element of the panel s work, to recreate what mr. trump was doing behind closed doors during the assault on congress by a mob of his supporters. a trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to our request for comment. meanwhile the former president is denying that report, that he may have flushed official documents down a white house toilet while in office. the claim comes from the new york times reporter maggie haiberman s forthcoming book, and it was reported by axios yesterday. trump released a statement, calling it a fake story, saying it is quote categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book. the same day this reporting came out, the house oversight committee, announced its opening a probe in trump s handling of presidential records. maggie haberman s upcoming book has they don t tail, and he has kept in touch with north korean leader kim jong-un since leaving the white house. kim s letters to trump, which
for toilets is in fact in the news today. and as a series journalist it is my duty to tell you about it. according to the new york times reporter maggie haiberman, when donald trump was president, his staff used to periodically find wads of printed paper clogging the white house toilets. they believed president trump was purposefully attempting to flush pieces of paper down the toilet. the former president immediately poo-pooed these ideas reportedly saying he never put presidential records in a toilet which is definitely a thing that i cannot believe i just said on tv, but jennifer jacobs confirmed with her own sources, too, trump staffers were trying to fish clumped torn papers out of white house toilet and who knows maybe there is why the president was
goes, has the biden white house weighed in on this, and how could this pose a potential problem in future diplomacy between the two countries? these are all considered pertinent questions and the white house has not specifically addressed and it is important to know that maggie says that president trump is telling people this, it does not necessarily mean it is true, and he has been known to sort of exaggerate the truth so it is not entirely clear that that is happening but of course, i m sure this is of interest to officials on the national security council, the white house has not said anything yet, and it is something that the white house press secretary jen psaki may be asked about it at the next briefing because it is unprecedented for a former u.s. president to be in touch with a leader of a country like north korea that is not an ally. we re showing clips there of then president trump visiting the dmz. i was part of the presidential pool that day when he stepped over the lin
contrast we heard from sarah huckabee sanders and what they had to say about the auj othaut that statement. the president was not involved in the drafting and did not issue the statement. it came from donald trump jr., that s what i can tell you, that s what we know. donald trump jr. said the same thing it was in fact from him and i believe it was his lawyer was in consultation. he certainly didn t dictate like i said he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. some comments there from how big a deal is this as you see it, what the two attorneys are saying versus what we ve heard over the last few nths? it s an important revelation, we had reported maggie haiberman that the president had been directly involved in the drafting of that state and jay was denying our story in the washington post and followed up saying not only was he involved but dictated it. now have confirmation of that. that s why reporters have such a
perez was not at the dnc but if the dnc did pay for it, that s something that republicans i m sure here on capitol hill will want to talk to them about. jon: maggie haiberman from the new york times. one of the people who has worked on this story for a long time tweeted that the clinton campaign lied in their participation in all this. very interesting. a lot of work ahead. jake sherman, thank you, from politico. melissa: two gop senators announcing not running for reelection next year. how will it impact the republican agenda in congress? tragedy on campus after an altercation during homecoming week at one louisiana university. it s a horrible tragedy. nothing that anybody would ever want to have happen.