intelligence
  8476.  
  8477. 1791
  8478. 01:33:27,173 --> 01:33:30,076
  8479. made a public statement and
  8480. said the government hacking
  8481.  
  8482. 1792
  8483. 01:33:30,143 --> 01:33:32,045
  8484. during the 2016
  8485. election was none other
  8486.  
  8487. 1793
  8488. 01:33:32,112 --> 01:33:34,848
  8489. than the Russian Federation
  8490. and that this decision
  8491.  
  8492. 1794
  8493. 01:33:34,915 --> 01:33:38,184
  8494. could have only been
  8495. made by Vladimir Putin.
  8496.  
  8497. 1795
  8498. 01:33:38,251 --> 01:33:41,655
  8499. On the same day the Access
  8500. Hollywood tapes were revealed.
  8501.  
  8502. 1796
  8503. 01:33:47,393 --> 01:33:48,061
  8504. Those two things.
  8505.  
  8506. 1797
  8507. 01:33:48,128 --> 01:33:49,195
  8508. A third thing happened.
  8509.  
  8510. 1798
  8511. 01:33:49,262 --> 01:33:51,632
  8512. John Podesta's
  8513. emails were released.
  8514.  
  8515. 1799
  8516. 01:33:53,033 --> 01:33:55,235
  8517. ? Wikileaks posted more
  8518. than 2,000 additional emails
  8519.  
  8520. 1800
  8521. 01:33:55,301 --> 01:33:58,371
  8522. from Hillary Clinton's
  8523. campaign chair, John Podesta.
  8524.  
  8525. 1801
  8526. 01:33:58,438 --> 01:33:59,840
  8527. ? I never heard from the FBI
  8528.  
  8529. 1802
  8530. 01:33:59,906 --> 01:34:02,275
  8531. until two days after my emails
  8532. started getting released.
  8533.  
  8534. 1803
  8535. 01:34:02,342 --> 01:34:03,910
  8536. They said you may
  8537. not be aware of this
  8538.  
  8539. 1804
  8540. 01:34:03,977 --> 01:34:05,078
  8541. but your emails
  8542. have been hacked.
  8543.  
  8544. 1805
  8545. 01:34:05,145 --> 01:34:07,247
  8546. I said, yes, I've been
  8547. watching it for 48 hours
  8548.  
  8549. 1806
  8550. 01:34:07,313 --> 01:34:11,451
  8551. on every cable story,
  8552. you know, in the country.
  8553.  
  8554. 1807
  8555. 01:34:11,518 --> 01:34:14,054
  8556. That was actually the last
  8557. time I talked to the FBI.
  8558.  
  8559. 1808
  8560. 01:34:14,120 --> 01:34:16,723
  8561. ? There was a lot more
  8562. that was coming out
  8563.  
  8564. 1809
  8565. 01:34:16,790 --> 01:34:19,826
  8566. that we were aware of that
  8567. we couldn't get the press
  8568.  
  8569. 1810
  8570. 01:34:19,893 --> 01:34:21,394
  8571. to pay any attention to.
  8572.  
  8573. 1811
  8574. 01:34:21,461 --> 01:34:24,430
  8575. I tried in my speeches
  8576. and then culminating
  8577.  
  8578. 1812
  8579. 01:34:24,497 --> 01:34:25,899
  8580. in the third debate.
  8581.  
  8582. 1813
  8583. 01:34:25,966 --> 01:34:28,902
  8584. ? Look, from everything I see
  8585.  
  8586. 1814
  8587. 01:34:28,969 --> 01:34:32,472
  8588. has no respect for this person.
  8589.  
  8590. 1815
  8591. 01:34:32,539 --> 01:34:33,674
  8592. ? Well, that's
  8593. because he'd rather
  8594.  
  8595. 1816
  8596. 01:34:33,740 --> 01:34:36,209
  8597. have a puppet as president.
  8598. ? No puppet.
  8599.  
  8600. 1817
  8601. 01:34:36,276 --> 01:34:37,377
  8602. No puppet.
  8603.  
  8604. 1818
  8605. 01:34:37,443 --> 01:34:38,111
  8606. ? United States and
  8607. it's pretty clear.
  8608.  
  8609. 1819
  8610. 01:34:38,178 --> 01:34:39,279
  8611. ? You're the puppet.
  8612.  
  8613. 1820
  8614. 01:34:39,345 --> 01:34:40,113
  8615. ? It's pretty clear
  8616. you won't admit??
  8617.  
  8618. 1821
  8619. 01:34:40,180 --> 01:34:41,982
  8620. ? [Donald] No you won't??
