Persistent violations of state and federal law. Were just off the coast of Southern California, where an elite Coast Guard Team is about to board this boat. Its a Training Mission with a mock chemical weapon. Cbs news has learned that White House Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders plans to step down by the end of the n ar. I think cbs got a little ahead of their skis. Meghan markle is joining Queen Elizabeth on a full day of appearances, their first oneon one outing. And happy birthday to president trump. The commander in chief turned 72 today. I dont think he looks a day er 35. And nothing says happy birthday like cake, ice cream, and a 500page Inspector Generals report. Glor this is our western edition. Good evening. Were going to begin tonight with the investigation of an investigation. The Inspector General of the Justice Department has issued a longawaited report of the f. B. I. s handling of the clinton email investigation. It is very critical of former director james comey,
Comey deviated from norms about the case and in his letter to congress reopening the case days before the election. Investigators uncovered another Text Exchange between lisa page and struck who was fired from muellers team. In it, paige asked struck if trump would be president. No, no, hes not. Well stop it. The Inspector General did not have confidence that struck was free from bias when he prioritized the russia investigation over the Anthony Weiner emails. Overall the Inspector General report found there was no conspiracy against President Trump in the 2016 clinton investigation. But it detailed a consequence of events that created the ingredients for a conspiracy or appearance of impropriety. As to james comey, the report concludes even though he was facing difficult decisions, he made the wrong choices, not because he was biassed or crooked, he just got it wrong. Jim acosta joins us now. Explain what the white house reaction has been to the report. We heard from the White House P
Comey was one of the Major Players in all of this along with a former fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe, Hillary Clinton, of course, and the president of the United States. The major questions are simple. Was proper protocol followed by the then fbi director . We now know the answer there. Did forces within the fbi compromise the investigation . And was any campaign aided by the inclusion or exclusion of critically important investigation . Lets bring in Shimon Prokupecz and manu raju. Hes up on capitol hill. Shimon, what do we know already about the report thats supposed to be publicly released within the hour . Certainly some key findings by the Inspector General here. The idea that the president has been touting this notion that the clinton investigation was rigged, that there was bias somehow by the fbi in favor of Hillary Clinton, and that they didnt bring charges against her, well, now we have our answer here from the Inspector General who has been looking at this now for over a
Politics. Im john king. Thank you for sharing this big news day with us. A breaking news day. That big investigation on how they handled the Hillary Clinton email investiation. It happened when the president fired james comey. The president wants to use that as the reason. Tweets and tantrums. Well show you the numbers. Its also a big policy fight. Republicans loyal to the president see the big issues very differently than more traditional members of the gop. And brilliant diplomacy or an affront to American Values . He praises kim jongun and makes light of his human rights record. Hes a great guy and i think we understand each other. Hes still done some really bad things. Yeah, but so have a lot of other people done some really bad things. I could go through a lot of nations where some really bad things were done. A busy day here in washington. We expect breaking news throughout the hour dominated by anticipation and anxiety over this. A 500page report of the handling of the Hillary C
That he has done be read. We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sewn rese resentment and hatred and violence around the globe. I would not trade a day of my life in good or bad times for the best day of anybody elses. We need an attorney general that can work with the president , that can lead the department of justice. This relationship is beyond repair, i think. Its a pretty deep breach, and heres what im suggesting, that hes not the only man in the country that can be attorney general. Maybe the largest deal ive ever made, were going to call it the United Statesmexico trade agreement. Well get rid of the name nafta. Has a bad connotation because the United States was hurt very badly by nafta. Whether this was sort of a, you know, press release we have to see. We did what the president s objectives were which was to rebalance the relationship, modernize it and create more access. And now well turn to canada and hopefully get canada onb