Demanding more information and refusing to say that the report clears the president s name. Steve we have got a guy began particular program. We have been waiting for this day to find out what was in the Mueller Report. So we have booked the president s attorney, Rudy Giuliani is going to be with us. One of the smartest legal minds in the world deasht and jay sekulow on president s team. We have Mike Huckabee and kellyanne and ken starr. We have congressman mark meadow, jim jordan and Jason Chaffetz and many more. Brian we are going to try to cover a lot of news today. The biggest story around the globe and certainly in this country william barr came up with and that is along with Rod Rosenstein, which is brilliant by the way to have Rod Rosenstein still there to say like. Steve to validate it. Brian this the is guy that more than likely offered to wear a wire to wiretap the president. They looked at it and said here is your conclusion. Ainsley Rod Rosenstein said he was so alarmed by
But i have said, look, if you think at the end of the day this president is going to be led out of the white house in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit, then youre sadly mistaken. I cant tell you how many people would say that to me all the time, this is really going to get him. I would say, i dont think so. If you want him out, you got to vote him out. Thats exactly right. Where you get anybody that you dont like what they did is at the ballot box. The idea of finding criminality to me has always been remote. Look, it could still be found. There are a lot of investigations going on. I just didnt see the proof of it then, and i havent seen enough of the record to see it now. Ill tell you why i did this. Im not an i told you so guy. You know this. Weve known each other a long time. And i put better minds around me for a reason. But, look, Rudy Giuliani ive known most of my life, okay . Weve had plenty of nasty backandforths. We try to disagree with decency. He demanded an apology from me
Bust, revealing the shocking scope of the nations Opioid Crisis. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In a matter of hours, well finally learn what it is that Robert Mueller knows that we do not. And one republican source is warning President Trump is, quote, going to go bonkers when the information is made public. But for now, President Trump trying to set the stage, calling the, quote, witch hunt a total fraud brought to wyou by dirty cops, end quote. Several white house aides tell cnn they are worried the report could indeed be damaging even if it does not establish conspiracy between russia and the Trump Campaign, that it will provide the most detailed and credible account today of mr. Trumps temper, his work habits, chaos inside the west wing, and much more. But even before we see the words, lets look at the numbers. More than 2800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, 500 witness interviews, not to mention 199 criminal charges against 37 people and entities. While there are no m
And felt at least implicitly threatened by the way cox had been ousted on direct orders from the president , that was not what they got with Leon Jaworski. He was rock ribbed and straightforward and unintimidated and 45 years ago this month, Leon Jaworski assembled this 62page document. Summarizing material that the watergate grand jury had obtained that was relevant to understanding the president s own conduct within the watergate scandal. Now grand juries conduct their work in secret. It is absolutely entintergral ie used for one purpose, drawing up indictments. Thats all grand juries do. The information that goes to them cant be used for any other purpo purpose, however, when a grand jury collects information relevant to the misconduct of a sitting president of the United States, it has long been Justice Department policy even in the watergate era that in that instance, the end product of the grand jurys work cant be an indictment. A sitting president cant be indicted and so what is
Go through this. And hopefully, somebodys going to be looking at the other side. Poor president. Good morning. And welcome to morning joe. It is monday, march 25th. With us on the set here in washington we have columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius. Nbc news and msnbc law analyst and editorinchief of Lawfare Benjamin wittes. And host of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. New york times reporter michael schmidt. Taking a break from book writing to come in on this big news morning. Mike barnicle joining us from new york city and former u. S. Attorney and an msnbc contributor, Barbara Mcquaid is with us as well. Well get right to the big news this morning. The president and his allies are celebrating Robert Muellers report on russias interference in the 2016 election. Attorney general william barr writes in his fourpage summary of the report that the special counsel did not find that any u. S. Person or Trump Campaign official or associate conspired or knowing