"We are headed to impeachment...We're not ready"
The Investigation
ABC News
3.6 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
A former chief investigator during the Clinton administration, Bossie says the current White House is not prepared to handle the onslaught of investigations or what he sees as the eventual outcome: "We are headed to impeachment."
Davidson, who negotiated with Michael Cohen to secure payment for his clients, talks about why Trump's former fixer turned against him. He also identifies what he says was the pivotal moment during the campaign that triggered Trump to pay off Stormy Daniels. Davidson also goes on the record about his dealings with AMI, the parent company of the National Enquirer, and the "incredible meeting" he had with AMI's CEO David Pecker and Karen McDougal, whose story was later sold in a "catch and kill" technique to AMI right before the 2016 election.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to the investigation. I'm Kira Phillips. Thanks for joining us again. And I'm here with my co-host, Chris Flasto, head of our investigative unit. And today we have a special edition episode for you. We are talking with not only one, but two people with unique insight into the investigations surrounding President Trump. |
| 0:22.9 | We're going to talk with David Bossy, Donald Trump's former deputy campaign manager, and... |
| 0:28.1 | And we have Keith Davidson. |
| 0:30.6 | He's the lawyer for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, both of the women who made headlines |
| 0:36.4 | during the presidential campaign as having a |
| 0:39.1 | relationship with President Trump, or then Mr. Trump. So it should be an exciting show. |
| 0:45.0 | But first, I want to bring in our senior editorial producer, John Santucci, who has been covering the Trump family since the campaign. |
| 0:52.3 | And our first guest, David Bossy, Trump's former deputy campaign |
| 0:55.9 | manager. He's also co-host of the podcast, Dave and Corey, from Deep in the Swamp. He does that |
| 1:01.4 | with former Trump campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. Now Dave is the CEO of Citizens United, |
| 1:06.9 | a conservative nonprofit known for winning the landmark 2010 case that allowed corporations and unions unlimited independent political ad spending. |
| 1:17.2 | But back during the Clinton administration, he was a chief congressional investigator. |
| 1:21.3 | Dave, thanks for being with us. Let's get right to it. |
| 1:23.4 | So Dave, Bossie and I have known each other. |
| 1:27.0 | This is now the third person we've had on this podcast |
| 1:29.7 | that I've known for at least 25 years. That says you're old. I don't know what that says. I don't know |
| 1:35.1 | what else that says besides you got old on it. You have more gray hair though, Dave. Yeah. A lot more |
| 1:39.6 | stress. He lives a year older. I have a lot more stress. |
| 1:44.9 | And actually all we had John Podesta. |
| 1:48.0 | We had Lanny Davis. |
| 1:49.9 | We wanted to have you on because back during the Clinton days, you were the... |
| 1:55.8 | I was the chief investigator, yeah. |
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