what he had done? correct. he frequently reached out to mr. trump and mr. trump was very happy to take his calls. it was free service. roger stone says he never spoke with mr. trump about wikileaks. how can we corroborate what you re saying? i don t know, but i suspect that the special counsel s office and other government agencies have the information that you re seeking. moving on to a little later in 2016, a major wikileaks dump happens hours after the access hollywood tape is released. do you believe or are you aware of mr. trump coordinating or signaling for this e-mail dump? i m unaware of that. i wasn t in the country at the time of the billy bush tape. i was in london visiting my daughter. knowing how mr. trump operates with his winning at all costs mentality, do you believe he would cooperate or collude
more importantly mr. trump was concerned about it. that was my next question. what was the president s concern about these becoming public? after the fire that encompassed the billy bush tape, a second follow-up to it would have been pleasant. what did you learn there and what was the import in your view of cohen saying there under oath in a close election after what they d been through, another story like that might have made all the difference in the world? to be sure, ari, because what i was the time frame during which these salacious events came up was october. and we re talking about the november election. so i m trying to find out if donald trump is trying to save himself from being brought down before the election. i have to tell you that there s
were you concerned about this news story becoming public right after the access hollywood in terms of impact on the election? i was concerned about it, but more importantly, mr. trump was concerned about it. that was my next question. what was the president s concern about these matters becoming public? in october as we were about to go into an election. i don t think anybody would dispute this belief that after the wildfire that encompassed the billy bush tape, that a second follow up to it would have been pleasant. he was concerned with the effect it had had on the campaign, on how women were seeing him. and ultimately, whether or not
john podesta in which roger wall street essential saying we have a timing issue as the billy bush tape will be released. we would like assange releasing absolutely. here you have him alleging stone wanted to influence the timing of the leaks. is that legally important? that that really a blockbuster. number one, it added support to the indictment of stone which shows coordination. number two, it shows the motive for that timing, which was in effect to distraction from access hollywood. another point in that interview
represents that it is the work of the grand jury and this is a statement of the united states that there was coordination by roger stone between the trump campaign and russian activity in the 2016 election. you know, marcy, you have stone scampering around trying to get to wikileaks and the indictment you know, if you have this is in an interview but he said that stone claimed to advance knowledge of the billy bush tape and that the gop operative told him, if you have any way, start dumping. we get him on the back side trying to cover up and lie about it before congress but the actual thing in the middle, right, which is was there an actual back channel did they effectively coordinate is not in there. what do you think about that missing part of this there are a few other missing