indictments, but if suddenly the president has to say those angry democrats who were working with bob mueller were actually just part of a justice department doing its job after he has criticized the justice department he has been vindicated by them. he is now vindicated, exactly. how do you manage that politically? we obviously can t jump the gun here. we have to see what comes out from barr and what s in the report. if i m at mar-a-lago with the president as pamela has been reporting the lawyers are feeling good. that i would be very happy. absolutely. let s not forget i know we have said it. but this investigation is over. the president never sat down for an interview with robert mueller. that s huge. that was always the big question and something the lawyers never wanted to happen. they were able to prevent that and a subpoena fight. robb eert mueller never put in
mueller has turned into barr? minutes now. all we are told is that it is is there any proof or evidence comprehensive and only a few select people have seen it. of obstruction of justice? any proof of crimes that he was you plimagine the attorney genel not able to bring charges on. and very small clutch over here that s the big question. of course big barr is going to who have been privy to it. review this report before he reports to congress on exactly our understanding is that the white house was notified around what robert mueller phone. 4:35 p.m. that the report has been delivered. it was delivered by a special counsel security official over i want to be previce. have they said the mueller investigation has been completed to the attorney general and immediately within minutes i m and his report has been handed told transmitted to the attorney over to the new attorney general general s office to give you a and have they done that with flavor of how quickly it transpired over here.
even if there were an emergency as i said, the president can t take the power of the person to his own hands but here there is no emergency and that makes this a very strong case against the president. as usual, today in washington here in washington in the age of trump, there is more than one important legal story. i want to turn your attention for a moment to house judiciary chairman jerry nadler who participated in an interview of matthew whitaker who was temporarily the acting director of the fbi in his public testimony. matthew whitaker certainly intended to give the committee the impression that he was his work was never interfered with in any way by president trump but let s listen to what jerry nadler said today about what happened in his closed door interview with matthew whitaker this week. when presented directly with an opportunity to deny that the president talked to him about the michael cohen investigation,
trump, there is more than one important legal story. i want to turn your attention for a moment to house judiciary chairman jerry nadler who participated in an interview of matthew whitaker who was temporarily the acting director of the fbi in his public testimony. matthew whitaker certainly intended to give the committee the impression that he was his work was never interfered with in any way by president trump but let s listen to what jerry nadler said today about what happened in his closed door interview with matthew whitaker this week. when presented directly with an opportunity to deny that the president talked to him about the michael cohen investigation, he refused to deny it. he evaded a lot of questions but refused to deny that. this goes to the heart of our investigation, which is obstruction of justice and abuse of power. if the president is seeking to influence that investigation in
to his then acting attorney general about the investigation into michael cohen. zwro joining us now is jerry nadler. thank you very much for being with us, mr. chairman. you re welcome. before i get to the he said, he said on matt whitaker testifying before the committee, i want you to explain to people in your mind what is significant? why does it matter what president trump discussed with his then attorney general about the michael cohen investigation. what matters is if the president, in fact, discussed well, remember that jeff sessions was fired as attorney general for one reason only. he recused himself from involvement in the russia investigation. the president fired him for that reason. he said he wanted an attorney general who would personally protect him from the