Team. He is very, very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome, but hes also, well have to see. Well have to see in terms of, look, there has been no obstruction. There has been no collusion. There has been leaking by comey but no collusion, no obstruction, and virtually everybody agrees to that. So well have to see. I can say that the people who have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters. Some of them worked for Hillary Clinton. The whole things ridiculous if you want to know truth, from that standpoint. But Robert Mueller is an honorable man and hopefully hell come one an honorable solution. And sean spicer telling reporters the president has, quote, no intention of firing mueller even though he does have the authority to do so. Meanwhile, the Washington Post out with a story today detailing the president s irritation with the endless stream of russia news, quoting from the story. Frustration with the investigation stus inside him until it bubbles up in the form of
Describing a conversation in which he says the president asked him to back off the fbi investigation of former National Security adviser mike flynn. Last night it was the appointment of a special downhill take the other trump russia investigation. Now its the fourth day of the week so now we have a new one. Tonight eats scoop comes courtesy of Michael Schmidt at the New York Times. Quote, President Trump called the fbi director james comey weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that mr. Trump was not personally under fbi investigation. Mr. Comey told the president if he wanted to know details about the bureaus investigations he shouldnt not contact him directly but instead should follow proper procedures. At the time mr. Comey was overseeing the fbis investigations into links between mr. Trumps associates and russia. These interactions included a dinner in whic associates and mr. Comey say mr. Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty a
Governor, senator, 9 11 Commission Bob Kerrey here with us in the studio this evening. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york as we start a new week. Day 144 of the Trump Presidency. And late in the day, it was dominated by an idea, the idea floated by a friend of the president that donald trump has considered or is considering firing the special counsel, terminating Robert Mueller. The president has the power to do so. The question is, what would happen to the president and his presidency if he did so, especially having already fired one prominent investigator, the head of the fbi. The notion of a mueller firing started to get floated out this past weekend. Most recently, it was trump friend and news max publisher chris ruddy in an interview with Judy Woodruff over on the pbs news hour. Is President Trump prepared to let the special counsel pursue his investigation . Well, i think he is considering perhaps terminating the special couns
The investigation into secretary clintons emails and i do not understand his refusal to accept the judgment that he was mistaken. In a letter to comey donald trump told the director his decision was necessary to, quote, restore the trust and confidence of the public, democrats reaction, outrage questioning the timing of the de special prosecutor to be appointed on the russia probe, Chuck Schumer calling it a mistake. Earlier this afternoon donald trump called me and informed me he was firing director comey. I told the president , mister president , with all due respect, you are making a big mistake. The first question the administration has to answer is why now. If the administration had objections to the way director comey handled the clinton investigation, they had those objections the minute the president got into office but they didnt fire him zen. Why did it happen today . The white house quick to defend the decision pushing back on suggestions it was a coverup. It is not a coveru
Special counsel, terminating Robert Mueller. The president has the power to do so. The question, what would happen to the president and his presidency if he did so . Especially having already fired one prominent investigator, the head of the fbi. The notion of a mueller firing started to get floated out this past weekend. Most recently, it was trump friend and news max publisher chris rudy in an interview with Judy Woodruff over on the pbs news hour. Is President Trump prepare to let the special counsel pursue his investigation. Well, i think he is considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think hes weighing that option. He was not the first trump surrogate to hint at this same idea. I think that what republicans ought to focus on is closing down independent counsel because hes not independent. He apparently is very close to comey. Will the president promise not to interfere, not attempt at any time to order the Deputy Attorney general to fire Robert Mueller . Look, the pr