Way. Good evening, day 477 of the Trump Administration, exactly one year to the day since we heard this. I was going to fire comey, he made a recommendation but regardless of rem decontamination i was going to fire comey. I said to myself, i said this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that she should have won. The president s comments to lester holt became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation, tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry and this is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has spoken with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani he writes, quote, friday preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off someth
Michael cohen when he was trying to defend Michael Cohens 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels but Rudy Giuliani is nowhere to be seen or heard trying to defend Michael Cohens Financial Arrangements for the money that was paid to Michael Cohen by giant corporate interests trying to buy access to the president of the United States. Rudy giuliani was willing to say anything when it came to defending Michael Cohen for what Michael Cohen said was using his own money to pay off Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about her sexual relationship with donald trump. Ruud sai Rudy Giuliani said its the kind of thing he did all the time for his clients. That was money that was paid by by his lawyer, the way i would do out of his law firm fund or whatever fund, it doesnt matter, the president reimbursed that. Michael could take care of things like this, like i take care of things like this for my clients. Is it the kind of thing ive settled for celebrities and famous people. Every lawyer that has done t
Nations latest mass School Shooting. The accused gunman is in custody. He is 17. Well have a live report from texas ahead in this broadcast, but first we begin with what was day 484 of the Trump Administration and the president s new attacks on the fbi stepping up the pressure on the bureau and the Justice Department as part of his latest moves to cast doubt on the entire russia investigation as led by robert mueller. Today the president issued these messages raising the possibility of a government informant who was inside the 2016 campaign. Quote, apparently the doj put a spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before, and by any means necessary, they are out to frame donald trump for crimes he didnt commit. Not long after that, there was this. Reports are there was indeed at least one fbi representative implanted for political purposes into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony russia hoax became a hot fake news story. If true,
Since we heard this. I was going to fire comey. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. When i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. The president s comments to lester holt instantly became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation. Tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry, and that is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has just spoken again with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Lemire writes, quote, any preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off something far, far more impo
Government. It can pick your face out of a crowd without you even knowing. A lot of folks talking about this story. Well get to those stories in a moment but start with the president s relentless attacks on the russia investigation. The latest seven tweets in the last 24 hours. The most recent, simply tweeting the word witchhunt. Moments ago. President trump speaking to reporters outside the white house slamming the controversy again as spygate, demanding transparency. His assault thats sustained assault ramping up considerably over the last week. Whats behind it . Always hard to tell with this president , but heres the thing whatever his motivations, the assaults on mueller and the investigation may be working. Meanwhile, President Trumps longtime personal attorney Michael Cohens Business Partner, hes cooperating with the feds, and his former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, pled not guilty to charges against him, just left the courthouse 30 minutes ago. So far muellers investigation y