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COME BY. THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW STARTS

RIGHT NOW. >>> THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR

JOINING US FOR THE NEXT HOUR. BUCKLE UP, I GUESS THAT'S THE

RIGHT THING TO SAY. THE BIGGEST DEVELOPING STORY IN

THE COUNTRY TONIGHT MAY BE THE BIGGEST STORY YET OF THIS

PRESIDENCY IS THE WHITE HOUSE APPARENTLY ABANDONING ALL

PRETENSE WHEN IT COMES TO EXPLAINING THE FIRING OF FBI

DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. AS A COUNTRY WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY

NEVER BEFORE HAD A PRESIDENT WHOSE CAMPAIGN WAS THE SUBJECT

OF AN ACTIVE FBI COUNTER INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION, SO

THERE'S REALLY NO HISTORICAL PRESCRIPTION IN TERMS OF WHAT

YOU OUGHT TO DO THAT WOULD COUNT AS NORMAL BEHAVIOR IN THAT

CIRCUMSTANCE. FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAYS EVEN

THIS WHITE HOUSE IN ITS UNUSUAL SITUATION AND UNUSUAL

RELATIONSHIP TO POLITICAL NORMS IN GENERAL, FOR THE LAST COUPLE

DAYS EVEN THIS WHITE HOUSE ACCEPTED THE BASIC PRINCIPLE

THAT A PRESIDENT SHOULDN'T FIRE THE PERSON LEADING AN

INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T

LIKE THAT INVESTIGATION. FOR THE PAST COUPLE DAYS THE

WHITE HOUSE AT LEAST HALFHEARTEDLY TRY TO EXPLAIN THE

FIRING OF FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY AS SOMETHING OTHER THAN

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THEY PRODUCED A MEMO FROM THE

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HANDLING

OF THE HILLARY CLINTON E-MAIL LAST YEAR.

THEY PRODUCED THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ASSURE

PEOPLE IN HIS CALM, STEADY WAY THAT THE PRESIDENT ONLY FIRED

THE FBI DIRECTOR BECAUSE OF GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FBI

DIRECTOR COMING FROM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN AND HIS DEPUTY TOLD REPORTERS THAT

THE FIRING WAS A DOJ DECISION, THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE WISHES OF

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THAT THE MEMO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE WAS NOT WRITTEN AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT THAT

IT WAS INITIATED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAW THE MEMO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

IT LEFT HIM NO CHOICE, LITERALLY, THAT WAS THE PHRASE,

NO CHOICE. FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, THEY

MADE A HALF HEARTED CASE THAT THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T FIRE THE

FBI DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE FBI DIRECTOR IS LEADING AN

ESCALATING INVESTIGATION INTO THE RUSSIA SCANDAL.

THE BIGGEST STORY IN THE COUNTRY NOW, WHAT MAY BE THE DEFINING

STORY OF THIS PRESIDENCY AT LEAST THUS FAR, IS THAT NOW THEY

HAVE GIVEN UP ON EVEN THOSE HALF HEARTED ATTEMPTS AT PRETENSE.

NOW THEY ARE JUST GOING FOR IT. IT'S LIKE A DARE.

BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING NOW, YEAH, OKAY, YOU GOT US.

YEAH, WE FIRED THE FBI DIRECTOR TO KIBOSH THE RUSSIA

INVESTIGATION, WE DID. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT

IT? >> DID YOU ASK FOR A

RECOMMENDATION. >> WHAT I DID IS I WAS GOING TO

FIRE COMEY. MY DECISION.

>> YOU HAD MADE DECISION BEFORE THEY CAME IN THE ROOM?

>> I WAS GOING TO FIRE COMEY. THERE'S NO GOOD TIME TO DO IT,

BY THE WAY. >> IN YOUR LETTER YOU SAID I

ACCEPTED THEIR RECOMMENDATION SO YOU HAD ALREADY MADE THE

DECISION? >> I WAS GOING TO FIRE

REGARDLESS OF RECOMMENDATION. HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION.

HE'S HIGHLY RESPECTED VERY SMART GUY.

THE DEMOCRATS LIKE HIM. THE REPUBLICANS LIKE HIM.

HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT REGARDLESS OF RECOMMENDATION, I

WAS GOING TO FIRE COMEY KNOWING THERE WAS NODDING TIME TO DO IT.

