Chuck: Evasion And Obstruction From The White House | MTP Daily

>>> WELL, GOOD EVENING. I'M CHUCK TODD HERE IN NEW YORK
AND WELCOME TO M PT DAILY. TONIGHT'S LEAD IS ONE THAT WE AS
JOURNALISTS DON'T TAKE PLEASURE IN WRITING.
IT'S ANOTHER WHEN YOU MISLEAD AND GET CAUGHT.
AND IT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER ANIMAL IF YOU FLAT-OUT LIE.
>> DO YOU SEE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO LIE
FROM THE PODIUM? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO LIE FROM THE PODIUM OR ANY
OTHER PLACE. >> AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT THA
TO BE ASKED TODAY OF THIS KWHS. BUT COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, IT HAS BEEN A MIND NUMBING COMBINATION
OF SHOCKING ARE AND DEPRESSING BECAUSE AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT THE
CREDIBILITY CRISIS WAS IT'S MUCH WORSE.
THEY'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN BLATANT CONTRADICTIONS AND PETITIONED
FAB INDICATIONS. WHERE TO BEGIN.
SO LET'S START WITH THAT MISLEADING STATEMENT THAT DONALD
TRUMP JR. GAVE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HIS MEETING DURING THE
CAMPAIGN. FIRST YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR WHAT
THE PRESPRESIDENT'S LAWYER TOLD ON "MEET THE PRESS" A FEW WEEKS
AGO, FOLLOWED BY WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE ENDED UP SAYING YESTERDAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE
STATEMENT. >> HE WEIGHED IN, OFFERED
SUGGESTION LIKE ANY FATHER WOULD DO.
>> SO WAS SEKULOW LYING TO ME? WAS HE JUST MISINFORMED?
THAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND IT'S A QUESTION HE NEEDS TO
ANSWER. BUT EITHER WAY, WHAT HE SAID
TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE. THEN THE WHITE HOUSE MADE THINGS
WORSE BY SAYING THIS. >> THE STATEMENT THAT DONE
JUNIOR ISSUED IS TRUE. THERE'S NO INACCURACY IN THE N
STATEMENT. >> NO INACCURACY?
AS JOHN McENROW MIGHT UNDERSTAND UP SAYING, YOU CANNOT BE
SERIOUS. THIS IS A MEEFRTING WITH A
RUSSIA LAURA KPD BY AT LEAST FOUR OTHER PEOPLE THAT THE
CAMPAIGN TOOK BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS PART OF A RUSSIA
GOVERNMENT BACKED EFFORT TO INCRIMINATE HILLARY CLINTON.
DID TRUMP JUNIOR'S FIRST STATEMENT MENTION ANY OF THAT?
NOPE. CONSIDER THIS ONE ON SUNDAY I
SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP OUTSIDE VIFRS,
HIS FORMER CAMPAIGN MANAGER LEWANDOWSKI ABOUT WHITE HOUSE
TURMOIL AND THE WHITE HHITE HOU CHIEF OF STAFF AND OUT OF
NOWHERE CORY LEWANDOWSKI BROUGHT UP THIS PERSON AND TOPIC.
>> I THINK THE GENERAL SHOULD RELOOK AT FIRING RICHARD -- IT'S
MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO FIRE RICH AFTERWARD CORE DRAIN.
>> I'VE GOT TO ASK THIS CONSIDERING THAT YOU BROUGHT
THIS UP. DO YOU HAVE ANY BUSINESS
INTEREST HERE? DO YOU HAVE A CLIENT THAT WANTS
TO SEE THIS HAPPEN? >> NO, NO.
I HAVE NO CLIENTS WHATSOEVER. >> AND NO CLIENTS WHATSOEVER.
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE DEMONSTRABLY FALSE ACCORDING TO
A DRAFT CONTRACT OBTAINED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, ONE OF
LEWANDOWSKI'S CLIENTS COMMUNITY CHOICE FINANCIAL OFFERED HIM A
$20,000 A MONTH RETAINER TO EXPLICITLY FURTHER THEIR AGENDA.
CONSIDER THIS ONE. HERE IS WHAT SEAN SPICER TOLD
REPORTERS BACK ON MAY 16th WHEN FOX NEWS POSTED A STORY THAT
ENDED UP BEING RESTRAKTD LATER THAT ATTEMPTED TO LINK THE DEATH
OF A DNC STAFF TO WIKILEAKS. >> SCENE, CAN WE GET A WHITE
HOUSE REACTION OR THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION TO THE
REPORT THAT SETH RICH WAS E-MAILING WIKILEAKS BEFORE HIS
MURDER? >> I DON'T -- I'M NOT AWARE OF
-- GENERALLY I DON'T GET UPDATES ON DNC, FORMER DNC STAFFERS.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. >> AT THE TIME WE THOUGHT THAT
WAS INNOCUOUS ANSWER. TURNED OUT SPICER WAS AWARE AT
THAT TIME. IN FACT, HE ENDED UP
ACKNOWLEDGING IN AN N PR STORY YESTERDAY AFTER ALLEGATIONS WERE
MADE IN FEDERAL COURT THAT HE PERSONALLY MET WITH THE SOURCES
OF THAT FOX NEWS STORY IN APRIL. SO SPICER HAS SINCE CONFIRMED.
THEY WERE, QUOTE, INFORMING ME OF THE FOX STORY IS HOW SPICER
PUT IT. AND THAT LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A
FORMER HOMICIDE DETECT STIF WHO WAS TASKED WITH INVESTIGATING
THE DEATH. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THOSE
CHARGES ARE ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. FINALLY, CONSIDER THIS, IN AN
INTERVIEW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
LAST WEEK HE FEELS PRESSED ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH HE GAVE
TO THE BOY SCOUTS WHICH LATER PROMPTED THEM TO APOLOGIZE ON
THE PRESIDENT'S BEHALF. MR. TRUMP BOASTED TO THE JURM,
QUOTE, I GOT A CALL FROM THE HEAD OF THE BOY SCOUTS SAID IT
WAS THE GREATEST SPEECH THAT WAS EVER MADE TO THEM.
THE REACTION FROM THE BOY SCOUTS, WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY
SUCH CALL. AS CHRIS CARTER MIGHT SAY, COME
ON, MAN. AND THESE ARE JUST THE TIP OF
THE ICEBERG. FOLKS, THE COMMON QUESTION I GET
FROM FOLKS IN THE WHITE HOUSE FROM ALL LEVELS IS HOW DO WE
IMPROVE OUR ROIM IN THE PRESS? MY ANSWER, NOT LIKE THIS.
IF THEY'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY MISLEAD US ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM
CROWD SIZES TO CAMPAIGN MEETINGS TO WHAT WAS SAID AT THE BOY
SCOUTS, THROW OUT WILDLY UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS LIKE
OBAMA WIRED MY PHONES AND THEN BLAST REPORTERS FOR SO-CALLED
FAKE NEWS WHEN THEY'RE CALLED OUT ON THIS NONSENSE, WHY SHOULD
WE OR THE PUBLIC OR CONGRESS TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD

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