Word with lawrence odonnell. So tuesday who will the National Security advisor be . Will john bolton get the ethics clearance and take the job or will h. R. Mcmaster sit there until bolton clears or never clears . Whats next . If it were any job other than National Security advisor or any potential conflicts other than hey, maybe youre in the middle of the mueller counterintelligence investigation you might expect they clear whoever it is through. I think the prospect you have a counterintelligence problem for two of your three National Security advisor while the flynn one is still resonating. Flynn is still awaiting sentencing. I think the john bolton situation is a real question. Well see. And theres always the possibility of a pardon discussion in the white house for Donald Trumps first National Security advisor, and would the current National Security advisor be part of that discussion . Yeah. The things to imagine. And who clears the security clearance . Thank you, rachel. Thank y
Over the weekend calling it a big deal, you guessed it, a witch hunt. But do not be distracted because thats not the biggest and potentially most significant news that broke over the weekend. It was a New York Times report detailing the trump tower meeting during the campaign, donald trump jr. Sitting down with a small group with foreign ties to discuss how Foreign Governments could help the Trump Campaign. Sound familiar . The thing is, this meeting was not with the russians. It wasnt that june 16th, 2016 meeting. Instead, it was nearly two months later with a representative of saudi arabia and the unite d arab emirates. According to the times, the meeting was arranged by erik prince, a gop donor, brother of education secretary betsy devos, and founder of blackwater, a Security Firm with controversial ties to the middle east. Also in attendance, george nader who, quote, told donald trump jr. That the princes who led saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates were eager to help his fath
Robert muellers investigation there are going to be a lot of dramatic scenes in airports and different airports. It seems that Robert Muellers fbi agents are doing a lot of their work in american airports. They secretly arrested George Papadopoulos when he got off a plane at washington dulles airport. And tonight New York Times is reporting that agents stopped joel zamel at Washington International airport and briefly seized his electronic devices. Theyre also reporting tonight that fbi agents stopped a Russian Oligarch at a new york area airport, questioned him about his dealings with mr. Trump and seized his e electronics, according to a person familiar with the matter. And ted mallic was stopped at Logan Airport at boston when he returned from an international trip. They took his electronics and questioned him about roger stone and wikileaks. And george nader was stopped in january. Nader is emerging as a more and more complex figure with connections from the United Arab Emirates to
Election. This is according to several people with knowledge of the meeting. That report indicating for the first time that russia was not the only country that might have been involved with the trump campaign. Joining me on the telephone is r ronan bergman. Take me to the meeting on august 3, 2016. What was being proposed at trump tower . So this was an introduction meeting when mr. Prince, the former owner of blackwater had brought two of his acquaintances to the trump tower to see donald trump jr. And some other people in the inner circle of the c campai campaign. One of them of the social media specialist, who had a company or presented a company with abilities to give an edge to political campaign. And the other one was george nader, who presented himself as an emissary for both the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia. During the half an hour meeting, mr. Prince had said hes bringing donors, organizing demonstrations for mr. Trump. And nader had said that his friends where he re
Thank you. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. If youd like to vote for susan to host the next Rachel Maddow show taking your calls live on the air about gardening tips you can vote you cant. Happy monday. You know, theres been a lot of complaining, public complaining by the president. Theres been a lot of all capital letters misspelled tweeting by the president. Theres been a lot of cheerleading by the president for people who go on the Fox News Channel and make arguments disparaging the fbi or Robert Mueller or the special counsels investigation into the russia issue. Theres been a lot of noise. A lot of complaining. A lot of yelling. But if you clear aside all that noise, if you treat this president and this administration as a silent movie and you pay no attention to what they say and you only observe what they do, it really is twice now that the president has takeown fishtak takeown fishel action as president to try to wart the russia investigation. The first was a