The special counsels target but the white house lawyer ty cobb is giving us a sense of how President Trump will react if it turns out to be former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, or former National Security adviser mike flynn. Heres what ty cobb said in an interview for the New York Times podcast thursday, but was posted last night. I think he would be sad for them, as a friend, and a former colleague, if process results in punishment or indictments but to the extent that that happens, thats beyond his control. And obviously hes not trying to influence that in any way. But, the president has no concerns in terms of any impact as to what happens to them on his campaign, or on the white house. Politico says cobb and the president s other lawyers are scrambling to prepare for this new stage of the investigation. Sources close to the attorneys say the legal team wouldnt be surprised if the charges were also targeting flynn or manaforts family members, or even a longtime accountant or lawye
Reputation and will it be damaging to National Security if it does . And picture perfect. The white house criticized for this photo because of what you see and what you dont. And we begin with a live picture of capitol hill. And at least one republican cautioning President Trump about the ways in which hes been firing people. Most recently, v. A. Secretary David Shulkin through twitter. Heres an interview with chuck todd airing later this morning. This is not the way to recruit good people to replace him, is it . Its not the way i would do it. You would understand if people say, i dont know if i want to take this job. The president does need to understand the effect it has on attracting other people. The white house now pushing back on exactly how shulkin lost his job telling politico in a statement that he resigned. We expect to get some clarification from shulkin later this morning when he appears on meet the press. No indication this morning that President Trump is backing down from