plenty of criticism for her campaign to combat online bullying. according to the new york times , the president suggested that mrs. trump choose a different topic to avoid questions how the wife of a notorious twitter bully could lead a campaign to spotlight anti-bullying and other child wellness efforts. today the first lady s director said that melania trump is well aware of the criticism but that will not deter her from doing what she feels is right. i would hope most people in this country are happy that they have a strong and independent first lady who only it s had a the best interests of the children at heart. well, this could be seen as a break of sorts from her husband. this reads, melania trump planning solo international swing to africa. according to the statement released today, she is planning a trip through several as yet unnamed african countries in october. the trip, of course, follows her husband s famously offensive and offcolor remark about countries
if anything, he is the one who admitted that he is acting in part in retaliation as well as in question, the russia probe. it is maggie hagerman who says all the time, especially in washington, norms outweigh laws. they outnumber laws. on this norm of pulling security clearances, is there a point at which it would inflame or cause republicans on the hill, god for bid, to speak up? it hasn t yet. there have been very few things that have caused republicans to speak up. outside of the ones we go over time and time again. those who are gravely ill. throws the republicans on the hill who have spoken up against this president. these are there, who have to face voters again, this fall or two years from now or four years from now, seem very reluctant to do so.
prosecutors. that s right. the oath that don mcgahn swore when he took the office was to the constitution and to the rule of law. not to donald trump personally. so his duty of loyalty runs to the office, to the institution of the presidency as noted. what has he been around for? first when sally yates in january 2017, right after the inauguration, came to the white house and said that michael flynn had laid to fbi investigators, she made report directly to don mcgahn. so he was in the room when those issues were discussed with the president. he was in the room when the comey firing was discussed. and finally, he would have been privilegy to conversations about the cover story trying to explain that the trump tower moegt was not a meeting with the russian government over the election. we ll play the moment heard from around the world on meet the press this weekend. we ll talk about it on the other side. i m not going to be rushed into having him testify so he gets trapped into
outside of the ones we go over time and time again. those who are gravely ill. throws the republicans on the hill who have spoken up against this president. these are there, who have to face voters again, this fall or two years from now or four years from now, seem very reluctant to do so. they re so cowed by the support that trump still has in the republican party. and they re fearful of what that base could do if he turns them against them. we have not seen much in the way of pushback from republicans. if suddenly, if it goes beyond brennan and it becomes two, three, six, a dozen, whatever it might be, perhaps we would see an outcry. right now the republicans are towing the president s line. they re saying that brennan
not limited to, his son. on sunday, among other things, rudolph giuliani said that trump s team did not know that natalia veselnitskaya was russian before the meeting took place, nor that she was connected to the russian government. any meeting with regard to getting information on your point is something any candidate staff would take. if someone said, i have information about your point, you would take that meeting. from the russian government? she didn t represent the russian government. she s a private citizen. i don t even know if they knew she was russian at the time. all they had was her name. i think they knew she was russian.