Advice of Career Lawyers in the Justice Department. It wasnt just a whim of Jeff Sessions, this was a serious consideration went into this. Im sure Jeff Sessions didnt want to recuse himself but that was the advice he got. The president has been loudly lamenting sessions decision to do just that. Sessions pushing ban on his part saying essentially that the actions to have department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, thats the thing that he shot back, your thoughts on that . Yeah, i think the other thing was that was the beginning of the statement, at the end of the statement he mentioned that the people in his department and him are committed to advancing the rule of law and i think that was a very important thing too because hes basically suggesting there that donald trump is trying to get the Justice Department to do his bidding is trying to avoid the rule of law, rule of man rather than rule of law, i think Jeff Sessions had strong words there
They will also move forward with their initial socalled megxit plan this spring. Katie logan has more from london. Hi jon theyre still much to interpret from the statement. But what we do see from it is this is a clean break for harry and meghan. And they are expected to take up life in canada sooner rather than later. There were two statements this evening here, one was from the queen one from Buckingham Palace. The one from the queen is very warm in town wishing harry and meghan while in the future. And she emphasizes they are very much a part of her jon President Trump sending family. But in the second statement the Senate Response to the from Buckingham Palace its very clear the couple will not be continuing any of their impeachment summonses they outline the case. Good evening i am jon scott usual duties on behalf of the and this is the fox report. Queen. They will not use their royal the president s newly formed titles, they wont be legal team filed the first brief of the trial t
With their initial socalled megxit plan this spring. Katie logan has more from london. Hi jon theyre still much to interpret from the statement. But what we do see from it is this is a clean break for harry and meghan. And they are expected to take up life in canada sooner rather than later. There were two statements this evening here, one was from the queen one from Buckingham Palace. The one from the queen is very warm in town wishing harry and meghan while in the future. And she emphasizes they are very much a part of her family. But in the second statement from Buckingham Palace its very clear the couple will not be continuing any of their usual duties on behalf of the queen. They will not use their royal titles, they wont be receiving any more public funds. They also agreed to pay millions of dollars of the costs for their windsor home. That was originally paid for the taxpayers. The details for their security costs, and residency arrangements, they have not been made public. And
Mark meredith is standing by near the president s maralago resort in west palm beach, florida. Mark . Good evening, jon. The white house continues to stand behind the attorney general bill barr, even as you mentioned, the number of democrats that are continuing to grow that are calling for bill barrs resignation. Now, this controversy comes after what you were just talking about, the decision by federal officials to intervene in the case that was going on against former trump associate roger stone. Prosecutors were first pushing for a seven to nineyear jail sentence for jones. They overruled that recommendation pushing for a lesser sentence. The attorney general told abc news this week this has nothing to do with the president. Did anybody from the white house call you to try to influence you . No. I have not discussed the roger stone case at the white house. Barr however did take a swipe at the president during that same interview, in which he said the president s constant tweets and
Near the president s maralago resort in west palm beach, florida. Mark . Good evening, jon. The white house continues to stand behind the attorney general bill barr, even as you mentioned, the number of democrats that are continuing to grow that are calling for bill barrs resignation. Now, this controversy comes after what you were just talking about, the decision by federal officials to intervene in the case that was going on against former trump associate roger stone. Prosecutors were first pushing for a seven to nineyear jail sentence for jones. They overruled that recommendation pushing for a lesser sentence. The attorney general told abc news this week this has nothing to do with the president. Did anybody from the white house call you to try to influence you . No. I have not discussed the roger stone case at the white house. Barr however did take a swipe at the president during that same interview, in which he said the president s constant tweets and comments on Justice Departmen