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The Investigation

"Behind Closed Doors"

The Investigation

ABC News

News, Politics

3.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the second installment of "The Investigation," Kyra Phillips and ABC News Senior Executive Producer Chris Vlasto sit down with Michael Cohen's lawyer Lanny Davis who says his client, Donald Trump's former "fixer" and personal lawyer, is ready to share his personal experiences with Trump, including "behind closed doors" accounts that Davis called "chilling." Plus, analysis with our investigative team and the latest developments from ABC News Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas, as we count down the days and weeks to the handoff of the Special Counsel's report from Robert Mueller to newly confirmed AG Bill Barr.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the second episode of The Investigation.

0:10.0

I'm Kira Phillips, and thank you for being here with us once again.

0:13.5

We are going to continue to take you behind the scenes with our ABC News Task Force as we continue to uncover and dive into all the details of the Mueller

0:22.1

investigation. Of course, here with me once again, we're partners in crime head of the task

0:27.0

force, Chris Flasto. Hey, Kira. It was a great first show we had last week with John Dowd,

0:33.1

who kind of told all, and we got a lot of headlines all over the country. And we're going to have Democrats, we're going to have Republicans, which kind of told all, and we got a lot of headlines all over the country. And we're going to have

0:38.8

Democrats, we're going to have Republicans, which kind of leads us, though, to our second guest,

0:44.4

who, you know, both of us have known for a long time. And when I knew him, he was the Clinton

0:50.2

hatchet man who now is working for Michael Cohen.

0:54.5

Former White House Special Counsel, and as you mentioned, legal advisor to Michael Cohen.

0:59.3

He's the founder of the strategic communications firm Trident DMD, Lanny Davis.

1:04.5

I only can say to Chris Lasto that if I was a hatchet man, I never used to hatchet against him.

1:09.5

Didn't you save his job?

1:10.2

I was tempted, though.

1:11.5

That's the story I heard is that you saved his job.

1:14.2

Is that true?

1:14.7

I would say I came to his defense when he deserved to be defended.

1:18.4

He did.

1:19.1

And, you know, though Lanny, I did say in the other show, I said the difference of, you know, covering 20 years ago during the Clinton administration.

1:29.0

And now, even though this story is on steroids, I think,

1:33.3

I think the Trump's story is significantly bigger.

1:36.0

I thought Clinton was a big story, a big story of my lifetime.

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