AND IN FACT, WHEN I DECIDED TO JUST DO IT, I SAID TO MYSELF, I

SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS RUSSIA THING WITH TRUMP AND RUSSIA IS A

MADEUP STORY. >> WHEN I DECIDED TO JUST DO IT,

FIRE THE FBI DIRECTOR I SAID TO MYSELF, I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS

RUSSIA THING IS A MADE-UP STORY. AND SO I FIRED THE FBI DIRECTOR

WHO WAS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE RUSSIA

THING. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT

THAT ADMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT IN THAT

INTERVIEW WITH LESTER HOLT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT

THAT CLIP, THAT TAPE, THAT STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT AS OF

WHAT HE SAID THERE WAS LIKE ALMOST AN ACCIDENT.

THE REACTION TO THAT PROBABLY WAS LIKE HE ACCIDENT BLURTED OUT

THE REAL REASON WHY HE FIRED THE FBI DIRECTOR.

I DO NOT MEAN THIS IN A, ISN'T THAT CORRECTY, ISN'T THAT

CORRECT CAN I

THAT'S JUST THE WAY HE TALKS. WHAT HE SAID THERE DOES NOT

APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE HE SAID IT CALMLY, HE

KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS SAYING OBVIOUSLY.

HE WASN'T BEING BADGERED INTO IT.

HE WAS RISK ON HIS OWN TERMS. AND HE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO

SAID THAT TODAY. THIS IS THE WAY THE PROFESSIONAL

COMMUNICATIONS STAFF AT THE WHITE HOUSE STARTED TALKING

ABOUT THIS MATTER TODAY FROM THE PODIUM IN THE BRIEFING ROOM.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING YOU SAID.

THE PRESIDENT HAS ENCOURAGED THIS INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIA.

HE WANTS TO SEE IT REACH ITS COLLUSION.

HOW HAS HE CREDENTIALED IT IF HE FIRED THE MAN OVERSEEING THE

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. >> THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THE

PART OF THE. IT'S NOT JUST THE FBI.

LOOK, THE POINT IS WE WANT THIS TO COME TO ITS COLLUSION.

WE WANT IT TO COME TO ITS COLLUSION WITH INTEGRITY AND WE

THINK WE'VE BEEN REMOVING THE DIRECTOR TAKEN STOPES MAKE THAT

HAPPEN. THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS.

>> SPEAKING OF INTEGRATED -- WHY NOT HAVE AN INDEPENDENT

INVESTIGATION OF THEM. THAT'S WHAT A NUMBER OF ATTORNEY

GENERALS ARE ASKING. >> THANKS SO MUCH, GUYS, GOT TO

GO. BY REMOVING DIRECTOR COMEY, WE

HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS THERE, BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO COME TO

ITS CONCLUSION. WE THINK THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BY

REMOVING DIRECTOR COMEY TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHY WE REMOVED DIRECTOR COMEY.

SO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY HAS JUST DROPPEDED THE PRETENSE ABO

WHY THE PRESIDENT FIRED THE FBI DIRECTOR.

YEAH, WE FIRED HIM FOR THE RUSSIA THING, TO STOP THE RUSSIA

THING, TO BRING THE RUSSIA THING TO AN END.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

TODAY IF THE PRESIDENT DID DO WHAT HE SAID HE DID BECAUSE HE

WANTED TO EFFECT THE FBI'S INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN

AND ITS TIES WITH RUSSIA, THAT WOULD BE -- THAT IS -- THAT'S

THE KIND OF EXAMPLE YOU MIGHT MAKE UP IF YOU WERE TEACHING A

LOW LEVEL CLASS ON OP OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND YOU

WANTED TO GIVE YOUR STUDENTS A CRYSTAL CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHAT

THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN A BANANA REPUBLIC WHERE THINGS LIKE THAT

HAPPEN. AS FAR AS THAT GOES THOUGH, THE

REMEDY FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE IS COMMITTED BY A

PRESIDENT, THERE'S ONLY ONE REMEDY WHICH IS IMPEACHMENT.

IT WAS THE THIRD ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST BILL

CLINTON. ANY SUCH INVESTIGATION BY THE

INSPECTOR GENERAL. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD ONLY

COVER THE ACTIONS OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.

