Updates of the days news. Tell bob mueller anything that would incriminate President Trump. There was also the caveat that had he witnessed a crime he would have resigned. Can that be known for certain, depending on what else mueller has learned throughout the probe that don mcgahn did not offer anything that is incriminating to the president . Well, absolutely not. What we have right now is the word of mcgahns attorneys, and so people who were not privy to the conversations cannot know for sure what was told. The reality is it is a bit comforting to the president , of course, because theres ongoing concern that people close to him could Say Something that would harm him. But perhaps Mcgahn Didnt Share anything that could Incriminate Trump because there was nothing to Incriminate Trump, which is the Argument Trump has been making all of this time. But the reality is the investigation is ongoing and we will see more in the near future. Speaking of the reality, eugene, we are talking her
president has the authority to declassify anything he wants. in a sense there s the issue of the security clearance itself and no president would normally ignoert ignore the advice of experts which is what happened here. certainly he can declassify. this is why it puts it centrally in the context of congressional oversight. is it an abuse of authority in terms of the interests of the american people? and certainly, certainly that is something that congress should be able to take a very close i hard look at. go ahead, gabby. i was going to say, optically this could become disastrous for the president as well. if you remember back just several months ago he was talking about revoking security clearances from people he disagreed with. people like hillary clinton, andrew mccabe and now you compare that with what we re
i m watching trump with strength. i m watching the opposition without it. anyway, thank you bret stephens, robert costa, beltsy woodruff and one of the great congress people of our history, liz huldzman. coming up, the senate race in arizona. still counting, kearse krysten sinema just took the lead. pretty good for her. the latest from arizona. plus, another deadly gun massacre. it s the new norm, isn t it? this time in a california bar catering to college kids. is this the new normal? 13 dead, including the shooter. we ll talk to someone who has lived through gun violence, jackie speier of california. remember jonestown? she was there, shot five times, survived. trump is going after his critics by revoking security clearances, banning journalists from the white house, and firing his own attorney general. what will the big loser of tuesday this week who lost 35 to 40 seats do next in his new power rage? finally, another big consequence of tuesday s vote
your contracting gig for i have no contract with the u.s. government that pays money. zero. in a tweet the president said mudd was unglued and weird and questioned his mental condition. the president has seen controversy after yanking the security clearance for john brennan last week. let s break it down with chris alizza. he tweeted about clapper maying maybe clapper is being nice to me in his criticism of john brennan so he doesn t lose his security clearance. it feels like it is becoming a reality show of what can i do to keep my security clearance or take it away. becoming a reality show. the only thing i disagree is i think it s been a reality show for a while. this is the latest twist. we know donald trump likes the idea of revoking security clearances in the same way he likes the idea of presidential pardons because he can just do it.
hill, mark warner, the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee did introduce an paemd would pre strength president from revoking security clearances. it s not clear that it would even come up for a vote let alone pass the senate. if he is going on start to strip more security clearances, then there may be more support for some sort of response. or at least being more clear on whether or not he has that authority. i think your point is exactly right. the president s comments about the discovery process and what could be learned, i think, go back to the time of lawsuit he is used to in new york and not the kind of legal case this would be if brennan goes forward with it. on that, our thanks to jonathan and sabrina. we really appreciate it. thank you both for coming. on coming up, as her husband positively scorches several individuals on twitter in just these past 24 hours, the first