Now Jeffrey, I'm gonna need you to explain something to me real slow. What exactly is a 'flight log' and why does my name appear in it TWENTY-SIX TIMES?

Bill, relax. Flight logs are just routine aviation paperwork. It's like a sign-in sheet. Very boring stuff. Nobody reads them.

NOBODY READS THEM? Son, I was a constitutional law professor. I know exactly how a FOIA request works.

Gentlemen, composure please. I've dealt with far more complex situations than this. My father once fell off a yacht and I managed that perfectly.

Ghislaine, your father's situation is maybe not the reassuring comparison you think it is.

Look, Bill, I know people. I know the best lawyers. I know judges. I know everyone. This is what I do - I solve problems for my friends.

Jeffrey, you being a people person is precisely the problem we are discussing right now.

Bill, darling, might I suggest you simply deny it? In my experience, confident denial works 90% of the time.

I was the President of the United States. I once looked America in the eye and debated the meaning of the word 'is.' I think I can handle a denial.

That's the spirit! And technically, you were on the plane for Africa trips. Philanthropy. Humanitarian work. Very noble stuff.

Right. Africa. That's the story. I was doing humanitarian work. I was helping people. That is what I do and who I am.

Excellent. And the four trips that didn't go anywhere near Africa?

Well now see, that depends on how you define 'near.' Geographically? Spiritually? I was always near Africa in spirit.

Bill you're a genius. This is why I collect brilliant people. I told Larry Summers the same thing - 'Bill Clinton is the most charming man I've ever met.'

Jeffrey, for the love of God, stop telling people you know me. Stop name-dropping me. Stop COLLECTING me.

More pressingly - Bill, does Hillary know about the flight logs?

Ghislaine I need you to understand something. The day Hillary finds out about those logs is the day I wish I was the one on your father's yacht.

Okay so here's my plan. I know a guy at the FAA. I know people at every agency. We get the logs reclassified.

You cannot reclassify a flight log, Jeffrey. That's not how classification works. I had actual nuclear codes, I know the system.

What if the pilot simply doesn't recall? Memory is a terribly unreliable thing. I've forgotten entire decades.

The pilot kept a HANDWRITTEN LOG. With DATES. And PASSENGER NAMES. Who does that?!

A very thorough pilot. I only hire the best people. That's kind of the problem here in retrospect.

Might I suggest we focus on the positive? The logs don't say what happened ON the plane. Just who was on it.

Oh wonderful. 'I was on it but nothing happened.' That's the same defense I used last time and Hillary STILL brings it up at Thanksgiving.

You know what we need? A better narrative. I'm going to call my PR guy. He handled things for Harvey before everything went south.

Jeffrey. Harvey's things went about as south as things can go. That is not the reference you want.

Look, the strategy is simple. Bill says philanthropy. Jeffrey says finance. I say I was simply being a good hostess. We've rehearsed this.

Fine. Philanthropy. Africa. Humanitarian. Good works. That's my story. I need to go now because I can hear Hillary's footsteps in the hallway.

Love you buddy! And remember - I know everyone, and everyone knows the flight logs are nothing. We're golden.

Please stop saying you love me in writing.