kelly has only been seen in public a handful of times since this all broke in january and he s not commented on it as of yet. kelly sent that now infamous e-mail that read, time for some traffic problems in ft. lee. today her attorney is fighting against self incrimination, arguing kelly cannot be forced to hand over documents that include personal e-mails and calendars because the information would, in effect, provide testimony that could be used against her. also in court today, the attorney for governor christie s two campaign managers, bill stepien. stepien is also refusing to turn over subpoena documents. he arguing federal agents have visited his home and talked to people who know him and is, too, citing his fifth amendment rights. the attorney for the state
with all things involving this president the usual caveats apply, which is that until trump makes a decision no decision has been made. but there is a growing sense even from when we wrote that story to when i went home this evening is that there s a sense within the white house that kelly cannot weather this storm. so the question is he out tomorrow, out this week, in a month or two? and that s the open question. but there s a sense he is not going to be able to make it as long as he said he has hoped. and part of that is being driven by the fact that the president s aides and confidants and friends asked who he should replace
that kelly is likely likely i guess is what we re saying on his way out and talking about the leading candidate replacement this hour. that s exactly right. with all things involving this president the usual caveats apply, which is that until trump makes a decision no decision has been made. but there is a growing sense even from when we wrote that story to when i went home this evening and continued talking to sources that there s a sense within the white house that kelly cannot weather this storm. so the question is he out tomorrow, out this week, in a month or two? and that s the open question. but there s a sense he is not going to be able to make it as long as he said he has hoped. and part of that is being driven by the fact that the president s own aides and advisers and outside confidants and friends about who he should replace general kelly with. there s a number of choices. one of the leading names we re
the situation should have been handled differently he responded, quote, no it was all done right. tonight a new report in the the washington post indicates that a number of white house staffers don t agree. in fact, this report indicates the long knives appear to be out for kelly in the west wing. ashley parker who will join us here in just a moment is the coauthor of tonight s piece. she and her colleague philip rucker and mike dossy write, quote, it has created an atmosphere of quiosreminiscent of the game of thrones staged early in the trump presidency. in the white house aides blame kelly for the bungling. he s began musings about possible replacements. and the post adds this quote, kelly is a big fat liar said one