President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the rough transcript of the call exonerates him. Today his press secretary didn't shoot down the prospect of a nationally televised “fireside chat” where he reads a rough transcript of the Ukraine call.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Friday did not shoot down the prospect of a nationally televised “fireside chat” during which the president reads a rough transcript of his call with the president of Ukraine.
In an interview Friday on Fox News, Grisham would not rule out the possibility of such an event, though she warned that she didn't have any information on potential timing. “The president has nothing to hide, been so transparent he has answered every question, talked to the news media about this over and over again,” she said of Trump’s frequent Q&A sessions with the press as he comes and goes from the White House.
Grisham appeared to suggest Friday the proposal was a product of Trump’s desperation to better counter the damaging testimony emanating from the Capitol. “We're the ones being left out of the process. We're the ones who aren't able to see what people are saying and be able to adequately defend ourselves,” she argued.
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