home. they left washington dark. they were dark. they came down here i say bright eyed and bushy tailed. they wanted to do a great job for the people. they wanted to do a great job. we won the leelection, and then they get served with subpoenas, all these subpoenas. now look at nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you know, she has to approve it. she hands out subpoenas like they re cookies. you want a subpoena? here you go, take them like they re cookies. paul ryan would never give anybody a subpoena. he wouldn t give them when mark meadows went in to talk, when jim jordan went in, when devin nunes, i m not saying wrong or right, but paul ryan, no, let s talk about it. that s a big thing to give a subpoena. let s talk about it, two weeks later they re still talking. they wanted subpoenas to investigate the corrupt democrats, and the corrupt
and i cleaned up transcriptions, by the way, that we took to get them right what do you mean by cleaned up? how would you clean them up? there s a lot of mystery here. let s talk about it in a little bit of detail. when president obama called putin or medvedev. he always did those in the oval office, not in the residence, like president trump did with president zelensky. i was always in the room. i was always sitting on the other phone in the oval office listening to the call, taking notes. i speak russian. i was taking notes in english and russian. in the white house situation room there were also more than one people listening to the call, tribing to the best of their ability, usually someone from my office, too, in the white house situation room listening to the call so we could reconstruct the transcript to the best of our abilities. but to move forward, it usually was classified as secret, not
of his suggestions as did others in the administration, and therefore i asked john for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. which, by the way, ambassador bolton disputes that account. he says he offered his resignation last night and the president told him, quote, let s talk about it tomorrow. in any case, it seems no one told the white house press office, which had just announced bolton s presence at a joint press conference this afternoon. an hour later he was gone. again, he is the third national security adviser to be shown the door. as you well know, the first was michael flynn. he s now a convicted felon who is back in the headlines today. a judge setting his sentencing date for the 18th of december. as for the second, h.r. mcmaster, the president is said to be in touch with him, even reportedly telling mcmaster that he misses him. as for bolton, the president once had plenty of praise for him, his intelligence, and perhaps most important to this president, his to
the fourth national security adviser since coming to the white house. president trump abruptly firing his third national security adviser john bolton. the president announcing bolton his services are no longer needed at the white house adding, i asked john for his hi. john bolton s priorities and policies just don t match up with the president s. reporter: minutes after, bolton tweeting his version of what happened. writing, i offered to resign last night and president trump said let s talk about it tomorrow. the president s now-canceled secret meeting with the taliban at camp david apparently the breaking point. bolton thought it was a bad idea from the start. sources tell cnn bolton told the president that to his face. multiple sources say trump grew increasingly irritated with bolton s outspoken nature in recent months. yeah, john is very good. john has strong views on things,
thank you. president trump is searching for his fourth national security adviser in three years. john bolton is out. how did that happen? it depends who you ask. president trump tweeted i informed john bolton his services were no longer needed. but 12 minutes later john bolton said i offered to resign last night and president trump said let s talk about it tomorrow. cnn learned bolton and president trump got into a bitter argument on monday night over the president s plan to host the taliban at camp david. word is bolton went public. there is a lot trump can take. leaking is not one. bolton had been isolated in recent months by president trump. secretary of state mike pompeo and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. cnn finds that bolton felt the president trump caves too much when it comes to dictators.