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but the way it is explained is that he talked to the members of the military about the process, because he wanted to make sure that he was clear on it, and they were, because they were the people making the calls, and getting on a conference line with senior people in this administration or in the previous administration if there was some sort of a strike coming, and general milley wanted to look each one of them in the eye and make sure they knew what to do in that case. so the two vignettes that have come out, yes, they are not denying them, but there is a little bit of the wiggle room of how they were carried out, geoff. and courtney, the context here accounts for a lot, and we should not lose sight of what general milley was trying to guard against according to the reporting that he believed that president trump was in mental decline as did members of the cabinet, and he said that you never know what a president s trigger point will be, and evelyn, setting aside the statement, in
l.a. fbi offices turn it over to state and federal prosecutors? that is to me, one of the most important questions asked and not answered today. in fact, i thought that it was interesting that the inspector general in his testimony to congress was asked can you tell us what the conversation was like between you and the agents and any other fbi people who were responsible in terms of you understanding for purposes of producing your report why they did not contact local, state prosecution officials once they had questions about whether there was federal jurisdiction, and the question was from the inspector general was that i don t have information on that, and it struck me as strange, and what do you mean, you don t have information on that? that is by far the most important question in terms of falling through the cracks. as you said, geoff, assume that one of the reasons they did not do very much is once they got
in the last couple of years, i have had to be taken in an ambulance because i pass out and i m so sick from the trauma. reporter: and the other thing that you could not see that we could see, geoff, is the fact that the women supported each other. when simone biles started to breakdown, the concern on aly raisman s face, and she was sitting at the other end of the table, and she wanted to reach out to her, and after they finished testifying, they all hugged each other, and it is a clear emotional moment, but it is not the emotion, they want action, and they want those fbi agents held accountable, and prosecuted and they want an independent investigation to find out how this went on, and why this went on for so long. yeah. i will tell our viewers that there is a press conference happening now with the senators and the gymnasts, themselves, and when the gymnasts start to speak, we will dip into that, and picking up on the point,
came out that has gotten a little bit of the attention. that is the meeting that general milley called with the members of the military that worked on the nmcc which is the national military command center. there is a lot of attention as you recall, geoff, there was a lot of concern that president trump may try to do something. and he may try to strike out in an adversary or maybe even send out an air strike, and he was getting more and more, his behavior was getting more and more erratic before the inauguration of joe biden. general milley called the members of the nmcc in his office and went through the procedure, and the way that the woodward book and some of the reporting has come out made it sound as if general milley was trying to circumvent the procedures by calling people in,