russian attorney with donald trump jr. meeting with the russian attorney to talk about the hillary clinton stuff which ended up leading to nothing burg and they ended up talking about adoption. so, do you feel like you have the right to do this, the democrats, what they have done is worse than what the republicans have done? the russians tried to influence the election. his attorney general told his fbi director go tell the american people in the midst of an election something that is false and why did they do it? what was their motive? because they wanted hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states. that is not supposed to happen in a great country like ours. you want to talk about collusion? think about this. think about what james comey did after he was fired. he leaks a memo to a friend to the new york times and for a stated objective he stated this under oath for the stated objective of creating momentum for a special counsel not just any special counsel his
you re not alone in feeling that way. behold, here is your validation from a pulitzer prize winning journalist who even before michael flynn s resignation was calling the fbi and cia counterintelligence investigation of general flynn the most politically charged intelligence investigation since the cold war. joining us now the time weiner, author of two definitive books on the history of the fbi and the cia, mr. weiner, very nice to have you here, thank you. hello, rachel. first let me get your reaction. how big a deal is the resignation of michael flynn? how do you context wallize it against the history of intelligence scandals of this country? i d like to quote one of his pred is saysors henry kissinger who said the illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes longer. we have now three and a half weeks into this administration. under nixon and i remember this, i lived through this it took them three and a half years to break into the democratic
how big a deal is the resignation of michael flynn? how do you context wallize it intelligence scandals of this country? i d like to quote one of his pred is saysors henry kissinger who said the illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes longer. we have now three and a half weeks into this administration. under nixon and i remember this, i lived through this it took them three and a half years to break into the democratic national committee headquarters at watergate. we are three and a half weeks into the administration, the russians broke into the dnc for them. that s done. mike flynn has fallen farther faster than any powerful official in any government in the 20th century in america. we are watching in realtime very quickly a powerful counterintelligence investigation run by the fbi with the assistance of the cia and the nsa that is targeting the top of this government. james comey, head of the fbi, was just mentioned by
reaction. how big a deal is the resignation of michael flynn? how do you context wallize it intelligence scandals of this country? i d like to quote one of his pred is saysors henry kissinger who said the illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes longer. we have now three and a half weeks into this administration. under nixon and i remember this, i lived through this it took them three and a half years to break into the democratic national committee headquarters at watergate. we are three and a half weeks into the administration, the russians broke into the dnc for them. that s done. mike flynn has fallen farther faster than any powerful official in any government in the 20th century in america. we are watching in realtime very quickly a powerful counterintelligence investigation run by the fbi with the assistance of the cia and the nsa that is targeting
we are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. history not only travels forwards, history can travel backwards. today the president spoke in texas and paid tribute to one of his pred says sors, lyndon b. johnson. while the president didn t allude to it directly, voting rights is front and center. on friday, the president will speak at the reverend al sharpton s national action network in new york and address this subject. last night at a fundraiser in houston, he warned about active efforts to deter people from voting. apparently he s very active down in texas. the idea that he purposefully tried to prevent people from