All right, it is quite a morning for ivanka trump, maybe a surprising morning. Moments ago, she sat through jeers and hiss on her first overseas trip since her fathers inauguration, appearing at a womens empowerment conference with german chancellor Angela Merkel. Shes there not only as a blood relative of the president , but as her official capacity as an adviser to him in the white house. That led to some pretty tough questions on who exactly shes loyal to. The german audience is not that familiar with the concept of a first daughter. Id like to ask you, what is your role . Whom are you representing, your father as the president of the United States, the american people, or your business . Well, certainly not the latter. And i am rather unfamiliar with this role as well, as it is quite new to me. After that, jeers from the audience over questions about her fathers treatment of women. Our kate bennett is traveling with ivanka trump, just attended an offcamera briefing. What can you te
Kellyanne conway, Newt Gingrich banging on about Robert Mueller, people hes hired and the fact theyve given money to Hillary Clinton forgetting the fact that the president was a democrat until 2009 and jared and ivanka giving money to democrats and gary cohn is a democrat. Reporter thats right. This is consistent with what we have heard from top officials here and even the president himself. He said that he thinks there may be some conflicts of interest so the New York Times Washington Post reporting now that the president s legal team actually looking into that possibility effectively trying to discredit Robert Mueller, even saying that theyre looking into the possibility of what are the president s pardoning powers. Now, john dowd, who is part of the president s legal team firing back, pushing back against that reporting. Heres what he has to say. He says the story is not true. It is nonsense. The president s lawyers are cooperating with the special counsel, Robert Mueller, on behalf
Says hes talking with Robert Muellers team about a plea deal. Exactly what jerome corsi knows and what it means for the president is not clear tonight. What is clear, it is not good news for mister trump. Kevin cork is outside the president s florida resort. Reporter jerome corsi is not directly tied to donald trump but is an associate of roger stone who was a trump advisor in 2016. What we do know is as he continues to create a situation which could lead to a plea deal with the mueller team that is newsworthy and everyone can agree it may not be very good news for the president. The written answers to the witchhunt that has been going on forever, no collusion, no nothing. Reporter the president remained steadfast in denial of any russian collusion connected to his campaign the special counsels office continues to tighten the net on a number of individuals close to the trump orbit. The latest, jerome corsi who like roger stone has been linked to the controversial website info wars and
With the special counsel. The times reports that mcgahn participated in several interviews over nine months. Sarah westwood is live from new jersey where the president is spending the weekend. What else are we learning, sarah . Reporter President Trump is speaking up to downplay the significance of that the New York Times report that suggests White House Counsel Don Mcgahn cooperated with the Robert Mueller on the obstruction portion of his investigation. Trump and his legal team have been saying that they encouraged mcgahn to speak to investigators. Like you mentioned, mcgahn gave nearly 30 hours of system to investigators and he provided potentially unflattering information about the ways that trump reacted privately to developments in the russia investigation. Rudy giuliani, trumps personal attorney, is arguing that mcgahn served as a strong witness for the president. Here is what giuliani had to say about it last night. The reality is that the president encouraged all of the people
Lawyer roger stone says hes talking about a plea deal. And exactly what corsi knows and what it means for the president tonight. Its not good news for President Trump. Correspondent kevin corke is outside the florida resort tonight. Jerome corsi is not directly tied to President Trump but he is an associate of roger stone who is a trump advisor back in 2016. What we do know is he continues to possibly create a situation that could lead to a plea deal, certainly that is newsworthy and i think everyone can agree, it may not be very good news for the president. President trump the written answers to the witch hunt thats been going on forever, no collusion, no nothing, theyve been finished. While the president remains steadfast in his denial of any collusion, the special counsels office continues to tighten the net on a number of individuals who were close to the trump orbit. The latest, jerome corsi who like roger stone has been linked to the controversial website infowars and has been in