A recap of the days headlines and a look at whats in store for tomorrow. Lawyer would have done what Jeff Sessions did. He was part of the campaign, you cant oversee an investigation of a campaign you were part of so he had to recuse himself. Shannon why does the president get that . I dont know. Is that a lawyer, he is frustrated, he thinks this is a witchhunt, jeff did the right thing legally but mueller is now very deep into his investigation. This conflict is far beyond mueller and recusal. This is not a good working relationship from what i can tell. For the good of the nation we need an Attorney General that has the confidence of the president and im not blaming Jeff Sessions. There is no finer man but at the end of the day there are plenty of conservative judges and lawyers that i think could do this job, the we can get somebody confirmed but if he does replace Jeff Sessions the burden will be on the president to pick somebody highly qualified, give mueller the space he needs to
One of the moms in that picture saying, quote, my baby would have died if she had stayed in venezuela. Important reminder of the struggles that country is still facing. The photographer here, nachos doche from reuters. You can send me a snapchat or instagram. More news nor from ali vels who only has good things to say. Good afternoon. Ill probably catch you later this afternoon. Thursday august 23rd, lets get smarter. Michael cohen, tell me about your relationship with him. He was a lawyer for me for one of many. They would say the lawyer and they would add the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. Yo i dont know where that term came from. He didnt do big deals. Small deals. Turned out he wasnt that good,
frankly. Did the funds come out of the campaign . They didnt come out of the campaign, they came from me. Its not even a campaign violation. If you look at president obama, he had a Massive Campaign violation, but he had a different attorney general. Almost everybody that runs for off
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. When you were chair of the House Oversight committee on who wrote the talking points, who were interested in the families mightve happened in new york, not to mention the Trump Organization and the trump foundation. We would have investigations in congress. Congress is hapless right now. When you were chair of that committee, you investigated. I think you would be investigating right now. Jason you know what. You know why congress is hapless . This Attorney General does nothing to provide documents that congress has issued subpoenas for. Math, come on in here and give us your perspective. This Attorney General is in name only. He i think hes one of the most feckless, ineffective Attorney Generals this country is ever had. Jason, i understand where youre coming from. I am a big fan of Jeff Sessions but i feel it for the last year and a half
Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Organization and two Senior Company officials related to the payments to stormy daniels. Thats important because President Trump has no power tos pardon individuals convicted of state crimes. Joining me now to make sense of all this, chris hahn, radioow talk show host and former aide to senator chuck schumer. Matt schlapp, chairman of the american conservative union, and david bossie, former Deputy Chairman of the trump campaign. Thank you for joining us. Ig david, i want to start with you. The Attorney General went out of his way to say he was never influenced by any political consideration but i think, correct me if im wrong, one of the first things he did was make a political consideration to recuse himself on a case that he really did need to do it because of political considerations. Correct . O thats exactly right, jason. That bad de