they re getting a lot already from the people that are showing. trump said today he would be fine with mulvaney going forward and didn t want to set a bad precedent. that s not the feeling inside the white house. remember the briefing mulvaney made admitting the quid pro quo in front of reporters and not so sure it would be good for him to go. and it would be lively. following breaking news in roger stone s criminal trial in washington. steve bannon testified today. ce. where people go to learn about their medicare options before they re on medicare. come on in. you re turning 65 soon? yep. and you re retiring at 67? that s the plan! it s also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here s why.medicare part b doesn t pay for everything. this part is up to you. a medicare supplement plan helps pay for some of what medicare doesn t.
restrictions and sanctions on turkey. we will come with that bill next week. i want to turn to impeachment for a moment. the administration, as you know very well, still stonewalling, refusing to comply with the subpoenas. what is your next step in getting the documents and testimony and really getting to the bottom of what it is that you want? well, every time they refuse to comply or don t send somebody to testify or don t provide documents, that is just one more piece of evidence in the obstruction of justice case. remember it was nixon who had the obstruction of justice as one of the charges in his impeachment. really at this point, the president s own words on television, mulvaney s words in the press conference yesterday, the information that we ve seen publicly with the emails from the state department, all of that i think is evidence enough. this is just putting the icing on the cake. are you guys up against the clock, meaning those leading the inquiry, in the sense that,
mulvaney s comments. at one point mick mulvaney tried to hide behind there was a way to allow that to be used as cover. the justice department of justice saying it doesn t exist. some investigation that the aid had to be withheld in order to get this critical piece of information to help the investigation, presumably the justice department would, a, have knowledge of it and, b, would have been included in these type of discussions. to the extent the justice department is distancing themselves from it is significant. pretty incredible to see. melody, president trump and higgs allies have been claiming for weeks that there is no quid pro quo. we went back and found a few of those moments. watch. contrast that with the president s transcript of the president s phone call with president zelensky, there was no quid pro quo, no pressure. we do know there was definitely no quid pro quo.
decision? the first part, i d unlikely. rick perry was asked about this earlier today. he said his general counsel is still looking at it. the line from the white house is consistent, they go back to the nine-page letter, that they will not be complying with any requests for documents until there s some sort of more formal process. i think for mulvaney the answer is clear. perry held out the possibility he may do it. we ve seen divergent views. the defense department decided not to comply. the state department, certain officials are honoring those subpoenas into s unclear what the rest of the national security council will do. right now i believe those are depositions and not subpoenas, timorry son and alex vin man, who nfc officials we could learn about next week. we have this moment from per ry on how mick mulvaney did.
no quid pro quo basket. it s back to square one the republicans. so far what i ve gotten is a mix of i didn t see the comments or mulvaney has already walked them back or i want to wait and see and get all the facts before i comment and get a decision on impeachment. republicans can t cover their eyes and ears forever. at some point they re going to be asked to go on the record and support this. this is a huge problem for the white house to no longer be able to say there was no quid pro quo. what you will likely see is them saying something along the lines of what mulvaney said in the white house press briefing, yes, maybe there was this arrangement, there was nothing wrong with it, nothing illegal. essentially what you ll see is republicans for the most part moving the goal post. still at the end of the day, even though republicans are privately very concerned with some of these allegations, politically it s just not wise for them to come out against the president when their base and