Not be considered false under the law. Now that sessions has recused himself, what does that mean to the continuing investigation . Well, i mean democrats are saying sessions recusal is not enough. A little late. Since he has been in office for three weeks. And theyre calling for a special prosecutor. Now, a spokesperson for sessions says he will not be involved in the discussions. Which means it will fall to the acting Deputy Attorney general, dana bente nominated by president obama to decide to whether a special prosecutor should take over the investigation. Remember, sessions choice for deputy has not been confirmed by the senate. Scott, you are also seeing some calls for independent, 9 11style commission to investigate any wrongdoing that might not rise to the criminal level. And a special prosecutor of course would take the investigation outside the justice department. Jan crawford for us tonight. Jan, thank you. Today, President Trump promised more warships, planes, weapons durin
I just need a second. [male narrator] is your weight holding you back and affecting your health . Did you see this . Hm . Your cousin had a heart attack. Really . [narrator] excess weight or obesity can be serious. But you can do something about it. Visit your weight matters dot org. Download the free toolkit to prepare you to speak with a healthcare provider. Your weight does matter. Accept the challenge and take charge today. Visit your weight matters dot org. Attorney jan crawford, chief Legal Correspondent as you might expect democrats accused session of perjurying himself before congress. Whats the law on that . Well, scott, that is a very high bar. I see no way attorney general sessions will be prosecuted for his testimony. To be convicted of league to congress, you have to give testimony that you know is false. And sessions said this afternoon. He was thinking the question related to whether he had contacts and connection with his role as a campaign surrogate. Not as a u. S. Sen
And possible russian involvement in the 2016 elections. His is an hour and a half. [applause] senator graham we are going to be done to go to the baseball game where it starts at 1 00. Ill make a comment about the latest tweet. Have you seen it . Yeah. Senator graham President Trump tweeted out that he believes that president obama ordered wiretapping of his campaign. [laughter] senator graham and that would be yes. I dont know what happened but i can only tell you the summary of the tweet. The president of the United States is claiming that the former president of the United States ordered wiretapping of his Campaign Last year. I dont know if its true or it but if it is true would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. Chanting] senator graham just be quiet. Be quiet. If the former president of the United States was able to obtain a warrant lawful if ily to monitor trumps campaign, that would be the biggest scandal since watergate. Heres the deal as we get ready to talk to
So ill make a comment about the latest tweet. Have you seen it . Okay. So apparently this morning President Trump tweeted out that he believes that president obama ordered wiretapping of his campai campaign. And that would be really . Yes, so i dont know what happened but i can only tell you the summary of the tweet. The president of the United States is claiming that the former president of the United States ordered wiretapping of his Campaign Last year. I dont know if it is true or not, but if it is true, illegally [ inaudible ] it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. The other side the other side of the story, just be quiet, be quiet, if the former president of the United States was able to obtain a warrant lawfully to monitor Trumps Campaign for violating the law, that would be the biggest scandal since watergate. So heres the deal. As we get ready to talk to each other, im very worried. Im very worried that our president is suggesting that the former president h
Town hall meeting at clemson university. Constituents asked about gop of the replacement law efforts, environmental protection, and russian involvement in the 2016 elections. [applause] so, we are going to be done so we can go to the clemsoncarolina baseball game, arts by 1 00. I will make a comment about the latest tweet. Have you seen it . All right. Apparently this morning President Trump tweeted out that he believes that president obama ordered wiretapping of his campaign [laughter] [jeering] senator graham yes. I know i dont know what happened, but that is a summary between. The president of the United States is claiming that the former president of the United States order to wiretapping of his Campaign Last year. I dont know if it is true or not, but if it is true illegally it would be the biggest political scandal since watergate. [jeering] now, the other side of the story just be quiet. Be quiet. If the former president of the United States was able to obtain a warrant lawfully