SHOOTING OCCURRED AFTER THE MAN
PUNCHED AN OFFICER AND DROPPED A
BUNDLE THAT INCLUDED A GUN.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOW INSISTING
THESE TYPES OF PROTESTS WERE
NEVER MEANT TO BE PEACEFUL.
LAST NIGHT ON FOX NEWS, TRUMP
SAID HE’D BEEN TOLD ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO HE CALLED, QUOTE, THUGS ON A
PLANE DRESSED IN BLACK, FLYING
TO PLACES TO DISRUPT EVENTS LIKE
LAST WEEK’S REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
BEFORE LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR WISCONSIN TODAY, TRUMP WAS
ASKED ABOUT THAT STORY.
>> COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THIS PLOT THAT YOU WERE
REFERRING TO ON FOX NEWS LAST
NIGHT?
>> WHICH?
I COULD PROBABLY REFER YOU TO
THE PERSON, AND THEY COULD DO
IT.
I’D LIKE TO ASK THAT PERSON IF
IT WAS OKAY.
BUT A PERSON WAS ON A PLANE,
SAID THAT THERE WERE ABOUT SIX
PEOPLE LIKE THAT PERSON, MORE OR
LESS.
AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THE ENTIRE
PLANE FILLED UP WITH THE
LOOTERS, THE ANARCHISTS, THE
RIOTERS, PEOPLE THAT OBVIOUSLY
WERE LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
AND THE PERSON FELT VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE PLANE.
THIS WAS A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF
A PLANE GOING FROM WASHINGTON TO
WHEREVER, AND I’LL SEE IF I CAN
GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
MAYBE THEY’LL SPEAK TO YOU.
MAYBE THEY WON’T.
>> TONIGHT A TRUMP CAMPAIGN
OFFICIAL WAS PRESSED ABOUT THE
SUPPOSED PLOT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO
SHED MUCH LIGHT.
>> I DON’T HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS.
SOMEONE IS ORGANIZING THESE
TRIPS.
SOMEONE IS TRANSPORTING THESE
PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES INTO
THESE OTHER CITIES.
>> NBC NEWS REPORTS THAT THIS
NEW TRUMP CLAIM IS NEARLY
IDENTICAL TO A RUMOR THAT WENT
VIRAL ON FACEBOOK THREE MONTHS
AGO AND THAT THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF ANY SUCH FLIGHT.
TODAY WE ALSO LEARNED FACEBOOK
HAS REMOVED SEVERAL FAKE
ACCOUNTS AND PAGES SAID TO BE
CREATED BY RUSSIAN OPERATIVES.
FACEBOOK SAYS THEY RECRUITED
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS TO WRITE
HANDLE A DOSE OF HIS OWN
MEDICINE.
>> AND JEREMY BASH, WE ALSO
MENTIONED THERE IN THAT LEAD THE
NEWS ABOUT FACEBOOK TODAY, ABOUT
RUSSIA AS WELL APPARENTLY TRYING
TO RECRUIT JOURNALISTS, RECRUIT
FOLKS WITH SOME SORT OF PLATFORM
HERE TO TRY TO SOW DISCORD ON
THE LEFT.
AGAIN, ECHOS DIRECT SORT OF
PARALLELS TO WHAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE 2016
CAMPAIGN.
>> WE’RE GOING TO SEE THIS OVER
AND OVER AGAIN, STEVE.
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING IN FAVOR
OF DONALD TRUMP.
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
ASSESSED THAT THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION IS GOING TO ENGAGE
ONCE AGAIN IN A CAMPAIGN TO
BENEFIT DONALD TRUMP IN THIS
ELECTION.
AND, AGAIN, I THINK WE’VE GOT TO
HAVE OUR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY, OUR INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY, AND ALL OF THE STATE
