Sequentially undermine his credibility for months. this is what rudy giuliani had to say to clarify his truth isn t truth comment. he says, my statement was not meant as a pontification on moral theology but bun referring to the situation where two people make precisely contradictory statements, the classic he said, she said puzzle. sometimes further inquiry can reveal the truth. other times it doesn t. what is he talking about? of course, james comey has testified on capitol hill that the president urged him to let flynn go, let the mothatter of flynn go, his former national security advisor, in a private conversation with comey. president trump, according to giuliani, is going to dispute that. of course, the president hasn t necessarily done that publicly. one more point, katy. giuliani also over the weekend said to chuck that that meeting at trump tower with don jr., that infamous meeting was held in order to get dirt on hillary clinton. so he acknowledged that. then he went on to s
Not know about. this is the latest version of donald trump s way to explain that meeting. the first lie was that it was all about adoptions. another significant kpopment in the trump defense strategy is that revelation that we now know the president s version of what james comey says was the incriminating conversation in which president trump tried to block the fbi s investigation of the first trump national security adviser michael flynn. the president asked him, i hope you can see your way clear to getting this go, to letting flynn go. donald trump s version of the conversation is that the conversation never happened. flynn, the president says he never told comey that he should go easy on flynn. i just want to be clear exactly what happened in that conversation with comey about michael flynn.
That revelation that we now know the president s version of what james comey says was the incriminating conversation in which president trump tried to block the fbi s investigation of the first trump national security adviser michael flynn. the president asked him, i hope you can see your way clear to getting this go, to letting flynn go. donald trump s version of the conversation is that the conversation never happened. flynn, the president says he never told comey that he should go easy on flynn. i just want to be clear exactly what happened in that conversation with comey about michael flynn. what exactly did president trump say? there was no conversation about michael flynn. so you re saying that president trump and james comey never discussed michael flynn? that is what he will testify to if he s asked that question. joining our discussion now, senior editor for the atlantic
Comey to end the investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. the president said he never told comey he should go easy on flynn. comey says he did. if he goes in and testifies under oath, instead of this being a dispute, they can say it is perjury. if they elect to believe comey instead of trump. contrast that to what he told abc in july. how is he a good witness for the president if the president was asking him or directing him to let the michael flynn go. he didn t say that. he said can you give him a break. can you give him a break? which is it? the president never asked comey to give him a break or he did? the president told him during that meeting, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go.
how is he a good witness for the president if the president was asking him or directing him to let the michael flynn go. he didn t say that. he said can you give him a break. can you give him a break? which is it? the president never asked comey to give him a break or he did? the former fbi director told the senate committee the president told him during that meeting, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. serious concerns in the white house now we know former aide omarosa manigault newman was able to sneak a recording device into the situation room. omarosa appeared on meet the press. she claims the recording you are about to hear is chief of staff john kelly firing her last december. i think it is important to understand if we make this a