reputation and so it s really a shame but at the same time it just on the reason that it was good for the president to fire jim comey as the fbi director. jason: i think it was unexpected by most of the inspector general dated a separate report on just mr. comey. most people didn t think that was coming and i certainly paid as close attention is anybody out there. so it s interesting, what does that portend for us a andrew mccabe and that case moving forward? so the inspector general s report on mccabe is already out and it lays out a very clear case as to both why he was terminated and why a lot of folks expected he is going to be charged by the district of columbia and the u.s. attorney jesse lu because it is you know, his lack of candor to the fbi agents and several times having the opportunity to be honest with what happened to end his role in leaking classified
reputation and so it s really a shame but at the same time it just on the reason that it was good for the president to fire jim comey as the fbi director. jason: i think it was unexpected by most of the inspector general dated a separate report on just mr. comey. most people didn t think that was coming and i certainly paid as close attention is anybody out there. so it s interesting, what does that portend for us a andrew mccabe and that case moving forward? so the inspector general s report on mccabe is already out and it lays out a very clear case as to both why he was terminated and why a lot of folks expected he is going to be charged by the district of columbia and the u.s. attorney jesse lu because it is you know, his lack of candor to the fbi agents and several times having the opportunity to be honest with what happened to end his role in leaking classified information is i think a very
call. i ve always said as prosecutors, we re never more vital than when we are declining to bring charge. let s put it all together tonight and bring together this question of how this latest evidence and one looks to be a purge of these. there is going to be a number of these attacks on people who brought about the decline of the president here, sort of like the carter expedition. bringing up king tut. they re all going to pay for this. let me go to joyce on this, because it s a political question. but it seems to be the question of our time. right now you ve got about 135 democrats, a clear majority in the house of representatives who are talking impeachment. they want a formal resolution. they want something done. my question is this effort by trump, this counterattack on comey, apparently one coming on mccabe, is this going to put out that fire for the president? is he going to look like he gets through this? mainly for his own luck. i think luck is getting through this and the c
mccabe raising serious concerns about how the russia investigation got start ed and so serious questions today about whether the president tried to obstruct justice. the new york times is reporting president trump asked acting attorney general matthew whitaker if a u.s. attorney who supported trump in the past could take over the federal investigation into the president s former attorney and fixer michael cohen. the times says whitaker said no and that the attorney the president wanted had already recused himself. it would fit into a broader pattern of activity by this president, and that is seeking to place loyalists in positions of influence over the probe and remove overs he did not see as allies. the story unfolding, details coming out this morning. we ll start with kara scannell from the latest on mccabe. give us the highlights for folks at home. what an interview last night where mccabe continued on this
mccabe nor is he aware of any such discussions. where does this leave this story if you put out a statement essentially denying it? he has no credibility. it won t work for him. if it becomes a test of he said/he said between mccabe, who the inspector general s report found by the way we should point out in mccabe s version of everything, everybody else is lying and wrong and he and james comey are the only two good guys left at the top. i have a hard time with that concept. if you pit rod rosenstein against mccabe, rosenstein will win that one. rosenstein has the credibility. people still believe him and he is a credibility person. rod rosenstein is very happy today. we have a new attorney general and he finally gets to quit. he gets to go home and quit bill: on the bill barr thing. he arief, at a justice