The Justice Department naming a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into allegations of collusion between russia and the trump president ial campaign. The white house allegedly blindsided by the news, learning about that special prosecutor, minutes before it was announced. Abcs janai norman is in northwest breaking down what this means for president trump, congress, and the american people. So, here is what we know about the man now at the helm of know about the man now at the helm of this Russian Investigation. Robert mueller is the former director of the fbi, and he is respected on both sides of the aisle. He served under president george w bush, and president barack obama. The senate supported him unanimously when he assumed the job in 2001. He was reconfirmed in 11 unanimous. Mueller has agreed to resign from his private law firm to avoid any conflicts of interest. President trump has not tweeted about any of the allegations or the special prosecutor, in the last two
Much cooler weekend two more summery days Storm Chances return much cooler weekend today hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms. Highs 9194 winds sw 10 mph tonight isolated storms early. Mild and muggy. Lows 6770 winds sw 5 mph friday partly sunny. Afternoon thunderstorms possible. Highs 8992 winds w to ne 5 mph this morning. The investigation into russian meddling in now in the hands of a special prosecutor. Its an appointment that even the white house didnt see coming. Suzanne kennedy is tracking the latest developments, live on capitol hill. Happening today Deputy Attorney rosenstein is set to brief the entire senate on the decision to fire former fbi director james comey. The request was made by both republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and democratic minority leader chuck schumer. Rosenstein is expected to answer questions about his role in comeys firing the white house says the president fired him, in part, becuase of rosensteins recommendation. We are monitoring the pres
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Good friday morning. We begin with President Trump railing against the investigation into Russian Election meddling. The headline, the president is denying any personal collusion with russia and says he was close to naming a new fbi director and that may happen before he begins his first foreign trip. Abcs janai norman is in washington for us with more on the president s reaction to the appointment of robert mueller, as special counsel. Reporter good morning. And happy friday. The president tweeted calling the investigation the single greatest witchhunt of a politician in american history. But there arent too many lawmakers who are standing by the president on this one. The president is sticking to his guns insisting the fbis investigation is nothing more than a witchhunt. Even as members of his own party arent sticking with him. The entire thing has been a witchhunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my its an investigation. Hes entitled to his opinion. I would sug
She has years of courtroom experience. She cannot speak directly to the matthews ks, but a myriad of emotions can be felt close this to this case, a myriad of emotions can be felt this close to the trial. There is no set way that people experience a recover. It is also important for the public to remember that people recount their experiences in different ways. There is no right or wrong way to do so. Jay jay korff, abc 7 news. Horace count on abc 7 for complete coverage of the trial through the verdict. Coming up, triple crown winner American Pharoah gets a heros welcome in kentucky. Plus, a milestone for metro riders. And a oneyearold little girl found alone, screaming inside of a hotel room. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] horace a Montgomery County woman will face a judge in the morning on charges that she left her oneyearold daughter alone inside of a hotel room while she went