was a pretty stunning statement that he had done that and was, by the way, exactly the appropriate thing to do was to brief the gang of eight. and if there was no of course this is not something he s making up because it s easily verifiable. and the fact nobody pushed back, particularly the republicans among the gang of eight is i think quite quite interesting and important. i think that s one thing i hadn t thought of, and i think it was entirely appropriate that he did that. so the president has called mccabe a liar. he says his conduct was akin to treason. mccabe was fired last march after the inspector general concluded he misled investigators about his role authorizing the release of information to the media. does he lack credibility? well, truth in advertising
appropriate thing to do was to brief the gang of eight. and if there was no of course this is not something he s making up because it s easily verifiable. and the fact nobody pushed back, particularly the republicans among the gang of eight is i think quite quite interesting and important. i think that s one thing i hadn t thought of, and i think it was entirely appropriate that he did that. so the president has called mccabe a liar. he says his conduct was akin to treason. mccabe was fired last march after the inspector general concluded he misled investigators about his role authorizing the release of information to the media. does he lack credibility? well, truth in advertising here, don, i know andy going back to when he was head of what s called the washington field office. and got to know him then. he and i testified at several of the endless congressional hearings about benghazi. and i always found andy to be incredibly professional, dedicated and honest. and so i can t
significant. whether it will shift attitudes in the public or amongst congressional leaders. it seems very unlikely to me. it demonstrates the very uncertain environment that characterized that white house still. but especially in the first four, five months. late monday night president trump tweeted this. remember this. mccabe didn t go to the bathroom without the approval of leaking james comey. and of course we know the president has called mccabe a liar. and says his stories are deranged. he s attacked his credibility. will this be enough to discredit mccabe and distract from the revelations and move it to the next issue as we have seen so many times before? again it s going to keep rearing its head. the raem game changer will be when mueller finally concludes his investigation. and some of that we don t know how much is released to the
lewandowski in 2015. and 2020 vision. ivanka trump hits iowa while president trump rallies a crowd in new hampshire. we have got to get tough. this is mtp daily and it starts right now. good evening. i m katy tur in new york in for chuck today a chuck todd and this is mtp daily. all of what i m about to tell you is happened just in the last 72 hours or so. the president praise theed the firing of andrew mccabe after he said he and the special counsel were being unfairly targeted the president targeted him and the special counsel and called mccabe a liar and the mueller