The man of one of moscows top spy. That secret line was never set up. It is not clear in kushner brought it up or suggested by the ambassador. One other thing, reuters reporting that Jared Kushner failed to disclose his phone calls between the Russian Ambassador last year. Meantime, the fbi is also very interested in a data operation that may have helped donald trump to win the white house. That data operation was supervised by Jared Kushner. So much to pull from this story. Brian nobles is in washington and clare is in moscow. Air force one is in the air, President Trump will be back in the United States tonight. What Administration Officials are saying of these developments involving Jared Kushner. This speaks of the larger message of the white house of these lengthy trips of the president had over seas. The president took few if any questions from reporters. Gary comb, the senior economic adviser did take questions from suppo reporters, they were asked by Jared Kushner and this is h
Donald trump himself. So this is just another part. Good morning. It is wednesday, july 12th. Welcome to morning joe. With this we had veteran columnist and nbc contributor mike barnicle, former treasury official steve rattner, msnbcs mark halperin, julie pace and now an msnbc justice and security analyst, matthew miller. Good to have you all. Before we get to the actual email trail that donald trump jr. Released yesterday himself, this bit of recording is significant. Quoting from the paper, as air force one jetted back on saturday, a small cadre of the president s advisers huddled in the cabin helping to craft a statement to give to the New York Times explaining why he met last summer with a lawyer in the russian government. They debated how transparent to be in the statement according to people familiar with the russians. Ultimately the president signed off on a statement from donald trump jr. For the times i timesincomplete that it required followup statements day after day. Really
Messages with a colleague during the 2016 election. And despite the official, peter strzok was removed from muellers team last summer, trump allies are calling for a purge of the countrys top Law Enforcement institutions, even suggesting that the investigation itself represents a coup to disenfranchise trump voters. I think its safe to say we now know we have the most corrupt fbi, the most corrupt Justice Department in our countrys history. This bias is like an infection. Its like an incurrable cancer that is inoperable. And weve got to end this mueller probe. The only thing that remains is whether we have the fortitude to not just fire these people immediately but to take them out in cuffs. Were looking at this and were seeing more and more that this is an attack on the presidency at levels weve never seen before. We may now uhave proof the investigation was weaponized to destroy his presidency for partisan political purposes. And to disenfranchise millions of american voters. Now if
Efforts have been suck saysfcesd views the 2018 midterm elections as a potential target for u. S. Russia operations. The intel chiefs releasing a report to go along with it. So everyone can read it themselves. Russia getting bolder and even more disruptions in their cyber operations. Attacks on our infrastructure which could include the electrical grid which means our power. Again, i have to repeat this, because theres so much debate about the facts these days. Thats an assessment from team donald trump. And it is obviously d. C. Lly da. So what is President Trump directing be done about it . Nothing. Here was a truly disturbing revelation in this hearing. Has the president directed you and your agency to take specific actions to confront and blunt russian influence activities that are ongoing . Were taking a lot of specific efforts to blunt directed by the president . Not as specifically directed by the president. What is Congress Going to do about that . In a few moments im happy to
Bring us any news youre hearing on this rather remarkable headline, ashley parker. Jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, has been under scrutiny since minutes after the election was won for i think his very earliest contacts with foreign governments, as he sought to fill out all the background forms that anyone going to work in the white house fills out. The sf86. The more extensive form, its been amend ed countless times. His clearance attorney, jamie gerelik, who was a very senior democrat at the doj, has departed him. Hes now represented by abbe lowell in the special counsel investigation. Hes someone at the center of every controversy facing this white house. Hes also at the center of every ambitious Foreign Policy goal that this president has. Today he has been stripped of the security clearance that permitted him to read the most sensitive piece of intel inside that west wing. The president ial daily brief. Huge news for this white house. Thats right. It is huge news. You know