Lawrence: Anthony Scaramucci A Pass-Fail Moment For Donald Trump's Judgment | The Last Word

>>> ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI DOES NOT HAVE A JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
I KNOW THAT'S NEWS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
NOW HE MIGHT NEVER HAVE A JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
EVERYONE TREATS HIM NOW AS IF HE WORKS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT HE
DOESN'T. HE'S JUST A VISITOR.
HE HAS BEEN PROMISED THE JOB OF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND
HE IS BEHAVING AS IF HE ALREADY HAS THAT JOB ALTHOUGH HE IS
BEHAVING UNLIKE ANYONE WHO HAS EVER ACTUALLY HAD THAT JOB.
HE IS SO FAR A REAL-LIFE VERSION OF MY COUSIN VINNY IN THE WHITE
HOUSE, WHICH IS WHY I'VE ASKED THE STAR OF MY COUSIN VINNY, JOE
PESH XI, TO JOIN US TONIGHT, TO READ ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI'S LATEST
QUOTES PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORKER, WHICH ARE DIRTIER AND
CRAZIER THAN ANYTHING JOE PESCI HAS EVER SAID ON FILM, YES,
INCLUDING GOOD FELLAS AND CASINO AND "RAGING BULL."
BUT AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, JOE PESCI HAS BASICALLY RETIRED FROM
SHOW BUSINESS, SO WE DOUBT WE'RE GOING TO GET LUCKY AND HAVE HIM
CALL IN TO DO THE READING FOR US TONIGHT.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI MIGHT BE ON THE VERGE OF FINDING HIMSELF
RETIRED FROM THE WHITE HOUSE BEFORE HE ACTUALLY GETS HIS JOB
IN THE WHITE HOUSE. ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IS WAITING
FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE SALE OF HIS INVESTMENT COMPANY TO A
CHINESE COMPANY BEFORE HE OFFICIALLY GOES ON THE WHITE
HOUSE PAYROLL. THE SALE OF HIS COMPANY TO A
CHINESE COMPANY MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE
ARE ALL TRUMP CABINET MEMBERS. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY STEVE
MNUCHIN, ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS, HOMELAND SECURITY
SECRETARY JOHN KELLY, WILBUR ROSS, JAMES TILLIS, REX
TILLERSON, RICK PERRY, AND ROBERT LIGHTHIZER.
THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE AND SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY -- BUT THAT
JOB IS VACANT IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
NORMALLY THE WORK OF THAT COMMITTEE IS DONE ENTIRELY BY
STAFF, ALL DONE AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
VERY LITTLE ABOUT THESE CASES EVER COME TO THE ATTENTION OF
THE CABINET MEMBERS. BUT THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS NOW THE HIGHEST PROFILE PERSON IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE,
AND SO THE CASE SHOULD BE GIVEN EXTRA SCRUTINY TO MAKE SURE THAT
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IS NOT BEING PAID MORE THAN THE COMPANY IS
WORTH SO THAT THE CHINESE COMPANY CAN CURRY FAVOR WITH THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHO KNOWS WHAT, BUT
POSSIBLY CERTAINLY INCLUDING THAT COMPANY'S ABILITY TO DO
MORE BUSINESUSINESS IN THE UNIT STATES AND BUY MORE ASSETS IN
THE UNITED STATES THAT COULD RAISE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES.
THIS IS NOW THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENTS' MOST
IMPORTANT CASE, AND IT IS TAKING LONGER THAN ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
EXPECTED. AND THAT IS WHY LAST FRIDAY, ON
THE DAY THAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SEIZED THE MICROPHONE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE THE FIRST TIME, ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SAID THIS.
>> I HAVE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS TO TAKE
CARE OF ALL OF MY BUSINESS CONFLICTS.
MY START DATE IS GOING TO BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT IT'S A
100% TOTALLY CLEANSED AND CLEAN. AND I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH
IT. THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
DOESN'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT, NOR DOES THE WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL. >> THEY DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH
IT AS LONG AS THE COMPANY IS SOLD BEFORE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
GOES ON THE WHITE HOUSE PAYROLL. BUT SINCE SCARAMUCCI MADE THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT, LIFE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY FOR AT LEAST ONE MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN INVESTMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS.
