Robert mueller or Rod Rosenstein. Did you decide its not worth the fallout to get rid of Rod Rosenstein or Robert Mueller . Theres been no collusion, and that was clarified by the house intelligence committee. There was no collusion with russia, other than the democrats, or i call them the obstructionists because they are truly obstructionists. We are given tremendous amounts of paper. This was really a hoax created largely by the democrats as a way of softening the blow of a loss which is a loss that, frankly, they shouldnt have had from the standpoint that its very easy for them. They have a tremendous advantage in the electoral college. As far as the two gentlemen you told me about, theyve been saying, im going to get rid of them for the last three months, four months, five months. And theyre still here. So we want to get the investigation over with. The president also said his team has been cooperating with muellers investigators. Trumps remarks come as the Washington Post is repor
Good evening once again pr from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 54 this was of the trump administration, and during a press conference at his maralago resort with chinese president xi jinping, he would not say whether he would fire Robert Mueller or Rod Rosenstein. Did you decide its not worth the fallout to get rid of Rod Rosenstein or Robert Mueller . Theres been no collusion, and that was clarified by the house intelligence committee. There was no collusion with russia, other than the democrats, or i call them the obstructionists because they are truly obstructionists. We are given tremendous amounts of paper. This was really a hoax created largely by the democrats as a way of softening the blow of a loss which is a loss that, frankly, they shouldnt have had from the standpoint that its very easy for them. They have a tremendous advantage in the electoral college. As far as the two gentlemen you told me about, theyve been saying, im going to get rid of them for the last t
And that was clarified by the house intelligence committee. There was no collusion with russia, other than the democrats, or i call them the obstructionists because they are truly obstructionists. We are given tremendous amounts of paper. This was really a hoax created largely by the democrats as a way of softening the blow of a loss which is a loss that, frankly, they shouldnt have had from the standpoint that its very easy for them. They have a tremendous advantage in the electoral college. As far as the two gentlemen you told me about, theyve been saying, im going to get rid of them for the last three months, four months, five months. And theyre still here. So we want to get the investigation over with. The president also said his team has been cooperating with muellers investigators. Trumps remarks come as the Washington Post is reporting tonight the trump allies in congress are taking part in what reads like something of a shakedown on the Deputy Attorney general. Quote, two of Pr
They didnt want those either. Then they said they wanted to participate and now they say they dont. All they really want is to hide the president s serious misconduct. Its not working. Jerry Nadlers Committee said quote, if the president has no good response to the allegations then he would not want to appear before the committee. Having declined, he cannot claim the process is unfair. White house correspondent jim acosta joins us. The letter saying the president wont participate. Its not surprising. He said he would like too but thats ha he said about testifying in front of mueller and that obviously never happened either. Reporter right. This is the least surprising news from all week. We saw this train coming a long time ago. One thing i will tell you is that one thing that is not stated in this letter, it does not specifically state that the white house is not going to participate in these proceedings. One of the questions remains this evening whether or not they are trying to rese
Power. In a tweet shortly after the white house made its decision public, Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff wrote, quote, the white house said they wanted open hearings, not closed. Then they didnt want those either. Then they said they wanted to participate in the proceedings, and now they say they dont. All they really want is to hide the president s serious misconduct. Its not working. Jerry nadler, the democratic chairman of the judiciary committee, which is now conducting public hearings, said this, quote, if the president has no good response to the allegations, then he would not want to appear before the committee. Having declined this opportunity, he cannot claim that the process is unfair. Cnn chief White House Correspondent jim acosta joins us right now. The letter saying that the president wont participate in the house impeachment proceedings, its not surprising. He said publicly he would like to, but thats obviously what he said about testifying in front of muelle