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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20191001 05:20:00

This president has not been concerned with corruption in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman or in turkey, pred president erdogan or in russia, president putin. he doesn t speak out against corruption. it s very clear and if you look at the lead new york times story in the sunday edition, it s just chapter and verse for the last nine months president trump and rudy giuliani have been interested in one thing, go after the bidens. do us a favor, said president trump to president zelensky, go after the bidens. that s not the american national interest. and if the president is singularly putting forward his own political interests for 2020, ahead of our national interest, what s more important than containing russian power in eastern europe, then the president has abused the power of his office and rudy giuliani is his agent, this agent who is roaming throughout american foreign policy on that one question. it wasn t about corruption in ukraine, it was about going after the bidens. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20191001 01:20:00

Interest, what s more important than containing russian power in eastern europe, then the president has abused the power of his office and rudy giuliani is his agent, this agent who is roaming throughout american foreign policy on that one question. it wasn t about corruption in ukraine, it was about going after the bidens. also, correct me if i m wrong, secretary pompeo has sworn is an oath to the constitution. rudy giuliani, i don t know when the last time he put his hand on a bible and swore an oath to defend the united states, but he is representing the interests of donald trump, not the american interests. that s not an oath he has taken in this regard. i don t know if he has a security clearance, rudy giuliani. i don t think he should be the most active american citizen talking to the president of ukraine. president trump should be. and secretary pompeo should be. look, anderson, i think secretary pompeo is an honorable person. he has served his country well. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20191001 01:19:00

Supports that? because from my understanding, there s probably a lot of like current acts of corruption that could be focused on. i m sure the president has access to intelligence about ongoing corruption in a country like ukraine or anywhere else, but he s talking very specifically about his political opponent. it just doesn t hold water. this president has not been concerned with corruption in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman or in turkey, pred erdogan, or in russia, president putin. he doesn t speak out against corruption. it s very clear and if you look at the lead new york times story in the sunday edition, it s just chapter and verse for the last nine months president trump and rudy giuliani have been interested in one thing, go after the bidens. do us a favor, said president trump to president zelensky, go after the bidens. that s not the american national interest. and if the president is singularly putting forward his own political interests for 2020, ahead of our nationa ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20191001 05:30:00

Sunday with state of the union in advance of me. he said there are three things they re going to take the president down on, one, withholding the money from the ukraine, holding it hostage. two, intimidating the ukrainian president and, three, trying to cover it up. all three of those pillars of their inquiry fall flat. because in the first instance, the money was not being held hostage. the money was legitimately being held up while debate was being held about the proper contribution to ukraine. the republican senators will testify to that i believe when it comes time. there is some question as to legitimacy of the ukrainian president. was he pro western? was there corruption still going on? so that s all there. number two, was the ukrainian president intimidated? you don t have to take anybody else s word but the ukrainian president. he said no, he felt no intimidation, and at the time of the call, the ukrainian president didn t even know the money was being held in advance. and th ....

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Transcripts for CNN Anderson Cooper 360 20191001 01:29:00

I worked for arlen specter, one of the more serious republicans. i thought it was an overreach then and i think it s an overreach now. listening to hakeem jeffries, who was on sunday with state of the union in advance of me. he said there are three things they re going to take the president down on, one, withholding the money from the u cranes, holding it hostage, two, intimidating the ukrainian president and, three, trying to cover it up. all three of those pillars of their inquiry fall flat. in the first instance the money was not being held hostage. it was legitimately being held up while debate was being held about the proper contribution to ukraine, the republicans senators will testify to that i blow when it comes time. there is some question as to legitimacy of the ukrainian president, was there corruption still going on. so that s all there. number two, was the ukrainian ....

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