IT WOULD NOT COVER THE ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES. IF THE PRESIDENT OBSTRUCTED

JUSTICE DELIBERATELY WITH THIS FIRING, IF HE FIRED THE FBI

DIRECTOR TO EFFECT THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, THE ONLY REMEDY

FOR IMPEACHMENT. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK

THIS DISAGREES GOING TO TAKE UP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING.

LET ME RAISE ANOTHER MATTER HERE.

IT IS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR POLITICAL INTERFERENCE BY THE

PRESIDENT, BY THE THE PRESIDENT'S CLOSEST ADVISERS ON

THE TRUMP RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. THIS ONE DOES NOT START IN

WASHINGTON OR THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS ONE STARTS WHERE ALL THE

MEDIA INFORMATION ABOUT THIS STARTS WHICH IS IN THE

AGGRESSIVE FREE PRESS WE ARE BELIEVED WITH IN THIS COUNTRY.

THIS SPRING, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAD TWO GREAT SCOOPS ABOUT

THE MAN WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN DURING THE

TIME THAT TRUMP WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES AND

COLLECTED THE NOMINATION.

MANAFORT WAS THE CHAIRMAN. IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED BETWEEN

TRUMP SOERTS AND RUSSIANS OFFICIALS.

THE FIRST SCOOP ON MANAFORT -- HE WORKED TO AID PUTIN.

HE WORKED FOR A RUSSIAN BILLY BILLIONNARY WITH A PLAN TO

GREATLY BENEFIT THE PUTIN GOVERNMENT.

IN 2005 HE PROPOSED IN A CONFIDENTIAL STRATEGY PLAN HE

WOULD INFLUENCE POLITICS, BUSINESS DEALINGS, AND NEWS

COVERAGES INSIDE THE UNITED STATES EUROPE AND FORMER SOVIET

REPUBLICS TO BENEFIT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S GOVERNMENT.

MANAFORT'S PITCH MEMO FOR THIS CONTRACT SAID, QUOTE, WE ARE NOW

OF THE BELIEF THIS MODEL CAN GREATLY BENEFIT THE PUTIN

GOVERNMENT IF EMPLOYED AT THE CORRECT LEVELS WITH A COMMITMENT

TO SUCCESS. MANAFORT PITCHED THE PLANS TO A

RUSSIAN BILLIONNARY A CLOSE PUTIN ALLY WITH WHOM HE SIGNS A

CONTRACT BEGINNING IN 2006. THAT WAS THE AP'S FIRST BIG

SCHOON ON MANAFORT THIS SPRING WHICH HAPPENED IN MARCH.

I REMEMBER WHEN THAT STORY BROKE I WAS IN A CAB ON MY WAY TO

WORK, AND I LAUGHED OUT LOUD WHEN I READ IT ON MY PHONE AND I

READ THE HEADLINE AND THE LEAD OF THE STORY OUT LOUD TO THE CAB

DRIVER AND HE TURNED AROUND LIKE THIS WITH THE WHEEL AND LOOKED

AT ME. I WAS LIKES NO!

IT WAS ALMOST THE DEATH OF ME. BUT THAT WAS MANAFORT IN MARCH.

STARTING IN 2006 ENDING, WHO KNOWS WHEN, DONALD TRUMP'S

CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN HAD AN ANNUAL CONTRACT TO PROMOTE THE

TRANSISTOR OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S GOVERNMENT IN COUNTRIES AROUND

THE WORLD INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.

BOOM FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THEN THREE WEEKS LATER THEY HAD

THIS ONE AP EXCLUSIVE, MANAFORT FIRM RECEIVED UKRAINE LEDGER

PAYMENT. NOW THIS ONE DIDN'T CAUSE ANY

CAB DRIVERS TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD AND DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME

HAIR ON FIRE EFFECT AS THE CONTRACT TO HELP PUTIN STORY.

THIS ONE CLOSED THE LOOP ON THE STORY THAT ACTUALLY GOT PAUL

MANAFORT BOUNCED OFF THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IT WAS "THE NEW YORK TIMES" BACK IN AUGUST WHO REPORTED THAT PAUL

MANAFORT APPEARED OPPOSITE A SECRET LEDGER ON WHAT APPEARED

TO BE PAYMENTS FROM THE UKRAINEN DICTATOR AND HIS PARTY WHO

ESSENTIALLY LOOTED THAT COUNTRY'S TREASURY.

"NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTED LAST AUGUST THAT MANAFORT WAS LISTED

ON THIS LEDGER OF AELGTD SECRET PAYMENTS FROM THE DICTATOR OF

UKRAINE. AND IF THE "NEW YORK TIMES"

REPORTED HIS NAME, MANAFORT WAS GONE FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN

LESS THAN A WEEK LATER. HE DENIED EVER RECEIVING THOSE

PAYMENTS, BUT THEY OUSTED HIM FROM THE CAMPAIGN.

THAT WAS AUGUST. IT TOOK UNTIL APRIL, BUT THE

ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT HE WAS NOT JUST ON THE LEDGER EAR MARKED TO

RECEIVE PAYMENTS, THEY REPORTED THAT HE DID TAKE THOSE PAYMENTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN ALL SORTS OF REPORTS SINCE PAUL MANAFORT

MYSTERIOUS LEFT THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE MONEY TRAIL ALL OVER

THE WORLD HAS PRUCHB INTERESTING TO INVESTIGATORS.

NBC'S RICHARD ENGLE WENT TO CYPRESS.

THAT THEY HAD HANDED OVER INFORMATION ON PAUL MANAFORT'S

MONEY TO THE U.S. TREASURY'S FINANCIAL CRIMES UNIT.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS THAT PAUL MANAFORT ALSO ENDED UP

IN THE MIDDLE OF AN FBI INVESTIGATION IN UKRAINE THAT'S

BASICALLY AN INVESTIGATION OF THAT COUNTRY BEING A KLEPT TO

BEINGSY. THAT MANAFORT'S CLIENT STOLE

FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THAT COUNTRY.

WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO? THERE'S AN FBI INVESTIGATION

INTO THAT. MANAFORT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE

TIED UP IN THAT INVESTIGATION. SO MANAFORT'S MONEY TRAIL, HE

DENIES ALL WRONG DOING RELATED TO ANY OF THESE OVERSEAS

PAYMENTS OR POLITICAL WORK. BUT MULTIPLE REPORTS OVER

MULTIPLE MONTHS SUGGEST THAT PAUL MANAFORT'S INTERNATIONAL

MONEY TRAIL IS LIKE LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT FOR INVESTIGATORS.

AND WHEN THAT SIMPLE AP STORY CAME OUT IN APRIL ABOUT HIM

ALLEGEDLY GETTING PAID OUT OF UKRAINE, THAT STORY HIT A NERVE.

THERE'S BEEN ALL SORTS OF STORIES WITH HIS MONEY, BUT THIS

ALLEGATION ABOUT HIS PAYMENTS OUT OF UKRAINE, THAT'S WHAT LED

HIM TO QUIT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN LAST AUGUST, AND THEN AP'S STORY

IN APRIL ABOUT THE PAYMENTS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, THAT LED HIM

TO DO THIS. THAT SAME DAY THE AP STORY CAME

OUT, THIS STORY WAS EVERYWHERE. PAUL MANAFORT EXPECTED TO

REGISTER AS FOREIGN AGENT. NOORCHT REGISTER AS FOREIGN

AGENT. AND AT THE TIME THAT HAPPENED IN

APRIL, IT MADE SOME WAVES, RIGHT?

CRITICS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CHEW ON THAT.

HERE'S ANOTHER SENIOR PERSON REGISTERING RETRO ACTIVELY AS A

FOREIGN POWER. AND NOW TRUMP CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN,

PAUL MANAFORT HAD TO DO IT TOO. AMAZING STORY.

MANAFORT NEVER DID IT. YOU CAN SEARCH YOURSELF TO SEE

WHO IS REGISTERED AS A FOREIGN AFTER ALL IT'S A GOOD LITTLE

ENFORCEMENT I HAVE IT BOOK MARKED ON MY PHONE.

IT'S MOBILE FRIENDLY. I DO IT EVERY DAY.

EVERY DAY I TYPE INTO THE SEARCH BOX, MANAFORT, SEARCH, AND

THERE'S NOTHING NEW. EVERYBODY THINKS HE REGISTERED

AS A FOREIGN AGENT LIKE MIKE FLYNN DID.

MANAFORT NEVER REGISTERING. AND HERE'S WHY THIS IS

IMPORTANT. INVESTIGATIONS NEED SOURCE

MATERIAL, RIGHT? INVESTIGATORS NEED EVIDENCE.

THEY NEED OPEN SOURCE MATERIAL THEY DIG UP ON THEIR OWN.

