television exclusive by mr. vinneccy himself along with his lawsuit. thank you for joining us tonight. richard,to what are your motivations for coming forward now? this is has to do with political issues. ii believe i came here to tell the truth and it s my civic duty to do so. laura: you claim richard that ms swetnick threatened you after you broke up with you. what types of threats? she called me many times and i was told i will never ever see my in born child. and that i m going to kill you guys. laura: she said she was going the kill you?
is this a threat to you? no, it s ludicrous, chris, first of all. one lawsuit was filed. it was almost immediately dismissed. the claims by her ex-boyfriend, i mean who doesn t have an ex-boyfriend or an ex-girlfriend who might say bad things about them? laura: well, and ex-boyfriend, you know. if breakups are brutal, right? they can be brutal. in your case, it was really not fun. people are going to say you don t like her because you were with her for seven years and that it about ending. yeah, that s a like i say before, if anybody knows the julie swetnick i know, if you asked me personally if i believe her, i don t believe her. personally, i don t believe her. i really don t believe her. nobody knows julie swetnick better than me. and the facts are that i know her. that is why i came here to tell the truth. i know how she is.
we are joined in a television exclusive by mr. vinneccy, along with his lawyer, mr. hanson. thank you for joining us tonight. richard, what are your motivations for coming forward now? yes, there have been political issues. i want to tell the truth. that is one of the reasons why i came. laura: now, you claim, richard, that ms. swetnick threatened you after you broke up with her. what types of threats threats are you alleging? she basically called me many times and said you will never, ever see your unborn child alive. and i m just going to go over there, i m going to kill you guys. laura: she said she was going to kill you? yes. and that has told me a little bit. laura: well, you told
politico originally, richard, that she threatened your family and your baby. correct. laura: but you mentally unborn child, is that right? i meant the unborn child. i was not married at the time when this happened. laura: did she ever discussed with you in your seven year relationship, from 1994-2001, the issue of sexual assault, or did she mention ever having been sexually assaulted? never, never once she mention that to me. just to talk about everything, she never once mentioned that at all. laura: did she have a political background? was she interested in politics? not that i know of. you know, she was always wanting to be the center of attention. she was always trying to impress me. she was exaggerating everything. if anybody knows julie,
against american airlines. i said you were going to have to stop this lawsuit thing because it is ridiculous. she would talk to me about her family. she would every time we would get into a fight, she would get right in my face. she would ask me to hit her. i mean, that s just really weird. most of my friends did not like her. in fact, i can testify about that. laura: hold on, richard. hold on. she was like hit me? why would she say that? i don t know. for any minor issues that we ha had, she would always get into my face. the first time, it was like oh, my god. this is incredible. she would get right in my face. she would say hit me. hit me, richard. she would say remember what