25 Jul 2019 1:44 pm
SCHIFF: Paul Manafort was trying to make money or achieve debt forgiveness from a Russian oligarch?
MUELLER: Generally that is accurate.
SCHIFF: Michael Flynn was trying to make money from Turkey?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Donald Trump was trying to make millions from a real estate deal in Moscow?
MUELLER: To the extent you’re talking about the hotel in Moscow?
SCHIFF: Yes.
MUELLER: Yes.
SCHIFF: When you investigation looked into these matters, numerous Trump associates lied to your team, the grand jury, and to Congress?
MUELLER: A number of persons that we interviewed in our investigation turns out did lie.
SCHIFF: Mike Flynn lied?
MUELLER: He was convicted of lying, yes.
SCHIFF: George Papadopoulos was convicted of lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Paul Manafort was convicted of lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Paul Manafort was - in fact, went so far as to encourage other people to lie?
MUELLER: That is accurate.
SCHIFF: Manafort’s deputy, Rick Gates, lied?
MUELLER: That is accurate.
SCHIFF: Michael Cohen, the president’s lawyer, was indicted for lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: He lied to stay on message with the president?
MUELLER: Allegedly by him.
SCHIFF: And when Donald Trump called your investigation a witch hunt, that was also false, was it not?
MUELLER: I’d like to think so, yes.
SCHIFF: Well, your investigation is not a witch hunt. Is...
MUELLER: It is not a witch hunt.
SCHIFF: When the president said the Russian interference was a hoax, that was false, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: We decided publically it was false?
MUELLER: He did say publically that it was false, yes.
SCHIFF: And when he told it to Putin, that was false, too, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: That I’m not familiar with.
SCHIFF: When the president said he had no business dealings with Russia, that was false, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: I’m not going to go into the details of the report that are along those lines.
SCHIFF: When the president said he had no business dealings with Russia, in fact he was seeking to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, was he not?
MUELLER: I think there - there are some questions about when this was accomplished.
SCHIFF: You would consider a billion dollar deal to build a tower in Moscow to be business dealings, wouldn’t you, Director Mueller?
MUELLER: Absolutely.
SCHIFF: In short, your investigation found evidence that Russia wanted to help Trump win the election, right?
MUELLER: I think generally that would be accurate.
SCHIFF: Russia informed campaign officials of that?
MUELLER: I’m not certain to what conversation you’re referring to.
SCHIFF: Well, through an intermediary then informed Papadopoulos that they could help with the anonymous release of stolen emails?
MUELLER: Accurate.
SCHIFF: Russia committed federal crimes in order to help Donald Trump?
MUELLER: When you’re talking about computer crimes in the charge...
SCHIFF: Yes.
MUELLER: ... in our case, absolutely.
SCHIFF: The Trump campaign officials built their strategy - their messaging strategy around those stolen documents?
MUELLER: Generally that’s true.
SCHIFF: And then they lied to cover it up.
MUELLER: Generally, that’s true.
MUELLER: Generally that is accurate.
SCHIFF: Michael Flynn was trying to make money from Turkey?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Donald Trump was trying to make millions from a real estate deal in Moscow?
MUELLER: To the extent you’re talking about the hotel in Moscow?
SCHIFF: Yes.
MUELLER: Yes.
SCHIFF: When you investigation looked into these matters, numerous Trump associates lied to your team, the grand jury, and to Congress?
MUELLER: A number of persons that we interviewed in our investigation turns out did lie.
SCHIFF: Mike Flynn lied?
MUELLER: He was convicted of lying, yes.
SCHIFF: George Papadopoulos was convicted of lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Paul Manafort was convicted of lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: Paul Manafort was - in fact, went so far as to encourage other people to lie?
MUELLER: That is accurate.
SCHIFF: Manafort’s deputy, Rick Gates, lied?
MUELLER: That is accurate.
SCHIFF: Michael Cohen, the president’s lawyer, was indicted for lying?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: He lied to stay on message with the president?
MUELLER: Allegedly by him.
SCHIFF: And when Donald Trump called your investigation a witch hunt, that was also false, was it not?
MUELLER: I’d like to think so, yes.
SCHIFF: Well, your investigation is not a witch hunt. Is...
MUELLER: It is not a witch hunt.
SCHIFF: When the president said the Russian interference was a hoax, that was false, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: True.
SCHIFF: We decided publically it was false?
MUELLER: He did say publically that it was false, yes.
SCHIFF: And when he told it to Putin, that was false, too, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: That I’m not familiar with.
SCHIFF: When the president said he had no business dealings with Russia, that was false, wasn’t it?
MUELLER: I’m not going to go into the details of the report that are along those lines.
SCHIFF: When the president said he had no business dealings with Russia, in fact he was seeking to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, was he not?
MUELLER: I think there - there are some questions about when this was accomplished.
SCHIFF: You would consider a billion dollar deal to build a tower in Moscow to be business dealings, wouldn’t you, Director Mueller?
MUELLER: Absolutely.
SCHIFF: In short, your investigation found evidence that Russia wanted to help Trump win the election, right?
MUELLER: I think generally that would be accurate.
SCHIFF: Russia informed campaign officials of that?
MUELLER: I’m not certain to what conversation you’re referring to.
SCHIFF: Well, through an intermediary then informed Papadopoulos that they could help with the anonymous release of stolen emails?
MUELLER: Accurate.
SCHIFF: Russia committed federal crimes in order to help Donald Trump?
MUELLER: When you’re talking about computer crimes in the charge...
SCHIFF: Yes.
MUELLER: ... in our case, absolutely.
SCHIFF: The Trump campaign officials built their strategy - their messaging strategy around those stolen documents?
MUELLER: Generally that’s true.
SCHIFF: And then they lied to cover it up.
MUELLER: Generally, that’s true.