She was next to oversee Robert Mueller and she said friday night that she got a walmart job offer that was too good to pass up. Tonight sources telling nbc that russia was also a potential factor and that rachel brand was worried that, quote, rod rosenste rosensteins job would be in danger. If rosenstein left, brand would take over that doj probe. Tonight the doj is disputing this report. Sources also tell nbc brand leaving in part because of other issues. Sources saying brand left because her work as a leader and prosecutor was undercut by the Trump Administrations chronic vacancies. Now thats a point that the Trump Justice Department and the Trump Administration cannot dispute tonight because take a look, over a year into this administration, 30 of the divisions that brand oversaw had no permanent leader. This has also dogged the Trump State Department as well. We reported on that and the Washington Post found no nominees for 230 executive branch positions that require senate confirm
Shattered by mere allegations. The white house defending trumps comments today. Take a listen. Ive seen that when the president is saying, talking about due process, hes right in this way. We are a country of laws. There is due process. Thats absolutely correct. But we as individuals have a duty to assess every everybody on a casebycase basis. And in this case, you have contemporaneous police reports, you have women speaking to the fbi under the threat of perjury, you have police reports, you have photographs. And when you look at all of that pulled together, you realize that rob porter did the right thing by resigning. It sounds like you believe the women . I have no reason not to believe the women. Theres plenty of people in the last couple of years, chuck, who theres been a rather of Sexual Harassment allegations, including your own network, which you later come back and say, we could have things done better. I think what you saw the president go through this week, i dont know if yo
The individual who stepped down friday after the Washington Post reported abuse allegations from his exwife. Sorenson telling nbc news, i want to be as unequivocal as possible, i have never committed violence of any kind against any woman in my life. All of that follows the resignation announced wednesday of white house staff secretary rob porter. Porters two exwives claiming he was emotionally and physically abusive. Porter says reports are outrageous and false. Now, friday President Trump made it a point to tell reporters, porter did a good job and wished him well but not once mentioning a rejection of the underlying issue of misogyny or Sexual Misconduct. Lets go to Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house. Kelly, the president suggesting at least in this latest statement as youre following that those who are accused are being falsely accused. Reporter well, hes doing that indirectly. Of course not naming the staffers that you just identified. And it does draw a line to the events of
Already facing criticism over his response to white house staff secretary rob porters departure, saying this just yesterday. He says hes innocent and i think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that hes innocent. So youll have to talk to him about that. But we absolutely wish him well. Did a very good job while he was at the white house. And yet another white house official resigning over Domestic Abuse allegations. David sorensen, a member of trumps speech writing team, is out, after his exwife alleged that he put cigarettes out on her and drove a car over her foot according to the washington post. Sorensen denies the accusations and says he was the victim during the marriage. Cnns ryan nobles is live for us at the white house. What more are you learning about the president s point of view . Fredricka, this is yet another example of the Trump Administration forced to deal with a crisis they seem unprepared for and simply did not expect. To have two prominent mem
All right will. Hello again and thank you so much for being with me this saturday, im fredricka whitfield. And now, President Trump tweeting that peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation, and some are true, and some are false, and some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for somebody falsely accused because the life and career are gone and any such thing as due process . The tweet coming as the president is facing fierce criticism over his response to the white house staff rob porters departure saying this yesterday. He says that he is innocent, and i think that you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that he is innocent. So, you will have to talk to him about that, but we absolutely wish him well. He did a very good job while he was at the white house. All of this as another white house official resigns over the Domestic Abuse allegations. David sorenson a member of trumps speech writing team is out after his wife alleged that