A “DEMOCRAT noise machine” all along?

Lauria [bankruptcy attorney Tom Lauria]:  Let me tell you it’s no fun standing on this side of the fence opposing the President of the United States.  In fact, let me just say, people have asked me who I represent.  That’s a moving target.  I can tell you for sure that I represent one less investor today than I represented yesterday.  One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under the threat that the full force of the White House Press Corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight.  That’s how hard it is to stand on this side of the fence.

Beckmann [WJR talk show host Frank Beckmann]:  Was that Perella Weinberg?

Lauria:  That was Perella Weinberg.

You know, if we had any real reporters out there, somebody might be checking this out.

UPDATE 090504 13:36: Somebody is. (Via IP, who has more links.)

“The charge is completely untrue,” said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, “and there’s obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way.”

What’s that rule that begins, “Anytime somebody uses the word ‘obvious’...”?

And I’d still like to know:  Which reporters (other than “all of them”) did the White House trust to be sufficiently in the tank to go along with something like this?
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Transcript by:  Corky Boyd at Island Turtle (via IP).

Elsewhere:  audio at WJR

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