Also, partdon fever. Jared kushners new reported strategy for pardons to help his reputation. As nbc news spoke exclusively to Alice Johnson whose sentence was commuted by the president. And Kim Kardashian west who helped convince the president to do it. At this hour, the highly anticipated report into how the fbi handled its investigation into Hillary Clinton is being passed around washington, d. C. President trump is being briefed by deputy ag Rod Rosenstein right now at the white house. In a Conference Room at the capitol reviewing that report. Theyve been at it for roughly 30 minutes. There was a hope this internal report would be able to help answer several outstanding questions. Among them, was the agency as President Trump has alleged repeatedly on team hillary . How did its former director james comey, how did he handle things . Perhaps the most significant question, did any of it matter . Did it have a measurable effect on the outcome of the president ial election . Bloomberg
Our presidency has been debased by a figure who seemingly has a bottomless appetite for destruction and division, and only a passing familiarity with how the constitution works. And our article i branch of government, the congress, thats me, is utterly supine. In the face of the moral vandalism that flows from the white house daily. Now, you might reasonably ask, wheres the good news in that . Well, simply put, we may have hit boston. This is it, if youve been wondering what the bottom looks like. This is what it look likes when you stress test all of the institutions that undergird our constitutional democracy at the same time. How did we arrive at such a moment of great peril wherein the president of the United States publicly threatens on fox friends, historians will note, to interfere in the administration of justice and seems to think that the office confers on him the ability to decide who and what gets investigated and who and what does not. And just this week, the president , o
But you heard there, his veiled reference to it, willie. And it seems that hes keeping a pretty good attitude about the chaos thats going on all around him. Hes right in the middle of it. Perhaps a reference to the president yesterday morning tweeting about a quote criminal deep state. Good morning, its thursday, may 24th, welcome to morning joe, weve got msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle, the chair of the africanamerican studies at princeton university, eddie glaube junior, former treasury director and economic analyst, Steve Rattner, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post and Washington Capitals fan, a very happy fan this morning. Huge game seven win and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, host of kasie d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt. I want to chime in that every time i hear this kasie d. C. ac dc thing. I think about the battle between westi westinghouse battle between when we should have ac current or d. C. Current. Holy moly, ladies and gentlemen, playing the role of
Listen, richard, as the saying goes. There he is. Richard engel live to discuss this big interview. But heres part of how mr. Engel, my colleague, broke this story, obtaining new evidence from say russian exile and putin foe. Putin jailed him after he spoke out. He was in prison for about ten years. He lives abroad, and he told the beat in october that the prosecutor named in this story, mr. Chai ca, tends to get permission from putin before making big moves. Translator i wouldnt find it at all unusual if mr. Chai ca, whom the people of russia have accused of corruption, used an attorney he knew to propose some kind of deal to future influential persons in america. Because he would want to make himself useful to Vladimir Putin. Were he to decide to take such a step, he would get permission from Vladimir Putin beforehand. A lot of this is coming together in public. That is about the russians vof involvement in the trump tower meeting. Today were also seeing what donald trump jr. Told in
Our presidency has been debased by a figure who seemingly has a bottomless appetite for destruction and division and only a passing familiarity with how the constitution works. And our article i branch of government, the congress, thats me, is utterly suppline. You might ask where is the good news in that . Well, simply put, we may have hit bottom. This is it, if youve been wondering what the bottom look likes. This is what it look likes when you stress test all of the institutions that undergird our constitutional democracy at the same time. How did we arrive at such a moment of great peril wherein the president of the United States publicly threatens on fox friends, historyials will note, to interfere in the administration of justice and seems to think that the office confers on him the ability to decide who and what gets investigated and who and what does not. And just this week, the president offering an outlandish rationale, ordered an investigation into the investigation of the r