Join us. It is 7am in singapore and 7pm in washington, dc, where Donald Trumps sacking of the fbi director is mired in more confusion and controversy. With the trump has poured scorn on james controversy. With the trump has poured scorn onjames comey, calling him a showboat and grandstand. He has put pressure on the fbi chief, despite admitting his three conversations as to whether he was under investigation and said he claims he would have sacked james comey anyway, despite previously saying he acted on legal advice. This is what he told nbc. He is a showboat, a grandstand. The fbi has beenin showboat, a grandstand. The fbi has been in turmoil. Everybody knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual Turmoil Less Tha N year ago, it was in virtual turmoil less than a year ago. It hasnt recovered from that. On monday you left with the Deputy Attorney general. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did was i was going to fire james comey. My decision. You made th
Sacking of the fbi director is mired in yet more confusion and controversy. Mr trump has poured scorn Onjames Comey, calling him a showboat and a grandstander. Hes denied putting pressure on the fbi chief despite admitting to three conversations about whether he was under investigation. Hes also claimed he would have sacked mr comey anyway, having previously said he acted on legal advice. Heres what donald trump told nbc news. He isa he is a showboat and a grandstand. The fbi has been in turmoil, Everybody Knows that. You look at the fbi one year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year ago. It has not recovered from that. On monday you met with the Deputy Attorney general. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did, i was going to fire comey. I had made the decision beforehand, i was going to fire comey. Mr trump has always maintained that james comey lost the confidence of his staff. But in another damaging move, the man whos taken over at the fbi has denied to senators th
I reconvene our hearing. I gave my Opening Statement yesterday. I dont have anything to add to it but i got a few housekeeping things to take care of. Im disappointed that the twohour rule was invoked to shut down this hearing before we could hear from mr. Browders testimony. He traveled from overseas to be here to testify about the efforts to manipulate our government media. This is an important topic to discuss. If the other party is truly serious about getting to the bottom of the russian interference they should hear him out. Mr. Browder, i thank you very much for changing your travel plans to be here. I will introduce items into the record. The first is a letter by the Human Rights Foundation. He and others uncovered a corruption scheme and a Foreign Company laundering money through j. P. Morgan. He claims that the Foreign Company hired fusion gps planted slanderous news items and intimidated journalists who were going report on the corruption scheme. The second is by lee smith ti
Accessing u. S. Banks, and the use of the u. S. Banking system. The committee is chaired by charles grassley. It was moderated by senator chuck grassley. I reconvene our hearing, i gave my Opening Statement yesterday, so i do not have anything to add to it but i have a few housekeeping things to take care of. I am disappointed that the two hour rule was invoked to shut down this hearing before we could hear from mr. Router r yesterday. He has traveled from overseas to be here today to testify about russias efforts to manipulate the government media. This is an important topic to discuss. If the other party is truly serious about getting to the bottom of the russian interference investigation, they should hear them out. I thank you hear very much for changing your travel plans to be here. This committee very much appreciate your thing is to stay here today. I am going to introduce items into the record, three in number. The first is a statement by the president of the Human Rights Found
Accessing u. S. Banks, and the use of the u. S. Banking system. The committee is chaired by charles grassley. It was moderated by senator chuck grassley. I reconvene our hearing, i gave my Opening Statement yesterday, so i do not have anything to add to it but i have a few housekeeping things to take care of. I am disappointed that the two hour rule was invoked to shut down this hearing before we could hear from mr. Router r yesterday. He has traveled from overseas to be here today to testify about russias efforts to manipulate the government media. This is an important topic to discuss. If the other party is truly serious about getting to the bottom of the russian interference investigation, they should hear them out. I thank you hear very much for changing your travel plans to be here. This committee very much appreciate your thing is to stay here today. I am going to introduce items into the record, three in number. The first is a statement by the president of the Human Rights Found