Trump . New reports that the president himself asked that question. Loyalty oath . Again . Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, the fbi was in tatters so he hand picked a new director, christopher wray. Now that director is warning the white house. The fbi has grave concerns, dont release that republican memo. Its misleading, inaccurate, dont release it. Rather than heed that advise, fox news has learned that we could see the memo on the russia investigation tomorrow morning. Thats what sources are telling our own chief White House Correspondent john roberts. They say President Trump is expected to give the House Intelligence Committee the goahead to make the gop document public. More from john in just a moment. Some republicans are claiming that memo, if you want to call it that, shows the feds misused government surveillance powers as part of the russia investigation. But democrats on the Intelligence Committee say republicans disported information to
Happening, the sunday drama certainly doman aiinating the s circuit. And a single abuse and willingness to risk our public to protect the president. The interest wasnt oversight. The interest was a political hit job on the fbi. I dont believe this is an attack on bob mueller. I dont believe this is an attack on the men and women in the fbi. So what about the president s alleged war on Law Enforcement . Is it already taking a toll . Plus, deputy in jeopardy. Will the president pull the plug to the Justice Departments number two man. Full disclosure, letting america see the democratic memo. And seeing new reaction to the gop memo. Cia director john brennan on the veracity of the socalled trump dossier and if it even matters. Hearon brennan in an interview with my colleague chuck todd this morning. Things in that dossier that made me wonder whether or not they would, they were, in fact, accurate and true. And i do think it was up to the fbi to see whether or not it could verify any of it.
Including former Obama Administration officials had no evidence of collusion. At odds, republicans in the house say the russia probe is dead. Democrats say its alive, its kicking and screaming, in fact. They just need more time. Ill ask how Intel Committee member Joaquin Castro what he thinks. A fresh twist in the stormy story. A new report alleges a trump attorney tried to suppress the details well before we even thought. Thats next. And new this hour, democrats and even some republicans strongly condemning the firing of former Deputy Attorney general, Andrew Mccabe, just hours before his expected retirement. Many finding fault with the way it all played. Out. I dont like the way it happened. He should have been allowed to finish through the weekend. I just dont like this whole, you know, back and forth between the people outside the fbi and in it. These agencies, the fbi, the cia. I mean, all of these agencies are made up of thousands of people who are out there working every day. I
Trace President Trump said he would like to speak with Robert Mueller. Theres word john dowd advised the president not to go after the special counsel. The president has mentioned mueller by name in recent tweets about the investigation which she calls a witch hunt. Catherine herridge spoke to john dowd. Shes live in washington. Catherine . Thank you. Exclusively speaking to fox news and providing this statement, john dowd said he resigned as the president s lead outside attorney on the russia probe and the president graciously accepted. The president has a terrific case and has proved it to Robert Mueller and his team in spades. Dowd defended his statement calling on Rod Rosenstein who oversees the special counsel investigation to end it. Dowd said that statement is no different than what i told mueller and his investigators on multiple occasions. He said im so proud of the president s transparency and how anyone could accuse him of obstruction is beyond me. He closed by saying i love
Trump. The president says all of this proves that he did not collude with russia. Tweeting finding how the fake news meter does not want to say that the russian proof was formed in 2014, long before my run for president. Maybe they knew i was going to run even though i did not know with Team Coverage on this developing story including overseas. The kremlin is responding and first lets go to ellison barber live in washington with the very latest. The president sent out a series of tweets in the last couple of hours. Most of the allegations in the indictments did not sway the election. It is something the Deputy Attorney General Office and as well. The indictment accuses russians are trying to show discord in the us political system. It claims a day by stealing the identities of american citizens creating big personas using social media or orchestrating rallies and Russian Companies and companies were indicted in this. According to the indictment early on the defendants tried to denigrat