Bring us any news youre hearing on this rather remarkable headline, ashley parker. Jared kushner, the president s soninlaw, has been under scrutiny since minutes after the election was won for i think his very earliest contacts with foreign governments, as he sought to fill out all the background forms that anyone going to work in the white house fills out. The sf86. The more extensive form, its been amend ed countless times. His clearance attorney, jamie gerelik, who was a very senior democrat at the doj, has departed him. Hes now represented by abbe lowell in the special counsel investigation. Hes someone at the center of every controversy facing this white house. Hes also at the center of every ambitious Foreign Policy goal that this president has. Today he has been stripped of the security clearance that permitted him to read the most sensitive piece of intel inside that west wing. The president ial daily brief. Huge news for this white house. Thats right. It is huge news. You know
From a member of the house intel committee. Plus as the investigators are increasingly under attack, Andrew Mccabe is out at the fbi. The reporters breaking the news on this story standing by for us with details. And whats its going to be like when donald trump walks into that chamber tomorrow night as a man under investigation on so many fronts. The 11th hour begins now. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 375 of the Trump Administration. The extraordinary rift between the white house and federal Law Enforcement agencies over this russia investigation has grown much wider and to some observers much more dangerous. Earlier tonight the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned them against. They voted to release a classified memo that republicans say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used their Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. As our nbc news colleagues
Good evening once again from the nbc headquarter here in new york. This was day 414 of the trump administration. And theres new reporting tonight about negotiations to set up a possible interview between the president and Robert Mueller, the special counsel in all of this. This comes to us from all wall street journal correspondents rebecca ball hp house and Peter Nicholas report that trumps legal team is trying to work out a deal with mueller. Well be i joined by Peter Nicholas in a moment. They note that a person familiar with the discussions are, quote, seeking to negotiate a deal with special Counsel Robert Mueller that uses an interview with the president as leverage to spur a conclusion to the russia investigation. The president s legal team is considering telling mr. Mueller that mr. Trump would agree to a a sitdown interview based on multiple considerations, including that the special counsel commit to a date for concluding at least the trumprelated portion of the investigation
Prevent joe digenova and victoria from joining the president s special Counsel Legal team. What exactly are those conflicts . Other attorneys involved in the Mueller Probe have been permitted by the special counsel and by their various clients to represent multiple witnesses. This is a common practice when none of the witnesses is a subject of the investigation. The answer, according to four former Senior Justice Department officials i spoke to over the weekend who are all familiar with the investigation is that the two clients in question, mark corral owe and donald trump, likely have divergent interests. Two of these former Officials Say mark caralo may be a witness against the president. Another former official saying, quote, we know who mueller was empowered to investigate. We know why mark corallo left. That seems to be a conflict. Corallo widely reported left his role as lead spokesman for the president s legal team over concerns that members of the team were potentially obstruct