  8621.  
  8622. 1822
  8623. 01:34:42,048 --> 01:34:43,416
  8624. ?
  8625. That the Russians have engaged
  8626.  
  8627. 1823
  8628. 01:34:43,483 --> 01:34:44,785
  8629. in cyber?attacks against the
  8630. United States of America.
  8631.  
  8632. 1824
  8633. 01:34:44,851 --> 01:34:50,423
  8634. That you encouraged
  8635. espionage against our people.
  8636.  
  8637. 1825
  8638. 01:34:51,592 --> 01:34:54,194
  8639. That you are willing to
  8640. spout the Putin line,
  8641.  
  8642. 1826
  8643. 01:34:54,260 --> 01:34:57,297
  8644. sign up for his wish
  8645. list, break up NATO,
  8646.  
  8647. 1827
  8648. 01:34:57,363 --> 01:34:59,533
  8649. do whatever he wants to do.
  8650.  
  8651. 1828
  8652. 01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:02,202
  8653. ? We went into election
  8654. day believing that we had
  8655.  
  8656. 1829
  8657. 01:35:02,268 --> 01:35:05,038
  8658. a lead in the popular vote
  8659. which proved to be true.
  8660.  
  8661. 1830
  8662. 01:35:06,272 --> 01:35:08,041
  8663. Michigan, Wisconsin
  8664. and Pennsylvania,
  8665.  
  8666. 1831
  8667. 01:35:08,108 --> 01:35:10,143
  8668. we felt like we had a
  8669. lead in all those states
  8670.  
  8671. 1832
  8672. 01:35:10,210 --> 01:35:12,078
  8673. and that proved to be not true
  8674.  
  8675. 1833
  8676. 01:35:12,145 --> 01:35:15,215
  8677. so he won by a combined
  8678. total in those three states
  8679.  
  8680. 1834
  8681. 01:35:15,281 --> 01:35:17,283
  8682. of 70,000 votes and
  8683. gave him the presidency.
  8684.  
  8685. 1835
  8686. 01:35:26,326 --> 01:35:27,928
  8687. ? Sorry to keep you waiting.
  8688.  
  8689. 1836
  8690. 01:35:27,994 --> 01:35:29,730
  8691. Complicated business.
  8692.  
  8693. 1837
  8694. 01:35:49,115 --> 01:35:50,250
  8695. ? During the transition,
  8696.  
  8697. 1838
  8698. 01:35:50,316 --> 01:35:54,287
  8699. Jared Kushner met with a
  8700. sanctioned Russian bank.
  8701.  
  8702. 1839
  8703. 01:35:54,354 --> 01:35:55,455
  8704. ? Gorkov, the head of that bank,
  8705.  
  8706. 1840
  8707. 01:35:55,522 --> 01:35:57,991
  8708. got his training not in
  8709. the banker's academy.
  8710.  
  8711. 1841
  8712. 01:35:58,058 --> 01:36:00,126
  8713. He's a trained KGB agent.
  8714.  
  8715. 1842
  8716. 01:36:01,427 --> 01:36:03,263
  8717. And its offices all
  8718. around the world
  8719.  
  8720. 1843
  8721. 01:36:03,329 --> 01:36:05,932
  8722. are always understood
  8723. to be providing cover
  8724.  
  8725. 1844
  8726. 01:36:05,999 --> 01:36:07,934
  8727. for Russian
  8728. intelligence operations.
  8729.  
  8730. 1845
  8731. 01:36:08,001 --> 01:36:10,370
  8732. ? What did you really speak
  8733. to Jared Kushner about
  8734.  
  8735. 1846
  8736. 01:36:10,436 --> 01:36:13,073
  8737. in New York when you
  8738. met him in December?
  8739. akumenang.com
  8740.  
  8741. 1847
  8742. 01:36:13,139 --> 01:36:15,408
  8743. ? [Reporter] The Russian bank
  8744. said they talked business.
  8745.  
  8746. 1848
  8747. 01:36:15,475 --> 01:36:19,279
  8748. White House says they talked
  8749. future U. S./Russia relations.
  8750.  
  8751. 1849
  8752. 01:36:19,345 --> 01:36:21,381
  8753. ? If he was doing this
  8754. for business purposes
  8755.  
  8756. 1850
  8757. 01:36:21,447 --> 01:36:23,049
  8758. it would be a
  8759. violation of the law.
  8760.  
  8761. 1851
  8762. 01:36:23,116 --> 01:36:25,285
  8763. If he was doing this
  8764. for political purposes
  8765.  
