ABC Attacks Trump on Connections to Convicted Felon Tied to Organized Crime

RUSH TRANSCRIPT ROBERTS Donald ░░░░░░░░ is facing serious backlash ░░░░░░░░ some of the things ░░░░░░░░ said on the campaign ░░░░░░░░ This morning he could ░░░░░░░░ in hot water for ░░░░░░░░ he said under oath ░░░░░░░░ running for office about ░░░░░░░░ relationship with a convicted ░░░░░░░░ who once was tied ░░░░░░░░ organized crime ABC s ░░░░░░░░ investigative correspondent Brian Ross ░░░░░░░░ here with that story ░░░░░░░░ morning Brian ROSS Good ░░░░░░░░ With the possible exceptions ░░░░░░░░ George Washington and Abraham ░░░░░░░░ American politicians have a ░░░░░░░░ established record of outrageous ░░░░░░░░ and stretching the truth ░░░░░░░░ in the case of ░░░░░░░░ Trump his critics now ░░░░░░░░ he crossed a line ░░░░░░░░ stretching the truth and ░░░░░░░░ lies clip starts ROSS ░░░░░░░░ over Trump s statements ░░░░░░░░ Muslims and the 9 ░░░░░░░░ attacks have raised the ░░░░░░░░ questions about his truthfulness ░░░░░░░░ his unsupported and widely ░░░░░░░░ claim that thousands of ░░░░░░░░ in New Jersey celebrated ░░░░░░░░ the attacks TRUMP Thousands ░░░░░░░░ thousands of people were ░░░░░░░░ as that building was ░░░░░░░░ down ROSS voice over ░░░░░░░░ Trump went after a ░░░░░░░░ Serge Kovaleski who said ░░░░░░░░ was wrong about the ░░░░░░░░ New Jersey celebration appearing ░░░░░░░░ mock him and his ░░░░░░░░ TRUMP Ah I don ░░░░░░░░ know what I said ░░░░░░░░ I don t remember ░░░░░░░░ voice over Trump said ░░░░░░░░ wasn t mocking the ░░░░░░░░ because he did not ░░░░░░░░ what he looked like ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ ROSS voice over But ░░░░░░░░ reporter said they met ░░░░░░░░ times and were once ░░░░░░░░ a first name basis ░░░░░░░░ MALE Raise your hand ░░░░░░░░ ROSS voice over Now ░░░░░░░░ are questions about what ░░░░░░░░ said under oath in ░░░░░░░░ civil lawsuit about one ░░░░░░░░ the people who helped ░░░░░░░░ the Trump SoHo hotel ░░░░░░░░ condominium in New York ░░░░░░░░ The man on the ░░░░░░░░ with Trump at the ░░░░░░░░ launch party Felix Sater ░░░░░░░░ twice convicted felon once ░░░░░░░░ to organized crime and ░░░░░░░░ massive stock scam someone ░░░░░░░░ maintains he barely knows ░░░░░░░░ his videotaped testimony obtained ░░░░░░░░ ABC News Trump said ░░░░░░░░ could not even recall ░░░░░░░░ Sater looked like TRUMP ░░░░░░░░ he were sitting in ░░░░░░░░ room right now I ░░░░░░░░ wouldn t know what ░░░░░░░░ looked like ROSS voice ░░░░░░░░ But an ABC News ░░░░░░░░ found Sater an executive ░░░░░░░░ a real estate company ░░░░░░░░ actively involved in a ░░░░░░░░ of proposed deals with ░░░░░░░░ Here they were at ░░░░░░░░ gathering in Denver in ░░░░░░░░ and in 2010 three ░░░░░░░░ after Sater s mob ░░░░░░░░ became public The Trump ░░░░░░░░ issued Sater business cards ░░░░░░░░ him as a senior ░░░░░░░░ to Donald Trump with ░░░░░░░░ Trump Organization e mail ░░░░░░░░ and phone number Trump ░░░░░░░░ lawyer says Sater was ░░░░░░░░ independent broker but no ░░░░░░░░ came out of it ░░░░░░░░ the relationship it appears ░░░░░░░░ be very much a ░░░░░░░░ point for Trump UNKNOWN ░░░░░░░░ Why didn t you ░░░░░░░░ to Felix Sater and ░░░░░░░░ you re connected with ░░░░░░░░ mafia you re fired ░░░░░░░░ voice over Two years ░░░░░░░░ Trump cut short a ░░░░░░░░ interview after being pressed ░░░░░░░░ Sater TRUMP I hate ░░░░░░░░ do this but I ░░░░░░░░ have that big group ░░░░░░░░ people waiting UNKNOWN MALE ░░░░░░░░ on One last question ░░░░░░░░ voice over Trump later ░░░░░░░░ under oath he did ░░░░░░░░ remember being interviewed by ░░░░░░░░ BBC.”
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