and that s what his focus is. but why does that mean it s okay to lie about the state of the investigation and the truth of being attacked by russia during the election? he said he misspoke. you re saying he didn t misspeak. he just hid the truth because it s more helpful for the future? no. it s actions speak louder than words. when you look at how tough donald trump has been when he expelled 60 of their diplomats over the death of those two agents. when you see the sanctions that he s loaded up. when you saw now today, he s the one that approved the indictments of the 12 individuals coming out before he went to russia or went to helsinki. he has been taking the steps with sanctions and things well beyond anything president obama did. well, hold on a second. let s take it point by point. he s said time and again that he does understand they meddled in our election. but he said the opposite on the world stage in helsinki. that s why he misspoke. so now you are saying
going about the business of executing the legislative agenda. so, again, these are going to be interviews, not under oath. hopefully i didn t misspeak by talking about on the record or not, but just not under oath. so then, paige, somewhere down the line there are likely to be testimonies from these same players. meantime, we understand reportedly that the president, the white house is looking into the power of the pardon. and whether the president would be able to pardon family members, aides, potentially even himself. but is that cart before the horse? because if we re talking about no charges. right. thus far. can you preemptively pardon before there are any charges or if there are any proven offenses or offenses that are being further investigated? well, the constitution doesn t provide a lot of detail about it, but it is clear that the constitution grants the president very broad powers of the pardon. he can pardon anyone who works for him. he can pardon them even before
point, that is that i want to make sure i didn t misspeak earlier asked about whether or not i would announce an investigation was ending regarding russia. i want to make sure you re all clear on this, i do not know if there is an investigation. i don t know anything but what i read in the newspapers at this point. i actually find it very disturbing that you did not read the declassified report on russia s activities. i find that very, i have disturbing. . i read the newspaper story and i was sorry to hear that, senator. i would like to comment on what senator franken just said and i don t expect senator franken to act like i would towards our witnesses, but as i remember senator franken asking his question of senator sessions, he referred to something that there had just been something come on cnn that obviously, and franken said that
but it has a connotation of something blurted or accidentally revealed exactly. maybe incorrectly briefed. maybe incomplete. i don t know. but, i mean, you re absolutely right, brian, because the fact is he didn t misspeak. it wasn t inadvertent. he told the vice president, the chief of staff, i believe, as well, sean spicer, who is briefing the press which means briefing the nation, and the world, that the only thing discussed in that phone call, the only issues discussed in that phone call, was christmas, a condolence call, setting up an appointment for a telephone call, and a future meeting potentially between the principals. the president and vladimir putin. the fact that he left out sanctions is just remarkable. and according to all of our reporting, the transcript of
making her first rep tri rookie outing. wishing her well. inadvertent, it is an unusual word. i am no competition for webster, but it has a connotation of something blurted or accidentally revealed. exactly. maybe incorrectly briefed, maybe incomplete. i don t know. but, i mean, you re absolutely right, brian, because the fact is he didn t misspeak. it wasn t inadvertent. he told the vice-president, the chief of staff i believe as well, sean spicer who is briefing the press which means briefing the nation and the world, that the only thing discussed in that phone call, the only issues discussed in that phone call was christmas, a condoleance call, setting up an appointment for a telephone call, and a future meeting