new warnings to the justice department, to robert mule r and specifically to the man in charge who was rod rosenstein. i think that s right. we have seen this sort of twitter tirade from the president in the past but this is a unique one we re witnessing today. the bottom line is the president is suggesting that the real investigation should be focused on his former opponent, of now approaching two years ago, hillary clinton. he indicates there s no wrong doing so nothing to be uncovered. in a series of those tweets he say it s a stet up and trap. this gets to the new reporting that came out overnight about the fact that more than six weeks ago there was this conversation between robert mueller and one of the president s attorneys, part of his team focusing on this idea that if the president would refuse to sit down for an interview, mueller may have to subpoena him. recognize this was before rudy giuliani had joined the
to that, that is a lengthy procedure? would there would it fast-trfast fast-track through the supreme court and get through quickly? one is bringing in a lawyer from williams & connolly with extensive criminal experience would suggest that his counsel to the president would be both in the president s presidential capacity and his personal capacity, that it would be not wise to participate in answering questions. then the question is, if bob mueller makes the nebs step axt issues a subpoena, do you comply or contest the subpoena? contest the subpoena outside of authority of the special counsel? we ve seen this before. during the watergate prosecution. it s not that complicated a legal question, but if in you re
by now that the department of justice is not going to be extorted. doctor s note. the president s former long time personal physician admits what many suspected at the time, the glowing medical report he issued during the campaign was dictated by his patient, donald j. trump. that letter that showed up about his health rgs he wrote it: state visit. president trump making his first trip to the state department to swear in his top diplomat, mike pompeo. i ve absolute confidence he will do an incredible job as the nation s 70th secretary of state. good day. president trump is reacting to a strange of headlines about robert mueller s tense negotiations with the president s legal team and the deputy attorney general overseeing the russia investigation.
president. it s only about a mile away from the white house. that certainly, today signifies the closeness of this president and mike pompeo compared to rex tillerson. will it make a difference? we ll have to see. i hope the state department gets its swagger back because we need diplomacy front and center. we should work hard to resolve con flicks without having to use military force and resolve them diplomatically whether ever possible. what worries me about secretary pompeo is his whole record up till now has been much more of a shoot first, ask questions later approach which is the opposite of what we ask our diplomats to do. we have big decisions coming up with respect to iran where i m worried about the position this administration is going to take. they ve signalled that they are going to break away or come
someone i know. i like him. it s nice to see him standing up for the department, the institution. there is a separation of powers that must be maintained. some of what the department of justice does under rod rosenstein conducts some of our very most sensitive investigation, political corruption, counter corruption. that needs to remain confidential. he s not always been an enemy of the president. this is sarah sanders last may praising him. somebody like the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who everybody across the board has unequivocally said this guy is man of up standing character and the gold standard that the department of justice. i think there s complete confidence in him and another reason for director comey to be out of way so they can have somebody leading this effort that everybody across the board