about what happened at trump tower on december 12th, 2016 during the presidential transition. over the weekend, michael avenatti released video images which he said showed a qatari official in the lobby of trump tower on that day with michael cohen. and today that qatari official confirmed that he was indeed at trump tower on that date. michael avenatti then tweeted today once again we have been proven right. more ugly details to follow. ahmed al rumaihi is the qatari official who was then the head of qatar s investment fund controlling over $100 billion. mr. al rumaihi s admission that he was at trump tower came one day after his company issued a statement about the video images of him that michael avenatti released saying we do not confirm and have no basis to confirm the video. last night here on this program, michael avenatti point to a statement made under oath in a
civil lawsuit in california in which a business partner of mr. al rumaihi quotes him as having claimed to have purchased or attempted to purchase influence with the trump administration. jeff quatenets who is a friend of steve bannon and who is now suing mr. al rumaihi said mr. al rumaihi requested i set up a meeting between him and the qatari government and steve bannon and to tell steve bannon that qatar would underwrite all of his political efforts in return for his support. he rejected the offer in response. al rumaihi laughed and then stated to me that i shouldn t be naive, that so many washington politicians take our money and stated do you think flynn turned down our money? tonight the daily mail is reporting new information about that meeting in trump tower on
and then in november of this year they did come through. and in the last month or two, the administration position on qatar has changed a great deal. and one thing that i ll note is that there s an element of the deception here that raises the question of what are people trying to hide. you noted that the company involved told me that there was no basis to confirm the video, which, you know, it s a video. we can see it right before our eyes. they stood by that position. i e-mailed them earlier today, and they stood by that. they said that remains the company s position, that there is no basis to confirm the video of ahmed al rumaihi, oh, and also they stand by their other statement today that ahmed al rumaihi was in trump tower on december 12, 2016. and michael avenatti posted on twitter there is really no way to square those two positions. but for some reason sports
of his political efforts in return for his support. he rejected the offer in response. al rumaihi laughed and then stated to me that i shouldn t be naive, that so many washington politicians take our money and stated do you think flynn turned down our money? tonight the daily mail is reporting new information about that meeting in trump tower on december 12th. if true and if the special prosecutor can substantiate this information, then michael cohen is in much, much more trouble than we have previously known. the daily mail quotes a single unnamed kuwaiti source. the kuwaiti source told daily mail that al rumaihi called him and boasted that cohen had asked him for money in exchange for influence in the trump administration. the official said, he said cohen told him to send millions to various members of the trump family. al rumaihi did not do so, the official added.
guys not coughing up their full promised investment in ice cube s basketball league for aged nba players and in this lawsuit now the qatari government is offering money to make steve bannon their paid agent after he s been fired from the white house? what? yes, this is real. this is our life now. you re not asleep. back to the transcript. i immediately let mr. al-rumaihi know i was against this. quote, i was appalled. mr. al-rumaihi laughed and then stated to me that i should not be so naive, that so many washington politicians take our money. he stated, quote, do you think michael flynn turned down our money? i have no idea about michael flynn and your money. at this point the story is still