Now its the fourth day of the week so now we have a new one. Tonight eats scoop comes courtesy of Michael Schmidt at the New York Times. Quote, President Trump called the fbi director james comey weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that mr. Trump was not personally under fbi investigation. Mr. Comey told the president if he wanted to know details about the bureaus investigations he shouldnt not contact him directly but instead should follow proper procedures. At the time mr. Comey was overseeing the fbis investigations into links between mr. Trumps associates and russia. These interactions included a dinner in which associates and mr. Comey say mr. Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and a meeting in the oval office, and he hoped mr. Comey would shut down an investigation into mike flynn. The day after the flynn conversation, Reince Priebus asked mr. Comey to help push back on reports in the news media that trumps associates ha
And on. And you think of okay, whats the cancer on this presidency . And i have a theory about that, what the cancer on this presidency is, which i will be announcing in the next hour. And therefore, we will all watch. Thanks, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, President Trump lashes out. We all know that. And he has been doing that for a very long time. Probably since childhood. He started lashing out at me personally six years o when i called him a liar as soon as he opened his mouth about president obamas bih certificate. When he became a president ial candidate, he lashed out at mexicans, at muslims, and of course every day at the news media. He has continued lashing out at news media relentlessly. And he has continued the trump principle of lashing out at anyone who gets in his way, anyone who causes him a problem. And that tendency to lash out at his opponents has become the cancer on the Trump Presidency. That is what i think the cancer on the Trump Presidency is. And the president
Obstruction of justice. Both sides of the political aisle are saying at minimum, they need to get to the bottom of the facts. Some democrats are going further saying this could be ground for impeachment. Lets start with joe johns at the white house. Reporter chris, the concern here is whether the president tried to influence an fbi investigation and then fire the man who was ultimately responsible for that investigation. As you said, the white house denying the conversation ever happened. If it did, this memo could be a big problem for President Trump. Another bombshell in 24 hours. The besieged Trump White House facing allegations of obstruction of justice that could lead to impeachment in theory. A memo drafted by now fired fbi director james comey details President Trump asking him to shutdown the Michael Flynn investigation during a february meeting in the oval office. Saying i hope you can see your way clear of letting this go. To letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can l
Private meeting took place. They also acknowledge that it is possible that any additional meeting, anderson, was incidental. Has attorney general sessions responded . We got this statement a short time ago from the department of justice. Ill read it in full. It says, the department of justice appointed a special counsel to assume responsibility for this matter. We will allow him to do his job. It is unfortunate that Anonymous Sources whose credibility will never face public scrutiny are continuously trying to hinder that process by peddling false stories to the mainstream media. The facts havent changed. Then senator did not have any private or side conversations with any russian officials at the mayflower hotel, anderson, thats their full response. So theyre denying it categorically. If true, it would not be the first time that sessions failed to disclose a meeting with the Russian Ambassador. Thats exactly right. During his confirmation hearing january 10th, sessions testified he, qu
Under oath to give your version . 100 . A he said he said situation. Both guys say the other one is lying. When will you tell us . Over a fairly short period of time. Youre going to be fairly disappointed when you hear it. The house says enough is enough. Demanding to know if tapes exist. That deadline is june 23rd. No collusion, he is an obstructer, he is a leaker. We want to get back to running our great country. Hope youre getting some r and r this morning, were here to tell you whats going on. Good to see you, i am christi paul. Martin savidge in for victor blackwell. Trump is spending the weekend at his new Jersey Golf Club. The battle between he and james comey is turning into a he said he said showdown. The president slamming comey after his stunning testimony on capitol hill. Take a listen. No collusion, no obstruction, hes a leaker, but we want to get back to running our great country. So now lawmakers are demanding those memos and recordings if there are any and any other rec