John Berman: “Propublica Has A Report That Discusses How These Three Friends Of The Presidents Who Go To Mar-A-Lago Have Influence Over The V.A. They’ve Been Giving Advice About The V.A.”
JOHN BERMAN: “Propublica has a report that discusses how these three friends of the presidents who go to Mar-a-Lago have influence over the V.A. They’ve been giving advice about the V.A., representatives of the V.A. have been flown down to mar-a-lago at taxpayer expense to meet with them. We’re talking about Ike Perlmutter, a big mucky muck at marvel entertainment. Also Bruce Moskowitz, a palm beach doctor.” [New Day, CNN, 8/9/18; Video]
Maggie Haberman: “Whether It’s Mar-A-Lago Or Bedminster Or Aspects Of Trump Tower, What You Have Is This Unofficial Shadow Government Around Donald Trump.”
MAGGIE HABERMAN: “Whether it’s Mar-a-Lago or Bedminster or aspects of Trump Tower, what you have is this unofficial shadow government around Donald Trump which is what a lot of us who covered the campaign thought was a real possibility when he got elected.” [New Day, CNN, 8/9/18; Video]
Maggie Haberman: “There Was Outsourcing Secretly A Government Function To A Group Of Privatized Folks, Lawyers, A Filmmaker And A Producer. One Lawyer Who Had At Least Some Connection To Wanting To Get His Sons Technology Used By The V.A.”
MAGGIE HABERMAN: “This wasn’t just input from time to time when the president is down in Florida. There was outsourcing secretly a government function to a group of privatized folks, lawyers, a filmmaker and a producer. One lawyer who had at least some connection to wanting to get his sons technology used by the V.A. It raises all kinds of questions and you have to assume this is not the only agency where this is going on.” [New Day, CNN, 8/9/18; Video]