In an interview on The Daily from New York Times Podcasts, Chuck Schumer says Trump sued the government as a private citizen for defamation, then as president "shakes hands and settles and gives himself two billion dollars." Schumer says some of that money will end up in Trump's pocket and argues Democrats cannot "just turn away" from investigating it.
The receipt
- Who
- Chuck Schumer
- Where
- interview, The Daily (New York Times Podcasts)
- Original footage
- New York Times Podcasts · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 41 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
He's the most fucking corrupt not only president But leader in America we have ever had That's slush fund. You're talking about the fund for those who were in his mind the victim of government Well, it's not just them. It's his own pocket. He's president But he sues the government for ten billion dollars for defamation as a citizen Then as president he shakes hands and settles and gives himself two billion dollars Some of it would go to those people, but some of it is going to end up in his pocket. It's outrageous. So we cannot just turn away and say, we're not investigating it. So we have to look into the most egregious examples of corruption and of going against his bad people.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.