explaining his latest whacky idea. nbc news does not know who the writer is or whether or not he or she was in a position to witness that they claim transpired. in separate excerpts published by the washington post and not seen by nbc news, the author with this description of the president he stumbles, slurs, gets confused, is easily irritated, and has trouble synthesizing information with regulator. some senior officials considered resigning in a midnight self-massacre but ultimately decided not to out of fear it would destabilize the government. according to the post, the author alleges that mr. trump makes racist comments been closed doors and compares him to a 12-year-old in an air traffic control tower pushing buttons indiscriminately and planes skidding across the runway. it has the unsubstantiated claim that vice president mike pence was ready to support a majority of the cabinet if they wanted to remove the president using the 25th amendment.
the new way stores are trying to attract your business this christmas, and what s expected to be a record year. and developing this morning, newly released transcripts from two key witnesses in the impeachment inquiry are giving us new insights. fiona hill, the former top russia adviser on president trump s national security council and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, top ukraine expert, pointing the finger at trump s chaff, mick mulvaney. testifying sondland had had a conversation with mr. mulvaney, and this is what was required to get the meeting. in order to get the white house meeting, they had to deliver an investigation. fiona hill also tchestified sayg mr. sund land, quote, agreed there was an agreement with the chief of staff that they would have a white house meeting or, you know, a presidential meeting if the ukrainians started up
history of prosecuting folks who create charities that are designed to line their own pockets or benefit themselves. i m not saying necessarily that this is like what trump did. if you look at the history of the trump charities, they were things that not too tangentially benefited mr. trump. if you look at the federal history of prosecution and at least the state s attorney generals prosecution of charities that are used for other than their charitable purpose, anybody who deals with the irs or defends these crimes will tell you that when the iris finds a charity that is not achieving its veritable purpose or may be doing something criminal, they can and will prosecute. and the fbi and doj make that also very, very clear. danny cevallos, thank you so much. with public hearings beginning next week, we ll look at where the impeachment inquiry is going and what s next for the