To fire someone just before his retirement date is very suspicious. It looks like its politically vindictive. I think theres a lot of questions as to how much the Trump Administration will try to influence the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. Yes, i think theres a chilling impact on individuals who are trying to do their work at the department of justice and at the fbi. Former cia director john brennan also laying into the president and warning, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dust bin of history, america will triumph over you. Attorney general Jeff Sessions wrote that the fbi expects everyone to follow standards of honesty and reliability. John dowd, the president s attorney, says he hopes Rod Rosenstein chooses to end the investigation but stopped short of calling for muellers firing. For more on breaking news and the stories we have, nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams and nbc White House Correspondent kelly odonnell. Welco
Here we are tonight covering breaking news out of this white house. As we said, two men who were members of this president s inner circle at this time last night are gone tonight. His lead personal lawyer on rush ai is gone, and of greater impact to our country, so is his National Security adviser. H. R. Mcmaster, the threestar active duty u. S. Army general and combat veteran is out, and will retire from the u. S. Military. And john bolton is in. Bolton is a former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , well known as a neocon and a hawk on military matters. Hes advocating iran and north korea, and then some. John bolton will be trumps National Security adviser in 14 months. The president announced this latest move on twitter, his medium of choice, saying the change will be effective april 9, thanking mcmaster for an outstanding job on the way out. We mentioned john boltons service as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. He was a recess appointee from george w. Bush, serving from august of 2005 to d
Yes. And hes also, as of tonight, President Trumps critical lawyer. As we recall at this hour last night the president did not have a criminal lawyer while the special prosecutor is investigating him for possible obstruction of justice. But now enter 69yearold andrew ekonomou. And when the movie is made, this is the part you want. Every lawyer in america turns down the unmanageable client and in brunswick, georgia, population 16,346 we find the smalltown lawyer who comes to the president s rescue. Thats who the president is relying on as of tonight. Its like an insideout georgia version of my cousin vinny. Thats the part you want. You come from georgia to washington to the to slay the dragons. Yes. Cant wait to see that. Thank you, rachel. See you. In an editorial today entitled all the president s thugs, the New York Times said we live in a time when a porn star displays more class than the president. If youre old enough to remember Lyndon Johnson lying about vietnam. Its not knew. Ev
Us. That news dropping just hours after the first sentencing and prison time ordered in the Mueller Investigation. And the president s comments today on russia and putin are now being viewed in a new light because of tonights reporting. As the 11th hour on a tuesday night gets underway. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 439 of the trump administration. And the Washington Post has just dropped a major story tonight on the mueller russia investigation. The special counsel told president trumps attorneys that the president remains under investigation but is not a criminal target, quote. In private negotiations in early march about a possible president ial interview, mueller described trump as a subject. Prosecutors view someone as a subject when that person has engaged in conduct that is under investigation but there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges. The special counsel also told trumps lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president
Investigation into the clinton foundation. President trump celebrated the move on twitter saying Andrew Mccabe fire d the hard working men and women of the fbi. Saying comey was his boss and made mccabe look like a choir boy. He new all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the fbi. The former cia director responded to the president s tweet by tweeting this, when the full extent of your venn nallty and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. America will triumph over you. Cnns abby phillip it se white house. Abby what exactly is trumps lawyer saying and on whose behalf is he saying it . Theres been a lot of confusion this morning over john dowds comments about this mccabe situation. He has now issued two statements today. One initially saying that he was speaking on behalf of the president and then clarifying later that he was not speaking on behalf of the president. Help was spe