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The Trump Lie on Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton
"But he (Bloomberg) had a deal with Hillary Clinton that he was going to become Secretary of State. It was very simple. People know that. And it wasn't going to happen. It was going to go to Terry McAuliffe. I mean, so they were playing with Michael." -- January 22 interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen
Facts First: There is no evidence Clinton had a deal to give the Secretary of State post to either Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, or McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia.
Trump may have been basing his claim on a hacked 2015 email exchange released by WikiLeaks in 2016. Clinton adviser Neera Tanden asked Bloomberg adviser Howard Wolfson about a media report about some Democrats having approached Bloomberg to run against Clinton in the 2016 election.
As the New York Post reported, Wolfson responded that the idea was "laughable." Tanden soon asked what role Bloomberg might want in a Clinton administration, saying, "Is like Ambassador of China way too small." Wolfson responded, "Secty of state Which ain't gonna happen."
Tanden then forwarded the exchange to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, but the emails do not show any kind of deal. Bloomberg's campaign did not respond this week to a request for comment; Tanden told CNN this week: "There was absolutely no deal. Period. It was a random email from me to a good friend, who works for him."
Tanden said she has never even heard any discussions about McAuliffe as Secretary of State, "like ever." At CNN's request, Chris Bolling, executive director of McAuliffe political action committee Common Good VA, put Trump's claim to McAuliffe, then quickly called back laughing. He said McAuliffe had said, "I would love to be Secretary of State, but I had no deal to be Secretary of State."
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The Trump Lie On The timing of Schiff's comments
"Remember this: When Schiff made up the phony story, and he repeated it to Congress and the world -- and it was a totally phony story -- then I released the transcript." And: "We have people that are corrupt, like Adam Schiff, who misquotes -- I don't mean 'misquotes' -- makes up a statement. He had no idea that I was going to release the transcript. He never thought I'd do that. And for that, I thank the President of Ukraine, because we got their approval. He had no idea I was going to do that." -- January 22 press conference in Davos, Switzerland
"It was so bad, where he goes before Congress, and he makes a statement that I made, and it was a total fraud. I never made it...That's why I released the conversation; because if I didn't release it, people would have said that I made the statement that he made." -- January 22 interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo
"It's a fraud. I watched Schiff prior to this, he wouldn't say it now -- can't -- but he tried to make up a statement that I made. That's why I released the transcript." -- January 24 interview with Fox News' Raymond Arroyo
Facts First: Trump can reasonably criticize Schiff for Schiff's comments at a House Intelligence Committee hearing in September; as we've written before, Schiff's mix of near-quotes from Trump's phone call with Zelensky, his own analysis, and supposed "parody" was at the very least confusing. But Schiff spoke the day after Trump released the rough transcript, not before Trump released the transcript.
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The Trump Lie On The timing of Schiff's comments
"Remember this: When Schiff made up the phony story, and he repeated it to Congress and the world -- and it was a totally phony story -- then I released the transcript." And: "We have people that are corrupt, like Adam Schiff, who misquotes -- I don't mean 'misquotes' -- makes up a statement. He had no idea that I was going to release the transcript. He never thought I'd do that. And for that, I thank the President of Ukraine, because we got their approval. He had no idea I was going to do that." -- January 22 press conference in Davos, Switzerland
"It was so bad, where he goes before Congress, and he makes a statement that I made, and it was a total fraud. I never made it...That's why I released the conversation; because if I didn't release it, people would have said that I made the statement that he made." -- January 22 interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo
"It's a fraud. I watched Schiff prior to this, he wouldn't say it now -- can't -- but he tried to make up a statement that I made. That's why I released the transcript." -- January 24 interview with Fox News' Raymond Arroyo
Facts First: Trump can reasonably criticize Schiff for Schiff's comments at a House Intelligence Committee hearing in September; as we've written before, Schiff's mix of near-quotes from Trump's phone call with Zelensky, his own analysis, and supposed "parody" was at the very least confusing. But Schiff spoke the day after Trump released the rough transcript, not before Trump released the transcript.
