respected experienced prosecutor, and he is, there isn t a whole lot more they need to do. some nixon allies in the senate made the same argument about richardson s appointment. you can see these echos already. he s proven worthy of his trust in many posts and he ought to be trusted. he has a high opinion of mr. mueller and no reason for mr. mueller to stop doing his job. but history teaches the opposite and this is so important for next week s hearings. the constitution is not based on trust or opinion. attorney general richardson was pressed into a path that people hoped would be unnecessary, but it was necessary and now when it comes to the doj, let s be clear, donald trump is no richard nixon, he s way worse. more openly hostile to rule of law, more disrespectful to the fbi agents that risk their lives. nobody knows where mueller is headed exactly, but next week s
except real. chuck, we ll see you soon. tonight on the beat, we are covering a lot of developing stories. thank you for joining us. this has been in many ways donald trump s legal week from hell. what will michael cohen spill in front of congress? meanwhile there s also rud rudy giuliani with a suspicious new gambet and i have something important to share with you tonight. it s a special report on how the senate could force donald trump s pick to lead the doj to actually make sure in a binding way that he protects mueller. it all comes down to some hearings that are next week. i ll get to that later in the show. but we begin tonight with president donald trump breaking a record that will put him in a sad place in the history books. tonight he will become the president overseeing the longest shutdown in u.s. history, ever. 21 days. that will happen tonight as there are no signs of trump getting a check from mexico in
a crucial time for the russia probe. the question is whether the d.o. j. lo allow mueller to follow the facts he finds. back in 73, the senate didn t simply vet richardson. it used those hearings to extract a binding arrangement under oath to protect the special prosecutor s watergate probe demanding that the watergate prosecutor would get final authority which richardson initially objected too. now the senate stopped him right then and they said they wouldn t even hold a hearing until he committed to more independence. members of the judiciary committee greeted richardson with smiles and handshakes but it was deceptive. we have to create the appearance of on apologetic activity and fairness in this investigation. whether he had an independent prosecutor or not. but who would buy it? no more hearings will be held
this is an important moment for these house republicans on these relevant committees wanting to question the former f.b.i. director james comey. he arrived on capitol hill a short time ago ahead of his closed door under oath session with house lawmakers. a compromise struck by agreeing to release a full transcript to avoid selective leaks. questions for comey about the integrity of the department of justice, the possibility of fisa or foreign intelligence surveillance act abuse and regarding some of the comments he has made in interviews since leaving the f.b.i. ohio republican congressman jim jordan tweeted comey in for questions today, rosenstein should be next. it has been 11 weeks since he made comments about wearing a wire to record the president invoking the 25th amendment. the house oversight chairman offered a preview of the session with jim comey. this is an investigation, a counter intelligence investigation into the campaign of a presidential candidate. so what is the thre
take over the house. the republicans actually have been divided on this. there were some including jim jordan who preferred not to have comey and wanted to have rod rosenstein come in and talk about the revelation from 12 weeks ago that he was willing to wear a wire and even possibly consider the 25th amendment to get rid of president trump. but today what we re going to hear in the hearing or what will come out is primarily a focus on the beginnings of the russia investigation because there is even accumulating evidence that over lack of that the f.b.i. and d.o.j. knew that the dossier and christopher steele were unreliable. bill: next topic on china. trade deal. i think the arrest of this chinese business woman in canada holds a lot of intrigue. some have said it s the equivalent of steve job s son