and what the conversation was with james comey. and it goes to why the president fired james comey. earlier today i had a conversation with omarosa manigault newman about the tlers holt interview. here s what she told me. i want to talk about the lester holt interview where you said that the team prepared him well. then he went into the interview and he said what a lot of people believe to be the truth, that he fired jim comey over russia. so was he being prepped to lie? he was being prepped by hope hicks and the coms team to say that the d.o.j. had come up with this memo so that they could justify the firing of comey. so you were that was definitely hope hicks, press secretary kind of thing. i was really, really surprised that he would implicate himself. phil, i don t know what to make of that because there are a
and then there s the issue about what happened to michael flynn and what the conversation was with james comey. and it goes to why the president fired james comey. earlier today i had a conversation with omarosa manigault newman about the tlers holt interview. here s what she told me. i want to talk about the lester holt interview where you said that the team prepared him well. then he went into the interview and he said what a lot of people believe to be the truth, that he fired jim comey over russia. so was he being prepped to lie? he was being prepped by hope hicks and the coms team to say that the d.o.j. had come up with this memo so that they could justify the firing of comey. so you were that was definitely hope hicks, press secretary kind of thing. i was really, really surprised
so was he being prepped to lie? he was being prepped by hope hicks and the coms team to say that the doj had come up with this memo so that they could justify the firing of comey. welcome back to velshi and ruhle. that was omarosa manigault newman. she expects a counter attack from the white house and believes white house staff was being recorded by the president. the whole thing, think about this. james comey taking contemporaneous notes. michael cohn, the president s long-time fixer tapes the president and omarosa worked with him at the a pren dipprent
the things we do every single day that puts ourselves in harm s way, and to have a partner that is so skilled at what they do is indispensable, and i couldn t ask for a better partner. he was being prepped by hope hicks and the coms team to say the d.o.j. came up with this memo so they could justify the firing of comey. he has that was definitely hope hicks press secretary kind of thing. but i was really, really surprised that he would implicate himself. that s when you know someone is mentally challenged when they would even jeopardize their own livelihood by saying things that are just insane at times. so, if the coms team prepped the president to lie to lester
4th week was slow in the first half. but donald trump officially hired former fox news president bill shine to head the white house s coms team. remember he was fired after the roger ails sexual harassment scandal. and scott pruitt resigned and i wasn t here for it. it only took 504 days and more scandals that i have time to list. and also president trump challenges elizabeth warren to a dna test to prove her native american heritage. and he made fun of former president and recent widow george h.w. bush. friday july 6, trump launched his trade war with china, levying $34 billion worth of