Transparency. And the suggestion all along is that in the issue of transparency that they would go ahead and release this memo. Of course, President Trump is the final decider on this and he made this decision it sounds late today to go ahead and make this decision not to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat Ranking Committee adam schiff. I can read this key paragraph for you it says although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum, he is unable to do so at this time. And it goes on to say, anderson, however, given the Public Interest in transparency and circumstances the president instructed the Justice Department to work with the House Intelligence Committee and come up with a version that is going to satisfy officials here. Earlier today the president met with White House Counsel Office about all of this. And that is where the decision was made. There is another letter here attach. This is to Rod Rosenstein. We have been talking about Rod Rosenstein quite a
Remember officials were saying were going to put this memo through the same rigorous vetting process that we put the nunes memo through, and the suggestion all along is that in the issue of transparency that they would go ahead and release this moment, but, of course President Trump is the final decider on this. He made this decision and sounds late today to go ahead and make this decision not to declassify this memo from the ranking democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, adam schiff. Ener is a letter that is attached to the statement that came from the White House Press office about this. We can put it up on screen. Its from the white House Counsel. If we dont have that graphic available, i can just read this key paragraph to you. It essentially says, although the president is inclined to declassify the memorandum because it contains numerously classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time. To goes on to say, anderson, however, given the Publi
Surveillance laws. Democrats claim the memo is incomplete and partisan. Critics of the memo worry the white house will use it to discredit the russia investigation. And use it as an excuse to fine Deputy Attorney general rosenstein. The democrats are warning the president may face a constitutional crisis if he were to use this memo as a reason to fire the Deputy Attorney rosenstein, so what is the white house saying about all this . The president actually fueled speculation about the fate of the Deputy Attorney general yesterday. When he was asked if he had confidence in rozenstein, the president saying, quote, you figure that one out. He was asked about the nunes memo and he said it was a disgrace and said a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. Further fueling that speculation because the Deputy Attorney general is named in the memo. We did hear from Deputy Press Secretary as shaw on cnn last night. Saying there will likely not be any changes coming to the department of just
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Senator cindy hydesmith, who faces off against Democrat Mike Espy in a Runoff Election tomorrow. A runoff that has at times felt like an outofbody experience in terms of how many times it made you shake your head and say did that really happen . Whether it was the republican candidate saying that shed be in the front row of a public hanging or the republican candidates robotic almost comical nonapology for those offensive remarks, or her debate performance in which she seemed to say her greatest selling point is donald trump, as if all of that werent surreal enough, today on the eve of the runoff, there were this, nooses seen hanging on trees outside the Mississippi State capitol. This runoff is shaping up to be an mri of the soul of mississippi. The next 24 hours are critical, and ill have a lot more on that in just a moment. But first, to that breaking news from special Counsel Robert Mueller and the president s Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. The first Trump Campaign official to re