The hearing that seems increasingly unlikely by the minute is the Ronny Jackson confirmation hearing which im betting against. I dont think he is going to be the nominee a week from now. This is happening way too fast. The thing i dont understand is why the white house released the Inspector General report into Ronny Jackson tonight. They gave that out to reporters. This was supposedly part of an effort to save his nomination. That ig report into Ronny Jackson is really, really scathing and negative and not at all good for him. The fact that the white house is handing that out as part of trying to save his nomination to me is oppositeville. And i cant quite figure it out. I see it as the white house handing it out actually to persuade Ronny Jackson to by, say, oh, i dont know, friday night withdraw his nomination. Because the president , of course, today said its up to him. Thats what he is saying publicly. Its up to him. And the president said i wouldnt do it myself. I wouldnt go thro
Back up comeys assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. What they do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former British Intelligence officer christopher steele. In one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest he had talked about, catch this about prostitutes with russian president putin. They chatted about the topic on one or more occasions. Comey documented that. The president said the hookers thing is nonsense but that putin had told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. They actually had that conversation according to president. Comey notes that the president did not say when putin told him this. And i dont recall the rest is redacted. In last nights interview with rachel, comey said he took that claim seriously. He told you that he had had a personal conversation with president puti
Showtime, John Heilemann. You know what also . Guest host of deadline white house today. Thats the best thing on my resume. Im heading to houston. I thought you were saying after this you had to go take a nap for the rest of the day. They are not mutually exclusive. Donny deutsch is here. Republican strategist and political commentator susan del persio, columnist David Ignatius and former Justice Department spokesman, now an msnbc justice and security analyst matt miller. Good morning to you all. Lets get right into it. Aside from the memos themselves, early reaction from the president and from members of congress. But what does it all mean for the russia investigation . Rudy giuliani will be playing a key role in that question as the former new york city mayor joins the president s legal team. There are new developments to just about every part of the equation from Michael Cohen to paul manafort. Well jump into all of it right now. Weve got leakers, hookers, wiretaps. Its a new movie.
Congratulations to colonel malik who will be the first African American woman promoted to general in the u. S. Marine corps pending confirmation. A well, well deserved promotion. Congratulations, colonel. Now i hand off to my friend hallie jackson. Thank you much. And this morning a president under pressure is hitting are the release valve on twitter trying to take down joms comey. No mention of his fired fbi director on the way out of white house, you see it there. But comey calling the president morally unfit, questioning whether he broke the law, but its splitscreen outrage for the president. On the other side you have the investigation into his longtime lawyer in courted it trying to get records seized by the fbi in last weeks search thrown out. Why that case may be more problematic for the president than the special counsels investigation. Then were watching russia pd. Moscow promise tossing respond should they get slapped with new sanctions. Warning the u. S. Whatnot to do less t
Published it online in january 2017. To put it mildly, their publication of that dossier exploded like a freaking fireball, right . I mean, it had, you will recall, this awkward and still difficult to talk about front page allegation that president elect donald trump had engaged in some very specific extramarital, extracurricular behavior in a Moscow Hotel Room that had been videotaped and was being used to leverage or blackmail him. That allegation about that supposedly videotaped behavior by the president and Russia Holding it over him, that obviously got the most attention because of the nature of that allegation, and that specific allegation has never really gone anywhere in the interim coming of years. But adds reported Matthew Rosenberg notes at the New York Times tonight, a lot of the other stuff in the dossier, certainly the headline stuff in the dossier, did ultimately pan out. Quote, parts of the dossier have proved prescient. Its main assertion that the russian government wa