Office. The appointment order directed the office to investigate russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. This included investigating any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the Trump Campaign. Now i have not spoken publicly during our investigation. Im speaking out today because our investigation is complete. The attorney general has made the report on our investigation largely public. We are formally closing the special counsels office and as well im resigning from the department of justice to return to private life. Ill make a few remarks about the results of our work but beyond these few remarks it is important that the Office Written work speak for itself. Let me begin where the appointment order begins, and that is interference in the 2016 president ial election. As alleged by the grand jury in an indictment, russian Intelligence Officer who is are part of the Russian Military launched a concerted attack on our poli
Want to read you exactly what happened behind closed doors. He asks are you aware that quid pro quo literal lirr means this for that. And taylor says i am. These exchanges are part of what rocked washington when these first occurred. We didnt have the transcript on that day, just video of lawmakers walking out gasping and saying things like this. In my ten short months in congress, its not even noon, right, and this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. Very troubling. Very troubling. Now were reading the lines, the exact exchanges that so moved them. And theres one other key thing i want to show you tonight, taylor was diplomat who called out the bribery plot in realtime in the now famous text going back and forth with trump ally Gordon Sondland. There was trump and sondland claiming no bribery. Sondland even typing that out, typing trumps denial in that text to taylor when he had objected. Then of course you have this whistleblower come forward alleging bribery blowing this t
Two, there was not enough evidence to charge a broader conspiracy between the Trump Campaign and russian meddlers. And three, if the special counsel could have said no obstruction as the president claims he did, he would have said so. Listen to this. If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. The introduction to the volume two of our report explains that decision. It explains that under long Standing Department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that, too, is proprohibit the president says nothing changes from the Mueller Report, but the Russian Special counsel not on the same page as the attorney general william barr who said Justice Department guidelines did not weigh on muellers decision not to indict.
Morning joe. It is wednesday, october 23rd. Heard mcconnell told reporters we have a majority of statesman with us we have msnbc that he and trump never discussed the matter. Good morning and welcome to contributor mike barnicle, White House Reporter for the morning joe. It is wednesday, october 23rd. Women in the congress. Two men, one school, people of character that arent associated press, jonathan simply interested in their own westpoint, duty, honor, country. Professional wellbeing and one man so far stepped up and lemire, professor at princeton committed to the country and the countrys wellbeing and the adhered to that motto. State of our democracy and what all right. On that note, coming up on eddie glaude jr. , joe is out on we have seen over the course of morning joe. They talk about the elite. 2 plus years is that we have in professor at Clemson University an assignment hes interviewing some ways a deficit of the elite. Do you ever see the elite . And columnist for the washin
Should pub licly announce the investigation was, quote, very unfair to the president , that the president had done nothing wrong. And sessions planned to meet with the special counsel and let him move forward with investigating election meddling for future elections. Lewandowski said he understood what the president wanted sessions to do that was all according to lewandowskis testimony to Robert Mueller lewandowski wouldnt answer questions about that, or much of anything else that mattered in his testimony today. Instead, for much of the last three hours hes been repeating this refrain im trying to adhere to the white houses request. I answer questions that are provided in the Mueller Report only so im trying to reference that report direct ly about your question, congressman. The white house directed not to disclose did he ever discuss with you any concerns that he may have committed a criminal offense the white house has directed not to disclose the substance of any discussions with