  8766. 1852
  8767. 01:36:25,351 --> 01:36:27,120
  8768. there are serious
  8769. questions about whether he
  8770.  
  8771. 1853
  8772. 01:36:27,187 --> 01:36:29,389
  8773. or anyone on the campaign
  8774. were working with Russians
  8775.  
  8776. 1854
  8777. 01:36:29,455 --> 01:36:31,124
  8778. during the
  8779. interference campaign.
  8780.  
  8781. 1855
  8782. 01:36:31,191 --> 01:36:33,293
  8783. ? The crown jewel for
  8784. any intelligence agency
  8785.  
  8786. 1856
  8787. 01:36:33,359 --> 01:36:36,396
  8788. is to recruit an asset inside
  8789.  
  8790. 1857
  8791. 01:36:36,462 --> 01:36:38,364
  8792. your adversary's
  8793. intelligence agency
  8794.  
  8795. 1858
  8796. 01:36:40,333 --> 01:36:42,368
  8797. because that person
  8798. can of course report
  8799.  
  8800. 1859
  8801. 01:36:42,435 --> 01:36:45,539
  8802. on intelligence operations
  8803. against your own country.
  8804.  
  8805. 1860
  8806. 01:36:45,606 --> 01:36:48,241
  8807. ? For Donald Trump
  8808. to put Michael Flynn
  8809.  
  8810. 1861
  8811. 01:36:48,308 --> 01:36:50,243
  8812. in the role of National
  8813. Security Advisor
  8814.  
  8815. 1862
  8816. 01:36:50,310 --> 01:36:53,647
  8817. shows that they were
  8818. extremely incompetent
  8819.  
  8820. 1863
  8821. 01:36:53,714 --> 01:36:56,482
  8822. in their vetting of an
  8823. individual who was working
  8824.  
  8825. 1864
  8826. 01:36:56,550 --> 01:36:59,886
  8827. as an unregistered foreign
  8828. agent on behalf of Turkey.
  8829.  
  8830. 1865
  8831. 01:36:59,953 --> 01:37:03,189
  8832. Who had extensive ties to a
  8833. foreign adversary in Russia
  8834.  
  8835. 1866
  8836. 01:37:03,256 --> 01:37:06,426
  8837. and wasn't disclosing
  8838. those ties or that was one
  8839.  
  8840. 1867
  8841. 01:37:06,492 --> 01:37:10,330
  8842. of his highest qualifications
  8843. and Donald Trump liked that.
  8844.  
  8845. 1868
  8846. 01:37:10,396 --> 01:37:15,201
  8847. ? I was invited to take my
  8848. old job as CIA director back.
  8849.  
  8850. 1869
  8851. 01:37:15,268 --> 01:37:17,938
  8852. And I learned that I
  8853. would have had to report
  8854.  
  8855. 1870
  8856. 01:37:18,004 --> 01:37:20,273
  8857. to the president
  8858. through Mike Flynn.
  8859.  
  8860. 1871
  8861. 01:37:20,340 --> 01:37:22,509
  8862. They pressed me to go
  8863. to a particular meeting
  8864.  
  8865. 1872
  8866. 01:37:22,576 --> 01:37:25,145
  8867. where there were
  8868. several Turks present
  8869.  
  8870. 1873
  8871. 01:37:25,211 --> 01:37:27,581
  8872. and it was clear they
  8873. were thinking seriously
  8874.  
  8875. 1874
  8876. 01:37:27,648 --> 01:37:31,317
  8877. about taking him into custody
  8878. Gulan in Western Pennsylvania
  8879.  
  8880. 1875
  8881. 01:37:31,384 --> 01:37:33,987
  8882. which would have been completely
  8883. illegal under American law.
  8884.  
  8885. 1876
  8886. 01:37:34,054 --> 01:37:36,022
  8887. I told them that and left.
  8888.  
  8889. 1877
  8890. 01:37:38,424 --> 01:37:41,427
  8891. I decided I did not want
  8892. to report through Mike
  8893.  
  8894. 1878
  8895. 01:37:41,494 --> 01:37:44,531
  8896. and so I turned down the offer.
  8897.  
  8898. 1879
  8899. 01:37:44,598 --> 01:37:45,699
  8900. ? President?elect Donald Trump
  8901.  
  8902. 1880
  8903. 01:37:45,766 --> 01:37:48,134
  8904. sent out an email
  8905. announcing his pick
  8906.  
  8907. 1881
  8908. 01:37:48,201 --> 01:37:49,369
  8909. for Secretary of State.
  8910.  
