Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews gave President Donald Trump a tongue-lashing lashing Monday on CNN.
Matthews responded to Trump's most recent comments during an Oval Office meeting and response to a press question about the Epstein files — and whether he planned to sign the bill to release them — during a live panel with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt.
"You know, he took his goons, the goons took [Rep. Lauren] Boebert into the situation room and to work her over. OK? They threatened the other woman [Marjorie Taylor Greene] by calling her a traitor over and over again. And he doesn't care? Minutes ago, he said something else. I think he's got a tactical name here," Matthews said.
Trump, over the weekend, reversed his position on releasing the files from the deceased financier and sex offender, saying that the files should be released. By Monday afternoon, he indicated he would be open to signing a bill that makes it happen.
But Matthews argued that's not true.
"He's going to act like I'll go along with the discharge petition. But then the Senate gets to look at it. 'Oh, isn't that great? Isn't that prissy?' A little look at it and he'll do a look at it. Is he going to sign it? Is he going to let that information out? Everybody knows there's something in there that he doesn't want out. Nobody knows what it is, but he knows what it is," Matthews added.
