territorial and imperial ambitions are much more important than anything else, including the livelihood of the russian population, the financial situation in the country, even the financial state of his government. and, ondra , state of his government. and, ondray. over state of his government. and, ondray, over the state of his government. and, ondray, over the past - state of his government. and, ondray, over the past few - ondray, over the past few years, president clinton has repeatedly tried to raise spending and social welfare. he said in 2019, there are too many poor people. we should focus attention on fighting this phenomenon. does he regard doing this as important to maintain his grip on power, or is itjust words that he feels he needs to say? indie is it just words that he feels he needs to say? we cannot exclude that he needs to say? we cannot exclude that initially, - exclude that initially, especially in his first years in the office, he was very serious about this,
of him. john deckard? reporter: seem to acknowledge authenticity and that position hasn t changed? like i said, the president hasn t changed his position. if anything the president questions it s the media s reporting on that accuracy. john? reporter: thanks a lot. questions on the cfpb. first has to do whether or not he would like the courts to clear up any confusion as to who is in control of the cfpb? of course, a lawsuit is filed. we d like that case to be a ruling on that case to be decided quickly? look, of course, we re aware a lawsuit has been filed but are also aware that the law is extremely clear and that director mulvaney is the acting director here as has been outlined by the counsel s office, by the department of justice, and as i said before, cfpb s only general counsel, which was appointed by condray. i think everybody is in full
smoking gun. the december 19th, 2012 memo written by agency s counsel. keep in mind agency counsel represents the board. i was the head of the agency, but she didn t represent me. and in her memo, she advised the board that what they were doing was illegal and they had to cease and desist. if you look at one portion of the memo, she says, it s patently impermissible to discriminate against people because of their political affiliations and that the board could not retaliate against me for refusing to oppose their discriminatory practices or directives of not hiring white males. ondray, this sort of goes in sync with what we ve been hearing coming out of the irs, that there was targeted efforts toward people who maybe had a political viewpoint, that some of the irs folks didn t like.
hiring a person who they deemed right of center or conservative, a female, erin wilcox, and that i should not hire her. i told them that that was illegal and unconstitutional. and that i would not do that and i tendered my resignation at that time. ondray, it s shocking. i want to give you an opportunity to respond. the board has issued a state. the current board action has alwaysen focused on mr. harris refusal to comply with the law. at no time has the board communicated any interest, notice or agenda to the contrary. notwithstanding as a result of mr. harris unproven allegations of discrimination against the board, we are now required to this matter for investigation. they said you were the one doing illegal things. right. governor, what s important here is what they don t say. they never denied that the statements were made. and i provided you with the