Law by aiding the russians in their attack on our election system to be held responsible in court. And there is ample evidence involving roger stone, paul manafort, carter page that Trump Associates may well have been involved in colluding with the russians. And, so, whats needed is accountability. The grand jury is working. The fbi is doing its job. Whats needed now is a leader and i emphasize insulated and protected from the president of the United States who may be a target here by a clear mandate, a written mandate from Ron Rosen Stein, the Deputy Attorney general, saying you do the work. Im going to protect you. Do you think it is possible that Rudy Giuliani or Chris Cristie could be the new head of the fbi . Predicting what the president of the United States will do is among the host hazardous activities in washington, d. C. These days. But i hope not because they bring political baggage, for lack of a better word, that would severely undermine their credibility with the American
Democrats calling it nixonian wanting a special prosecutor to look into the possible ties to russia of the Trump Campaign. The white house firing back saying it was the only option. Director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file in the f. B. I. And lost the confidence from members of both sides, republicans and democrats in the house and senate. Frankly, most importantly he lost the confidence of the American People. The president made a swift and Decisive Action and let director comey go. Bill we have team fox coverage all morning law. Chris stirewalt is there for analysis. We start with kevin corke from the north lawn at the white house. What are they telling you this morning . Good morning. Theyre talking about a number of things. Most notably the timing. The letter, the president writing to his director. The president went on to write that he still did not have confidence that mr. Comey could lead the bureau and thats why he ultimately made his decision. Comey learned
Week after the Intelligence Community put out its report about the russian attack on the election. Less than a week after that report came out, there was a twoday long meeting that was held in the see she will islands by madagascar. It was a meeting in the shashs for a representative for Vladimir Putin and an envoy from the Trump Administration. According to the post, this reporting first week of april, erik prince maintained at the time of that meeting that was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president elect. He got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for Vladimir Putin. What did they meet about . What did they talk about . What took two days to get through . Why did they have to meet in this far away place . Who knows. Matters of mutual concern to discuss. Heres detail that carried forward to today. The person who set up that mysterious meeting in the islands in january, the person who set up what has
Off the coast of kenya by madagascar. It was a meeting in the seychelles for a representative for Vladimir Putin and an envoy from the Trump Administration. According to the post, this reporting first week of april, erik prince maintained at the time of that meeting that was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president elect. His hosts at that meeting believed that to be true about him. He got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for Vladimir Putin. What did they meet about . What did they talk about . What took two days to get through . Why did they have to meet in this far away place . Who knows. Presumably they had many matters of mutual concern to discuss. Heres detail that carried forward to today. The person who set up that mysterious meeting in the islands in january, the person who set up what has basically been reported out as a back channel meeting between the trump folks and the putin folks, the g
Wider department of justice nor apparently a heads up to the president s own communications team. Were the reasons behind the firing different from the reasons given for the firing. Thats one of the many questions we have this morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 10th. With us veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle, senior politics reporterality usa today heidi priz bella, and msnbcs mark halperin. New york times reporter Michael Schmitt and columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post david ignatius. Looking at some of the headlines, this is just the Washington Post, trump fires fbi director, the New York Times trump fires comey amid russian inquiry. The boston globe, trump fires comey in the midst of the russian probe. Usa today, trump fires fbi director comey. Its one of those days we all will remember for a very long time. You cannot overste, fst of all, the seriousness of what he has done, the challenge it poses to our constitutional system