Including significant discussions of phone records, intercepted calls, intercepted communications, and reported the nsa captured calls and then asked the fbi to collect as much information as possible. My time is up, so i will say this for this round. I thought it was against the law to disseminate classified information. Is it . Oh, yes. Sure. Its a serious crime. Im not going to comment on those particular articles because i dont want to in any circumstance compound a criminal act by confirming that it was classified information. But in general, yes, its a serious crime, and it should be, for the reasons you said. Well take it back up next round, mr. Chairman. Gentleman yields back. Ill now yield 15 minutes to mr. Schiff. Director comey, i want to begin by attempting to put to rest several claims made by the president about his predecessor, namely, that president Obama Wiretapped his phones, so that we can be precise, i want to refer you to exactly what the president said and ask you
The alleged wiretapping, and inlligence leaks and President Trump tweeted, theyve pushed the story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College and lost. A hearing for the Supreme Court nominee judge gorsuch. Its a big day, weve got it all for you. Varney company, were about to begin. First want to take a look at the equity futures. You can see stocks drifting a little bit. Not a major retreat, but lets face it. Theyre waiting for the trump agenda to move on and shenanigans out of washington d. C. And oil, analysts are blaming on g20 refusing to remove language over the weekend. Breaking key support points. However, gasoline at 2. 29. Thats your National Average for regular gas. Regular agenda item today, tax cuts, President Trump says building the biggest since Ronald Reagan. It will be the biggest tax cut since reagan and probably bigger than reagan. Well, tammy bruce is here. Tammy, the biggest, perhaps bigger than Ronald Reagan . Yeah, considerin
Donald trump tonight has fired the interim attorney general because of her ruling earlier this evening that the Justice Department would not defend the Trump Administrations travel ban that was in that executive order. Sally yates who served under president obama and was asked to stay on in the interim sent a memo to Justice Department lawyers ordering them not to defend trumps order to block refugees and citizens from seven mostly muslim countries. That memo said in part, my responsibility is to ensure that the position of the department of justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. That memo tonight led to her dismissal. The white house just put out a statement saying, the acting attorney general sally yates has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. Miss yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on
Sally yates who served under president obama and was asked to stay on in the interim sent a memo to Justice Department lawyers ordering them not to defend trumps order to block refugees and citizens from seven mostly muslim countries. That memo said in part, quote, my responsibility is to ensure that the position of the department of justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts. That memo tonight led to her dismissal. The white house just put out a statement saying, quote, the acting attorney general, sally yates, has betrayed the department of justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. Ms. Yates is an Obama Administration appointee who is weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration, close quote. The new acting attorney general is dana bente who was serving as u. S. Attorney for the Eastern District of virginia. And just tonight, another
Intercepted calls, intercepted communications and reported the nsa captured calls and then asked the fbi to collect as much information as possible. My time is up so i will say this for this round. I thought it was against the law to disseminate classified informati information. Is it . Oh, yes. Sure, its a serious crime. Im not going to comment on those particular articles because i dont want to in any circumstance compound a criminal act but confirming that it was class footd. Its a serious crime and it should be for the reasons you said. Ill yield to director schiff. Mr. Comey, i want to begin by attempting to put it rest several claims by President Trump about his predecessor. I want to ask you about wha the president said and ask you whether there was any truth to it. First the president claimed, quote, terrible, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Nothing found this is mccartyism. Was the present state that obama had his wires tap