Lot of reasons. First and foremost, the news was, wow, hey, finally somebody said yes, right . The president has had a lot of trouble filling out his russia legal team. By our latest count based on public reporting, best as we can tell we think the president has asked and been rejected by 12 different lawyers just in the past few weeks. Now, in a normal presidency, even a normal troubled presidency, it would be very unusual for a president to not be able to get anyone he wants to come represent him as a lawyer, right . Its the president of the United States. Its a great honor. You dont say no. It has not gone that way for President Trump, though. He hasnt been able to get any highprofile lawyers to represent him on the russia case. So, that was part of the big Rudy Giuliani news, right . Rudy giuliani is a high profile person. Hes not necessarily a highprofile lawyer. I mean, he is a lawyer, but hes not high profile because of his lawyering these days. But trump did get a yes from him.
Trying to piece them together like a jigsaw puzzle. That would be an unusual first call between new heads of state, a congratulatory phone call to be bragging about the relative value of each countrys hookers would be an unusual i think thats a fair statement. There is also the admission that the president doubted the judgment of his own National Security advisor. His preoccupation with the steele dossier, an obsession with Andrew Mccabe and the insinuation by trump that he had an undisclosed conversation with Vladimir Putin during which the russian president bragged about russias hookers. The memo does nothing to undermine the narrative james comey has shared publicly since his dismissal in may 2017. So the big question we are asking today, is will releasing the comey memos backfire on the gop. Over on capitol hill reaction to the memos release has been divided along party lines, as you would expect. But at the white house, the president says he feels vindicated. Only hours after the
Did send one looking for Campaign Advisors it amounts to the fbi spying on his campaign, lets go straight to the white house and correspondent ryan nobles. Ryan, the president s demands, he says he will officially make it tomorrow, what does that mean . The simple answer to that question, we just do not know. We have reached out to white house officials looking for some sort of specificity as to what the president is talking about in relation to the demand and havent heard back, we dont know what hes looking back because theres already an Inspector General investigation in a branch of the department of justice thats looking into whether or not the fbi used surveillance into the Trump Campaign which is what the president was talking about. But what we do know, this is a pattern of frustration by president trump, he ees been ay about the frustration for a year. And he continues to talk about this informant and hes described it as someone trying to infiltrate his campaign. This is someone
News headquarters here in new york. Day 495 of the Trump Administration and were following breaking news that comes to us from the New York Times tonight that President Trump asked attorney general Jeff Sessions to take back control of the russia investigation after his decision to recuse himself, after he took himself out of the case. Michael schmidt reports that one saturday in march 2017, sessions flew to florida because the president wasnt taking his calls on the travel ban specifically. Quote, when they met, mr. Trump was ready to talk, but not about the travel ban. His grievance was with mr. Sessions. The president objected to his decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. Mr. Trump who told aides he needed a loyalist overseeing the inquiry berated mr. Sessions and told him he should reverse his decision. An unusually and inappropriate request. Mr. Sessions refused. Times also says that confrontation which has not been previously reported is being investigated as y
Conveyed the ongoing resistance of trump and his advisers to federal investigators, but did not rule out the possibility, the people said. Adding that giuliani pressed mueller for clarity on what the probe is expected to end. In response, mueller reiterated he would like the chance to ask trump questions about key steps he took during the transition and early months of his administration. The special counsel emszed, as he did in conversations in march with trumps team, that an interview is essential for investigators to understand trumps intent in making key decisions as they seek to wrap up the portion of the probe focused on potential obstruction of justice. The post also reports and points out that giuliani has known Robert Mueller for decades through their work in federal law enforcement. And quote, one person briefed on the discussions described the session as relaxed and an opportunity for both sides to feel each other out. Well, just last thursday, after being hired by President