march, 201. sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. may 9, 2017, a startling development. a bombshell at the white house. trump fired fbi director james comb y, the man charged with overseeing the investigation. what s more, trump told nbc news he was considering the russia investigation when he was deciding whether to fire comey. i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a mad made-up story. may 17, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announces the appointment of robert mueller as the special counsel. and with each passing month, the investigation moved closer to trump associates. october, 2017, paul manafort, and his business partner, and former trump deputy campaign
hands of attorney general william barr. the probe lasted nearly 2 years. catherine herridge takes you back to the beginning and the timeline up until today. he unfortunately had to fly back to washington. unexpectedly. on may 9, 2017 president trump fired fbi director james comey while he was traveling in california. the white house released a memo from deputy attorney general ron rosenstein to justify the termination. media accounts they portrayed rosenstein just to ease into the job overseeing the russia probe as badly shaken. with james comey out andrew mccabe took over as acting fbi director. may 16, robert mueller who is the fbi director after 9/11, interviewed with president trump and ron rosenstein to replace james comey. the following day ron rosenstein appointed robert mueller as special counsel. writing the responsibility as quote - to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the russian government efforts to
against the opposing political party. that is what happened when the counter intelligence investigation of the trump campaign began in late july and continued on through presumably to director comey s firing and beyond. well, i m not in a position to make a judgment on it. i think it s strange to have a counter intelligence investigation of a president i don t know what the predicate is. rod rosenstein s memo rekding the termination of james comey as fbi director was dated may 9, 2017. it s entitled restoring public confidence in the fbi. i take it you have read the memo. and do you agree with its
is a russian agent. where is the evidence? we hear this over and over from democrats and there s no evidence of this, pretty clear senator warner tried to imply this in these meetings but keep in mind secretary of state to listen in the first meeting, i doubt the president would have said such with this ridiculous things in the presence of to listen and the second meeting was carefully communicated to senior officials, everyone knows what was discussed in helsinki. it was a discussion i think was entirely appropriate. final word to you. on this fbi thing i asked a republican today who was involved in this, a story more about what donald trump did or the fbi did, definitely the fbi. this is extraordinary. we know all the suspicions raised in the public discussion in 2016-17 and what is clear is in the 2 or 3 days after the may 9, 2017, firing james comey
that s what happened when the counterintelligence investigation of the trump campaign began in late july and continued on through well, presumably to director comey s firing and beyond? well, i m not in a position to make a judgment about it because i don t know what the predicate was for it. i think i said it s strange to have a counterintelligence investigation of a president. but i m not i just don t know what the predicate is. if i m confirmed, i assume i ll find out. rod rosenstein s memo recommending the termination of james comey as fbi director was dated may 9, 2017. it s entitled restoring public confidence in the fbi. i take it you ve read the memo?