Duffey emailed mccusker on august 30th and told her there was a clear direction from potus to continue the freeze. Mccusker continued to warn that the freeze was having real effects on dods ability to spend the military aid, and the impact would keep growing in the freeze continued. According to recent reports, around september 9, after the president s scheme had been exposed and the house had launched its investigations, duffey responded to mccuskers warnings with a formal and lengthy email. He asserted it would be dods afault, not ombs, if dod was unable to spend funds in time. Deputy undersecretary of defense Elaine Mccusker reportedly responded, i am speechless. We now know that dods concerns were well founded. The president s freeze on the security aid was illegal. Duffey should be called to testify about why dods repeated warnings went unheeded. What prompted his email that attempted to shift plame blame and about the fact that the president released the aid only after his scheme
The truth is truth. I dont mean to no, it isnt truth. Truth isnt truth. And then the president on twitter today out bashing a new report about White House Counsel Don Mcgahn cooperating with the mueller inquiry, a story the president already confirmed. All right. Lets go to geoff bennett, nancy cook, caitlyn huey burns, and guy lewis, a former u. S. Attorney. Geoff, we have more revelations on this sunday as well as the president reacting to the headlines that spewed over from yesterday in that New York Times article. What is he saying today . Among the many revelations included in that New York Times report is that the president wasnt fully aware of the extent to which the White House Counsel Don Mcgahn was cooperating with Robert Muellers team of investigators. While the president tried to counter that today in a series of tweets, one he says, i allowed White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to fully cooperate with the special counsel. He also attacked the New York Times for implying, the pr
Security clearance even after they dont need them. Is this normal for a monday morning. This is a Courtesy Call to let you know the film terminator 2 is almost two days overdue. What did you think of terminator 2 . Do you feel thats pr presum tious . I would never refer to myself that way. Be kind, rewind. Dont forget that. Thats what i remember about Blockbuster Video stores. You dont want to miss the story coming up on blockbuster. We grew up on block boss blo. Now theres one. Welcome back rachel. We had a lot of fun yesterday. Were going to big news today. Yesterday we had a freakout. We seem to have that in the National Media every couple weeks. This time, Robert Mueller has something big. They got him this time. The New York Times breaking this story yesterday afternoon, suggesting that don mcgan has had extensive cooperation with mueller and his team. You see the headline, mcgan has cooperated extensively in mueller inquiry and the bottom line is they made it seem like he had tur
Defends his position in puerto rico. I think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. A man at the center of a litany of trump scandals has been unceremoniously dumped. Don mcgahn found out today he is out of the white house the same way that we all did, via tweet. Donald trump saying this morning, don mcgann will be leaving his position in the fall. Shortly after the confirmation of brett carve an gnaw of the supreme court. The Washington Post reports, trumps announcement of mcgahns departure came as a surprise, including to mcgahn. While it had been an open secret inside the white house, mcgahn planned to leave after kafanca n kavanaughs shortly after the inauguration, it was acting attorney general sally yates who says she warned mcgahn about National Security adviser Michael Flynn and his contacts with russia. Michael flynn, of course, eventually pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about contacts with the russian ambassador. And in march 201
Nation of what is truly the american way. All that, and the president defends his position in puerto rico. I think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. A man at the center of a litany of trump scandals has been unceremoniously dumped. Don mcgahn found out today he is out of the white house the same way that we all did, via tweet. Donald trump saying this morning, don mcgann will be leaving his position in the fall. Shortly after the confirmation of brett carve an gnaw of the supreme court. The Washington Post reports, trumps announcement of mcgahns departure came as a surprise, including to mcgahn. While it had been an open secret inside the white house, mcgahn planned to leave after kavanaughs shortly after the inauguration, it was acting attorney general sally yates who says she warned mcgahn about National Security adviser Michael Flynn and his contacts with russia. Michael flynn, of course, eventually pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi