in office, but he could have reached a decision as to whether it was criminal activity, but he had his reasons for not doing it, which he explained. if you re not going to indict someone, then you don t stand up there and there and unload negative information about the person. that s not the way the department of justice does business. hmm. walk us through it. so i was yeah, so, you know, i was looking through all the confirmation hearing testimony and i saw that and i thought, boy, you know, that is just a flat contradiction. barr three months ago to get his job saying one thing and now saying something absolutely different. it s an attorney general. and, remember, the attorney general is our highest legal officer in the land. the person who is supposed to evince, you know, just the utmost respect for law in principle, and you have an attorney general who is literally careening from position to position whatever suits him on a given day in order to clear his boss, the presiden
investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to congress. still ahead, we re taking a look at robert mueller s interview with president trump. we ll talk to one reporter who has new reporting on that. plus, the latest on the nor easter that continues to bring heavy, wet snow to parts of the east coast. this morning, we re going to get a full check on the forecast, coming up next.
russians. after he said that, it was reported he met with the russian ambassador several times during the company and jeff sessions recused himself from the russian investigation for that reason. it s possible that it was referred to robert mueller. the mccabe authorized investigation of jeff sessions was not something that jeff sessions knew about last week when he decided to fire andrew mccabe. tonight, jeff sessions private attorney released this statement, the special counsel s office has informed me that after interviewing the attorney general and conducting additional investigation, the attorney general is not under investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to congress. joining us now is jill win
wine-banks. jill working backwards through what i just talked about. what do you make of the statement by jeff sessions private attorney tonight saying the attorney general now is not under investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to congress. it s possible it s correct. he quote it s the mueller officd that s dangerous to do because they might contradict it if they didn t say that. so for now i guess we have to assume that mr. cooper was repeating accurately what he heard. we have reason to believe now that jeff sessions was investigated for that or there was some investigation of it and andrew mccabe authorized that investigation. that s an interesting thing. and whether he is currently under investigation or not, it is much more doubtful that he
tonight, jeff sessions private attorney released this statement, the special counsel s office has informed me that after interviewing the attorney general and conducting additional investigation, the attorney general is not under investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to congress. joining us now is jill wine-banks. jill working backwards through what i just talked about. what do you make of the statement by jeff sessions private attorney tonight saying the attorney general now is not under investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to congress. it s possible it s correct. he quotes the mueller office and that s dangerous to do because they might contradict it if they