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Carl Bernstein: Trump helped Putin destabilize US
CNN — Published on Jan 13, 2019
Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein discusses a report by the Washington Post that says President Donald Trump tried to hide his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin from senior officials in his own administration.
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Here’s a partial transcript, to pique your interest:
Trump has become a pawn of the Russians.
Now whether that is a witting pawn, an un-witting pawn, a half-witting pawn,
-- That is something that perhaps Mueller’s Report will tell us.
There's been an Obstruction of Justice. There's no question about that.
No question about the president's involvement in that Obstruction
One of the Questions Mueller is trying to answer, I believe,
is whether that Obstruction itself furthered the interests of the Russians.
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Part of what I know come from the Lawyers of others Defendants in this matter, who've appeared before Mueller, including members of the 'Joint Defense Team', which collaborates with the White House.
And those Lawyers believe the president has been lying at every turn about his relationship with Russia; about those of his aids.
Let us look at ALL of the Lies. Follow the Money. Follow the Lies.
They are all mostly, and most vehemently about Russia.
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What we do know is, Donald Trump has tried to convince us,
that unless there is some sort of 'smoking gun',
a recording of him in the room with Putin saying
'Yes Vladimir, I'll do your bidding,’ there's been quote “No Collusion.”
That's nonsense.
Trump keeps going back to the idea 'We need better relations with Russia'.
Could be. He could well be right.
But from a point of view of strength, and what everybody can see,
is that he has NOT acted with Russia from the United States
having strength advantage with Russia.
Rather he has done what appears to be Putin's goals.
He has helped Putin destabilize United States,
and interfere in the Election -- no matter whether is was
purposeful or not.
And that is part of what the draft of Mueller's Report, I'm told, is to be about.
What fits 'hand in glove' is both the Cover-up
and the possibility, likelihood -- we know there's been Collusion.
We know there's been Collusion by Flynn.
We know there's been Collusion of some sort by Manafort.
The Question is 'What did the president know and when did he know it?'
But also it could be unwitting, half-witting.
That's what were going to find out.
But the idea that this is just 'benign' behavior and conduct
-- there is nothing benign about what the Consequences of this have been.
What the hell happened at Helsinki?
Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, still does not know
what happened at Helsinki. Because the president,
as a great Washington Post story points out, hasn't allow his aids to know,
or to say what they know about what happened at Helsinki.
And in his other meetings with Putin, why is he so beholden?
You know, it's his son that has told us years ago that,
'Hey, we do a tremendous amount of business in Russia.
It is the source of a huge amount of our Family Income.'
Well, clearly Mueller's looking at that.
Those are the highlights. Take a listen, when you have the time. It was ‘riveting’ to me.
From the guy whose research brought down one corrupt president, we are getting his insights and knowledge on how another corrupt president will eventually be brought down.
You can learn more about Trump’s Helsinki “cover-up” here.
And take it from the president’s entire colluding enterprise, before they were on the FBI’s radar:
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