Says, it is undisputed that the president s dismissal of former director comey, james comey, of the fbi these are his words an inferior executive officer was clearly within his article 1 power as president. Recent revelations about former director comey further confirm the wisdom of the president s decision which was plainly in the best interests of our nation. Thats the end of the statement from Rudy Giuliani whos been serving as sort of the lead counsel on the outside of the white house for the president in these matters for about two weeks. Of course, giuliani and the president have been friends for many years. Giuliani had, according to our sources, been working closely with the president to talk about some of the strategy before he did a series of interviews. Apparently the president viewing the fallout from those interviews today was saying that theres been no change in story and saying that giuliani would release a statement. Its taken longer than the expected time, but that sta
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clap, clap olly. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. We have some major developments in the russia investigation tonight, so were devoting this entire hour to an indepth look at all things russia. President trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen has been issued a subpoena to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee next month. Cohens lawyer says trumps former fixer will comply. In march, cohen begins a threeyear prison term for a variety of crimes, including lying to congress about trump tower moscow deal. He says he lied to protect the president. The top democrat on the Intelligence Committee says cohen needs to provide a lot more answers about that project. Also tonight, a cnn exclusive. A top russian official lashing out when asked if President Trumps workers working as an agent for Vladimir Putins government. Watch this. I mean, its completely, completely out of touch with anything that could be conceived as, you know, anywhere close to reality. Is special Counsel Robert Mueller
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. We have some major developments in the russia investigation tonight, so were devoting this entire hour to an indepth look at all things russia. President trumps former lawyer Michael Cohen has been issued a subpoena to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee next month. Cohens lawyer says trumps former fixer will comply. In march, cohen begins a threeyear prison term for a variety of crimes, including lying to congress about trump tower moscow deal. He says he lied to protect the president. The top democrat on the Intelligence Committee says cohen needs to provide a lot more answers about that project. Also tonight, a cnn exclusive. A top russian official lashing out when asked if President Trumps workers working as an agent for Vladimir Putins government. Watch this. I mean, its completely, completely out of touch with anything that could be conceived as, you know, anywhere close to reality. Is special Counsel Robert Mueller dropping a hint