  8911. 1882
  8912. 01:37:49,435 --> 01:37:52,372
  8913. Exxon Mobil chairman
  8914. and CEO Rex Tillerson,
  8915.  
  8916. 1883
  8917. 01:37:52,438 --> 01:37:55,609
  8918. despite concerns over
  8919. his close ties to Russia.
  8920.  
  8921. 1884
  8922. 01:37:56,777 --> 01:37:58,378
  8923. ? I mean, this is
  8924. a guy who was given
  8925.  
  8926. 1885
  8927. 01:37:58,444 --> 01:38:01,381
  8928. a friendship award
  8929. by Vladimir Putin.
  8930.  
  8931. 1886
  8932. 01:38:01,447 --> 01:38:03,449
  8933. ? I have a very close
  8934. relationship with him
  8935.  
  8936. 1887
  8937. 01:38:03,517 --> 01:38:06,319
  8938. which dates back
  8939. almost 15 years now.
  8940.  
  8941. 1888
  8942. 01:38:06,386 --> 01:38:09,489
  8943. ? I believe that Rex Tillerson
  8944. was chosen by Donald Trump
  8945.  
  8946. 1889
  8947. 01:38:09,556 --> 01:38:11,525
  8948. for primarily one reason.
  8949.  
  8950. 1890
  8951. 01:38:11,592 --> 01:38:16,029
  8952. He would not stand in
  8953. the way of Donald Trump's
  8954.  
  8955. 1891
  8956. 01:38:16,096 --> 01:38:19,700
  8957. prevailing policy
  8958. interests which is to align
  8959.  
  8960. 1892
  8961. 01:38:19,766 --> 01:38:23,570
  8962. the United States with
  8963. Vladimir Putin's regime.
  8964.  
  8965. 1893
  8966. 01:38:23,637 --> 01:38:26,372
  8967. And I think that's
  8968. exactly what he's done.
  8969.  
  8970. 1894
  8971. 01:38:26,439 --> 01:38:27,908
  8972. He's facilitated it.
  8973.  
  8974. 1895
  8975. 01:38:29,409 --> 01:38:32,045
  8976. ? Putin and Rex Tillerson had
  8977. been trying to put together
  8978.  
  8979. 1896
  8980. 01:38:32,112 --> 01:38:36,449
  8981. a 500 billion dollar
  8982. Arctic Exploration deal.
  8983.  
  8984. 1897
  8985. 01:38:36,517 --> 01:38:39,085
  8986. ? Exxon Mobil has won a
  8987. highly coveted contract
  8988.  
  8989. 1898
  8990. 01:38:39,152 --> 01:38:40,353
  8991. with Russia's Rozneft.
  8992.  
  8993. 1899
  8994. 01:38:40,420 --> 01:38:43,089
  8995. ? You know, my philosophy
  8996. is to make money.
  8997.  
  8998. 1900
  8999. 01:38:43,156 --> 01:38:46,727
  9000. And so if I can
  9001. drill and make money
  9002.  
  9003. 1901
  9004. 01:38:46,793 --> 01:38:48,595
  9005. then that's what I want to do.
  9006.  
  9007. 1902
  9008. 01:38:51,397 --> 01:38:54,100
  9009. ? But it had been put on hold
  9010. by the Obama Administration
  9011.  
  9012. 1903
  9013. 01:38:54,167 --> 01:38:55,669
  9014. when the sanctions were imposed.
  9015.  
  9016. 1904
  9017. 01:38:57,470 --> 01:38:59,505
  9018. ? One of the fascinating
  9019. things in that dossier,
  9020.  
  9021. 1905
  9022. 01:38:59,573 --> 01:39:01,374
  9023. Steele sources told
  9024. him that Rozneft,
  9025.  
  9026. 1906
  9027. 01:39:01,441 --> 01:39:03,443
  9028. big Russian oil company
  9029. owned by the state,
  9030.  
  9031. 1907
  9032. 01:39:03,510 --> 01:39:06,146
  9033. that 19% of it was
  9034. gonna be sold off.
  9035.  
  9036. 1908
  9037. 01:39:06,212 --> 01:39:08,381
  9038. And that there'd be money for
  9039. people who were able to get.
  9040.  
  9041. 1909
  9042. 01:39:08,448 --> 01:39:09,650
  9043. U.S. sanctions removed.
  9044.  
  9045. 1910
  9046. 01:39:14,588 --> 01:39:19,593
  9047. Well, sure enough in December
  9048. that percentage of Rozneft
  9049.  
  9050. 1911
  9051. 01:39:20,827 --> 01:39:23,597
  9052. was sold off in a method by
  9053. which involved Shell companies
  9054.  
