What did Jeff Sessions do . Did he tell the truth under oath about what he did and do the facts about what he did and said compromise his authority as the nations chief Law Enforcement officer. This morning cnn learned Jeff Sessions who was a u. Slt senator and Trump Campaign supporter met twice last year with the Russian Ambassador to russia. Why might this matter . Because repeated contacts between Trump Officials and ambassadors and senator sessions under oath said he was not part of it. And if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do . Senator franken, im not aware of any of those activity. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. I did not have communications with the russians he said then. Now we know he did have communications with the Russian Ambassador. But a short time ago he defende
Lawmakers are scrambling for information before hearings begin in two weeks and claims that President Trump was wiretapped by president obama. Tonight republican senator Lindsey Graham says hes ready to subpoena intelligence agencies if necessary to get any evidence that would prove or disprove trumps allegation. Sources tell cnn the former president barack obama is irked and exasperated by an accusation that his camp has flatly denied. Also, the white house says President Trump is in full sell mode as conservative republicans revolt against the house gop healthcare bill. Two congressional committees are working into the night on the legislation deemed dead on alife by critics who call it obamacarelite. Tonight were learning about a new federal criminal investigation into wikileaks and its publication of documents purportedly exposing the cias hacking operation. The president s Spokesman Says mr. Trump is very concerned about the apparent breach. Were covering owl all of that and much
That president obama ordered the tapping of mr. Trumps phones before the election. This has to do with the giant russian cloud over the white house. A new poll out this morning show two in three americans want a special prosecutor to launch an investigation into alleged contacts between russian officials and the Trump Campaign. It comes at a time when the president has a long list of things he should or would like to be dealing with. The next couple hours he could release his revised travel ban. This morning the administration is responding to a new provocation from north korea, launching several new missiles overnight. Were covering this all. Lets begin in washington with kns chief Political Correspondent dana bash. Dana, a remarkable, historic request from the fbi director to the Justice Department. Please correct the president he seems to be saying. Thats right. We dont know the answer as to whether the Justice Department will do that. Now, we can also look at kind of the way things
Because it made clear that and lets see if there are tapes. But it made clear that he thought the president unquestionably was trying to get him to drop a legitimate investigation into a matter of Grave National security concern and now also under a cloud after this hearing is Jeff Sessions. First of all, i would say i think comey not only answered the questions about Loretta Lynch, but i think he welcomed those questions because it was his way of certifying his role as an independent, not someone who serves one party or the other party. He got nauseous both about trump and about lynch. Exactly. It shows that he has stomach problems. He does have mild nausea quite often it seems. Let me talk about the politics. Ive never been confronted by as many people of do you think the president will serve his full term and were not a parliamentary system. No, i know. The assumption is that something is going to happen here somehow. I think you saw in this hearing it was very it was very civil. It
Reviewing the candidates. Sessions will recommend his top picks and the president will meet with those finalist. This process is being followed, and she moan theyre coming in fast and furious. What can you tell us about these six people . A busy day over the department of justice which dont normally working on saturdays. Theres a whole list of names right, we have six people. Senator john corey is a name that kind of surprised some folks. His ties to the republican parties, currently the senator will make an interesting choice. He is a trump supporting, has been out supporting donald trump is a friend of trump is is known to be quite par zain. Who was a judge early on in his career but besides that, what Law Enforcement experience he has im not certain of any. The current director, acting direct Andrew Mccabe has been with the fbi for over 20 years, has served in the Deputy Director rank for well over a year. Hes most regarded for the most part by people in the fbi but has some issues