have shot james comey and not be indicted for it. he added impeach him and then you can do whatever you want to him. welcome back to morning joe. it s monday, june 4. still with us we have president of the council on foreign relations richard has. former treasury official steve rattner. nbc news national political reporter heidi przybyla. and joining the conversation, political writer for the new york times and msnbc political analyst nick confessore and republican campaign strategist and msnbc political analyst steve schmidt. also with us, law professor at george washington university, jonathan turley. and new york times reporter matt apuzo. we have a full show of news. three hours won t be enough. a lot of constitutional questions and obviously some extraordinarily disturbing things but let s get to the most important issue. so, nick, you saw super bowl l
time when new facts come out or they can get fired. well, that s okay. it s rot on the the core. i think rudy giuliani is at a stage of his life where he loves giving these interviews, he loves being back in it and this is the price he s paying of having a terrible client. it s going to be a big one. but that s just my opinion. let s turn to matt apuzo and his colleague s lengthy report in the new york times. we ve got 100 days before the 2016 election. code name cross fire hurricane after a rolling stones lyric in jumping josh flash, the report is based on interviews with a dozen current and former officials and review of documents. it claims about five justice department officials knew the full scope of the case at the time, not the dozen or more who might normally be briefed on a major national security case. fearful of leaks, fbi agents kept details from political appointees across the street at the justice department. peter struck, a senior fbi
general s report. we ll revisit that decision to reopen the investigation and the fbi and james comey in particular have done a very good job messaging their explanation explanations. everyone would agree this is a difficult and unprecedented moment but when you hold these cases up side by side it s fair to bring the fbi into criticism. matt apuzo, thank you for your reporting. a lot going on. still ahead on morning joe, the attorney for stormy daniels, michael avenatti, is here on set plus from the senate judiciary committee, rudy giuliani. and governor jay inslee on the democrats wide open field for president in 2020. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad. liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely.
donald trump s favor. the lead writer of that piece, matt apuzo, joins us. plus, president trump lands in ethical hot water over the hush money payment his lawyer made to porn star stormy daniels. the letter from the government ethics chief that s essentially being called a criminal referral to the justice department. morning joe is coming right back. tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks? sprays in the bathroom can be ineffective.
przybyla and editor-in-chief of the atlantic magazine, jeffrey goldberg. this month s cover story looks at the birth of a new aristocracy. also with us, matt apuzo. we ll get into his reporting in just a moment. joe is off today. i got my wish. which is? i did. yesterday i just wanted rudy to speak out one more time and just step in it one more time and he did it. here s president trump s lawyer. by the way, i wonder what michael cohen is thinking watching rudy giuliani because i would think if you were on the verge of flipping, if you had any, any thought there was still loyalty and you might not flip, i d watch rudy and i d be doing back flips right and left. take a look here. here s rudy giuliani seeming to indicate that the trump campaign