Advice of Career Lawyers in the Justice Department. It wasnt just a whim of Jeff Sessions, this was a serious consideration went into this. Im sure Jeff Sessions didnt want to recuse himself but that was the advice he got. The president has been loudly lamenting sessions decision to do just that. Sessions pushing ban on his part saying essentially that the actions to have department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations, thats the thing that he shot back, your thoughts on that . Yeah, i think the other thing was that was the beginning of the statement, at the end of the statement he mentioned that the people in his department and him are committed to advancing the rule of law and i think that was a very important thing too because hes basically suggesting there that donald trump is trying to get the Justice Department to do his bidding is trying to avoid the rule of law, rule of man rather than rule of law, i think Jeff Sessions had strong words there
Ami or at his direction. This is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. Its obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again you think only a matter of time. Theres a concern that, well, theyre been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. You think they already have . Well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they were destroyed before mr. Pecker was granted immunity but when the government grants immunity to someone, thats a big deal. The government just Doesnt Hand Out immunity that easily and they would have required any such documents at that time to be turned over. So, i want to play something for you, this is what President Trump told fox news about the crimes Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to. Listen to this, michael. What he did and they werent taken out of Campaign Finance. Thats a big thing. Thats a much bigger thin
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Meeting you at future proceedings. Representatives from the Mexican Consulate were present today and they say they feel that rivera was treated fairly in the translations were done well. Today fox news sat down again with a representative from the lead Investigative Agency in this case, the Iowa Division of criminal investigation. Our investigators are probing whether or not Sexual Assault or molestation of any kind occurre occurred. I will revert back to my last answer. If there is evidence to support additional charges than there will be additional charges. Reporter another political tie or twist in this case, the lange family owns that firmware rivera work. The father, craig lange, recently ran unsuccessfully as a republican for the secretary of agriculture here in the state of iowa. Martha thank you very much. Now to weigh in, david bossi,
and jessica tarlov. Both are fox news contributors. Obviously this is an unbelievable tragedy and
A recap of the days news. An admitted liar and is lying now to help the government. It doesnt behoove him to lie. It would hurt him. If he said this was done at the president s direction he better have proof, and if he doesnt, they say it in the plea agreement, the allocution, when the judge tells you, you know, the deal right before sentencing, if you want to say anything, he took that opportunity. If hes lying hes dying in terms what have this deal means. We both know Michael Cohen from the campaign and just from being a character, a person here in new york. Again, this is a total 180 for him. I cannot wait to hear him speak. I cannot wait to hear his side of the story. Boy, is that going to be amazing. I cant wait to seat proof. Lanny davis just said, i said do you think he knows more things about wrongdoing by the president or even any potential criminal behave i dont remember and he said yes, and he said well see what happens. He wants to Tell The Truth but, yes, i believe he know
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Out of millions of dollars. The president says he is a friend of ours, as they used to stay in the mob. Jim acosta joins us. I understand youre learning more about the advice the president is getting about issuing pardons related to the russian investigation. Reporter thats right, anderson. I have been told by a source inside the president s legal team he has been advised for months now to avoid any pardons in the russia investigation including Paul Manafort. Interesting to point out earlier this evening the Washington Post was reporting Rudy Guiliani told them in just the last several weeks, Rudy Guiliani had to talk the president out of pardoning Paul Manafort until it is over. Whats interesting here about all of that is that at the white house secretary, sarah sanders, apparently was giving us a false or incomplete information that did not add up when she said that a pardon was not under di