Discredit the investigations now encircling him and some of his associates. The reporting is the work of four journalists, including michael schmidt, who joins us in just a moment. The Trump Presidency is under criminal investigation, and trumps public battles against the inquiries have become a signature of his administration thus far. A number of actions, including the firing of james comey, reportedly ordering the white House Counsel to fire Robert Mueller and calling on former attorney general Jeff Sessions to end the mueller effort have raised questions about obstruction. However, this new times report, quote, reveals the extent of an even more sustained, more secretive assault of mr. Trump on the machinery of federal law enforcement. Perhaps the biggest revelation in this piece is that trump may have tried to interfere with the investigation involving his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, about hush money payments, youll recall, made during the 2016 campaign. That investigation is be
Resign last night and turned in that resignation this morning. Whatever you thought of boltons Foreign Policy views, he was largely seen as a check on some of the president s most reckless and childlike impulses. Things like sucking up to kim jongun and staging a summit with the taliban at camp david. His abrupt resignation came as a surprise to the west week. The New York Times reporting, the National Security advisers dismissal came so abruptly that it was announced bare lly an ho after the white house scheduled a briefing for 1 30 where mr. Bolton was supposed to appear alongside mike pompeo and treasury secretary mnuchin. Mr. Bolton is reported to have now left the white house. Trump fired off a tweet indicating there were disagreements about policy. Weve learned one of those was the kumbaya with the taliban which bolton reportedly described as, getting in bed with killers in american blood. He canceled the trip into the dmz into north korea, trump is accompanied by e vunk kaun iva