Kayleigh McEnany reacts to Katie Zacharia's first briefing: 'MIC DROP'

[0:00] A COUPLE THINGS HERE. [0:01] THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO MAKE [0:03] A FEW STOPS IN FLORIDA. [0:05] WHY, YOU ASK? [0:06] WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF RACES [0:08] DOWN THERE THAT ARE COMPETITIVE. [0:09] WE'LL GET TO MORE ON THAT IN A [0:10] MOMENT. [0:11] THE BIG HEADLINE WAS THE [0:13] QUESTION THAT CAME ABOUT THE [0:15] EMBATTLED U.S. AMBASSADOR IN [0:16] GREECE, KIMBERLY GUILFOIL. [0:17] AND THE ANSWER WAS WHETHER OR [0:18] NOT SHE WILL KEEP HER JOB. [0:20] AND ZACHARIA WITH THE HEADLINE, [0:22] WE'VE ASKED HER TO RESIGN. [0:24] SO WE'LL LOOK FOR THE FOLLOW-UP [0:26] OUT OF ATHENS TO THAT HEADLINE [0:28] THAT JUST CAME OUT. [0:29] I WANT TO BRING IN OUR PANEL [0:31] BECAUSE KAYLEIGH MCENANY WAS A [0:32] PRESS SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT [0:33] TRUMP IN THE FIRST TIME. [0:34] SHE STARTED OFF GIVING AN [0:35] INTRODUCTION OF HERSELF AND [0:36] ALSO RUNNING THROUGH A LIST OF [0:37] WHAT SHE SEES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S [0:38] GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. [0:39] SHE DID TAKE A QUESTION ABOUT [0:41] HAVING NEW MEDIA IN THE BRIEFING [0:42] ROOM. [0:43] THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY [0:44] DEVELOPED EVEN SINCE MAYBE I [0:45] WAS DEPUTYED. [0:46] THAT'S WHEN YOU STARTED TO HAVE [0:48] NEW OUTLETS AND OF COURSE [0:50] BREITBART WAS ONE OF THOSE TO GET [0:52] THE QUESTION. [0:53] SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT INTEL SHARING [0:59] THE FIRST TIME. [1:03] I WAS A BIG FRIEND TO HAVE A [1:04] RECENT IN THE FIRST TIME. [1:06] I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING [1:10] NEWS TO DROP IN A BRIEFING, YOU [1:12] ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE [1:14] NEWS. [1:15] SHE DIDN'T LEAD WITH IT AND SHE [1:16] DIDN'T GET ENOUGH TIME FOR [1:17] ANYBODY TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP [1:18] QUESTION BUT THAT IS BIG NEWS [1:20] THAT KIMBERLY GILFOYLE HAS BEEN [1:21] ASKED TO RESIGN. [1:22] THAT IS HUGE NEWS. [1:24] THIS WAS A BIG STORY. [1:26] THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN [1:28] IT. [1:29] SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE [1:31] DELIVERABLE. [1:32] SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE [1:33] DELIVERABLE. [1:34] SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE [1:35] BRIEFING AND IT WAS THE MICDROP [1:36] MOMENT AT THE END BEFORE A [1:37] FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. [1:38] NOT A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. [1:39] EXACTLY. [1:40] YOU HEARD THAT CLAMOURING FROM [1:41] THE PRESS AS SHE WALKED OFF. [1:42] SHE GAVE THAT DELIVERABLE AND ON [1:43] TOP OF THAT, I BELIEVE SHE [1:44] CONFIRMED NEWS STOPS ON THE [1:45] PRESIDENT'S TRIP. [1:46] I WAS JUST SITTING DOWN AS SHE [1:47] WAS DOING THAT. [1:48] SHE DID BRING NEWS TO THE [1:49] PODIUM. [1:50] I WOULD NOTE, LOOK, SHE BEGAN HER [1:52] DELIVERABLE. [1:53] SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LITTLE [1:54] DELIVERABLE. [1:55] SHE GAVE HERSELF VERY LITTLE [1:56] RUNWAY BEFORE MAKING IT OUT TO [1:57] THE PODIUM WITH THIS HUGE NEWS. [1:59] I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO WEEKS [2:01] BEFORE MY START DATE AND MY FIRST [2:02] PRESS BRIEFING. [2:03] SO KUDOS TO HER FOR COMING OUT [2:05] AND JUST SAYING I'M GOING TO DO [2:07] A BRIEFING, I'M GOING TO DO IT [2:08] WITHIN 24 HOURS AND I'M GOING TO [2:09] DROP. [2:10] I HAD A TWO-YEAR HEAD START. [2:12] THERE YOU GO. [2:13] NO, LOOK, I THOUGHT SHE [2:14] PRESENTED WELL. [2:15] SHE DIDN'T COME OFF AS [2:16] COMBATIVE LIKE WE'VE SEEN SOME [2:18] OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PRIOR PRESS [2:19] SECRETARY, PRESIDENT COMPANY [2:20] EXCLUDED. [2:21] AND SHE DID AT FIRST I WORRIED [2:23] FOR HER BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T [2:25] WANT COMING OUT OF THIS IS A [2:26] PROCESS STORY. [2:27] YOU DON'T WANT TO COME OUT AND BE [2:29] THE STORY. [2:30] YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO DISSECT [2:32] EVERY PAUSE, EVERY LIKE, UM, [2:34] SHOULD YOU HAVE SAID THIS [2:35] DIFFERENTLY? [2:36] AND SHE CAME OUT LOADED WITH [2:37] NEWS AND THEN SHE DROPPED THE [2:38] MIC AND WALKED AWAY. [2:39] SO I THINK FROM A STRATEGIC [2:40] PERSPECTIVE, THAT WAS A REALLY [2:43] SMART MOVE. [2:44] AND SHE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT [2:45] SHE WOULD BE TRAVELING WITH [2:46] THE PRESIDENT. [2:47] A PRESS OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE [2:48] ALWAYS GOES WITH THE PRESIDENT [2:49] EVERYWHERE. [2:50] AND BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES [2:52] SO MUCH NEWS, UM, I THINK IT [2:54] IS INTERESTING THAT SHE SAID [2:55] THAT HE WILL BE GOING TO THESE [2:57] STOPS IN FLORIDA AND KENTUCKY [2:59] BECAUSE THE MIDTERMS ARE ON THE [3:00] LINE. [3:01] YOU HAVE HIM GOING TO ALASKA. [3:02] YOU HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT [3:03] IN TEXAS. [3:04] AND THAT LEADS INTO THE NEXT [3:06] THREE WEEKS IS GOING TO BE [3:08] WILD. [3:09] JUST THIS WEEK ALONE, YOU'VE [3:11] GOT ALASKA, YOU'VE GOT NEVADA, [3:13] YOU'VE GOT ARIZONA, AND THEN [3:15] YOU'VE GOT MONTANA. [3:16] NOW, TWO YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD [3:18] NOT BE CONSIDERING A LOT OF [3:19] THESE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO [3:21] BE COMPETITIVE. [3:22] BUT APPARENTLY THEY ARE AND [3:23] THEY'RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP [3:24] HERE. [3:25] THERE'S A CONGRESSIONAL RACE IN [3:26] THE WESTERN SIDE OF MONTANA, [3:27] CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ONE, [3:28] THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING TO HIT ON [3:30] DAY THREE. [3:31] ARIZONA'S GOT A FEW [3:32] COMPETITIVE ONES AROUND [3:33] SCOTTSDALE AND ALSO AROUND [3:35] THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE [3:37] STATE. [3:38] AND NEVADA, YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH [3:40] AROUND LAS VEGAS, THREE I [3:41] BELIEVE WE'LL BE WATCHING ON [3:42] ELECTION NIGHT. [3:43] THEN