‘That is absolute nonsense’: Watergate prosecutor slams Roger Stone’s ‘garbage’ defense of Nixon — Transcript

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1. 0:00HE WAS LAYING IN STATE THE
2. 0:03FORMER FBI DIRECTOR.
3. 0:05IRONICALLY, OF COURSE, THE NIXON
4. 0:09ADMINISTRATION'S PARANOIA ABOUT
5. 0:10DANIEL ELLSBERG IS DRIVEN BY
6. 0:14HENRY KISSINGER.
7. 0:15YOU CAN HEAR HIM IN THE TAPES,
8. 0:16HE'S A PERVERT MR. PRESIDENT, HE
9. 0:19MUST BE DEALT WITH, MR.
10. 0:20PRESIDENT.
11. 0:20THE IRONY IS TODAY I ADMIRE
12. 0:23ELLSBERG FOR THE FORTHRIGHT
13. 0:29WIKILEAKS.
14. 0:29I DON'T THINK JOURNALISTS SHOULD
15. 0:30BE SENSORS.
16. 0:31SOME SAY ASANG IS PUBLISHING
17. 0:38DOCUMENTS.
18. 0:38THE COURTS SAID IT WAS LEGAL TO
19. 0:40DO SO.
20. 0:40WHAT IS AMAZING TO ME IS I GUS I
21. 0:43WOULD HAVE TO CALL IT SELECTIVE
22. 0:46PROSECUTION.
23. 0:46THERE IS SO MUCH ABOUT WATERGATE
24. 0:48THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN THAT WE
25. 0:50DO KNOW NOW.
26. 0:51TWO OF THE WATERGATE BURGLARS ON
27. 0:53THE CIA PAYROLL REPORTING TO
28. 0:56THEIR CASE OFFICERS, MEANING THE
29. 0:58AGENCY HAD ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF
30. 0:59THE BREAK IN, THE SPECIAL
31. 1:02PROSECUTORS, COX, MEMBERS OF
32. 1:04THEIR STAFFS, MEETING WITH JUDGE
33. 1:08SIRIKA WITH THE ABSENCE OF THE
34. 1:09WATERGATE BURGLAR'S LAWYERS
35. 1:10WOULD HAVE BEEN DISBARRED FOR
36. 1:12THAT HAD IT BEEN KNOWN AT THE
37. 1:15TIME.
38. 1:15THE PENTAGON HAVING AN EXTENSIVE
39. 1:17SPYING OPERATION INSIDE THE
40. 1:21NIXON WHITE PER CLASSIFIED
41. 1:23FOREIGN RELATIONS DOCUMENTS
42. 1:25PERTAINING TO CHINA, RUSSIA,
43. 1:27VIETNAM WHERE THEY THOUGHT
44. 1:28PERHAPS NIXON WAS MOVING TOO
45. 1:30QUICKLY TOWARDS PEACE AND, YOU
46. 1:33KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF MISSING
47. 1:35PIECES TO THE NARRATIVE THAT
48. 1:36HAVEN'T BEEN PLUGGED IN.
49. 1:38>> LET ME GIVE NICK A CHANCE TO
50. 1:40RESPOND.
51. 1:40>> LET ME RESPOND TO THAT.
52. 1:43THAT IS ABSOLUTE NONSENSE.
53. 1:45THIS IS THE SAME GARBAGE I WAS
54. 1:46GETTING FROM CHARLES COAL SON
55. 1:47WHEN HE WAS CLAIMING TO BE A
56. 1:50COOPERATOR AFTER HE PLEAD
57. 1:52GUILTY.
58. 1:52HE BLAMED HENRY KISSINGER FOR
59. 1:55NIXON'S PROBLEMS AND TOOK
60. 1:58EVERYTHING OUT IN HENRY
61. 1:59KISSINGER.
62. 2:00THIS BUSINESS ABOUT THEM IS
63. 2:05TOTAL NONSENSE.
64. 2:06>> WRONG, WRONG, WRONG --
65. 2:07>> THAT NEVER HAPPENED --
66. 2:09>> ENTIRELY --
67. 2:11>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND
68. 2:12YOU'RE THE MAN BEHIND THIS WHOLE
69. 2:14BUSINESS WITH TRUMP AND WITH
70. 2:15THIS GOOSIFER AND THE RUSSIANS
71. 2:18AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO GET ON
72. 2:20TELEVISION AND MAKE THESE WILD
73. 2:22ACCUSATIONS WHEN YOU'RE ON
74. 2:23TELEVISION BEFORE PREDICTING
75. 2:25EXACTLY WHEN THE WIKILEAKS
76. 2:28INFORMATION WOULD COME OUT --
77. 2:29>> BECAUSE IT'S THE END OF THE
78. 2:30HOUR, ROGER, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS
79. 2:32TO RESPOND.
80. 2:33>> BILL IS WRONG ABOUT ALL OF
81. 2:34THAT.
82. 2:35I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO TOE TO
83. 2:39TOE IN ANY PUBLIC FORUM HE
84. 2:41CHOOSES.
85. 2:41I SUGGEST WE KEEP IT CIVIL,
86. 2:43THAT'S ALL.
87. 2:44>> IT IS CERTAINLY INTERESTING
88. 2:45TO SEE YOU BOTH HERE HAVING READ
89. 2:47THE MEMO OF YOUR LAST INTERVIEW