donald trump, jr. slamming the ongoing russia investigation. i want to bring in now general michael hayden, a former director of the cia and a former director of the national security agency. good to have you on, sir. good evening. good evening. donald trump, jr. just spoke to a group of conservative college students. this is portion of what he had to say. i m glad this is coming out now because it is good because real people have to see this. you know, my father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign. and people are like oh, what are you talking about, but it is. and you re seeing it. there is and there are people at the highest levels of government that don t want to let america be america. they don t want to let the little guy have a voice. people at the highest level of government who don t want to
america. here he was last night. my father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign, and people were like, what are you talking about? but it is and you are seeing it. there is and there are people at the highest levels of government that don t want to let america be america, they don t want to let the little guy have a voice. cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns live at the white house. what is going on here? reporter: donald trump, jr., another voice working to discredit the work of robert mueller and his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. donald trump, jr., made these remarks to a group of conservative students. he started out talking about the controversy over anti-trump text messages written by an fbi agent on the mueller team who since has been removed, and then trump
be america. he went on to say they don t want to let america be america and they don t want the little guy to be heard or have a voice. don jr. s comments drew serious concern from former cia director general michael hayden. that was a little scary. i mean, that is an appeal to the heart and challenging the patriotism of those folks who work in the united states government. don jr. s remarks come as some on the right including him are ramping up attacks on the special counsel s probe claiming it is politically compromised. peter strak was removed from the team after anti trump texts surfaced during the campaign. the president approved by 35% of americans less than a year into his first term.
president trump s eldest son suggesting a high-level conspiracy is underway in washington, attempting to block his father s agenda. don jr. lashing out at special counsel robert mueller s probe. i m glad that this is coming out now, because it is good, because real people have to see this. you know, my father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign. people are like, what are you talking about? but it is, and you re seeing it. there is and there are people at the highest levels of government that don t want to let america be america. they don t want to let the little guy have a voice. those comments come as some of the right are ramping up attacks on the special counsel s investigation, saying it is politically compromised at this point. joining me now to discuss, asher
increasing argument you re hearing from some republican lawmakers as well as right-leaning newspapers, websites, television stations about robert mueller himself. and raising questions about the fbi. we heard from donald trump jr., the president s son, just a short time ago tonight, making this argument. have a listen. my father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign, and people were oh, what are you talking about. but it is, and you re seeing it. there is, and there are, people at the highest levels of government that don t want to let america be america. that is a remarkable charge from the president s son. people at the highest levels of government that don t want to let america be america. what s your response to that? that it s an irresponsible charge, and also that the president, his family, and many of his associates are looking for every single angle and way that they can to discredit bob mueller and discredit any kind of investigation into any