This is a very low quality video, as it distorts Biden's voice to make him sound whiny. But the important part is his confession, starting at 2:25 and ending at 2:56. I'm sure there is a better video, this is just the first one I found.
So they said they had—they were walking out to a press conference. I said, nah, I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars. I said, you’re not getting the billion. I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a b-tch. (Laughter.) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."
Here is a transcript from the CFR website of the full panel session from 1/23/18 that includes the portion above. The other participants were Richard Haass, the President of the CFR, and Michael Carpenter, former Deputy Secretary of Defense.
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