Mcgahn. He says that sessions made a huge error, hes very frustrated. A couple people have said one of the few times theyve seen him get genuinely angry as opposed to the blufter that we know the president is prone to was about Jeff Sessions. Hes upset about the russia recusal situation and feels angry and hamstrung about the fact that the Executive Order that the president himself signed related to a Ban On Travel a temporary ban, quote unquote, from muslim majority nations was struck down by the court. This was within the first week of the administration and set the tone Going Forward and in the president s mind, Jeff Sessions is tied to everything. Lastly, your colleagues just broke some news which is fascinating about jim comey asking Jeff Sessions not to be left alone again with the president or that he didnt want to be left alone with the president. Its quite striking. Essentially you have the fbi director concerned about the position apparently that the president might put him i
Reporter immediately there were cracks in the president s conservative base, breitbart dubbed the president amnesty don while ann coulter tweeted, at this point who doesnt want trump impeached . The white house tried to contain the fallout. The president would consider citizenship for the dreamers. Outraging hard liners. Not discussing amnesty. What the Trump Administration is a responsible path forward in immigration reform. That could include legal citizenship over a period of time. Reporter on the ground in florida, the president contradicted that. Were not looking at citizenship, were not looking at amnesty, were looking at allowing people to stay here. Reporter then insisted the wall is coming. The wall to me is vital. If i dont get the wall, then we will be coming to you. Reporter after being left out of the discussion between the president and democratic leaders, House Speaker paul ryan insisted, there was no deal. It was a discussion. Not an agreement or a negotiation. Reporter
And crucially he knows he is not supposed to do what hes doing, not supposed to get involved, admitting at much in a Radio Interview yesterday. You know, the saddest thing is that because im the president of the United States, i am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. Im not supposed to be involved with the fbi. Im not supposed to be doing the kind of things that i would love to be doing. And i am very frustrated by it. I look at whats happening with the Justice Department. Why arent they going after Hillary Clinton with her emails and with her the dossier. If we havent yet heard widespread calls for impeachment, its because this president s disregard for the rule of law for democratic norms, his authoritarian impulses are largely baked in in the countrys perception, even among political insiders. It was just a couple of days ago, for example, that he called the american criminal Justice System a joke and a laughing stock. On top of that, all indications are that th
Today the russia investigation took a major step forward. For the first time a member of the president s inner circle faced questions on capitol hill. Put another way, this investigation has now come within one man of the president. He is arguably the closest man to the president. White house Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner spent more than two hours with the Senate Intelligence committee and then he made a Public Statement saying he never colluded with russia. It comes as trump pours the pressure on his own Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, who rekuzed himself from the Justice Departments russia investigation months ago. A decision the president has not been able to get past. He wrote about sessions on twitter this morning, referring to his own Attorney General, mind you, as our beleaguered Attorney General. And tonight the Washington Post as a new report headline, trump leaves sessions twisting
in the wind Bile Berating him publicly. It reads in Part Sessions was once conside
Investigation of russian interference into the u. S. Election and other matters. Its up to mueller to decide the other matters, to include the firing of the fbi director. Michael flynn, a meeting between the fbi director and the president in the white house. Just to be clear, the fbi investigation thats been going on, that was under Director Comey, that continues and that is what mueller is overseeing . He has oversight over the entire probe as it were. Youre not going to stop any activity in the fbi anymore, youve got a whole team there, and thats something youve heard from the acting fbi director, as they search for a new director, that theyre continuing their work. I have spoke to people inside the bureau, but this is a very independentminded mueller. One other thing ill note. I have been talking to people around washington in reaction to this, yes, comeys out, if you Huge Development today. Just two days ago, White House Press secretary spicer says frankly theres no need for a Spe