this is an incredible story. and you found these gentlemen who ve been doing this incredibly weird thing. but wow, what a weird new window. it s what a few people said to me is kind of like a metaphor for the whole presidency. he s donald trump doesn t have a lot of preservational instincts, a lot of sense of history. and might not even have known that there were many people who have pride in their work who were tasked with this menial duty in order to clean up after him. known or cared. yeah. annie karni, politico s white house reporter. again, congratulations. thanks for being here tonight. appreciate it. thank you. it s election night tonight. and we might have an upset in the making. that s next. i can t even make myself throw this this stuff on the ground as a joke. like it would be too much of a mess.
and so he s certainly under the spotlight. that laundry list of things you just played, many of those are very, very troubling and certainly worthy of scrutiny. but now we re getting to the point where staffers are talking about how they had to get him a granola bar. if i had a story every time i had to do something for someone i worked for that seemed menial. things he s potentially profiting off a large office need to be looked at. he s not going anywhere i don t see because he s executing what the president wants him to do. thanks to you all. now i m trying to figure out if it s a granola bar or a big whopper later. we ll see. or maybe a single from wendys. thank you all. when we come back a former intel staffer indicted for lying to the fbi about his contacts
specifically wanted changes made, reducing federal regulations, pulling out of the paris climate deal, sharing the president s views on global warming and climate change. and these are policies that are not popular amongst many people who are looking into this and reporting on this. and so he s certainly under the spotlight. that laundry list of things you just played, many of those are very, very troubling and certainly worthy of scrutiny. but now we re getting to the point where staffers are talking about how they had to get him a granola bar. if i had a story every time i had to do something for someone i worked for that seemed menial. things he s potentially profiting off a large office need to be looked at. he s not going anywhere i don t see because he s executing what the president wants him to do. thanks to you all.
priorities, which the trump administration does not support. now the state department denies political retribution is involved. spokeswoman heather nauert says it s an all hands on deck effort. in a statement to cnn nauert says, quote, it may not be a glamorous job but it s an important one. people are asked to serve there because there s a need. it is without regard to politics. and many of these employees are saying, we re happy to help, but they want to be given substantive work on these issues like handling classified information, or dealing with foreign governments named in the documents. they want to know why they are being asked to do the most menial of the tasks. they ask how could they be negotiating foreign governments or advising the national security adviser, even the president on national security matters a few months ago, now they re being asked to do data entry, and google searches alongside interns and civil service employees ten grades below them. now several officials
include senior employees who used to be detailed to other agencies, or offices created by president obama as pollsy priorities, which the trump administration does not support. now the state department denies political retribution is involved. spokeswoman heather nauert says it s an all hands on deck effort. in a statement to cnn nauert says, quote, it may not be a glamorous job but it s an important one. people are asked to serve there because there s a need. it is without regard to politics. and many of these employees are saying, we re happy to help, but they want to be given substantive work on these issues like handling classified information, or dealing with foreign governments named in the documents. they want to know why they are being asked to do the most menial of the tasks. they ask how could they be negotiating foreign governments or advising the national security adviser, even the president on national security matters a few months ago, now they re being asked to do data e