Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that too is prohibited. Special Counsel Office is part of the department of justice and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider. Mueller adding nothing to the body of Public Knowledge about what he did for almost two yearses. Or what he did with that 35 million of taxpayer money. The only thing that is clear, as a result is almost ten minutes of musings is that his investigation was a partisan event. A vehicle, in fact, that provided radical dems and the National Left wing media with a constant drum beat of negativity that served to support and fuel the radical dems theft of the 2018 midterm election. And now the dems control house and theyre spending it seems every waking moment searching for ways in which to obstruct to undermine and overthrow the president of the United States. More than a dozen committees now focusing
Change, or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. The administration then chose to defend me and more importantly the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly lit. That the work force had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. So i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. I didnt do it myself for a variety of reasons but i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special council. I very carefully chose the words. I have seen the information about tape. Lord i hope there are tapes. Comey revealed in a closed door session right after that that there may have been a third meeting between attorney general Jeff Sessions and the Russian Ambassador. A look at whats next in the investigation. Good morning, the question is where does this go from here . Democrats and Top Republican on the Senate Intelligence committee do plan to meet wi
Maralago, yesterday . Reporter so he was actually at his golf club in West Palm Beach where he goes every day from maralago to play. He had come off the course, played with his son eric and pro golfer jim herman. They had had lunch and i had gone up and talking to him. You know, he was very proud of the tax bill at the end of the year. I think that obviously, for many reasons, probably in part because he did not have a significant legislative aco accomplishment in 2018. I said, if you want to talk about that, why dont we talk about that on the record . Then when he was done with lunch, we sat down and talked oneonone about ha. Were you surprise, michael, there was no support staff around him . Did you have to go through formal channels to get the interview . Reporter no, i wasnt surprised. Its been clear from the beginning of his trip, i came down here, he hasnt really made a lot of news. Its been clear there wasnt much staff around him. This has been a lightlystaffed trip compared to,
I hope the king and the crown prince didnt know about it and i hope they mike pompeo just left, he went to turkey, hes coming back late tonight. Harris rich edson from the state department. Rich . They are waiting on this investigation, mike pompeo says hes giving saudi arabia and turkey the space to conduct an investigation before the United States figures out its judgment. Its important that everyone keep in their minds that we have lots of important relationships, Financial Relationships between the u. S. And saudi companies, governmental relationships, things that we work on together across the world. Secretary pompeo says the u. S. Needs to make sure it is mindful of those relationships as it approaches a decision. The secretary spent the day meeting with top saudi officials. Reporters asked pompeo whether the saudi government revealed if Jamal Khashoggi is dead or alive. The secretary says neither he nor the saudis want to talk about the facts, they want an opportunity to investi
From florida. What does it mean for the other investigations now that this one is over. What about the central question mueller was hired to find out about, russias role in the 2015 president ial election. The 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. Welcome once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 792 of the trump administration, as of 5 00 p. M. Eastern time today, the Mueller Investigation is over. Thats when word arrived that Robert Mueller had transmitted his report to attorney general bill bar after 675 days of work. According to a Senior Justice Department official, mueller for his part is not recommendation any further indictments. Earlier tonight the Justice Department said the attorney general to decide how much of this report will become public. We know mueller and Rod Rosenstein will be assisting him during the process of going through the report. We learned that in a letter barr sent to leaders of both the house and Senate Judiciary committee today.