Woodward: Kelly, Mattis ‘are not telling the truth’ in denying their comments about Trump
By Megan Keller - 09/10/18 09:51 AM EDT
Watergate journalist Bob Woodward on Monday said White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis are not being truthful in denying that they made disparaging comments about President Trump.
“They are not telling the truth," Woodward told NBC News. “These people, these are political statements to protect their jobs, totally understandable."
The Washington Post last week published excerpts of Woodward's upcoming book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," that included sections in which Kelly and Mattis reportedly insulted the president.
One of the excerpts had Mattis saying Trump has the same understanding of the situation on the Korean peninsula as "a fifth- or sixth-grader."
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