White House Conducts Press Briefing, July 11
Yesterday, the
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I know Marc went through some of the numbers with you yesterday but there are just a few that I find truly astounding and would like to reiterate. While more than 90 percent of the previous administration's nominations were confirmed by a simple voice vote,
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And with that, I will take your questions. Kevin.
Q Thanks, Sarah. At what point did the President discuss with
And beyond that, I'm going to have to refer everything on this matter to
Q That's your words, at the end?
Q And if I could follow up really quickly about the accident. How soon afterward did the President learn about what happened? What was the tick-tock, in terms of that? Did he get immediate word or did it sort of go through a certain chain of events?
Jill.
Q Sarah, given these emails, you had somebody who was identified as a Russian government lawyer;
Q And when was the last time the two of them spoke,
Q Do you know the last time the President spoke with
Matthew.
Q Thanks. So the
Q But you're not disputing any of the facts?
Alex.
Q Sarah, in January the President said that nobody in his campaign had been in touch with the Russians, and the
Q Sarah, can we ask you, why weren't you interested in answering the question yesterday, and why the President is not answering the questions himself either through you or directly today? What changed between yesterday and today?
Q Is the President still of a mind that he would like the investigation under the special counsel and committees on
Q So, Sarah, let me follow up. So by not answering the questions directly himself, or through you, is that in his mind expediting the investigation or is it blocking the investigation?
Maggie.
Q Sarah, when the
April.
Q Sarah, the words "collusion" have been used, other words have been used, "obstruction of justice." They're saying now that's not even half of it. It could be treason or perjury. What does the
Q I'm not asking about
Zeke.
Q Thanks, Sarah. I have two questions for you. First, asking specifically about actions taken by
Q By White House staff recently, to something that should not require you deferring to special counsel. Can you talk about who inside the
Q Jared Kushner has apparently forwarded this same email. Is he still -- is his security clearance still valid right now?
Q And, Sarah, just one more. Yesterday you said you'd check back to us on the status of how the President views the
Major.
Q A policy question on
Q Can you tell us how seriously the President considered the idea of using private contractors to augment
Q When you say the right people, does that include
Q Can you confirm if
Q All right. And on the President's statement -- because you can talk about that, I would assume, since you read it to us -- what transparency is the President applauding?
Q But it's about
Q The statement is about
Peter.
Q Sarah, is the President aware, as he speaks about the transparency of his son, that he only released those emails after being informed that The New York Times was about to publish them?
Q Let me ask you more broadly about what we spoke about yesterday on the topic of appropriateness in terms of campaigns. Explain to Americans, who are asking this question today, why it's appropriate for a presidential campaign to accept a meeting with a Russian national after being promised high-level and sensitive information presented as part of
Q Do you stand by your statement that it was --
Steven.
Q The Vice President, through his spokesman, said today that
Q Do you know if the President has spoken to the Vice President about this?
Justin.
Q I'm going to take two bites out of this apple as well. The first is with the stock market.
Q The stock market sharply declined today on the release of the emails by
Q And then, to go back to the statement that you read, the President says that he applauds
Q Yesterday, you compared the meeting to
Q Okay. Well, just take
Q Do you consider them both allies, partners of
Q Okay, but I thought you were saying if it was okay for Hillary to coordinate with
Q You still think it was okay -- put aside the issue of collusion. Is it appropriate to meet with Russians about information they might have during that campaign?
Q Thanks, Sarah. Two quick questions for you. Have you spoken with the President in the past 24 hours?
Q What was his general reaction to story? Without getting into an official
Q Thank you, Sarah. I have two questions as well.
Q So you have no reaction to what
Q My other question is about personnel. The President has -- and you pointed this out yesterday in the form you handed out -- numerous judicial vacancies to fill, including four on the controversial
Olivier.
Q Thanks. I have three, but I'll try to be quick.
Q Secretary Mattis said a month ago that you guys would be rolling out the new
Q Okay. Be that as it may, what role does the President see for himself in terms of explaining the strategy to the American people? Does he plan a primetime address, does he plan a press conference, does he plan a national tour? How implicated do you think he will be in selling the new strategy to the public?
Q Last one. Whose decision was it to provide relatively limited answers today to the Don Jr. question? Is it a lawyer, or did White House Counsel instruct you not to do this? Is it a communications decision? Who made that decision?
Q Thanks, Sarah. The administration missed its deadline to make a decision on steel tariffs. Can you give us an update on where that decision stands? Can we expect a decision this week?
Q Sarah, is there a reason that the deadline wasn't met?
John.
Q Thanks a lot, Sarah. In the conversation that you had with the President, did he give an indication to you that these stories that we see come out day after day, in
Q When you have that conversation with the President, do you ask him -- just so you can speak with us and inform us -- do you say, what was the nature, from your understanding, Mr. President, about the conversation your son and these other two individuals had with this Russian lawyer?
Go ahead. Yes, ma'am.
Q On sanctions, I wanted to ask: Is the
Q Thank you.
Q She called on -- can you call on me next, Sarah?
Q Thank you.
Q With Mosul now in Iraqi hands, does the President have a strategy for the future of
Q Thanks, Sarah.
Q I'm going to take this one.
Q Is
Q Is the President now aware of the Russian government effort to influence the campaign in his favor?
Q And a follow-up on that. Yesterday, you were asked when the President learned of the Donald Jr. meeting, and your response was, "I believe in the last couple of days is my understanding." Is there any reason that we should think that answer would change today? Have you learned anything new that would change your response there?
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