discuss with the american people about protecting the elected process. as the house investigation comes to an end, we re learning about the wide ranging russia investigation that has dominated the news cycle in recent weeks. bloomberg reports it this way today, special counsel robert mueller s investigation into whether president donald trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion but may set it aside while he finishes key parts of his probe such as possible collusion and the hacking of democrats according to current and former u.s. officials. that s because mueller may calculate that if he tries to bring charges in the obstruction case, the part that may hit closest to trump personally, witnesses may become less cooperative in other parts of the probe or the president may move to shut it down all together. on that front, we are also hearing from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein tonight. he is offering support for the special counsel as the president continues to
about protecting the elected process. as the house investigation comes to an end, we re learning about the wide ranging russia investigation that has dominated the news cycle in recent weeks. bloomberg reports it this way today, special counsel robert mueller s investigation into whether president donald trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion but may set it aside while he finishes key parts of his probe such as possible collusion and the hacking of democrats according to current and former u.s. officials. that s because mueller may calculate that if he tries to bring charges in the obstruction case, the part that may hit closest to trump personally, witnesses may become less corporative in other parts of the probe or the president may move to shut it down all together. on that front, we are also
the new york times is reporting that president trump is in discussions right now to hire bill clinton s impeachment lawyer, emmitt flood to help the white house deal with the federal probe. that s according to four people familiar with the matter. as the times wrote, there has been times in recent months that mr. trump may be looking to shakehis legal team and change his approach to mr. mueller s investigation. as the president weighs a legal shake-up, bloomberg reports the special counsel might delay an action to bring potential obstruction of justice charges. current and former officials say trump s investigation into whether president donald j. trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion. but he, that s trump, may set it aside while he finishes other parts of the probe such as possible collusion and the hack of democrats. joining me is joaquin castro of the house intelligence committee. jennifer rodgers former assistant u.s. attorney, mieke
swamp. trump then kept up the pressure just a month ago, fbi director andrew mccabe is racing the clock. and saying anxious for the investigation to wrap up. with this call from robert mueller seems like they have all their ducks in a row. you don t interview the head until you check all the tails. sara murray out front tonight. what more can you tell us? i think when you look at this, not really a surprise. obviously we know the firing of james comey is it a key element in mueller s investigation into whether president trump tried to obstruct justice. but take another look at michael flynn. remember, national security adviser ousted after lying sanction ws the russian ambassador including lying to