nominee, that he might not have to have a hearing because the vote may not progress that far. then he says on pruitt he s very concerned about allegations on spending and about some financial practices by administrator pruitt. inside the white house, some people say he s doing what the press wants policywise, he should stay. some say the headlines are bad, we don t like it, maybe the possibility that he goes. again, you go back to the question that some of this involves conduct back when he was in oklahoma. was he properly vetted before they brought him in? and does the president himself care? i think that s the big question mark about pruitt, about jackson. maybe his staff feels one way about it. we know that there are a lot of people in the white house who are frustrated with the pruitt situation and they think he should have been gone yesterday. the president is not there yet. for republicans, i mean, to perhaps to answer your question about why republicans aren t saying more, i
part of the case thrown out. it makes his situation brighter. as the july date approaches, there could still be movement. we will leave it there. thank you. trm, an in-depth look at robert mueller. what drives the man at the center of the russia investigation. sunday night, 9:00 on msnbc. tscott pruit, calls for him o go. could john kelly be at the breaking point?
interesting about the pruitt situation is that you have top leaders on capitol hill sticking by. you ve got the senate majority leader suggesting that trying to bring in another political appointee process is going to be very difficult especially before the midterm smidterms. but you have the link of big donors trying to keep pruitt because they are donors in line with what the energy policy is. the energy policy, pruitt which is definitely under fire then we have this headline coming out of your paper here, alexi, we were listening to your colleague jonathan reporting on yet more frustration today. what s your read on what both kevin said as well as what jonathan swan was reporting. i agree with everything jonathan swan was saying. it s unrelated to david shulkin.
and that is that the white house is aware of these reports. we re obviously looking into those. the pruitt situation is the latest to test donald trump s promise to drain the swamp, a slogan that s changed in meaning since the 2016 campaign. when we win on november 8th, we are going to washington, d.c., and we are going to drain the swamp. we have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption. washington is full of people who are only looking out for themselves. regulatory reform is a crucial part of our drive to drain the swamp. by ending excessive regulation, we are defending democracy and draining the swamp. truly, we are draining the swamp. back with us, phil rucker and joining us at the table is phillip bunn, national correspondent for the washington post. we call this a little washington post staff meeting. i love having you both here.
this morning, the white house deflected when asked about what it plans to do, if anything, about him. i can t speak to the future of scott pruitt. i can just talk about where we are now. and that is that the white house is aware of these reports. we re obviously looking into those. the pruitt situation is the latest to test donald trump s promise to drain the swamp, a slogan that s changed in meaning since the 2016 campaign. when we win on november 8th, we are going to washington, d.c., and we are going to drain the swamp. we have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption. washington is full of people who are only looking out for themselves. regulatory reform is a crucial part of our drive to drain the swamp. by ending excessive regulation, we are defending democracy and draining the swamp. truly, we are draining the swamp. back with us, phil rucker and