transcripts of the interviews it has conducted in its investigation. the request came on april 20th with the doj indicating that some committee interviews may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting. nbc news has now confirmed that reporting. the doj did not indicate the number of transcripts they wanted or if there were any specific interviews they were interested in. so far the committee has interviewed more than 1,000 people, including many close to the twice-impeached former president. while attorney general merrick garland has received criticism about the justice department s response to the insurrection, this is the latest sign of the department appearing to escalate the scope of its inquiry. and as the new york times also points out several months ago the department quietly detailed a former federal prosecutor from maryland to the department headquarters. he s overseeing the politically fraught question of whether a case can be made
Confirmed to nbc news that the white house was made aware of it over a year ago, in early 2019. And in a new report, three officials familiar with that intelligence tell the New York Times that american officials intercepted financial transfers from a bank account that was controlled by the Russian Military to an account linked to the taliban. This afternoon the white house responded, criticizing the media for its coverage, slamming leaks, and defending the president. Since before President Trump assumed office, damaging and oftentimes erroneous leaks seeking to undermine or delegitimize the duly elected president have been published. The president was never briefed on this. This intelligence still has not been verified, and there is no consensus. The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the Public Domain because of the New York Times and the irresponsible leaks. More broadly, you know, i would reask the question of whether it was in his material but ask you maybe to
Written daily Intelligence Briefings last year. Additionally, according to the associated press, quote then National Security adviser john bolton told colleagues at the time that he briefed trump on the intelligence assessment in march 2019. Though we should point out that we have not confirmed that detail. Separately the New York Times is saying that trump got a written briefing on the situation in late february of this year. That is according to two officials, one of them saying it was included in the daily brief on february 27th. When the reports of this all emerged over the weekend, the president said on twitter, nobody briefed or told me about the intelligence in question. Theres also the question of the intelligence itself. On sunday, the president said it was not found to be credible and characterized it as a potential hoax. Then yesterday, his White House Press secretary is said there was quote no consensus on the credibility of the intelligence assessment and today the New Yor
Controlled by the Russian Military to an account linked to the taliban. This afternoon the white house responded, criticizing the media for its coverage, slamming leaks, and defending the president. Since before President Trump assumed office, damaging and oftentimes erroneous leaks seeking to undermine or delegitimize the duly elected president have been published. The president was never briefed on this. This intelligence still has not been verified, and there is no consensus. The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the Public Domain because of the New York Times and the irresponsible leaks. More broadly, you know, i would reask the question of whether it was in his material but ask you maybe to defend why the president isnt necessarily reading his pdb when there are these type of issues . The president does read and he also consumes intelligence verbally. This president , ill tell you, is the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that w
States reporting 10 uptick in new cases over the past week forcing some governors to pause or roll back reopening plans. Arizona, michigan, texas and florida all hit especially hard with new infections surging more than 60 or 70 recovering all angles of the story david spunt live at the white house and Miamidade County mayor carlose. Hi, steve. Steve arthel, the south and the west getting particularly hard with coronavirus cases, texas and florida have both had to take a step back and introduce new restrictions on bars overall 12 states in all have either had to pause or tighten their economic restrictions due to spikes in coronavirus cases. 5 states on saturday have set singleday records for new cases, florida, arizona, south carolina, georgia and nevada, all posting records for saturday. The former head of the cdc said the government needs to take stronger action. Theres no doubt we are doing more testing, our hospitals are better prepared but theres also no doubt that the virus has