THEY NEED DATA AND DOCUMENTS THAT THEY PRY OUT OF AGENCIES

AND INDIVIDUALS. THEY MAY NEED INTERCEPTS

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A CLOAK AND DAGGER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE OR

SOMETHING. BUT REALLY WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT

THEY DESPERATELY WANT ARE WITNESSES, COOPERATING

WITNESSES, PEOPLE WHO WERE CLOSE ENOUGH OR HIGH RANKING ENOUGH

THAT THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, AND CRUCIALLY, THOSE PEOPLE HAVE

TO BE WILLING TO TALK. THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING TO

TESTIFY ABOUT WHAT THEY WITNESSED.

IN ANY INVESTIGATION, COOPERATING WITNESSES OFTEN NEED

INCENTIVE. WHY WOULD ANYBODY TURN AGAINST

THESE PEOPLE THEY WERE CLOSE TO NOW THAT THEY'RE POTENTIALLY IN

TROUBLE. IF YOU'RE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THESE

FOLKS THAUFDS STUFF THAT'S BEING INVESTIGATED AND POTENTIALLY

PROSECUTED, WHY WOULD YOU TURN AGAINST THOSE PEOPLE?

I MEAN, IN THIS CASE ANY PEOPLE WHO WERE HIGH RANKING IN THE

TRUMP CAMPAIGN, THEY'RE GENERALLY GOING TO BE PRO-TRUMP,

RIGHT? WHY WOULD THEY BECOME

CORROBORATING WITNESSES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN? THEY WOULDN'T UNLESS THEY HAD AN

INSENSITIVE TO DO IT, A REAL REASON TO TESTIFY.

OFTENTIMES THE THREAT OF PROSECUTION IS THAT REASON.

THAT'S THE INCENTIVE. HEY, WE GOT SOMETHING ON YOU AND

WE'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU FOR IT UNLESS YOU TELL US WHAT YOU

KNOW. THAT'S THE GENERAL PATTERN THAT

INVESTIGATORS PURSUE, ESPECIALLY IN BIG STRAULG CASES LIKE THIS,

RIGHT? SO WHEN MIKE FLYNN HAD HIS

LAWYER COME OUT AND SAY MIKE FLYNN HAS A STORY TO TELL AND HE

WOULD LIKE TO TELL IT, REMEMBER THAT?

CERTAINLY GENERAL FLYNN HAS STORY TO TELL AND HE WOULD VERY

MUCH LIKE TO TELL IT. THAT WAS COUCHED WITH A REQUEST

FOR IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR MIKE FLYNN.

TODAY IN THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE HOUSE

SPILKUS SAYING HE IS WORRIED ABOUT MIKE FLYNN SAID ONE SOURCE

CLOSE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TRUMP HAS QUESTIONED WHETHER OR

NOT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIRED FLYNN.

WHERMGS RETRO ACTIVELY REGISTERED AS A FOREIGN POWER

AFTER HE WAS FIRED, THAT WAS A SIGN THAT HE WAS TALKING TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS

JURISDICTION. AND MIKE FLYNN REGISTERED AND

EVERYBODY THINKS PAUL MANAFORT REGISTERING BUT MANAFORT DID

NOT. IN A STATEMENT, PAUL MANAFORT

SAID HE CONSULTED WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND HAD RECEIVED

FORMAL GUIDANCE FROM THOSE AUTHORITIES.

THE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE THE OF JUSTICE.

PAUL MANAFORT NEVER REGISTERED APPARENTLY THANKS TO THE

GUIDANCE HE GOT FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TOLD HIM NOT TO REGISTER?

YOU'RE FINE, YOU'RE OKAY, BUDDY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN WIDELY REPORTED ABOUT HIM AND HIS

MONEY, YOU THINK HE MIGHT REALLY HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT IT.

ANYTHING THAT CAN BE USED TO PROSECUTE A WITNESS CAN BE USED

AS PRESSURE ON THAT WITNESS TO FLIP.

BUT IN PAUL MANAFORT'S CASE, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPEARS TO

BE ALLEVIATING THAT PRESSURE ON HIM, AND IT IS HAPPENING

QUIETLY. NOW, THE HEAD OF THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT IS ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS.

