Trump’s downfall for collusion with Russia will be disappointed by ‘Fear.'” Trump repeated Woodward’s statement, made after Comey informed the president-elect of the lurid allegations in the dossier prepared by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, that the dossier is “a garbage document” that “never should have been … part of an intelligence briefing.”īut that’s just about all that partisans like House Intelligence Committee ranking Democrat Rep. So, as I wrote in my Wall Street Journal review of “Fear,” “Those anticipating Mr. And the prosecutor’s questions to Trump, quoted to Woodward, go to Trump’s motives for clearly constitutional acts, like firing former FBI Director James Comey. As Woodward added, there’s always the possibility special prosecutor Robert Mueller or others know something we don’t.īut we also know none of Mueller’s indictments and guilty pleas point toward confirmation. Can we take this as definitive evidence that there’s nothing to the theory, widely bruited these past two years by top intelligence and FBI officials, and by numerous Democrats, that President Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russians? Ocasio-Cortez on border wall announcement: President must ‘take. Jordan, Scalise locked in tight race to succeed McCarthyįlorida Democrat asks county to increase Mar-a-Lago tax to match Trump claims Jack Smith probed Trump’s nuclear subs discussion with Australian. Trump appeals ruling stripping him of New York business certificates Kinzinger predicts Jordan will be next Speaker Liz Cheney thinks Jim Jordan will lose Speakership vote Trump voluntarily dismisses lawsuit against Michael Cohenīoebert says she’s ‘willing to ditch’ motion to vacate if Jordan elected. The Trump collapse is coming - and he’s taking Biden down with him 6 charges with presidential immunity defenseĢ0 GOP senators led by Rick Scott vow to block bills not related to funding. Schumer to MTG: ‘We’ve seen a Trump rally at the Capitol already’ Judge rejects Sidney Powell’s attempt to dismiss Georgia charges over. Trump Tower penthouse comes under scrutiny at New York fraud trial: recap GOP aims fire at Gaetz after McCarthy ouster This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Trump’s transition team has denied that the president-elect was briefed on the addendum and at a press conference last week, the president-elect said it was “disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out.” TagsĬopyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. Thank you to Bob Woodward who said, “That is a garbage document…it never should have been presented…Trump’s right to be upset (angry)…Ībout that…Those Intelligence chiefs made a mistake here, & when people make mistakes, they should APOLOGIZE.” Media should also apologizeĬNN first reported last week that senior intelligence officials had briefed President Obama and Trump on a two-page addendum to the intelligence community report on Russian hacking summarizing an unverified dossier that claims Russia had collected compromising information on Trump and was in contact during the campaign with members of his team.īuzzFeed was the only major media organization to publish the 35-page report in full. In a follow-up tweet, Trump continued quoting Woodward and added that the “media should also apologize.” He said intelligence officials “who are terrific and have done great work made a mistake here, and when people mistakes they should apologize.” “Thank you to Bob Woodward who said, ‘That is a garbage document…it never should have been presented…Trump’s right to be upset (angry)…” the president-elect tweeted Sunday afternoon, name-checking the famed Washington Post journalist who helped break the Watergate story.Įarlier, on “Fox News Sunday,” Woodward called the dossier a “garbage document” that “never should have been presented as part of an intelligence briefing.” President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday afternoon to again blast the intelligence community and the media, after it was reported last week that he had been briefed on an unverified dossier alleging Russia had compromising information on him.
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