Was not authorized under the law to be written it was written to a Legal Standard that does not exist at the Justice Department and it was written in violation of every d. O. J. Principle about extra prosecutorial commentary i agree with the chairman this morning when he said donald trump is not above the law hes not but he did im sure shouldnt be below the law which is where volume 2 of this report puts him. Thank you mr chairman director mueller that morning your exchange with the gentle lady from california demonstrates what is at stake the trim Campaign Chair paul manner for it was passing sensitive voter information in polling data to a russian operative and there were so many other ways that russia subverted democracy together with the evidence in volume one i cannot think of a more serious need to investigate so now im going to ask you some questions about obstruction of justice as a relates to volume 2 on page 12 of volume 2 you state we determined that there were so sufficient
documents found by the fbi at trump s private residence and golf club. they dismissed the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that has sfie ruld out of control. most notable aspect of their filing, trump s lawyers tip-toeing around trump s claim that he declassified any or all of the documents. it s a claim for which they can t and don t provide a single shred of evidence. instead, saying this. quote, the government has not proven these records remain classified. that issue is to be determined later. the washington post notes, a section of their 21 page filing does not say that trump declassified the material before he left office. while trump s lawyers would like us to think this is what they say, document storage dispute, it s worth remembering in the court filing last week doj made clear that the country s national security may very well be in jeopardy if the government loses access and time, even temporarily, to the documents that were seized. from the
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Is hitting back. And north korea launched four Ballistic Missiles into the sea angering south korea. Its the latest in the round of tests. And Jeff Sessions to address russia questions after meeting with the Russian Ambassador last year. Hey there, good morning, everyone. It is monday, march 6th. Im alex witt alongside Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. James comey is the highest ranking official to push back against President Trumps allegations of politically motivated surveillance of trump tower in the final stretch of the president ial campaign. A senior u. S. Official tells nbc news that comey asked the Justice Department to publicly refute trumps claims that former president barack obama ordered the tapping of his phones as false and needing correction, reportedly making that request on saturday, insinuating that the fbi broke the law. The New York Times was first to report the request. No official statement has been made by either comey, the fbi or the Justice Department. The Wh
Im erin burnett. Out front, breaking news. We now know the fbi interviewed general Michael Flynn about his russian contacts and tonight the big question what did the president know and when did he know it about his National Security advisor . Press Secretary Sean Spicer today telling reporters something very important. He says the president first learned about flynns lie nearly three weeks ago. They didnt notify the White House Counsels Office until january 26th. At that time there was an immediate the president was immediately informed of that. And asked the white House Counsel to conduct a thorough review. The first part of that review was focused on whether or not there was any legal issue. Thats it. Once that became the issue, then there was it shifted into phase two, which is whether or not there was trust still maintained. That was january 26 tth president of the United States found out about this. Of course its now february 14th. Law enforcement sources telling cnn flynn was int