All of these, as you noted in his statement there, are there are reports that the white house essentially asked him to leave in part because of the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Zinke was a favorite target of democrats, and the belief was that he would likely have several investigations opened into his behavior and potentially even have to testify publicly in regards to his dealings. Senator chuck schumer, look at his tweet after zinke announced his departure. He said ryan zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet and the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the government like it was his personal honey pot. The swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him. There have been several Trump Administration members who found themselves under scrutiny for ethical behavior. We know that the white house was watching zinkes situation very closely, anna. Boris, another personnel change in the coming weeks. We also know
The former f. B. I. Director felt pushed on having to come on and answer questions about the origin of the investigation in the Trump Campaign was ethically handled or whether it was politically driven as an insurance policy against a potential trump win. The notion that fisa was abused her is nonsense. Martha nonsense he says but he cited that he couldnt remember or didnt know who paid for Christopher Steeles work that led to the infamous dossier which was the basis for opening the investigation into trump and russia. He is back on the hill next week. And congressman jim jordan is one of those who gets to ask the followup questions of james comey. He says a lot is still unanswered. He joins us in a moment. But first, Trace Gallagher live in the west coast newsroom on where we go from here tonight. Hi, trace. The month long silence of james comey came to a crashing halt when comey talked about everything from the investigation of Robert Mueller to the importance of the 2020 election. H
Among Fridays Court filings, federal prosecutors in manhattan say the president directed cohen to make hush payments to women in the closing days of the 2016 president ial campaign. Here is Incoming Judiciary Committee chair, jerry nadler. The impeachable offense, whether they import enough to justify an impeachment is a different question. Certainly they would be impeachable offenses because even though they were committed before the president became president they were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office. That would be an impeachable offense. The fact of the matter is, what we see from these indictments and statements is a much broader conspiracy against the American People. Harris White House Correspondent kevin corke now joins us with the latest from the white house on the north lawn. Kevin . Harris, good afternoon. The idea that a transaction between an attorney and a private client, even at the behest of private citizen donald trump, is somehow manifestl
Chuck schumer wants to shut down the government because he doesnt want to shusecure the border. Thats a fight he is going to lose. Doubling down on antitrump position. I declare chicago will be a trumpfree zone just dance, dance, dance. Brian feels like saturday night. The last time i heard this when i left the dance floor on 3 00 on saturday morning. Ainsley so you do dance . Brian no, i have never been on a dance floor at 3 00 in the morning i would have to say. Ainsley really. Brian no. I was asked to leave dance floors it was ruining the good time for other people. Steve in kansas the damages floors closed at 1 30. Ains ounce you never have dance party in your house haley and i have one every night. Brian i have to look through my planners. I dont think so. Steve we have a bunch of news to talk about and people may be changing jobs at the white house. Thats our lead story. President trump expected to announce his new chief of staff any day now. Ainsley the president slamming the me
His service. He did three tours in iraq and he couldnt finish one tour with donald trump. Good morning. Im victor blackwell. Hi, everyone, im jessica dean in for kristi paul this morning. Deny and distract. Thats the president s playbook this weekend as he tries to shrug off the very hell threat posed to his administration by the russia investigation. Federal prosecutors accused the president of breaking election finance law by instructing his personal Attorney Michael Cohen to pay hush money to two women who said they had affairs with him. The president very mhemently de he did that. Since then he has had tirades against the french union, nato, robert blumenthal. And despite attemps that john kelly would be leaving monday, the president decided to do it yesterday. The two havent reportedly spoken in days. So how far would the president go to change the conversation . Cnn White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez joins us now. Boris, it seems the firing was expected but the timing seems