acting attorney deputy general, that trump said to them, find that the election is corrupt. it shows how corrupt a president we had. when he was unsuccessful, that s when he unleashed a violent mob on the capitol to overturn the election that way. senator, thank you for joining us. ahead, you will meet an arizona superintendent who says teachers and kids must be masked when they get back to class. he is being sued because of it. how the taliban raised fears about what happens once all u.s. troops are withdrawn from afghanistan. ow t
in june of last year when fired fbi director jim comey appeared before congress, one of the most scrutinized parts of his testimony had to do with a phone call he got that past march from the president. on that call, comey said trump described the russia investigation as a, quote, cloud that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country. but one big question that kept coming up, how could comey prove this happened in the way he described. now we know, our colleague rachel maddow obtained internal justice departments that back up comey s account. they re handwritten notes taken by dana bente who was then the acting attorney deputy general detailing his conversation with comey right around the time the call happened. see if you recognize some of this language. quote, what can i do to relieve the cloud? quote, kept coming back to it, makes it hard to do business for