to say about yavonovitch and her performance. pulled out, and that will raise further questions by democrats as to why she was removed, apparently as part of this plot by rudy giuliani to get rid of her because he thought that she was blocking what he and the president were trying to do in ukraine. and josh, your reporting on the white house letters to hill prior to her testimony, telling her about executive privilege, all these things. one thing i noticed in your reporting that i read was that the white house lawyers tried to say to her lawyers, this is not a real impeachment inquiry. yeah, it echoes some of what was in that letter that the white house lawyer sent to nancy pelosi just about a week ago when they were saying they re not going to comply with this impeachment inquiry. this was this came as there was a flurry of negotiations just in the last couple of days
that is not what s supposed to happen in america and indiana! all this has raised new questions about whether the man known for being unflap able can effectively confront issues back at home. joining me from south bend, indiana is nbc news political reporter josh. the mayor plans to go to miami for the debates. he s leaving behind the situation back home for a few days. what s his thinking here. how is he trying to juggle carrying out the job he was elected to do while campaigning for the job he wants? reporter: yeah there s a bit of a delay. reporter: this has been a difficult few days. he knows he s under a microscope as far as what he does to respond to the situation in that the worse thing that could happen would be for pete buttigieg to be seen as missing in action as his city is dealing
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russia investigations plaguing his administration. quote, two white house officials said trump and some aides including steve bannon are becoming increasingly convinced they are victims of a conspiracy against trump s presidency as evidenced by the number of leaks flowing out of the government. joining me is one of the co-authors of that report, politico white house reporter josh, and my panel mike and megan. josh, one source told you the president, quote, obsesses about the so-called deep state conspiracy. what exactly is his strategy to confront it? i think back to joe scarborough saying day in and day out, when the president went after the intelligence community, you don t want to go after these guys, they ve got the information. right. and president trump has conceded that privately to friends his attacks on the intelligence community may not have been the best strategy. but i think now he s in a bit of a predicament.