november 4th of 2005 then senator levin introduced legislation to create a commission model on the 9/11 commission to look into the agency s treatment of detainees. three days later you drafted the cable, four days later the tapes were destroyed. were you aware of senator levin s actions and the timing seems very close to acting on behalf of potential congressional action? and in mr. morel s statements there were comments that your superior mr. rodriguez was aware that two white house counsels, the counsel of the vice president, the dni and the dcia and the hipsi had all expressed reservation of the destruction of the tapes. were you aware of those facts that mr. rodriguez was at least aware of and were you aware of the actions of senator levin when you drafted your memo and then had the tapes subsequently
let s go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider who s been watching this one for us. what more can you tell me just about this whole money laundering investigation? yeah, well, kaveladze was never criminally charged but the mere fact that he was investigated as part of this potential billion dollar money laundering scheme that was tied to russian brokers, that is raising alarm bells for lawmakers, past and present. in fact, it was former michigan senator carl levin who took to his facebook page to spell out the concern. he pointed to the congressional probe that he led in 2011 that asked the government accountability office to look into how foreigners establish u.s. corporations with hidden ownership as a way to launder money through the u.s. banks so carl levin writing there, numerous corporations and bank accounts established by irakly kaveladze on behalf of people in russia, he said, the owners of those accounts then moved some $1.4 billion through those
this poster child of the issue, were you surprised to see his name in the current headlines? well, i was, but you have to understand the nature of the investigation the gao did for senator levin. we were looking at money going from eastern europe to the united states, back to eastern europe and individuals names did not appear that that report. i refamiliarized myself with the report. corporations did. bank institutions did. but the fact is, is what gao found was the know your customer rule clearly was being violated by the u.s. financial institutions. can you explain that further. just for people who may not fully understand what it was. sure, i understand that. obviously, the united states is concerned about the potential use of u.s. bank accounts for money laundering, whether it be for corruption, whether it be for drugs, whether it be for
and you ve really as a it s interesting, because i thought experiment, imagine if thought, hey, maybe schumer will he had said basically some come out against it. equivalent comment about hillary and i was smacked down clinton. would he have been disinvited from red state? no. immediately. and steve kornacki is the one on the one hand, you do have a who predicted what will happen, lot of umbrage being expressed that chuck schumer will come out by republican presidential candidates where you haven t seen before. against the deal, so low key, it i m still not sure that this will get no attention. when that tweet came out saying affects that core of support that trump has. you guys agree with that? schumer will come out against yeah, i do. the deal, and to your point, i was on the show when he made clearly, he s not going to whip those comments about senator john mccain, this show. votes against it, then he gives i said then, i don t think this at least some cover to some hurts hi
options that we might use are still available to us if iran cheats or goes down the wrong path? i think that s what members of congress should think about, not the politics of the moment. i get a sense, gentlemen in the end it will be nancy pelosi that will have to save this for the president. it s getting tricky, treacherous even. you ve seen important democratic leaders in the house that have not shown their cards before coming out and supporting the president. adam schiff. barbara boxer. so impressed by durbin. senator levin. these are people i ve known all my political life and i ve always respected. this is strong pressure from apec. when you look at your caucus over there, you won t get much support from republicans. can you hold members against this effort? well, it s probably going to be close. we hear members, you know, coming out every day announcing