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[guitar playing gently]

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♪ Fuck you, James Comey ♪

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♪ I've got nothing else
to say ♪

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♪ I've got a bad head cold ♪

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♪ That just won't go away ♪

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♪ So fuck you, James Comey ♪

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♪ Just seriously fuck you ♪

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♪ Fuck you and your cohorts ♪

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♪ I'm so tired of you dudes ♪

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♪ I'm so tired
of your bullshit ♪

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♪ Your presence is a curse ♪

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♪ And I hope
it comes back to you tenfold ♪

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♪ And a thousand times worse ♪

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♪ Fuck you, James Comey ♪

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♪ You vile sack of poo ♪

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♪ You try to act all innocent ♪

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♪ But it's easy ♪

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-♪ To see through ♪
-He won.

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♪ And I'm so tired
of this circus... ♪

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The guy from The Apprentice

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is now president,
so that's... cool.

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♪ Can't believe
we had to fall back... ♪

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Maybe Ivanka will tell him
what to do.

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Everybody says she cares
about the environment.

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[panting]

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♪ Fuck you ♪

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He said,
"Grab 'em by the pussy."

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-♪ Fuck you ♪
-Didn't everyone hear him say,

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"You can grab 'em by the pussy"?

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♪ Fuck you ♪

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♪ James Comey ♪

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[John King] When you
look around right now,

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the Clinton chapter of
the Democratic Party is over.

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We're gonna be okay.

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America will figure this out.

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[crying] I can't go
to school today, Daddy.

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They're gonna kill me.

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[woman sniffling]

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Are you okay?

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I'm fine, sir.

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[exhales]

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These were so funny a month ago.

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We should be looking
at likely scenarios now.

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Hate crimes spiking.
White nationalism.

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[McCabe]
Maybe he surrounds himself

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with people
who keep him in check.

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I mean, they won't just
let him govern by tweeting.

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I just...

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I keep thinking that we
were causal in some of this.

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It was razor-thin
in some states.

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You know what was causal?
She ran a horrible campaign.

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[Page]
What if none of that mattered?

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What if we didn't matter?

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What if the Russians
just handpicked

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our next president,
and we just fuckin' missed it?

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Good morning.

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[others]
Morning.

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I'm the guy
who got Donald Trump elected.

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We're still responsible for
monitoring the Russian threat

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and it just got
a whole lot worse.

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We need to get
a better understanding

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of what that means today.

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Now, what's in the PDB?

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-Morning.
-Morning.

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[woman]
Yeah, I saw the fucking memo.

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The fuck are you yelling
at me for?

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I'm not Jim Comey's boss.

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That guy couldn't pick me
out of a fucking...

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[Bob]
All the formers are up my ass.

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-[Yates] Everyone inside?
-They think it's our fault.

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[Axelrod] The formers can think
whatever they want.

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-They aren't here.
-Yeah, but you were.

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And what you let that
fucking guy do is disgusting.

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Could be the end
of the goddamn republic!

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[Yates] Morning. I saw
she was leading in Florida,

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so I curled up with
a romance novel and went to bed.

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How much did she win by?

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Today is a day to remember
that this is a...

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politically agnostic
institution.

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In that spirit,
we're gonna welcome

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every lawyer sent here
by the new administration,

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and we're gonna do
everything in our power

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to ensure their success
in serving and protecting

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the American people, right?

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Meanwhile,
we have until January the 20th

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to complete the projects
that are essential to us

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before our tenures here
are finished.

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What things do we most need
to get across the finish line?

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♪ slow, somber music ♪

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[exhales]

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[sighs]

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♪♪♪♪♪

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[sighs]

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[Obama]
Okay.

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We've been attacked
on my watch.

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I have to get my arms
around that.

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I want
a complete I.C. assessment

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of what just happened:
sources, methods.

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I have to protect this country
for the rest of my term

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and... prepare
the incoming president

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for the threat
he's about to face.

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Mr. President, what if he is
a part of that threat?

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Then I really need to get
my arms around it.

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What are the questions
I need to be asking?

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Well... how deeply did they
penetrate our democracy?

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Who in Russia directed
the effort?

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Did any Americans conspire
to help,

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and if so, how were they coerced
or enticed into doing so?

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I want it largely unclassified.

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I want it done
before I leave office.

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John. What's your gut on this?

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Mr. President, I don't know
enough yet to be sure.

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I'm troubled
by President-elect Trump's

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consistent unwillingness
to criticize Putin,

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even in private.

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That indicates to me
some sort of relationship,

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some sort of...

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coercive pressure
being applied. I'm...

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trying to limit myself
to facts here, but...

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I think it's fair
to start asking

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why Putin would want
Donald Trump elected.

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I have to believe it's more
than just a personal animus

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towards Secretary Clinton.

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And what does Putin stand
to gain by having a friend

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-in this office instead of me?
-Oh, sir,

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at the very least,
end to the financial sanctions

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you imposed on them
for invasion of Crimea.

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A weakening of our most critical
Western alliances.

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They're probably hoping
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An end to the Iran nuclear deal.

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[Brennan] And we'll start
to allow drilling for oil

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-in the Arctic.
-[Clapper] Pathway

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for Turkish incursion
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Trade war with China.

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And most importantly...

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discord.

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The U.S. government consumed
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war with itself.

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Republicans and Democrats no
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That was the goal all along.

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Until we know better,

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we would ask that
you give careful thought

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to what intel
you're going to share

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with the incoming
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about anything Russia-related.

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All I've told him so far
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"Keep your eyes
on North Korea," and...

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"Don't hire Michael Flynn."

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Obviously, uh,
I'll be imposing new sanctions

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on Putin for this.

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[Obama takes deep breath]

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Okay, fellas, thank you.

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Jim, can you stay for a minute?

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Of course, Mr. President.

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Thank you, Pete.

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How's your family?

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Fine, sir, thank you. Yours?

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Shaken.

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I have hated this whole year.

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The last thing we wanted

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was to influence the election
in any way.

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-I know that.
-I'm trying not to prejudge.

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I'm trying to be hopeful about
the next four years, but...

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That's good,
because for the next four years,

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the Bureau is
likely to matter a lot.

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Well, um,
you'll have to keep it...

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pointed in the right direction,

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and I'm confident
you can do that.

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Thank you, sir.

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[Rosenstein]
Only Jim Comey

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could violate department norms,
throw an election,

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and still get an "attaboy"
from the outgoing president.

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[phone chimes]

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♪ quiet, ominous music ♪

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♪♪♪♪♪

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[Kislyak]
Did you see this?

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Yes. I saw it.

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I-I'm as upset as you are.

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I doubt that.

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Sanctions strangle my country,

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-not yours.
-I understand, Mr. Ambassador.

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Expelling 35 diplomats,
closing two of our properties,

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financial hardship.

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Mr. Putin, my president,

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views these as unwarranted
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and a personal insult.

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I understand.

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But, please,
tell him not to react.

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All right?

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The president-elect and I

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do not support
the Obama sanctions.

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Just let us get in there.

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We'll fix this.

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CLAPPER: In tab five
you'll find our conclusion,

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which is this:

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the Russian effort succeeded.

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They achieved their aim,
the election of Donald Trump,

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at minimal cost, without damage
to their own interests.

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And at this point, they have
no real incentive to stop.

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[McDonough]
Meaning we can expect more

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-of this kind of espionage.
-This was not espionage.

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Espionage connotes,
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a passive collection of intel.

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This was an attack.

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[Clapper]
And it will be replicated

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unless aggressive measures
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to stop it.

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Did they hack only Democrats?

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No, sir, they hacked
both parties successfully.

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But they only weaponized
the info from the DNC.

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What else?

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Uh, sir, there is more material
in that report.

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A dossier.

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The I.C. did not commission
this material,

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and it's not integrated
into our analysis.

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But it comes
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and we thought
we should brief you on it.

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[Clapper] The dossier alleges
a long history of financial ties

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between Donald Trump and Russia.

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Loans from Putin-run banks
and Russian oligarchs.

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Of particular concern is
a long-proposed Trump Tower

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in Moscow.

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We know that
on October the 13th, 2015,

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Donald Trump signed
a letter of intent

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with a Russian billionaire and
close Putin ally, Andrey Rozov,

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to build the tower,

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-money guaranteed by VTB.
-[scoffs]

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He said a hundred times

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on the campaign trail
he had no deals with Russia.

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He said a lot of things.

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There are other points
of coercion as well.

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The dossier also alleges
that in 2013...

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♪ slow, dramatic music ♪

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-♪♪♪♪♪
-[dialogue inaudible]

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And your confidence
in this intel?

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Nothing in the dossier
has been disproven to date.

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Okay.
[clears throat]

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So what's the plan?

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We feel a duty to warn the
president-elect on all of this.

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Even if the allegations
are false,

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they could be used
as leverage over him

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by Putin or his cohorts.

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And, of course, any public
disclosure of them

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could be highly impactful
to his presidency.

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Briefing him tomorrow
in New York.

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[Clapper]
Jim is going to go over

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the more salacious material

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with Mr. Trump privately
to spare the president-elect

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any undue embarrassment.

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We drew straws.

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I lost.

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[Johnson]
Jim.

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Before you go...

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When you sit down
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it is vital that
you be very careful

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how you present
this information to him.

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I mean very careful.

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-You ever met him?
-No.

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What's your read on him?

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Well, the thing about Trump is,
he can take a beating,

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but he can't
actually take a punch.

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Meaning if half the country
hates him, he doesn't

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really give a damn,
but if one person insults him,

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he never gets past it.

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Now, you walk in there and
tell him what's in that dossier,

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he might think you're trying
to leverage him in some way.

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He has to be briefed, Jeh.

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Just carefully, Jim.

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He has three impulses that
drive his decision-making:

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spite, spite and spite.

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You have to be encouraging.

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It's like giving a kid
a lollipop before a flu shot.

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Yeah.

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♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

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♪♪♪♪♪

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-Thanks, Jeh.
-Yeah.

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[tires screeching]

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♪♪♪♪♪

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Let's remember, we're here
simply to lay out the facts.

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[door opens]

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Good morning.

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Mr. President-elect.
Jim Clapper.

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I know who you are.
Saw your testimony yesterday.

284
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You look good on TV.

285
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No, sir.
I have a face made for radio.

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Please meet Mike Rogers,
John Brennan...

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[Brennan]
Mr. President-elect.

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[Clapper]
...and James Comey.

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Mr. President-elect.

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The Russians' initial objectives
were to make Americans doubt

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the validity
of our electoral process,

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and weaken what they saw
as the likely presidency

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of Secretary Clinton.

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In July, once you'd
become the nominee,

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the Russian objective changed.

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At that point,
their focus became

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helping you become president.

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A part of the effort
was a social media campaign

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using fake Facebook accounts,
fake YouTube videos,

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false identities
on Instagram and Twitter,

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all of it tightly coordinated

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to duplicate propaganda coming
from Russia Today

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and Sputnik Radio.

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There was also an attempt
by the Russians

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to attack
the voting process itself.

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Voter rolls in 21 states
were targeted.

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Do we have any evidence
that their efforts

308
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met with any success?

309
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-No, sir, we don't.
-Oh.

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Oh, so, then,

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there's no actual impact
from the meddling.

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I think we should be
very careful with that word.

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Meddling is what
my mother-in-law did.

314
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We can also say
with a high degree of confidence

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that this was not
a fishing expedition

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conducted by low
or even mid-level GRU agents.

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This was
a Putin-directed effort.

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And that can be substantiated
by human intelligence,

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signal intelligence
and cyber forensics.

320
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How dumb were the Democrats
not to protect their cyber?

321
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The RNC was a lot smarter
than that, a lot tougher.

322
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And you said there was no impact
on the results, right?

323
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Sir, we are not given
the charter, the authority

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or the resources to make a call

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on how much the Russians
impacted our electoral process.

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We were simply tasked
with assessing

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their methods and objectives,

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namely, your election--

329
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a result that is now viewed
in Moscow as a success.

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Here, too.

331
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We should get ahead of this.

332
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There's information
in the unclassified version

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that should come from us

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as opposed
to the unfriendly news outlets.

335
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So, we should start drafting
a statement for the press.

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"The chiefs
of the intel community

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have found no evidence
that Russian meddling

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affected the outcome
of the election."

339
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[Clapper]
Mr. President-elect,

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there is additional material
in this assessment,

341
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sensitive material.

342
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We thought that Director Comey

343
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should review it
with you more privately.

344
00:17:04,255 --> 00:17:06,157
How private?

345
00:17:06,257 --> 00:17:08,119
Uh, I thought the two of us
would be best.

346
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-Can I join?
-Entirely up to you, of course.

347
00:17:10,621 --> 00:17:11,923
I just didn't think
it was fitting

348
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in front of a larger group.

349
00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,568
Just the two of us.
Thanks, everybody.

350
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Thank you, sir.

351
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♪ slow, contemplative music ♪

352
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♪♪♪♪♪

353
00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:35,388
You've had one hell of a year.

354
00:17:35,488 --> 00:17:38,952
I suppose I have, sir.

355
00:17:39,052 --> 00:17:42,876
I thought you handled
the e-mail thing honorably.

356
00:17:42,976 --> 00:17:45,038
First you saved her,
but you were tough on her

357
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and they hated you for that,
but what choice did you have?

358
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And I've asked.

359
00:17:51,625 --> 00:17:53,968
You've got a great reputation
at the Bureau.

360
00:17:54,068 --> 00:17:56,130
People there really like you.

361
00:17:56,230 --> 00:17:58,372
I hope you'll stay on.

362
00:17:58,472 --> 00:18:01,976
-I intend to, sir.
-Good.

363
00:18:02,076 --> 00:18:05,981
Did anyone happen to notice
what they didn't ask?

364
00:18:06,081 --> 00:18:08,884
"How do we keep the Russians
from doing this again?"

365
00:18:10,926 --> 00:18:12,668
Maybe they know.

366
00:18:12,768 --> 00:18:15,230
Mr. President-elect,
as Director Clapper mentioned,

367
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there is additional sensitive
material in the assessment.

368
00:18:18,494 --> 00:18:20,596
A few caveats.
Uh, this-- thank you--

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this material was collected
by a private intelligence firm

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on behalf of private clients.

371
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We have not independently
corroborated it.

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But its source is a person
known to the Bureau

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as a reliable former employee of
a friendly intelligence service

374
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who collects information from a
layered network of sub-sources.

375
00:18:37,474 --> 00:18:39,176
Okay.

376
00:18:39,276 --> 00:18:41,739
On behalf of his clients,

377
00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:45,062
he compiled a dossier
of 17 separate reports

378
00:18:45,162 --> 00:18:47,265
on you and your past dealings
with Russia.

379
00:18:47,365 --> 00:18:51,910
One of those reports
asserts that in 2013,

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you spent a night
with Russian prostitutes

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in a Moscow hotel room,
which was secretly videotaped--

382
00:18:58,256 --> 00:19:01,920
There were no prostitutes.
There were never prostitutes.

383
00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:04,283
[scoffs]

384
00:19:04,383 --> 00:19:07,126
You'd have to be an idiot
to believe something like that.

385
00:19:07,226 --> 00:19:10,329
I am not saying that the FBI
believes these accusations.

386
00:19:10,429 --> 00:19:12,091
We simply have a duty
to make you aware of them.

387
00:19:12,191 --> 00:19:13,693
Do I look like
I need to go there?

388
00:19:13,793 --> 00:19:15,495
Like I need to go
to prostitutes?

389
00:19:15,595 --> 00:19:17,497
Again, the Bureau
has not passed judgment

390
00:19:17,597 --> 00:19:19,339
on the truth of the allegations.

391
00:19:19,439 --> 00:19:22,342
Our endeavor is to protect you.

392
00:19:22,442 --> 00:19:25,265
The dossier is out there
and will become public.

393
00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:29,269
At least two members of Congress
have it, as does the press.

394
00:19:29,369 --> 00:19:31,632
-CNN has it.
-CNN. Of course.

395
00:19:31,732 --> 00:19:33,314
The Clinton News Network.

396
00:19:33,414 --> 00:19:37,518
The dossier further states
that you had the prostitutes

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urinate on a bed

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that had been slept in
by President Obama

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-and the first lady.
-This is what happens

400
00:19:44,185 --> 00:19:46,528
when you're rich and famous.

401
00:19:46,628 --> 00:19:48,530
It just happens more to me
because no one

402
00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:50,011
has ever succeeded like I have.

403
00:19:50,111 --> 00:19:53,175
Women come forward
saying I harassed them,

404
00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:55,177
it's never true.

405
00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:58,941
Lady sues me,
says I touched her at Mar-a-Lago

406
00:19:59,041 --> 00:20:00,583
with her boyfriend in the room?

407
00:20:00,683 --> 00:20:02,104
But guess what?

408
00:20:02,204 --> 00:20:03,946
The whole thing was
her boyfriend was unhappy

409
00:20:04,046 --> 00:20:05,948
with a business deal
he and I were in.

410
00:20:06,048 --> 00:20:08,271
I give him
what he wants and poof.

411
00:20:08,371 --> 00:20:11,034
She drops her suit.

412
00:20:11,134 --> 00:20:14,477
Summer Zervos says I harassed
her on The Apprentice,

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00:20:14,577 --> 00:20:16,800
kissing her openmouthed
and touching her,

414
00:20:16,900 --> 00:20:20,204
and she was so upset
and hurt by it.

415
00:20:20,304 --> 00:20:23,467
So why is she inviting me
to dinner during the campaign?

416
00:20:24,468 --> 00:20:26,170
Wait.

417
00:20:26,270 --> 00:20:30,294
Another woman says I harassed
her on a plane from London,

418
00:20:30,394 --> 00:20:33,498
except the people on the flight
say it never happened.

419
00:20:33,598 --> 00:20:36,821
It's all these lies,
it's disgraceful,

420
00:20:36,921 --> 00:20:39,824
and they never prove anything.

421
00:20:39,924 --> 00:20:43,789
My ex-wife once said I raped her

422
00:20:43,889 --> 00:20:46,191
in order to get
a better settlement out of me.

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00:20:46,291 --> 00:20:47,633
And then she retracted it.

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00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:50,035
Can you imagine that?

425
00:20:50,135 --> 00:20:53,319
Accusing the father
of her children like that?

426
00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:56,322
It's sad.

427
00:20:56,422 --> 00:20:59,846
So now some guy steps forward,
probably paid by Hillary--

428
00:20:59,946 --> 00:21:02,449
people laughed when I first
called her Crooked Hillary,

429
00:21:02,549 --> 00:21:04,331
but it stuck 'cause everyone
knew it was true;

430
00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:05,812
a lot of people
always thought it,

431
00:21:05,912 --> 00:21:08,095
but nobody ever said it
till Trump did.

432
00:21:08,195 --> 00:21:11,859
And says the Russians--
it's always the Russians lately,

433
00:21:11,959 --> 00:21:13,260
they're the new boogeyman--

434
00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:15,182
the Russians say...

435
00:21:15,282 --> 00:21:18,065
I needed hookers?

436
00:21:18,165 --> 00:21:21,989
Now, I-I know some people
in the Bureau have it in for me.

437
00:21:22,089 --> 00:21:26,154
I could see that, the way
they gave Hillary a free pass.

438
00:21:26,254 --> 00:21:28,476
But I'm the president now.

439
00:21:28,576 --> 00:21:31,480
The FBI is not
investigating you, sir.

440
00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:33,722
We're always trying to assess
what Russia is doing,

441
00:21:33,822 --> 00:21:35,824
and what they might do.

442
00:21:37,105 --> 00:21:39,008
Good.

443
00:21:39,108 --> 00:21:42,011
♪ tense, atmospheric music ♪

444
00:21:42,111 --> 00:21:45,715
If I were Russia, I'd be worried
about what Trump might do.

445
00:21:46,796 --> 00:21:48,738
Okay?

446
00:21:48,838 --> 00:21:52,362
My behavior
has been unimpeachable.

447
00:22:00,170 --> 00:22:02,713
Do you want to cancel
your visit, boss?

448
00:22:02,813 --> 00:22:05,115
-Hmm?
-NYO.

449
00:22:05,215 --> 00:22:07,118
You want to cancel?

450
00:22:07,218 --> 00:22:09,520
Oh, no, Shaun, but thanks.

451
00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:11,522
That-That's fine.

452
00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:15,126
-How'd the recital go?
-Sir?

453
00:22:15,226 --> 00:22:18,970
Your daughter had a recital
last night, right? How'd it go?

454
00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:21,433
Fine. Thank you, sir.

455
00:22:24,636 --> 00:22:26,378
[reporter] According
to a statement released

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00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:29,141
by the Trump transition team
today, "The chiefs

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00:22:29,241 --> 00:22:31,143
of the intel community
confirmed this morning

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that Russian meddling
had no impact whatsoever

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on the outcome
of the election."

460
00:22:36,248 --> 00:22:38,751
The statement went on to say
that while the servers

461
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at the Democratic
National Committee

462
00:22:40,973 --> 00:22:43,516
had been penetrated
by Russian hackers,

463
00:22:43,616 --> 00:22:46,079
the systems at the Republican
National Committee

464
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have proven impregnable.

465
00:22:48,421 --> 00:22:50,364
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪

466
00:22:50,464 --> 00:22:53,207
[Althea]
Director Comey's office.

467
00:22:53,307 --> 00:22:55,309
Of course. Please hold.

468
00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:59,413
Sir, the president-elect
is on line one.

469
00:22:59,513 --> 00:23:01,375
[McCabe]
Boss, BuzzFeed just released

470
00:23:01,475 --> 00:23:03,558
the Steele dossier.

471
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,222
Evening, sir. How are you?

472
00:23:07,322 --> 00:23:08,783
[Trump]
I'm very concerned about

473
00:23:08,883 --> 00:23:10,865
the leaking
of this phony Russian dossier.

474
00:23:10,965 --> 00:23:12,547
I think it's a disgrace
that it could happen,

475
00:23:12,647 --> 00:23:14,269
and I want to know how it did.

476
00:23:14,369 --> 00:23:16,391
Sir, it's not entirely
accurate to call it a leak.

477
00:23:16,491 --> 00:23:19,274
This wasn't a government
document, it wasn't classified.

478
00:23:19,374 --> 00:23:21,917
It was compiled by private
parties and widely distributed

479
00:23:22,017 --> 00:23:24,039
before the FBI ever learned
of its existence.

480
00:23:24,139 --> 00:23:25,881
So we really can't
call it a leak.

481
00:23:25,981 --> 00:23:29,085
Whatever we call it,
I think it's a disgrace.

482
00:23:29,185 --> 00:23:31,327
It shows a great lack
of respect for the presidency,

483
00:23:31,427 --> 00:23:33,089
and I think
it's a terrible thing.

484
00:23:33,189 --> 00:23:35,291
Maybe that's how Obama
did things,

485
00:23:35,391 --> 00:23:39,296
but as soon as I take office,
we're gonna run a tighter ship.

486
00:23:39,396 --> 00:23:42,379
-No leaks.
-That would be ideal, sir.

487
00:23:42,479 --> 00:23:45,783
I saw you on TV today,
on the Hill.

488
00:23:45,883 --> 00:23:48,065
I thought your answers
were very sharp.

489
00:23:48,165 --> 00:23:49,947
That's not easy, it's not easy.

490
00:23:50,047 --> 00:23:53,030
People try to trip you up.
I hope you're gonna stay on.

491
00:23:53,130 --> 00:23:55,032
That is very much my intention.

492
00:23:55,132 --> 00:23:58,436
Good. Well, good night, Jim.

493
00:23:58,536 --> 00:23:59,918
[Jake Tapper]
And the facts

494
00:24:00,018 --> 00:24:01,760
that are competing here are,

495
00:24:01,860 --> 00:24:06,044
what is the truth about what
these Russians claim they have

496
00:24:06,144 --> 00:24:07,446
-on the president-elect?
-Right.

497
00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,288
Is there anything there?

498
00:24:09,388 --> 00:24:13,012
And how much communication was
there between the Trump campaign

499
00:24:13,112 --> 00:24:16,135
and Russia,
and those are still unknown.

500
00:24:16,235 --> 00:24:17,296
You.

501
00:24:17,396 --> 00:24:18,618
[reporter] Uh, on that
intelligence report,

502
00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:21,060
the second part of
their conclusion was that

503
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,582
Vladimir Putin ordered it
because he was--

504
00:24:22,682 --> 00:24:25,505
Look, if Putin
likes Donald Trump,

505
00:24:25,605 --> 00:24:28,268
I consider that an asset,
not a liability,

506
00:24:28,368 --> 00:24:31,071
because we have a horrible
relationship with Russia.

507
00:24:31,171 --> 00:24:33,554
Russia can help us fight ISIS,
which, by the way,

508
00:24:33,654 --> 00:24:35,516
is, number one, tricky.

509
00:24:35,616 --> 00:24:38,319
I mean, if you look at it,
this administration created ISIS

510
00:24:38,419 --> 00:24:40,161
by leaving at the wrong time.
[inhales sharply]

511
00:24:40,261 --> 00:24:42,003
The void was created,
ISIS was formed.

512
00:24:42,103 --> 00:24:45,006
So, if Putin likes Donald Trump,
guess what, folks?

513
00:24:45,106 --> 00:24:48,009
That's called an asset,
not a liability.

514
00:24:48,109 --> 00:24:51,252
Now, I don't know that I'm gonna
get along with Vladimir Putin.

515
00:24:51,352 --> 00:24:53,815
I hope I do. But there's
a good chance I won't.

516
00:24:53,915 --> 00:24:56,618
And if I don't,
do you honestly believe Hillary

517
00:24:56,718 --> 00:24:59,341
would be tougher
on Putin than me?

518
00:24:59,441 --> 00:25:01,343
Give me a break.

519
00:25:01,443 --> 00:25:03,706
Russia will have far greater
respect for our country

520
00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:07,269
when I'm leading it,
and I believe and I hope--

521
00:25:07,369 --> 00:25:09,792
maybe it won't happen,
it's possible.

522
00:25:09,892 --> 00:25:12,875
But I won't be given a little
reset button like Hillary.

523
00:25:12,975 --> 00:25:14,597
"Here, press this piece
of plastic."

524
00:25:14,697 --> 00:25:16,880
Guy looks at her, he said,
"What are you doing?"

525
00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:18,481
There's no reset button.

526
00:25:18,581 --> 00:25:21,044
We're either going to go along
or we're not.

527
00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:22,646
Yes.

528
00:25:22,746 --> 00:25:25,128
[Patrice]
We really should go to Paris.

529
00:25:25,228 --> 00:25:27,331
-Amen.
-No, I mean now.

530
00:25:27,431 --> 00:25:29,253
[laughs softly]

531
00:25:29,353 --> 00:25:32,016
Do you mind if the girls and I
go to the Women's March

532
00:25:32,116 --> 00:25:33,858
the day after the inauguration?

533
00:25:33,958 --> 00:25:36,461
Nope. Just don't get arrested.

534
00:25:36,561 --> 00:25:38,703
-Well, I'll try my best.
-[chuckles]

535
00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:40,805
[phone ringing]

536
00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,709
Hey, Andy.

537
00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:48,273
Boss, Michael Flynn
had five phone conversations

538
00:25:48,373 --> 00:25:51,216
with Russian Ambassador Kislyak
on December 29th.

539
00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:56,001
Say more.

540
00:25:56,101 --> 00:25:57,843
The conversations
took place the day

541
00:25:57,943 --> 00:26:00,206
after POTUS announced
the additional sanctions.

542
00:26:00,306 --> 00:26:03,569
We were on Kislyak
for all of them.

543
00:26:03,669 --> 00:26:06,893
And, boss, they discussed
those sanctions.

544
00:26:06,993 --> 00:26:09,576
Flynn promised to remove them
upon taking office.

545
00:26:09,676 --> 00:26:11,418
-Anyone else know?
-No.

546
00:26:11,518 --> 00:26:13,420
We have it in a box
at the moment.

547
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,342
Keep it there. Thanks, Andy.

548
00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:17,104
[Pence]
I-I talked to General Flynn

549
00:26:17,204 --> 00:26:20,227
about, uh, that-that
conversation, and actually,

550
00:26:20,327 --> 00:26:23,230
it was initiated when, uh,
on-on Christmas Day.

551
00:26:23,330 --> 00:26:25,633
He had sent a text
to the Russian ambassador

552
00:26:25,733 --> 00:26:28,716
to express, uh,
not only Christmas wishes

553
00:26:28,816 --> 00:26:31,239
but, uh, sympathy
for the loss of life

554
00:26:31,339 --> 00:26:33,882
in the airplane crash
that took place.

555
00:26:33,982 --> 00:26:37,886
It was strictly coincidental
that they had a conversation.

556
00:26:37,986 --> 00:26:40,168
They did not discuss
anything having to do

557
00:26:40,268 --> 00:26:44,813
with, uh, the United States'
decision to, uh, expel diplomats

558
00:26:44,913 --> 00:26:47,256
or-or, uh, i-impose
a censure against Russia.

559
00:26:47,356 --> 00:26:48,898
[John Dickerson] So, did
they ever have a conversation

560
00:26:48,998 --> 00:26:51,460
about sanctions ever
on those days or any other day?

561
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,263
Those conversations
that happened to occur

562
00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:57,827
around the time, uh,
that the United States, uh,

563
00:26:57,927 --> 00:27:00,070
took-took action
to expel diplomats,

564
00:27:00,170 --> 00:27:03,633
uh, had nothing whatsoever
to do with those sanctions.

565
00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:06,517
It's four siblings,
each living in separate homes.

566
00:27:06,617 --> 00:27:08,519
So it's weekly home visits
for each kid,

567
00:27:08,619 --> 00:27:10,841
weekly meetings
with each set of parents,

568
00:27:10,941 --> 00:27:13,204
court reports,
family partnership meetings,

569
00:27:13,304 --> 00:27:16,727
school visits and coordinating
with their social workers.

570
00:27:16,827 --> 00:27:19,370
It's all tracking, but yes,

571
00:27:19,470 --> 00:27:22,714
another set of eyes on this one
would be great.

572
00:27:25,116 --> 00:27:27,619
No, why would I watch
the inauguration?

573
00:27:27,719 --> 00:27:31,063
I didn't even know it was on.

574
00:27:31,163 --> 00:27:34,867
So, courthouse at 2?

575
00:27:34,967 --> 00:27:36,869
♪ somber, suspenseful music ♪

576
00:27:36,969 --> 00:27:38,971
♪♪♪♪♪

577
00:28:03,797 --> 00:28:05,800
♪♪♪♪♪

578
00:28:18,213 --> 00:28:20,535
-Thanks, Abby.
-Thank you, ma'am.

579
00:28:22,377 --> 00:28:24,279
Morning, Sally. How are you?

580
00:28:24,379 --> 00:28:25,641
Another day.

581
00:28:25,741 --> 00:28:27,743
What's up?

582
00:28:30,226 --> 00:28:33,169
We intercepted five phone calls
on December 29th

583
00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:35,371
between Sergey Kislyak
and Michael Flynn

584
00:28:35,471 --> 00:28:37,614
in which sanction relief
was discussed.

585
00:28:37,714 --> 00:28:41,298
The VP was just on television
proclaiming that not to be true.

586
00:28:41,398 --> 00:28:43,400
It's true.

587
00:28:46,403 --> 00:28:48,025
The new administration

588
00:28:48,125 --> 00:28:50,147
needs to be alerted
about this immediately.

589
00:28:50,247 --> 00:28:51,709
I don't think we can do that
at this moment.

590
00:28:51,809 --> 00:28:53,631
-Why not?
-Flynn is the subject

591
00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:55,513
of an open investigation
by the Bureau.

592
00:28:55,613 --> 00:28:57,034
We need to interview him first.

593
00:28:57,134 --> 00:28:59,557
The Russians have kompromat
on the incoming NSA.

594
00:28:59,657 --> 00:29:00,918
That constitutes

595
00:29:01,018 --> 00:29:02,921
a real threat
to national security.

596
00:29:03,021 --> 00:29:04,562
We need to know
what he knows, Sally.

597
00:29:04,662 --> 00:29:06,664
We also need to alert the...

598
00:29:11,269 --> 00:29:13,271
[dialogue inaudible]

599
00:29:16,875 --> 00:29:19,838
He reminds me of Sammy the Bull.

600
00:29:22,481 --> 00:29:24,483
I see that.

601
00:29:27,487 --> 00:29:30,630
The boss gets absolute power,
absolute loyalty,

602
00:29:30,730 --> 00:29:33,373
and no one outside
the inner circle counts.

603
00:29:35,575 --> 00:29:39,059
"My soul should burn
if I ever betray Cosa Nostra."

604
00:29:42,663 --> 00:29:44,665
Let me think about it.

605
00:29:45,666 --> 00:29:47,668
[cheering and whooping]

606
00:29:51,512 --> 00:29:53,014
We were so close.

607
00:29:53,114 --> 00:29:55,537
A woman president got so close.

608
00:29:55,637 --> 00:29:56,738
I know, baby. I know.

609
00:29:56,838 --> 00:29:59,020
Fucking James Comey.

610
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,902
Ah.

611
00:30:01,002 --> 00:30:02,464
No.

612
00:30:02,564 --> 00:30:05,547
Today is not about that.

613
00:30:05,647 --> 00:30:07,549
[chanting] The people united
will never be defeated!

614
00:30:07,649 --> 00:30:09,552
[cheering and applause]

615
00:30:09,652 --> 00:30:11,273
...will never be defeated!

616
00:30:11,373 --> 00:30:14,757
The people united
will never be defeated!

617
00:30:14,857 --> 00:30:16,439
The people united

618
00:30:16,539 --> 00:30:18,161
will never be defeated!

619
00:30:18,261 --> 00:30:19,843
The people united

620
00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:21,524
will never be defeated!

621
00:30:21,624 --> 00:30:25,288
The people united
will never be defeated!

622
00:30:25,388 --> 00:30:26,610
The people united

623
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:28,332
will never be defeated!

624
00:30:28,432 --> 00:30:30,013
I do think
this raises real questions.

625
00:30:30,113 --> 00:30:32,977
The Logan Act, Erin, has been
rarely invoked in our history.

626
00:30:33,077 --> 00:30:34,899
-[Burnett] Yeah.
-But it lays down a clear line

627
00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:37,181
that we only have one president
at a time

628
00:30:37,281 --> 00:30:39,383
and that American leaders,
American citizens,

629
00:30:39,483 --> 00:30:41,866
shouldn't be engaging
in their own foreign policy.

630
00:30:41,966 --> 00:30:44,709
Uh, after January 20th,
once Trump becomes president,

631
00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:47,152
General Flynn's free
to have any contacts he chooses

632
00:30:47,252 --> 00:30:49,034
with foreign governments
and their ambassadors.

633
00:30:49,134 --> 00:30:52,357
Uh, but it seems very suspicious
that three weeks in advance,

634
00:30:52,457 --> 00:30:55,440
uh, he needed to have a call
in order to schedule a call

635
00:30:55,540 --> 00:30:57,803
that wouldn't happen
for weeks hence.

636
00:30:57,903 --> 00:31:00,145
-[soft chatter]
-[camera shutters clicking]

637
00:31:06,032 --> 00:31:08,334
Thank you all for coming.

638
00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:12,659
We're gonna have
a great eight years together.

639
00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:15,181
This is a good room for me
because...

640
00:31:15,281 --> 00:31:17,264
law enforcement people
all love Trump.

641
00:31:17,364 --> 00:31:18,945
Military people, too.

642
00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,188
Probably everyone in this room
voted for me.

643
00:31:21,288 --> 00:31:23,951
I won't ask you
to raise your hands if you did,

644
00:31:24,051 --> 00:31:27,354
but I guarantee
a big portion did.

645
00:31:27,454 --> 00:31:28,916
Because guess what?

646
00:31:29,016 --> 00:31:31,359
We're all
on the same wavelength, folks.

647
00:31:31,459 --> 00:31:35,843
So, I want to thank you all
for the fantastic job you did

648
00:31:35,943 --> 00:31:37,966
keeping
our inaugural events safe.

649
00:31:38,066 --> 00:31:40,088
I know it wasn't easy
with all those people.

650
00:31:40,188 --> 00:31:42,451
Biggest inaugural ever,
and you know better than anybody

651
00:31:42,551 --> 00:31:45,013
how that's been distorted
by the dishonest media.

652
00:31:45,113 --> 00:31:47,376
[inhales sharply]
Fake news.

653
00:31:47,476 --> 00:31:49,538
But you did your jobs.

654
00:31:49,638 --> 00:31:50,900
And...

655
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,102
[chuckles]
James!

656
00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:55,264
Jim Comey.

657
00:31:55,364 --> 00:31:57,266
FBI director.

658
00:31:57,366 --> 00:31:59,268
♪ tense, atmospheric music ♪

659
00:31:59,368 --> 00:32:01,271
♪♪♪♪♪

660
00:32:01,371 --> 00:32:03,473
Let's take some pictures,
say hello to each other.

661
00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:06,096
Okay? Where's a good spot?
Right here.

662
00:32:09,059 --> 00:32:11,061
[applause]

663
00:32:14,505 --> 00:32:16,507
He's more famous than me.

664
00:32:26,117 --> 00:32:28,780
That's your father's
"oh, shit" face.

665
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,882
I know.

666
00:32:40,372 --> 00:32:41,714
Really looking forward
to working with you.

667
00:32:41,814 --> 00:32:43,816
Let's take a picture.

668
00:32:45,377 --> 00:32:47,159
Joe. Joe Clancy, Secret Service.

669
00:32:47,259 --> 00:32:49,682
Get up here. Look at...
He's the man.

670
00:32:49,782 --> 00:32:51,965
Get over here.

671
00:32:52,065 --> 00:32:53,767
There's been one call.

672
00:32:53,867 --> 00:32:57,330
I talked to, uh, General Flynn
about this again last night.

673
00:32:57,430 --> 00:33:00,013
One call.
Talked about four subjects.

674
00:33:00,113 --> 00:33:03,297
One was the, uh, loss of life

675
00:33:03,397 --> 00:33:05,779
that occurred in the plane crash
that took their military choir.

676
00:33:05,879 --> 00:33:08,742
Two was Christmas
and holiday greetings.

677
00:33:08,842 --> 00:33:10,985
Um, three was to facilit...

678
00:33:11,085 --> 00:33:13,828
or to talk about a conference
in Syria on ISIS.

679
00:33:13,928 --> 00:33:15,670
And four was to set up a...

680
00:33:15,770 --> 00:33:17,912
to talk about,
after the inauguration,

681
00:33:18,012 --> 00:33:19,354
setting up a call

682
00:33:19,454 --> 00:33:21,756
between President Putin
and President Trump.

683
00:33:21,856 --> 00:33:25,080
Um, that... I don't believe
that that has been set up yet

684
00:33:25,180 --> 00:33:27,522
because the call
was to say after...

685
00:33:27,622 --> 00:33:29,685
They did follow up--
I'm sorry-- two days ago

686
00:33:29,785 --> 00:33:32,608
about how to facilitate
that call once again.

687
00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:34,810
So, there have been a total
of two calls.

688
00:33:34,910 --> 00:33:37,693
-Morning.
-[Strzok] Morning.

689
00:33:37,793 --> 00:33:40,376
-Thanks for your time, General.
-Not at all. Not at all.

690
00:33:40,476 --> 00:33:42,178
I was just in the Oval.

691
00:33:42,278 --> 00:33:43,419
Have you seen it
since we got in?

692
00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:45,101
-I haven't, no.
-Oh, you should.

693
00:33:45,201 --> 00:33:46,783
It looks really different now.

694
00:33:46,883 --> 00:33:49,826
President has, uh, quite a knack
for interior design.

695
00:33:49,926 --> 00:33:51,928
[Strzok chuckles]

696
00:33:54,811 --> 00:33:56,273
Hi, Jim.

697
00:33:56,373 --> 00:33:58,716
I wanted you to hear it
from me personally.

698
00:33:58,816 --> 00:34:00,678
We just sent two agents
over to the White House

699
00:34:00,778 --> 00:34:02,199
to interview Mike Flynn.

700
00:34:02,299 --> 00:34:04,402
-You what?
-They're in with him now.

701
00:34:04,502 --> 00:34:06,544
Without notifying me first?

702
00:34:09,627 --> 00:34:11,249
Sally, I don't know
where this is headed,

703
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:12,611
but it could be a place
where Flynn

704
00:34:12,711 --> 00:34:14,052
or others in the White House are

705
00:34:14,152 --> 00:34:15,854
-in big trouble.
-Exactly why chain of command

706
00:34:15,954 --> 00:34:16,975
is so important here.

707
00:34:17,075 --> 00:34:18,537
And if you signed off
on the interview,

708
00:34:18,637 --> 00:34:20,619
it could be framed
as a final partisan attack

709
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,701
by an Obama appointee
on the new president.

710
00:34:22,801 --> 00:34:25,264
-If I do it, it's not.
-I want you to stop doing this.

711
00:34:25,364 --> 00:34:28,227
I want you to stop deciding what
I do and don't need to know.

712
00:34:28,327 --> 00:34:30,389
You don't get to make
those calls for the rest of us.

713
00:34:30,489 --> 00:34:31,911
I'm just trying
to get to the truth

714
00:34:32,011 --> 00:34:34,033
with as little political
interference as possible.

715
00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:35,675
You worry about
the truth part, okay?

716
00:34:35,775 --> 00:34:39,079
I'll handle the rest.

717
00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:41,401
I want to be briefed
as soon as they get back.

718
00:34:41,501 --> 00:34:44,565
Of course. Thanks, Sally.

719
00:34:44,665 --> 00:34:46,447
And by the way,

720
00:34:46,547 --> 00:34:48,989
you're an Obama appointee, too.

721
00:34:50,070 --> 00:34:52,633
I'm a lot of things now.

722
00:34:54,075 --> 00:34:55,977
[Flynn]
What happened was

723
00:34:56,077 --> 00:34:57,979
it was Christmas Day.

724
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:01,102
There was a Russian plane
went down,

725
00:35:01,202 --> 00:35:03,265
and--

726
00:35:03,365 --> 00:35:04,986
excuse me--

727
00:35:05,086 --> 00:35:06,668
it killed this choir

728
00:35:06,768 --> 00:35:09,872
that I had seen perform
when I was in Moscow.

729
00:35:09,972 --> 00:35:12,875
And I wanted to pass along
my condolences

730
00:35:12,975 --> 00:35:14,997
to Ambassador Kislyak.

