president trump. i observed in tserved in the bu administration, the presidency got extra powers? why, to go after terrorists. i remember sitting in a conference room in the white house turning to lawyers who i still respect to this day and say doesn t it scare all of us that the government is going to have this expanded power that could look into almost anything it wanted. if people in congress don t ask the right question, they could get away with. doesn t that scare people? the lawyers said don t worry, there are people in place that have the best interest of the country and will always safeguard these programs and make sure people of sterling character get to make the final decision. going back it obama and lynch and james comey and i refused
president trump, and i remember serving in the bush administration, when a lot of these extra powers mark levin and others are writing about president s abuse of power is for the presidency got extra powers. why? to go after terrorists. i literally remember sitting in a conference room in a white house, turning to some lawyers who i still respected and i sent, doesn t it scare all of us that the government is going to have this expanded power that could look into almost anything it wanted? of people in congress don t ask the right questions, they could get away with that. doesn t that scare people? what i was told over and over again, don t worry. there are people in place i wonder who they were that had the best interest of the country, they will always safeguard these programs, and we will make sure the people of sterling character get to make a final decision. so going back to what you said about obama, biden, lynch, james comey, who i had the distinction of refusing his polit
called a lid, no more expected public appearances from the president. there could be. but the president is attending this big republican dinner in palm beach tonight. you could expect the president is going to be talking about it. this is something that has consumed the president over the last several weeks, even though white house officials have insisted he is focused on other things. the president has really focused on this and been wanting to pay attention. if this comes out and exonerates the president, there are no new indictments, if it says good things that he wanted to hear, expect the president to taught mueller as this person of sterling character, someone who is a fair person. that s what you will hear from the president. i wouldn t go that far. if it exonerates him, the president could portray him that way. officials expect the president to essentially repeat the public campaign that we have seen him build up for the last 670 days, which is that this is a witch hunt and
i think it makes sense. general kelly is a well respected man, and you re right. most white houses would have had a little more order than this, but they do sometimes have trouble getting off the blocks. i think one of the things that s concerning is this seems to be the go-to answer in times of trouble, is to bring in senior military officers. and while all these are men of sterling character and credentials, it s a disturbing trend because there are more people out there than just senior military officers, and it creates a bad precedent in my view. jonathan, you know, sometimes the question is are we all paying too much attention to the tweets, which i think can be a fair question. but there s a lot of reporting that suggests, particularly in the pre-kelly era, if anything, some of the tweets needed more attention. i was sort of blown away by this politico report, quote, white house officials woke up to the tweet announcing the fbi pick. they hurriedly wrote a news release. much of
and while all these are men of sterling character and credentials, it s a disturbing trend because there are more people out there than just senior military officers, and it creates a bad precedent in my view. jonathan, you know, sometimes the question is are we all paying too much attention to the tweets, which i think can be a fair question. but there s a lot of reporting that suggests, particularly in the pre-kelly era, if anything, some of the tweets needed more attention. i was sort of blown away by this politico report, quote, white house officials woke up to the tweet announcing the fbi pick. they hurriedly wrote a news release. much of the president s inner circle knew little about wray. trump reportedly tired of the search, so he tweeted it out to get it going. that is, by the way, a ten-year position running all counterterror national security, drug enforcement, everything. that right there, therein lies the challenge for chief of