by not doing that, what happens is you ve got escalation of hostilities on both sides. and i will say this to you, brian. i would have loved to have seen the president there. but i m very happy that the president was not there to listen to that. because, you know, he may have gotten up and walked out. and that would have been even more devastating to the tension that s going on between the white house and the press. president george w. bush sat there while stephen colbert laid into him about the iraq war and other matters. that s part of the job for presidents. you ve got to be able to take a joke, anthony. no question the president can take a joke. but see, this is what i think i m not a washingtonian, and i was at a few parties on friday. and i think this is something the press misunderstands about the president and like normal people that like live here in new york. is when you re hitting that hard, people have a tendency to react. i go to the national press club, i give a 90-
this as he went through his vetting process and now his arrival at the white house. all these things are possible with trump. i think it s about anything but mercy for the guy. right. it s not about trump having a soft spot for scooter libby. this is a guy who didn t get sent to prison. he got his law license back. this is about clearing his good name. matthew, good to see you again. matthew cooper, washingtonian contributor. all right, nbc news investigative unit has learned republican fund-raiser broidy has resigned. donald trump s attorney and fixer negotiated another money for silence deal in late 2017, according to people familiar with the matter. it says that $1.6 million were paid to a former play boy model to remain silent about her sexual relationship and subsequent pregnancy with broidy, who is an associate of the president. broidy, who is married, acknowledged a consensual relationship with a play boy
by ambassador joseph wilson. joseph wilson happened to be married to a woman named valerie plame. in an attempt to discredit the op-ed, administration officials revealed that plame was a cia operative and that would be a federal crime under certain circumstances. in 2007, libby was convicted on a number of charges, including lying to the fbi and obstructing justice. he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. president bush ultimately commuted libby s sentence but didn t issue a full pardon. that s what trump did today. for more on all this i m joined by matthew cooper, he s a contributor with the washingtonian and just wrote this article on the trial of scooter libby and his testimony against libby when he was time magazine s reporter. matt, good to have you here. thanks, ali. this is an interesting story. some people say the president is doing something he didn t need to do, there was no great call to pardon scooter libby to set the table and send a message to
first time anyone has ever blamed sitting in first class on racism. take a look back at sheila jackson lee. was this racism or was this something else. lisa: or mean? leland: perhaps we will look at old headlines. washingtonian not any means conservative magazine. 2014 called her the meanest member of congress. weekly stashed standard 2002, sheila jackson lee limousine liberal. the houston press, 1998, flying ms. sheila day la caller 2014 congressional bosses from hell. their first pick, sheila jackson lee. lisa: have you read the daily caller. it was brutal. i remember this story hitting 2014, yeah, i remember when this story hit. and you know, everyone was talking about it. it goes through and talks to some people that have worked for her in the past. it is just brutal. there are stories of her just being so mean, so rude to staff. so i think that. leland: people quit because
dana: thank you, lucas. check in with you next week. roy moore s communications director has resigned according to a report in the washingtonian. this came a day after moore got a boost from president trump. moore insisting he did nothing wrong, as his campaign takes aim at two of his accusers. jonathan? reporter: hi, dana. fox news reached out to the moore campaign which has yet to confirm or deny this report in the washingtonian, the communications director john rogers has resigned from the moore campaign. meanwhile, the campaign said that it continues to gather witness testimony and other evidence debunking the claims of his accusers, including lee corfman who alleged moore inappropriately touched her when she was 14 and beverly nelson, who claims moore assaulted her in his car shortly after she turned 16. i don t know them.