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ALEX: It was interesting,
but it didn't prove anything. There's no evidence of a deal
that Russia would help Trump win in exchange for Trump's help
annexing eastern Ukraine. That's not how the game
is played. Manafort was one
of the inventors of the Favor Factory, a magical place
where political access is turned into money. Manafort wasn't instructed
to join the Trump campaign by Oleg Deripaska.
It was Manafort's idea. He told Kilimnik to make sure
Deripaska had seen reports about his new gig. Then he told Gates
the new job would be "good for business." It was all just winks and nods. SIMPSON: Given his long history
of leveraging political relationships
for self-enrichment, I think it's pretty obvious! The plan was,
one way or another, to fix his financial problems
but it didn't prove anything. There's no evidence of a deal
that Russia would help Trump win in exchange for Trump's help
annexing eastern Ukraine. That's not how the game
is played. Manafort was one
of the inventors of the Favor Factory, a magical place
where political access is turned into money. Manafort wasn't instructed
to join the Trump campaign by Oleg Deripaska.
It was Manafort's idea. He told Kilimnik to make sure
Deripaska had seen reports about his new gig. Then he told Gates
the new job would be "good for business." It was all just winks and nods. SIMPSON: Given his long history
of leveraging political relationships
for self-enrichment, I think it's pretty obvious! The plan was,
one way or another, to fix his financial problems
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ALEX: It was interesting,
but it didn't prove anything.
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There's no evidence of a deal
that Russia would help Trump win
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in exchange for Trump's help
annexing eastern Ukraine.
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That's not how the game
is played.
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Manafort was one
of the inventors
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of the Favor Factory,
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a magical place
where political access
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is turned into money.
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Manafort wasn't instructed
to join the Trump campaign
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by Oleg Deripaska.
It was Manafort's idea.
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He told Kilimnik to make sure
Deripaska had seen reports
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about his new gig.
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Then he told Gates
the new job would be
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"good for business."
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It was all just winks and nods.
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SIMPSON: Given his long history
of leveraging
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political relationships
for self-enrichment,
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I think it's pretty obvious!
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The plan was,
one way or another,
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to fix his financial problems.
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In a world where Mars is terraformed, a revolutionary AI partners with a cyborg to uncover a dark secret that threatens the colony's existence, challenging human colonists' beliefs about the planet.