New York Times Reporter Michael S. Schmidt Interviews President Trump at his Golf Club in Florida12/28/2017 Photo source: FameFlynet/People Magazine 
President Trump spoke Thursday with Michael S. Schmidt, a reporter with whom he has a friendly relationship.. The following are excerpts from that conversation, transcribed by The Times. They have been lightly edited for content and clarity, and omit several off-the-record comments and asides. These are some of the important points about the interview:
Regarding the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from the Russia investigation: “I thought it was a terrible thing he did … I thought it was certainly unnecessary, I thought it was a terrible thing. But I think it’s all worked out because frankly there is absolutely no collusion, that’s been proven by every Democrat is saying it … Virtually every Democrat has said there is no collusion. There is no collusion. And even these committees that have been set up. If you look at what’s going on — and in fact, what it’s done is, it’s really angered the base and made the base stronger. My base is stronger than it’s ever been. Great congressmen, in particular, some of the congressmen have been unbelievable in pointing out what a witch hunt the whole thing is. So, I think it’s been proven that there is no collusion.” The article about Michael S. Schmidt’s interview, and excerpts from the transcript, can be found here. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-interview-mueller-russia-china-north-korea.html?mtrref=www.google.com&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=8509A0E99C7A07EE2A92BD149B2F7243&gwt=pay https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-interview-excerpts.html?mtrref=www.google.com
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 Senator Dianne Feinstein has requested documents from senior Trump administration aides related to the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation into the Russia investigation. Senator Feinstein has requested interviews and documents from the following people.
The letters can be read here. https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=957657CD-5E13-44C2-8A0C-E7EBB97A46D8 Photo source: Wikipedia  Erik Prince met with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday, November 30 in a closed hearing. The transcript of the meeting was released today. Prince, founder of the private military contractor Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, was not represented by an attorney at the meeting. He said that he had no official or unofficial role in the Trump presidential campaign, but that he wrote policy papers for the campaign, which he passed to the campaign through Steve Bannon. He also said that he made monetary donations and put a sign in his front yard. Prince asserted that he was not a representative of the Trump administration when he met in the Seychelles with Russian businessman Kirill Dmitriev, who has close ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Prince asserted, without evidence, that a Washington Post article published in April about his Seychelles trip must have been based on leaked signals intelligence from U.S. intelligence. The article began: “The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials. “The meeting took place around Jan. 11 — nine days before Trump’s inauguration — in the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, officials said. Though the full agenda remains unclear, the UAE agreed to broker the meeting in part to explore whether Russia could be persuaded to curtail its relationship with Iran, including in Syria, a Trump administration objective that would be likely to require major concessions to Moscow on U.S. sanctions.” The Washington Post article from April 2017, about the January 11 meeting, can be read here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.cad89af8755a The transcript of the House Intelligence meeting with Prince can be read here. |
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