hookers in the world, meaning the u.s., the president does not say when putin told him that, he said i don t recall. finally the thing that was knew was the february 14th meeting where the president asked can t you let this flynn thing go. and they talked about leaks and the president said the way to stop leaks is put reporters in jail. the president said we need to go after them he referred to the fact 10 or 15 years ago we put them in jail to find out what they knew and it worked. and he said to the fbi director, they spend a couple days in jail, make a new friend and they re ready to talk. comey said i laughed as i walked to the door that reince priebus had opened. pete, the response so far from as only a few republicans, we have three republicans, devin nunes, trey gowdy, and chairman bob
then in the meeting on february 8th at the white house, he said the chief of staff reince priebus asked, do you have a fisa order on mike flynn, and then comey paused and answered, but didn t say what the answer is, and says you shouldn t get the answer from me. and the thing you talked about a moment ago, putin saying we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world, meaning the u.s., the president does not say when putin told him that, he said i don t recall. finally the thing that was knew was the february 14th meeting where the president asked can t you let this flynn thing go. and they talked about leaks and the president said the way to stop leaks is put reporters in jail. the president said we need to go after them he referred to the
does that tell you about anything about the direction of this investigation right now? well, i think it tells us what we ve known for some time now. that the special counsel is focused on the potential obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. what we don t know is what the other half of the investigation about collusion between the trump campaign and the russians. so we don t know whether that s concluded or ongoing. clearly this part of the investigation is focused on whether or not the president attempted to impede or slow down or in any way interfere he improperly with an investigation. there s a lot of evidence that s the case. the president s own admission that he asked the fbi director to let this flynn thing go. that he asked jim comey to be loyal to him and then he fired him in connection with the russia thing. there is a lot of evidence that would suggest it but it is clearly the focus of the ongoing
those claims and we need to learn a lot more about it. in the new york times also there s a report that news report when prds trump decided to fire james comey, drafted a letter and first sentence read that the russia investigation was fabricated and politically motivated. is that additional evidence potentially of obstruction of justice? absolutely. the president has made it very clear. he s done everything he can to stop and impede and undermine this investigation, first characterizing it as a hoax and then trying to stop the concurrent congressional investigations by reaching out to senators and then telling jim comey to let this flynn thing go. then ultimately firing the director of the fbi. given the explanation in part because of the russia investigation. rub, wo remember wolf, he yucked it up with russian officials saying i got that off my chest.
tweet, sort of taking away the bite of the fbi part which we wondered if trump was aware of and reporting showed that he was aware of. tell us why that s your favorite. i m not an attorney but it begs the question of whether the president essentially admitted to obstruction of justice with that tweet. we know just days after he fired director comey that he went on nbc nightly news with lester holt and had an interview saying that he fired director comey because of that, quote, russia thing. and so the fact of the matter is, you know, it begs the question of whether trump knew before he fired director comey and used that information, you know, when he fired comey or perhaps beforehand when he met with director comey and asked him to let the flynn thing go. and so i think while i m not an attorney, that s the big question that i think bob mueller is investigating, is whether or not donald trump did, in fact, obstruct justice and