brian fallon put out a document in the middle of the day with some strong rebuttal points. that does not defuse the thing but if they can reply substantively they can put the story away. john: they had to start addressing it rather than attacking the author, but i say that i believe that before this book was on the horizon that the nexus of money, the state department continues to be a richer vein for people to mind. questions will be raised. this book is not going away. it is not published yet. mark: i think they will not find quid pro quos. they will find instances in which clinton's and other people interacted with people who were foundation people. if you were a donor and wanted your calls return, i have no doubt they got their calls returned. i think will -- people will look at that and evaluated. not simply ad hominem mccarthy tactics. the author of that book, peter sweitzer, is being deemed a right-wing hitman. josh green broke the news that he is worsening working on a similar book about jeb bush. how vulnerable will jeb bush speeches scrutiny? john: mitt romney was

you mentioned earlier brian fallon's response today on a number of the accusations or open questionsver you want to describe what was going on with the book. it is particular case, the facts are clear that nothing was wrong , that this is all hyperbole and suggestion and open-ended question. on the other hand, it is not fair to separate in this particular case the deliver of these questions or hyperbole from what he is saying. the fact of the matter is that this guy works for organizations funded by ted cruz -- by ted cruz supporters. john: he seems to have done something quite smart here. by getting the new york times and the washington post and to a lesser degree fox news to do their own independent reporting, it is unusual for someone who has some partisan bona fides. it is an unusual thing and a very savvy thing. a different kind of challenge for the campaign to deal with. guy: i don't think the public editor of the new york times by was very savvy since she critic i did -- that she criticized the today. in the story, when you get to paragraph 12 and 13, it reveals the parts of t

>> as brian fallon pointed out, again, the columbia free trade agreement is ludicrous. something i happen to know about, as silly as it can be. been around for a long time. president reported secretary of state but that will be crossed with a sledgehammer. i'm not very concerned about this. this entire book thing is falling apart. already, abc news found all kind of errors and issued the correction. it's just, you know this is spaghetti journalism. just throw spaghetti at the wall and hope something sticks. >> a lot of clinton loyalists will believe what you're saying and americans will think that too, but here is a fact. the clinlttons are refiling their tax returns. >> i think it's the foundation but anybody can refile a tax return. i don't know if that means anything. people amend tax returns all the time. the foundation itself got the highest rating from the transparency, judge this kind of thing as you can possibly get. but if somebody wants to make something the foundation has readjusted a tax return who knows? i think about $2 billion, i wouldn't be surprised if

brian fallon saying no one produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton exerted undue influence in the u.s. government's review of the sale of uranium one is utterly baseless. what's interesting, chelsea clinton today, who is taking on a bigger role at the clinton foundation weighed in as well. i was told we had the sound. she said there will be more transparency in the days ahead to make sure all this gets cleaned up. >> obviously, they have a lot of questions left to answer and the things coming out today in the "wall street journal," "new york times," "the washington post," must make for uncomfortable times at clinton camp headquarters. >> no doubt. they want to talk about the economy, her trips to iowa and new hampshire. instead what this is doing is potentially throwing her off her message. interesting a short while ago politico had a story saying john podesta was here in new york talking to campaign donors tryin

a spokesman for the clinton campaign, brian fallon said this is part of an attack against the candidate twisting known facts into conspiracy theories arguing it will not be the first work of against the clintons and not the last. this is playing out as hilary clinton is coming here for her second swing. we talked to a former democratic party chairman in new hampshire who has not endorsed here. he is surprised she has the whole field to herself. >> i have never seen anything like this in the new hampshire primary in particularly where the field has been conceited to one person on the democratic side. >> martin o'malley bernie sanders and jim web are looking in. no one is in besides clinton. but there is almost two different primaries playing out. the primary for votes in ernest and a scandal primary where we will have to say whether the allegations in the book, the e-mail trouble she had, will bubble up and be an issue in the campaign. >> great to see you on the ground there. >>> dramatic new testimony in the murder trial of a woman accused of killing her boyfriend. why she said she did

last few moments, brian fallon reacting saying no one produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton exerted undue influence in the u.s. government's review of the sale of uranium one is utterly baseless. this was approved while she was secretary of state. there had been an agreement at the beginning of the administration there would be no conflicts with the clinton foundation. that put pressure today on chelsea clinton who had this to say. she has a big role at the foundation. >> we'll be even more transparent to eliminate any questions while we are in this time. we won't take new government funding, but that the work will continue as it is. i think that's the right choice for the people who are being affected by that work. >> referring to not bringing in more money from foreign governments, not new money, other than a handful of countries that have existing programs with the foundation. bottom line is chelsea clin

