They want to present you with the best set of information. Thats our hope. Now, mr. Mueller didnt want to be there, all right . He also wanted to bring a deputy to answer certain questions. He lost on both. Hes going to be there and he will have a deputy by his side, but only mr. Mueller will be the one answering questions. This day has been a Long Time Coming and it is good that it will happen. One democrat youre going to see facing mueller tomorrow is david cicilline. Congressman, welcome back. Good to have you. Great to be here. Whats your big question . If youve only got one, what would it be . Unfortunately, i dont only have one. But i think im very interested to hear the special counsel discuss Corey Lewandowski and the directive that the president gave now, think about this. This is an outside person, not a member of the administration. The president directed Corey Lewandowski to tell the attorney general of the United States to direct the special counsel to limit his investigat
Thank you. What was it about the reports context, nature and substance that the attorney generals letter did not capture . I think we captured that in the march 27th responsive letter. And this is from the 27th letter. What were some of the specifics that you thought i will direct you to the letter itself. Okay. You finished that letter by saying there is now public confusion about critical aspects as a result of our investigation. Could you tell us specifically some of the public confusion you identified . Not generally. Again i go back to the letter and the letter speaks for itself. Could attorney general barr have avoided public confusion if he had released your summaries and executive introduction and summaries . I dont feel comfortable speculating on that. Shifting to may 30th, the attorney general, in an interview with cbs news, said that you could have reached, quote, you could have reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity, end quote, on the part of the presiden
Well use that towards the farmers and distribute it. This way nobody gets hurt. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In just over 12 hours, we will hear from former special Counsel Robert Mueller for only the second time since the russia investigation began. He will testify before both the House Judiciary Committee and Intelligence Committees tomorrow. Last night we learned the Justice Department sent mule area letter warning, quote, any testimony must remain within the boundaries of your public report. Today attorney general bill barr, who has misrepresented muellers words in the past, said that mueller asked for written guidelines. Today nbc news learned that mueller requested that one of his deputies, aaron zebley, also attend the hearings tomorrow. Tonight a spokesman for mueller said aaron zebley was a deputy special counsel. He will accompany special counsel mueller to the hearing as was discussed more than a week ago. Muellers more than 148page re
To the millions of americans watching Robert Mueller said this. Director mueller, the president has repeatedly claimed that your report found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him. But thats not what your report said, is it. Correct thats not what the report said. So the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. Is that correct. That is correct. And what about total exoneration . Did you actually totally exonerate the president . No. Now fantastic the report expressly states it does not exonerate the president . It does. And your investigation actually found, quote, multiple acts by the president capable of exerting undue influence over Law Enforcement investigations, including the russian interference and obstruction investigations. Is that correct . Correct. Did the president refuse a request to be interviewed by you and your team . Yes. Yes. And is it trued true you tried more than a year to secure an interview with t
That would be given to mueller and trump has long known the power of televised images and feared that americans would be captivated by seeing and hearing mueller. Today is that day. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 24th, along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike ba barnacle. Former Justice Department spokesperson, and security analyst, matt miller. The New York Times reporter, michael sh Michael Schmidt will be with us in a moment. What are you expecting today, mika . Im expecting donald trump to do whatever he can for a glimmer of hope from certain words. I expect some republicans to continue to make fools of themselves. Im also not expect ago big revelation. The Mueller Report has been out for quite some time now, people have read it. It is terrible what have happened. Some americans have made a decision not to look at it and will not watch today, and those americans will be trump supporters. Mike barnicle, i saw a poll, well be sho