ty cobb delivering accolades, many praise on mcgahn after the fact, saying he s helped me throughout the course. do you buy that? i think that was a little damage control, certainly. the concern among whout counsel and among the chief of staff is ty cobb was being incredibly indiscreet in having this conversation about such sensitive issues in such a public place. i would just add, peter, this was not only at this restaurant, blt steak, that is precisely 171 feet from the new york times d.c. bureau, but in the sidewalk seating area where not just any diner, but any passerby could potentially overhear these guys. cobb himself is a very recognizable guy with the big handlebar mustache. there s the photo you took. he s not inconspicuous at all. the substantive debates and the mistrust, that s what worried don mcgahn and white house
sidewalk seating area of this restaurant where passersby, other diners, whomever, servers, could hear them talking about this incredibly sensitive subject. i was actually there meeting a source for lunch. i had my lunch with the source, we noticed these two guys who we instantly recognized. cobb is obviously very easy to recognize with that trademark bushy handlebar mustache. so i m talking to my source and my source gets up to leave and i say, you know what, i m just going to hang out here for a little bit. as i sat by myself at this table taking notes on my iphone, they proceeded to discuss the most sensitive of this sensitive area in a way that was very easily audible to me and allowed for us to get at some of these issues that we kind of suspected were already in play with the legal team, that is this question over to what extent to try to assert
us, talking loud as can be next to you in a restaurant. yeah. it was surprising. that was part of the confrontation that the white house counsel and john kelly, the chief of staff, were frustrated. expressed their frustration with ty cobb, the internal lawyer representing the president and the white house in the investigation, for his carelessness in the handling of this incredibly sensitive topic. to be talking about it at a restaurant where you could be overheard by anyone. i happened to be there. it was in the sidewalk seating area of the restaurant, so passersby could have heard, waiters and any other diner. this is not what you want to be discussing in that setting. no doubt, but from john kelly s perspective, the argument, tighten up your game, this isn t a ship that i want to run, can don mcgahn make this argue amount, or is his issue he can face his own legal issues?