SO ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI HAS TO ASK HIMSELF TONIGHT IS THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IN A MOOD TO BE HELPFUL TO HIM, OR
MIGHT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WANT TO TAKE A LONGER LOOK AT ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI'S BUSINESS BEFORE HE APPROVES THE SALE TO A CHINESE
COMPANY. SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON
MIGHT NOT BE EAGER TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
GO TO WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND START SAYING THINGS ABOUT
FOREIGN POLICY THAT MAKE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S JOB MORE
DIFFICULT THAN THE PRESIDENT ALREADY MAKES IT.
SOME ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI STANDS TO
TAKE HOME ABOUT $85 MILLION IN THE SALE OF HIS COMPANY TO THE
CHINESE. TODAY THE CHINESE BUYERS OF
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI'S COMPANY MIGHT BE WONDERING JUST HOW MUCH
FAVOR THEY CAN WIN IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IF ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI IS NOT IN THAT ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SAID TO RYAN LIZZA AT THE NEW YORKER
SHOULD PREVENT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI FROM EVER WORKING IN
GOVERNMENT AT ANY LEVEL, INCLUDING STATE, LOCAL, AND
COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE ONLY PLACE IN AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD HIRE ANYONE LIKE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI
IS THE DONALD TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. LAST NIGHT RYAN LIZZA OF THE NEW
YORKER TWEETED THIS NEWS. SCOOP, TRUMP IS DINING TONIGHT
WITH SEAN HANNITY, BILL SCHEIN, AND ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI PER TWO
KNOWLEDGEABLE SOURCES. ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI THEN CALLED
RYAN LIZZA TO FIND OUT WHO HIS SOURCE WAS.
HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT A REPORTER WOULD SIMPLY REVEAL TO
HIM HIS CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE. SCARAMUCCI SAID, YOU'RE AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN. THIS IS A MAJOR CATASTROPHE FOR
THE AMERICAN COUNTRY, SO I'M ASKING YOU AS AN AMERICAN
PATRIOT TO GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHO LEAKED IT.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI THINKS THAT THE NEWS THAT HE WAS HAVING
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SEAN HANNITY IS, QUOTE, A MAJOR
CATASTROPHE FOR THE AMERICAN COUNTRY.
AND HE THINKS A REPORTER, UPON HEARING THAT, WILL TELL HIM WHO
TOLD HIM ABOUT THE DINNER. WHEN RYAN LIZZA WOULD NOT TELL
HIM THE SOURCE, SCARAMUCCI SAID, OKAY.
I'M GOING TO FIRE EVERY ONE OF THEM, AND THEN YOU HAVEN'T
PROTECTED ANYBODY. SO THE ENTIRE PLACE WILL BE
FIRED OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THEY'LL ALL BE FIRED BY ME.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI FIRMLY BELIEVED THAT HE ALREADY KNEW
THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION. HE WAS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
BEFORE HE MADE THE PHONE CALL THAT REINCE PRIEBUS WAS RYAN
LIZZA'S SOURCE. HE SAID TO RYAN LIZZA, I'LL GET
TO THE PERSON WHO LEAKED THAT TO YOU.
REINCE PRIEBUS, IF YOU WANT TO LEAK SOMETHING, HE'LL BE ASKED
TO RESIGN VERY SHORTLY. AND THEN AFTER PREDICTING THAT
REINCE PRIEBUS WOULD BE FIRED, ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SAID, REINCE
IS AN EFFING PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC, A PARANOIAC.
THIS IS FROM THE MAN WHO IS SO PARANOID ABOUT WHO LEAKEDD HIS
DINNER WITH THE PRESIDENT AND SEAN HANNITY THAT HE'S CALLING
UP A REPORTER AND ASKING THE SOURCE OF THAT REPORTER.
AND THEN TELLING THE REPORTER THAT HE KNOWS WHO THE SOURCE IS.
RYAN LIZZA CONFIRMED TODAY THAT REINCE PRIEBUS WAS NOT HIS
SOURCE FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DINNER.
AND IN EFFECT, THEN, HE CONFIRMED THAT ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI IS PARANOID ABOUT REINCE PRIEBUS, THAT HE, ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI, IS EXACTLY WHAT HE ACCUSED REINCE PRIEBUS OF BEING.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IS SO UNPROFESSIONAL, HE WAS NO DOUBT
NOT AWARE THAT HE WAS SAYING ALL OF THIS ON THE RECORD.
RYAN LIZZA SAYS THERE IS A RECORDING OF ALL OF THIS, WHICH
WE CAN ONLY HOPE WE ARE ALLOWED TO HEAR.
ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI ATTRIBUTED THIS THOUGHT TO REINCE PRIEBUS.
