Investigation and Jared Kushners communications with russians. What your question assumes is a lot of facts that are not substantiated by anything but Anonymous Sources. Your question presupposes facts that have not been confirmed. So again, im not going to get into confirming stuff. Theres an ongoing investigation. Im not going to dignify partisan accusations of Anonymous Sources and alleged unsubstantiated attacks. Anonymous sources. The thing is, it turns out that Anonymous Sources work just fine for this white house when they support the president s narrative. Earlier today President Trump fired back at a Washington Post story that said Jared Kushner tried to set up Backchannel Communications with russia. Trumps defense referred to a fox news report using Anonymous Sources. It included the headline which reads, Jared Kushner didnt suggest Russian Communications channel in meeting, source says. Hmm, guess it all depends what source is saying. At todays press conference a reporter ca
At the heart of the fire iing o National Security adviser michael flynn. The post reports flynn was at the meeting when kushner reportedly made this offer. But the president is pushing back and so are several of his top aids. Namely National Security adviser mcmaster. Listen to this briefing with reporters. We have back Channel Communications with them in a number of countries. So generally speaking about back Channel Communications, what that allows you to do is kmoout communicate in a discreet manner. It doesnt predispose you to content. So we would not be concerned about it. Lets begin with jeff zeleny. How is the president responding to all of this . The president is defending his soninlaw. Hes concerned by just a gravity and the deepening nature of this russia investigation. But the president is defending his soninlaw. It sounds like hes doing that for internal divisions inside the west wing here as much as anything else. Lets take a look at this statement that the president gave
Pictures of a protest from the roof when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Yet another member of the president s inner circle has come under scrutiny in the russia investigation. Both the house and Senate Intelligence committees have requested information and testimony from one Michael Cohen, the president s personal lawyer and longtime confidant, someone not previously known to be involved in the russia probe. Cohen was alleged to have attended a secret meeting last summer in prague to discuss russian hacking of democratic targets, something he strongly denies. Cohen told msnbc hes declining to comply with the committees requests. The request letters first reported by abc news were the same ones initially sent to Michael Flynn, paul manafort, roger stone, and carter page according to a congressional aide. All onetime Trump Associates whose ties to russian officials are currently under review. Flynn, we found out tonight, will provide some documents u
Just moments from now President Trump will leave the white house for his first memorial day visit to Arlington National cemetery. The president will lay a wreath and deliver remarks to honor the nations military men and women who have given their lives defending our freedom. In his first public event since returning home from the nineday overseas trip he does leave behind some bruised alliances including with german chancellor Angela Merkel who says europe can no longer, quote, completely rely on other countries. Pretty clear she was pointing to the United States. And the president lands in a deepening crisis at home. Multiple reports that his soninlaw and one of the top advisers Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret back channel communique with the kremlin. Athena jones is at the white house and has more. Finally last night we did hear from the president on this statement to the New York Times but the line out of the administration across the board just seems to be, this is not a big
Updated: April 3 This story has been corrected to add a statement from TriMet and clarify its assistance with the ongoing investigation. A man was stabbed to death Friday evening on a MAX train by another man who later told police he heard voices and thought the victim was trying to kill him or have him killed. According to court documents and police reports, Michael Brady, 51, was sitting across the aisle from another passenger.