And misdeamnor and thats a constitutional standard for impeachment of a u. S. President. This memo drafted by the now fired fbi director james comey asking him to shut down the investigation, heres the quote, we havent seen this memo yet. Heres the quote. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. This story first reported by New York Times. The president told comey that flynn did nothing wrong, were told despite the fact that he was fired for lying to the Vice President about his conversations with russian ambassador. Sources say this encounter happened after a briefing involving Vice President mike pence and attorney general Jeff Sessions who the president asked to leave the room, according to sources, so that he could speak privately with comey. Comey was reportedly so concerned by the president s comments that he documented the exchange in just one of a number of memos he wrote out of concern. The president
The besieged Trump White House facing accusations of obstruction of justice that could lead to impeachment, at least in theory. A memo drafted by now fired fbi director james comey details President Trump asking him to shut down the Michael Flynn investigation during a february meeting in the oval office saying i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. Cnn has not seen the memo. The story was first reported by the New York Times. The president told comey that flynn did nothing wrong, despite the fact he was fired for lying to the Vice President about his conversations with a russian ambassador. The encounter happened after a sfr conversation with sessions. Comey was so appalled by the president s comments that he documented the exchange, just a number of memos he wrote out of concern that the president was trying to stop the investigation. The white house flatly denying the explosive allegations, saying the pr
Obstruction of justice. Both sides of the political aisle are saying at minimum, they need to get to the bottom of the facts. Some democrats are going further saying this could be ground for impeachment. Lets start with joe johns at the white house. Reporter chris, the concern here is whether the president tried to influence an fbi investigation and then fire the man who was ultimately responsible for that investigation. As you said, the white house denying the conversation ever happened. If it did, this memo could be a big problem for President Trump. Another bombshell in 24 hours. The besieged Trump White House facing allegations of obstruction of justice that could lead to impeachment in theory. A memo drafted by now fired fbi director james comey details President Trump asking him to shutdown the Michael Flynn investigation during a february meeting in the oval office. Saying i hope you can see your way clear of letting this go. To letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can l
Testify under oaths about conversations between trump and comey. He said you said you hoped the Flynn Investigation i didnt say that. So he lied about that . Well, i didnt say that. I mean, i will tell you i didnt say that. Trump then denied ever asking comey to pledge loyalty to him. Did he ask for a pledge of loyalty from you . Thats another thing he said. No, he did not. So if he said those things under oath, would you be willing to testify under oath to give your version . 100 . 100 . Trump agreeing to be deposed by special Counsel Robert Mueller in the investigation. Its incredible. Investigators have now sent letters to comey and the white house. They want the memos and they want the white house tapes if they exist. Sara murphy is out front front at the white house. Now were going to have one person said it under oath. The other who has said he will say it under oath. This is one mans word versus another. Thats right. Its a he saidhe said situation. Both say the other is lying. T
On edge at this hour. More arrests overnight. The Terror Threat has been raised. There are concerns that another attack could be imminent. Shannon special assistant to President Trump Sebastian Gorka is standing by at the white house but first we begin with john roberts. Well get back to him. He is live for us in rome. Now to dr. Gorka. John has been reporting all morning. Stateside to the white house and bring in Sebastian Gorka. Thank you for your time. We have learned new details from authorities in england. What more can you add about what you are learning about that awful attack on monday night . Well, were not going to second guess our british cousins but the fact is there seems to be a broader circle of individuals of interest. If you look at serious, significant plots of this kind starting way back in december of 2001 and up to the present day when an attack is this successful it is almost always a group of individuals, a network and a person who has been trained outside of the