because the wild card is always the president. and his twitter account. i think the other thing about jennifer williams and it s not getting as much attention is she does place vice president pence in an awkward position. he either has to argue he doesn t read his briefing book, doesn t listen to his staff, or i was in on this. it s one or the other. so far he s escaped scrutiny here, but he was preefed on his way to warsaw by her and apparently was in his briefing book. and there s one more thing i think is important at that warsaw meeting. republicans keep saying it can t be a quid pro quo because zelensky didn t know the military aid was being held up. ukrainians didn t know that. the first question at that september 1st meeting between vice president pence and zelensky s people was wherest the military aid? they did know. of course they knew. and vice president knows they knew. well, that s the question of just exactly what was kmaunted. because so far he s maintained these con
following through on campaign promises to bring manufacturing jobs but also as an investment. we asked what the reaction is several hours ago. they haven t gotten back to us. thanks very much. joining us is eric. he is a member of the intelligence and judiciary committees. thank you for joining us. thank you. they say the russians have altered evidence as part of a russian disinformation campaign. have you been preefed briefed o? i can say this is what they do. it is a surprise they have taken us seriously. it s not working if it has confronted him. it s not working because this persists. i think it is all the reason that we have to view russia as
and do you feel that they were telling you what you wanted to hear? what is the implication? well, the implication is just wrong. and again, the cia directors are making it clear that they got it wrong time after time after time. the foegs that the notion th not identified at the white house is not true. i sat in meetings with the cia and the example that the president did not know is a lie and it is not true. we we were in fact how was the president preefed? he with was briefed. by the cia or you? i was heavily involved as especially the national security council and conde. and the president write ss abou it in his book. well, three pages in his book he writes about it, but you were briefed directly, and he was briefed indirectly most of the time, is that fair to say? no, that is not fair to say. he and i met every single morning with the ci, and the
hear? what is the implication? well, the implication is just wrong. and again, the cia directors are making it clear that they got it wrong time after time after time. the foegs that the notion th not identified at the white house is not true. i sat in meetings with the cia and the example that the president did not know is a lie and it is not true. we we were in fact how was the president preefed? he with was briefed. by the cia or you? i was heavily involved as especially the national security council and conde. and the president write ss abou it in his book. well, three pages in his book he writes about it, but you were briefed directly, and he was briefed indirectly most of the time, is that fair to say? no, that is not fair to say. he and i met every single morning with the ci, and the director of the director of