Moment. We start with the evershifting definition of a comprehensive fbi investigation into Brett Kavanaugh. Just moments ago, some breaking news, nbc news reporting that the fbi has completed its interview with mark judge. Thats according to judges attorney. That means the fbi has completed interviewing the four names initially approved by the white house, and after much criticism, the white house has okayed enlarging that list, but Neither Party is exactly sure of the goal posts here, especially as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell reiterated his demand to hold a vote this week. Lets start on capitol hill with msnbcs garrett haake. Mcconnell really seems to think theres going to be a vote sometime later this week. Whats he betting on here . Reporter well, hes betting that the fbi will not find anything particularly new or damning about judge kavanaugh, and hes betting that the republican senators who asked for this investigation will be satisfied that the fbi had free rein to do
Interests . This i think only underscores the importance of our brangiing mr. Cohen back before the committee but looking into the issue of whether the russians possess Financial Leverage over the president of the United States. Today cohen officially named the president in court. This is key, because it ties trump to the trump tower moscow discussions, well past the time that the president claims those business negotiations ended. Of course, the president had something to say about it. Hes a weak person and what hes trying to do is get a reduced sentence. Hes a weak person. And not a very smart person. Hes trying to get a much lesser pris prison sentence by making up a story. Heres the thing, even if he was right, it doesnt matter. Because i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign. I was running my business, a lot of Different Things during the campaign. So very simply Michael Cohen is lying and hes trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do wi
President trumps former attorney general, Michael Cohen, has, quote, gone to significant lengths to assist the special counsels investigation. Mueller goes on to say cohen helped in multiple, quote, significant respects. Okay, so multiple significant respects and in this filing, we learned that there are multiple russia related issues that are core to the investigation. So, let me read to you muellers words here to that effect. This is from page 6 of the sevenpage filing. Cohen provided the sco, the special counsels office, with useful information concerning certain discrete russia related matters core to its investigation that he obtained by virtue of his regular contact with Company Executives during the campaign. Matters, plural, core to the investigation. Also, the time frame, something very, very important here, could be changing tonight. Mueller saying to hcohens help including discussing contacts with people connected to the white house as recently as this year, thats 2018, so a
For the rest of their lives. If the house brings the impeachment proceedings before us, we will deal with them. Subpoena the people who were mentioned in that report and bring them forward. I believe congress should take the steps towards impeachment. I think hes made it pretty clear that he deserves impeachment. Im also a leader to the house and senate to figure that out. Our team is here with that story and the many others we are bringing you over the next 60 minutes. I want to bring kick it off with hans nichols. A level of nonchalant but on his twitter a different story. I dont think its studied indifference. What we have from the president is a conist isnt mant message, number of tweets per minute seem to be picking up. 12 this morning. What youre hearing from the white house is this tension on whether or not they want to welcome in impeachment or they think this is completely unfair. As your reporting indicates, the president thinks impeachment may help him. The tension inside th
And the campaign of any wrongdoing. House Intel Committee adam schiff says, not so fast. The high ranking democrat is not backing away from his claim that there was, in fact, collusion saying his committee will continue to investigate that. And now you have james comey the man whos firing prompted muellers hiring is also weighing in on the other big headline from the special counsel, the decision not to charge or exonerate trump on obstruction, quoting now. The part thats confusing is i cant quite understand whats going on with the obstruction stuff and i have great faith in bob mueller but i just cant tell from the letter why didnt he decide these questions when the entire rational for special counsel is to make sure the politicalals arent making the key charging decisions. Sarah murray is our Political Correspondent and greg bauer worked for james comey. He was at the bureau from 2016 to 2018 in the obama and Trump Administrations, so great to have both of you on and greg im coming t