at the new yorker published a story saying chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mark milley, basically argued to trump that he couldn t bomb iran. he wanted to bomb iran. in this circumstance donald trump is trying to tell milley or tell the people in the room that he has a document that would undercut milley, that there is something that would discredit milley s idea that he was trying to talk trump out of bombing iran. so in his book, mark meadows, who was not in the meeting, that there were two people working on meadows book in this meeting, meadows writes about what trump was recalling in this meeting. trump recalled a four-page report typed up by mark milley himself. it contained the general s own plan to attack iran, deploying massive number of troops. the justice department is looking into what happened around that document itself, this document with mark milley.
unprecedented constitutional questions about his powers post presidency. things we ve never really contemplated before. this reporting undercuts all this. he also admits that he knows he has this document which gives no room to argue like president biden and former vice president pence didn t know. up until now we ve seen the photographs of the cover sheets. there s been a lot made about the fact that this is just a cover sheet out there. now we know the substance, at least in part, of one document and the severity of it. no wonder why there s conversations surrounding the unlawful disclosure of very secretive information, the potential diplomatic storm that could actually result from all of this, and the idea that he was aware of it, that he knew the consequences of it and was offering to look at it nonetheless and to undercut somebody of high-ranking authority in our own government,
and become a st. jude partner in hope today. i ll always take care of you. i m gonna hold you forever. be by your side. i ll be there. a standoff over a biden document continues to escalate in congress. today fbi director christopher wray spoke with chairman james comer and iowa republican
criminal scheme where a foreign national essentially tries to pay him off. there s nothing to indicate that this is a verified rumor. the white house has dismissed this and call this all a gop charade that is designed to try to hurt joe biden s poll numbers. even the fbi has been writing to this committee why they re so hesitant to hand this document over is saying this is unsubstantiated information. a confidential source comes in, speaks to the fbi. they use this form to sort of memorialize that conversation. but this is information from one person. it doesn t tell you, you know, did the fbi check this out? did somebody else contradict them? is this a person who is a crazy person who came in from the street and decided they wanted to share this information from the fbi. we really still won t have a sense, even when congress gets to go view this information. even if they get a copy of the document, if there s any veracity to what they re talking
puzzle piece for any prosecutor. it s the hardest thing to prove because you can t get into the mind of the person you re targeting. it does make it a broader case away from obstruction. also, is this document that was waved around pre portedly, do they actually have it? or is it part of another trove? it s expanding. coming up, a key house vote happening this hour. it will help determine the fate of the debt limit compromise deal. plus, what cnn is learning about former vice president mike pence and exactly when he plans to get into the 2024 presidential race and what the chinese government has to say about that aggressive maneuver by one of its own fighter jets flying awfully close to a u.s. spy plane. stay with us. and mvp vinaigrette.ble ce double cheese?!? yes and yes! man, you crazy. try the refreshed fafavorites at subway today.