731
00:35:15,097 --> 00:35:17,239
[Strzok] Did you discuss
any matters of substance

732
00:35:17,339 --> 00:35:18,521
with the ambassador?

733
00:35:18,621 --> 00:35:21,964
Uh, well, not many. Not many.

734
00:35:22,064 --> 00:35:24,767
I was in the Dominican Republic
at the time,

735
00:35:24,867 --> 00:35:28,892
and the, uh, cell reception
was not great. [chuckles]

736
00:35:28,992 --> 00:35:31,535
Did you ask him at all
about the upcoming UN vote

737
00:35:31,635 --> 00:35:33,096
on the Israeli settlements?

738
00:35:33,196 --> 00:35:34,698
Uh, listen, Sergey,

739
00:35:34,798 --> 00:35:36,700
while I've got you,

740
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,345
um, the upcoming UN vote
on the Israeli settlements...

741
00:35:41,445 --> 00:35:42,707
Just in a very general way.

742
00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:46,190
You know, "What's your--
what's your position on this?"

743
00:35:46,290 --> 00:35:47,832
You know, that kind of thing.

744
00:35:47,932 --> 00:35:49,834
I'm...
[chuckles]

745
00:35:49,934 --> 00:35:51,396
I'm sure you know
all this already.

746
00:35:51,496 --> 00:35:53,518
You-you were
probably listening in, right?

747
00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:55,520
[Strzok chuckles]

748
00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:58,083
Did you ask him
to have Russia abstain

749
00:35:58,183 --> 00:36:00,165
from the UN vote?

750
00:36:00,265 --> 00:36:02,247
No. I did not.

751
00:36:02,347 --> 00:36:03,809
Any chance that I can

752
00:36:03,909 --> 00:36:06,172
talk you into abstaining or...

753
00:36:06,272 --> 00:36:07,813
Did you ask for help
in delaying the vote?

754
00:36:07,913 --> 00:36:09,615
...maybe delaying the vote
for a few days?

755
00:36:09,715 --> 00:36:11,337
-No.
-Did you discuss with him

756
00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:14,180
any of the new sanctions
that the Obama administration

757
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,182
had levied upon Russia
as punishment

758
00:36:16,282 --> 00:36:18,184
for Russia's interference
in our election?

759
00:36:18,284 --> 00:36:20,347
No. Uh...

760
00:36:20,447 --> 00:36:24,111
In fact, I didn't even know
about those at the time.

761
00:36:24,211 --> 00:36:26,954
-Mm-hmm.
-Um, I didn't have access

762
00:36:27,054 --> 00:36:29,556
to, uh, television news
in the Dominican,

763
00:36:29,656 --> 00:36:32,800
and my-my government-issued
BlackBerry wasn't working.

764
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,643
Were you concerned at all
about the Russian government,

765
00:36:35,743 --> 00:36:38,286
that they might retaliate
for the sanctions,

766
00:36:38,386 --> 00:36:40,969
perhaps escalate tensions
between the two countries?

767
00:36:41,069 --> 00:36:44,172
Well, in a--
in a very general way, sure.

768
00:36:44,272 --> 00:36:46,334
-Mm-hmm.
-Sure. But, um...

769
00:36:46,434 --> 00:36:48,697
But, like I said, I--
You know, I was learning

770
00:36:48,797 --> 00:36:51,900
about all of this, uh,
in real time, so...

771
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,902
Did you ask of the ambassador

772
00:36:54,002 --> 00:36:58,147
that Russia not retaliate
in any way to these measures?

773
00:36:58,247 --> 00:36:59,989
[inhales]
Uh...

774
00:37:00,089 --> 00:37:02,672
[exhales]
No.

775
00:37:02,772 --> 00:37:04,754
Did you say anything
along the lines of...

776
00:37:04,854 --> 00:37:06,476
-Just let us get in there.
-..."Let us get in there

777
00:37:06,576 --> 00:37:08,077
-and fix this"?
-We'll fix this.

778
00:37:08,177 --> 00:37:10,560
"Please don't play tit for tat"?
That sort of thing?

779
00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:12,843
So there's no need
for him to engage in any sort

780
00:37:12,943 --> 00:37:14,324
-of reciprocal...
-Um...

781
00:37:14,424 --> 00:37:15,686
...tit-for-tat response.

782
00:37:15,786 --> 00:37:18,569
Not really. You know--
you know what, I don't remember.

783
00:37:18,669 --> 00:37:22,132
Um, you know,
if the subject came up at all,

784
00:37:22,232 --> 00:37:23,894
it-it certainly wasn't,
you know,

785
00:37:23,994 --> 00:37:26,137
"Hey, don't do anything."

786
00:37:26,237 --> 00:37:28,139
[chuckles]

787
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:29,460
I see.

788
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:31,883
Yeah.

789
00:37:32,924 --> 00:37:35,667
Boss...

790
00:37:35,767 --> 00:37:38,390
interview team is back
from the White House.

791
00:37:38,490 --> 00:37:41,273
General Flynn denied
the whole thing.

792
00:37:41,373 --> 00:37:44,516
Althea, get me the D.A.G.,
please.

793
00:37:44,616 --> 00:37:47,640
They used whole sentences
from the conversations.

794
00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:49,281
Unless he's recently had
a stroke,

795
00:37:49,381 --> 00:37:51,364
he would have to know they
were working off a transcript.

796
00:37:51,464 --> 00:37:52,525
Why would he do that?

797
00:37:52,625 --> 00:37:54,367
He's got to know
he just lit himself on fire.

798
00:37:54,467 --> 00:37:55,448
Who else was in the room?

799
00:37:55,548 --> 00:37:57,010
Just our two agents and him.

800
00:37:57,110 --> 00:37:59,332
He opted against having
White House Counsel there.

801
00:37:59,432 --> 00:38:01,775
How fast can you get me
a draft 302?

802
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:03,096
Within the hour.

803
00:38:03,196 --> 00:38:05,759
I have the D.A.G. on line 1.

804
00:38:08,282 --> 00:38:10,024
Hi, Sally.

805
00:38:10,124 --> 00:38:12,246
[Yates]
Thank you for your time, Don.

806
00:38:13,327 --> 00:38:15,429
I asked Mary to join us

807
00:38:15,529 --> 00:38:17,191
because she's career DOJ,

808
00:38:17,291 --> 00:38:19,033
and I-I felt
it would be prudent

809
00:38:19,133 --> 00:38:21,636
to establish
some institutional memory here.

810
00:38:21,736 --> 00:38:23,278
How's everyone settling in?

811
00:38:23,378 --> 00:38:25,840
Oh. We're remaking the place.

812
00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:27,362
Even the Oval.

813
00:38:27,462 --> 00:38:29,524
Have... you seen it?

814
00:38:29,624 --> 00:38:31,887
Well, you should.

815
00:38:31,987 --> 00:38:34,089
The president has a real eye

816
00:38:34,189 --> 00:38:36,011
for interior design.
[chuckles softly]

817
00:38:36,111 --> 00:38:37,333
Ah.

818
00:38:37,433 --> 00:38:39,435
What can I do for you?

819
00:38:41,117 --> 00:38:43,339
In the last few days,

820
00:38:43,439 --> 00:38:46,022
several members
of this administration,

821
00:38:46,122 --> 00:38:47,704
including the vice president,

822
00:38:47,804 --> 00:38:50,947
have made public comments
concerning General Flynn

823
00:38:51,047 --> 00:38:53,189
and his calls
with the Russian ambassador

824
00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:56,073
that we now know
to be materially untrue.

825
00:38:56,173 --> 00:38:58,075
We believe this is the result

826
00:38:58,175 --> 00:39:00,878
of General Flynn
having misled the White House

827
00:39:00,978 --> 00:39:04,441
about the nature and content
of those calls.

828
00:39:04,541 --> 00:39:06,203
I see.

829
00:39:06,303 --> 00:39:09,167
Uh, are you permitted to tell me
how you know what you know?

830
00:39:09,267 --> 00:39:12,850
We electronically surveil
Ambassador Kislyak

831
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:14,172
as a matter of routine.

832
00:39:14,272 --> 00:39:17,255
So we were on all those calls.

833
00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,777
They discussed sanctions,

834
00:39:18,877 --> 00:39:20,579
diplomatic expulsions,

835
00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:24,423
the UN vote
on Israeli settlements.

836
00:39:24,523 --> 00:39:27,706
If General Flynn has told
the vice president

837
00:39:27,806 --> 00:39:29,708
or anyone else
in the administration

838
00:39:29,808 --> 00:39:32,431
that those calls
did not touch upon those topics,

839
00:39:32,531 --> 00:39:34,033
then he has told an untruth.

840
00:39:34,133 --> 00:39:36,235
And the vice president
has a right to know

841
00:39:36,335 --> 00:39:38,157
that he has been propagating
that untruth

842
00:39:38,257 --> 00:39:40,320
in the public square.

843
00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:42,322
What are you planning
to do with this?

844
00:39:42,422 --> 00:39:44,404
Y-You gonna notify Congress?

845
00:39:44,504 --> 00:39:46,486
It is not our...

846
00:39:46,586 --> 00:39:49,169
intention
to embarrass the White House.

847
00:39:49,269 --> 00:39:52,573
It is our intention
to protect the American people.

848
00:39:52,673 --> 00:39:55,095
So, this is close-hold.

849
00:39:55,195 --> 00:39:58,019
But we believe
General Flynn is now compromised

850
00:39:58,119 --> 00:40:00,121
with respect to the Russians.

851
00:40:01,402 --> 00:40:03,625
You'll have
to explain that to me.

852
00:40:03,725 --> 00:40:05,066
He has lied.

853
00:40:05,166 --> 00:40:07,469
And the Russians know
that he has lied.

854
00:40:07,569 --> 00:40:09,911
They undoubtedly have
their own recordings

855
00:40:10,011 --> 00:40:11,473
of those conversations.

856
00:40:11,573 --> 00:40:14,236
That gives them leverage
over him.

857
00:40:14,336 --> 00:40:17,840
The-the term of art
is "kompromat,"

858
00:40:17,940 --> 00:40:19,401
meaning...

859
00:40:19,501 --> 00:40:21,503
they could now blackmail him.

860
00:40:22,224 --> 00:40:25,448
And every single time

861
00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:27,370
another member
of this administration

862
00:40:27,470 --> 00:40:29,372
goes on television to say

863
00:40:29,472 --> 00:40:32,696
Flynn and the ambassador
did not touch upon those topics

864
00:40:32,796 --> 00:40:34,698
or discuss the sanctions,

865
00:40:34,798 --> 00:40:36,960
the level of kompromat
increases.

866
00:40:38,882 --> 00:40:40,784
General Flynn
was interviewed this week

867
00:40:40,884 --> 00:40:43,867
by two FBI agents,
here at the White House.

868
00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:45,789
Were you aware of that?

869
00:40:45,889 --> 00:40:48,392
No.

870
00:40:48,492 --> 00:40:50,234
How'd he do?

871
00:40:50,334 --> 00:40:53,237
I'm sorry.
I'm not at liberty to tell you.

872
00:40:53,337 --> 00:40:56,100
But an investigation is ongoing.

873
00:40:57,382 --> 00:41:00,225
Think we should just fire him?

874
00:41:02,267 --> 00:41:04,269
That is not our call.

875
00:41:06,351 --> 00:41:08,654
Obviously, you don't want

876
00:41:08,754 --> 00:41:11,177
the highest-ranking
National Security officer

877
00:41:11,277 --> 00:41:13,939
in the U.S. government to be...

878
00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:16,602
blackmailable
by a foreign adversary.

879
00:41:18,364 --> 00:41:20,366
Especially Russia.

880
00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:23,670
Well...
[grunts softly]

881
00:41:23,770 --> 00:41:26,673
thanks for bringing this
to our attention.

882
00:41:26,773 --> 00:41:28,895
We appreciate it.

883
00:41:36,303 --> 00:41:38,406
Thank you for coming back
on such short notice.

884
00:41:38,506 --> 00:41:40,848
Of course.

885
00:41:40,948 --> 00:41:42,610
I reported back to the president

886
00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:44,492
after our meeting yesterday,

887
00:41:44,592 --> 00:41:47,355
and there was one thing
we were unclear on.

888
00:41:48,716 --> 00:41:50,218
Why does it matter

889
00:41:50,318 --> 00:41:52,220
if one administration official
lies

890
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,003
to another
administration official?

891
00:41:57,045 --> 00:41:59,047
[inhales]

892
00:41:59,888 --> 00:42:01,630
[Comey] I want people
to sit in the courtyard.

893
00:42:01,730 --> 00:42:03,272
So, tables, umbrellas.

894
00:42:03,372 --> 00:42:05,595
We're gonna build a gym
on the mezzanine.

895
00:42:05,695 --> 00:42:07,036
And maybe a day spa?

896
00:42:07,136 --> 00:42:09,118
Done.
[chuckles]

897
00:42:09,218 --> 00:42:11,581
[phone rings]

898
00:42:15,265 --> 00:42:17,167
Director Comey's office.

899
00:42:17,267 --> 00:42:20,570
Of course.
One moment, please.

900
00:42:20,670 --> 00:42:22,673
Sir, the president is calling.

901
00:42:28,479 --> 00:42:30,481
Thank you.

902
00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:33,224
This is Jim Comey.

903
00:42:33,324 --> 00:42:34,585
[Trump]
Hi, Jim.

904
00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:37,068
Would you like to come over
for dinner tonight?

905
00:42:37,168 --> 00:42:39,110
Of course, sir.

906
00:42:39,210 --> 00:42:41,573
[phone ringing]

907
00:42:45,817 --> 00:42:47,399
-Hi.
-[Comey] Hi.

908
00:42:47,499 --> 00:42:49,001
I can't meet you
for dinner tonight.

909
00:42:49,101 --> 00:42:50,803
-Sorry.
-Better offer?

910
00:42:50,903 --> 00:42:52,805
No. But definitely
a bigger name.

911
00:42:52,905 --> 00:42:54,907
The president.

912
00:42:55,387 --> 00:42:56,849
Oh.

913
00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:59,372
Just the two of you?

914
00:42:59,472 --> 00:43:01,474
I hope not.

915
00:43:02,315 --> 00:43:03,736
Me, too.

916
00:43:03,836 --> 00:43:05,739
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

917
00:43:05,839 --> 00:43:08,041
♪♪♪♪♪

918
00:43:10,243 --> 00:43:12,926
[dialogue inaudible]

919
00:43:39,955 --> 00:43:42,358
♪♪♪♪♪

920
00:43:55,251 --> 00:43:57,073
Just the two of us?

921
00:43:57,173 --> 00:43:58,555
Yes, sir.

922
00:43:58,655 --> 00:44:01,017
♪♪♪♪♪

923
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,442
I like that.

924
00:44:25,443 --> 00:44:27,426
People who are on time.

925
00:44:27,526 --> 00:44:30,189
[footsteps approaching]

926
00:44:30,289 --> 00:44:32,271
I think a leader
should always be on time.

927
00:44:32,371 --> 00:44:34,273
Good to see you,
Mr. President.

928
00:44:34,373 --> 00:44:36,876
I hear things are going
very well at the Bureau.

929
00:44:36,976 --> 00:44:38,798
You're gonna love Jeff Sessions.

930
00:44:38,898 --> 00:44:39,879
Very smart.

931
00:44:39,979 --> 00:44:42,081
First senator to endorse me.

932
00:44:42,181 --> 00:44:43,483
Sit.

933
00:44:43,583 --> 00:44:46,065
I look forward
to working with him.

934
00:44:47,867 --> 00:44:50,450
He doesn't know I called.

935
00:44:50,550 --> 00:44:53,854
I wanted this to be private,
just between us.

936
00:44:53,954 --> 00:44:56,196
Reince Priebus
doesn't even know you're here.

937
00:45:03,884 --> 00:45:06,788
They write these things
one at a time,

938
00:45:06,888 --> 00:45:08,890
by hand.

939
00:45:09,891 --> 00:45:11,893
Calligraphy.

940
00:45:12,854 --> 00:45:15,417
They write them by hand.

941
00:45:22,184 --> 00:45:24,186
So, what do you want to do?

942
00:45:25,187 --> 00:45:26,609
Sir?

943
00:45:26,709 --> 00:45:31,414
Lots of people want
to be director of the FBI.

944
00:45:31,514 --> 00:45:34,337
But I tell everybody
how highly I think of you.

945
00:45:34,437 --> 00:45:36,820
I have lots of friends there.
[inhales]

946
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,504
Nobody has better relationships
with the FBI than I do.

947
00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:42,506
So people would tell me
if there was a problem.

948
00:45:42,606 --> 00:45:43,987
But I know you're respected,

949
00:45:44,087 --> 00:45:46,990
which is what I tell people
that say I could make a change

950
00:45:47,090 --> 00:45:49,233
if I wanted to.

951
00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:52,476
Press has been very unfair
to you.

952
00:45:52,576 --> 00:45:55,039
I know about that.

953
00:45:55,139 --> 00:45:59,884
Nobody gets treated
as unfairly as I do.

954
00:45:59,984 --> 00:46:01,846
It's disgraceful.

955
00:46:01,946 --> 00:46:05,290
So I'd understand
if you wanted to... walk away,

956
00:46:05,390 --> 00:46:08,493
go back to the private sector.

957
00:46:08,593 --> 00:46:10,415
I know that's attractive.

958
00:46:10,515 --> 00:46:14,059
But, um, I don't think it'd
be good for you, personally.

959
00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:16,662
It'd make you look
like you'd done something wrong.

960
00:46:16,762 --> 00:46:18,584
Who needs that?
[inhales sharply]

961
00:46:18,684 --> 00:46:20,826
I mean, doesn't matter to me
that I could make a change.

962
00:46:20,926 --> 00:46:21,988
I, mm...

963
00:46:22,088 --> 00:46:24,831
I get along with everybody.

964
00:46:24,931 --> 00:46:28,354
But I wanted to know
what you were thinking about it.

965
00:46:28,454 --> 00:46:29,916
It's true, Mr. President.

966
00:46:30,016 --> 00:46:32,359
You can fire the FBI director
at any time,

967
00:46:32,459 --> 00:46:34,921
for any reason
or for no reason at all.

968
00:46:35,021 --> 00:46:37,164
But... I want to stay

969
00:46:37,264 --> 00:46:39,166
because I love the Bureau
and I love my job

970
00:46:39,266 --> 00:46:42,490
and I believe
I'm doing it well.

971
00:46:42,590 --> 00:46:45,052
One thing I never had to think
about in the Trump Organization,

972
00:46:45,152 --> 00:46:46,694
because I did so much myself--

973
00:46:46,794 --> 00:46:48,936
You know, people think
we were so big, but...

974
00:46:49,036 --> 00:46:51,599
[inhales]
truth is, I did everything.

975
00:46:52,881 --> 00:46:54,422
But now I have
to rely on people.

976
00:46:54,522 --> 00:46:55,904
I have all these...

977
00:46:56,004 --> 00:46:59,067
idiot advisors around
who think they got me elected.

978
00:46:59,167 --> 00:47:01,830
You know
who I actually listen to?

979
00:47:01,930 --> 00:47:03,352
TV people.

980
00:47:03,452 --> 00:47:07,276
Because they got to get ratings
every day.

981
00:47:07,376 --> 00:47:10,079
White House advisor
can guess wrong,

982
00:47:10,179 --> 00:47:11,360
still keep his job.

983
00:47:11,460 --> 00:47:12,842
Not the TV guys.

984
00:47:12,942 --> 00:47:15,605
A lot of smart people
in that business.

985
00:47:15,705 --> 00:47:17,927
Well, you can rely on me, sir.

986
00:47:18,027 --> 00:47:19,329
To tell you the--

987
00:47:19,429 --> 00:47:20,850
I need loyalty.

988
00:47:20,950 --> 00:47:23,453
♪ haunting music ♪

989
00:47:23,553 --> 00:47:25,295
I expect...

990
00:47:25,395 --> 00:47:27,978
loyalty.

991
00:47:28,078 --> 00:47:30,881
♪♪♪♪♪

992
00:47:36,967 --> 00:47:38,469
You would think,

993
00:47:38,569 --> 00:47:42,113
being a New Yorker...

994
00:47:42,213 --> 00:47:45,116
I'd be prepared
for how nasty this town is.

995
00:47:45,216 --> 00:47:46,398
[inhales]

996
00:47:46,498 --> 00:47:47,399
I mean,

997
00:47:47,499 --> 00:47:49,081
I'm a tough guy, right?

998
00:47:49,181 --> 00:47:50,842
But this town--

999
00:47:50,942 --> 00:47:53,285
they lie about the size
of my inauguration--

1000
00:47:53,385 --> 00:47:55,647
biggest crowd ever--
and they can't give it to me.

1001
00:47:55,747 --> 00:47:58,330
They lie about me mocking
some disabled reporter...

1002
00:47:58,430 --> 00:48:00,733
[inhales]
which I never did.

1003
00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:02,335
Like I'm gonna grope

1004
00:48:02,435 --> 00:48:05,058
some unattractive woman
on an airplane

1005
00:48:05,158 --> 00:48:07,580
or pay some porn star
to come to my room.

1006
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:09,062
It's all fake news.

1007
00:48:09,162 --> 00:48:11,424
And people--
a lot of people--

1008
00:48:11,524 --> 00:48:13,867
are saying that.

1009
00:48:13,967 --> 00:48:15,188
You know,
Hillary never understood

1010
00:48:15,288 --> 00:48:16,990
how good I was
at getting free media,

1011
00:48:17,090 --> 00:48:18,472
which I call "earned media"

1012
00:48:18,572 --> 00:48:19,953
because you got
to work to get it.

1013
00:48:20,053 --> 00:48:22,436
But it was just such
a nasty campaign.

1014
00:48:22,536 --> 00:48:24,999
There's a very fine book
about the political battles

1015
00:48:25,099 --> 00:48:27,441
between John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson--

1016
00:48:27,541 --> 00:48:28,603
Yeah, somebody
gave me that book.

1017
00:48:28,703 --> 00:48:29,804
It's upstairs.

1018
00:48:29,904 --> 00:48:31,806
I'm gonna read it.

1019
00:48:31,906 --> 00:48:34,088
They make these jokes about me--

1020
00:48:34,188 --> 00:48:36,171
Alec Baldwin--
it's so terrible.

1021
00:48:36,271 --> 00:48:38,053
Like I can't read.

1022
00:48:38,153 --> 00:48:42,898
Who do they think writes
all my best-selling books?

1023
00:48:42,998 --> 00:48:45,180
As I see it,

1024
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,784
you had three phases
with the Hillary e-mail thing.

1025
00:48:48,884 --> 00:48:51,067
Phase one, where you saved her

1026
00:48:51,167 --> 00:48:52,909
by announcing
you weren't gonna prosecute,

1027
00:48:53,009 --> 00:48:55,471
which a lot of lawyers have told
me was not the right conclusion.

1028
00:48:55,571 --> 00:48:58,314
Our investigators spent
a year on it before deciding

1029
00:48:58,414 --> 00:49:00,396
there was
no prosecutable case there.

1030
00:49:00,496 --> 00:49:03,440
Well, a lot of smart people,
very educated people, disagree.

1031
00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:06,243
Alan Dershowitz.

1032
00:49:06,343 --> 00:49:09,887
Anyways, then comes Comey Two,

1033
00:49:09,987 --> 00:49:12,489
where you did what you had
to do by telling Congress

1034
00:49:12,589 --> 00:49:14,331
you were reopening
the investigation.

1035
00:49:14,431 --> 00:49:16,494
Absolutely the right move.

1036
00:49:16,594 --> 00:49:18,976
Then comes Comey Three,

1037
00:49:19,076 --> 00:49:21,219
where you saved her again,

1038
00:49:21,319 --> 00:49:23,982
which she totally misplayed.

1039
00:49:24,082 --> 00:49:25,784
And then you get attacked,
I think very unfairly,

1040
00:49:25,884 --> 00:49:28,146
by the liberal mainstream media.

1041
00:49:28,246 --> 00:49:29,948
Partisan CNN.

1042
00:49:30,048 --> 00:49:32,811
How do you hold up
under the strain?

1043
00:49:34,373 --> 00:49:36,955
Same way you do, I imagine.

1044
00:49:37,055 --> 00:49:39,338
Family.

1045
00:49:51,030 --> 00:49:52,973
Oh, this is luxury.

1046
00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:56,096
And I know luxury.

1047
00:49:56,196 --> 00:49:58,939
I'm pretty great
at interior design.

1048
00:49:59,039 --> 00:50:02,563
This is nicer than Mar-a-Lago.

1049
00:50:16,778 --> 00:50:19,441
Does your guy McCabe have
a problem with me?

1050
00:50:19,541 --> 00:50:21,403
No, sir, of course not.

1051
00:50:21,503 --> 00:50:23,845
I was pretty rough on him
during the campaign.

1052
00:50:23,945 --> 00:50:26,008
Andy, like everyone else
at the Bureau,

1053
00:50:26,108 --> 00:50:28,090
is a professional
who puts country first.

1054
00:50:28,190 --> 00:50:31,253
Ours is an apolitical culture.

1055
00:50:31,353 --> 00:50:33,456
'Cause I'm still
very upset about

1056
00:50:33,556 --> 00:50:35,938
this golden showers business.

1057
00:50:36,038 --> 00:50:37,900
It would bother me if there
was even one percent chance

1058
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,183
Melania would think it was true.

1059
00:50:40,283 --> 00:50:41,424
I'm a germophobe.

1060
00:50:41,524 --> 00:50:43,546
I didn't even stay over
that night.

1061
00:50:43,646 --> 00:50:45,028
People saw that.

1062
00:50:45,128 --> 00:50:46,470
You should investigate
the allegation

1063
00:50:46,570 --> 00:50:48,231
to prove what a lie it is.

1064
00:50:48,331 --> 00:50:50,434
Mr. President, we can do that,
but you should know

1065
00:50:50,534 --> 00:50:52,516
that if we did,
it would create a narrative

1066
00:50:52,616 --> 00:50:55,119
that we were
investigating you personally.

1067
00:50:55,219 --> 00:50:58,042
And it's very difficult
to prove that something

1068
00:50:58,142 --> 00:51:00,004
-didn't happen.
-Well, think about it.

1069
00:51:00,104 --> 00:51:02,567
Because it would be very
hurtful to me and my family.

1070
00:51:02,667 --> 00:51:04,289
Of course.

1071
00:51:04,389 --> 00:51:07,292
Would you ever like to have
your family here for dinner?

1072
00:51:07,392 --> 00:51:09,294
-You can.
-Mr. President,

1073
00:51:09,394 --> 00:51:11,296
I-I think it's
in your best interest

1074
00:51:11,396 --> 00:51:12,978
that we not socialize too much.

1075
00:51:13,078 --> 00:51:14,700
The country needs
to know that the FBI

1076
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,182
is completely
divorced from politics.

1077
00:51:17,282 --> 00:51:19,024
Obama was very close with Holder

1078
00:51:19,124 --> 00:51:20,346
when Holder was
attorney general.

1079
00:51:20,446 --> 00:51:22,448
I thought that was a mistake.

1080
00:51:23,569 --> 00:51:25,571
He made a lot of them.

1081
00:51:27,733 --> 00:51:31,357
We're just starting to dig out
from some of his mistakes.

1082
00:51:31,457 --> 00:51:35,762
It's unbelievable how much
we're accomplishing.

1083
00:51:35,862 --> 00:51:37,524
You can make Reince Priebus
your contact.

1084
00:51:37,624 --> 00:51:39,086
He knows we're meeting here
tonight.

1085
00:51:39,186 --> 00:51:40,928
The point is...

1086
00:51:41,028 --> 00:51:43,911
I need loyalty.

1087
00:51:48,996 --> 00:51:51,879
You will always get
honesty from me.

1088
00:51:54,282 --> 00:51:56,104
That's what I want--

1089
00:51:56,204 --> 00:51:58,206
honest loyalty.

1090
00:52:01,890 --> 00:52:04,973
You will get that from me.

1091
00:52:13,302 --> 00:52:15,604
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪

1092
00:52:15,704 --> 00:52:17,707
♪♪♪♪♪

1093
00:52:40,571 --> 00:52:42,653
[engine starts]

1094
00:52:52,904 --> 00:52:55,387
♪♪♪♪♪

1095
00:52:57,549 --> 00:52:59,551
[Comey]
Damn it.

1096
00:53:23,697 --> 00:53:25,699
♪♪♪♪♪

1097
00:53:34,188 --> 00:53:36,230
[beeping]

1098
00:53:50,485 --> 00:53:52,468
Am I overreacting?

1099
00:53:52,568 --> 00:53:53,789
No.

1100
00:53:53,889 --> 00:53:56,512
No, this is
how a mob boss talks.

1101
00:53:56,612 --> 00:53:57,833
[Comey chuckles]

1102
00:53:57,933 --> 00:53:59,755
A few takeaways--

1103
00:53:59,855 --> 00:54:03,039
the independence of the FBI
doesn't mean anything to him.

1104
00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:06,363
He sees everything in terms
of personal loyalty.

1105
00:54:06,463 --> 00:54:10,127
He's fixated
on the hookers thing.

1106
00:54:10,227 --> 00:54:12,329
And he thinks you have
a problem with him.

1107
00:54:12,429 --> 00:54:13,850
I told him you don't.

1108
00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:16,734
Boss, you have to be
very careful here.

1109
00:54:16,834 --> 00:54:20,337
Memorialize any more
conversations you have with him.

1110
00:54:20,437 --> 00:54:22,700
There aren't supposed to be
any conversations with him.

1111
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,382
[McCabe] Did he bring up
Michael Flynn at all?

1112
00:54:24,482 --> 00:54:26,184
Or acknowledge that we had
been to the White House

1113
00:54:26,284 --> 00:54:28,286
-to interview Flynn?
-[Comey] No.

1114
00:54:30,008 --> 00:54:32,190
Possible he was respecting
a boundary there?

1115
00:54:32,290 --> 00:54:34,352
Hard to say.

1116
00:54:34,452 --> 00:54:36,435
He moves so fast
from one subject to another,

1117
00:54:36,535 --> 00:54:40,399
and so much of what he says is
factually and legally incorrect.

1118
00:54:40,499 --> 00:54:43,122
It's possible that he thinks
the conversation went well

1119
00:54:43,222 --> 00:54:45,364
and that I'm solidly on board.

1120
00:54:45,464 --> 00:54:47,887
This cannot happen again.
It is completely

1121
00:54:47,987 --> 00:54:49,769
inappropriate for the two
of you to engage like this.

1122
00:54:49,869 --> 00:54:52,091
He's the president-- am I
supposed to refuse his call?

1123
00:54:52,191 --> 00:54:56,576
He just asked you to put
loyalty to him above your duty

1124
00:54:56,676 --> 00:54:58,458
to investigate the threat
posed by Russia.

1125
00:54:58,558 --> 00:55:00,560
I'm aware.

1126
00:55:01,281 --> 00:55:03,283
Uh, boss?

1127
00:55:03,603 --> 00:55:05,606
He just fired Sally Yates.

1128
00:55:11,972 --> 00:55:14,275
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1129
00:55:14,375 --> 00:55:16,377
♪♪♪♪♪

1130
00:55:21,623 --> 00:55:23,625
Ma'am?

1131
00:55:27,148 --> 00:55:29,611
Can I get you anything?

1132
00:55:29,711 --> 00:55:33,255
Are you asking me if this is
a two-Diet-Coke day, Justin?

1133
00:55:33,355 --> 00:55:35,137
I guess I am.

1134
00:55:35,237 --> 00:55:37,299
I'll be fine.

1135
00:55:37,399 --> 00:55:39,422
But you could hand me
those couple of books

1136
00:55:39,522 --> 00:55:41,524
over there.

1137
00:55:54,257 --> 00:55:57,641
Justin...

1138
00:55:57,741 --> 00:56:00,264
you ever start to feel shaky...

1139
00:56:02,626 --> 00:56:05,610
...go outside...

1140
00:56:05,710 --> 00:56:09,794
and look at the buildings
up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.

1141
00:56:11,155 --> 00:56:12,977
They've been here a long time.

1142
00:56:13,077 --> 00:56:15,520
And they're gonna be here
a long time.

1143
00:56:17,562 --> 00:56:20,906
Because what they represent
is eternal--

1144
00:56:21,006 --> 00:56:23,509
institutions,

1145
00:56:23,609 --> 00:56:25,831
the rule of law,

1146
00:56:25,931 --> 00:56:29,094
no matter who is in power.

1147
00:56:34,420 --> 00:56:36,563
Understand?

1148
00:56:36,663 --> 00:56:38,565
I do.

1149
00:56:38,665 --> 00:56:40,667
Yes, ma'am.

1150
00:56:43,350 --> 00:56:45,352
Go.

1151
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,103
[reporter] Sources report
that the president

1152
00:56:56,203 --> 00:56:58,306
will soon name Rod Rosenstein,
U.S. attorney for Baltimore,

1153
00:56:58,406 --> 00:57:01,269
to replace Yates
as deputy attorney general.

1154
00:57:01,369 --> 00:57:03,671
[Poppy Harlow] President Trump
telling Fox News in a brand-new

1155
00:57:03,771 --> 00:57:06,234
interview he respects Russian
President Vladimir Putin.

1156
00:57:06,334 --> 00:57:07,756
That's not new.

1157
00:57:07,856 --> 00:57:09,918
Here's what is new,
the president acknowledges

1158
00:57:10,018 --> 00:57:12,601
that Putin may be a killer,
but adds,

1159
00:57:12,701 --> 00:57:15,884
"We've got a lot of killers."

1160
00:57:15,984 --> 00:57:17,967
Even Republicans are perplexed
and some of them

1161
00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:19,408
have condemned those comments.

1162
00:57:19,508 --> 00:57:22,411
Why do you think the president
continues to praise Putin?

1163
00:57:22,511 --> 00:57:24,694
[Priebus]
So...

1164
00:57:24,794 --> 00:57:28,338
I understand your dinner with
the president went very well.

1165
00:57:28,438 --> 00:57:30,340
And that you're
interested in staying on.

1166
00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:33,303
Yes.

1167
00:57:33,403 --> 00:57:35,585
So how does that work, do we
make an announcement or...?

1168
00:57:35,685 --> 00:57:38,268
That's not really necessary.

1169
00:57:38,368 --> 00:57:40,871
As I explained to the president,
I already have a ten-year term.

1170
00:57:40,971 --> 00:57:42,273
So there's nothing to announce.

1171
00:57:42,373 --> 00:57:45,396
Oh, well, I think he wanted to.

1172
00:57:45,496 --> 00:57:48,719
But let's talk about how you and
I are gonna be working together,

1173
00:57:48,819 --> 00:57:52,764
the rules for the FBI director,
White House chief of staff.

1174
00:57:52,864 --> 00:57:55,727
Did you talk
to Denis McDonough often or...?

1175
00:57:55,827 --> 00:57:58,610
We talked about policy
and operational issues,

1176
00:57:58,710 --> 00:58:00,452
specific terror threats.

1177
00:58:00,552 --> 00:58:02,374
As I explained to the president,
there's a bright line

1178
00:58:02,474 --> 00:58:03,896
between DOJ and the White House.

1179
00:58:03,996 --> 00:58:05,257
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

1180
00:58:05,357 --> 00:58:07,219
Did you talk to him about
the Hillary e-mail thing?

1181
00:58:07,319 --> 00:58:10,142
Never, and he wouldn't ask.

1182
00:58:10,242 --> 00:58:13,546
We all thought that
that was so unfair

1183
00:58:13,646 --> 00:58:15,708
how that landed on you,
like it was your fault

1184
00:58:15,808 --> 00:58:19,312
that she set up
her e-mail system illegally.

1185
00:58:19,412 --> 00:58:21,434
Or that she decided
not to campaign in Michigan.

1186
00:58:21,534 --> 00:58:23,897
[laughing]

1187
00:58:26,580 --> 00:58:29,283
Listen, uh,
are we confidential here?

1188
00:58:29,383 --> 00:58:30,604
If you like.

1189
00:58:30,704 --> 00:58:32,046
Thank you.

1190
00:58:32,146 --> 00:58:34,288
Do you have a FISA order
on Mike Flynn?

1191
00:58:34,388 --> 00:58:37,331
Reince, that's the bright line

1192
00:58:37,431 --> 00:58:40,735
I'm talking about.

1193
00:58:40,835 --> 00:58:42,937
Question like that should go
to the White House Counsel,

1194
00:58:43,037 --> 00:58:46,381
then DOJ leadership, then to me.

1195
00:58:46,481 --> 00:58:48,423
Sorry, it's a rookie mistake.

1196
00:58:48,523 --> 00:58:50,145
[chuckles]

1197
00:58:50,245 --> 00:58:52,027
Do you have a FISA order
on Mike Flynn?

1198
00:58:52,127 --> 00:58:54,469
No.

1199
00:58:54,569 --> 00:58:56,572
Thank you.

1200
00:58:58,213 --> 00:58:59,595
Do you want to see
the president?

1201
00:58:59,695 --> 00:59:01,797
I'm sure he's very busy.

1202
00:59:01,897 --> 00:59:04,120
Actually, he likes
impromptu meetings.

1203
00:59:04,220 --> 00:59:06,522
Uh, DOJ has a no-contact policy
with the White House.

1204
00:59:06,622 --> 00:59:08,805
-It's really in his best inter--
-I'm sure he'd love to see you.

1205
00:59:08,905 --> 00:59:10,907
I'm gonna go see
if he's in the Oval.

1206
00:59:27,805 --> 00:59:30,087
Can I ask you a question, sir?

1207
00:59:31,168 --> 00:59:33,171
Mm-hmm.

1208
00:59:33,971 --> 00:59:37,816
What did you guys
actually have on Hillary?

1209
00:59:42,020 --> 00:59:43,802
Can you keep a secret?

1210
00:59:43,902 --> 00:59:46,044
Yeah.

1211
00:59:46,144 --> 00:59:48,147
So can I.

1212
00:59:50,749 --> 00:59:53,132
[chuckles]
Hello, Director.

1213
00:59:53,232 --> 00:59:55,294
General.

1214
00:59:55,394 --> 00:59:56,896
How are you settling in?

1215
00:59:56,996 --> 00:59:59,659
All fine, except for my,
uh, my workout routine.

1216
00:59:59,759 --> 01:00:02,742
I haven't found time
for that lately.

1217
01:00:02,842 --> 01:00:04,384
This place has plenty of stairs.

1218
01:00:04,484 --> 01:00:06,867
Might just come to that.

1219
01:00:06,967 --> 01:00:08,909
He'd love to see you!

1220
01:00:09,009 --> 01:00:11,011
Great.

1221
01:00:11,411 --> 01:00:13,193
I see you changed the curtains.

1222
01:00:13,293 --> 01:00:15,296
Obama's were horrible.

1223
01:00:16,617 --> 01:00:18,619
These are the same ones
Bill Clinton used.

1224
01:00:25,667 --> 01:00:27,969
I wonder how
I would've done against Bernie

1225
01:00:28,069 --> 01:00:30,412
if you'd charged Hillary
like you should have.

1226
01:00:30,512 --> 01:00:32,414
How do you think
I'd have done against Bernie?

1227
01:00:32,514 --> 01:00:34,937
We try to stay out of the
political realm, Mr. President.

1228
01:00:35,037 --> 01:00:38,961
So how come Andy McCabe's wife
ran for office?

1229
01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:42,384
Number two guy in the FBI,

1230
01:00:42,484 --> 01:00:45,167
taking a million dollars
from the Clintons.

1231
01:00:46,849 --> 01:00:48,511
A lot of people,
very educated people,

1232
01:00:48,611 --> 01:00:50,193
said I wasn't rough enough
on him.

1233
01:00:50,293 --> 01:00:52,275
Does he have a problem with me?

1234
01:00:52,375 --> 01:00:55,599
Mr. President, as I told you,
Andy is a pro.

1235
01:00:55,699 --> 01:00:58,862
I know you'll come to value him,
as I do.

1236
01:01:00,664 --> 01:01:03,847
Have you done any more thinking
about the golden showers thing?

1237
01:01:03,947 --> 01:01:05,849
'Cause it would really bother me

1238
01:01:05,949 --> 01:01:08,192
if Melania gave that
any credibility.

1239
01:01:09,713 --> 01:01:12,416
The hookers thing is nonsense,

1240
01:01:12,516 --> 01:01:15,019
although Putin once told me

1241
01:01:15,119 --> 01:01:17,662
they got the most beautiful
hookers in the world there.

1242
01:01:17,762 --> 01:01:20,145
But I didn't even stay overnight
in Moscow.

1243
01:01:20,245 --> 01:01:22,547
I stayed long enough to be nice.

1244
01:01:22,647 --> 01:01:24,189
I'm nice to everyone
when it's business.

1245
01:01:24,289 --> 01:01:26,712
No one here gets that
because no one here ever had

1246
01:01:26,812 --> 01:01:28,594
to make a business deal.

1247
01:01:28,694 --> 01:01:30,876
I sat down for an interview
with Bill O'Reilly.

1248
01:01:30,976 --> 01:01:32,318
Did you see it?

1249
01:01:32,418 --> 01:01:33,879
Yes, sir.

1250
01:01:33,979 --> 01:01:36,642
He insults the Russians,
and now he owes them an apology

1251
01:01:36,742 --> 01:01:38,324
because why is he
calling them killers?

1252
01:01:38,424 --> 01:01:40,767
And why is he trying
to get me to say it

1253
01:01:40,867 --> 01:01:43,249
when I'm trying to repair
all the damage Obama did

1254
01:01:43,349 --> 01:01:44,691
and get along with people again?

1255
01:01:44,791 --> 01:01:46,933
So I should say
I don't respect the leader

1256
01:01:47,033 --> 01:01:49,296
of a major country
I'm trying to get along with?

1257
01:01:49,396 --> 01:01:50,817
Putin is a strong thinker.

1258
01:01:50,917 --> 01:01:53,060
He speaks very powerfully.

1259
01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:56,223
And he never sent anyone
with a briefcase

1260
01:01:56,323 --> 01:02:00,348
and a billion dollars for Iran
like Obama did.

1261
01:02:00,448 --> 01:02:04,031
That nuclear deal is a disgrace,
another thing we have to fix.

1262
01:02:04,131 --> 01:02:06,314
If Russia can help us
in the region--

1263
01:02:06,414 --> 01:02:08,236
and a lot
of my military people say

1264
01:02:08,336 --> 01:02:10,318
Russia's going
to be very key for us there--

1265
01:02:10,418 --> 01:02:12,601
why would I want to insult them?

