Senator Lindsey Graham whether or not there is an investigation ongoing into the Donald Trump Campaign and those contacts that allegedly occurred with russian officials during the president ial election. Since they have not confirmed the existence of an investigation, they have not even confirmed with senators, so in a private meeting between graham and whitehouse on march 2nd, james comey would not tell these two senators whether or not there was an investigation ongoing, even though they sit on a judiciary subcommittee investigating the issue of russia. Comey according to Sheldon Whitehouse said he would confirm whether or not that investigation is occurring by this hearing that theyre having tomorrow in this Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee exploring russias meddling in the election. Eastern yoeuropean elections as
committee and the top democrat mark warner told me going into the briefing theres no evidence whatsoever even though he met with james comey last week. One other s
Or prove hes been putting out false information about his predecessor. How is the white house preparing . Reporter hi, ana. They seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. We heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that Press Conference with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel and in an interview last week. Shown sho White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. But spicer also claimed that the British Intelligence service helped President Obama spy on tencandidate trump in trump tower. That claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u. S. National security official. And so, but the white house doesnt seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. And as you noted, he is expected
really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. There doesnt seem to be a
Week. You know, he has four basic options, martha. And it sounded like from his News Conference today he might take two at the same time. Lets look at those four options. One would be to appeal to a larger panel of the Ninth Circuit. Its called an en banc hearing. 11 judges picked randomly from the remaining 26 judges in the Ninth Circuit. He could appeal to the u. S. Supreme court and he could try the case on its merits in district court. He seemed to suggest he would do that by saying that he will win eventually. The fourth option would be to rewrite the Executive Order. Make it clear that legal permanent residents such as green card holders are not affected by the travel ban. The white House Counsel tried to clarify that when it comes to enforcement. But it was after the fact. So, if the case goes back to judge robart, we know that a schedule could happen as soon as next week where we have briefs and judge robart as i said, in his ruling, in issuing the t. R. O. Said it is likely th
Times reported several trump aides had repeated contacts with russian intelligence in the year runup before the election. They cite electronic intercepts. Just today a question along those same lines was asked of sean spicer at the briefing. Back in january, the president said that nobody in his campaign had been in touch with the russians. Now, today, can you still say definitively that nobody on the Trump Campaign, not even General Flynn, had any contact with the russians before the election . My understanding is that what General Flynn has now expressed is that during the transition period well, we were very clear that during the transition period he did speak with the ambassador m talking about during the campaign. There is nothing that would conclude to me that anything has changed with respect to that time period. A quick timeline with how we got here. December 29, the Obama Administration reveals new sanctions on russia. December 30. Putin says russia will not retaliate. That sa
Sores more than 300 points that say surge to an alltime record fueled by glowing reviews of President Trumps congressional address. He kept a low profile today Tweeting Nonl all caps, thank you, no bragging or twitter rants just two words from his personal account. 47 Million People tuned in to watch the pruz president s address and he put a lot of asks acts on the table, haej healthcare, immigration, tax cuts, on and on and today the rubber met the road. Meeting with Republican Leadership to turn all of those words and promises into actual action. Were just here to start the process. It begins as of now and we think were going to have tremendous success. David purdue was in that meeting and hes out front tonight im going to speak with him i want to begin with jim acosta he is at the white house and uncharacteristically to say the least, quiet day for President Trump. Thats right pu white house officials from the president on down are still slating after Last Nights Speech. He was meet