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I think thats why this is mentioned so carefully in the documents we see today. >> jeremy bash, if we fast forward and look at this a certain way and someone comes up to you and says wait a minute, all of this was about hotels and money and hotel rooms that had the trump brand name on them? will you be confident saying yes it appears that was the motivation? >> no, id put it differently. i think this was about leverage. it was about financial leverage over donald trump to make him indebted to th...

This hammer over michael cohen, the recommendation for additional time i think is a point of leverage and well see more coming from michael cohen. >> knowing what you know of the law as former attorney general of connecticut, sir, all those years, longer than youve been a senator, much many more years, do you think that the reason the president wasnt indicted is because hes president and thats it? that otherwise, hes guilty? >> i happen to believe the president could be indicted. i may be in a m...

Youre the puppet. look, that is this kind of reflexive, you know, instinct of his. but, look, it was just confirming once again that what we feared is true. this is a job that has always been occupied, literally without exception in the modern era, by people obsessed with information, control, detail, understanding, leverage. we do not have that now. >> i tell you what. its shocking to me when people leave the administration, and they say, well, i couldnt believe this and this happened, and oh, ...

Debate with hillary clinton. you know, this guys putins puppet. all of a sudden, you see the president go, puppet? im no puppet. youre the puppet. im no puppet. youre the puppet. look, that is this kind of reflexive, you know, instinct of his. but, look, it was just confirming once again that what we feared is true. this is a job that has always been occupied, literally without exception in the modern era, by people obsessed with information, control, detail, understanding, leverage. we do not h...

Are diplomatic and information structures are going to have to compel and good at compelling multiple people to help fix this problem. >> before we move on, i want to get to the mueller investigation and what we found out in the sentencing memo on michael cohen yesterday, but i want to point something out, that our energy strength, the fact that the u.s. has become a net exporter of oil and fuel for the first time in decades, that were now the largest producer of oil in the world. we produce mor...

This hammer over michael cohen, the recommendation for additional time i think is a point of leverage and well see more coming from michael cohen. >> knowing what you know of the law, as former attorney general of connecticut, sir, all those years, longer than you have been a senator, much many more years, many more years, do you think the reason the president wasnt indicted is because he was president and thats it? that otherwise hes guilty? >> i happen to believe the president could be indicte...

Somebody might flip, but instead he gives this implicit instruction hoping that they can get away with doing it like that. i think thats why this is mentioned so carefully in the documents we see today. >> jeremy bash, if we fast forward and look at this a certain way and someone comes up to you and says wait a minute, all of this was about hotels and money and hotel rooms that had the trump brand name on them? will you be confident saying yes it appears that was the motivation here? >> no, id p...

Away with doing it like that. i think thats why this is mentioned so carefully in the document wes see today. >> jeremy bash, if we fast forward and look at this a certain way and someone comes up to you and says wait a minute, all of this was about hotels and money and hotel rooms that had the trump brand name on them? will you be confident saying yes it appears that was the motivation? >> no, id put it differently. i think this was about leverage. it was about financial leverage over donald tr...

Early on in the campaign the russians were trying to use some kind of leverage to get a name with donald trump. >> it also makes clear that donald trump stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars off this trump tower moscow project. so while the president throughout the campaign said he had no business interest in russia, we say thats plainly false. not only did he have -- you know, have business contacts, he had substantial -- you know, there was a substantial amount of money to be made here...

Perhaps i should say despite all of that, the trump administration, according to sources, is seeing this as possible leverage in these talks with china. im wondering from a you what are any potential apparently you have to understand the chinese, which trump has never tried to do. he doesnt seem to understand one of the most fundamental issues of dealing with china is the question of face, saving face. they have basically taken this whole issue and slapped xi across the face with this. this is a...