Pressed by jonkarl, Newt Gingrich defends saying if it were up to him, 'there wouldn't be a White House press corps' at White House. Karl: “Why are you suggesting that the president should be sheltered…Are you afraid that Donald Trump can’t handle it?'
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, joined ABC's "Powerhouse Politics" podcast on Wednesday, calling the next phase of the House's impeachment push against President Donald Trump,"rigged."
"When we impeached Clinton, we had 11 counts of guilty in the independent counsel report, said Gingrich."When Mueller reported after two solid years, he had zero counts of guilty." When Klein asked if the public hearings would legitimize House Democrats' efforts, Gingrich said it still wasn't a fair process, as the Democrats will have had"months creating a record that's secret, that allows them to shape the hearings."
"Why are you suggesting that the president should be sheltered from the White House press corps?" asked Karl, the president of the White House Correspondents Association."Are you afraid that Donald Trump can't handle it? "What I am asking you about is a fundamental bedrock principle, which is, we have a free press in this country," Karl said."It is able to question and hold accountable those in power. And those in power do not pick and choose who get to have access to the highest level of the government based on whether or not they like what they write or report."The former lawmaker was invited on the podcast to discuss the latest headlines and his book,"Trump Vs.
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