I got that. His name rhymes with lawrence odonnell. Still available in bookstores but you have to climb through piles of michaels book to find one copy of mine. It has the word fire in the title. It should be selling. Its a fantastic book. You should all read it. 1968 most momentous year in history. We have his First Republic reaction to what we learn yesterday that the president ordered the firing of the special prosecutor. Amazing. Cannot wait for that. Well be watching. Thank you, joy. Last night, the obstruction of justice investigation of the president by the special contractor Robert Mueller took on a new and dramatic mention when the New York Times reported the president ordered the firing of the special prosecutor in june and don mcgann refused to carry out that order and threatened to resign in the special prosecutor was fired. Here is every word the president said about that important story today. Why did you fire Robert Mueller . Why did you want to fire Robert Mueller . Fak
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 11 00 p. M. On of the east coast live with huge breaking news on the russia investigation. A source confirms to cnn tonight that President Trump ordered Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading up the russia investigation, fired this past june. The only thing that stopped him was when his own white House Counsel, don mcgahn threatened to quit rather than carry out the order. Lets discuss now. I want to bring in now walter shab, former director of the office of government ethics. Good to have you on, walter. You tweeted this. I want to read it and then ill ask you question base it. You said before you canonize mcgahn remember he threat pressured sessions not to recuse. I bet his objection was not that firing mueller was wrong but that it was dangerous. Also, this is not the first leak to paint mcgahn in a good light at trumps expense. If i were trump, id wonder about mcgahn. What would you wonder about him . S. Well, the question is where are these
Failed to tell the white house about his meeting. And sally yates and mike pompeo have been talking with mueller, less than 24 hours after we learned that james comey and Jeff Sessions had met with the special counsel. The president seems unfazed. Did you talk to no, i didnt. Im not at all concerned. Could he be next . Team trump negotiating the terms for the president to meet with robert mueller. And off the table. Chuck schumer pulls his offer to fund the border wall as the white house says the bipartisan agreement reached last week is dead on arrival. Im tired of getting empty promises. A tragedy in kentucky. Two are dead and more than a dozen injured after a 15yearold student is accused of opening fire inside a high school. How did you make it out . I mean, we just just ran. We begin today with the russia investigation. And a ton of new headlines that seem to show bob mueller focusing on obstruction of justice charges. Interviewing folks in trumps outer circle. His inner circle. Hi
In new york. Im Nicolle Wallace in for brian. Its day 446 of the trump administration, and the New York Times reports tonight that the president wanted special counsel Robert Muellers investigation shut down in december. The times reporting tonight, quote, in early december, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of special counsel robert s. Mueller, told advisers in no Uncertain Terms that mr. Muellers investigation had to be shut down. The president s anger was fueled by reports that the subpoenas were for obtaining information about his business dealings with Deutsche Bank according to interviews with eight white house officials, people close to the president , and others familiar with the episode. The december episode was the second time mr. Trump is now known to have considered taking that step. The other instance was in june when the white house counsel, don mcgahn, threatened to quit unless mr. Trump stopped trying to get him to
Good evening. Im nicole wallace. In early december, President Trump furious over news reports that a first round of subpoenas told visitors in no Uncertain Terms that mr. Muellers investigation had to be shut down. The president s anger was fuelled by reports of the subpoenas were for obtaining information about his business dealings with deutsche bank. According to interviews with eight white house officials, people close to the president and others familiar with the episode. The december episode was the second time mr. Trump is now known to have considered taking that step. The other instance was in june when the white house counsel, don mcgahn, threatened to quit unless mr. Trump stopped trying to get him to fire mr. Mueller. Also tonight, the Associated Press reports that today trump, quote, privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein and publicly mused about firing special counsel Robert Mueller. Those reports come just hours after we heard this in todays Whit