1266
01:02:12,701 --> 01:02:15,043
You know,
everybody's crying for Ukraine.

1267
01:02:15,143 --> 01:02:17,286
The Ukrainians
aren't so terrific.

1268
01:02:17,386 --> 01:02:19,688
They've tried
to invalidate my election.

1269
01:02:19,788 --> 01:02:21,330
They're not nice people.

1270
01:02:21,430 --> 01:02:23,252
So I gave a good answer.

1271
01:02:23,352 --> 01:02:25,374
Really, it was a great answer.

1272
01:02:25,474 --> 01:02:27,176
I gave a really great answer.

1273
01:02:27,276 --> 01:02:29,499
You think
it was a great answer, right?

1274
01:02:29,599 --> 01:02:32,302
The first part of your answer
was fine, Mr. President,

1275
01:02:32,402 --> 01:02:34,404
but not the second part.

1276
01:02:35,725 --> 01:02:37,767
We aren't the kind of killers
that Putin is.

1277
01:02:43,814 --> 01:02:46,417
These aren't the curtains
Bill Clinton used.

1278
01:02:47,818 --> 01:02:49,440
[Baker]
Boss, you cannot keep

1279
01:02:49,540 --> 01:02:51,442
having conversations
with this man.

1280
01:02:51,542 --> 01:02:53,925
[Comey] I'll say it again.
He's the president, our boss.

1281
01:02:54,025 --> 01:02:55,727
He won't invite me over again.

1282
01:02:55,827 --> 01:02:57,849
I really offended him this time.

1283
01:02:57,949 --> 01:02:59,531
[McCabe]
Did he bring up Michael Flynn?

1284
01:02:59,631 --> 01:03:01,373
No, but he brought up you again,

1285
01:03:01,473 --> 01:03:03,535
and the Russian hookers
and Hillary.

1286
01:03:03,635 --> 01:03:05,497
[Baker]
This is not tenable, any of it.

1287
01:03:05,597 --> 01:03:07,419
[Comey] Let's assume good faith
for a second,

1288
01:03:07,519 --> 01:03:09,541
that he just doesn't know
how a president is supposed

1289
01:03:09,641 --> 01:03:11,904
to act with DOJ, and no one
around him does, either.

1290
01:03:12,004 --> 01:03:13,305
It's our job to help him.

1291
01:03:13,405 --> 01:03:14,667
-How do we do that?
-You've explained it

1292
01:03:14,767 --> 01:03:16,429
-to him clearly?
-Yes.

1293
01:03:16,529 --> 01:03:18,991
Can we set up a briefing for
him? Someone else to explain it?

1294
01:03:19,091 --> 01:03:20,713
I'm not sure he's interested.

1295
01:03:20,813 --> 01:03:23,036
Have you seen any evidence
that he values the rule of law?

1296
01:03:23,136 --> 01:03:24,437
None.

1297
01:03:24,537 --> 01:03:25,879
Then why are we assuming
good faith?

1298
01:03:25,979 --> 01:03:28,141
What should I do?
Arrest him?

1299
01:03:29,623 --> 01:03:32,886
You've had worse ideas.

1300
01:03:32,986 --> 01:03:35,369
[announcer]
This is CNN breaking news.

1301
01:03:35,469 --> 01:03:37,171
[theme music plays]

1302
01:03:37,271 --> 01:03:38,973
Our breaking news on CNN,

1303
01:03:39,073 --> 01:03:41,575
the national security advisor,
Michael Flynn, has resigned.

1304
01:03:41,675 --> 01:03:44,178
Flynn's resignation coming
in the wake of news

1305
01:03:44,278 --> 01:03:46,300
that the Justice Department
warned the Trump administration

1306
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:49,143
last month that Flynn
misled the administration

1307
01:03:49,243 --> 01:03:51,025
about his communications

1308
01:03:51,125 --> 01:03:53,348
with the Russian ambassador
to the United States,

1309
01:03:53,448 --> 01:03:57,512
and was potentially vulnerable
to blackmail by the Russians.

1310
01:03:57,612 --> 01:03:59,314
Again, that's our breaking news
here on CNN.

1311
01:03:59,414 --> 01:04:01,557
I want to get right to
all of our correspondents...

1312
01:04:01,657 --> 01:04:03,158
[Comey] Mr. President,
as you know, tracking

1313
01:04:03,258 --> 01:04:04,880
ISIS and its penetration levels

1314
01:04:04,980 --> 01:04:07,803
on American soil is a big part
of the FBI's mission.

1315
01:04:07,903 --> 01:04:11,167
But there are other threats
that we don't talk about as much

1316
01:04:11,267 --> 01:04:13,369
that are equally dangerous
long-term,

1317
01:04:13,469 --> 01:04:15,452
requiring
an entirely different level

1318
01:04:15,552 --> 01:04:18,214
of vigilance and attention.

1319
01:04:18,314 --> 01:04:21,978
There is a sophisticated
Eastern European terror group--

1320
01:04:22,078 --> 01:04:25,422
they call themselves the
"Chechen Islamic Brotherhood"--

1321
01:04:25,522 --> 01:04:27,384
that has embedded
sleeper operatives

1322
01:04:27,484 --> 01:04:29,066
in the United States.

1323
01:04:29,166 --> 01:04:31,669
These people have been here
legally for years.

1324
01:04:31,769 --> 01:04:34,832
They speak fluent English
and look Caucasian.

1325
01:04:34,932 --> 01:04:36,394
They have families and jobs.

1326
01:04:36,494 --> 01:04:38,876
And they are time bombs.

1327
01:04:38,976 --> 01:04:40,839
We are devoting
enormous resources

1328
01:04:40,939 --> 01:04:42,520
to monitoring these people.

1329
01:04:42,620 --> 01:04:45,323
We try to jam them up
where we can on local charges,

1330
01:04:45,423 --> 01:04:46,925
in ways
that don't show our hand.

1331
01:04:47,025 --> 01:04:48,807
We've even tried to flip some,

1332
01:04:48,907 --> 01:04:52,931
but they are hard guys,
and they are, right now,

1333
01:04:53,031 --> 01:04:55,935
quietly preparing
with extraordinary patience

1334
01:04:56,035 --> 01:04:58,157
and disciplined tradecraft,
for something big.

1335
01:04:59,959 --> 01:05:02,622
Sir, our partners overseas
have picked up chatter

1336
01:05:02,722 --> 01:05:06,406
about an attack on an East Coast
American city this summer.

1337
01:05:11,011 --> 01:05:14,034
The Tsarnaev brothers--
they were Chechen, right?

1338
01:05:14,134 --> 01:05:17,237
The, um... They were
the Boston Marathon guys.

1339
01:05:17,337 --> 01:05:18,359
Yes, but we don't know that

1340
01:05:18,459 --> 01:05:19,880
they were connected
to The Brotherhood.

1341
01:05:19,980 --> 01:05:21,842
The Tsarnaevs
lacked the discipline

1342
01:05:21,942 --> 01:05:23,364
that this group
typically demands.

1343
01:05:23,464 --> 01:05:25,366
And we don't yet know the city?

1344
01:05:25,466 --> 01:05:26,848
No. We are watching now

1345
01:05:26,948 --> 01:05:28,950
to see where
they're allocating resources.

1346
01:05:30,632 --> 01:05:32,053
Okay.

1347
01:05:32,153 --> 01:05:34,135
Thanks, everybody.
I want to talk to Jim.

1348
01:05:34,235 --> 01:05:36,237
Thanks, everybody.

1349
01:05:37,319 --> 01:05:39,021
You know, I wrote a book,

1350
01:05:39,121 --> 01:05:41,023
a very, really successful book,

1351
01:05:41,123 --> 01:05:42,905
a year before
the World Trade Center,

1352
01:05:43,005 --> 01:05:45,588
said there's someone
named Osama bin Laden,

1353
01:05:45,688 --> 01:05:48,511
you ought to take him out,
he's big trouble.

1354
01:05:48,611 --> 01:05:50,553
I think I wrote 12 books.

1355
01:05:50,653 --> 01:05:52,235
Nobody listened to me.
Thanks, Jeff.

1356
01:05:52,335 --> 01:05:54,337
I want to talk to Jim.

1357
01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:01,424
Yes, sir.

1358
01:06:03,787 --> 01:06:06,730
That e-mail investigation
looked pretty tricky.

1359
01:06:06,830 --> 01:06:08,292
Okay, Jared. Thank you.

1360
01:06:08,392 --> 01:06:10,634
-It was.
-Thank you, Jared.

1361
01:06:18,963 --> 01:06:20,505
[door closes]

1362
01:06:20,605 --> 01:06:22,747
Did you see my tweet
this morning?

1363
01:06:22,847 --> 01:06:24,849
I didn't, sir.

1364
01:06:26,091 --> 01:06:29,154
I make calls
on this beautiful phone

1365
01:06:29,254 --> 01:06:32,758
to leaders in Australia
or Mexico or wherever,

1366
01:06:32,858 --> 01:06:36,021
and I expect those calls
to be confidential.

1367
01:06:37,663 --> 01:06:39,885
And then, I see leaks
in the fake news,

1368
01:06:39,985 --> 01:06:42,088
quoting me, saying things
I don't even remember saying,

1369
01:06:42,188 --> 01:06:43,970
I don't think
I even actually said.

1370
01:06:44,070 --> 01:06:47,233
And people say I've got one of
the world's greatest memories.

1371
01:06:49,115 --> 01:06:52,018
The leaks cost Mike Flynn
his job,

1372
01:06:52,118 --> 01:06:54,381
which I think is very sad.

1373
01:06:54,481 --> 01:06:56,984
Making calls was his job.

1374
01:06:57,084 --> 01:06:59,346
I want that,

1375
01:06:59,446 --> 01:07:01,749
especially with Russia.

1376
01:07:01,849 --> 01:07:04,351
But he lied to the
vice president so I let him go.

1377
01:07:04,451 --> 01:07:07,034
But he really is a good guy.

1378
01:07:07,134 --> 01:07:09,397
I have a good guy coming in
to replace him.

1379
01:07:09,497 --> 01:07:13,161
He enjoys a lot of respect
from very smart people, but...

1380
01:07:13,261 --> 01:07:15,243
but you know better than anybody

1381
01:07:15,343 --> 01:07:18,627
how unfair the fake news can be.

1382
01:07:19,708 --> 01:07:20,769
Sir, leaks are terrible.

1383
01:07:20,869 --> 01:07:22,090
On our side of the street,

1384
01:07:22,190 --> 01:07:24,093
leaks can jeopardize
FBI operations,

1385
01:07:24,193 --> 01:07:25,694
put lives at risk.

1386
01:07:25,794 --> 01:07:27,696
Well, we can start
by going after the reporters

1387
01:07:27,796 --> 01:07:29,178
that get people to leak.

1388
01:07:29,278 --> 01:07:32,021
You know, ten or 15 years ago,

1389
01:07:32,121 --> 01:07:35,505
put reporters in jail
to find out what they knew.

1390
01:07:35,605 --> 01:07:37,827
It worked.
It worked on Judy Miller.

1391
01:07:37,927 --> 01:07:40,830
I am a fan of pursuing leakers
aggressively,

1392
01:07:40,930 --> 01:07:42,792
but going after reporters
is tricky

1393
01:07:42,892 --> 01:07:45,115
for legal reasons,
constitutional reasons.

1394
01:07:45,215 --> 01:07:47,397
Well, talk to Sessions about it,

1395
01:07:47,497 --> 01:07:49,600
see if we can be
more aggressive.

1396
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:51,562
You know, they spend
a couple of days in jail,

1397
01:07:51,662 --> 01:07:53,163
suddenly they're ready to talk.

1398
01:07:53,263 --> 01:07:55,206
[door opens]

1399
01:07:55,306 --> 01:07:57,168
-Mr. President.
-Ah, we'll see ya, Reince.

1400
01:07:57,268 --> 01:08:00,351
Just-just a minute or two more.

1401
01:08:06,878 --> 01:08:09,221
Mike Flynn.

1402
01:08:09,321 --> 01:08:12,464
He's a good guy,
been through a lot.

1403
01:08:12,564 --> 01:08:15,868
He lied to Pence, but he didn't
do anything wrong on the calls.

1404
01:08:15,968 --> 01:08:19,151
I hope you can see your way
clear to letting this go.

1405
01:08:19,251 --> 01:08:21,554
He's a good guy.

1406
01:08:21,654 --> 01:08:24,116
Maybe he has some
judgment issues. I don't know.

1407
01:08:24,216 --> 01:08:26,119
[inhales sharply]

1408
01:08:26,219 --> 01:08:28,121
But I hope you can let this go.

1409
01:08:28,221 --> 01:08:30,123
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

1410
01:08:30,223 --> 01:08:31,885
♪♪♪♪♪

1411
01:08:31,985 --> 01:08:34,327
I agree he's been through a lot.

1412
01:08:34,427 --> 01:08:36,169
It's just these leaks.

1413
01:08:36,269 --> 01:08:39,132
They're really disgraceful.

1414
01:08:39,232 --> 01:08:41,615
He's a Republican.
He's always been a Republican.

1415
01:08:41,715 --> 01:08:43,377
But he is a D.C. guy.

1416
01:08:43,477 --> 01:08:45,579
And the president
does not like D.C. guys.

1417
01:08:45,679 --> 01:08:48,583
And he doesn't like
long briefings. I told you.

1418
01:08:48,683 --> 01:08:51,305
General Sessions,
can I have a word with you?

1419
01:08:51,405 --> 01:08:53,408
Course, Jim.

1420
01:08:59,574 --> 01:09:02,117
That can't happen.
You're my boss.

1421
01:09:02,217 --> 01:09:05,841
You can't get kicked out of the
room so he can talk to me alone.

1422
01:09:05,941 --> 01:09:08,604
You have to be between me
and the president

1423
01:09:08,704 --> 01:09:11,127
for the sake of the Bureau.

1424
01:09:11,227 --> 01:09:13,369
-[sighs]
-General?

1425
01:09:13,469 --> 01:09:15,772
That was a fine briefing
you gave, Jim.

1426
01:09:15,872 --> 01:09:18,835
You know,
you really are a good guy.

1427
01:09:24,641 --> 01:09:26,423
That's fucking
obstruction of justice.

1428
01:09:26,523 --> 01:09:28,545
The president just committed
a crime in your presence,

1429
01:09:28,645 --> 01:09:30,427
and he asked you
to break the law.

1430
01:09:30,527 --> 01:09:32,389
-I know.
-Did you tell the A.G.?

1431
01:09:32,489 --> 01:09:35,272
No. Pretty sure he's about
to recuse himself on all this.

1432
01:09:35,372 --> 01:09:37,475
-That'll go over well.
-Yeah.

1433
01:09:37,575 --> 01:09:39,957
Boss, uh,
I'm uncomfortable with this.

1434
01:09:40,057 --> 01:09:42,280
It looks too much like you're
being pulled into a conspiracy

1435
01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:43,841
by the president
of the United States.

1436
01:09:43,941 --> 01:09:46,464
Yes, that is his intention.
Now what?

1437
01:09:48,226 --> 01:09:50,529
Things will settle down
once Rod's in place as D.A.G.

1438
01:09:50,629 --> 01:09:52,210
He'll normalize our relations
across the street

1439
01:09:52,310 --> 01:09:53,972
and restrict our contact
to the White House.

1440
01:09:54,072 --> 01:09:56,255
You sound like a PowerPoint.
Rod's not gonna save you.

1441
01:09:56,355 --> 01:09:58,577
He's gonna cover his own ass,
as he always has.

1442
01:09:58,677 --> 01:10:00,779
Do you really not know
how screwed you are?

1443
01:10:00,879 --> 01:10:02,181
Of course I do.

1444
01:10:02,281 --> 01:10:04,503
Well, then stop
walking into the Oval

1445
01:10:04,603 --> 01:10:06,225
thinking
you can outwit this guy.

1446
01:10:06,325 --> 01:10:08,067
He's just gonna fire you.

1447
01:10:08,167 --> 01:10:10,109
He can't fire me. I'm running
the Russia investigation.

1448
01:10:10,209 --> 01:10:12,192
-It'd look horrible.
-That's ego.

1449
01:10:12,292 --> 01:10:13,553
That's fact.

1450
01:10:13,653 --> 01:10:15,836
Jim, Jesus.
Fact is dead now.

1451
01:10:15,936 --> 01:10:17,237
[Sessions]
I,

1452
01:10:17,337 --> 01:10:20,160
-Rod Rosenstein...
-I, Rod Rosenstein...

1453
01:10:20,260 --> 01:10:23,083
-...do solemnly swear...
-...do solemnly swear...

1454
01:10:23,183 --> 01:10:25,005
...that I will support
and defend...

1455
01:10:25,105 --> 01:10:26,607
...that I will
support and defend...

1456
01:10:26,707 --> 01:10:28,449
...the Constitution
of the United States...

1457
01:10:28,549 --> 01:10:30,731
...the Constitution of
the United States...

1458
01:10:30,831 --> 01:10:33,614
-...against all enemies...
-...against all enemies...

1459
01:10:33,714 --> 01:10:36,538
-...foreign and domestic.
-...foreign and domestic.

1460
01:10:36,638 --> 01:10:38,540
Looking forward
to diving in, Rod.

1461
01:10:38,640 --> 01:10:40,422
Discussing
department priorities.

1462
01:10:40,522 --> 01:10:42,384
Oh, I have prepared a list.

1463
01:10:42,484 --> 01:10:44,826
Good. Good.

1464
01:10:44,926 --> 01:10:46,108
Tell me, where on that list

1465
01:10:46,208 --> 01:10:48,210
would you put
firing James Comey?

1466
01:10:49,651 --> 01:10:52,274
I certainly

1467
01:10:52,374 --> 01:10:54,116
think it's something
we should discuss.

1468
01:10:54,216 --> 01:10:55,758
Okay.

1469
01:10:55,858 --> 01:10:57,520
[Sessions] ...that I will
bear true faith...

1470
01:10:57,620 --> 01:10:58,961
...that I will bear
true faith...

1471
01:10:59,061 --> 01:11:00,363
...and allegiance to the same.

1472
01:11:00,463 --> 01:11:01,925
...and allegiance
to the same.

1473
01:11:02,025 --> 01:11:04,047
That I take this obligation
freely...

1474
01:11:04,147 --> 01:11:06,249
That I take
this obligation freely...

1475
01:11:06,349 --> 01:11:08,051
...without any
mental reservation...

1476
01:11:08,151 --> 01:11:09,373
...without any mental
reservation...

1477
01:11:09,473 --> 01:11:10,614
...or purpose of evasion.

1478
01:11:10,714 --> 01:11:12,015
...or purpose
of evasion.

1479
01:11:12,115 --> 01:11:13,817
And that I will well

1480
01:11:13,917 --> 01:11:15,940
-and faithfully discharge...
-And that I will well

1481
01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:18,542
-and faithfully discharge...
-...the duties of the office...

1482
01:11:18,642 --> 01:11:20,064
[Rosenstein]
...the duties of the office...

1483
01:11:20,164 --> 01:11:21,586
[Sessions]
...which I am about to enter.

1484
01:11:21,686 --> 01:11:22,947
[Rosenstein]
...which I am about to enter.

1485
01:11:23,047 --> 01:11:24,389
[Sessions]
So help me God.

1486
01:11:24,489 --> 01:11:26,671
-So help me God.
-Well done, Rod.

1487
01:11:26,771 --> 01:11:28,593
Okay.

1488
01:11:28,693 --> 01:11:30,835
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

1489
01:11:30,935 --> 01:11:33,959
♪♪♪♪♪

1490
01:11:34,059 --> 01:11:36,261
He's gonna get
his head chopped off.

1491
01:11:37,342 --> 01:11:38,884
Isn't he?

1492
01:11:38,984 --> 01:11:40,486
We all are.

1493
01:11:40,586 --> 01:11:42,588
I'll see you at the ranch.

1494
01:11:44,390 --> 01:11:46,412
[alarm clock beeping]

1495
01:11:46,512 --> 01:11:48,514
[turns off alarm]

1496
01:12:00,767 --> 01:12:02,889
[Comey sighs heavily]

1497
01:12:05,092 --> 01:12:07,454
-[pills rattling]
-[exhales]

1498
01:12:16,504 --> 01:12:18,366
[Comey]
I'm not sure I can do this.

1499
01:12:18,466 --> 01:12:20,889
[Patrice]
Yes, you can.

1500
01:12:20,989 --> 01:12:23,291
That one, honey.

1501
01:12:23,391 --> 01:12:24,453
[Trump]
Listen.

1502
01:12:24,553 --> 01:12:26,054
I'm here to tell you,

1503
01:12:26,154 --> 01:12:27,816
this Russia thing is a ruse.

1504
01:12:27,916 --> 01:12:29,298
It's a ruse.

1505
01:12:29,398 --> 01:12:31,300
I don't have
any deals in Russia.

1506
01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,742
I don't have any dealings
with Russia.

1507
01:12:33,842 --> 01:12:35,705
I could have, very easily,

1508
01:12:35,805 --> 01:12:37,426
but I didn't want
to carry any debt.

1509
01:12:37,526 --> 01:12:40,029
As a businessman,
I always had very little debt.

1510
01:12:40,129 --> 01:12:41,551
No debt.

