how come, mr. kent? >> i wanted to meet with matt gaetz. he had the ability to raise the money quickly, and yes, i did put that in there as a teaser, because as i said, mr. gaetz was in need of some good will, and we worked with multiple people over the years. and all of them have been in similar situations. a lot of them have been facing indictments or all looking for goodwill from the u.s. government. >> one of the things you have circumstanceally without getting too in the weeds against you, is one of the guys who you were working with on this and approaching the gaetz has a criminal record. for being a fraudster. why would you be associated with somebody like that? >> so i was contacted by david mcgee in october. and he asked me to meet with somebody, which steven offered, because he wanted to help with levenson, and believed he could get him out. after the rescue attempt fell apart in july, i had no contact with dave after that. i said sorry it didn't work out. we went forward. he wished me the best of luck in my future endeavors. then

is not necessarily going to sit down at that conversation and say, okay, before we get started, mr. kentuld know that you're the subject of an investigation about a possible extortion. what they will do is ask him very detailed questions about the meeting that was at the heart of that alleged extortion effort. and that was the meeting between he and don gaetz. it was clear from his interview with you, his responses to your questions, that they did exactly that. they asked him about the meeting he had with don gaetz, what he said to don gaetz, what he was basing his claims on, whether or not he had any actual insider information about the doj investigation of matt gaetz's conduct with minors. so they got at the heart of the issue and my guess is they probably resolved any concerns that an extortion was actually taking place. >> now, look, he's a pro, he's an intel guy. but he betrayed no concern about any of my questions. and i asked him all the questions like three different times, trying to get him -- you know, just to see if he would change his demeanor. what is your sense that this is

officials said mr navalny had been admitted to a prison hospital after 20 days on hunger strike. here, east kent in november 2017, after a series of errors at his birth. an inquest last year found his death was "wholly avoidable". the scottish conservatives have launched their manifesto for may's scottish election. the leader, douglas ross, called it a plan "to secure and accelerate the recovery from coronavirus". and he insisted that the focus of the next holyrood term should not be on another independence referendum. in a scottish parliament focused on our national interest, parties will be able to deliver on their programmes by working together to rebuild scotland. yet we will have none of that if the snp win a majority and take us through another divisive independence referendum. we need to get on the road to recovery. we need to ensure that we don't leave behind a lost covid generation, and that we heal the damage that this pandemic has done to our economy and society. we need to choose to rebuild scotland now, and the only way to do that at this election is to vote scottish conservative wi

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