can you speak up. this morning james comey said he didn t inform the president of the political source of the dasier. was the president surprised to hear that? did director comey ever tell him about the sourcing of the political dossier against him? i m not sure about that specific conversation but i know that it s been documented many times over now that the dossier is false opposition research funded by the clinton campaign and used to attack the president. a second question because it s friday. did the president speak to former vice president dick cheney about the scooter libby pardon either before or after? i am not aware of any conversations on that subject. three republican state matters from missouri wrote the president yesterday saying that the embattled governor, eric
brian? nadia, and then i will go to brian. thank you sarah. the ocpw is sending inspectors to syria. do you think this is a futile exercise since you already have the evidence that actually they have chemical? once again we are confident in the intelligence that we have and the fact that we know that syria is responsible for these actions. one last question, brian. i will do two. one on syria and one on the department of justice. on syria, the president has publicly said that he wants to get out of syria. has this strike changed his mind on that? and is he considering other options other than a plan to pull out u.s. forces from syria? and if you could just answer that i m sorry what was the last part? is he considering other options other than a long term strategy to get out? i don t have any additional changes to policy in syria at this time n. terms of ormss. all of the options are on the table. we are continuing to look at
this as he went through his vetting process and now his arrival at the white house. all these things are possible with trump. i think it s about anything but mercy for the guy. right. it s not about trump having a soft spot for scooter libby. this is a guy who didn t get sent to prison. he got his law license back. this is about clearing his good name. matthew, good to see you again. matthew cooper, washingtonian contributor. all right, nbc news investigative unit has learned republican fund-raiser broidy has resigned. donald trump s attorney and fixer negotiated another money for silence deal in late 2017, according to people familiar with the matter. it says that $1.6 million were paid to a former play boy model to remain silent about her sexual relationship and subsequent pregnancy with broidy, who is an associate of the president. broidy, who is married, acknowledged a consensual relationship with a play boy
investigation into a reporter and then lied to james comey about it and under oath to two fbi investigators. do you have a reaction to that? and does that in your mind validate the decision to fire mccabe? i haven t seen the full report, but sounds like two peas if a pod with mccabe and comey. mccabe was fired in disgrace for misconduct and lying about it. beyond that i don t have anything about it at this point. francesca. thank you sarah. you said that james comey was a liar, that he s a leaker, that he made false representations or claims. other than what the president tweeted this morning about lying under oath to senator grassley, what exactly has he said that s false or a lie? comey claimed reopening the:investigation what he did was base on merit. now he says it was based on poll numbers. comey claimed he was told to stop investigating flynn after he previously testified that no one told him to stop
by ambassador joseph wilson. joseph wilson happened to be married to a woman named valerie plame. in an attempt to discredit the op-ed, administration officials revealed that plame was a cia operative and that would be a federal crime under certain circumstances. in 2007, libby was convicted on a number of charges, including lying to the fbi and obstructing justice. he was sentenced to 30 months in prison. president bush ultimately commuted libby s sentence but didn t issue a full pardon. that s what trump did today. for more on all this i m joined by matthew cooper, he s a contributor with the washingtonian and just wrote this article on the trial of scooter libby and his testimony against libby when he was time magazine s reporter. matt, good to have you here. thanks, ali. this is an interesting story. some people say the president is doing something he didn t need to do, there was no great call to pardon scooter libby to set the table and send a message to