Way. Good evening, day 477 of the Trump Administration, exactly one year to the day since we heard this. I was going to fire comey, he made a recommendation but regardless of rem decontamination i was going to fire comey. I said to myself, i said this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that she should have won. The president s comments to lester holt became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation, tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry and this is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has spoken with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani he writes, quote, friday preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off someth
Tester are proving false. The secret service is unable to confirm and deny any of the phony democrat charges. Tester should resign. The great people of montana will not stand for this kind of slander when talking of a great human being. Add mir jacksmiral jackson is t man that those in montana would most respect and admire and now for no reason whatsoever, his reputation has been shattered. No fair, tester reporter as the president assigns blame for the bungled confirmation process of Ronny Jackson, it suggests he isnt taking on wnership for not properly vetting jackson. The president , we believe, retrur really trusted his gut, his own rapport with jackson and nominated him for a position that many republicans and democrats say he was not qualified for. Today the president is targeting tester because, one, hes a red state and hes responsible for bringing to light the allegations that derailed his approval process. Senators say they take very seriously their responsibility to vet nomin
York. Im Steve Kornacki in for Brian Williams tonight. Day 491 of the Trump Administration, and tonight President Trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is taking new aim at the russia investigation, telling the Associated Press that trumps legal team, quote, wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the fbi investigation into russias meddling in the 2016 election. Trumps lawyers may take the information to the Justice Department as part of an effort to scuttle the ongoing special counsel probe. Also that, quote, the white house hopes to get a readout of the materials next week. Giuliani telling the a. P. He wants to know about the use of a longtime government informant who approached members of Trumps Campaign about russian efforts. He says that if it was inappropriate, special counsel Robert Muellers entire probe may be illegitimate. Giuliani added the white house may press the Justice Department to, quote, reevaluate the investigation. Yesterda
Nations latest mass School Shooting. The accused gunman is in custody. He is 17. Well have a live report from texas ahead in this broadcast, but first we begin with what was day 484 of the Trump Administration and the president s new attacks on the fbi stepping up the pressure on the bureau and the Justice Department as part of his latest moves to cast doubt on the entire russia investigation as led by robert mueller. Today the president issued these messages raising the possibility of a government informant who was inside the 2016 campaign. Quote, apparently the doj put a spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before, and by any means necessary, they are out to frame donald trump for crimes he didnt commit. Not long after that, there was this. Reports are there was indeed at least one fbi representative implanted for political purposes into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony russia hoax became a hot fake news story. If true,
Own personal legal team and that could be really bad news for the president. Mike willing con who was raided two months ago by federal investigators in manhattan is about to part ways with his own attorneys according to multiple reports and expected to hire new counsel to represent him the ongoing probe. This comes ahead of a june 15th deadline this friday two days from now to review all the materials seized in those raids, 3. 7 million files including shredded documents the fbi agents had to piece back together. The legal scrutiny on cohen unnerved his former boss who lashed out over e raid memorably during an unrelated National Security meeting. So i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, good man, and its a real disgrace. Its an attack on our country in a true sense. Its an attack on what we all stand for. That is really now in a whole new level of unfairness. There are conflicting reports now why cohen is splitting with his legal team and what i