With jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. Were going to begin here tonight with the battle over the documents the f. B. I. Seized from president trumps personal attorney last week. From viewing the document at least temporarily, late today the judge denied that request calling it premature. Jeff pegues has more on this developing story. Any comments . Any comment . Any comment on the allegations against you . Reporter Michael Cohen was eppered with questions as he verived at the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. He and his lawyers, as well as prtorneys for president trump, told judge kimba wood that documents and data seized in f. B. I. Raids last week are yotected by attorneyclient e ivilege and should not be read by prosecutors. So this is what it looks like in Lower Manhattan outside the utderal courthouse. You have dozens of news cameras dre. You have print journalists here, all waiting for Michael Cohen to come out and stormy daniels, who is also in the courtroom. Dan
That. Another fox news alert. The president told he is not a target in an investigation. But doesnt end there . Lets go outnumbered overtime, i am harris faulkner. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein informed President Trump last week that he is not a target in the Michael Cohen investigation. And that the investigation is focused solely on the president s personal attorney. The president had been told that previously he is not a target of special counsel robert millets investigation as well. Does it vindicate him . Chief White House Correspondent john roberts following all of this from sunny west palm beach, florida,. John . Good afternoon, harris. It was a pretty extraordinary declaration in an oval office meeting, the president was there along with the white house counsel. He said to the president , mr. President , you are not a target in the cohen investigation. Its focusing solely on Michael Cohen. You mentioned the other declaration. Robert mueller told the president then lead
Sounds like reality tv, turns out to be fox news host sean hannity. One of the president s biggest supporters on cable tv and a fierce critic of the fbi raid on cohens properties. Before it came out in court, hannity had never disclosed that relationship. Also, going public overnight, james comeys book, this morning, the former fbi director in his first live interview gave this dire warning to the country. We wake up in the morning and see the president of the United States is accusing people of crimes without evidence, and pronouncing them guilty and saying they should be in jail. That should wake all of us up with a start, there has been so much of it were a little bit numb and thats dangerous. One thing i hope to do send courage people to think about that and focus on that rather than becoming sort of numb to it and trying to squeeze it out of your mind. All right, lets begin with that Extraordinary Court hearing here in new york, federal judge ruling that Michael Cohens legal team
Dont call him a journalist except sometimes sean hannity but new comments from fired fbi director and new best selling author james comey, a new defense of some criticism of his work this morning in a new response to the president s charge that he should be in jail. The president of the United States is accusing people of crimes without evidence and pronouncing them guilty and saying they should be in jail. That should wake all of us with a start. Now for those of you keeping track at home. This is still just the beginning of james comeys media blitz. The president is in for a long week of new commentary. Abbey phillip in florida near the president s maralago resort. Any response from the white house yet, abbey . Reporter hi, john. Youre absolutely right. James comeys book believe it or not actually came out today but for the last several days the white house, the Republican National committee and the president himself have been trading barbs with him on social media and elsewhere over
Back up comeys assertion that the president never once asked him about protecting the country from russian interference. What they do show is that the president was obsessed with the most salacious allegation in the dossier compiled by former British Intelligence officer christopher steele. In one exchange in the oval office, the president denied any impropriety but appeared to suggest he had talked about, catch this about prostitutes with russian president putin. They chatted about the topic on one or more occasions. Comey documented that. The president said the hookers thing is nonsense but that putin had told him we have some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. They actually had that conversation according to president. Comey notes that the president did not say when putin told him this. And i dont recall the rest is redacted. In last nights interview with rachel, comey said he took that claim seriously. He told you that he had had a personal conversation with president puti