Department that essentially says the president is above the director, therefore the president is not subject to the jurisdiction of the director, therefore it doesnt meet the definition of urgent concern, therefore the Inspector General is done. The Inspector General cant investigate anymore. Thats the Inspector Generals reading of the Department Opinion, that he is no longer allowed to investigate this. Is that your reading as well . Chairman, not necessarily the president , but the allegation has to relate to the funding, administration, operation of an Intelligence Activity within the responsibility and the authority of the director of National Intelligence. Okay. Im just trying to get to whether the president is somehow beyond the reach of the law. No, sir. No person in this country is beyond the reach of the law. Well, thats the way it should be but im trying to figure out whether thats the way it is as a practical fact. The Inspector General believes that based on the opinion tha
Including at the top of the hour. You mentioned his meeting with the leader of venezuela, this is one of several one on ones that the president has today. Msnbc happens to be able to be in the room, interacting with the president. One of our teams producers is there. Ill be in the room for the meeting with the president and the leader of ukraine in just a bit. It is now 10 00 and were going to get to breaking news. As this moment is Trump Administration is releasing what the president describes as the transcript of that phone call that launched the democrats impeachment investigation. What we now know, it was a 30minute call with the president of ukraine two months ago. Weve got a team of reporters covering the story and lets get to julia at the Justice Department. What are we learning so far . We went over the transcript of the call and we also went over why the Justice Department is not going to release the whistleblower complaint. What stood out to me about the transcript is that th
You are recognized. Thank you. Madame ambassador, like a hallmark movie. You ended up at georgetown, this is all okay. [laughter] but it was not your preference seven or eight months ago, correct . No, it was not. It was not your preference to be a victim of a Smear Campaign, was it . No. It was not your preference to be defamed by the president of the United States including today, was it . No. It wasnt your preference to be ousted at seemingly the pinnacle of your career, was it . No. You wanted to finish your extended tour, correct . I did. What did you want to do after that . Did you know . I was not sure. There is nothing wrong with georgetown, it is a fine place, right . It is a wonderful place. But it is your only choice at the end of a distinguished career after all of that. It is not the end of a hallmark movie. It is the end of a really bad reality tv show. Brought to you by someone who knows a lot about that. [laughter] why did you, you previously testified that you sought a
Thank you. Ms. Divine. Thank you, mr. Maguire, for being here. We appreciate your life of Public Service. My question relates to prior to the transmission on august 26 from the ig to the dni, were there any conversations that you had with the ig prior to august 26 related to this matter . Congresswoman, theres been a lot thats happened in the last several weeks. As far as the timeline is concerned, i think that id like to get back to you and give you a full chronology if i may on the actual timeline of events. That would be very helpful to this committee in terms of, if there were any preliminary conversation, what was discussed and if there was any action taken as a result of those conversations. I want to turn to the complaint itself which is made public for the American Public to read. Let me preface this by saying i greatly appreciate your statement that you believe the whistleblower is operating in
good faith. I think thats very important for americans to hear. But on page one, an
And check out the modern ruhles podcast. Third episode drops today. Were talking feminism. Right now, our dear friend, katy tur. Im here. You know i have a Bernie Sanders Campaign Manager and im going to talk to them about how they feel about the surge. Shes peeling away the voters. Im going to guess theyre not that into it. Well see. Well see. They are, theyre proposing bigger and broader and deeper plans compared to what the other democrats are doing on everything from the wealth tax to the climates. Housing. Is that the way theyre going to make a difference. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Im katy tur. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In the east and today, the dam is breaking on impeachment. At 2 30, joe biden will make his strongest statement yet on the trump ukraine controversy. Hell tell reporters if the president doesnt comply with investigatio investigations, congress has no choice but to impeach. At 4 00 p. M. , nancy pelosi is leading a mee meeting with her entir