FACES AN ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT FOR WHAT HE PLANS TO DO IN THE
FUTURE IN ADDITION TO WHAT HE
HAS ALREADY DONE.
WE HAVE ENTERED THAT STAGE IN
THE SPIRALING DECLINE OF THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY WHEN EVERY DAY
NOW SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE
PUBLIC ROOMS.
PUBLIC ROOMS. WHITE HOUSE THAT WE HAVE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE.
SEEN BEFORE. YESTERDAY IN THE CABINET ROOM IT
WAS NANCY PELOSI STANDING UP TO
DONALD TRUMP AS NO ONE HAS EVER
STOOD UP TO HIM BEFORE.
NANCY PELOSI WAS DOING WHAT
DONALD TRUMP’S PARENTS
APPARENTLY FAILED TO DO.
SHE WAS TEACHING A SPOILED BRAT
A LESSON.
A LESSON. NANCY PELOSI STOOD UP TO DONALD
TRUMP IN A WAY IN A NO ONE WHO
HAS EVER WORKED FOR DONALD TRUMP
HAS EVER DONE, SHE DID SOMETHING
DONALD TRUMP’S WIVES ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO DO AND HIS CHILDREN
DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO.
AND 24 HOURS LATER IT WAS MICK
MULVANEY’S TURN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM TO DO
SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE AND SAY THINGS WE HAVE
NEVER HEARD IN THAT ROOM FROM A
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF.
>> THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO FIRE
ME TODAY AND HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE,
HE CAN.
HE CAN. >> THE PRESIDENT MUST BE
THINKING ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. AS HE WATCHES THIS SHOW AND
OTHER CABLE NEWS SHOWS AND SEES
THE OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE NEWS
COVERAGE AND COMMENTARY ABOUT
MICK MULVANEY’S SOILING OF THE
WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM
TODAY.
TODAY. "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED
THIS AFTERNOON THAT ONE PERSON
WHO SPOKE TO TRUMP SAID THAT HE
WAS PLEASED WITH MULVANEY’S
PERFORMANCE.
PERFORMANCE. BUT THAT WAS BEFORE MICK
MULVANEY WAS FORCED TO RELEASE A
WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE
ATTEMPTED TO REWRITE WHAT HE DID
TODAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
BRIEFING ROOM AND WHAT HE DID AT
THAT MICROPHONE IN THE BRIEFING
ROOM WAS IMPLICATE THE
PRESIDENT, IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES AND
WHILE HE WAS AT IT, IMPLICATE
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. THERE IS ALREADY A FEDERAL
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ABOUT
WHAT RUDY GIULIANI WAS DOING IN
UKRAINE AND WHAT DONALD TRUMP
WAS TELLING HIM TO DO IN UKRAINE
THAT COULD INVOLVE CRIMINAL
VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE
LAW THAT MAKES IT A CRIME TO
SOLICIT HELP IN A POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
DONALD TRUMP CLEARLY DID THAT IN
THE ROUGH TRANSCRIPT OF HIS
PHONE CALL WITH THE PRESIDENT OF
UKRAINE WHERE WE SEE HIM
SOLICITING HELP FROM UKRAINE BY
ASKING THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE
TO INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN BY
NAME.
NAME. JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. BUT TODAY MICK MULVANEY
IDENTIFIED ANOTHER LAW THAT HE
AND THE PRESIDENT MAY HAVE
BROKEN.
BROKEN. >> THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT --
BUDGET CONTROL IMPOUNDMENT ACT
OF 1974 SAID IF CONGRESS
APPROPRIATES MONEY, YOU HAVE TO
SPEND IT.
SPEND IT. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY. THANKS FOR REMINDING US.
IN THE SAME PRESS CONFERENCE
WHERE MICK MULVANEY REMINDED US
IT’S AGAINST THE LAW FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO BLOCK SPENDING THAT
CONGRESS HAS AUTHORIZED AND
APPROPRIATED, MICK MULVANEY SAID
THIS ABOUT THE $400 IN AID
CONGRESS APPROPRIATED FOR YOU’RE
CRANE.
CRANE. QUOTE, WE CUT THE MONEY OFF.
WE HELD UP THE MONEY.
WE WERE HOLDING UP MONEY.
MICK MULVANEY IS ONE OF THOSE
TRUMP WORLD CHARACTERS WHO
SPEAKS AS IF HE HAS NOT HEARD
WHAT HE HIMSELF HAS JUST SAID.