JEFF SESSIONS HAS MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO THE EFFECT THAT

HE'S RECUSED FROM ALL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MATTERS THAT MAY

RELATE TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. THAT RECOULD YOU FEEL IS IN

QUESTION NOW BECAUSE OF HIS ROLE IN JAMES COMEY'S FIRING.

SENATE DEMOCRATS WROTETE TO THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY

ASKING THIS, QUOTE, JEFF SESSIONS RECUSED HIMSELF FROM

ANY ROLE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF RUSSIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016

ELECTIONS AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BECAUSE OF HIS CLOSE

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CAMPAIGN AND HIS OWN UNDISCLOSED

CONTACTS. ACCORDING TO PUBLIC REPORTING HE

PARTICIPATED IN THE DECISION TO FIRE DIRECTOR COMEY.

DID YOU AND ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS EVER DISCUSS WHETHER IT

WOULD BE IMPROPER FOR HIM TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DISMISSAL OF THE

LEAD INVESTIGATING OF AN INVESTIGATION FROM WHICH HE WAS

RECUSED? DID YOU EVER TALK ABOUT THAT?

JEFF SESSIONS IS ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR WHETHER OR NOT HE IS

REALLY RECUSED FROM OVERSEEING THESE INVESTIGATIONS.

IF YOU FIRE IF LEAD INVESTIGATOR, YOU'RE NOT

RECUSED. AFTER THAT STORY CAME OUT,

JESKSZ WAS ASKED OF HIS STATED REFUSAL WOULD ALSO INVOLVE HIM

FROM BEING INVOLVED FROM MATTERS INVOLVING MIKE FLYNN.

HE SAID, YES. BUT WHAT ABOUT MATTERS INVOLVING

PAUL MANAFORT? IS JEFF SESSIONS KEEPING HIMSELF

OUT OF ANYTHING AT DOJ INVOLVING PAUL MANAFORT OR NOT?

IS HE RECUSED FROM MATTERS INVOLVING TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN

CHAIRMAN? BECAUSE THERE ARE INTERESTING

QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

AND PAUL MANAFORT. IS JEFF SESSIONS INVOLVED IN ANY

WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONCERNING PAUL MANAFORT

OR IS HE RECUSED? WE CAN REPORT TONIGHT THAT THE

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT SAY. WE STARTED ASKING YESTERDAY.

WE ASKED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.

WE ASKED IT FIVE TIMES IN FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS.

THEY WILL NOT SAY WHETHER OR NOT HE'S RECUSED.

HE IS RECUSED ON FLYNN, THEY SAY.

HE SAID RECUSED ON THINGS RELATED TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

THEY WON'T SAY ABOUT MANAFORT. SO I STARTED THIS BY SAYING,

BUCKLE UP, THIS IS GOING TO BE CHAOTIC.

THERE IS A REAL QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS BIZARRE.

IT IS ADDITIONALLY BIZARRE ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER IN

PARTICULAR, THEY WILL NOT SAY IF HE IS RECUSED OR NOT.

SOMETHING STRANGE IS UP ABOUT WHETHER AND HOW THEY ARE LEANING

ON HIM AS A POTENTIAL CORROBORATING WITNESS.

THE LEVERAGE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE EXERTING ON HIM.

BUT AS THE FOCUS TURNS TO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, WATCH

THE PRESIDENT KNOWING THAT THE ONLY REMEDY SFOLGTS IMPEACHMENT.

WATCH FURTHER

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Audrey Locks Away Vampire Ben - Part 12 - Vampires Moana Descendants Disney - Duration: 8:10.

Disney Doll Story

Ben.

Where are you?

Wake up.

Ben.

Wake up Ha.

Where am I?

How did I get here?

Awwww.

Ben needs to be locked away.

He is a vampire.

How could you ? Ben is still our son.

Nobody can find out our son is a vampire.

Ben is getting some blood, but that's all I can do for him.

Doctor, you can't tell anyone that our son is a vampire.

You have my word.

You can't even tell anyone he was at the hospital.

Yes, I will keep doctor patient confidentiality.

Ben?

Where is Ben?

He ran away.

We need to find him before others do.

Awwww.

Mal.

I need to find Mal.

Oh, you poor thing.

Let me take you home.

Ben was here.

I can smell his blood.

It doesn't look like he's here anymore.

Why can't you see it?

This is all Mal's doing.

But what would Mal do with Ben's blood?

She was doing some kind of experiment with Ben's blood.

Audrey.

If you are thinking what I think you are about to do, I won't let you.