ALASKA, YOU'VE GOT THE [3:44] SENATE RACE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT [3:45] DETERMINE THE BALANCE OF POWER [3:46] IN THE SENATE. [3:47] THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT [3:49] IS BECAUSE ALASKA IS RANKED [3:51] CHOICE VOTING. [3:52] SO IF WE'RE SITTING HERE THREE [3:54] WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, LOOKING AT [3:57] SOMEWHAT OF A 50-50 PICTURE, [4:00] ALASKA MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PRODUCE [4:03] A RESULT FOR A WEEK OR TWO. [4:05] OKAY? [4:06] SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY ON THE [4:08] MAP. [4:09] KAYLEIGH, I KNOW YOU STUDY IT. [4:10] WHAT DO YOU THINK? [4:11] IT'S UPHILL BATTLE FOR [4:12] REPUBLICANS. [4:13] IT'S TOUGH. [4:14] ANYTIME YOU HAVE THE WHITE [4:15] HOUSE, IT'S A MIDTERM ELECTION [4:16] ELECTION YEAR. [4:18] I WOULD KNOW PUBLIC POLLING IS [4:19] OFTEN OFF. [4:20] I MEAN, I SEEM TO REMEMBER A [4:21] QUINNIPIAC POLL THAT SHOWED [4:22] GOVERNOR DESANTIS NEVER BECOMING [4:23] GOVERNOR DESANTIS BY A NUMBER [4:24] OF POINTS. [4:25] SO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT FOR WHAT [4:26] IT IS. [4:27] THE REDISTRICTING IS ANOTHER X [4:28] FACTOR THERE THAT COULD CHANGE [4:29] THINGS. [4:30] BUT IT'S A TOUGH SLIDE FOR [4:31] REPUBLICANS. [4:32] IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL [4:33] BATTLE, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. [4:34] AND KATIE'S JOB WILL BE FOLLOWING [4:35] THE PRESIDENT AROUND DURING [4:36] THIS TIME. [4:37] I WAS HIS PRESS SECRETARY DURING [4:39] A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. [4:40] SOMETIMES HE DOES THREE STOPS IN [4:42] A DAY, WHICH IS A LOT. [4:43] THAT WAS A PRESIDENTIAL. [4:44] AND HE ALWAYS LIKES TO COME [4:45] HOME AND SLEEP IN HIS OWN BED. [4:46] YES, HE DOES. [4:47] YES, HE DOES. [4:48] AND SOMETIMES HE DOES THIS ONE- [4:49] TWO PUNCH WHERE YOU DO A PRESS [4:50] BRIEFING AND THEN HE TAKES YOU [4:51] AND YOU DO THE GAGGLE WITH [4:52] REPORTERS AND YOU DO THAT [4:53] THROUGHOUT THE DAY. [4:54] SO WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT [4:55] KIMBERLY GUILFOIL. [4:56] BUT THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS I [4:57] THINK THE JOB OF PRESS [4:58] SECRETARY GETS HARDER AND HARDER [5:00] AS YOU GET TO THE LAST FEW YEARS [5:02] OF A PRESIDENCY. [5:03] YOU START GETTING A PRESS THAT [5:05] GETS A LITTLE MORE ANIMATED [5:06] BECAUSE THEY SEE A PRESIDENTIAL [5:07] ELECTION ON THE HORIZON. [5:08] IF DEMOCRATS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE [5:10] THEN INVESTIGATION MODE KIND OF [5:11] TAKES OVER. [5:12] SO THAT BECOMES A TOUGH THING IN [5:14] AND OF ITSELF. [5:15] SO THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO GROW [5:17] BY THE DAY UNLESS REPUBLICANS [5:18] DEFY HISTORY AND IT WOULD BE [5:20] DEFYING HISTORY. [5:21] THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT [5:22] ALASKA IS IF YOU'RE WATCHING US [5:24] THE LAST FEW YEARS OF THE [5:26] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NIGHT AND [5:28] THE REPUBLICANS HAVE SECURED 49 [5:30] SENATE SEATS, ALASKA WILL MATTER. [5:32] IF THEY'RE AT 50, ALASKA WON'T [5:33] MATTER. [5:34] THAT'S THE POINT TO BE MADE. [5:35] GET BACK TO THE NEWS THAT JUST [5:36] HAPPENED. [5:37] WE'VE GOT THE SOUNDBITE. [5:38] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CUE IT UP, [5:39] SHOULD WE? [5:40] BEFORE WE PLAY THE SOUNDBITE [5:41] ON KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE, I DO [5:42] THINK IT'S INTERESTING. [5:43] SO THE STORY ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT [5:45] HER TENURE AS AMBASSADOR HAS BEEN [5:47] OUT THERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. [5:48] WHAT'S INTERESTING IS PRESIDENT [5:49] BIDEN? [5:50] I DON'T KNOW. [5:51] I DON'T KNOW. [5:52] I DON'T KNOW. [5:53] HE WAITS AND SEES. [5:54] THIS ONE MUST HAVE BEEN BURNING A [5:56] HOLE IN HIS POCKET BECAUSE HE WAS [5:57] ASKED YESTERDAY AND HE SAID I'M [5:59] THINKING ABOUT ASKING HER TO [6:00] RESIGN AND WE HAVE THE NEWS [6:02] TODAY. [6:03] OKAY. [6:04] GO AHEAD AND ROLL THIS. [6:06] THE DAILY MAIL HAS BEEN [6:08] REPORTING ON HER SINCE LAST YEAR. [6:10] THE PRESIDENT SAID YESTERDAY TO [6:12] REPORTERS THAT HE IS CONSIDERING [6:13] FIRING HER. [6:14] DO YOU KNOW A TIMELINE FOR THAT AND [6:16] WE HAVE ASKED AMBASSADOR GUILFOYLE [6:21] TO RESIGN. [6:22] SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET TO [6:24] THE TEAM AND WE WISH HER WELL. [6:25] THERE YOU HAVE IT. [6:26] DAVID SPUNT'S GOT THE FOLLOW. [6:27] DAVID. [6:28] HEY, EVERYONE. [6:29] IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE [6:30] WAS NO REAL FOLLOW-UP FROM THE [6:31] REPORTER TO FIND OUT WHEN SHE WAS [6:33] ASKED TO RESIGN. [6:34] WHO ASKED HER TO RESIGN SPECIFICALLY? [6:36] DID PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRE HER OR [6:38] WAS SHE TRULY ASKED TO RESIGN? [6:40] THE NEW WHITE HOUSE PRESS [6:41] SECRETARY KATIE ZACHARIA SAID WE'LL [6:42] HEAR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP LATER THIS [6:44] MORNING AND PRESUMABLY HE'LL BE [6:45] ASKED ABOUT THAT AND TALK ABOUT [6:47] IT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE. [6:48] NOTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA YET FROM [6:50] HIM WHERE HE TYPICALLY DOES GIVE [6:52] A READOUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE [6:54] ABOUT HIS THINKING PROCESS. [6:55] ULTIMATELY, THOUGH, THIS WOULD [6:56] HAVE BEEN THE PRESIDENT'S [6:58] DECISION. [6:59] HE KNOWS GUILFOYLE WELL. [7:00] HE APPOINTED HER. [7:01] SHE WAS ENGAGED TO HIS SON FOR [7:02] YEARS. [7:03] AND HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO END [7:04] HER CAREER IN JUST A FEW [7:05] SECONDS. [7:06] YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, HE SAID, [7:08] QUOTE, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. [7:10] WHEN ASKED IF THEY'RE GOING TO [7:11] MOVE ON FROM GUILFOYLE, HE SAID, [7:13] YEAH, WE'RE NOT HAPPY. [7:14] NOW, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WAS [7:15] REPORTING THAT GUILFOYLE, WHO WAS [7:17] ONCE ENGAGED TO DONALD TRUMP [7:19] JUNIOR, OFFERED TO USE HER [7:20] INFLUENCE INSIDE THE TRUMP [7:22] ADMINISTRATION TO PAY OFF HER [7:24] $100,000 CREDIT CARD BILL. [7:26] SHE ALSO ALLEGEDLY BOASTED OF TWO [7:29] GREEK TYCOONS BANKROLLING HER [7:31] LUXURY TRAVEL. [7:32] THE STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR [7:33] GENERAL, WE'VE CONFIRMED, IS [7:34] INVESTIGATING AS WELL. [7:35] AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND WE [7:36] REPORTED THIS YESTERDAY, IS [7:41] REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP [7:42] AND SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO [7:43] RUBIO ARE, QUOTE, EXTREMELY [7:45] PISSED OFF, END QUOTE, EXCUSE MY [7:48] LANGUAGE, BY GUILFOYLE'S [7:49] ALLEGED CONDUCT. [7:50] RUBIO WAS IN GREECE LAST WEEK [7:52] GIVING A MAJOR ADDRESS CALLING [7:54] ON EUROPE TO STAND UP TO [7:56] ADVERSARIES LIKE IRAN. [7:57] NOW, WHILE THERE, RUBIO [7:59] DEFENDED GUILFOYLE'S [8:00] PERFORMANCE AND CAUTIONED [8:01] AGAINST A RUJ TO JUDGMENT. [8:03] BUT CLEARLY THERE'S BEEN A [8:04] CHANGE HERE OVER THE LAST [8:05] 24 HOURS OR SO, AS DANA [8:07] MENTIONED, THAT WE HEARD [8:09] PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY [8:10] BASICALLY SAYING THAT HE'S [8:12] GOING TO BE MOVING ON. [8:13] HE HADN'T MADE A DECISION [8:14] QUITE YET. [8:15] AND NOW THE NEW WHITE HOUSE [8:16] PRESS SECRETARY SAYS THERE HAS [8:18] BEEN A DECISION MADE. [8:19] SHE'S BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN. [8:20] BUT WE STILL WANT TO FIND OUT [8:22] MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW SHE WAS [8:23] ASKED TO RESIGN, WHO ASKED HER [8:24] TO RESIGN, WHO IS GOING TO BE [8:25] A REPLACEMENT, A LITTLE BIT [8:26] MORE. [8:27] WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER YET. [8:28] I WILL NOTE. [8:29] GOT IT. [8:30] THANK YOU. [8:31] DAVID, THANKS. [8:32] BACK TO YOU MOMENTARILY. [8:33] DAVID, THANK YOU. [8:34] LET'S GO BACK TO PETER [8:35] DUCEY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [8:36] HE WAS IN THE BRIEFING ROOM [8:37] THERE. [8:38] THERE WAS NO FOLLOW-UP. [8:39] I'M SURE THAT YOU PROBABLY [8:40] WOULD HAVE HAD MANY. [8:41] BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT PRESIDENT [8:42] TRUMP HAS DECIDED I'M CUTTING [8:43] MY LOSSES HERE. [8:44] I'M NOT GOING TO BE ASKED ABOUT [8:45] THIS EVERY DAY AND FOR THE NEXT [8:46] THREE WEEKS. [8:48] YES. [8:49] AND TO HER POINT, PRESIDENT TRUMP [8:50] IS GOING TO COME OUT WITHIN [8:51] THE HOUR NEXT TO THE NEW [8:52] HALLEPAD ON THE WHITE HOUSE [8:54] SOUTH LAWN. [8:55] SOMEBODY WILL ASK HIM ABOUT IT. [8:57] HE WILL GIVE A MORE THOROUGH [8:58] ANSWER. [8:59] IT WILL GET PLAYED A BUNCH. [9:00] AND THEN PEOPLE WILL MOVE ON. [9:02] HE WILL GO TO THIS RALLY TONIGHT [9:03] IN ALASKA. [9:04] HE WILL SAY SOMETHING ELSE THAT [9:05] WILL BECOME THE HEADLINE. [9:06] AND SO IT IS A BIG STORY. [9:09] IT IS AN IMPORTANT STORY. [9:10] BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GET [9:11] DRAGGED DOWN BY THIS. [9:12] ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO [9:14] MANY OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS [9:15] THAT MIDTERM VOTERS WANT [9:17] ANSWERED. [9:18] THE FIRST BRIEFING OF KATIE, THE [9:23] NEW PRESS SECRETARY, WAS ON THE [9:25] SHORTER SIDE. [9:26] THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE A [9:28] SHORT BRIEFING IS PROBABLY GOING [9:30] TO WORK TO THEIR BENEFIT BECAUSE [9:32] THE PRESIDENT DOES TALK SO MUCH. [9:34] WHEN HE TAKES QUESTIONS IT IS [9:36] TYPICALLY FOR AT LEAST 30 OR 40 [9:38] MINUTES A DAY. [9:39] SO THERE WERE SOME GRUMBLES AT [9:41] THE END OF THE, IN THE BRIEFING [9:43] ROOM WHEN SHE WRAPPED. [9:44] WE WERE GRATEFUL TO HAVE OUR [9:45] QUESTIONS ASKED OF COURSE. [9:46] I'M TALKING ABOUT OTHER [9:47] FOLLOW-UP, BUT SHORT IS NOT [9:48] ALWAYS WORSE. [9:49] I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT [9:50] BECAUSE AT THE END YOU WERE IN [9:51] THE BRIEFING ROOM AND WE [9:52] COULDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR BUT THERE [9:53] WAS A LOT OF SHOUTING. [9:54] WHAT WERE THE QUESTIONS RANGING [9:55] FROM? [9:56] WAS IT A LOT ABOUT THE FOLLOW-UP [9:57] ON THE NEWS THAT SHE BROKE OR [9:58] OTHER THINGS? [9:59] SOMEBODY ASKED IF SHE WOULD [10:01] PLEDGE NOT TO LIE WHICH IS A [10:02] QUESTION THAT YOU AND KAILEY [10:03] BOTH KNOW IS SOMETHING THAT PRESS [10:04] SECRETARY GET ASKED A LOT ON [10:05] THEIR FIRST BRIEFING. [10:06] SOMEBODY ASKED WHEN GUILFOYLE [10:08] WAS GOING TO RESIGN. [10:09] SOMEBODY ASKED SOMETHING [10:10] SCHEDULE RELATED. [10:11] OKAY. [10:12] SO IT WASN'T ALL JUST [10:13] FOLLOW-UPS ABOUT GUILFOYLE. [10:14] IT WAS JUST A LOT, THERE WAS A [10:17] LOT OF ANTICIPATION IN THE ROOM [10:19] AND I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANTED [10:21] TO TRY TO GET HER AS QUICK AS [10:22] SHE COULD. [10:23] THEY MADE A DECISION TO HAVE HER [10:27] GO TO MAKE WAY FOR THE PRESIDENT. [10:28] ALL RIGHT, PETER. [10:29] THANK YOU SO MUCH. [10:30] ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING [10:31] ABOUT THE BRIEFING BACK IN THE [10:32] DAY IS THAT THE TRADITION HAD [10:34] BEEN THAT THE PRESS SECRETARY [10:36] DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE WHEN THE [10:37] BRIEFING IS OVER. [10:38] THAT WAS HANDLED BY THE SENIOR [10:39] WIRE REPORTER. [10:40] SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE [10:42] CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T [10:43] CONTROL THINGS LIKE THAT. [10:44] THAT'S A TRADITION THAT HAS GONE [10:46] BY THE WAYSIDE. [10:47] SO MANY OTHER TRADITIONS THAT [10:49] HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE. [10:51] NO, LOOK, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, [10:54] THEY SAY THAT THERE ARE PRESS [10:56] PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM PROBLEMS. [10:57] THIS KIMBERLY GILFOILE ISSUE WAS [10:59] A PROBLEM PROBLEM. [11:00] AND THE PRESIDENT HAS ENOUGH [11:02] OTHER PROBLEM PROBLEMS. [11:03] AND I THINK THAT SHE WAS GIVEN [11:05] THAT POST INITIALLY SORT OF AS A [11:07] PLUM JOB, AS A, YOU KNOW, PARTING [11:09] GIFT. [11:10] AND SO THIS WAS AN EASY ONE FOR [11:12] HIM TO JUST CUT OFF AT THE KNEES. [11:14] AND I ANTICIPATE HE'S GOING TO [11:16] WANT TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE [11:17] CENTER STAGE AND ANSWER A LOT OF [11:18] THESE QUESTIONS AND HE'LL HAVE [11:19] THE SOUND ON IT. [11:20] AND IT GOT HER OUT OF THE [11:22] BRIEFING ROOM. [11:23] SO WE'LL SEE. [11:24] SO ERIC DEETERS IS THE ONE WHO [11:26] MADE THE ACCUSATIONS. [11:27] ERIC DEETERS FROM THE STATE OF [11:28] KENTUCKY. [11:29] AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS A [11:30] RELATIONSHIP AS A FUNDRAISER [11:31] WITH DONALD TRUMP JR. [11:32] AND KIMBERLY GILFOILE. [11:33] AND RECENTLY A LOT OF THESE TEXT [11:35] MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO WERE [11:37] GIVEN TO THE MEDIA. [11:38] AND ONE OF THE TEXT MESSAGES [11:40] SAID, WILL YOU WIRE OR, I'M [11:43] PARAPHRASING HERE, DON'T WANT TO [11:45] GET THIS WRONG. [11:46] BUT THE REQUEST WAS MADE FOR [11:48] $100,000 TO COVER AN AMEX CHARGE. [11:50] AND THAT REALLY LIT A LOT OF [11:52] LIGHT BULBS, YOU COULD SAY, AND [11:54] REALLY GOT THIS STEAM ROLLING [11:55] HERE IN THE U.S. [11:56] SOMEONE MADE THE COMMENT, [11:57] HOWEVER, THAT THE DAILY MAIL [11:59] WAS REPORTING ON THIS A YEAR [12:00] AGO. [12:01] IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THAT WAS [12:02] UNDER THE RADAR FROM MY [12:03] PERSPECTIVE. [12:04] YEAH, AND THE DETAILS ARE [12:06] ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING. [12:07] LOOK, GOVERNMENT SERVICE [12:09] MATTERS, INTEGRITY IN GOVERNMENT [12:10] SERVICE MATTERS. [12:11] I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOMETHING [12:12] LIKE A $25 GIFT LIMIT. [12:13] SO WHEN SOMEONE MAILED ME COVID [12:15] MASKS DURING THE COVID ERA, I [12:17] HAD TO SEND THEM BACK OR PAY [12:18] OUT OF POCKET IF IT WAS ABOVE [12:19] $25. [12:20] AND THAT KIND OF INTEGRITY MATTERS [12:22] WHEN YOU SERVE. [12:23] LOOK, WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE [12:24] DETAILS. [12:25] THESE HAVEN'T BEEN [12:26] INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. [12:27] BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT [12:29] WITHIN ABOUT 72 HOURS OR MAYBE [12:32] 96 HOURS OF THE STORY BREAKING, [12:34] THE GOVERNMENT LOOKED AT THIS, [12:35] THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS IS TOO [12:36] MUCH, AND THEY DISMISSED HER. [12:37] THAT SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT MOVE, [12:39] AND IT PROBABLY WASN'T AN EASY [12:40] CHOICE, BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS [12:41] THE RIGHT CHOICE. [12:42] TEXT MESSAGES ARE FAIRLY EASY [12:43] TO VALIDATE, AND THEY DID IT IN [12:45] A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. [12:46] ALL RIGHT. [12:47] IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BOTH [12:49] HERE FOR THIS FIRST BREAST [12:50] BRIEFING BY KATIE ZACHARIA. [12:51] WE WISH HER WELL, AND WE HOPE [12:52] SHE COMES BACK. [12:53] AND SHE'S WELCOME TO DO THE [12:54] BRIEFING IN THE 9.30 HOUR. [12:55] ANYTIME. [12:56] THANKS. [12:57] THANK YOU. [12:58] BE SURE TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE [13:01] FOR ALL THE FOX NEWS LATEST [13:02] ON YOUTUBE, AND CATCH FULL SHOWS [13:04] STREAMING NOW ON FOX ONE.