in fact, i think nothing could be further from the truth. the more this goes on, the more we see how none of this has anything to do with the president. let s bring off our lead-off panel. matthew miller, elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, former deputy assistant general during the obama administration, security reporter covering the justice department for the washington post and felice sediki. welcome, allful yo of you. mr. miller, i would like to start with you. were you surprised on the interview in the briefing room as we were and do you believe it? i m not surprised he said it, i am surprised by what he revealed. you could see the sweat kind of dripping off his face, you could see him stammering and trying to
president. let s bring off our lead-off panel. matthew miller, elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, former deputy assistant general during the obama administration, security reporter covering the justice department for the washington post and felice sediki. welcome, all of you. mr. miller, i would like to start with you. were you surprised on the interview in the briefing room as we were and do you believe it? i m not surprised he said it, i am surprised by what he revealed. you could see the sweat kind of dripping off his face, you could see him stammering and trying to get through his answer. i think what happens is when you re nervous like that, things
spokesman for the justice department. elliott williams, former federal prosecutor, former deputy assistant attorney general during the obama administration. matt zapotosky, national security reporter covering the justice department for the washington post. and sabrina siddiqui, political reporter for the guardian. welcome to all of you. mr. miller, i d like to begin with you. were you as surprised by the whitaker statement in the briefing room on a separate topic entirely as we were? and do you believe it? i m surprised he said it. i m not surprised by what he revealed, and i do believe it. it was an awkward performance obviously by the acting attorney general. you could see the sweat kind of dripping off his face. you could see him stammering and really mumbling and trying to get through that answer. and i think what happens sometimes when you see people in nervous situations like that is they let things slip out they don t mean to. i think that s what he did. but i do think wha
to prison and finish their sentence and get a new one. tell me what happened. what happened with sweat? what happened with sweat s capture. so, sergeant cook was on patrol. and he was supervising perimeter posts in the area. we were doing a ground search from the canadian border, moving south. trying to find him in a fixed area. and he came upon him and he was kind of jogging along the edge of the roadway. and sergeant pulled up to him in his truck and you know pulled him over, and sweat turned, looked at him turned away from him h he called him over again. sweat kind of raised his hands as if to say you know, why me or it s not me. and at that time the sergeant recognized him and sweat turned, dropped his knapsack and began to run. the sergeant pursued him through the field. and at some point the sergeant realized that there was a tree line ahead and if
to prison and finish their sentence and get a new one. tell me what happened. what happened with sweat? what happened with sweat s capture. so, sergeant cook was on patrol. and he was supervising perimeter posts in the area. we were doing a ground search from the canadian border, moving south. trying to find him in a fixed area. and he came upon him and he was kind of jogging along the edge of the roadway. and sergeant pulled up to him in his truck and you know pulled him over, and sweat turned, looked at him turned away from him h he called him over again. sweat kind of raised his hands as if to say you know, why me or it s not me. and at that time the sergeant recognized him and sweat turned, dropped his knapsack and began to run. the sergeant pursued him through the field. and at some point the sergeant realized that there was a tree line ahead and if