This duty of congressional oversight. Supposed to be bipartisan. But all that said, in a move that republicans are calling odd at the very least the white house also chose today to send to those briefings chief of staff john kelly as well as this man emmit flooded. Kelly and flood. Flood as you may real a member of the team defending President Trump in the russia information. In fact, on may 2nd joining the White House Counsels Office Sarah Sanders said flood, quote, joining the white house staff to represent the president and the administration against the russia witch hunt, unquote. Sources tell me that kelly and flood attended the very tops of both meetings and left before classified matters were discussed. The White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders just issued a statement saying, quote, nearly kelly or flood attended the meetings and did make brief remarks before the meeting started to relay the president s desire for as much openness as possible but on capitol hill people are s
Speak today at the nras National Convention in dallas. This amid more and more concerns about the credibility of the president , his staff, and the entire White House Team at this point. Kaitlan collins joins us at the white house. Were waiting to see the president. He may take questions as he walks across the lawn to marine one there. What are you hearing . Actually reporters are on the south lawn right now. The president just walked out of the oval office and i did just get an update from my colleagues out there on the south lawn, they said the president is speaking to reporters. Well wait to see what exactly it is hes saying. Im sure hes being asked about this Stormy Daniels payment, of course. The president actually does often speak to reporters in the south lawn, but he has made a habit in the last few weeks, but clearly today he feels like there is something to get off his chest. Of course, inside the white house, his staffers feel blind sided by that revelation that Rudy Giulian
Prospect of issuing a grand jury subpoena to compel the president to testify under oath oath if e doesnt sit down to talk. Concerns about the probe. I know when you are in the middle of an investigation, you can lose some objectivity. Are they objective about the president s interview . Do they have an open mind to the fact that he could be telling the truth and comey may be lying . If they have an open mind to that, then this is something we would consider. If they dont, then given all of the irregularities in the investigation, we would be foolish to have him be interviewed. Jesse here are some stipulations for an interview. What to you would be acceptable parameters for an interview . Two hours. Topics . Questions in advance. Relevant topics. Meaning russia, which may not be relevant any longer. We want a commitment that they are going to decide before the end of the summer so we dont have this drag on and further imperiled the presidency. Jesse mr. Trump firing off on twitter once
Theres evidence that vekselberg may have used his holdings to do the kremlins bidding in the past. Four years ago, the fbi warned a foundation controlled by him might have been acting on behalf of russias intelligence services. So all this led to speculation that vekselberg perhaps acting on behalf of the russian government or not was funneling money to cohen through Columbus Nova. Heres the thing, the Company Columbus nova stressed it is American Company run by american businessmen named andrew intrator. Vekselberg is his biggest client and his cousin. But the company says vekselberg was not involved in the decision to pay cohen. The claim viktor was involved or provide any funding for Columbus Novas engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. In other words, how dare you . Columbus nova just wanted to pay Michael Cohen 1 million for a totally unknown reason which had nothing to do with their biggest client, a russian oligarch. Guess what . It turns out thought Michael Cohen and n
Nothing i want to do more. We did nothing wrong. President trump is sending yet another message to robert mueller. Lets talk. I would love to speak. I would love to. Nobody wants to speak more than me. Against my lawyers because most lawyers never speak on anything. I would love to speak. Want to revise Rudy Giuliani twoday media tour. The president stopped not once but twice to stop before leaving for the Nra Convention in dallas during which he endorsed his chief of staff and signalled a new willingness to talk to mueller. His newly white house lawyer emett flood wants him to take a hard line. Peter, you have new reporting that Rudy Giuliani will issue some sort of correction to the various legal points that he has been making for the last 4 8 hours. Reporter thats right. The president telegraphed this earlier saying there would be a statement coming out from Rudy Giuliani soon. I spoke to Rudy Giuliani within the last five minutes and he tells me to expect a correction. He said sure