look, at the clinton foundation, allowing it to be revived in the last innings here. clearly out of a desire to play indicate donald trump. and for sessions to keep his job. so you have to look at it from trump s point of view. will discredit critics. change the subject. hold out the possibilities of pardons. get people fired. he has a lot of potential things in his arsenal here to try to protect himself. and i can tell you, he is looking at it minute by minute and he will be doing it all year. and we re learning today, joyce, that the house intelligence committee will benefit from the deal struck by fbi director christopher write a, rod rosenstein, paul ryan. the department of justice giving nunes access to all documents.
these guys have been giving nunes and the intelligence committee a run around since august which the subpoenas first went out. they had excuses, all bogus. my favorite they could not talk because of an inspector general investigation as if that trumped congress. he said if you don t hand these over, you will be brought up on contempt charges. let s hope they comply and stop with the games. laura: john, this fusion gps deal and the new york times today. they got their hands on this russian dossier. discredited it. they are moaning and whining. they are being put upon. they want to release transcripts
these guys have been giving nunes and the intelligence committee a run around since august which the subpoenas first went out. they had excuses, all bogus. my favorite they could not talk because of an inspector general investigation as if that trumped congress. he said if you don t hand these over, you will be brought up on contempt charges. let s hope they comply and stop with the games. laura: john, this fusion gps deal and the new york times today. they got their hands on this russian dossier. discredited it. they are moaning and whining. they are being put upon. they want to release transcripts
weary as his explanation shifted on whether the white house had given him intelligence so he could provide cover to president trump s unsubstantiated charge that former president obama had trump tower wire tapped. on tuesday. stop for one quick said. no, not going to get into it. reporter: on wednesday. we re not going to talk about anything to do with this investigation. reporter: now, jake, another question tonight is whether or not mr. nunes will receive the top secret information that he and other leaders of congress get in the so-called gang of eight, and also we re learning tonight that intelligence officials had been resistant to giving nunes and the intelligence committee information that could help with the russia probe because they were concerned about the actions he took last month. we will see if his decision to step aside changes that all. all right. manu rogers on capitol hill. joining me to discuss this and the broader investigation, former cia director james