turkish cleric fethullah gulen in an attempt to persuade turkey s government to ease pressure on the saudi government. the white house is looking for ways to play indicate turkey over the murder of u.s. journalist jamal khashoggi, according to two senior u.s. officials and two other people briefed on the requests. nbc continues, quote, career officials at the agencies pushed back on the white house requests. as one senior u.s. official described it, quote, at first there were eye rolls. but once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious. joining us now is somebody who knows how things are supposed to work inside the administration, or inside any administration on an issue like this. he knows what normal looks like in a circumstance like this. david lockman was a long-time civil servant and prosecutor at the department of justice. in february he resigned as the head of the justice department s counterledges, counterintelligence and control section. thanks for
last month asked federal law enforcement agencies to examine legal ways of removing exiled turki turkish cleric in an attempt to sway looking for ways to placate turkey over the murder of u.s. journalist jamal khashoggi. nbc continues, quote, career officials at the agencies pushed back on the white house requests as one senior u.s. official described it, quote, at first there were eye rolls. once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious. joining us now is somebody who knows how things are supposed to work inside the administration or inside any administration on an issue like this. he knows what normal looks like. in a circumstance like this. david loveman was a long time civil servant at the department of justice. in february he resigned as the head of the justice department s
trump had in the united states before she became a citizen. he has lived legally in pennsylvania for 20 years. the trump white house has been trying to find a way to help send him back to turkey where he would surely be imprisoned and possibly put to death after some kind of show trial. the white house wanted to send him to turkey even though the justice department found he had broken no laws in turkey, no turkish laws. the white house had been trying to find a way to face charges of helping to organize a coup against president erdogan. quote, trump administration officials then asked for other options to legally remove him. a senior u.s. official involved in the process described the reaction among career officials at the justice department say, quote, at first there were eye rolls, but once they realized it was a serious request, the
he has lived legally in pennsylvania for 20 years. the trump white house has been trying to find a way to help send him back to turkey where he would surely be imprisoned and possibly put to death after some kind of show trial. the white house wanted to send him to turkey even though the justice department found he had broken no laws in turkey, no turkish laws. the white house had been trying to find a way to face charges of helping to organize a coup against president erdogan. quote, trump administration officials then asked for other options to legally remove him. a senior u.s. official involved in the process described the reaction among career officials at the justice department say, quote, at first there were eye rolls, but once they realized it was a serious request, the career guys were furious.
truth, in the next breath completely disrespecting our military by insulating john mccain because he was a war hero who got captured. could have gone home earlier, but decided to stay in comradery. you don t see that a lot. a few republicans with a backbone and stand up to the president. you don t see that in the senate or the house. in the bbc we talk to republicans and democrats and on camera and off the record you see the eye rolls and see people clearly frustrated, but when it s time to stand and make moral authority and speak with conviction, they are radio silent. this is a threat to democracy as we know it. i m with the republican party when i speak out. what happened to the power to persuade colleagues from talking about something who democrats would look to as parts.