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The Trump Lie on Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton
"But he (Bloomberg) had a deal with Hillary Clinton that he was going to become Secretary of State. It was very simple. People know that. And it wasn't going to happen. It was going to go to Terry McAuliffe. I mean, so they were playing with Michael." -- January 22 interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen
Facts First: There is no evidence Clinton had a deal to give the Secretary of State post to either Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, or McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia.
Trump may have been basing his claim on a hacked 2015 email exchange released by WikiLeaks in 2016. Clinton adviser Neera Tanden asked Bloomberg adviser Howard Wolfson about a media report about some Democrats having approached Bloomberg to run against Clinton in the 2016 election.
As the New York Post reported, Wolfson responded that the idea was "laughable." Tanden soon asked what role Bloomberg might want in a Clinton administration, saying, "Is like Ambassador of China way too small." Wolfson responded, "Secty of state Which ain't gonna happen."
Tanden then forwarded the exchange to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, but the emails do not show any kind of deal. Bloomberg's campaign did not respond this week to a request for comment; Tanden told CNN this week: "There was absolutely no deal. Period. It was a random email from me to a good friend, who works for him."
Tanden said she has never even heard any discussions about McAuliffe as Secretary of State, "like ever." At CNN's request, Chris Bolling, executive director of McAuliffe political action committee Common Good VA, put Trump's claim to McAuliffe, then quickly called back laughing. He said McAuliffe had said, "I would love to be Secretary of State, but I had no deal to be Secretary of State."
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The Trump Lie on Michael Bloomberg and Hillary Clinton
"But he (Bloomberg) had a deal with Hillary Clinton that he was going to become Secretary of State. It was very simple. People know that. And it wasn't going to happen. It was going to go to Terry McAuliffe. I mean, so they were playing with Michael." -- January 22 interview with CNBC's Joe Kernen
Facts First: There is no evidence Clinton had a deal to give the Secretary of State post to either Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor now running for the Democratic presidential nomination, or McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia.
Trump may have been basing his claim on a hacked 2015 email exchange released by WikiLeaks in 2016. Clinton adviser Neera Tanden asked Bloomberg adviser Howard Wolfson about a media report about some Democrats having approached Bloomberg to run against Clinton in the 2016 election.
As the New York Post reported, Wolfson responded that the idea was "laughable." Tanden soon asked what role Bloomberg might want in a Clinton administration, saying, "Is like Ambassador of China way too small." Wolfson responded, "Secty of state Which ain't gonna happen."
Tanden then forwarded the exchange to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, but the emails do not show any kind of deal. Bloomberg's campaign did not respond this week to a request for comment; Tanden told CNN this week: "There was absolutely no deal. Period. It was a random email from me to a good friend, who works for him."
Tanden said she has never even heard any discussions about McAuliffe as Secretary of State, "like ever." At CNN's request, Chris Bolling, executive director of McAuliffe political action committee Common Good VA, put Trump's claim to McAuliffe, then quickly called back laughing. He said McAuliffe had said, "I would love to be Secretary of State, but I had no deal to be Secretary of State."
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The Trump Lie On The timing of Schiff's comments
"Remember this: When Schiff made up the phony story, and he repeated it to Congress and the world -- and it was a totally phony story -- then I released the transcript." And: "We have people that are corrupt, like Adam Schiff, who misquotes -- I don't mean 'misquotes' -- makes up a statement. He had no idea that I was going to release the transcript. He never thought I'd do that. And for that, I thank the President of Ukraine, because we got their approval. He had no idea I was going to do that." -- January 22 press conference in Davos, Switzerland
"It was so bad, where he goes before Congress, and he makes a statement that I made, and it was a total fraud. I never made it...That's why I released the conversation; because if I didn't release it, people would have said that I made the statement that he made." -- January 22 interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo
"It's a fraud. I watched Schiff prior to this, he wouldn't say it now -- can't -- but he tried to make up a statement that I made. That's why I released the transcript." -- January 24 interview with Fox News' Raymond Arroyo
Facts First: Trump can reasonably criticize Schiff for Schiff's comments at a House Intelligence Committee hearing in September; as we've written before, Schiff's mix of near-quotes from Trump's phone call with Zelensky, his own analysis, and supposed "parody" was at the very least confusing. But Schiff spoke the day after Trump released the rough transcript, not before Trump released the transcript.
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