Sara Cook
@saraecook
White House Producer/Multi-Platform Reporter @CBSNews; @WHCA Board Member; @TakeoutPodcast & “Agent of Betrayal” Producer. DM for Signal/WhatsApp
Iran's president injured during Israeli strikes, U.S. intelligence sources say @JimLaPorta @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/irans-pre…
President Trump would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case, @PressSec says
.@PressSec said Trump called Netanyahu this morning after the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza was hit in an Israeli strike, killing at least 3. She noted Netanyahu put out a statement saying it was a mistake to hit the church, which she said the PM also relayed to Trump.
Scoop: Internal friction with the Justice Dept team that fights monopolies has led to private conversations in the Trump admin about whether to push out some staff in the antitrust division or to work to smooth out the issues, sources told @CBSNews. Gail Slater, who in March took…
EXCLUSIVE: Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions. Of the approx 100k deported since Jan, 70,583 were convicted criminals - but most were traffic/immigration offenses @margbrennan @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/trump-adm…
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, who helped prosecute Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein @CBSNews cbsnews.com/news/trump-doj…
Speaker Johnson asked by @CHueyBurns if the President Trump can fire Jerome Powell: “Uh I’m really not sure…”
Trump says AG Bondi can release whatever Epstein documents are “credible.” “Whatever is credible, she can release.” “What else can she do?” Trump says, arguing Bondi’s being “waylaid” from focusing on other important issues
“Every time we send out a letter that’s a deal,” Trump says of trade talks. (So far the only negotiated deal that’s been signed is with the UK, and other deals have been agreed to with Vietnam and Indonesia. The U.S. and China have agreed to a framework)