  9055. 1912
  9056. 01:39:23,664 --> 01:39:26,099
  9057. in the Grand Caymans
  9058. which are nontransparent
  9059.  
  9060. 1913
  9061. 01:39:26,166 --> 01:39:27,601
  9062. so which you can't penetrate.
  9063.  
  9064. 1914
  9065. 01:39:29,302 --> 01:39:31,738
  9066. ? Only someone in
  9067. the highest echelons
  9068.  
  9069. 1915
  9070. 01:39:31,805 --> 01:39:34,641
  9071. of Rozneft would have
  9072. access to that information.
  9073.  
  9074. 1916
  9075. 01:39:38,612 --> 01:39:41,381
  9076. ? And obviously somebody
  9077. talking to Chris Steele
  9078.  
  9079. 1917
  9080. 01:39:41,447 --> 01:39:45,118
  9081. knew a lot about it many
  9082. months before it happened.
  9083.  
  9084. 1918
  9085. 01:39:49,355 --> 01:39:51,457
  9086. ? The Russian hand in
  9087. these influence efforts,
  9088.  
  9089. 1919
  9090. 01:39:51,525 --> 01:39:52,593
  9091. ultimately they'll
  9092. try and hide it
  9093.  
  9094. 1920
  9095. 01:39:52,659 --> 01:39:54,327
  9096. and they do it with two methods,
  9097.  
  9098. 1921
  9099. 01:39:54,394 --> 01:39:57,097
  9100. putting them in jail
  9101. or killing people off.
  9102.  
  9103. 1922
  9104. 01:39:57,163 --> 01:39:59,566
  9105. (gun firing)
  9106.  
  9107. 1923
  9108. 01:39:59,633 --> 01:40:02,102
  9109. ? Arrests in which
  9110. people were dragged out
  9111.  
  9112. 1924
  9113. 01:40:02,168 --> 01:40:04,470
  9114. had black bags put
  9115. over their heads.
  9116.  
  9117. 1925
  9118. 01:40:04,538 --> 01:40:06,306
  9119. Charged for treason.
  9120.  
  9121. 1926
  9122. 01:40:06,372 --> 01:40:09,442
  9123. These people may have
  9124. been Chris Steele sources
  9125.  
  9126. 1927
  9127. 01:40:09,510 --> 01:40:12,579
  9128. or Russian intelligence may
  9129. have suspected that they were.
  9130.  
  9131. 1928
  9132. 01:40:14,147 --> 01:40:16,783
  9133. The day after Christmas,
  9134. General Oleg Erovenkin,
  9135.  
  9136. 1929
  9137. 01:40:16,850 --> 01:40:21,321
  9138. who was the Chief of Staff
  9139. of Rozneft was assassinated
  9140.  
  9141. 1930
  9142. 01:40:21,387 --> 01:40:24,424
  9143. in the back of a car in
  9144. the center of Moscow.
  9145.  
  9146. 1931
  9147. 01:40:24,490 --> 01:40:27,193
  9148. ? [Clint] The head of RT
  9149. English mysterious death
  9150.  
  9151. 1932
  9152. 01:40:27,260 --> 01:40:28,494
  9153. in Washington, D. C.
  9154.  
  9155. 1933
  9156. 01:40:29,863 --> 01:40:31,865
  9157. A Russian diplomat stationed
  9158. here in New York City
  9159.  
  9160. 1934
  9161. 01:40:31,932 --> 01:40:34,200
  9162. had actually died
  9163. on election day.
  9164.  
  9165. 1935
  9166. 01:40:35,869 --> 01:40:38,572
  9167. ? You've got obvious interests
  9168. on the part of the Russians.
  9169.  
  9170. 1936
  9171. 01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:40,607
  9172. And of course on the
  9173. other side of the equation
  9174.  
  9175. 1937
  9176. 01:40:40,674 --> 01:40:42,609
  9177. you have all of these
  9178. contacts going back to Russia,
  9179.  
  9180. 1938
  9181. 01:40:42,676 --> 01:40:44,778
  9182. whether it's Roger Stone,
  9183. whether it's Flynn.
  9184.  
  9185. 1939
  9186. 01:40:44,845 --> 01:40:45,879
  9187. Whether it's any of these folks,
  9188.  
  9189. 1940
  9190. 01:40:45,946 --> 01:40:48,181
  9191. there is simply
  9192. way too much smoke
  9193.  
  9194. 1941
  9195. 01:40:48,248 --> 01:40:50,551
  9196. for there to be absolutely
  9197. no fire whatsoever.
