administration s pandemic response. that s according to a letter from navarro released by the panel. the former trade adviser cited a direct order from donald trump to claim executive privilege. the house select committee on the crisis made the letter public on saturday when its chairman, south carolina congressman jim clyburn sent a letter in response to navarro s refusal saying your refusal to comply with this subpoena in its entirety is improper. white house advisers such as yourself can t avoid compel congressional process. navarro says the quote matter is out of my hands and something the subcommittee should discuss with president trump s council. he s scheduled for a deposition with the subcommittee on wednesday.
act since this president has shown a total unwillingness to do something in the face of this slaughter. so the key is to act quickly, as you say, tom is of the essence. griff: hill sources tell me this morning that reversing this course is a quote matter of hours at this point. it will be very interesting to see what senator graham has to say to you guys. steve: that s right. thank you very much, griff. the senator will be with us in 90 minutes. meanwhile, griff just featured the president s tweet, talking about there could be sanctions if turkey messes this up. lindsey graham tweeted this out. just spoke with president trump. i applaud his decision to work with congress to stop turkey s aggression in syria through crippling economic sanctions. this decision by president trump will be a game changer. in all the wrong ways for turkey. and we heard from steve mnuchin who is secretary of treasury. united states government is ready to slap the sanctions on turkey. as soon as the president
big week on capitol hill with attorney general jeff sessions agreeing the news breaking this afternoon he will testify before the senate intelligence committee. that will be on tuesday, less than one week after former fbi director james comey s appearance. now during that testimony, mr. comey revealed how former attorney general loretta lynch asked him to refer to hilary clinton s e-mail investigation as a quote matter instead of an investigation. well, this afternoon i spoke with republican congressman about these revelations. credibility is always relevant. it s always material. and when comey said he kept he took a memo of what the president said because he was afraid of what he might do in the future, whereas you have the attorney general herself basically telling him to lie. she knew it was a criminal investigation. the fbi s not allowed to look
big week on capitol hill with attorney general jeff sessions agreeing the news breaking this afternoon he will testify before the senate intelligence committee. that will be on tuesday, less than one week after former fbi director james comey s appearance. now during that testimony, mr. comey revealed how former attorney general loretta lynch asked him to refer to hilary clinton s e-mail investigation as a quote matter instead of an investigation. well, this afternoon i spoke with republican congressman about these revelations. credibility is always relevant. it s always material. and when comey said he kept he took a memo of what the president said because he was afraid of what he might do in the future, whereas you have the attorney general herself basically telling him to lie. she knew it was a criminal investigation. the fbi s not allowed to look into matters.
job assignment at fox today. arthel: the senate gop trying to shift the focus from the russian investigation towards former attorney general loretta lynch. and questions of her involvement in the hillary clinton email scandal. lawmakers seizing on the testimony of former f.b.i. director james comey, that lynch told him to refer to the clinton investigation as a quote matter. senator cornyn says a lot of what hillary clinton was exposed to by director comey s misconduct and the way he handled the issue, there is a lot we can learn from that.