NSC aide Tim Morrison was grilled about why he immediately went to the NSC legal advisor to restrict access to the Trump-Zelenskiy call transcript. Tess Bridgeman, former Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, tells Lawrence O’Donnell that Morrison’s explanation doesn’t quite square. National security expert Tom Nichols also joins. Aired on 11/19/19.
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Fact-Checking Tim Morrison’s Claims About Trump-Zelenskiy Call Transcript | The Last Word | MSNBC
Tim Morrison sucks at lying
@Dave Schultz
Oh you got a case of the kellyanne Conway alternative facts going on, the only cure is impeach Trump.
@Dave Schultz. . . You’re like the drunk who lies in the gutter, screaming that everybody else drinks too much.
Colin Dunbar … 😊 really sucks at lying
@Denyze. . . How do you know?
Raoul Fleckman … First. Why do you ask?
Second, Dr Hill confirmed my intuitive BS detector.
Isn’t it illegal to lie to Congress?
@Eve Wichner. . . . By Nixon, do you mean Clinton?
@Jim Skarw. . . . Hillary has made it clear she won’t run, it’s some weirdo Democrats that brought that up.
Yes!
@Danielle Adair Well said. They have few brain cells, so have use them sparingly. Share them around.
Morrison’s expressive face gave him away a few times,
@catalinacurio You would think these idiots to get botox and take a valium to hid the tells of micro expressions.
J Westfall Davis agreed
Yes we all call Lawyers for no reason after a perfect phone call lol
I watched it all Iive and he looked to the roof every time he was trying to think of a lie. From yesterday’s hearing with Fiona hill it’s clear he was trying to smear Vindman which makes me think he obviously trying to protect trump in all this
@01bigtrev Not necessarily. When Dr. Hill left her position Morrison got it (instead of Vindman?). I think it was just one-upmanship.
Somehow Tim Morrison isn’t coming across as being genuinely honest.
@The Blade
i have no idea what “loyal associates” youre talking about.
@Jenn smith friends or family member. Do you turn on them if you feel they have been disloyal?
@The Blade
of course.
don’t you?
@Jenn smith not like Donald. I don’t try to verbally destroy others because they disagree with me or won’t lie for me. Adolescent behavior. Way too much energy. Adults grow out of that hardcore behavior.
Mr. Morrison should think about Mr. Stone.
Singing-in-the Rain very close to lying to Congress . He should be investigated a little further since he clearly has as trying to mislead. Clerical errors and ohh I ran to the government lawyer but nothing was wrong…
Dave Schultz 12 people were on that call …. not me and not you. Why not troll the administration to allow the others on that call to testify. Maybe even the big Don
Singing-in-the Rain stone is old and ugly, now timmy, is young and fresh meat ??? catch my drift???
@Lili BeeBee, Morrison was appointed by Trump. That is why he lied. Just think about it. If Trump goes down, so does Morrison. Impeach Trump ASAP!!
You bet! We might be singing “………Another bites the dust” yet again.
Because nothing says “perfect call” like, “my first instinct was to inform our lawyers.” 🤔😄
…or hide it.
He just got overly excited. He knew that he had just hit the lottery, he rushed to the White House lawyers with the amount for keeping his mouth shut and denying everything.
If the call was fine, why do you care about it leaking or its political implications? These guys takes us to be brainless.
Exactly. Occam’s Razor calls BS on this
At 1:20 he sticks his tongue out, then closes his mouth downward, like a boy caught lying.
It’s because he’s used to talking to republicans, who actually are brainless.
No they take trump base to be brainless and they never let them down.
He needs to be charged with perjury for lying under oath, by now they should know better about the consequences.
Whenever they are lying the say “I do not recall.” It’s a strategy against perjury.
Jeff sessions famous dodge of truth: “Aye doonn’t reecccaaalll” on all the questions asked by Congress. And he still walks free! Now foghorn leghorn is running for Senate in good ole Alabamy against his pal, Pedophile rot Roy Moore. Let’s take bets on which asshat wins. In Alabama it probably will end in a tie. Only in Alabama y’all. Excuse me while I vomit at the thought.
Why would he worry about the call memo leaking if there was nothing wrong with the call?
Exactly. Schiff will have him back.
*Ukrainians Teased U.S. Officials About Trump’s Obsession With Biden*
_And then Andry Yermak said: What? You mean the type of investigations you’re pushing for us to do on Biden and Clinton? And at that point Kurt Volker did not respond.”_
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-officials-cited-trumps-push-for-biden-investigation-to-defend-their-own-political-probes
RP you can tell a cat by it’s markings
@DataWaveTaGo Interesting. Read everything there and thanks for link.
@DataWaveTaGo Bookmarked. Great stuff, this.
I smell another Trump defender that will soon have to “amend” their testimony.
I smell someone with an unexplicable urge to go to jail.
Does it smell like burning hair to you? I think it smells like burning hair. Or dirty socks that are burning. Maybe a combination of the two. But whatever it is, it smells like Republican careers going up in smoke, and they have a particular funk that you just can’t miss.
@Taloquin It’s good to read the comments section, these days… The tone of the commenters is veering more and more towards humor, and journalists, while stilled worried, also smile more. From abroad, since I can’t do anything about this awful situation, it gives reasons to hope!
@Canadian97467 Thank you for that my friend. Thank you so much. You made my day.
He is trying to dance on the thin red line between legal and illegal on multiple levels and instances.
There is possibly more to his role in all of this than we know right now.
Ganiscol … I agree.
It’s difficult to understand why he made such a fool of himself.
Looks like Morrison wants to go to jail too.
Aaron Christoffersen Hotel California , we’re visitors here of our own device , sound familiar?
Aaron Christoffersen …. Yes.
Morrison was not credible.
He was also a weasel.
Thank goodness Dr Hill called him out.
*Morrison questions Vindlands judgement where the majority of America questions Morrison’s judgement* .
That was just strange. Vilifies Vindman for going to the lawyer, the same lawyer he himself goes to AND he locks the transcript in a secure server. I think some people in the WH know that Burisma is code for Biden. Why not? Vindman may not have been privy to that little tidbit and when he wanted that word inserted into the transcript, a few people went nuts.
Just mentioned in another . Fiona Hill testifying yesterday blew that out the water.
It makes sense that Morrison works for America’s biggest liar. Disgusting shameless coward.
“Their objection is he got caught! Their objection is that someone blew the whistle…Not that the president engaged in this conduct but that he got caught.” — Rep Schiff nailing it.
He’s doing a great job here and is conducting himself with professionalism, despite drumpf’s goonies attempts to filibuster or crank up the funhouse.
Really, he could always open a daycare. He’s getting lots of experience babysitting “my mooom’s a cow” nunes and Gym, “I was only watching, though!”, Jordan.
Morrison looked like a fish out of water, or a person out of truth.
quantumthunder … 🧐Morrison, the person out of truth!
Also to put it more simply, lacking credibility.
Why was he worried about it leaking if he didn’t think it was wrong?
Right, I didn’t get that either.
Looks like Morrison will need to do a Sondland and amend his testimony
They need to change him for lying to Congress for his ovious lies ….