HERE IS WHAT MICK MULVANEY SAID
ABOUT WHY HE AND THE PRESIDENT
HELD UP THE MONEY.
>> HE ALSO MENTIONED TO ME IN
THE PAST THAT THE CORRUPTION
RELATED TO THE DNC SERVER?
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THAT’S WHY WE HELD UP THE MONEY.
>> SO THE DEMAND FOR THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEMOCRATS
WAS PART OF THE REASON THAT HE
ORDERED TO WITHHOLD FUNDING TO
UKRAINE?
UKRAINE? >> THE LOOK BACK TO WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2016 CERTAINLY WAS
PART OF THE THING THAT HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT IN CORRUPTION WITH
THAT NATION.
THAT NATION. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE.
>> ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE.
THE SAME GUY WHO AT THE SAME
MICROPHONE TOLD YOU IT IS
AGAINST THE LAW TO HOLD UP THE
MONEY TELLS YOU IT’S ABSOLUTELY
APPROPRIATE.
APPROPRIATE. AND THEN HE TELLS YOU HOW YOU
SHOULD FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS.
>> I HAVE NEWS FOR EVERYBODY.
GET OVER IT.
THERE’S GOING TO BE POLITICAL
INFLUENCE IN FOREIGN POLICY.
>> AND MUCH TO MICK MULVANEY’S
SURPRISE, THAT DIDN’T HELP
ANYONE GET OVER IT.
REPUBLICANS DID NOT RUSH TO THE
MICROPHONES TO SAY, THANKS,
MICK, THAT CLEARS THAT UP.
ADAM SCHIFF, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
ACTUALLY LEFT THE DEPOSITION
THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING TODAY
WITH ONE OF THE SELF-LABELLED
THREE AMIGOS OF THE TRUMP
UKRAINE CONSPIRACY TO SAY
THIS --
THIS -- >> WITH HIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NOW
THAT MILITARY AID TO A VITAL
ALLY
ALLY ALLY, AN ALLY BATTLING RUSSIA AS
WE SPEAK WAS WITHHELD IN PART
OUT OF A DESIRE BY THE PRESIDENT
TO HAVE UKRAINE INVESTIGATE THE
DNC SERVER FOR DEMOCRATS OF
2016.
2016. THINGS HAVE GONE FROM VERY, VERY
BAD TO MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
THE IDEA THAT VITAL MILITARY
ASSISTANCE WOULD BE WITHHELD FOR
SUCH A PATENTLY POLITICAL
REASON, FOR THE REASON OF
SERVING THE PRESIDENTIAL
REELECTION CAMPAIGN, IS A
PHENOMENAL BREACH OF THE
PRESIDENT’S DUTY TO DEFEND OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY AND I HOPE
THAT EVERY MEMBER DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN WILL SPEAK OUT AND
CONDEMN THIS ILLICIT ACTION BY
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CHIEF OF
STAFF.
STAFF. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> "THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS
OFFICIALS CLOSE TO TRUMP WERE
INFURIATED BY MULVANEY’S
COMMENTS DURING HIS NEW
CONFERENCE THAT ESSENTIALRY RYLY
ACKNOWLEDGED A QUID PRO QUO,
UNDER WHICH UKRAINE WOULD
RECEIVE AID THAT MIGHT BENEFIT
HIS CAM ANN.
ONE TRUMP ADVISER CALLED IT
TOTALLY INEXPLEKIBLE.
TOTALLY INEXPLEKIBLE. HE LITERALLY SAID THE THING THAT
THE PRESIDENT AND ADVISERS SAID
DID NOT HAPPEN.
AS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN
WASHINGTON WERE REELING, EVEN
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR
APPARENTLY DECIDED HE WANTED NO
PART OF WHAT MICK MULVANEY WAS
SELLING TODAY.
SELLING TODAY. AND SO AN UNNAMED JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BEGAN
TELLING NEWS ORGANIZATIONS THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DOESN’T KNOW
WHAT MULVANEY WAS TALKING ABOUT.
A SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL TOLD NBC NEWS, QUOTE,
IF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS
WITHHOLDING AID FROM UKRAINE
WITH REGARD TO ANY PART OF THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS NEWS
TO US.
TO US. MICK MULVANEY IS GOING TO BE
FIRED.
FIRED. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF.
IT IS SIMPLY A QUESTION OF
TIMING.
TIMING. WILL THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS