And misdeamnor and thats a constitutional standard for impeachment of a u. S. President. This memo drafted by the now fired fbi director james comey asking him to shut down the investigation, heres the quote, we havent seen this memo yet. Heres the quote. I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. This story first reported by New York Times. The president told comey that flynn did nothing wrong, were told despite the fact that he was fired for lying to the Vice President about his conversations with russian ambassador. Sources say this encounter happened after a briefing involving Vice President mike pence and attorney general Jeff Sessions who the president asked to leave the room, according to sources, so that he could speak privately with comey. Comey was reportedly so concerned by the president s comments that he documented the exchange in just one of a number of memos he wrote out of concern. The president
Lets get to it. Good thursday afternoon from the fox news deck. President trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and the hundreds of thousands he received from Foreign Governments and groups, especially turkey and russia. According to new released documents, pentagon officials warned general flynn years ago when he tired from the military about going through the proper channels before accepting payment. From a Defense Agency letter to flynn in 2014, if you were ever in a position to receive a fee from a Foreign Government or from an entity, that might be controlled by a Foreign Government, be sure to obtain advanced approval from the army prior to acceptance. Flynns lawyer a couple days ago, said his client followed all the appropriate procedures for accepting foreign funds, specifically when he met with Vladimir Putin in moscow a couple years ago. But he didnt. During that trip, flynn made 45,000 at an event hosted by r. T. He also reportedly received payments for speec
The manchester suicide bomber was part of a wider terror web and now his brother has been arrested in libya suspected in a separate terror plot. What will are their links to isis . And losing coverage. The impact of the revised Republican Health care bill is now out. The Congressional Budget Office says it would leave 23 million more Americans Without Health Care coverage over the next decade. What impact will have that have on the bills future . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. Congressional investigators are awaiting fbi memos written by fired director james comey. The documents are believed to include details of President Trumps request for the fbi to back off its investigation of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. The House Oversight committee and the Senate Judiciary committee have asked acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe to turn over any relevant memos or tapes by today. Also breaking right now, were just getting the repo
hot. but she has a right to say stupid stuff like she just said and i don t think we ought to ban her from saying it. democracy is allowing all kinds of points of view, and then letting the citizens make the decision, which point of view makes the most sense. jason: absolutely. let s stay with msnbc, and joe scarborough. he got covid even after having a third booster shot and here s his unhinged reaction. i m just going to do this as a public service announcement to those people who love their children, family and friends, and want them to be healthy. yesterday when i was talking about getting covid, and should have gotten a fourth booster shot, a lot of these freaks oh, fourth booster shot, listen, here s the deal. moron, it lasts six months, abe a year. jason: governor, do you love anything as much as joe loves his booster shots? i wish, you know, loved a lot
definitely don t want to put him in a tough spot, end quote, and it appears the chairman didn t have any wish these questions because senator warren asked almost verbatim from the email, check this out. chair, advocates say crypto markets are all about financial inclusion but the people who are most economically vulnerable are the ones who are most likely to have to withdraw their money the fastest when the market drops. does this sounds like the path to financial inclusion to you? jason: joining me now is mike davis, president of the article 3 project. mike, i know you ve got some background working in the united states senate and the staff there. i served in congress for 8 1/2 years. i have never, ever heard of somebody prepping the witness with the questions with the suggested answers, especially from somebody like senator warren who proposes and tells the people, i m going to fight wall street. i m going to go after the sec.