predicted the future that he was going to recuse himself about a russia issue if all of that happened after he was already confirmed? i don t understand why jumpingns on senator sessions tonight makes sense. he s been a?pretty good attorney he s been a pretty good attorney general. he is talking aboutbi the president s agenda. filed that huge lawsuit against the pharmaceutical companies trying to bilk medicaid out of money. he can t predict the future. jeff sessions was the first senator to stick his neck out when the rest of the republican senators would not support donald trump. he s been loyal since the beginning. he must be disappointed about
how all of this played out. from the president s perspective, i think it s simple. the president believes that jeff sessions, by recusing himself, they lost control of this investigation. it was no long controlled by trump. i feel like the attorney general recused himself not to protect himself but to protect the president, to ensure the integrity of the investigation. sure. there were no crimes, the president himself should not be worried. that s why, as this plays out, if there is nothing to hide, the recusal in the longs run doesn t matter. right. it s a president who wears his heart on his sleeve and expects loyalty. thank you very much. next the countdown is on. o.j. simpson s parole hearing is hours away in nevada. geraldo rivera made his way there and will join us with a preview next.
this gets back to the bottom line question that dana perino asked about ty cobb the new counsel come into white house. if donald trump as president of the united states says in the interview with the new york times, i have done nothing wrong. his son told sean hannity and others i have done nothing wrong. i wanted to hear these guys out and nothing came of it. if that is the truth, they need to tell that story quickly. as you suggest, there is nothing here for the special counsel? there is no actual crime. the question is: is there something else we do not know tonight that the special counsel is looking at that goes beyond all of this? that s a question we can t answer tonight. it s interesting. we remember how good attorney general sessions did. he silenced a lot of critics and things calmed down and then other incidents came forward. didn t sessions offer his resignation and trump said no
seasoned and says, look, mr. president, stop doing interviews and stop talking about the investigation and lashing out at robert mueller or people on your own team like jeff sessions the attorney general. let this play out. there is nothing you can do to stop the special counsel right now. we have the president attackings his own attorney general. saying if he knew jeff sessions was going to recuse himself from all matters involving russia, he would not have picked jeff sessions in the first place. that s coming out of nowhere.d in this new york times interview, the president leaves the door open to fire robert mueller if this investigation expandas into the trump family and their finances. he was asked that question. he said that would cross a?line. this will add more fuel to the