saudi arabia as the president concedes that missing washington post contributor, jamal khashoggi, is likely dead. kristin fisher is tracking the details. we are starting to see a shift in tone in the administrations strategy toward saudi arabia. they re still urging the world to wait and see what the investigation finds, but today we saw the first public rebuke of the saudi regime over the disappearance and likely murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. treasury secretary steven mnuchin pulled out of a high profile investment summit in riyadh next week, and secretary of state mike pompeo set a deadline for when the saudi investigation must be complete. he says they have a few more days, and that is it. all this as president trump took the important step of staying for the first time that he believes khashoggi is dead. president trump: it s very sad. it certainly looks that way. speaking on the tarmac perform boarding air force one, president trump also used his toughest language
investigations and bashing anybody did get this you won t sit down with fbi investigators. writing, most people will speak to the fbi. refusal to do so is it some kind of statement. i m thinking, really? asked general flynn and george papadopoulos about speaking to the fbi, that literally worked out perfect for them. in the case of even general flynn, they didn t think he lied. he was charged with lying. when you see all of these antique kavanaugh offense and people like jim comey askingka r more information, when you see people rushing to judgment, you see democrats demanding more investigations, you have to remember this one clear point. it s all about politics. it s now about power. it s not about the truth. democrats have been against kavanaugh publicly from the day he was announced. no matter what this investigation finds, they will never vote for him anyway, they
frame for fbi investigations and bashing anybody, he won t sit down with investigators most people will speak to the fbi refusal to do so is its own kind of statement. i am thinking, really? ask a general flint about speaking to the fbi. that worked out perfect for them. in the case of even general flint, they didn t think he lied. he was charged with lying. when you see all of these brett kavanaugh off beds come asking for more information and use the media rushing to judgment. when you see democrats demanding more and more investigation, you have to remember this one clear point and this is what matters tonight, this is all about politics. it is not about power. it is not about the truth. democrats have been against brett kavanaugh publicly from they did that he was announced. no matter what this investigation finds, they will
that you accuse him of, that he fired james comey to protect himself, that doesn t matter because he has the power to do it. that, i think, is the real core of the issue here. does the president have the right to obstruct justice because he s the head of the executive branch that runs the justice system, at least at the federal level. just to stick with you one more second because it s a legal question. it sounds like in this 20-page letter sent to mueller in january from the trump legal team that the giuliani argument is the president cannot obstruct justice because he has the power to terminate the investigation all together f you have the power to termat the investigation, whatever the investigation finds, you can if you could have terminated it follow the circular logic then you can t
white house press secretary sarah sanders, what did she have to say? she would not comment. she returned to the talking the point that you often hear from the president and the white house that there was no collusion. but as even a republican such as trey gowdy noted, being a subject of investigation does not mean you cannot become a target and that becomes what the investigation finds. reporter: president trump is not a criminal target in special counsel robert mueller s investigation right now. this according to sources familiar with the matter. however, his legal team believes he remains a subject of the probe due to the involvement in the matters. that does not mean that trump is safe. the president sits there in the middle of his car wreck as person of interest to the grand jury. that s what he started out as. there s no guarantee if you start out as a subject, you don t end up as a target.