LET ME LEAK THE EFFING THING AND SEE IF I CAN BLOCK THESE PEOPLE
THE WAY I BLOCKED SCARAMUCCI FOR SIX MONTHS.
REINCE PRIEBUS DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO PREVENT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION FROM SUFFERING THE INVASION OF ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI. SCARAMUCCI IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
REINCE PRIEBUS DID TRY TO BLOCK HIM FROM WORKING IN THE WHITE
HOUSE. THE PARANOID SCARAMUCCI, WHO
KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT GOVERNMENT, SAID THAT THE LEAKING OF HIS
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT WAS A FELONY
THAT HE CALLED THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE.
THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE NOT LEAKED. THEY WERE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND
NOTHING ABOUT OBTAINING THOSE DOCUMENTS COULD EVER BE ILLEGAL.
SCARAMUCCI TOLD RYAN LIZZA, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, I WANT TO
EFFING KILL ALL THE LEAKERS, AND I WANT TO GET THE PRESIDENT'S
AGENDA ON TRACK SO WE CAN SUCCEED FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE OCCASIONALLY SPEAKS OF HIMSELF
IN THE THIRD PERSON, AND IN THIS INSTANCE USED HIS NICKNAME, THE
MOOCH. OKAY.
THE MOOCH SHOWED UP A WEEK AGO. THIS IS GOING TO GET CLEANED UP
VERY SHORTLY, OKAY, BECAUSE I NAILED THESE GUYS.
I'VE GOT DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS ON EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE THROUGH
THE FBI AND THE EFFING DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET PROSECUTED PROBABLY FOR THE FELONY.
BECAUSE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI IS A WILD LIAR, THERE IS NO WAY OF
KNOWING WHETHER HE HAS ANY DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS OF ANYTHING
OR WHETHER HE'S COMMUNICATED WITH THE FBI ABOUT LEAKS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE. SO, OF COURSE, OF COURSE, IT IS
AGAINST THE RULES OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE FBI ABOUT ANY INVESTIGATION.
BUT HE WOULDN'T KNOW THAT. HE EXPRESSED HIS SUPERIORITY TO
STEVE BANNON THIS WAY. I'M NOT STEVE BANNON.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DO THINGS TO MY OWN.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BUILD MY OWN BRAND OFF THE EFFING STRENGTH OF
THE PRESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SERVE THE COUNTRY.
BUT HE HAS TO SELL HIS COMPANY FIRST, AND THAT SALE TO THE
CHINESE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
INVESTMENT. AND IF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
INVESTMENT BLOCKS THE SALE, THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO CAN
OVERTURN THE RULING OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT,
AND THAT IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DONALD TRUMP.
IF PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY GOES AHEAD AND PUTS ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI ON THE TAXPAYER-FUNDED PAYROLL OF THE
WHITE HOUSE, HE WILL BE SHOWING US ONCE AGAIN THAT HE DOES NOT
HAVE THE JUDGMENT TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. THE SCARAMUCCI STORY IS TONIGHT
THE STORY OF PRESIDENTIAL JUDGMENT.
DONALD TRUMP HAS SEEN WHAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI HAS SAID, AND
SO FAR WE HAVE EVERY INDICATION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ACCEPTED
ALL OF IT, ACCEPTED WHAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI HAS SAID, HAS NO
PROBLEM WITH IT. ANY OTHER PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE
BANNED ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
ANY MAYOR WOULD HAVE BANNED ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI FROM CITY
HALL, FROM TOWN HALL. NO ONE WITH ANY EXECUTIVE
JUDGMENT WOULD WANT A PERSON LIKE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI ON HIS
TEAM. AND IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS
TOMORROW THAT ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI WILL NOT BE WORKING IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL WE FIND OUT JUST HOW
MUCH THE CHINESE REALLY DO VALUE ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI'S COMPANY.
WILL THEY PULL OUT OF THE DEAL TO BUY ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI'S
COMPANY IF HE DOES NOT HAVE INFLUENCE IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION? THIS IS A PASS/FAIL MOMENT ON
PRESIDENTIAL JUDGMENT. GET RID OF ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI,
AND YOU PASS. KEEP HIM ON, AND YOU FAIL.
IF THE PRESIDENT KNOWS WHAT'S GOOD FOR HIM AND HIS WHITE
HOUSE, NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTRY, THE TAXPAYER, HE WILL
SEND THE MOOCH BACK TO WHERE HE CAME FROM.
BUT DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER BEEN VERY GOOD AT KNOWING

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