Youve got to remember, there were months between november and when he got appointed. Right. You understand that . Yes. And somebody seemed like they should have said, wait a minute, this needs to be a part of the vetting process. My belief is they really wanted this guy to be a part of their operation, period. And but were a better country than that. Thats why we have a vetting process. And so we are going to have to look at vetting no matter what. Well, youve got a lot of things to look at, congressman. Thank you for coming on today. You are always welcome here, sir, as you know. Thank you. All right. There is a lot of news. What do you say, lets get after it. Believe me, there is no collusion. The entire thing has been a witch hunt. It is now considered a criminal investigation. Deputy attorney general learned comey would be removed prior to him writing his memos. There is mounting evidence of obstruction. Director comey was very unpopular with most people. I fire e find were going t
One hour from now step into the hot seat to kick off two days of block buster testimony. In 24 hours former fbi director james comey is expected to dispute President Trumps claims he was told he was not under investigation, did not tell him that once, let alone three times. I wish him luck, those words from President Trump as he fired the man expected to bear details of his private conversations with the president. It could be the most consequencial congressional testimony since watergate. Before we get there, we are here. These men testify in just minutes. Among them the director of National Intelligence dan coats, who is in the middle of a brandnew controversy. This morning the Washington Post reports the president asked coats to get the fbi to back off its probe of Michael Flynn. A revelation that comes at the same time as new reports of just how far james comey went to separate himself from the president and in the midst of all this and likely no coincidence at all by the way break
Happening on capitol hill over the next two days. President trump this morning announcing his fbi director pick and of course doing it only in the way that President Trump does, on twitter. President trump tweeting this just a few minutes ago, saying i will be naming christopher a. Wray to be director of the fbi. Details to follow. So the president there teasing ahead to what will be his announcement. Christopher wray did serve in the Justice Department, to serve as assistant attorney general in the early 2000s. He also served in private practice as the private and personal attorney to Chris Cristie during the bridgegate scandal. We gear up for the start of two days of testimony here on capitol hill. The top intelligence official dan coats set to testify today amid New Washington post reporting that President Trump asked coats to intervene and get the fbi to back off its probe of Michael Flynn just two days after then fbi director comey confirmed the bureaus investigation into potentia
There is a showdown coming. And does this new request by mueller have anything to do with this mystery proceeding that happened today . An entire courtroom put on lockdown. The press was cleared out. Coat closets were inspected, even an elevator sealed off. A great debate on what could be coming. Mueller dropped an eyepopping memo today that gives us our best look yet at how the special counsel deals with liars. A load to break down in cuomos court. It is friday, so lets get after it. This was always the concern with the written responses from the president , state of mind. The special counsel has said, i need to understand his state of mind during certain actions and episodes for the obstruction probe. If thats what the special counsel wants, it is the kind of questioning that really needs to be in person. You have to look at the person who is giving the answers. You have to assess them. You have to see if it works together. You want to test patterns. Very tough to do in writing. This
Lets get after it. All right. So we have seen trump team members locked up, russians indicted. We have been reading parts of the Mueller Report in realtime for two years. But the final findings are coming as early as next week. And the attorney general is preparing to announce the completion. What will that mean . What will you get out of this . The only thing that is required is for mueller to give a confidential report to the ag. What happens from there . Kind of a question mark. Did you hear this last night . Lets see if there is a report to even discuss. Its up to you guys. Thats up to you guys. The American People want their elected official to focus on issues, and my boss is. That report should be made public. I hope you agree with that. I hope the president does as well. Thats up to director mueller. Thats up to mr. Mueller. No, its not. Lets be very clear. What is in the report that is given to the ag by the special counsel, thats up to mueller. But what happens to that is up t