Acted upon the recommendation of mr. Rosenstine and mr. Sessions with whom he had met on monday evening, who then put their recommendations in writing. He said that he had made up his mind to fire mr. Comey before those gentlemen had met, number one. And number two, that he was basically not following their recommendations. He was acting on his own, so that raises some questions. The question of turmoil in the ranks of the fbi, something that has been raised several times and the president raised right there, was knocked down today on capitol hill by acting director mccabe who said that mr. Comey had the very strong support of the majority of the rank in file at the fbi. He certainly painted a very different picture of that. Reasonable minds obviously can disagree and from where the president the attorney general and the Deputy Attorney general sat they may have come to different conclusions on that but certainly that would be another sort of series of questions that i expect youll hea
Idea it was about to happen. We have the letter he sent to his former fbi colleague. Less than 24 hours later the president welcomed in the Russian Foreign minister into the oval office. Abc 7 news learned as many will find no surprise it was the president himself that set this in motion. Washington post reporting mr. Trump would not back his claim that was formerly wire tapd. The day after the president decided to fire the man in charge of the investigation in the meddling in the presidency. Comey was leading the investigation in whether the Trump Campaign colorado younclu the russians, serious offense was it getting it close to home. The white house timing impeopleable. The president maintains this. He wasnt doing a good job very simply. The white house now saying the president watched comeys testimony on tv last week and went from questioning comey to feeling, quote, strongly inclined to remove him. Early monday afternoon the president met with the attorney general and deputy genera
Connected to Hillary Clintons private server. As a result then fbi director james comey announced he was going to reopen that investigation. Many people argue that announcement heavily impacted the president ial race. Now as a result of wieners plea deal, the former congressman could face ten years in prison and also have to register as a sex offender. When this sexting scandal became public wiener served in new yorks ninth congressional district. From 1999 to 2011. Thats when he signed from congress. Before coming to the capitol hill he was a member of the new York City Council in 1992 to 1998. He got his start in politics working for Chuck Schumer in 1985. Now wusa9s first alert weather rated d. C. s most accurate forecast. Weve been hovering around the 90degree mark for the last two or three days or so. Boy, were getting ready to take a nose dive arent we . Were not coming back to the 90s anytime soon. Youll like the forecast for the weekend. For those who do enjoy the 90s weve got
Prosperity was kind enough in the weeks before i came to actually bombard the telephones, fill the mailboxes, talking about the fact that i was going to come up and visit. I have no doubt that a whole heck of a lot of you dont know what its like to have afp go after you but its a fairly common occurrence in a place like montana. I showed up anyway. By the end of the meeting, they acknowledged that 40 of the people that walked through the hospital doors didnt have health insurance. They recognize if they lost that rural hospital, that community was soon to follow. They saw past the rhetoric and understood that not only could expansion improve the health of the friends and neighbors. But at the endst day, it would save that rural hospital which also saves that rural community. Their support and then that visit gave their local republican legislator the confidence to defy her party leadership. To defy the coke brothers and actually support the measure and every vote matters. Every single
Who have been down this road many times. Criminal investigations are designed to find out if a crime was committed and hold somebody responsible. Congress has a broader mandate, were not prosecutors, but our goal is to shed light on information that may be highly significant but not necessarily criminal. Adjust policy as needed, change laws when appropriate. But in a particular circumstance, find out what happened, not as a prosecutor but as a policymaker. Mr. Rosenburg said in the absence of a constitutional privilege or selfimposed statutory restriction upon its authority, congress and its committees have a virtual pliniary power needed to discharge legislative functions. I think its true but its bounded by the respect for the criminal process. So were trying to find out where that boundary exists, how to navigate this problem, and proceed in an orderly manner so we do not get in the way of mr. Muller, but we discharge our duties to the public at large. After i cut my phone off, ill