You do not want to miss it. First we have more to unpack from the blockbuster report in the Washington Post concerning the meeting in june of 2016 between donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner, Donald Trumps then Campaign Manager, Paul Manafort and a number of russian nationals with tie to the kremlin. That meeting was made public earlier this month in a the New York Times report published on july 8th when the the New York Times first reported on this meeting. They included a statement from donald trump jr. Who explained, quote, it was a short introductory meeting. I asked jared and paul to stop by. We talked about the adoption of russian children that were active and popular with American Families years ago and since ended with the russian government. It was not a Campaign Issue at the time and there was no followup. I was asked to attend the meeting by an acquaintance but was not told the name of the person i would be meeting with before hand. Its been revealed that statement was not accu
The heels of a whirlwind day in court yesterday that delivered the president and his long time fixer Michael Cohen a serious legal setback. The judge refusing to allow Michael Cohen to review the documents seized in that raid last week before investigators do. The revelation that fox news personality sean hannity is one of the clients mr. Cohen sought to shield from becoming public prior to yesterday. What cohen did for hannity is, at this hour, still unclear. Joining us now to discuss the developments in the case Stormy Daniels attorney michael avanatti. What do you feel the importance is to stormy getting her story about . Is it about shoring up her credibility, or is it for her very personal . I think its both, quite frankly. I think todays appearance on the view was something she wanted to do. She had cancelled an appearance back in february or january due to an issue. She felt like she needed to make good on that promise to go back on the show. She also wanted to clear some things
in terms to have gallup ranking in who s being believed or not. comey has things to say about what the president said to him and about criminal conduct. those won t be judged in the political arena. those will be judged by a mueller report that probably finds that trump committed crimes. so the long run here that that s the judgment that really matters and that, i think, comey will prevail on. he s clearly a truth teller there. you agree? harry s right. jim coney can t win a fight with donald trump on the low road. michael avenatti might be able to. that s not where jim comey is going to win. if you look at jim comey the last few years, when he s at his best is when he s coloring inside the lines, sticking to the rules, talking the way you d
history, more than panetta and james baker when and could lock down the oval office so people weren t come in and out getting the president s ear, if he could fire jared kushner and ivanka trump so there wasn t family interference, at the end of the night trump goes up to the residence, he gets on the phone with his friends, wakes up in the morning, turns on the tv of fax news. he can just upend decisions that john kelly made in concert with the president on a lark because he doesn t have the discipline to be managered by any chief of staff. and he doesn t listen to any of the generals. mcmaster hasn t had an easy time getting him to listen either. there s a part of your piece where you talk about the leak, potentially from allies of kelly or comey. about kelly calling jim coney after he was fired and offering him sunt. this is what you write in your piece. if kelly or his allies