  9198.  
  9199. 1942
  9200. 01:40:50,617 --> 01:40:53,554
  9201. (light intense music)
  9202.  
  9203. 1943
  9204. 01:41:06,833 --> 01:41:11,271
  9205. ? That I forget how many
  9206. tentacles this has. (laughs)
  9207.  
  9208. 1944
  9209. 01:41:11,337 --> 01:41:15,576
  9210. It's just sort of anyone of
  9211. these is a massive story.
  9212.  
  9213. 1945
  9214. 01:41:23,517 --> 01:41:26,452
  9215. It's unrealistic to think it's
  9216. limited to what we know now.
  9217.  
  9218. 1946
  9219. 01:41:26,520 --> 01:41:29,556
  9220. Rather than look at this as
  9221. one isolated money laundering
  9222.  
  9223. 1947
  9224. 01:41:29,623 --> 01:41:33,493
  9225. after another or one criminal
  9226. appearing after another.
  9227.  
  9228. 1948
  9229. 01:41:33,560 --> 01:41:34,661
  9230. I think it's much more than that
  9231.  
  9232. 1949
  9233. 01:41:34,728 --> 01:41:37,330
  9234. and what you have is probably
  9235.  
  9236. 1950
  9237. 01:41:37,397 --> 01:41:40,734
  9238. the biggest intelligence breach
  9239. in the history of the world.
  9240.  
  9241. 1951
  9242. 01:41:40,801 --> 01:41:44,404
  9243. ? So to be clear Mr. Trump
  9244. has no financial relationships
  9245.  
  9246. 1952
  9247. 01:41:44,470 --> 01:41:46,239
  9248. with any Russian oligarchs?
  9249.  
  9250. 1953
  9251. 01:41:46,306 --> 01:41:47,273
  9252. ? That that's what he said.
  9253.  
  9254. 1954
  9255. 01:41:47,340 --> 01:41:48,008
  9256. I didn't.
  9257.  
  9258. 1955
  9259. 01:41:48,074 --> 01:41:49,175
  9260. That's what I said.
  9261.  
  9262. 1956
  9263. 01:41:49,242 --> 01:41:51,144
  9264. That's obviously
  9265. what our position is.
  9266.  
  9267. 1957
  9268. 01:42:06,660 --> 01:42:07,928
  9269. ? Do you solemnly swear.
  9270.  
  9271. 1958
  9272. 01:42:07,994 --> 01:42:11,698
  9273. ? The office of President
  9274. of the United States.
  9275.  
  9276. 1959
  9277. 01:42:11,765 --> 01:42:14,801
  9278. (intense somber music)
  9279.  
  9280. 1960
  9281. 01:42:38,892 --> 01:42:43,897
  9282. ? The president is, I believe,
  9283. a puppet of Vladimir Putin.
  9284.  
  9285. 1961
  9286. 01:42:45,566 --> 01:42:48,869
  9287. That is the mere challenge
  9288. that we face as Americans.
  9289.  
  9290. 1962
  9291. 01:42:50,036 --> 01:42:53,607
  9292. ? He has tried to
  9293. deliver for Russia.
  9294.  
  9295. 1963
  9296. 01:42:53,674 --> 01:42:56,710
  9297. He wanted to take off
  9298. sanctions immediately.
  9299.  
  9300. 1964
  9301. 01:42:56,777 --> 01:42:59,680
  9302. ? I was in the administration
  9303. for the first five weeks
  9304.  
  9305. 1965
  9306. 01:42:59,746 --> 01:43:01,748
  9307. of Trump where,
  9308. among other things,
  9309.  
  9310. 1966
  9311. 01:43:01,815 --> 01:43:03,984
  9312. I was responsible for
  9313. the Russia sanctions.
  9314.  
  9315. 1967
  9316. 01:43:04,050 --> 01:43:06,553
  9317. And I'm one of the
  9318. people who was worried
  9319.  
  9320. 1968
  9321. 01:43:06,620 --> 01:43:08,789
  9322. that the Trump
  9323. Administration would suddenly
  9324.  
  9325. 1969
  9326. 01:43:08,855 --> 01:43:10,323
  9327. lift the sanctions unilaterally.
  9328.  
  9329. 1970
  9330. 01:43:10,390 --> 01:43:11,792
  9331. And I stand by it now.
  9332.  
  9333. 1971
  9334. 01:43:15,095 --> 01:43:16,697
  9335. ? You don't have to
  9336. have been a lawyer.
  9337.  
  9338. 1972
  9339. 01:43:16,763 --> 01:43:18,164
  9340. You don't have to have
  9341. been in a cover?up
  9342.  