Mal is my friend.

You can't stop me.

Next time I see Mal, I am going to drink all of Mal's blood.

I just came back from the hospital.

Doctor told me Ben was never at the hospital.

Then where is he?

He's not at the palace either.

Then there is only one place.

He's at the vampire sanctuary.

No.

Mal.

No.

Audrey is there.

You are not planning to just walk in there, are you?

I will if I have to.

And if you meet Audrey, what will you do?

Whatever it takes.

Mal.

No.

Let go of Ben.

He will never grow old like you.

When you are old and gray, he will still be same.

I need to know.

I need to know that he is ok.

Mal, Mal.

Come back.

Awwww So you are awake, are you?

Where am I?

Under the city.

You are in the sewer.

Awwww.

You are...you are that mystery vampire, aren't you?

Perhaps.

Who are you?

Show me your face.

You should be more careful next time.

Vervain is poisonous to vampires.

Do I know you?

I feel like I met you before.

Here.

I brought what you requested.

Freddie?

Ben?

What is he doing here?

I brought him here, because he's going to do something for us.

Awwww No.

Is he sick?

No.

No.

We can't have him here.

He's going to get us caught.

Interesting.

It's definitely not Elixir of Immortality.

Perhaps you didn't get enough of Ben's vampire blood.

We are so close.

I need more of Ben's vampire blood.

Did you figure out where Ben is?

No.

He seems to have completely disappeared.

No trace of him anywhere.

I'm about to make a breakthrough.

Find me a vampire.

Preferably Ben.

Ben?

Ben?

Ben?

He's not anywhere.

He couldn't have walked all the way here all by himself.

Who's there?

Audrey?

King Beast?

Wait.

Don't run.

I want to talk to you.

Audrey.

You must know where Ben is.

Please.

You tried to put me in a coffin and locked me away forever.

That was before I knew Ben was a vampire too.

Please forgive us.

I need your help.

I searched everywhere.

Where is Ben?

Mal.

Mal.

Somebody left this message at the sanctuary.

Oh no, we have to go.

I know where Ben is.

Are you sure you know where you are going?

Shhh..

I hear something.

Awwww Ben?

Ben?

Are you alright?

Mal.

You are hurt.

Well...ha...At least you are not trying to kill me anymore.

No.

I'm so sorry.

Ben.

I..

That's ok.

You don't have to explain.

Let's get you to some place more comfortable.

Awwww.

I'll make things right.

Ben.

I'll find the cure for vervain.

Just a little more.

Awwww.

Moana, how much more?

Not much more, because we are taking him back.

Audrey?

Moana, this was a setup, wasn't it?

Mal, vampire sanctuary is the only safe place for Ben.

I'm going to take Ben back to the vampire sanctuary.

Ben.

Come with us.

It's not safe for you to walk among humans.

No.

He's not going with you.

Mal, you have no choice.

Either you let us take Ben with us or I drink your blood and then take Ben with us anyway.

Stop.

Mal is the only one who can make Ben's antidote.

Audrey, stop.

There is no need.

I will go with you.

No.

Ben stays with me.

Mal.

I heard the sanctuary is the only safe place for Ben.

Please let him go.

Ok.

Ben.

Take care of yourself.

I'll be back with the antidote.

This is the vampire sanctuary.

The only truly safe place for vampires.

So this is where Ben will stay?

It's protected by magic.

No one can enter without our permission.

Good.

Everything you need, I'll provide them.

Make sure he doesn't leave the place.

What?

Audrey?

No.

You can't lock me in here.

It's for your protection.

Ben, you will eventually change your mind.

I have an eternity to make you love me.

No.

Audrey.

No.

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PGA Business Tip - Why Creating Facebook Groups on Your Clubs Page is a Good Idea - Duration: 0:47.

Hey everybody. today's PGA quick

business tip is to create separate

Facebook groups within your clubs

Facebook page. Facebook allows you to

create Facebook groups within your

facility's page by interests. You can

have a group set up for juniors, you can

have one for the bridge ladies, and you

can have one for the men's league and

this allows people to not only find a

community of people within the club that

they're interested in it also encourages

people to participate because they know

that they're talking to people of

similar interest. It can be pretty

intimidating for somebody to say

something knowing that the whole club is

watching. Hopefully this increases

your activity on your Facebook page and

if you don't have a Facebook page you

need to get one. It's about time

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