has been available through public comments. i know that chairman nunes has confirmed he was on white house grounds tuesday, and frankly any questions regarding who he met with or why he was here should be referred to him. i ve seen some of the comments he s made to your outlet in particular about who he met with, and i would refer you to his comments that he s made. i m not going to get into who he met with or why he met with them. i think that s something that he has made very clear and i ll let him answer it. he is the one who has discussed what he is reviewing, and so i will leave it up to him and not try to get in the middle of that. i m asking a slightly different question. at least, i m trying to ask a slightly different question, which is, does the white house know what happened beyond public accounts, and are you satisfied that you don t have an inappropriate leak in the executive branch? no, we re not concerned about that. again, everything i know about what he h
Behind the original request, and general comey said he s wondering what the fbi is looking into. we have a whole lot of people looking into this situation. will the whi house pursue a leaked investigation and whoever is giving chairman nunes information in the executive branch? we re letting this review proceed and we can address this after he decides to be clear about that. why is this leak okay and others are not? there is a difference between a leak and a review of a situation that s been determined. there is a difference in a leak, leaking out to reporters to take classified information and share it with people who aren t cleared. chairman nunes is cleared as chairman of the intelligence committee. someone who is cleared to share information with someone else who is cleared is not a leak. zeke? you read a statement on the protests in russia. does that reflect the white house s views?
Who will devise the plan the president wants to put his name on? i know the first one has a target date, and i think it depends. as you point out, these are big things. there are a lot of groups who will want some input and it s been 30 years. i think some of this will depend on the consensus you can come to on a lot of big issues. but we have a goal, and it will depend on issues on the corporate side and the individual side how that process evolves. i know the secretary would like to have it done. he ll play a huge role in this. gerald comey will play a role in it. secretary ross on the commerce side. there is a lot of individuals who have assembled a world class cabinet who have a lot of interest in growing the american