. >> reporter: clinton spokesman brian fallon claiming, "we believe we turned a corner as the author himself conceded multiple times on national tv that his conspiracy theories lack any evidence." that's a reference to schweizer acknowledging that the deal was approved not just by the state department. >> nine separate agencies. >> reporter: and there's no direct proof clinton was active in the process. >> you don't have a single piece of evidence that she was involved in this deal that she sent a memo to the person -- the state department representative who was on this committee and said hey, we want to approve the uranium sale? >> right. i'm a journalist. i don't have access to government records or certainly don't have access to her e-mails. >> reporter: on top of clinton not turning over her e-mail server rand paul today declared there should have been a much stronger firewall around former president bill clinton's fundraising while secretary clinton was in office. >> of she stood up and objected the sale wouldn't have gone through but now the russians own 20% of our meaning and

specifically brian fallon the spokesman for the clinton campaign put out this two-page memo that says "we believe we have he a turned the corner as the author himself conceded multiple times on national tv that his conspiracy theories lack any evidence." they're referring, in part to the fact that there are multiple federal agencies that have to sign off on a foreign deal like that. but republican rand paul said today hillary clinton shouldn't have been involved at all, regardless if other agencies were involved. listen. >> had she stood up and objected the sale wouldn't have gone through. but now the russians own 20% of our mining and then it turns out that the people who owned the mining company were giving over $100 million to the clinton foundation. >> now larry davis a long-time clinton ally was also on fox news sunday. he claims these were just inadvertent errors some of the mistakes the foundation is admitting they made. >> what now? they have admitted there are some things they didn't get right. so how do they fix it? >> over the weekend an apology from the clinton foundation

. >> clinton campaign press secretary brian fallon offered a specific denial in charges made in a newmes story about uranium 1. stating no one has produced a sled of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interest of donors to the clinton foundation. to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton exerted undue influence in the u.s. government's review of the sale of uranium 1 is utterly baseless. legal experts suggest there may even be legal peril facing the clintons down the road. >> she is not protected by the sfakt fact that her husband may have taken money or its her husband's foundations. spouse as interests are attributed to each other. that's no excuse or defense. >> media response to the book is any indication the controversy does not seem likely to go away any time soon. >> too much other media have weighed in with reporting on this to make it go away by saying it is a republican con sir spur -- conspiracy. news reporters at wall street journal are not and certainly we are not. >> they are no strangers to con

clinton campaign folks man brian fallon declared nobody has produced evidence that she took action as secretary of state to help clinton foundation donors and added of the author peter schweizer it is impossible to view this allegation as anything other than just another in the many partisan conspiracy theories advanced in the clinton cash book. that may be undermined by the fact that schweizer isn't just going after clinton or democrats. he says his next project will target jeb bush. >> after hillary clinton she may face heat on another big topic, republican tray gowdy chair of the special house committee on benghazi declaring he wants her to testify either in may or june at the latest not just on the terror attacks, but also on what happened to her e-mail. >>> we will have much more on that book and its findings friday evening, 10:00 p.m. eastern time. please join me for fox news reporting the tangled clinton web. set the dvr. >>> new fox polls in the race for the white house. here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering bolt. baltimore covering more prote