  9343. 1973
  9344. 01:43:18,231 --> 01:43:21,802
  9345. to see when somebody is acting
  9346. like they're covering up.
  9347.  
  9348. 1974
  9349. 01:43:21,868 --> 01:43:24,771
  9350. This man is clearly
  9351. inconspicuously doing so.
  9352.  
  9353. 1975
  9354. 01:43:28,775 --> 01:43:32,378
  9355. ? I don't know how a president
  9356. can handle this situation
  9357.  
  9358. 1976
  9359. 01:43:32,445 --> 01:43:34,280
  9360. worse than President
  9361. Trump is now.
  9362.  
  9363. 1977
  9364. 01:43:35,616 --> 01:43:37,551
  9365. His actions at the G20,
  9366.  
  9367. 1978
  9368. 01:43:37,618 --> 01:43:40,721
  9369. his talk of maybe getting
  9370. a cyber partnership.
  9371.  
  9372. 1979
  9373. 01:43:43,890 --> 01:43:46,760
  9374. You don't go to somebody who
  9375. just punched you in the face
  9376.  
  9377. 1980
  9378. 01:43:46,827 --> 01:43:48,328
  9379. and then offer them a favor.
  9380.  
  9381. 1981
  9382. 01:43:54,801 --> 01:43:56,102
  9383. ? Trump has to have
  9384. known he was compromised.
  9385.  
  9386. 1982
  9387. 01:43:56,169 --> 01:43:58,739
  9388. He's got to know the eyes
  9389. of the world are on him.
  9390.  
  9391. 1983
  9392. 01:43:58,805 --> 01:44:01,842
  9393. And suddenly all these forces
  9394. will be out to expose him.
  9395.  
  9396. 1984
  9397. 01:44:01,908 --> 01:44:04,778
  9398. I cannot imagine living with
  9399. that every day, you know.
  9400.  
  9401. 1985
  9402. 01:44:08,381 --> 01:44:12,418
  9403. ? The Trump campaign's
  9404. biggest potential exposure
  9405.  
  9406. 1986
  9407. 01:44:12,485 --> 01:44:14,755
  9408. is gonna be in their
  9409. financial dealings.
  9410.  
  9411. 1987
  9412. 01:44:14,821 --> 01:44:17,924
  9413. It's very hard to
  9414. cover up money trails.
  9415.  
  9416. 1988
  9417. 01:44:19,660 --> 01:44:22,929
  9418. The other one is
  9419. obstruction of justice.
  9420.  
  9421. 1989
  9422. 01:44:22,996 --> 01:44:25,532
  9423. ? Collusion is a media shorthand
  9424.  
  9425. 1990
  9426. 01:44:25,599 --> 01:44:27,934
  9427. for could be aiding
  9428. and abetting.
  9429.  
  9430. 1991
  9431. 01:44:28,001 --> 01:44:29,235
  9432. Conspiracy.
  9433.  
  9434. 1992
  9435. 01:44:29,302 --> 01:44:32,773
  9436. It could be aid and
  9437. comfort which is treason.
  9438.  
  9439. 1993
  9440. 01:44:34,808 --> 01:44:38,812
  9441. ? The Russia story is
  9442. a total fabrication.
  9443.  
  9444. 1994
  9445. 01:44:38,879 --> 01:44:41,748
  9446. What the prosecutors
  9447. should be looking at
  9448.  
  9449. 1995
  9450. 01:44:41,815 --> 01:44:45,586
  9451. are Hillary Clinton's
  9452. 33,000 deleted emails.
  9453.  
  9454. 1996
  9455. 01:44:49,455 --> 01:44:50,456
  9456. ? Lock her up!
  9457.  
  9458. 1997
  9459. 01:44:50,524 --> 01:44:51,858
  9460. Lock her up!
  9461.  
  9462. 1998
  9463. 01:44:51,925 --> 01:44:53,026
  9464. Lock her up!
  9465.  
  9466. 1999
  9467. 01:44:53,093 --> 01:44:54,595
  9468. Lock her up!
  9469.  
  9470. 2000
  9471. 01:44:54,661 --> 01:44:57,330
  9472. (crowd yelling)
  9473.  
  9474. 2001
  9475. 01:44:59,733 --> 01:45:00,734
  9476. Lock her up!
  9477.  
  9478. 2002
  9479. 01:45:00,801 --> 01:45:02,068
  9480. Lock her up!
  9481.  
  9482. 2003
  9483. 01:45:02,135 --> 01:45:03,704
  9484. Lock her up!
  9485.  
