Washington Free Beacon editor Matthew Continetti commented on the breaking report Tuesday that President Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey in February to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn.
After Chuck Todd, host of "Meet The Press Daily," announced the breaking news, he turned to Continetti for reaction. Continetti noted earlier that Trump was losing his battle with the so-called "deep state."
"Nixon lost his war. Reagan came close to losing his with Iran-Contra. George W. Bush lost his over the 13 words and yellow cake. Presidents don't have a good record of going up against the intelligence community or the FBI," Continetti said. "I will say this, those presidents, they didn't sweat the small stuff. They had big principles they tried to pursue and implement. Donald Trump only sweats the small stuff."
After further discussion surrounding the breaking news, Todd commented, "If there really are tapes, at this point, if the White House's version of events are this, they should release those tapes yesterday."
"Release the Flynn transcripts with Kislyak," Continetti agreed. "Release these tapes if they exist. Release the confidential memo that is prepared after the Oval Office meeting with Kislyak and Lavrov that would show exactly what happened here. Transparency would go a long way to furthering the White House's case."