. >> on april 23rd, clinton campaign press secretary brian fallon offered a specific denial of chargesm one. stating, quote, no one has produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state in order to support the interest of donors to the clinton foundation. to suggest the state department under then secretary clinton exerted undue influence in the u.s. government's review of the sale of uranium one is utterly baseless. and legal experts suggest there may even be legal peril facing the clintons down the road. >> she's not protected by the fact that her husband may have taken money, or it's her husband's foundation. spouses spouses interests are attributed to each other, and that is no excuse or defense. >> if media response to the book is any indication this controversy does not seem likely to go away anytime soon. >> too much other media have weighed in with their reporting on this to just make this go away saying it's all a republican conspiracy. "the new york times" is not involved in the conspiracy and certainly we're not. >> the clintons are no

clinton campaign folks man brian fallon declared nobody has produced evidence that she took action as secretary of state to help clinton foundation donors and added of the author peter schweizer it is impossible to view this allegation as anything other than just another in the many partisan conspiracy theories advanced in the clinton cash book. that may be undermined by the fact that schweizer isn't just going after clinton or democrats. he says his next project will target jeb bush. >> after hillary clinton she may face heat on another big topic, republican tray gowdy chair of the special house committee on benghazi declaring he wants her to testify either in may or june at the latest not just on the terror attacks, but also on what happened to her e-mail. >>> we will have much more on that book and its findings friday evening, 10:00 p.m. eastern time. please join me for fox news reporting the tangled clinton web. set the dvr. >>> new fox polls in the race for the white house. here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering bolt. baltimore covering more prote

martha: another memo from brian fallon, hillary for america national press secretary.ffort over the weekend was very fruitful. just paraphrasing here. but he says, that basically the argument is unraveling of the "clinton cash" book, according to him. here is an exchange with schweizer, the author, and george stephanopoulos over the weekend. just a quickie. let's take a look. >> based on what? based on what? >> based on her -- >> do you have any evidence that she actually intervened in this issue? >> no. we don't have direct evidence. martha: so they're very congratulator this morning joe. do you think this is behind them? >> no. i don't i think the i do think his admissions that he didn't have any evidence and also that, that maybe she could have stopped this, the russian deal just makes didn't make much sense. so i do think they gained some ground but, look, i think part of the whole problem here is that there were eight other government agencies and a utah regulator that approved this who bribed them? who bribed the utah regulator? that didn't happen. this is about

you have brian fallon go on and refuse each claim. peter: the facts do not correspond to that.berg this morning, and the washington post reporting that we now have 1100 donations that ended up at the clinton foundation that were never disclosed. part of the memorandum of understanding with the obama transition team is they would disclose all donations, including donations going to this entity. that statement, they are behind. betty: you say that is erroneous? peter: it is not been verified by the post that you have these 1100 donations that they never disclosed. there were supposed to disclose all of them. if simple requirement that president obama put in place as a condition for her to be appointed secretary of state. betty: you say this is akin to insider trading. peter: people say, do you have an e-mail or something. the evidence is the pattern of behavior. it is like insider trading. most people do not send in e-mail saying, i have insider information about the stock. a lot of times the smart ones will look at a pattern of well-timed stock trades. they have access to inform

on thursday, campaign press secretary brian fallon pushed back.n one memo he specifically targeted the "new york times" story and sent a three-page memo to clinton supporters calling the book a smear project. the bottom line fallon writes, are mains that the book fails to produce a shred of evidence supporting the theory that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state for the purposes of supporting the interest of donors to the clinton foundation. the author was a speech writing consultant to former president george w. bush and worked for a conservative think tank but he says this summer he'll publish a report on jeb bush's business dealings. gayle, bill clinton is still giving paid speeches. hillary clinton stopped before she announced her candidacy. >> julianna thank you. >>> the captain accused in the mediterranean migrant tragedy made a court appearance in italy this morning. he faces merchandise ss homicide and human trafficking charges. the italian coast guard brought dozens more migrants ashore. clarissa ward had extraordinary a

brian fallon saying no one produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory. the times did a lot of its own reporting but this is in the book. >> this came from within the book which has already been by the left and mainstream media he's a push operative. it's a hit job. look at the timing. right after she announced. >> which is why this partnership is so interesting. the new york times has taken the reporting and going on. >> it's in the new york times this morning. no one is going to see it in the new york times this morning because it's not in the new york times this morning. >> we have the early edition. >> we do and i'll tell you something talking generationally joe more people read the new york times online than the print edition. >> it was out -- it was out in time for the print addition wasn't it? >> i don't know the mechanics but they put it out after midnight. i have no inside knowledge of this. >> for me if it's not in a physical newspaper i'm not sure nobody sees it. >> okay mr. no facebook account. >> so i have to look on -- do you have to be a su

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