  9486. 2004
  9487. 01:45:03,770 --> 01:45:04,871
  9488. Lock her up!
  9489.  
  9490. 2005
  9491. 01:45:04,938 --> 01:45:06,472
  9492. Lock her up!
  9493.  
  9494. 2006
  9495. 01:45:06,540 --> 01:45:07,541
  9496. Lock her up!
  9497.  
  9498. 2007
  9499. 01:45:10,644 --> 01:45:12,012
  9500. ? It is ongoing.
  9501.  
  9502. 2008
  9503. 01:45:12,078 --> 01:45:16,116
  9504. The Russians efforts here
  9505. are continuing as we speak.
  9506.  
  9507. 2009
  9508. 01:45:16,182 --> 01:45:17,684
  9509. ? We've done zero.
  9510.  
  9511. 2010
  9512. 01:45:17,751 --> 01:45:20,821
  9513. Absolutely nothing to protect us
  9514.  
  9515. 2011
  9516. 01:45:20,887 --> 01:45:24,525
  9517. from a future cyber?attack
  9518. with respect to any election.
  9519.  
  9520. 2012
  9521. 01:45:24,591 --> 01:45:25,358
  9522. Zero.
  9523.  
  9524. 2013
  9525. 01:45:25,425 --> 01:45:26,727
  9526. We haven't done anything.
  9527.  
  9528. 2014
  9529. 01:45:26,793 --> 01:45:28,929
  9530. ? As long as people can
  9531. do things without penalty
  9532.  
  9533. 2015
  9534. 01:45:28,995 --> 01:45:31,732
  9535. they're going to
  9536. continue to do them.
  9537.  
  9538. 2016
  9539. 01:45:31,798 --> 01:45:33,634
  9540. ? We all have a stake
  9541. because it may have been
  9542.  
  9543. 2017
  9544. 01:45:33,700 --> 01:45:35,101
  9545. the Democrats and me this time.
  9546.  
  9547. 2018
  9548. 01:45:35,168 --> 01:45:38,071
  9549. It can be the Republicans and
  9550. their candidate next time.
  9551.  
  9552. 2019
  9553. 01:45:38,138 --> 01:45:40,440
  9554. ? Every single national security
  9555. official we've talked to
  9556.  
  9557. 2020
  9558. 01:45:40,507 --> 01:45:42,576
  9559. has said they're coming back.
  9560.  
  9561. 2021
  9562. 01:45:42,643 --> 01:45:43,744
  9563. We have to be ready for that.
  9564.  
  9565. 2022
  9566. 01:45:43,810 --> 01:45:45,646
  9567. ? And if the people
  9568. don't demand that.
  9569.  
  9570. 2023
  9571. 01:45:45,712 --> 01:45:47,881
  9572. If they don't demand
  9573. that our sovereignty
  9574.  
  9575. 2024
  9576. 01:45:47,948 --> 01:45:51,117
  9577. needs to be defended, our
  9578. representatives in Congress
  9579.  
  9580. 2025
  9581. 01:45:51,184 --> 01:45:53,820
  9582. are gonna kind of look
  9583. the other way and move on.
  9584.  
  9585. 2026
  9586. 01:45:53,887 --> 01:45:56,890
  9587. ? What's at stake is truth.
  9588.  
  9589. 2027
  9590. 01:45:56,957 --> 01:46:01,828
  9591. What's at stake is government
  9592. that's accountable to us.
  9593.  
  9594. 2028
  9595. 01:46:01,895 --> 01:46:03,930
  9596. And the cause of liberty
  9597.  
  9598. 2029
  9599. 01:46:03,997 --> 01:46:07,968
  9600. at the most profound
  9601. level possible.
  9602.  
  9603. 2030
  9604. 01:46:08,034 --> 01:46:10,203
  9605. ? We owe it to the people
  9606. who have fought for
  9607.  
  9608. 2031
  9609. 01:46:10,270 --> 01:46:12,639
  9610. and sacrificed
  9611. for this democracy
  9612.  
  9613. 2032
  9614. 01:46:12,706 --> 01:46:14,875
  9615. and to be guardians
  9616. of it and make sure
  9617.  
  9618. 2033
  9619. 01:46:14,941 --> 01:46:17,443
  9620. that we always have
  9621. free and fair elections.
  9622.  
  9623. 2034
  9624. 01:46:17,511 --> 01:46:19,980
  9625. (ominous music)
  9626. akumenang.com
  9627.  
  9628. 2035
  9629. 01:46:24,751 --> 01:46:28,021
  9630. (upbeat electro music)
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