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>>> WHO WAS IT, DO YOU REMEMBER, WHO CONVINCED YOU TO TAKE PAUL
MANAFORT ON AS A CAMPAIGN MANAGER?
>> IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, FRIEND OF MINE.
PAUL WAS NOT THERE FOR VERY LONG.
PEOPLE DON'T MENTION THAT. >> WHAT WAS IT THAT CONVINCED
YOU THAT HE HAD TO BE LET GO? >> WE FOUND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT
HE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH CERTAIN NATIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS IN PARTICULAR.
THERE WAS A POINT WE THOUGHT PAUL WOULD BE BETTER OFF BECAUSE
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICT.
>> WHAT IS SO FASCINATING TO ME IS THERE GOES THE MAN WITH THE
BEST MEMORY OF ALL TIME. HOLD ON.
I THINK HE'S GOT, HE SAYS -- >> CERTAIN NATION.
>> ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT MEMORIES.
>> AND HIS BEST ADVISER IS HIMSELF HYMNS BECAUSE HE HAS A
GREAT BRAIN. >> BUT HE CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY
WHY MANAFORT WAS HIRED. >> CAMPAIGN CHAIR.
>> CAN'T REMEMBER WHY HE WAS FIRED.
>> IN CHARGE OF STUFF. >> SAID HE WASN'T THERE VERY
LONG. I REMEMBER THEM SAYING WE HAVE
TO FIRE COREY LEWANDOWSKI BECAUSE PAUL MANAFORT.
>> I THINK THEY FIRED THE WRONG GUY.
>> I THINK THEY DID. PAUL MANAFORT CAN COUNT
DELEGATES. WE JOKE, WE CAN'T GET THE
NOMINATION WITHOUT PAUL MANAFORT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID, BY THE WAY.
WE CAN'T GET THE NOMINATION WITHOUT PAUL MANAFORT BECAUSE HE
CAN COUNT DELEGATE. >> MAYBE THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY HAS IMPACTED HIS MEMORY.
>> HE SAID HE HAD THE ALL-TIME GREAT MEMORIES.
>> HE DID, SEVERAL TIMES. >> PRESIDENT'S LOGIC WE JUST
HEARD SHOULD HAVE LET GO SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS CAMPAIGN AS
WELL MAYBE. PERHAPS WE'VE GOT FOUR SEPARATE
STORIES RIGHT NOW ON THE RUSSIAN TIES TO THE TRUMP TEAM.
FOUR. >> FOUR.
>> LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW COMMERCE SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS
RETAINS AN INTEREST IN A SHIPPING COMPANY THAT HAS CLOSE
CONNECTIONS TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S FAMILY AND ASSOCIATES.
>> HE DISCLOSED THAT, RIGHT? >> HE WAS EVEN ASKED ABOUT THIS,
YOU KNOW -- >> DID HE DISCLOSE IT?
I'M SURE HE DISCLOSED IT. >> NO, NO, HE CONTINUES TO --
>> IF YOU HAVE TIES TO VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS FAMILY YOU HAVE TO
DISCLOSE THAT. >> HE WAS ASKED ABOUT RICHARD B
LUCHLT MENTHAL. HE WILL BE ON TODAY.
>> DID HE DISCLOSE IT? >> WE CAN ASK SENATOR
BLUMENTHAL. >> WOULD YOU FORGET THAT?
>> IF YOU HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, YOU HAVE TO
DISCLOSE THAT. >> IS WILBUR ROSS LOSING HIS
MEMORY, TOO? >> IF YOU SAT NEXT TO HIM AND
SHOOK HIS HAND WOULD YOU REMEMBER THAT?
THAT'S WHAT FLYNN -- WE'LL GET TO THAT.
CALLED NAVIGATOR, ONE OF ITS BIGGEST CUSTOMERS IS A RUSSIAN
OIL FIRM OWNED IN LARGE PART BY CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF VLADIMIR
PUTIN, WHO WERE TARGETED BY U.S. SANCTIONS.
ROSS TOLD CONGRESS HE HAD DIVESTED MOST OF HIS HOLDINGS.
HE WAS JUST ON CNBC AND WHEN ASKED IF HE CONSIDERED RESIGNING
AFTER THESE VIOLATIONS SAID THAT WAS A SILLY QUESTION AND SAID HE
DID NOTHING WRONG. I DON'T THINK IT'S A SILLY
QUESTION. >> WE'LL DO ALL OF THEM.
>> SHOULD WE DO THE NEXT ONE? >> YEAH, AND THEN START ASKING
QUESTIONS. I NEED A SCORE SHEET HERE.
>> NBC REPORTING HAS UNCOVERED THAT GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, FORMER
FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER. >> A NOBODY.
