. >>> david enrich is the finance editor of "the new york times."ew book is called "dark towers: deutsche bank, donald trump, and an epic trail of destruction." we're going to talk with him in just a moment, but i want to give you a couple pieces of his reporting before we bring him in. this is basically the definitive story of what went wrong at this institution, deutsche bank, and why that coincided with deutsche bank becoming the sole underwriter of the mythical business career of donald trump, leading right up to the point where he became president. among the revelations in enrich's book are sort of small worrying signs like the original loan documents for the earliest deutsche bank loan to trump having what appeared to be at least one forged signature on it to big flashing red lights like multiple deutsche bank officials on multiple occasions flagging that there appeared to be organized crime ties to mr. trump and his businesses, and that maybe meant the bank should stop shoveling money to him. there's brand-new reporting in the book that over

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and in dark towers, new york times financial you would to have david enrich takes a critical look at deutsche bank and its dealings with donald trump. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> please welcome dr. lynne cheney and karl rove with your moderator, susan eisenhower. [applause] >> you don't want to fall off the steps went you enter the dais. [laughter] let's see, i -- they told me left. >> all the way over. [laughter] >> karl, you know the difference between right and left, don't you? [laughter] >> yeah, you're on their right. [laughter] >> welcome,

and in dark towers, "new york times" financial editor david enriched looks at a look at the internationaling giant and its dealings with donald trump. look for these titles and books boards this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv on cspan2. on book tvs monthly program in depth, former advisor to president donald trump sebastian gorka, discusses the books and offers his thoughts on politics and national security. here's a portion of the interview. >> what does that tell you when their lord and people and the richest sports man in america the kneeling when the national anthem is playing for disrespecting our flag. disrespecting those who bled and gave their lives for this nation. it is sad, this is not the dnc, this is the democratic party of your forefathers. they are sick individuals. if they are pro-life, you can even be part of the democrat platform. if you are strong on national security and believe in national security like john f. kennedy did you would not be allowed onto the platform today. that is saddening. i hope and wish that we have a ma

david enrich.ome executives at deutsche had discussed the pit falls of the trump relationship and they were worried. they talked about trump's well documented ties to organized crime and the possibility that trump's real estate projects were laundry mats for ill list it funds from countries like russia. elaborate. >> well, this is -- it's been publicly known for a long time that he's had brushes with the organized crime world. and what's less publicly known is that trump has been in business with russians and in some cases deutsche bank facilitated the relationships. i found that deutsche bank held gatherings, partying, events that they would introduce trump to wealthy russians and people closely connected to the kremlin. and these russians were looking for places to park their money in the west in particular in real estate. and they were introduced to trump for those purposes and, you know, that's something that has not gotten i think quite as much attention as it deserves. >> then why is your boo

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and joining us now finance editor for "the new york times," david enrich, the author of the new book d trump and an epic trail of destruction." wow. >> so, david, thank you for being with us. maybe you can answer a question i know a lot of people want to know. why would deutsche bank work with donald trump and extend a guy credit who had failed casinos, failed airlines, one failed business after another, and also had the rejection letters from every other major bank in america and across the world. why did deutsche bank say yes? >> in a word because they were really greedy. and they were desperate to establish a business presence in the united states. and that meant going for clients that were basically off limits to other more mainstream financial institutions. and so they went for the scraps. they picked up clients like jeffrey epstein and picked up clients like donald trump and jared kushner. it's really as simple as that. >> and so, weren't they concerned with trump that they would lose money on him or did they just say it was worth it to have him as a client, even if they knew th

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