As well as the firing of james comey. Will sessions invoke kpktive privilege to avoid answering . The attorney general expected to be grilled today on capitol hill by members of the Senate Intelligence committee. Were not sewer yet how forthcoming the attorney general will be. We do know his testimony comes at a time when President Trump and his associates appear to be interfering with the work of the special counsel Robert Mueller. I think hes considering perhaps terminating the special council. Just hours after leaving the white house, President Trumps longtime friend claims the president is considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, the man in charge of investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia. I think hes weighing that option. I think it is pretty clear by what one of his lawyers said on television recently. I personally think it would be a very significant mistake. Sean spicer insisting mr. Rudi never spoke to the president regarding this issu
undermine one of your few allies. this morning the president s allies in a battle between each other as we get ready to hear from attorney general sessions later this afternoon. friendly fire going on. let s discuss. ryan, thank you very much. the panel is with us. cnn political analyst, reporter and editor at large for cnn politics, chris cillizza. cnn legal analyst, bob mule s special assistant at the justice departme department, by the way. what is happening here? this man is a friend. he comes out and says i think he s considering doing this. i think it is a bad idea. the white house says the conversation never happened. now he is fighting with the white house. well, you ve got a fight between trump allies with. this is serious because chris rudi knows donald trump so well.
investigation. my sense was the attorney general knew he shouldn t be leaving, which is why he was lingering. it is unclear whether sessions will invoke executive privilege. do you believe that he should invoke executive privilege? i think it depends on the scope of the questions. chris rudi firing back against sean spicer this morning. he gave a statement to our jeremy diamond this morning. it says spicer issued a bizarre statement last night, a press release that, a, doesn t deny my claim that the president is considering firing mueller and, b, i didn t speak to the president on the matter when i never claimed to have done so. memo to shawn, focus your efforts on disposing the russia investigations and high liking his remarkable achievement. don t waste your time trying to
television recently. i personally think it would be a very significant mistake. sean spicer insisting mr. rudi never spoke to the president regarding this issue. but hours earlier, spicer s deputy says rudi, quote, speaks for himself. several trump allies attacking mueller s credibility despite initially praising his appointment. former trump campaign advisor newt gingrich tweeting republicans are delusional if they think this special counsel is going to be fair. last month gingrich praised mueller as a superb choice. one of the reasons for the revolt, who mueller has hired for his legal team. three of the five lawyers on mueller s team have donated almost exclusively to democrats, with two giving the maximum donation to hillary clinton s 2016 campaign. still, while house sources tell cnn trump s advisors are urging