WEBVTT - Steve Schmidt: How Trump's Corruption Costs Americans

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever sat back and wondered, how is it

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<v Speaker 1>that Donald Trump was elected President of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>not once, but twice? What had to crack to break

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<v Speaker 1>in order for the lowest man in the whole country

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<v Speaker 1>to reach the highest office. It is December twenty fourth,

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warning.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get into that question because it matters a great deal.

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is simple. Trust.

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<v Speaker 1>It was burned to senders between who well the American

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<v Speaker 1>people and their government.

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<v Speaker 2>But more than.

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<v Speaker 1>That, there is no institution that exists in America that

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<v Speaker 1>has lost more trust with the American people than perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>the American media, not even the government.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump over and over and.

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<v Speaker 1>Over again has targeted the media because he understands how dishonest,

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<v Speaker 1>how hipoc critical, how whoa the character is, how low

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<v Speaker 1>the integrity bar is of an industry that he's participated in,

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<v Speaker 1>that he's mastered and he's conquered.

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<v Speaker 3>And they got caught. And to me, it's the biggest

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<v Speaker 3>scandal in broadcast history. It's election interference fraud, and sixty

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<v Speaker 3>minutes should be taken off the air. They should, and

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<v Speaker 3>CBS should lose its license. You know, the government, the

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<v Speaker 3>government gives us license to NBC fake news, ABC fake news,

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<v Speaker 3>and CBS fake news.

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<v Speaker 2>They have to They have to pay. If they had

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<v Speaker 2>to pay, they pay billions of dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>They get them for nothing, They pay nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>The journalism that exists today in America is no such thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Fox News is in journalism. Maggie Haberman isn't a journalist,

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<v Speaker 1>She's an access merchant. But journalism still does exist. It

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<v Speaker 1>exists at places like sixty Minutes. The takeover of CBS

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<v Speaker 1>News by David Allison, son of Larry Ellison, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the richest men in the world, was a corrupt act.

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<v Speaker 1>It was smoothed by the payment of a bribe through

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<v Speaker 1>the settlement of an absurdist lawsuit between Donald Trump and

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<v Speaker 1>CBS over a sixty Minutes piece that aired during the election,

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<v Speaker 1>where Trump claimed comments made by Kamala.

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<v Speaker 2>Harris were edited.

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<v Speaker 1>The suit would have been thrown out of court, but

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<v Speaker 1>the billionaire who wanted to sell the company, Sharry Redstone,

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<v Speaker 1>instead paid off Trump and the company was sold to

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<v Speaker 1>David Allison, who doesn't really want that company but wants

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<v Speaker 1>Warner Brothers Discovery. His father, Larry, has pledged to guarantee

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<v Speaker 1>his purchase of that company, which would include CNN with

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<v Speaker 1>forty billion of his own money. Now, when I was

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<v Speaker 1>a kid, the rich kids, they get a nice car.

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<v Speaker 1>Larry Ellison is going to give his do nothing tribute

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<v Speaker 1>to nepotism a forty billion dollar I don't know what

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<v Speaker 1>you call it, but at any rate, in order for

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<v Speaker 1>the merger to go through, the Trump regime must approve it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is where Barry Weiss comes in. Barry Weiss

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<v Speaker 1>isn't a journalist, though she has a title that makes

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<v Speaker 1>it sound like she's won. Barry Weiss is a cast member.

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<v Speaker 1>Megan Kelly, just this very day is denouncing her as

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<v Speaker 1>being on the side of Ben Shapiro in the feud

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<v Speaker 1>between Shapiro and Barry Weiss against Tucker Carlson and Candae

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<v Speaker 1>Owens and Megan Kelly and Erica Kirk.

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<v Speaker 2>That's who Barry Weiss is.

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<v Speaker 1>She is a creature in the creature Containa of the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump Star Wars bar scene that never ever stops.

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<v Speaker 2>That's who Barry Weiss is. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been many corrupt acts committed by the Trump administration.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been many insane statements made by Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 3>In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came

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<v Speaker 3>in they're eating the cats, they're eating they're eating the

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<v Speaker 3>pets of the people that live there. And this is

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<v Speaker 3>what's happening in our country, and it's a shame.

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<v Speaker 1>There have been many sycophantic statements made by his cabinet officials.

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<v Speaker 2>And never would have happened if you've been president.

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<v Speaker 1>But this war's going on and the president is trying

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<v Speaker 1>to end it. Not because, listen, we got a million

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<v Speaker 1>things to focus on in the world as a country,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's the only leader.

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<v Speaker 2>In the world that can help end it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why we're in That's why even as we

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<v Speaker 1>speak to you now, Steve Woodcoff is in Moscow trying

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<v Speaker 1>to find a way to end this war.

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<v Speaker 2>To save lives of eight nine thousand people. Mister President's

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<v Speaker 2>you want to are dying every week.

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<v Speaker 1>They have lied, they have stolen, they have made the

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<v Speaker 1>world more dangerous.

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<v Speaker 2>But beyond everything that all.

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<v Speaker 1>Of them have done as individuals are together, there is

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that stands at They sold human beings to

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<v Speaker 1>a concentration camp in Al Salvador run by a dictator.

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<v Speaker 1>They sold them for cash. The Trump regime did it.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald did it. Steven Miller did it. Pam BONDI did it.

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<v Speaker 1>Christy nom did it. But here's the thing. They did

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<v Speaker 1>it in our name. And because there is a reporter,

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<v Speaker 1>a journalist with titanic integrity named Sharon Alfonsi of sixty minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>we know the story and though Barry Weiss tried to

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<v Speaker 1>spike it, it aired in Canada and now it has

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<v Speaker 1>been seen. I've seen it, and I know, as somebody

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<v Speaker 1>who has been interviewed by sixty minutes twice and appeared

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<v Speaker 1>on their show as a subject, I know that after

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<v Speaker 1>a career dealing with journalists, that the story measures up.

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<v Speaker 1>It meets the standards, and the tale it tells is chilling.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason it was spiked is because it is an

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<v Speaker 1>abomination what is happening, and the American people would not

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<v Speaker 1>react well to it. And so the American dictator, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what he called himself, supported by his version of state media,

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<v Speaker 1>the urbanized American media brought to their knees, the capitulant

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<v Speaker 1>leaders counting their money while the American people are misinformed

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<v Speaker 1>and the First Amendment is turned into a joke. Those

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<v Speaker 1>people have set in motion terrible events because they have

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<v Speaker 1>made it impossible for the American people to know what

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<v Speaker 1>is real, what is not, what is up, what is down?

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<v Speaker 1>What is right from left and left from right? And

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<v Speaker 1>now the bill is coming due. Understand this, my friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharon Alfonsi of sixty Minutes is one of the great

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<v Speaker 1>journalists in the history of that program. She has put

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<v Speaker 1>it all on the line to tell the truth. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an incredible thing to see courageous acts in a time

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<v Speaker 1>of cowardice. When you do appreciate them, celebrate them, receive

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<v Speaker 1>them as a gift. And when it comes to this

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<v Speaker 1>first Christmas of the Trump second presidency, maybe even a

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas miracle. This is the warning. On Christmas Eve, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Schmidt. This is the warning. I invite you to

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<v Speaker 1>join this community where I promise to be honest, blunt

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<v Speaker 1>and direct about what is happening in this country. America

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<v Speaker 1>is in crisis. Follow and subscribe to this channel and

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you.