denied, later confirmed after they were uncovered. the letter directly confronts kushner s security clearance. it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated. and breaking just in the past hour from the pages the new york times is this. the white house is quietly lobbying house republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the senate last week that would slap tough new sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow congress 0 block neg future move by president trump to lift any penalties against moscow. a lot to talk about. sometimes you have to lawyer up and so we have two lawyers joining our conversation tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor joyce advance is back with us. she spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, among the first
moscow. a lot to talk about. sometimes you have to lawyer up and so we have two lawyers joining our conversation tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor joyce advance is back with us. she spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, among the first five u.s. attorneys appointed by president obama, and jeremy bash rejoins us, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon, former chief counsel to house intel committee. welcome to you both. and jeremy, let s get rid of the topic of kushner s security clearance first. what authority would order or request it to be rescinded and what s the normal standard? would it be rescinded in a normal case if you were under investigation? not necessarily. ultimately, brian, this is the president s call. and fundamentally with respect to this issue, as with respect to the issue of mike flynn having access to highly
denied, later confirmed after they were uncovered. the letter directly confronts kushner s security clearance. quote, it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access to classified information while these allegations are being investigated. and breaking just in the past hour from the pages of the new york times is this. the white house is quietly lobbying house republicans to weaken a bill overwhelmingly passed by the senate last week that would slap tough new sanctions on russia for its meddling in the 2016 election and allow congress to block any future move by president trump to lift any penalties against moscow. a lot to talk about. sometimes you have to lawyer up, and so we have two lawyers joining our conversation tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor, joyce vance is back with us. she spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, was among the
special prosecutor or independent commission of some sort. here s an interesting number, though. the latest nbc/wall street journal poll finds 78% of americans want to see the same thing. 15% say congress should handle the investigation. joining our conversation tonight, former watergate prosecutor and a member notably of the 9/11 commission, jeremy bash remains here with us in the studio. and counselor, thank you for making time for us. welcome to you. when will we know what is the triggering mechanism? who gets to say or decide you know what? we re there. we need to bring in a special prosecutor or counsel or commission. well, that decision is made
journal poll finds 78% of americans want to see the same thing. 15% say congress should handle the investigation. joining our conversation tonight, former watergate prosecutor and a member notably of the 9/11 commission, jeremy bash remains here with us in the studio. and kocounselor, thank you for making time for us. when will we know, who gets to say or decide, you know what? we re there. we need to bring in a special prosecutor or counsel or commission? well, that decision is made by the attorney general, since the attorney general himself now is recused from anything to do with the russia investigation, it falls to the deputy attorney general, mr. rosenstein, who will then make a decision as to whether a special counsel is