Circling the wagons with conspiracy theories. When struck and page described the secret society, that doesnt surprise me. And why did he wait two days to tell investigators. And one the most interesting man in politics might be about to prove our point again. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Trump won the popular vote. Obama was born in kenya. Ted ted cruzs father was involved in the kennedy assassination and the nod is state. You are called a conspiracy theorist or the president of the United States. The president attempt to destroy the fbi credibility on the russia probe and the elected republicans who appear to be helping him do it and frankly in some cases you would think know better. Mr. Trump fired the fbi director last year after allegedly asking him to pledge his loyalty. And as the wash post now reports, that he then quickly summoned the fbi acting director Andrew Mccabe to ask him who he voted for
Which is run by a close confidante of donald trump as well. Were learning about documents related to a taxicab medallion company that cohen owns. Trump calls this a break in. In fact, it was planned by the fbi and it sparked with originally with something that was uncovered in bob muellers special counsel probe. And we dont often read Donald Trumps tweets unless they have something important. Here they are. Attorney client privilege is dead. Total witchhunt. Thats a remarkable statement from a president whose own lawyer has just been basically surveilled and evidence gathered approved by his own Deputy Attorney general. The witchhunt is coming from inside the house. Meanwhile, donald trump seems to be trying to leave some door open to having bob mueller removed. Heres the white house on that today. Reporter you said the president has the power to fire Robert Mueller . I know a number of individuals in the Legal Community and the department of justice that he has the power to do so. Wev
Sustained pressure made several officials uncomfortable because they viewed it as improper and worried it could be politically and legally problematic. As the New York Times reported this week, trumps intervention with the attorney general is a key line of inquiry for the special counsel. The central question in the obstruction prescribe is why trump fired the man investigating his campaign. Former fbi director james comey. Last night, the New York Times revealed former acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe took confidential notes about the circumstances of comeys firing. According to his account, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein said the president originally asked him to reference russia in his memo used to justify comeys dismissal. The times reports to mr. Mccabe that seemed like possible evidence that it was related to the fbis investigation into the trump campaigns ties to russia. Today the president tried to deny russia played any part in his decision to fire comey. Not that it
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking tonight, the white house says theres new high level action responding to the president s latest fixation, unproven claims that a secret fbi may have tried to infiltrate his 2016 campaign. The president holding a late meeting with top justice, fbi and intelligence officials amid fears of a potential constitutional crisis. Mr. Trump demanding they look into this. Ill get reaction from retired general Michael Hayden and house judiciary member ted lieu. Lets go to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. How is the white house handling this tonight . Reporter the president demanded and it sounds like hes getting what he wants. A wrapped up a meeting with Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who called for an investigation into mr. Trumps unproven allegation that he was spied up during the 2016 claim. The Justice Department has agreed to expand the investigation. And theyll set up a meeting to review highly classified informati
Around the world. Wolf blitzer is off tonight. Im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And we are following breaking news in the scandalplagued epa chief, scott pruitt. How he brazenly angled for a promotion and potentially tried to insert himself in the russia investigation. Cnn has learned that scott pruitt directly asked President Trump to fire attorney general Jeff Sessions and temporarily name him as attorney general instead. This hour, ill talk with congressman mike quigley, a member of the House Intelligence Committee and with former Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy adviser, jake sullivan. Our correspondents and analysts, theyre also standing by, first, to cnn white house correspondent, Kaitlan Collins. Kaitlan, tell us more about your breaking story that scott pruitt was appealing to the president for Jeff Sessions job. Reporter jim, this is big. We are learning that scott pruitt went directly to President Trump during a meeting in the