1511
01:12:41,651 --> 01:12:45,195
Because I believe that's
the best way to do business.

1512
01:12:45,295 --> 01:12:47,677
Now, tomorrow you'll say,

1513
01:12:47,777 --> 01:12:49,479
"Donald Trump wants
to get along with Russia.

1514
01:12:49,579 --> 01:12:50,640
This is terrible."

1515
01:12:50,740 --> 01:12:52,402
It's not terrible-- it's good.

1516
01:12:52,502 --> 01:12:55,926
We had Hillary Clinton
give Russia 20%...

1517
01:12:56,026 --> 01:12:57,207
[Van Jones]
...don't be a bully.

1518
01:12:57,307 --> 01:12:58,609
[Trump]
...of uranium in our country.

1519
01:12:58,709 --> 01:13:00,050
[Jones] You tell your kids,
don't be a bigot.

1520
01:13:00,150 --> 01:13:01,852
[Trump] We have a very
valuable man, Rex Tillerson,

1521
01:13:01,952 --> 01:13:03,654
who's gonna be
meeting with them shortly.

1522
01:13:03,754 --> 01:13:05,456
And I told him, I said,
"I know..."

1523
01:13:05,556 --> 01:13:07,939
Greatest thing I could do
is shoot that ship

1524
01:13:08,039 --> 01:13:09,901
-that's 30 miles offshore...
-But he's just a traitor.

1525
01:13:10,001 --> 01:13:11,022
But either way...

1526
01:13:11,122 --> 01:13:12,344
If we could get along
with Russia...

1527
01:13:12,444 --> 01:13:14,446
-...he betrayed me.
-...it's a positive thing.

1528
01:13:16,087 --> 01:13:18,390
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1529
01:13:18,490 --> 01:13:20,492
♪♪♪♪♪

1530
01:13:42,195 --> 01:13:45,158
♪♪♪♪♪

1531
01:14:01,416 --> 01:14:03,418
Boss?

1532
01:14:03,898 --> 01:14:05,801
The president's calling for you.

1533
01:14:05,901 --> 01:14:08,443
[Trump] Listen,
I'm trying to run the country,

1534
01:14:08,543 --> 01:14:10,165
and the cloud
of this Russia business

1535
01:14:10,265 --> 01:14:12,968
is making that very difficult,
very tough.

1536
01:14:13,068 --> 01:14:15,371
If I didn't have the cloud,
we would've won

1537
01:14:15,471 --> 01:14:17,933
the health care vote and a lot
of people are very upset

1538
01:14:18,033 --> 01:14:20,056
about that because that
should've gone through.

1539
01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:22,018
You know I have nothing

1540
01:14:22,118 --> 01:14:24,180
to do with Russia.

1541
01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:27,824
I have a letter here from
the biggest law firm in D.C.

1542
01:14:27,924 --> 01:14:30,187
saying I have
no income from Russia.

1543
01:14:30,287 --> 01:14:32,109
And I'm going to be
filing a personal lawsuit

1544
01:14:32,209 --> 01:14:34,111
against the author
of this horrible dossier.

1545
01:14:34,211 --> 01:14:36,193
And I'm not even sure
Steele is his real name.

1546
01:14:36,293 --> 01:14:38,836
It sounds like
a made-up name to me.

1547
01:14:38,936 --> 01:14:41,959
But it's gonna be a huge suit,
because the things he said

1548
01:14:42,059 --> 01:14:45,203
were very unfair
and very painful.

1549
01:14:45,303 --> 01:14:47,365
So I want to know
what you can do

1550
01:14:47,465 --> 01:14:49,567
to lift this Russia cloud.

1551
01:14:49,667 --> 01:14:51,890
Mr. President, we are running
it down as quickly as we can.

1552
01:14:51,990 --> 01:14:54,653
For now it's in your best
interest to let us do that work.

1553
01:14:54,753 --> 01:14:57,015
You know, nobody knows how many
problems I create for Russia.

1554
01:14:57,115 --> 01:14:58,577
I'm actually
very bad for Russia.

1555
01:14:58,677 --> 01:15:01,860
Much tougher on them than Obama.

1556
01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:04,863
I'm gonna be commissioning
more nukes, newer nukes.

1557
01:15:04,963 --> 01:15:07,867
Ours are 40 years old,
some of them.

1558
01:15:07,967 --> 01:15:10,109
I'm also making sure we're doing
more oil drilling,

1559
01:15:10,209 --> 01:15:11,991
which Russia hates,
but all I get is

1560
01:15:12,091 --> 01:15:14,314
Trump, Russia, Trump, Russia--
the same cloud.

1561
01:15:14,414 --> 01:15:16,836
And it's very unfair,
and very bad for the country.

1562
01:15:16,936 --> 01:15:18,838
So I think

1563
01:15:18,938 --> 01:15:20,881
there should be a way
for you to get out there

1564
01:15:20,981 --> 01:15:24,805
that you're not
investigating me.

1565
01:15:24,905 --> 01:15:27,087
Sir, I was just up on the Hill,

1566
01:15:27,187 --> 01:15:28,849
and I told
congressional leadership

1567
01:15:28,949 --> 01:15:31,011
that we are not
investigating you.

1568
01:15:31,111 --> 01:15:34,575
I'm trying to make
smart deals, tough deals.

1569
01:15:34,675 --> 01:15:37,338
And it's incredible
how well we're doing.

1570
01:15:37,438 --> 01:15:38,820
No one can believe it.

1571
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:41,623
It's probably
the best first month

1572
01:15:41,723 --> 01:15:44,025
any president ever had.

1573
01:15:44,125 --> 01:15:46,788
And it's because I hire
all the best people,

1574
01:15:46,888 --> 01:15:48,590
only the best.

1575
01:15:48,690 --> 01:15:51,433
But I have this cloud
hanging over everything.

1576
01:15:51,533 --> 01:15:54,036
And now I'm supposed
to go to the G7,

1577
01:15:54,136 --> 01:15:56,198
so I only hope
that you can get out the fact

1578
01:15:56,298 --> 01:15:58,320
that I'm not being investigated.

1579
01:15:58,420 --> 01:16:01,324
I haven't brought up
the McCabe thing,

1580
01:16:01,424 --> 01:16:03,045
because you say
he's an honorable guy,

1581
01:16:03,145 --> 01:16:04,968
but he's very close
with Terry McAuliffe

1582
01:16:05,068 --> 01:16:06,529
and the Clintons.

1583
01:16:06,629 --> 01:16:08,531
And they gave him money.

1584
01:16:08,631 --> 01:16:10,894
But you say he's
an honorable guy, so...

1585
01:16:10,994 --> 01:16:12,496
so I'm trusting you.

1586
01:16:12,596 --> 01:16:15,439
Yes, Andy is
an honorable person.

1587
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:18,342
Okay.

1588
01:16:18,442 --> 01:16:20,904
Thank you, Jim.

1589
01:16:21,004 --> 01:16:22,746
-[rapid scribbling]
-Boss?

1590
01:16:22,846 --> 01:16:24,508
Do you want to go
to a diversity recruiting event

1591
01:16:24,608 --> 01:16:26,711
at the L.A. field office May 9?

1592
01:16:26,811 --> 01:16:28,813
-[rapid scribbling]
-[phone thuds]

1593
01:16:30,014 --> 01:16:31,276
You're really
trying to recreate--

1594
01:16:31,376 --> 01:16:32,477
Okay, that's easy.

1595
01:16:32,577 --> 01:16:34,759
Your... your grandmother
taught me.

1596
01:16:34,859 --> 01:16:36,721
-Okay, here we go with that one.
-Oh, good.

1597
01:16:36,821 --> 01:16:38,443
-And then there's that one.
-Ah.

1598
01:16:38,543 --> 01:16:41,166
-Thank-thank you.
-What's that?

1599
01:16:41,266 --> 01:16:43,248
The drama department
randomly decided

1600
01:16:43,348 --> 01:16:44,690
to do Guys and Dolls.

1601
01:16:44,790 --> 01:16:46,372
I'm trying out for Adelaide.

1602
01:16:46,472 --> 01:16:49,195
-Oh.
-[Patrice speaking quietly]

1603
01:16:51,597 --> 01:16:52,618
-Come here.
-Ah.

1604
01:16:52,718 --> 01:16:54,720
Like that.

1605
01:17:00,927 --> 01:17:03,029
Tonight, the Attorney General
Jeff Sessions explained

1606
01:17:03,129 --> 01:17:04,831
his decision to recuse himself,

1607
01:17:04,931 --> 01:17:07,594
and it came from his involvement
with the Trump campaign.

1608
01:17:07,694 --> 01:17:09,676
He said he felt it was
the appropriate thing to do

1609
01:17:09,776 --> 01:17:11,919
because of his ties
to the campaign.

1610
01:17:12,019 --> 01:17:13,681
He made no mention
of his meetings

1611
01:17:13,781 --> 01:17:16,003
with the Russian ambassador
as a factor in this decision.

1612
01:17:16,103 --> 01:17:18,606
And he said he did
nothing wrong.

1613
01:17:18,706 --> 01:17:22,050
[Trump]
Jim... just checking

1614
01:17:22,150 --> 01:17:24,412
that you did
what I asked you to do before?

1615
01:17:24,512 --> 01:17:26,775
Get out the fact that
I'm not being investigated?

1616
01:17:26,875 --> 01:17:29,177
Sir, I passed that request along
to Dana Boente,

1617
01:17:29,277 --> 01:17:31,299
but I haven't yet
heard back from him.

1618
01:17:31,399 --> 01:17:32,261
Who's that?

1619
01:17:32,361 --> 01:17:34,022
Sir, with General Sessions
recused,

1620
01:17:34,122 --> 01:17:36,665
Dana Boente is now acting A.G.
with respect to this issue.

1621
01:17:36,765 --> 01:17:38,507
Well, Jeff shouldn't have
recused himself.

1622
01:17:38,607 --> 01:17:40,149
It was a dumb thing to do.

1623
01:17:40,249 --> 01:17:42,031
Because now every time
I sit down

1624
01:17:42,131 --> 01:17:44,033
with a foreign leader,
it's this cloud.

1625
01:17:44,133 --> 01:17:45,875
The Democrats keep
bringing it up,

1626
01:17:45,975 --> 01:17:48,438
and it's just an excuse
for losing the election,

1627
01:17:48,538 --> 01:17:51,281
when maybe I just ran
a great campaign.

1628
01:17:51,381 --> 01:17:53,203
The most effective way
for you to handle this is

1629
01:17:53,303 --> 01:17:55,085
to have your White House
Counsel, Don McGahn,

1630
01:17:55,185 --> 01:17:57,908
call the acting A.G.
to make all requests.

1631
01:18:00,871 --> 01:18:05,055
I have been very loyal to you,
very loyal.

1632
01:18:05,155 --> 01:18:08,399
We had that... thing, you know?

1633
01:18:14,325 --> 01:18:17,208
McGahn should talk to Dana.

1634
01:18:24,296 --> 01:18:26,238
Anyway, the reason I called,

1635
01:18:26,338 --> 01:18:28,881
they just had the bombings,
the Coptic Church.

1636
01:18:28,981 --> 01:18:31,043
Three Americans killed
by an Egyptian soldier.

1637
01:18:31,143 --> 01:18:32,685
A lot of people are very upset.

1638
01:18:32,785 --> 01:18:35,368
So I spoke to
the Egyptian president.

1639
01:18:35,468 --> 01:18:37,410
-I know Obama never--
-Sir, I think

1640
01:18:37,510 --> 01:18:38,771
you mean the Jordanian king.

1641
01:18:38,871 --> 01:18:41,754
The bombing incident occurred
in Jordan.

1642
01:18:45,038 --> 01:18:47,381
Just bring the killer
to justice.

1643
01:18:47,481 --> 01:18:49,883
You're doing a great job, Jim.

1644
01:18:51,485 --> 01:18:53,387
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1645
01:18:53,487 --> 01:18:55,489
♪♪♪♪♪

1646
01:19:11,426 --> 01:19:13,588
Smart birds.

1647
01:19:15,430 --> 01:19:17,432
You write it all down, boss?

1648
01:19:24,200 --> 01:19:26,662
I just noticed...

1649
01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:29,586
you can't see the White House
from here.

1650
01:19:29,686 --> 01:19:31,688
That never bothered me before.

1651
01:19:33,570 --> 01:19:37,314
No. I guess you can't.

1652
01:19:37,414 --> 01:19:39,416
♪♪♪♪♪

1653
01:20:00,238 --> 01:20:03,782
♪♪♪♪♪

1654
01:20:03,882 --> 01:20:05,884
You okay?

1655
01:20:18,578 --> 01:20:19,599
[Rosenstein]
Jim.

1656
01:20:19,699 --> 01:20:21,040
Thanks for coming.

1657
01:20:21,140 --> 01:20:22,882
Of course.
You settling in okay?

1658
01:20:22,982 --> 01:20:25,525
Eh, reasonably.

1659
01:20:25,625 --> 01:20:27,247
A few land mines strewn about.

1660
01:20:27,347 --> 01:20:28,689
Ha, that's surprising.

1661
01:20:28,789 --> 01:20:30,891
I thought I'd stepped on
all of them already.

1662
01:20:30,991 --> 01:20:32,993
What can I do for you?

1663
01:20:34,274 --> 01:20:36,857
I thought you might give me
a tutorial.

1664
01:20:36,957 --> 01:20:39,981
You know, how to do this job
as well as it can be done.

1665
01:20:40,081 --> 01:20:42,623
Also, I wanted to know
who you thought I should pick

1666
01:20:42,723 --> 01:20:44,345
for the Manhattan office.

1667
01:20:44,445 --> 01:20:46,347
I'll answer the second
question first.

1668
01:20:46,447 --> 01:20:49,270
I know the White House is
pushing Bob McRaven

1669
01:20:49,370 --> 01:20:51,673
for that position,
but I think he'd be a disaster.

1670
01:20:51,773 --> 01:20:54,476
I have serious questions
about his integrity.

1671
01:20:54,576 --> 01:20:56,198
Would urge you to talk
to Clark Derry.

1672
01:20:56,298 --> 01:20:57,639
Clark thinks Bob
perjured himself

1673
01:20:57,739 --> 01:20:59,441
on a case the Chicago office
prosecuted.

1674
01:20:59,541 --> 01:21:01,924
Well, that makes things easy.

1675
01:21:02,024 --> 01:21:07,370
As to running this office,
tell me...

1676
01:21:07,470 --> 01:21:09,932
...what was your favorite kind
of candy as a kid?

1677
01:21:10,032 --> 01:21:11,935
[laughs softly]
Hmm?

1678
01:21:12,035 --> 01:21:14,097
Someone comes into my office
to brief me,

1679
01:21:14,197 --> 01:21:16,379
they're often scared
by the myth of the place.

1680
01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:18,381
That limits their effectiveness.

1681
01:21:18,481 --> 01:21:21,265
One personal connection,
and they relax.

1682
01:21:21,365 --> 01:21:24,228
So what was yours?

1683
01:21:24,328 --> 01:21:26,510
-Reese's.
-Ah.

1684
01:21:26,610 --> 01:21:28,312
Mine, too.

1685
01:21:28,412 --> 01:21:30,414
Almond Joy was a close second.

1686
01:21:32,737 --> 01:21:36,601
Not sure I can imagine asking
someone that question.

1687
01:21:36,701 --> 01:21:38,703
Why not?

1688
01:21:40,505 --> 01:21:42,507
I'm not you.

1689
01:21:47,232 --> 01:21:51,176
The job is about
protecting people.

1690
01:21:51,276 --> 01:21:54,420
Every decision comes back
to that.

1691
01:21:54,520 --> 01:21:56,582
Everything the entire
department does

1692
01:21:56,682 --> 01:21:59,665
will run through this office,
so you need to be at your best.

1693
01:21:59,765 --> 01:22:03,029
You need to eat well, exercise,
get enough sleep.

1694
01:22:03,129 --> 01:22:06,433
You need to be with your family
to recharge yourself.

1695
01:22:06,533 --> 01:22:09,156
That goes for all
of your staff as well.

1696
01:22:09,256 --> 01:22:12,119
Try to get out of the office
by 6, 6:30 every night,

1697
01:22:12,219 --> 01:22:14,361
because no one will leave
before you do,

1698
01:22:14,461 --> 01:22:17,364
and you want them spending time
with their loved ones.

1699
01:22:17,464 --> 01:22:20,307
Workaholics make soulless
choices.

1700
01:22:22,390 --> 01:22:24,852
That must be why your staff
likes you so much.

1701
01:22:24,952 --> 01:22:27,575
I just treat 'em like people.

1702
01:22:27,675 --> 01:22:30,799
And the president?
How do you treat him?

1703
01:22:33,561 --> 01:22:36,184
Leaders like that throw you back
to first principles.

1704
01:22:36,284 --> 01:22:38,307
Hmm.

1705
01:22:38,407 --> 01:22:40,189
You just have to keep
remembering what they are.

1706
01:22:40,289 --> 01:22:43,632
[assistant]
Sir, I have the A.G. calling.

1707
01:22:43,732 --> 01:22:46,956
Should I ask him what
his favorite candy was?

1708
01:22:47,056 --> 01:22:48,958
[Rosenstein]
The next day,

1709
01:22:49,058 --> 01:22:51,080
unbeknownst to me,

1710
01:22:51,180 --> 01:22:53,603
the president went to his hotel
in New Jersey

1711
01:22:53,703 --> 01:22:56,326
with Stephen Miller
to write a memo

1712
01:22:56,426 --> 01:22:59,129
designed to justify the firing
of Jim Comey.

1713
01:22:59,229 --> 01:23:01,892
It was called
the "Bedminster Memo,"

1714
01:23:01,992 --> 01:23:04,935
a four-page screed
excoriating Jim.

1715
01:23:05,035 --> 01:23:06,977
[Trump] Jim Comey is
an Obama guy, okay.

1716
01:23:07,077 --> 01:23:09,300
I don't care how much he talks
about being a Republican,

1717
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:11,822
he has never protected me
because he's an Obama guy,

1718
01:23:11,922 --> 01:23:13,144
and he's not on the team.

1719
01:23:13,244 --> 01:23:14,785
The president gave it
to Don McGahn,

1720
01:23:14,885 --> 01:23:17,548
who gave it to
General Sessions...

1721
01:23:17,648 --> 01:23:20,151
who gave it to me.

1722
01:23:20,251 --> 01:23:24,015
And then I was summoned
to the White House.

1723
01:23:33,345 --> 01:23:35,427
What was your favorite?

1724
01:23:36,949 --> 01:23:38,170
As a kid?

1725
01:23:38,270 --> 01:23:40,273
I'm sorry?

1726
01:23:42,315 --> 01:23:45,038
Nothing.

1727
01:23:46,279 --> 01:23:48,662
[quietly]
That was stupid.

1728
01:23:48,762 --> 01:23:50,764
Rod.

1729
01:23:51,565 --> 01:23:53,567
-Don.
-Hey.

1730
01:24:00,975 --> 01:24:03,998
Mr. President...

1731
01:24:04,098 --> 01:24:06,881
I don't think you can send this
memo out in its current state.

1732
01:24:06,981 --> 01:24:09,884
Why not? It's all true.

1733
01:24:09,984 --> 01:24:13,248
It reads like
personal animus instead

1734
01:24:13,348 --> 01:24:14,769
of a reasoned
executive decision--

1735
01:24:14,869 --> 01:24:16,291
He lied to me.

1736
01:24:16,391 --> 01:24:19,454
He told me he would tell people
I wasn't under investigation.

1737
01:24:19,554 --> 01:24:21,096
And I was very specific
about that.

1738
01:24:21,196 --> 01:24:22,818
Very strong and powerful there.

1739
01:24:22,918 --> 01:24:25,301
And then he goes to the Senate,
and he doesn't say it.

1740
01:24:25,401 --> 01:24:28,904
A lot of people told me I should
fire him, but I kept him around.

1741
01:24:29,004 --> 01:24:30,867
He's not a good guy.
He's a dirty guy.

1742
01:24:30,967 --> 01:24:33,509
-A bad cop. And he lied to me.
-Well, nevertheless,

1743
01:24:33,609 --> 01:24:36,072
the language in this memo
is fairly incendiary

1744
01:24:36,172 --> 01:24:38,715
and very easy to misconstrue.

1745
01:24:38,815 --> 01:24:41,238
I think it would be bad
for the presidency

1746
01:24:41,338 --> 01:24:42,479
and bad for you legally

1747
01:24:42,579 --> 01:24:44,401
to-to have this out there.

1748
01:24:44,501 --> 01:24:45,963
What parts?

1749
01:24:46,063 --> 01:24:49,046
Well, for one,
you do not need to mention--

1750
01:24:49,146 --> 01:24:51,208
and should not--
the Russia investigation

1751
01:24:51,308 --> 01:24:53,330
as grounds
for firing Director Comey.

1752
01:24:53,430 --> 01:24:55,813
His mishandling of
the Hillary e-mails is enough.

1753
01:24:55,913 --> 01:24:57,255
He and I had an understanding

1754
01:24:57,355 --> 01:24:59,697
about what he was gonna tell
people, and he didn't do it.

1755
01:24:59,797 --> 01:25:00,859
The Trump-Russia cloud.

1756
01:25:00,959 --> 01:25:03,181
He told me he'd lift it
and then didn't.

