Eboni President Trump pressed on the socalled comey memo periods decoded you at any time urged former fbi director james comey to close or back down the investigation into Michael Flynn . No. No. Eboni no hesitation. Clear no. Yesterday was harsh. Seemed to soften a bit. If this clears the president of any cloud of suspicion, isnt it good . Eric no, its terrible. Its divisive. This morning President Trump tweeted its apolitical which witch hunt, and it is. Yesterday the news was released that was going to be a special counsel. This was a surprise, im sure a surprise to trump, certainly is surprised to us. In 23 hours, here is what weve had. The republicans say they will be a special counsel investigating the russia situation and then also further Mitch Mcconnell goes and hands the democrats another one on a platter saying lets do all senators invited to a discussion of this. Bring in rosenstein. To talk about mueller. And all they have done is kept the new cycle going. The reality is t
He had argued, for instance, against tearing up the nuclear deal with iran without a plan for what follows. John bolton is the opposite of a constraining figure. The longtime fox news fixture has called for the u. S. To declare war on north korea and iran. Even within conservative circles hes viewed as one of the most radical, hawkish Foreign Policy figures in the country. Joining me now, msnbc contributor steve clemons, and steve, i wanted to talk to you immediately as this news happened because i think i met you first back in 2005 when you bolton watch. You were the person, you were the leader of the john bolton resistance. There was a broad idealogical coalition to stop his nomination to be the u. N. Ambassador. It was successful. They ultimately had to recess appoint him. You led that effort. Why did you do it then and what is your reaction today . I did it then because george bush had beaten john kerry in an election, and george bush had gone to brussels and given a speech that sa
Legal team. A pair of attorneys its reported announced as appoint teaappoints will not be hired. That does not mean Joseph Digenova and victory tensing are completely out of the mix. Kelly odonnell is in West Palm Beach. Whats the latest on that reporter we had expected that Joseph Digenova and victory tensing would be a part of the Russia Investigation Team for the president. It had been announced by jay sekulow who leads that team for the president outside the white house. And then in the days intervening we got clues this might not turn out. First there was a talk about checking for conflicts of interest to see if there might be lawyers with a conflict taking on a new client who is the patriots. There are obvious ones right away. Tensing is representing markkaral low and hes involved in the russia investigation, so that could be a red flag right away. And then we saw that the president was tweeting he might not be adding to the team. Those were prominent clues. Then we got today a m
Against tearing up the nuclear deal with iran without a plan for what follows. John bolton is the opposite of a constraining figure. The longtime fox news fixture has called for the u. S. To declare war on north korea and iran. Even within conservative circles hes viewed as one of the most radical, hawkish Foreign Policy figures in the country. Joining me now, msnbc contributor steve clemons, and steve, i wanted to talk to you immediately as this news happened because i think i met you first back in 2005 when you bolton watch. You were the person, you were the leader of the john bolton resistance. There was a broad idealogical coalition to stop his nomination to be the u. N. Ambassador. It was successful. They ultimately had to recess appoint him. You led that effort. Why did you do it then and what is your reaction today . I did it then because george bush had beaten john kerry in an election, and george bush had gone to brussels and given a speech that said we needed to get out of th
Hunt down whoever leaked out information that led to that Washington Post report that trump ignored his National Security teams advice not to congratulate him on his reelection victory because it was a sham election. Late this afternoon, the president offered his interpretation of that conversation via twitter. Quote, i called president putin of russia to congratulate him on his election victory. In past, obama called him also. The Fake News Media is crazed because they want me to excoriate him. They are wrong. Getting along with russia and others is a good thing, not a bad thing. They can help solve problems with north korea, syria, ukraine, isis, iran and even the coming arms race. Bush tried to get along, but didnt have the smarts. Obama and clinton tried, but didnt have the energy or chemistry. Remember, reset peace through strength. Its been reported by the post and other news outlets that there were briefing notes prepared for the president s call with Vladimir Putin. Jonathan le