Rosenstein also said, quote, i committed i would ensure the investigation was appropriate and independent and reached the right result whatever it may be. I believe i have been faithful to that. Rosensteins interview coming on the same day that the Justice Departments top ally in the west wing, white House Counsel don mcgahn, departs his post. Rosensteins comments about the Mueller Investigation also coincide with a new report from abc news that confirms that prosecutors are actively investigating possible collusion between trumps associates and russia. From that abc report, quote, prosecutors from special counsel Robert Muellers office have been asking former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort, their newest cooperating witness, about his friend and former business associate roger stone. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Muellers interest in stoen stone appears to be focused on whether stone or his associates communicated with Julian Assange or wikileaks about the re
Way and kelly answered some questions about the president s conduct. Its unclear which of these developments triggered the president s tiride this morning but he unleashed a harsh batch of attacks on mueller, his investigators and his political rivals. Here are some of the highlights. Will Robert Muellers bigtime conflicts of interest be listed at the much to his republicans only report . Will andrew weismans horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the report. Will the scathing report written by james comey, by the man who n charge of the case, Rod Rosenstein who also signed the fisa warrant, a big part of it . Its worth noting the fleft United States of america smears two former fbi directors and his own Deputy Attorney general in just two short tweets. Joining us to discuss it all from the white house, Nbcs Kristen Welker whose byline is on that story we started with. Also Chuck Rosenberg, a former u. S. Attorney and senior fbi official. Former u. S. Attorney joyce vance
President , he accident see anything th anything that concerns him. Were happy with what were read being because there was no collusion whatsoever. There never has been. The last thing i want is help from russia. Dow futures point to another uncertain day on wall street as traders prepare for another wild week. China demands the Immediate Release of the executive as trade negotiations stall out. That 90 day clock is ticking. All this as a key indicator appears to show a recession on the horizon. Higher loyalty. James comey testifies on the hill for over six hours on friday. Then he speaks on sunday night about trump. All of us should make sure the lying stops. We begin this morning with President Trump launching a predawn, guess what, tweet storm, after being implicated in alleged criminal activity. He insists there was no crime but even if there was, you cant blame him, it was his lawyers fault. All this as the evidence being delivered from former allies keeps piling up. First, i want
Thats quite a sizeable coven. And Robert Mueller will divulging more in a court filing. Prosecutors are expected to describe how flynn has helped the russia investigation since agreeing to cooperate with the probe a year ago. Flynn, of course, was a key Trump Campaign aide and a former National Security adviser inside the white house when he was charged. The special counsel described how flynn had lied about passing messages between members of the Trump Campaign and the Russian Ambassador to the United States. It was the flynn investigation, you might remember, that prompted President Trump to say to then fbi director james comey, quote, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go, according to comey. President trump denies saying that, but the alleged request and subsequent firing of comey have been key parts of muellers investigation to whether President Trump obstructed justice. Now, one of the biggest mysteries in all of this is why . Why did flynn lie
Personal, excuse me, to advance himself personally. Of course, the Inspector General at the department of the interior has opened a number of in inquiries into him, including a casino deal in connecticut as well as his communications with the head of halliburton, among other dealings. He has said that he is innocent, that these investigations are politically motivated. But of course, the concern here at the white house is that he could be exposed, not only by these investigations, but potentially by the democraticled house of representatives, who could open any number of investigations in his dealings and also force him to publicly testify with thes white house already under pressure by that democraticled house, and by the russia investigation, his departure likely not a coincidence, alex. And boris, on Mick Mulvaney taking over as acting chief of staff, while he stays the head of the omb, are we supposed to read into this, that this is just a temporary hire or do we think he is actual