The president expected to speak soon about the release of this american man from a jail in venezuela, joshua holt. What is the white house saying about him . So far the president has only said that hes looking forward to meeting joshua holt. Hes said to arrive here at the white house at approximately 7 00 p. M. Officials have told cnn that the president has alerted aides that he wants them to prepare for an oval Office Statement to come around that time. On the venezuelan side, we received a statement from the minister of communications saying that the president of that country, nicolas maduro, instructed his government to give joshua holt and his wife a measure of benefit in their release. Whats still unclear is exactly how his communications, how these negotiations perhaps between he and tennessee senator bob corker unfolded. We learned today that corker met with maduro just yesterday and the release is notable because of the timing. Just about a week ago, there was an election in ve
Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront, the president and his allies intensifying a war against the Justice Department, in particular against Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Trumps advisers, including republicans on capitol hill, cory lewandowski, steve bannon, aggressively painting rosenstein as part of a deep state plot against the president of the United States. Now the campaign, our jake tapper reports tonight, focusing on pushing rosenstein to reveal details about the investigation that both the Justice Department and fbi do not want out in the public. Lets take exhibit a, and that is trumps claim that the fbi infiltrated his campaign. The president demanding details in a meeting this afternoon with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein was there, along with the fbi director, christopher wray. They all came to the white house to meet with the president. And trumps attack to the Justice Department became a fullon onslaught. Heres how it started, with this. If the fbi
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