Second chad wolf and Ken Cuccinelli offered to be changed because they made the president look bad. Murphy said he was told focus on the sbrrch activities by china and iran and he said that wolf told him that these instructions came from White House National security advisor robert obrien. I dont think theres anyone whos been tougher on russia than very. Murphy said he was told to modify intelligence on white supreme cysts in a manner that will made appear less severe. In line with the president s public comments. Antifas a criminal organization. Mark seine is nur fis attorney. Information pertaining to russia and the analysis and the russian intelligence reports was downplayed in order to assure additional favorable information to President Trump. Which was something mr. Murphy said no, he would not do. The w hou denst briever dictated such changes. Meanwhile on capitol hill, house intelligence chairman adam schiff wants murphy to testify before his Committee Later on this month. Murp
Convention tomorrow, senator harris is responding publicly for the first time to racist and false attacks levelled at her by President Trump. Theyre going to engage in lies. In deception. Theyre going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues. Shaquille brewster and Josh Letterman are standing by with the details on those and other developments this hour. Shaquille is in delaware and josh is at the white house. And josh, well start with you first. The Trump Administration today continues amping up its attack against voting by mail. Whats being said . Well, even as democrats are sounding the alarm with increasing an increasing levels of intensity about this crisis with the post office, garrett, protestors marching on the house of the postmaster general, the president s top aides are turning up the volume on their attacks on mail in voting. Take a listen to what the president s chief of staff and trade adviser had to say about mail in voting this morning. You realize how i
Example, for the president to tell woodward in early february that covid19 is far more deadly than even the worst flu but then tell you for weeks and weeks not to worry . It is just like the flu. Is it good and proper for the president to make clear to woodward he knew about air borne spread early on but did nolg nothing alternate moment to ramp up testing or mask supplies and kept telling you china was on top of it and it would soon all go away . Is it good and proper to hear your president to tell woodward, quote, i still like playing it down and look at the numbers right there on your screen and think maybe, just maybe, playing it straight might have changed the course of this disaster. The president even now doesnt seem to think we can handle the truth. I want to show a calm ney. Im the leader of the country it. I cant be jumping up and down and scaring people i dont want to scare people. Democratic nominee joe biden sees this differently. Listen here. He tells cnns jake tapper ear
In fact, contracts awarded by u. S. Governments to Foreign Companies using american tax dollars went up 30 since hes been president. So to recap. One, trump hasnt stopped companies from closing plants and sending jobs overseas. Two, hes Rewarding Companies that have cut jobs and failed to invest here at home with billions of dollars in tax breaks. And, three, hes awarding more and more federal contracts to Foreign Companies. President trump has broken just about every promise hes ever made to the american worker, and hes failed. Hes failed our economy and our country. But look. Would you really expect anything different from this guy . From someone who called those of you and those who were serving in uniform, who have given their lives to the country losers and suckers . Let me tell you something. My son beau was an assistant u. S. Attorney volunteered to go to kosovo to help them set up a government in the middle of a war. I know im being proud here, but hes the only foreigner who ha
The Department of Homeland Security notified the agency’s inspector general in late February that Wolf’s and Cuccinelli’s texts were lost in a “reset” of their government phones.