1757
01:25:03,281 --> 01:25:05,503
People should know
he broke that deal.

1758
01:25:05,603 --> 01:25:08,427
[Rosenstein] Sir,
you would be exposing yourself

1759
01:25:08,527 --> 01:25:10,909
to unnecessary risk here.

1760
01:25:11,009 --> 01:25:13,011
Then you write it.

1761
01:25:16,215 --> 01:25:19,679
-I can do that.
-Great.

1762
01:25:19,779 --> 01:25:21,761
Would you put in

1763
01:25:21,861 --> 01:25:24,083
the fact
that he told me three times

1764
01:25:24,183 --> 01:25:25,725
I wasn't under investigation?

1765
01:25:25,825 --> 01:25:27,367
It's very important
that people understand that.

1766
01:25:27,467 --> 01:25:28,368
[Rosenstein]
Again, that would be

1767
01:25:28,468 --> 01:25:29,970
conflating your decision
to fire him

1768
01:25:30,070 --> 01:25:31,411
with the Russia investigation,

1769
01:25:31,511 --> 01:25:34,014
which is what we're all
seeking to avoid.

1770
01:25:34,114 --> 01:25:37,177
He's got people thinking
I like golden showers.

1771
01:25:37,277 --> 01:25:40,421
[inhales] Are you gonna keep
anything about it?

1772
01:25:40,521 --> 01:25:43,384
Jim Comey takes his
fucking initials too seriously.

1773
01:25:43,484 --> 01:25:45,066
Stephen keeps me tied
to my base,

1774
01:25:45,166 --> 01:25:46,827
which a lot of people forget,
and then they don't

1775
01:25:46,927 --> 01:25:48,549
get reelected.

1776
01:25:48,649 --> 01:25:51,032
I don't want your version
to go too easy on Comey.

1777
01:25:51,132 --> 01:25:54,095
He's a bad guy.
He's a dishonest guy.

1778
01:25:55,697 --> 01:25:57,959
I understand how you feel, sir.

1779
01:25:58,059 --> 01:26:00,562
Fine. Start writing.

1780
01:26:00,662 --> 01:26:02,965
But I want Russia in there.

1781
01:26:03,065 --> 01:26:04,967
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1782
01:26:05,067 --> 01:26:07,069
♪♪♪♪♪

1783
01:26:08,470 --> 01:26:11,774
[sighs]

1784
01:26:11,874 --> 01:26:13,536
[Comey]
Thank you for your work.

1785
01:26:13,636 --> 01:26:17,500
Thank you. Thanks
for being part of what we do.

1786
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:19,783
President Kennedy
was touring a NASA facility once

1787
01:26:19,883 --> 01:26:21,785
when he came upon
a guy pushing a broom.

1788
01:26:21,885 --> 01:26:23,827
This was 1962.

1789
01:26:23,927 --> 01:26:25,869
And the president asked,

1790
01:26:25,969 --> 01:26:27,511
"What do you do here?"
And the guy replied,

1791
01:26:27,611 --> 01:26:29,953
"I'm putting a man on the Moon."

1792
01:26:30,053 --> 01:26:33,157
Exactly. Exactly.

1793
01:26:33,257 --> 01:26:35,960
I'm here in L.A.
for a diversity recruiting event

1794
01:26:36,060 --> 01:26:38,963
where I will try to convince...
Is it 500?

1795
01:26:39,063 --> 01:26:40,805
-Five hundred and six.
-Five hundred and six.

1796
01:26:40,905 --> 01:26:42,607
Five hundred and six lawyers
and engineers

1797
01:26:42,707 --> 01:26:44,569
and business school graduates

1798
01:26:44,669 --> 01:26:46,451
that they ought to take
a cut in pay

1799
01:26:46,551 --> 01:26:48,934
and become special agents
with the FBI.

1800
01:26:49,034 --> 01:26:50,495
Now, oddly enough,

1801
01:26:50,595 --> 01:26:52,457
this isn't a tough sell,

1802
01:26:52,557 --> 01:26:54,740
because people
fundamentally believe

1803
01:26:54,840 --> 01:26:57,303
in the mission of this Bureau.

1804
01:26:57,403 --> 01:27:00,286
A mission every one of you...

1805
01:27:02,368 --> 01:27:04,270
♪ slow, dramatic music ♪

1806
01:27:04,370 --> 01:27:06,372
♪♪♪♪♪

1807
01:27:09,375 --> 01:27:12,218
[dialogue inaudible]

1808
01:27:21,749 --> 01:27:24,151
I'm gonna go figure out
what's happening.

1809
01:27:25,753 --> 01:27:27,915
Uh, but...

1810
01:27:28,956 --> 01:27:31,539
Whether or not that's true,

1811
01:27:31,639 --> 01:27:33,661
my message to you won't change,
so let's just--

1812
01:27:33,761 --> 01:27:36,765
Let me j--
I'll finish that. Um...

1813
01:27:41,570 --> 01:27:44,233
Every one of you
is personally responsible

1814
01:27:44,333 --> 01:27:46,595
for protecting
the American people

1815
01:27:46,695 --> 01:27:50,059
and upholding the Constitution
of the United States.

1816
01:27:52,021 --> 01:27:55,184
Thank you for doing it so well.

1817
01:27:56,265 --> 01:27:58,267
Deirdre?

1818
01:28:02,031 --> 01:28:04,935
[man] Director Comey,
I have the deputy on the line.

1819
01:28:05,035 --> 01:28:07,177
Thank you.
Does that mean it's true?

1820
01:28:07,277 --> 01:28:10,701
[McCabe] A letter was delivered
from the White House, boss.

1821
01:28:10,801 --> 01:28:13,964
You've been fired,
effective immediately.

1822
01:28:15,446 --> 01:28:17,548
I see.

1823
01:28:17,648 --> 01:28:19,650
Can you read it to me?

1824
01:28:20,651 --> 01:28:21,873
You sure?

1825
01:28:21,973 --> 01:28:24,275
Yeah.

1826
01:28:24,375 --> 01:28:26,237
"Dear Director Comey,

1827
01:28:26,337 --> 01:28:27,879
I have received
the attached letters

1828
01:28:27,979 --> 01:28:29,160
from the attorney general

1829
01:28:29,260 --> 01:28:31,603
and deputy attorney general
of the United States

1830
01:28:31,703 --> 01:28:33,765
recommending your dismissal
as the director

1831
01:28:33,865 --> 01:28:35,727
of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.

1832
01:28:35,827 --> 01:28:37,930
I've accepted
their recommendation,

1833
01:28:38,030 --> 01:28:40,292
and you are hereby terminated
and removed from office,

1834
01:28:40,392 --> 01:28:42,214
effective immediately.

1835
01:28:42,314 --> 01:28:43,376
While I greatly appreciate

1836
01:28:43,476 --> 01:28:45,658
you informing me
on three separate occasions

1837
01:28:45,758 --> 01:28:49,342
that I am not
under investigation,

1838
01:28:49,442 --> 01:28:51,184
I nevertheless concur

1839
01:28:51,284 --> 01:28:53,947
with the judgment
of the Department of Justice

1840
01:28:54,047 --> 01:28:58,392
that you are not able
to effectively lead the Bureau.

1841
01:28:58,492 --> 01:29:00,394
It is essential that we find--"

1842
01:29:00,494 --> 01:29:03,077
What do the attachments say?
From the A.G. and the D.A.G.

1843
01:29:03,177 --> 01:29:04,678
A.G.'s is pretty standard.

1844
01:29:04,778 --> 01:29:07,741
-Yeah. The one from Rod?
-Two and a half pages.

1845
01:29:08,983 --> 01:29:10,885
Read it to me, will you?

1846
01:29:10,985 --> 01:29:12,887
-Boss.
-Andy,

1847
01:29:12,987 --> 01:29:14,489
I can't order you to.

1848
01:29:14,589 --> 01:29:16,591
I'm just asking.

1849
01:29:19,314 --> 01:29:20,775
"The Federal Bureau
of Investigation

1850
01:29:20,875 --> 01:29:23,178
has long been regarded
as our nation's premier--"

1851
01:29:23,278 --> 01:29:25,280
Just skip to the gruesome parts.

1852
01:29:27,242 --> 01:29:29,144
This whole thing
is gruesome, boss.

1853
01:29:29,244 --> 01:29:31,627
-[chuckles]
-"The current FBI director

1854
01:29:31,727 --> 01:29:33,029
is an articulate

1855
01:29:33,129 --> 01:29:35,431
and persuasive speaker
about leadership

1856
01:29:35,531 --> 01:29:38,594
and the immutable principles
of the Department of Justice.

1857
01:29:38,694 --> 01:29:41,758
He deserves our appreciation
for his public service.

1858
01:29:41,858 --> 01:29:44,361
As you and I have discussed,
however,

1859
01:29:44,461 --> 01:29:48,125
I cannot defend the director's
handling of the conclusion

1860
01:29:48,225 --> 01:29:50,607
of the investigation
of Secretary Clinton's e-mails,

1861
01:29:50,707 --> 01:29:53,610
and I do not understand
his refusal to accept

1862
01:29:53,710 --> 01:29:57,675
the nearly universal judgment
that he was mistaken."

1863
01:30:00,958 --> 01:30:02,300
Deirdre, if you would,

1864
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:04,302
I'd like you to conduct
the recruiting event for me.

1865
01:30:04,402 --> 01:30:06,564
Sure, boss. Course.

1866
01:30:08,606 --> 01:30:11,429
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1867
01:30:11,529 --> 01:30:13,532
♪♪♪♪♪

1868
01:30:29,549 --> 01:30:31,050
Well, it's true.

1869
01:30:31,150 --> 01:30:32,772
What you've heard.

1870
01:30:32,872 --> 01:30:36,036
President has fired me,
effective immediately.

1871
01:30:39,559 --> 01:30:42,142
Andy McCabe will now be
your acting director,

1872
01:30:42,242 --> 01:30:44,685
which means
you are in very good hands.

1873
01:30:48,369 --> 01:30:51,552
The FBI's values are bigger
than any single person,

1874
01:30:51,652 --> 01:30:54,155
so it's the same mission
no matter who's running it,

1875
01:30:54,255 --> 01:30:56,758
so I-I have no fear
for its future.

1876
01:30:56,858 --> 01:30:58,860
What saddens me...

1877
01:31:03,865 --> 01:31:05,867
...is leaving you.

1878
01:31:08,470 --> 01:31:10,933
The kind of people you are.

1879
01:31:11,033 --> 01:31:13,375
Honest.

1880
01:31:13,475 --> 01:31:15,818
Fearless.

1881
01:31:15,918 --> 01:31:17,920
Independent.

1882
01:31:18,961 --> 01:31:20,963
Patriotic.

1883
01:31:24,968 --> 01:31:27,050
That...

1884
01:31:28,531 --> 01:31:30,534
...I will miss.

1885
01:31:32,135 --> 01:31:34,518
I wish you all the best.

1886
01:31:34,618 --> 01:31:36,620
♪♪♪♪♪

1887
01:31:55,961 --> 01:31:57,963
♪♪♪♪♪

1888
01:32:24,992 --> 01:32:26,994
♪♪♪♪♪

1889
01:32:42,330 --> 01:32:44,633
And?

1890
01:32:44,733 --> 01:32:47,195
It is the determination
of my team

1891
01:32:47,295 --> 01:32:51,880
that it would absolutely be
a lawful use of taxpayer funds.

1892
01:32:51,980 --> 01:32:54,323
He was traveling
on FBI business.

1893
01:32:54,423 --> 01:32:57,246
The government is obligated
to bring him home.

1894
01:32:57,346 --> 01:32:59,929
And the plane has to return
to D.C. regardless.

1895
01:33:00,029 --> 01:33:02,492
So do his protective
and comms teams.

1896
01:33:02,592 --> 01:33:04,053
The director wants...

1897
01:33:04,153 --> 01:33:05,495
[scoffs softly]

1898
01:33:05,595 --> 01:33:08,338
Jim would like to rent a car
and drive back.

1899
01:33:08,438 --> 01:33:10,420
-No.
-Three thousand miles?

1900
01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,462
There are security issues here.

1901
01:33:12,562 --> 01:33:15,225
What if some nut
decides to shoot him?

1902
01:33:15,325 --> 01:33:16,947
I can't believe we're
even having this conversation.

1903
01:33:17,047 --> 01:33:19,069
Okay.

1904
01:33:19,169 --> 01:33:21,172
Okay.

1905
01:33:23,854 --> 01:33:25,856
Put him on the plane.

1906
01:33:27,298 --> 01:33:29,200
♪ slow, somber music ♪

1907
01:33:29,300 --> 01:33:31,302
♪♪♪♪♪

1908
01:33:34,706 --> 01:33:37,349
Thank you for your service,
Shaun. And your friendship.

1909
01:33:38,830 --> 01:33:40,612
Boss, I have to say it.

1910
01:33:40,712 --> 01:33:42,714
You deserve better.

1911
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:50,503
Get home to your family.

1912
01:33:50,603 --> 01:33:52,605
Thank you, sir.

1913
01:33:55,208 --> 01:33:58,952
[vehicle door opens, closes]

1914
01:33:59,052 --> 01:34:01,054
♪♪♪♪♪

1915
01:34:13,988 --> 01:34:15,990
What's new?

1916
01:34:18,192 --> 01:34:20,194
You tell me.

1917
01:34:23,918 --> 01:34:26,882
I had so much more left to do.

1918
01:34:33,128 --> 01:34:35,130
[crying]

1919
01:34:39,775 --> 01:34:42,058
-♪♪♪♪♪
-[dialogue inaudible]

1920
01:34:43,499 --> 01:34:44,841
[reporter]
Yes or no, did the president

1921
01:34:44,941 --> 01:34:48,324
direct Rod Rosenstein to write
this memo on James Comey?

1922
01:34:48,424 --> 01:34:50,647
No, the president
had lost, uh...

1923
01:34:50,747 --> 01:34:53,770
Again, like I said, he'd lost
confidence in Director Comey,

1924
01:34:53,870 --> 01:34:55,692
and, frankly,
he'd been considering

1925
01:34:55,792 --> 01:34:59,096
letting Director Comey go
since the day he was elected.

1926
01:34:59,196 --> 01:35:01,699
Uh, but he did have
a conversation,

1927
01:35:01,799 --> 01:35:04,662
uh, with the deputy
attorney general,

1928
01:35:04,762 --> 01:35:08,025
uh, on Monday
where they had come to him

1929
01:35:08,125 --> 01:35:10,268
to express their concerns.

1930
01:35:10,368 --> 01:35:12,630
The president asked
that they put those concerns

1931
01:35:12,730 --> 01:35:14,352
and their recommendation
in writing,

1932
01:35:14,452 --> 01:35:16,114
which is the letter
that you guys have received.

1933
01:35:16,214 --> 01:35:17,516
[reporter] So it's
the White House's assertion

1934
01:35:17,616 --> 01:35:19,558
that Rod Rosenstein
decided on his own

1935
01:35:19,658 --> 01:35:22,361
after being confirmed
to review Comey's performance?

1936
01:35:22,461 --> 01:35:24,643
Absolutely. And I think,
uh, most of America

1937
01:35:24,743 --> 01:35:27,446
had decided on their own
that Director Comey

1938
01:35:27,546 --> 01:35:30,950
was not, uh, the person
that should be leading the FBI.

1939
01:35:32,031 --> 01:35:34,133
[McCabe]
In short,

1940
01:35:34,233 --> 01:35:36,376
our investigation
is beginning to overlap

1941
01:35:36,476 --> 01:35:38,418
with the Senate Intel's
investigation.

1942
01:35:38,518 --> 01:35:40,700
It's creating some issues.

1943
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:42,943
It's our feeling
that with public confidence

1944
01:35:43,043 --> 01:35:46,547
in both the Bureau
and the Senate now compromised,

1945
01:35:46,647 --> 01:35:49,009
the best option...

1946
01:35:50,531 --> 01:35:52,152
...the only option
is the appointment

1947
01:35:52,252 --> 01:35:54,535
of a special counsel.

1948
01:35:58,259 --> 01:36:00,301
Rod?

1949
01:36:02,704 --> 01:36:04,706
[inhales sharply]

1950
01:36:06,267 --> 01:36:08,270
Are you okay?

1951
01:36:12,434 --> 01:36:15,217
I can't believe

1952
01:36:15,317 --> 01:36:17,319
they used me like this.

1953
01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:20,443
-But you wrote the memo.
-I...

1954
01:36:22,725 --> 01:36:26,389
They asked me narrow questions,
and I answered them narrowly.

1955
01:36:26,489 --> 01:36:29,232
I didn't know that they were
going to use me like this.

1956
01:36:29,332 --> 01:36:31,334
I...

1957
01:36:33,777 --> 01:36:35,819
[inhales deeply]

1958
01:36:37,260 --> 01:36:39,263
Is your family okay?

1959
01:36:41,865 --> 01:36:44,348
Are you sleeping at all?

1960
01:36:48,352 --> 01:36:52,136
The president wants me to say
that firing Jim was my idea,

1961
01:36:52,236 --> 01:36:53,898
but that is a lie.

1962
01:36:53,998 --> 01:36:56,942
And there's no one in here
that I can talk to about this.

1963
01:36:57,042 --> 01:36:59,364
There's nobody in here
that I trust.

1964
01:37:07,733 --> 01:37:11,037
I wish I could talk to Jim
about this.

1965
01:37:11,137 --> 01:37:13,940
He'd understand
what I'm dealing with.

1966
01:37:15,061 --> 01:37:17,263
It's pretty funny, huh?

1967
01:37:18,625 --> 01:37:20,046
[sniffles]

1968
01:37:20,146 --> 01:37:22,188
I think he's unwell.

1969
01:37:23,750 --> 01:37:25,832
The president.

1970
01:37:27,554 --> 01:37:29,977
I think if someone invoked
the 25th Amendment,

1971
01:37:30,077 --> 01:37:33,300
there would be support
from a lot of the cabinet.

1972
01:37:33,400 --> 01:37:35,983
Sessions would support it.

1973
01:37:36,083 --> 01:37:39,106
Kelly, too. Others.

1974
01:37:39,206 --> 01:37:43,211
But you'd need evidence
to convince the public.

1975
01:37:47,575 --> 01:37:50,779
I should wear a wire
next time I'm with him.

1976
01:37:52,180 --> 01:37:54,643
Then everyone would know.

1977
01:37:54,743 --> 01:37:57,006
I could.

1978
01:37:57,106 --> 01:37:59,168
I never get searched
when I go in there.

1979
01:37:59,268 --> 01:38:01,650
No one ever searches me.

1980
01:38:01,750 --> 01:38:03,833
I could record him.

1981
01:38:07,637 --> 01:38:11,761
It's so crazy in there.

1982
01:38:13,123 --> 01:38:16,066
Would it be helpful
to you if I...

1983
01:38:16,166 --> 01:38:19,249
wore a wire next time
I'm with him?

1984
01:38:21,612 --> 01:38:23,614
I could record him.

1985
01:38:25,976 --> 01:38:27,978
Rod, can I--

1986
01:38:30,621 --> 01:38:33,725
Can I get back to you on that?

1987
01:38:33,825 --> 01:38:35,527
Yeah, this is it.

1988
01:38:35,627 --> 01:38:39,371
Yeah. I just fired
the head of the FBI.

1989
01:38:39,471 --> 01:38:41,493
He was crazy, a real nutjob.

1990
01:38:41,593 --> 01:38:44,336
I faced great pressure
because of Russia.

1991
01:38:44,436 --> 01:38:45,818
It's taken off now.

1992
01:38:45,918 --> 01:38:48,180
You know, fake news...

1993
01:38:48,280 --> 01:38:49,702
Fake news.

1994
01:38:49,802 --> 01:38:51,383
They keeps talking about,
"Election interference,

1995
01:38:51,483 --> 01:38:53,025
election interference.

1996
01:38:53,125 --> 01:38:55,228
The Russians meddled
in our election. Oh, no!"

1997
01:38:55,328 --> 01:38:56,989
And I think, first, who cares?

1998
01:38:57,089 --> 01:38:58,631
We got the right result.

1999
01:38:58,731 --> 01:39:00,553
Right? And second,

2000
01:39:00,653 --> 01:39:03,036
what do they think we do
to other people's elections?

2001
01:39:03,136 --> 01:39:04,397
We invented meddling.

2002
01:39:04,497 --> 01:39:06,279
How do you know
Putin wasn't our idea?

2003
01:39:06,379 --> 01:39:08,121
[laughing]

2004
01:39:08,221 --> 01:39:09,843
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

2005
01:39:09,943 --> 01:39:11,945
[McCabe]
Here's what I see.

2006
01:39:13,787 --> 01:39:17,411
I see a president launching
an attack on this Bureau

2007
01:39:17,511 --> 01:39:19,513
to weaken it.

2008
01:39:21,075 --> 01:39:24,178
I'm not yet ready
to ascribe motives for this.

2009
01:39:24,278 --> 01:39:25,980
But when viewed in conjunction

2010
01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:29,384
with him inviting two Russian
intel operatives into the Oval,

2011
01:39:29,484 --> 01:39:32,187
and the firing
of Director Comey,

2012
01:39:32,287 --> 01:39:36,311
which was designed to slow
or stop an ongoing investigation

2013
01:39:36,411 --> 01:39:39,114
into Russia's malign activities
concerning our election

2014
01:39:39,214 --> 01:39:42,478
and our democracy more broadly,

2015
01:39:42,578 --> 01:39:45,581
I am forced to make
a very disconcerting call.

