something to come that has nothing to do with hillary. natasha, any reporting on that? is there any indication that trump world is increasingly concerned something new is coming down the pike because they are interested in hillary clinton again as of late? it doesn t make much sense to me why donald trump keeps saying there s no collusion when the mueller case is much stronger than the collusion case. robert mueller, it s a big conspiracy charge to, you know, accuse somebody of colluding with a foreign power but the obstruction case is more cut and dry. as we saw from the new york times article published last week where donald trump really blew up at jeff sessions when he heard he was going to recuse himself, when jeff sessions asked an aide to go to capitol hill and search for dirt on james comey, all of these things, and the misleading statement he crafted on air
force one about the trump tower meeting and all of these are contributing to bob mueller s case that perhaps he did have different intent when he fired james comey, and so it s really an indication of how he does not take the obstruction case seriously and that s what could be the most dangerous thing to his presidency. it s an interesting thing donald trump seems to feel sorry for hillary clinton sometimes, ignoring her and saying she has been through a enough, and it was a tough race but she lost, and then becoming reobsessed with her every time he, himself, is in trouble. and then we find out jonathan for months the fbi is reinvestigating the clinton foundation. his attorney general is doing the dirty work to potentially
new reports say that under jeff sessions, the department has launched a new inquiry into the clinton foundation, though an official told nbc news the investigation has been going on for months. nick merrill, a clinton spokesman, called the investigation a disgraceful sham, one designed to distract from the indictments, guilty pleas and accusations of treason from trump s own people. the news follows last night s bombshell new york times reports that one of sessions aides asked a congressional staffer for damaging information about james comey in an apparent attempt to discredit the former fbi director. a source telling the times that the attorney general wanted one negative article a day in the news media about mr. comey. the justice department disputes the account. with me now to unpack this is former federal prosecutor jennifer rogers, executive director of the center for advancement of public integrity at columbia law school and msnbc justice and security analyst matt miller
obama. thank you for being here. start with the last thing first. ladies first. you ve tweeted a lot about this. what would have been the reaction? put it this way. you might have anticipated on the right if during his tenure the former attorney general eric holder or loretta lynch were to solicit dirt on james comey to try to discredit him while investigating hillary clinton? i think we d have had subpoenas in our inboxes the next day and asking for the attorney general to be up on the hill the day after that. they would have been justifiably outraged. this report i think causes two big problems for jeff sessions. one, credibility problem, one is potentially a criminal problem. the credibility side, this will send shock waves through the department of justice. this report. the career people there, for them to see that the attorney general, the person who is leading the department, supposed to protect the employees, is using information to publicly
clinton. new reports say under jefferson sessions the department launched a new inquiry into the clinton foundation though an official told nbc news the investigation has been going on for months. a clinton spokesman called the investigation a disgraceful sham. one designed to distract from the indictments guilty plea es and accusations of treason from trump s own people. the news follows last night bombshell new york times report one of sessions aides asked a congressional staffer for damaging information about james comey in an apparent attempt to discredit the former fbi director. the sort telling the times the attorney general wanted one negative article a day in the journal. joining me, msnbc justice and security analyst and chief spokesperson at the department of justice under president