>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES NOW HAVE SENT A LETTER TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER, MICHAEL COHEN, REQUESTING INFORMATION ON
ANY CONTACTS HE HAD WITH RUSSIA. NBC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED THAT
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MICHAEL FLYNN WILL PROVIDE SOME
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS TO THE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
THAT'S A SHIFT. THIS COMES AS THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIA'S INTERFERENCE INTO THE
2016 ELECTION HEATS UP WITH "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTING
THAT SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER IS OFF TO A FAST START.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I'M JOINED BY CALIFORNIA
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T WANT TO
WASTE A SECOND WITH YOU, WOMAN.
-- CONGRESSWOMAN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO FIND OUT.
WHAT'S THE MYSTERY HERE. WHAT THE HELL IS KUSHNER UP TO?
WHAT'S FLYNN UP TO? WHAT'S TRUMP UP TO WITH THE
RUSSIANS? WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
>> THERE IS AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE IN MY MIND.
THE FACT THAT JARED KUSHNER WANTED A SECRET MEANS BY WISH TO
COMMUNICATE WITH RUSSIA. HE IS MEETING WITH GORKOV, WHO
IS A BANKER THAT'S HAD SANCTIONS ON HIM SINCE 2014.
HE'S GOT REAL ESTATE DEALINGS IN NEW YORK WHERE HE'S GOT A PIECE
OF PROPERTY THAT'S UNDERWATER. I MEAN ALL OF THIS IS REALLY, I
THINK, A SUGGESTION THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT THE PRESIDENT
AND THOSE AROUND HIM HAVE WITH RUSSIA, HAS CREATED AN
ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE AS A
COUNTRY ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND
THE WORLD. >> WELL, WHO IS THIS GUY, JARED
KUSHNER? WE KNOW HE'S THE SON-IN-LAW OF
THE PRESIDENT, BUT WHO HE IS IN REALITY?
WHAT'S HIS ROLE IN THIS PLAN? THERE HE IS BEING TAKEN AROUND
IN AN SUV WITH A DRIVER LIKE HE'S HENRY KISSINGER OR
SOMEBODY. WHO IS THIS GUY?
I MEAN IS HE NOW IN CHARGE OF ALL MIDDLE EAST DEAL-MAKING?
IS HE IN CHARGE OF ALL INTERNATIONAL MONEY MATTERS?
HE SEEMS TO HAVE NO REAL TITLE. WHO IS HE?
>> WELL, HE IS THE SON-IN-LAW OF THE PRESIDENT, AND THAT GIVES
YOU ALL THE CREDIBILITY YOU NEED.
THE SUV DRIVER IS REALLY AVAILABLE TO ALL FAMILY MEMBERS,
AND THEY ALL HAVE PROTECTION. THEY ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MOVE AROUND WITH THOSE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS.
>> UNBELIEVABLE. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THIS
MEETING THAT WE'RE ALL FINDING OUT ABOUT WHERE HE WANTED TO SET
UP A BACK-CHANNEL RELATIONSHIP THROUGH KISLYAK, AND HE ALSO MET
WITH GORKOV, WHO IS HEAD OF THE BANK OVER THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S UP TO? >> WELL --
>> KUSHNER? >> A NUMBER OF THINGS.
I THINK THAT HE, ALONG WITH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, ALONG WITH REX
TILLERSON, WANT TO LIFT SANCTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF MONEY TO BE MADE BY EXXONMOBIL, WHICH WAS THE FORMER
COMPANY THAT REX TILLERSON WAS ENGAGED WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN
ABOUT. I THINK THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN ALL OF THESE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS WHO HAVE
PURCHASED PROPERTIES WITHIN TRUMP TOWERS IN FLORIDA, THAT
THERE WAS ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT TRUMP WAS ABLE TO SELL FOR
$40 MILLION MORE IN THE COURSE OF TWO OR THREE YEARS TO ANOTHER
RUSSIAN OLIGARCH, WHO NOW IT APPEARS WAS IN THE SAME, SHALL
WE SAY, FAA AIRSPACE WITH TRUMP AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS DURING
THE CAMPAIGN. THIS ALL IN MY MIND ADDS UP TO
SOMETHING PRETTY SINISTER. >> YOU MAKE IT SOUND LIKE TRUMP
IS AN OLIGARCH. IS HE?
USES POLITICAL POWER TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
>> I THINK HE IS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY.
WHY IS IT HE GOT 30 TRADEMARKS FROM CHINA THAT HE'S BEEN TRYING
TO GET FOR TEN YEARS, AND LO AND BEHOLD, AFTER HE'S PRESIDENT,
VOILA, THEY'RE THERE. THEN HIS DAUGHTER GETS ANOTHER
NUMBER OF TRADEMARKS IN CHINA. THIS IS ALL ABOUT
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