2016
01:39:47,223 --> 01:39:51,568
We have to expand the Crossfire
Hurricane investigation

2017
01:39:51,668 --> 01:39:54,270
to include
the president himself.

2018
01:39:55,912 --> 01:39:57,814
When the world learns of this,

2019
01:39:57,914 --> 01:39:59,856
the blowback will be immense.

2020
01:39:59,956 --> 01:40:01,819
"How dare they investigate
a sitting president?"

2021
01:40:01,919 --> 01:40:03,741
So let me be clear.

2022
01:40:03,841 --> 01:40:06,704
This investigation
is about Russia,

2023
01:40:06,804 --> 01:40:09,427
period, full stop.

2024
01:40:09,527 --> 01:40:12,350
It has always been
about Russia's attempt

2025
01:40:12,450 --> 01:40:13,991
to undermine our democracy.

2026
01:40:14,091 --> 01:40:17,395
Flynn, Manafort,
Papadopoulos, Carter Page--

2027
01:40:17,495 --> 01:40:20,839
they all put themselves
within our line of inquiry.

2028
01:40:20,939 --> 01:40:22,941
So has the president.

2029
01:40:24,743 --> 01:40:27,366
We have adequate predication
to be investigating all of them.

2030
01:40:27,466 --> 01:40:29,128
Is everyone clear?

2031
01:40:29,228 --> 01:40:30,609
-[door opens]
-[Althea] Sir?

2032
01:40:30,709 --> 01:40:32,831
The president is calling.

2033
01:40:33,873 --> 01:40:35,615
Secured line?

2034
01:40:35,715 --> 01:40:38,418
-No, sir.
-Thank you.

2035
01:40:38,518 --> 01:40:40,520
[door closes]

2036
01:40:52,532 --> 01:40:54,435
This is McCabe.

2037
01:40:54,535 --> 01:40:56,397
This is Don Trump. How are you?

2038
01:40:56,497 --> 01:40:58,399
I'm fine, sir.
How are you?

2039
01:40:58,499 --> 01:41:00,201
You know, boy, it's incredible.

2040
01:41:00,301 --> 01:41:01,963
Such a great thing.
People are really happy

2041
01:41:02,063 --> 01:41:03,524
about the fact that he's gone.

2042
01:41:03,624 --> 01:41:06,047
I mean, it's just remarkable
what people are saying.

2043
01:41:06,147 --> 01:41:08,770
I received hundreds of messages
from FBI people,

2044
01:41:08,870 --> 01:41:10,732
how happy they are
that I fired him.

2045
01:41:10,832 --> 01:41:13,054
People saying things on
the media. Have you seen that?

2046
01:41:13,154 --> 01:41:15,377
You know, I didn't actually know
how hated he was.

2047
01:41:15,477 --> 01:41:17,779
What's it like there in the
building? Have you seen that?

2048
01:41:17,879 --> 01:41:19,181
You need me, sir?

2049
01:41:19,281 --> 01:41:21,824
Why would I need you?

2050
01:41:21,924 --> 01:41:23,866
[McCabe]
People here are very surprised.

2051
01:41:23,966 --> 01:41:25,748
But we're trying
to get back to work.

2052
01:41:25,848 --> 01:41:28,231
Yeah, I really want
to come over there to the FBI

2053
01:41:28,331 --> 01:41:30,713
and show all my FBI people
how much I love them.

2054
01:41:30,813 --> 01:41:32,795
So I think it'd be good for me

2055
01:41:32,895 --> 01:41:34,998
to come over there,
tomorrow or the next day.

2056
01:41:35,098 --> 01:41:37,100
Do you think
that'd be a good idea?

2057
01:41:39,462 --> 01:41:41,164
You're always welcome here, sir.

2058
01:41:41,264 --> 01:41:42,886
But I want to know

2059
01:41:42,986 --> 01:41:45,449
how he was allowed
to fly home on the FBI jet.

2060
01:41:45,549 --> 01:41:47,531
I watched that, and I want
an investigation opened

2061
01:41:47,631 --> 01:41:49,333
into how that happened
and who allowed that.

2062
01:41:49,433 --> 01:41:51,375
Mr. President,
I can look into that for you,

2063
01:41:51,475 --> 01:41:53,217
but it's really unnecessary.

2064
01:41:53,317 --> 01:41:55,179
I authorized it.

2065
01:41:55,279 --> 01:41:57,822
-[slams drawer closed]
-What?!

2066
01:41:57,922 --> 01:42:00,745
We had an obligation to bring
him and his staff home safely,

2067
01:42:00,845 --> 01:42:02,908
as well as the flight crew
and the plane.

2068
01:42:03,008 --> 01:42:05,430
I don't want that. I don't
approve that. I don't want that.

2069
01:42:05,530 --> 01:42:06,752
Nevertheless, sir,
I authorized it.

2070
01:42:06,852 --> 01:42:08,353
Well, I want it looked into.

2071
01:42:08,453 --> 01:42:11,357
And he's not to be allowed back
on FBI property again.

2072
01:42:11,457 --> 01:42:12,918
Ever.

2073
01:42:13,018 --> 01:42:15,601
You send him his stuff in boxes.
Is that clear?

2074
01:42:15,701 --> 01:42:17,803
-Yes, sir.
-I'm surprised at you.

2075
01:42:17,903 --> 01:42:19,946
I'd heard you were part
of the Resistance.

2076
01:42:21,507 --> 01:42:23,009
Sir?

2077
01:42:23,109 --> 01:42:25,572
That you didn't agree with Comey
on the Hillary e-mails,

2078
01:42:25,672 --> 01:42:27,974
you didn't like his decisions.

2079
01:42:28,074 --> 01:42:30,377
No, sir.

2080
01:42:30,477 --> 01:42:32,739
I was a part of those decisions.

2081
01:42:32,839 --> 01:42:34,982
Oh.

2082
01:42:35,082 --> 01:42:36,623
Well, you just make sure

2083
01:42:36,723 --> 01:42:38,345
the courtyard is full
when I get there.

2084
01:42:38,445 --> 01:42:40,147
FBI people love me.

2085
01:42:40,247 --> 01:42:43,230
Same feeling I get in North
Carolina, which I won so big.

2086
01:42:43,330 --> 01:42:45,193
90% of the Bureau voted for me.

2087
01:42:45,293 --> 01:42:46,754
Who did you vote for?

2088
01:42:46,854 --> 01:42:50,238
Mr. President, I've been
a Republican all my life.

2089
01:42:50,338 --> 01:42:51,639
I have voted

2090
01:42:51,739 --> 01:42:54,402
for every Republican
presidential candidate.

2091
01:42:54,502 --> 01:42:57,646
But given the circumstances
present at the time,

2092
01:42:57,746 --> 01:43:02,251
I didn't feel it was appropriate
for me to vote in 2016.

2093
01:43:02,351 --> 01:43:04,653
You know,
your problem is your wife.

2094
01:43:04,753 --> 01:43:08,878
She lost her election
in Virginia, didn't she?

2095
01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:13,102
Yes, she did.

2096
01:43:13,202 --> 01:43:16,246
Ask her how it feels
to be a loser.

2097
01:43:19,970 --> 01:43:24,034
♪ tense, atmospheric music ♪

2098
01:43:24,134 --> 01:43:26,376
♪♪♪♪♪

2099
01:43:34,345 --> 01:43:36,888
We will need
to be meticulous here.

2100
01:43:36,988 --> 01:43:39,330
I want a documentary record

2101
01:43:39,430 --> 01:43:42,133
of everything we find,
in indelible fashion

2102
01:43:42,233 --> 01:43:44,336
so that if I am removed
from office

2103
01:43:44,436 --> 01:43:45,897
or otherwise marginalized,

2104
01:43:45,997 --> 01:43:48,820
our work will go on unabated.

2105
01:43:48,920 --> 01:43:51,043
That is vital.

2106
01:43:52,124 --> 01:43:54,707
He can fire me,

2107
01:43:54,807 --> 01:43:57,169
but he cannot fire the FBI.

2108
01:43:59,452 --> 01:44:01,974
♪♪♪♪♪

2109
01:44:17,391 --> 01:44:19,533
Let's begin.

2110
01:44:19,633 --> 01:44:22,456
[Charlie Rose] Fired FBI
director James Comey says

2111
01:44:22,556 --> 01:44:24,378
the president tried
to convince him

2112
01:44:24,478 --> 01:44:26,100
to end the investigation

2113
01:44:26,200 --> 01:44:27,942
of former national security
advisor Michael Flynn.

2114
01:44:28,042 --> 01:44:29,344
[Norah O'Donnell]
The story was first

2115
01:44:29,444 --> 01:44:30,745
reported by The New York Times

2116
01:44:30,845 --> 01:44:32,267
and then confirmed by CBS News.

2117
01:44:32,367 --> 01:44:34,029
James Comey wrote a memo

2118
01:44:34,129 --> 01:44:36,872
about an Oval Office meeting
with the president.

2119
01:44:36,972 --> 01:44:38,754
This was the day after General
Flynn was forced to resign.

2120
01:44:38,854 --> 01:44:40,115
[Jeff Pegues]
The former FBI director

2121
01:44:40,215 --> 01:44:42,638
was known for
taking detailed notes

2122
01:44:42,738 --> 01:44:44,600
of meetings,
but these Comey memos

2123
01:44:44,700 --> 01:44:47,082
allegedly show a pattern
and raise

2124
01:44:47,182 --> 01:44:48,764
additional questions
about whether

2125
01:44:48,864 --> 01:44:50,806
the president was trying
to interfere

2126
01:44:50,906 --> 01:44:53,369
in the Russia investigation
and why.

2127
01:44:53,469 --> 01:44:55,291
[reporter]
On Friday evening,

2128
01:44:55,391 --> 01:44:57,333
the Senate Intelligence
Committee announced

2129
01:44:57,433 --> 01:44:59,696
that James Comey has agreed

2130
01:44:59,796 --> 01:45:02,259
to testify in open session

2131
01:45:02,359 --> 01:45:03,900
before the committee.

2132
01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:06,423
♪ slow, suspenseful music ♪

2133
01:45:06,523 --> 01:45:09,426
♪♪♪♪♪

2134
01:45:09,526 --> 01:45:11,528
Hey, boss.

2135
01:45:16,454 --> 01:45:18,196
[chuckles]
You drove all the way

2136
01:45:18,296 --> 01:45:19,837
from Atlanta just to say hello?

2137
01:45:19,937 --> 01:45:22,240
Heck no.
I'm private sector now.

2138
01:45:22,340 --> 01:45:25,924
I flew all the way from Atlanta
just to say hello.

2139
01:45:26,024 --> 01:45:28,627
-First class.
-[chuckles]

2140
01:45:30,188 --> 01:45:32,811
It stinks,
what the White House is saying--

2141
01:45:32,911 --> 01:45:36,635
that you weren't loved
and respected inside the Bureau.

2142
01:45:38,477 --> 01:45:40,679
I wanted you to hear it from me.

2143
01:45:41,961 --> 01:45:44,143
You were.

2144
01:45:44,243 --> 01:45:46,245
You still are.

2145
01:45:50,930 --> 01:45:54,594
Really wanted to have my opening
memorized for this one.

2146
01:45:54,694 --> 01:45:56,697
Having trouble this morning.

2147
01:45:58,338 --> 01:46:00,340
You'll be fine.

2148
01:46:02,142 --> 01:46:04,144
Thanks, Mark.
Appreciate it.

2149
01:46:06,187 --> 01:46:08,009
[Sarah Sanders]
The American people

2150
01:46:08,109 --> 01:46:09,851
see right through
the blatant lies

2151
01:46:09,951 --> 01:46:11,452
of a self-admitted leaker.

2152
01:46:11,552 --> 01:46:12,834
...the nickname that Donald
Trump has given James Comey,

2153
01:46:12,914 --> 01:46:14,175
that nickname being

2154
01:46:14,275 --> 01:46:16,217
-"Slimeball."
-[Rick Santorum] This is a man

2155
01:46:16,317 --> 01:46:17,339
who's a narcissist.

2156
01:46:17,439 --> 01:46:18,580
[John Podesta]
A horrendous error

2157
01:46:18,680 --> 01:46:19,901
of judgment, and he did it,

2158
01:46:20,001 --> 01:46:21,543
I think, 'cause
he's kind of an arrogant guy

2159
01:46:21,643 --> 01:46:23,866
who was trying
to protect his own reputation.

2160
01:46:23,966 --> 01:46:26,969
-[loud, overlapping chatter]
-[camera shutters clicking]

2161
01:46:31,213 --> 01:46:34,397
♪ slow, somber music ♪

2162
01:46:34,497 --> 01:46:36,499
♪♪♪♪♪

2163
01:46:55,559 --> 01:46:57,421
[Comey]
In conclusion, Senators,

2164
01:46:57,521 --> 01:47:00,104
I want the American people
to know this truth:

2165
01:47:00,204 --> 01:47:03,428
the FBI is honest.

2166
01:47:03,528 --> 01:47:06,871
The FBI is strong.

2167
01:47:06,971 --> 01:47:08,273
And the FBI is

2168
01:47:08,373 --> 01:47:12,397
and always will be independent.

2169
01:47:12,497 --> 01:47:14,520
Now, I'd like
to take this opportunity

2170
01:47:14,620 --> 01:47:18,163
to say something to
my former colleagues, if I may.

2171
01:47:18,263 --> 01:47:21,287
I am so sorry
that I didn't get the chance

2172
01:47:21,387 --> 01:47:23,389
to say goodbye to you properly.

2173
01:47:25,311 --> 01:47:29,215
It was the honor of my life
to serve beside you,

2174
01:47:29,315 --> 01:47:32,539
to be part of the FBI family,

2175
01:47:32,639 --> 01:47:35,041
and I will miss it
for the rest of my life.

2176
01:47:37,043 --> 01:47:39,947
Thank you for standing watch.

2177
01:47:40,047 --> 01:47:41,949
Thank you

2178
01:47:42,049 --> 01:47:45,232
for doing so much good
for this country.

2179
01:47:45,332 --> 01:47:48,776
Do that good
as long as ever you can.

2180
01:47:50,698 --> 01:47:52,640
And, Senators, I look forward
to your questions.

2181
01:47:52,740 --> 01:47:54,362
[camera shutters clicking]

2182
01:47:54,462 --> 01:47:57,365
[Rosenstein]
He does speak beautifully.

2183
01:47:57,465 --> 01:47:58,967
I will give him that.

2184
01:47:59,067 --> 01:48:02,290
And he... he shakes hands
with all the janitors.

2185
01:48:02,390 --> 01:48:06,255
But for all his theatrics,
Jim Comey got himself fired,

2186
01:48:06,355 --> 01:48:09,318
while I stuck around
to keep the ship afloat.

2187
01:48:10,399 --> 01:48:11,981
You ever think of that?

2188
01:48:12,081 --> 01:48:15,144
Me.

2189
01:48:15,244 --> 01:48:17,547
Those people out there
may not love me,

2190
01:48:17,647 --> 01:48:19,649
but they respect me.

2191
01:48:21,130 --> 01:48:24,134
Shouldn't that be enough
for a public servant?

2192
01:48:26,096 --> 01:48:28,218
Sir, I really should
get started.

2193
01:48:30,540 --> 01:48:32,543
[clears throat]

2194
01:48:34,785 --> 01:48:37,708
I have to get the place ready
for the new D.A.G.

2195
01:48:39,430 --> 01:48:41,432
Of course.

2196
01:48:44,996 --> 01:48:48,460
You know,
every day before I come in,

2197
01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:50,582
I spend some time outside
looking at all the buildings

2198
01:48:50,682 --> 01:48:52,224
on this street.

2199
01:48:52,324 --> 01:48:54,326
You should do that.

2200
01:48:55,567 --> 01:48:57,469
Why's that?

2201
01:48:57,569 --> 01:48:59,571
'Cause they've always been here.

2202
01:49:01,173 --> 01:49:03,436
Doesn't matter
who the president is,

2203
01:49:03,536 --> 01:49:05,918
which party is in power.

2204
01:49:06,018 --> 01:49:09,682
The institutions,
the rule of law.

2205
01:49:09,782 --> 01:49:12,265
Nothing ever knocks them down.

2206
01:49:13,306 --> 01:49:15,308
That always comforts me.

2207
01:49:17,350 --> 01:49:19,352
Good for you.

2208
01:49:25,399 --> 01:49:27,761
And it's 3 Musketeers.

2209
01:49:30,404 --> 01:49:31,706
My favorite candy bar.

2210
01:49:31,806 --> 01:49:33,808
[Rosenstein laughs softly]

2211
01:49:36,411 --> 01:49:40,195
I guess this is where
Jim Comey would turn around,

2212
01:49:40,295 --> 01:49:44,519
help you build those boxes
and ask you for your life story.

2213
01:49:44,619 --> 01:49:46,522
Yeah, probably.

2214
01:49:46,622 --> 01:49:49,525
♪ "America the Beautiful"
by Ray Charles ♪

2215
01:49:49,625 --> 01:49:51,727
Goddamn showboat.

2216
01:49:51,827 --> 01:49:54,130
♪ America ♪

2217
01:49:54,230 --> 01:49:58,234
♪ Oh, America ♪

2218
01:50:00,236 --> 01:50:04,481
♪ May God thy gold refine ♪

2219
01:50:06,523 --> 01:50:09,025
♪ Till ♪

2220
01:50:09,125 --> 01:50:11,828
♪ All success ♪

2221
01:50:11,928 --> 01:50:15,292
♪ Be nobleness ♪

2222
01:50:16,774 --> 01:50:18,676
♪ And ♪

2223
01:50:18,776 --> 01:50:22,039
♪ Every gain divined ♪

2224
01:50:22,139 --> 01:50:23,841
♪ And you know,
when I was in school ♪

2225
01:50:23,941 --> 01:50:26,284
♪ We used to sing it something
like this, listen here ♪

2226
01:50:26,384 --> 01:50:30,528
♪ Oh, beautiful ♪

2227
01:50:30,628 --> 01:50:34,593
♪ For spacious skies ♪

2228
01:50:37,476 --> 01:50:41,440
♪ For amber waves of grain ♪

2229
01:50:45,925 --> 01:50:50,670
♪ For purple mountain ♪

2230
01:50:50,770 --> 01:50:52,772
♪ Majesties ♪

2231
01:50:54,814 --> 01:50:59,720
♪ Above the fruited plain ♪

2232
01:50:59,820 --> 01:51:01,882
♪ But now, wait a minute ♪

2233
01:51:01,982 --> 01:51:04,445
♪ I'm talking about ♪

2234
01:51:04,545 --> 01:51:07,448
♪ America ♪

2235
01:51:07,548 --> 01:51:12,453
♪ Sweet America ♪

2236
01:51:12,553 --> 01:51:16,297
♪ You know,
God done shed his grace ♪

2237
01:51:16,397 --> 01:51:19,340
♪ On thee ♪

2238
01:51:19,440 --> 01:51:23,505
♪ He crowned thy good ♪

2239
01:51:23,605 --> 01:51:26,068
♪ Yes, he did ♪

2240
01:51:26,168 --> 01:51:29,151
♪ In a brotherhood ♪

2241
01:51:29,251 --> 01:51:32,474
♪ From sea to ♪

2242
01:51:32,574 --> 01:51:35,077
♪ Shining sea ♪

2243
01:51:35,177 --> 01:51:38,601
♪ You know, I wish I had
somebody to help me sing this ♪

2244
01:51:38,701 --> 01:51:42,765
-♪ America ♪
-♪ America ♪

2245
01:51:42,865 --> 01:51:46,970
-♪ America ♪
-♪ I love you, America ♪

2246
01:51:47,070 --> 01:51:51,134
-♪ God shed his grace ♪
-♪ You see, my God, he done ♪

2247
01:51:51,234 --> 01:51:53,857
-♪ Shed his grace on thee ♪
-♪ On thee ♪

2248
01:51:53,957 --> 01:51:56,060
♪ And you ought
to love him for it ♪

2249
01:51:56,160 --> 01:51:59,864
♪ 'Cause he, he,
he crowned thy good ♪

2250
01:51:59,964 --> 01:52:02,867
♪ He told me he would ♪

2251
01:52:02,967 --> 01:52:05,790
♪ With brotherhood ♪

2252
01:52:05,890 --> 01:52:09,194
♪ From sea to ♪

2253
01:52:09,294 --> 01:52:12,877
-♪ Shining sea ♪
-♪ Shining sea ♪

2254
01:52:12,977 --> 01:52:16,241
♪ Oh, Lord, oh, Lord ♪

2255
01:52:16,341 --> 01:52:18,083
♪ I thank you, Lord ♪

2256
01:52:18,183 --> 01:52:22,988
♪ Shining sea ♪

2257
01:52:32,238 --> 01:52:34,140
♪ dramatic, soaring music ♪

2258
01:52:34,240 --> 01:52:36,242
♪♪♪♪♪

2259
01:53:05,513 --> 01:53:07,876
♪♪♪♪♪

2260
01:53:35,585 --> 01:53:37,588
♪♪♪♪♪

2261
01:54:00,172 --> 01:54:02,074
♪ atmospheric music ♪

2262
01:54:02,174 --> 01:54:04,176
♪♪♪♪♪