you ve got santa claus. by the way, let s say he gave them all that. you know what the cost of it is? john bolton testifying. mike pompeo testifying. mick mulvaney testifying. like, does the white house but why does the how does the white house they can t. that s the point that mcconnell s been trying to make to them is that whole mutually-assured destruction is that you don t just get a hunter biden. you get all these other people. but come on. donald trump isn t serious about these this is if you follow donald trump s legal career, and i hate ve to call i that because he s been in so many lawsuits, the pattern is the same. it s bring it on. i can t wait to testify. i ve got all sorts of counter. and what does he delay. delay. delay. delay. that s what he did and like seven years later sometimes he finally gets deposed and you see the hamana falling all over himself moments. he usually avoids it. no, trump university
them during the campaign. several executives and employees who directed or participated in a scheme to reimburse cohen for those payments. we know he received, meaning cohen, he received a total of $420,000 from the company, including a $60,000 bonus. the company falsely recorded those payments as legal expenses. so the question is, who was involved in these payments? we know from a 2015 trump university deposition that there are only five people who have the authority to make financial decisions or sign checks for the organization, only one of them isn t a trump. okay. i m talking about the president of the united states. his children, don junior, ivanka, eric and the trump organization s chief financial
company including a $60,000 bonus. the company falsely recorded those payments as legal expenses. so the question is, who was involved in these payments? we know from a 2015 trump university deposition that there are five people who have the authority to make financial decisions or sign checks for the organization. only one of them isn t a trump. okay? we re talking about the president of the united states. his children, don junior, ivanka, and eric, and the trump organization s chief financial officer allen wweisselberg. excuse me. there s one very important note about weisselberg. prosecutors gave him immunity. if one of the president s children was involved in writing these checks to cohen and,
his lawyers see this probe with 19 people at least being charged with criminal offenses and including for lying, i think the president understands the gravity of the situation and as we know he has not formally agreed to a sitdown interview. but what it seems to me from talking to sources, don, is that the lawyers wanted to go ahead and take the steps to just begin preparing him, taking those initial steps and even though that final decision hasn t been made yet. that is a very smart strategy. i have to admit. john, listen, when under oath, if the president is under oath, when he s under oath, he lacks details. but the washington post looked at two depositions that he sat previously through and they said in 2012 trump university deposition, he couldn t recall details 24 times in a 2015 deposition 35 times. that won t fly with the special prosecutor, will it? they will press him.
sees this probe play out. his lawyers see this probe with 19 people at least being charged with criminal offenses and including for lying, i think the president understands the gravity of the situation and as we know he has not formally agreed to a sitdown interview. but what it seems to me from talking to sources, don, is that the lawyers wanted to go ahead and take the steps to just begin preparing him, taking those initial steps and even though that final decision hasn t been made yet. that is a very smart strategy. i have to admit. john, listen, when under oath, if the president is under oath, when he s under oath, he lacks details. but the washington post looked at two depositions that he sat previously through and they said in 2012 trump university deposition, he couldn t recall details 24 times in a 2015 deposition 35 times. that won t fly with the special counsel, will it? they will press him. indeed in his most recent