Manafort and Michael Cohen, trumps longtime lawyer and fixer. So it is at this very Pivotal Moment, this is the context for a stunning set of leaks that would appear to give President Trump at least the excuse that he has been hunting for to oust the man overseeing the mueller probe. If you havent heard it by now, this is a bombshell. The New York Times reporters Michael Schmidt and adam goldman reported that Rod Rosenstein suggested that he could secretly record the president inside the white house and he discussed recruiting trumps own cabinet members to see whether he might convince them to remove the president from office under the 25th amendment. If that sounds explosive, it is. There is more to it. The New York Times noting that those pieces of the story themselves are contested. And while the paper cites sources who were briefed either on the conversations or the memos about them, it also quotes rosenstein himself denying the thrust of the story, saying, quote, the New York Time
Intelligence since i left the government on the 20th of january of 2017. And the other thing i wonder about. Of course, there are other senior officials who have the clearances who i wont name who have also been vocal and criticizing the president who, of course, werent mentioned here. A couple of factual points in the press secretarys discourse i would take issue with. One of which, of course, is the reference to the dossier and John Brennans involvement in that. The dossier to repeat, as ive said many times, was not repeat not used as a part of the formal Intelligence Community assessment. That was rendered about russian meddling in our in the 2016 election. She also referred to the 2014 situation with the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigation of past practices by this cia with respect to interrogations. People need to understand that the network that the committee was using was a cia network. And cia simply was discharging its Due Diligence responsibility for the security of t
Mueller investigation given this years scale of this, were going to start our broadcast here on the beat a little differently, were going to begin with the context of these explosive leaks. Then im going to share with you exactly what we know, both the New York Times report and some conflicting accounts. And then well turn to other sources. The heat on donald trump has never been hotter, with the doj flipping his Campaign Chair and long time personal lawyer. Its on in the last days and weeks that both men are not only guilty but talking to bob mueller. Its amidst that heat, that now, sources inside and outside the doj say its no surprise were seeing fresh attacks on the doj leadership, maybe giving everything theyve got. The nyt report focuses on a few comments made in a meeting that were either sar cattic jokes or never acted on. And know how odd it is that conversations from a year ago, would be leaking out right now. At the boiling point of the cooperation in this russia probe. And
In the last several hours, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct announced she conditionally agreed to provide her firsthand account of the allegation next week. Christine blasey fords attorneys released a statement to that effect before the 2 30 deadline that was set by the Committee Chairman chuck grassley. Details remain to be worked out. The white house telling nbc news this seems like another delay tactic. We continue to see more efforts to change or renegotiate fair terms and blowing past deadlines. Ford claims kavanaugh assaulted her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s, a claim the judge categorically denies. For more, lets go to Kelly Odonnell near the president s bedminster, new jersey estate. And liza collins, and host of the faqnyc podcast. Thank you for being with us this hour. Im going to start with you on this, kelly. Reading through the statement that came through, help us understand what was said and what wasnt t
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