>> HAD A PUBLIC ROLE IN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN INTO ITS FINAL
WEEKS, DESPITE BEING DESCRIBED AS A LOW-LEVEL VOLUNTEER BY THE
WHITE HOUSE IN RECENT DAYS, AT THE RNC, PAPADOPOULOS --
>> ISN'T HE ON THE PANEL WITH BOB CORKER THERE?
>> HE SPOKE AS A CAMPAIGN FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER ON A
PANEL WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
CHAIR BOB CORKER. HE ALSO SPOKE AS A CAMPAIGN
OFFICIAL IN AN INTERVIEW TO THE RUSSIAN INTERFAX NEWS AGENCY IN
SEPTEMBER AND MET WITH ISRAELI LEADERS DURING THE INAUGURATION
IN JANUARY AS AN ADVISER TO THE NEW PRESIDENT.
WHAT? AFTER ANOTHER FOREIGN POLICY
ADVISER J.D. GORDON CONFIRMED THAT PAPAPOPOULOS DISCUSSED
RUSSIANS IN THEIR MEETING, THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
FRIDAY. >> Reporter: DO YOU REMEMBER
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS DURING THAT MARCH MEETING FLOATING THE
IDEA -- >> I DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT
THAT MEETING. IT WAS A VERY UNIMPORTANT
MEETING. DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT IT.
>> MEMORY, I THOUGHT HE HAD ONE OF THE -- HAROLD?
YOU TOLD ME THAT HE SAID HE HAD ONE OF THE BEST ALL-TIME
MEMORIES. >> HE SAID HIS BRAIN --
>> HE TOLD ME RIGHT BEFORE THAT --
>> HE TOLD ME PERSONALLY HE ADVISES HIMSELF.
>> I MEAN, I CAN'T -- >> NICK, I'M CONFUSED.
>> TWO MORE STORIES. REMEMBER, I SAID THERE WERE
FOUR. THERE ARE TWO MORE.
>> I'M CONFUSE BID THIS MEMORY LAPSE.
>> MORE REVELATIONS FROM LEAKED DOCUMENTS SHOW TWO OF THE BIG
EST COMPANIES IN AMERICA WERE FINANCED BY RUSSIAN ENTITIES AS
"THE GUARDIAN" REPORTS ON SUBSIDIZED INSTITUTIONS, DTB
BANK, FINANCIAL ARM OF GAS PROM, FUNDED SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS
IN TWITTER AND FACEBOOK THROUGH A RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY MAGNATE WHO
OWNS A STAKE AND COMPANY CO-OWNED BY WHITE HOUSE ADVISER
JARED KUSHNER. FACEBOOK AND TWITTER WERE NOT
MADE AWARE THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE INVESTMENTS CAME FROM THE
STATE-CONTROLLED BANK AND GAS PROM, BOTH NOW UNDER SANCTIONS.
SPOKESMAN FOR KUSHNER DECLINED. >> I'M GOING TO LET YOU GET TO
THE NEXT STORY. >> I'VE GOT ONE MORE.
>> AT WHAT POINT, THOUGH, KREMLIN-BACKED MONEY CONTROLLED
CLOSE TO 10% OF FACEBOOK AND 5% OF TWITTER.
NICK CONFESSORE, WE WANT TO BLAST THROUGH TO THE NEXT STORY.
>> IT'S A GOOD ONE. >> CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
ALMOST 10% OF FACEBOOK OWNED BY KREMLIN-BACKED MONEY.
>> IT RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT THE LAST FEW
WEEKS' REVELATIONS THAT RUSSIAN BOTS, FACEBOOK WAS RIDDLED WITH
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA AND THEY WERE SLOW TO ACT ON IT.
>> FACEBOOK. >> FACEBOOK WAS SLOW TO ACT AND
ALSO TWITTER. IT RAISES A REAL QUESTION HERE
ABOUT THE BUSINESS MOTIVES OF BOTH THESE TWO COMPANIES.
>> IF YOU OR A RUSSIAN-BACKED BANK, THAT MEANS YOU ARE
STRICTLY LOYAL, ARI, TO VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> THOSE ARE STATE-RUN BANK ZPLS AND HIS REGIME.
>> STATE RUN. >> CLOSE TO 10% OF FACEBOOK
CONTROLLED BY PUTIN MONEY. 5% OF TWITTER OWNED BY PUTIN
MONEY. >> WITH FACEBOOK WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT MARK ZUCKERBERG WHO SENT HIS LAWYER, WHEN U.S. HAD
QUESTIONS LAST WEEK. WHEN MEDVEDEV WANTED TO MEET
WITH HIM HE WENT TO MOSCOW IN 2012 AND WENT PERSONALLY AND
DIDN'T WEAR A HOODIE. THAT DAY HE FOUND THE SUIT, PUT
ASIDE THE TEN HOODIES AND PUT ON THE SUIT.
BECAUSE THESE COMPANIES ARE IN
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