for example, how is it possible that suddenly on the precipice of a default, there s a $1.2 billion bailout for jared kushner s 666 fifth avenue? where did the $27 million from the inaugural committee disappear to with regard to melania trump s friend, to say nothing of scott pruitt, to say nothing of the loans from citi or apollo group in excess of $500 million to jared kushner, to say nothing of the kushner organization s trying to sell access in asia to the white house, or for the trump organization to send a letter to the government of panama saying that unless they get relief in the private business issue in panama between the trump hotel and a panamanian business partner that will anger the president and there will be retribution on panama. so everywhere you look, there seems to be the stench of
of a default, there s a $1.2 billion bailout for jared kushner s 666 fifth avenue? where did the $27 million from the inaugural committee disappear to with regard to melania trump s friend, to say nothing of scott pruitt, to say nothing of the loans from citi or apollo group in excess of $500 million to jared kushner, to say nothing of the kushner organization s trying to sell access in asia to the white house, or for the trump organization to send a letter to the government of panama saying that unless they get relief in the private business issue in panama between the trump hotel and a panamanian business partner that will anger the president and there will be retribution on panama. so everywhere you look, there seems to be the stench of corruption, and i think this is just another piece of evidence in what we re going to see
text message you while you re on the phone with us. they may be listening you to and want to follow up with you. danny, in the conversations i had with sources who ve been in that room, there is a line of questioning on donald trump s business ventures before he started running for office. why did donald trump take the position he took on various countries, on russia specifically before he decided to run? was it a business issue for him? did he base his policy opinions and his policy stances on whether or not it would benefit his business? they definitely asked sam nunberg that. he talked about it on the air. he was part of the team that was getting things together for the run-up for donald trump announcing that he was going to run for president. sam never had a clear answer about that. he s always said it was just one of those questions you don t ask
he does not have a lawyer. he s not worried about it. the word out of bannon world is he has nothing to hide or nothing to fear about his involvement in the mueller probe, but, again, clearly this is a, you know, pretty remarkable about-face for bannon, because, you know, he, again, prides himself like donald trump on, you know, owning his statements and never admitting defeat. and do you know how tenable in your reporting bannon s position at breitbart is right now? from what i hear, it s still a fluid situation. the mercer family, who are the major investors in breitbart, they are not public people. it was a very rare thing for them for rebecca becca mercer to release that statement disowning bannon last week. but that said, they are deliberate people. they re not going to make a rash decision and fire him because of all of the public pressure. so what i m hearing is that it s an ongoing conversation. one business issue that has been
significant. russian won the medal couldn t. if they had been excluded from sochi, like they will now, this will be the first time at a olympic event that they always dominate. neil: charlie, do you hear that those that design at very tieing around the olympic events, whether they re going to hold back because they re just not sure right now whether this is worth it, whether the eyeballs will be there to want to see it? what are you hearing? great question. there s some significant advertising there. the real question is, does russia really boycott this thing. i guess we re going. but we have to see the tally. it will be how many country as grey to this. the biggest business issue here is this. how much credibility does a ruling body like this have when