now to my special report tonight. bob mueller will eventually finish his investigation, potentially as soon as next month, and mueller s boss, rod rosenstein, signaling he ll leave the doj soon once mueller is done. but the final decisions about mueller s work will soon be in someone else s hands. not mueller. not rosenstein. so even as president trump rages about his wall and these battles over the shutdown, keep your eye on what else trump is doing that he s not tweeting about tonight. he s trying to put the future of the mueller probe in the hands of william barr. next week, even as this shutdown may certainly grind on, these mueller questions will come to a head. at a senate confirmation hearing for barr. when a new attorney general is appointed during a criminal probe involving the president, it tests our system. the founders knew that. our constitution is built to hold politicians accountable. not let them cancel out the rule of law or separation of powers just because the heat i
bob mueller will eventually finish his investigation, potentially as soon as next month and rod rosenstein signaling he will leave once mueller is done. but it will soon be in someone else s hands. not mueller, not rosenstein and even as he rages about the wall and the shutdown, keep your eye on what trump is doing that he s not tweeting about tonight. he s trying to put the future of the mueller probe in the hands of william barr and next week, these mueller questions will come to a head at a senate confirmation hearing for barr. it tests our system. the founders knew that. our constitution is built to hold politicians accountable and
color the coverage is so partisan it colors it. do you agree with that? susan: campaign finance laws are murky, people s eyes glaze it over. howie: i m not minimizing the importance of this case brought by the attorney s office in new york state. not mueller. susan: cohen also was cooperating with mueller about contacting the russians about building property there. they are clinging to that. the media is hanging on to that saying there is collusion. but if you look at the language, it expanded to other problems had. they are fishing around look for more. the clinton administration, the
color the coverage is so partisan it colors it. do you agree with that? susan: campaign finance laws are murky, people s eyes glaze it over. howie: i m not minimizing the importance of this case brought by the attorney s office in new york state. not mueller. susan: cohen also was cooperating with mueller about contacting the russians about building property there. they are clinging to that. the media is hanging on to that saying there is collusion. but if you look at the language, it expanded to other problems had. they are fishing around look for more. the clinton administration, the
we still haven t even finished all of our christmas shopping. it is now clear from all of the filings that we have received from mueller s team and manhattan prosecutors have investigators are closing in on president trump. we are told that he is becoming very isolated. and when this happens, we know that he relies closely on his family. that may be a problem, because his family is now under more and more scrutiny. court filings show that one area where michael cohen, where he was very helpful, was the investigation of the trump organization, which could mean trouble for the trump family. let me explain, because that investigation has been going on for months. it s also the subject of an ongoing grand jury investigation. it all comes back to the original campaign finance charges against cohen for making or orchestrating payments to porn star stormy daniels and play boy model karen mcdueling a.m. to mcdougal to silence