The Ukrainian Government adopted a unilateral position in favor of one candidate. More than that, certain oligarchs certainly with the approval of the Political Leadership funded this candidate or female candidate to be more precise. And if there was ever any doubt about who benefits from this unfounded theory put forward by President Trump and his associates, President Putin made it clear very recently when he said thank god no one is accusing us anymore of interfering in u. S. Elections. Now theyre accusing ukraine. In the face of clear evidence, not only from Intelligence Community experts, but from his own National Security team that russia, not ukraine, interfered in the 2016 election for the benefit of donald trump, President Trump still pressed the Ukrainian Government to announce an investigation into this Conspiracy Theory. Why . Because it would help his own
political standing. President trump even saukt sought to with hold an Oval Office Meeting from the president of ukraine
twitter account, it s keeping melania very busy. over the years she s also tweeted about major news events, like the tornado tragedy that rocked kentucky. and on a brighter note, she shared this holiday visit with the florida coast guard. in april of this year, she posted a happy erred day message on twitter. and more recently, on may 9th, she posted about her luncheon with a group of foster teens. she said they talked about their hopes for the future. she was interviewed by fox news and asked about the state of the country. i think it s sad to see what s going on, if you really look deeply into it. i think a lot of people are struggling and suffering, and what is going on around the world as well. so it s very sad to see and i hope it changes fast. high is it happening? leadership. what s missing from her twitter feed, any mention of her husband s legal battles. a person familiar with melania s
schedule of the congressional leadership including speaker mccarthy, who i believe has been abroad this week. i know the house is out of session. so we want to make sure that all participants can appear in person for that meeting. although, my understanding is that speaker mccarthy said he would return he would come back in order to do this. i imagine you would agree this is important enough. sure. well, look, on may 9th, coming up very shortly, the president will have a good conversation with these folks. he ll make clear two things. number one, that we cannot have a default and congress needs to stop wasting time and move towards a clean increase of the debt ceiling without any conditions attached. but also talk about initiating a separate process where we can talk about tax and spending policy. as i said, the president s budget is a vision for cutting our deficit by $3 trillion over the next ten years while continuing to invest in programs we all rely upon and by asking the su
i understand that is your position. one thing i think is a little hard to understand, today is may 2nd. may 9th is when the president is scheduled for this meeting. when i say the republicans and democrats at the wales tomorrow? that would be really today. republicans have passed their version of what they want to see in the that ceiling. the president passed his budget. why not meet this week? my understanding is that it is out of respect for the schedule of the congressional leadership between speaker mccarthy, who i believe, has been brought this weekend. he has a succession, so we want to make sure that all participants can appear in person for that meeting. although my understanding is that speaker mccarthy would actually return, would come back in order to do this. i would imagine you would agree that this is important enough. sure, look, on may 9th, which comes up shortly, the president will have a good conversation with these folks. he ll make clear two things, number o
the threat by the speaker of the house to default on the national debt is off the table. over 200 years america s never, ever, ever failed to pay its debt. we pay our bills, and we should do so without reckless hostage taking from some of the maga republicans in congress. a white house official and capitol hill sources telling us at nbc news that president biden has invited the top four congressional leaders including house speaker kevin mccarthy to a meeting at the white house on may 9th to discuss how to avoid a default. a white house official says biden will stress to congressional leaders they must take action to avoid default without conditions. joining us now here on set congressional reporter for the hill our friend mykhau snell. we re here now where they thought they d be two or three