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the liberation of mitt romney. walt, let me start with you. you had sort of been raising alarm bells from day one of thig presidency about the fact that it was violating every possible sort of ethical norm in terms of the president getting rid of his business interests, divesting from them. but this to you, the doral announcement, struck you as an opening of a dangerous new chapter. what is your reaction to them having to back away from it? you know, i think this one was just clearer to a lot of people. i personally think it was different in nature, not just different in degree. this would be the first time that the administration awarded a major contract to the trump organization, and we ve learned that president trump intervened in it. in fact, mick mulvaney said his resort hadn t even made the list of finalists until president trump suggested it. so i think that this was something the public could
arcane legal theories, and i think that created the kind of pressure that trump s allies in congress, particularly those in vulnerable states, could not ignore. mckay, you re a great profile of romney. romney has a particular significance at this point because of the fact that impeachment looms over this. there s widespread belief democrats will ultimately pass articles of impeachment. what is mitt romney up to? mckay? i think we lost the sound of mckay. walt, we ll see if we can fix mckay s sound. the other issue is the degree to which them admitting this. saying that this was a bad idea whether it calls into question or whether it changes the calculations. eric lipton was saying earlier about democrats, about whether emoluments, about the fact that foreign governments have been stuffing money in the trump hotels, that trump himself has
the liberation of mitt romney. walt, let me start with you. you had sort of been raising alarm bells from day one of this presidency about the fact that it was violating every possible sort of ethical norm in terms of the president getting rid of his business interests, divesting from them. but this to you, the doral announcement, struck you as an opening of a dangerous new chapter. what is your reaction to them having to back away from it? you know, i think this one was just clearer to a lot of people. i personally think it was different in nature, not just different in degree. this would be the first time that the administration awarded a major contract to the trump organization, and we ve learned that president trump intervened in it. in fact, mick mulvaney said his resort hadn t even made the list of finalists until president trump suggested it. so i think that this was something the public could really grasp on to. didn t have to involve words like emolument and other more
detective work before the inevitable ashley feinberg from slate unmasked his identity and said what pierre delecto has been doing. just a regular guy criticizing trump. he s liked a lot of george conway tweets. one posted by an accountant by devin mun nez s pal. the normally very rarely reserved lets it fly where no one knows where mitt romney is talking. when reuben said he was spineless. jennifer, you need to take a breath. maybe you could then acknowledge the people who agree with you in large measure. fire emoji. mitt romney has now sadly locked down the secret account after confirming that it was his with just this text. cest moi. pierre delecto means pure delight. i think i ve had just about enough mitt romney for today.