particulars other than his own involvement with certain people being investigated. i think the key things here and ann gestured towards this in the times story, they noted that mueller s tacticings are i to an organized crime investigation. i think where this starts for trump and his family, collusion is an issue, but the stuff that really looms is potential obstruction of justice or any financial quid pro quos. did trump or his relatives jared kushner in particular negotiate favors like lifting trade sanctions or economic sanctions on russia in exchange for either business deals or loans? i think coming up behind them is manafort. and whatever manafort talked with them about over last 18 months. and clearly he was under surveillance. i think that s an issue that s going to come home to roost. i think they have a lot to be afraid of here. surveillance doesn t mean it
brennan and the new one, samantha power. former u.n. ambassador, had not previously been mentioned and it s raising a lot of eyebrows in this unmasking investigation. appropriate to look at whether there was improper action in trying to unmask the americans who were picked up by surveillance of foreigners. i think that s a secondary investigation to the investigation into what russia did in meddling in a u.s. election but i think both tracks are going to proceed not only with the fbi investigation but also with the inquiries on the hill. i think were going to be hearing a lot about both. bret: we are days away, we are told, from jim comey testifying on capitol hill. should be fascinating. comey has cited testimony that he was, he had never been told to stop an investigation and that s never happened in his experience a lot of people are expecting him to say something a
should be ashamed of herself. melania trump said that as a mother, wife, and human being, the photo was disturbing. even chelsea clinton called it violent wrong. cnn called the photo discussing. anderson cooper tweeted for the record, i am appalled by the photo shoot. this is not the first time a republican president s likeness has been used in such a gross manner. game of thrones apologized five years ago after a backlash for putting a model of george w. bush s head on a spike. it s become routine for celebrities to win preys on the left by trashing donald trump, often in highly offensive ways. the backlash against kathy griffin makes clear there is still a lot of decency that no one should cross. bret: thank you. the purported street boss of a crime family and 18 people have been indicted in a new york organized crime investigation that includes allegations of fraud and a $25 million hospital
to ensure it does not interfere with or jeopardize mueller s probe. former justice department official said the process is called deconfliction. if you are director mueller, you, you want to talk to comey and you may not want comey to testify about everything he tells you on the hill. that s what they talk about with this deconfliction process between the hill requests and special counsel rates because of the comey memos documenting his conversations with president trump about russia may take center stage before the senate intelligence committee. after reports that president told comey to let it go, after former national security advisor mike flynn resigned. in his last public testimony, then fbi director comey was pressed on political interference. if the attorney general or senior officials at the department of justice opposes a specific investigation, can they halt the fbi investigation? in theory, yes.
the president said that griffin should be ashamed of herself. melania trump said that as a mother, wife, and human being, the photo was disturbing. even chelsea clinton called it violent wrong. cnn called the photo discussing. anderson cooper tweeted for the record, i am appalled by the photo shoot. this is not the first time a republican president s likeness has been used in such a gross manner. game of thrones apologized five years ago after a backlash for putting a model of george w. bush s head on a spike. it s become routine for celebrities to win preys on the left by trashing donald trump, often in highly offensive ways. the backlash against kathy griffin makes clear there is still a lot of decency that no one should cross. bret: thank you. the purported street boss of a crime family and 18 people have been indicted in a new york organized crime investigation that includes allegations of fraud and a $25 million hospital