msnbc contributor and legal reporter for the new york times. you ve seen his biline out front twice in the last 12 hours. his latest is a deep dive into the mechanics of tonight s story. why it s hard to have an independent russia investigation. welcome to the broadcast. matt, we ll begin with you. number one, what s the chance comey can avoid congressional testimony and number two talk about his personal habit, his meticulous note taking and why there s likely more than what we ve already seen. before today it was very likely we were going to hear from jim comey very soon. obviously they ve called him. he has leaked out through associates that he wants to testify.
from jim comey very soon. obviously they ve called him. he has leaked out through associates that he wants to testify. but that might change rather quickly. one of the first conversations he s going to have is with bob mueller. they ve worked together. he s going to call and ask jim comey for a briefing on the investigation. and one of the things he ll do is make a decision as to whether james comey would testify or not. apparently one of every conversation he had with the president, memos. and if bob mueller decides early on by looking at these memos and talking to jim comey that he wants to look at potential obstruction by the president or whoever else, he may not want ja james comey testifying because he s going to want the element
breaking news opening monologue. tonight we start with explosive news from catherine herridge, the memos jim comey lead to them media that became the catalyst, his desire for the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. they were more widely shared than he previously disclosed. last year comey told congress that he leaked this memo to his friend, professor daniel richman of columbiae university. tonight sources are revealing comey s current lawyer, longtime friend patrick fitzgerald, you remember the scooter libby case, he was also given this potentially classified information.n. these documents. and sources are also claiming that comey may have leaked the memos to yet another unnamed individual. moments ago here s how james comey tried to explain these leaks he never told us about before. i sent one memo, unclassified, still t unclassified, to my friend dan
no. who was it? a good friend of mine who was a professor at columbia law school. sean: he was under oath. was he withholding information from congress question or did he lie by omission? revelation surrounded with whether they fired fbi director acted in an unethical and potentially legal way after he was fired. tonight we can confirm that the office for the inspector general is investigating jim comey, they disgraced former fbi director. for months on this program we have been predicting that jim comey could well in fact be facing serious legal consequences. earlier this week the president waited. he wrote james comey illegally leaked classified documents to the present order to generate a special counsel. therefore the special counsel that was established based on an illegal act. really? does everybody know what that means? even cnn s top liberal legal analyst, he is weighing in. even he acknowledges this is not
page. we will bring them to you soon as we get them. first, time for tonight s breaking news opening monologue. tonight we start with explosive news from catherine herridge, the memos jim comey lead to them media that became the catalyst, his desire for the appointment of special counsel robert mueller. they were more widely shared that he previously disclosed. last year comey told congress that he leaked this memo to his friend, professor daniel richman of columbia university. tonight sources are revealing comey s current lawyer, longtime friend patrick fitzgerald. you remember the scooter libby case, he was also given this potentially classified information. these documents. and sources are also claiming that comey may have leaked the memos to yet another unnamed individual. moments ago here s how james comey tried to explain these leaks he never told us about before. i sent one memo,