Politics with Amy Walter: With Kavanaugh Hearings Underway, Anonymous White House Letter Upends Washington

The Takeaway

With Kavanaugh Hearings Underway, Anonymous White House Letter Upends Washington

The Kavanaugh confirmation hearings should have been a win for Trump’s embattled presidency, but an op-ed penned by an executive staffer has sent the administration into crisis mode.

With us to discuss this whirlwind of a week is Dana Bash, political correspondent for CNN and Phil Rucker, White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post.

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