Purger himself when he said he had not had any contacts with the russian. She said normal people would face jail time for such a thing. Her colleague on the senate side, chuck schumer, he wouldnt go that far. He did not say he believed Jeff Sessions had purgered himself before the committee. He did say he misled congress and that that was enough to call for his resignation. Other democrats following suit. Among republicans you have similar and i think for the purposes of discussions Jeff Sessions future as both attorney general and in the context of this investigation, thats probably what matters the most. And there are fissures. You have a trail of senators out there saying Jeff Sessions needs to recuse himself from any investigation into russia and the Trump Campaign that may be going on. Senator Lindsey Graham is one of them. Senator susan collins. Senator dean heller. Senator rob portman, all kind of considered to be some of the more moderate voices in the republican party, people
Lot to get done before the year ends and for that matter before the end of the week. He hopes to sign a tax bill and avoid a government shutdown, but hanging over all of it is Robert Muellers russia investigation and the latest Pressure Point mueller seems to be trying to exploit. Nbc news confirmed over the Holiday Weekend former National Security adviser mike flynns legal team has cut ties with trumps, widely considered by experts as the first sign that flynn may be cooperating with muellers prosecutors. Now abc does not cite its sources and nbc news has not independent by verified the story. They report this, however, the lawyer for president Donald Trumps former National Security adviser michael t. Flynn met monday morning with members of special counsel Robert Muellers team. The laidest indication that both sides are discussing a possible deal. It also marked the deadline for his soninlaw to turn over documents requested by the Senate Judiciary committee. The Committee Said they d
I havent read them either. A cold reading for both of us. Read it out . Carter page, a good carter page. I want to marinate myself in all 243 pages before i decide which part i want to play. Okay. But, you know, you have got carter page down. That is that is so good. Its the hair, i know. Yeah. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Well, a week ago at this hour we registered some real surprise that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn not among the first three publicly announced people to be indicted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, one of whom pleaded guilty because Michael Flynn obviously broke the law. Theres absolutely no doubt about that. He did not register as a Foreign Agent working on behalf of the turkish government in the Trump Campaign in 2016 and that is a felony. Punishment can include prison time. The government doesnt you believely prosecute these cases when it seems to have just been an oversight. Government can be kind of understanding about that. But
Contact with russian government officials. We are going on the air tonight and just released tonight. Well have more tomorrow as we continue to plow through them. That does it for us tonight. Thank you very much for being with us. See you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with Lawrence Odonnell with the great Lawrence Odonnell. We have a reporter studied the transcript. Oh good. You know, what about what about say, you come over here and read carter page, i read trey gowdy. I havent read them either. A cold reading for both of us. Read it out . Carter page, a good carter page. I want to marinate myself in all 243 pages before i decide which part i want to play. Okay. But, you know, you have got carter page down. That is that is so good. Its the hair, i know. Yeah. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Well, a week ago at this hour we registered some real surprise that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn not among the first three publicly announced people to be
Developed a plan to force out secretary of state Rex Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained and replace him with mike pompeo, the cia director perhaps within the next several weeks. Trump today dodged questions about tillersons future, lets listen. Do you want Rex Tillerson on the job, mr. President . Hes here, document him to stay in his job . Thank you very much, everybody. Its been widely reported tillerson, whos often disagreed with the president on policy, could leave the administration by the years end. In october, msnbc news reported that tillerson had openly disparaged the president , referring to him as a moron. White house chief of staff john kelley was said to have put the plan in place, but both state department and white house officials publicly say tillerson isnt going anywhere yet. What i can tell you is that chief of staff kelley called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true. That those reports are not true. When