Goresuch. Why did you fire director comey . Because he wasnt doing a good job. I turned on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos, chaos. Reince priebus, gone. Sean spicer, gone. General michael flynn, gone. I was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. You have some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners say get that son of a bitch off the field . No collusion. Theres been no crime. In theory, everybody tells me, im not under investigation. Rocketman is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. We are very well prepared for the coming year. We finished very strong. High noon on the hill. The senate is back in session after a latenight vote to avert the shutdown failed and yet another display of the dysfunction in washington. Republicans blaming democrats. Democrats blaming republicans. And at the center of it all, the art of the deal
Declined to fire him. Also stopping trump. New reaction to reports including by nbc that the president tried to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller last summer. One democrat says he sees patterns of interference that have taken us back to the nixon era. And is this enough. After more than 150 women accuse larry nassar of sexual assault, were seeing another big departure at his university. And a new ultimatum to the entire board of usa gymnastics. A Hillary Clinton staffer from her 2008 campaign confirming to nbc that the then candidate declined to fire a top aide accused of Sexual Harassment. His name is berns strider. He was her faith adviser. Clinton decided instead to dock his pay and send him for counselling. That, despite a recommendation from her Campaign Manager to get rid of him. Solis doyle declined to comment when reached by nbc news. The firm that represented the campaign in 2008 did release a statement to nbc news saying, quote, to ensure a safe working environment, the cam
Reporter well, john, you said it, somewhat of an unexpected move from muellers team here. This is a lawyer from a prominent new york city law firm, who does have ties to both Paul Manafort as well as rick gates, charged now with lying to the special counsels office and for not turning over certain documents. Now, this all is contained in a twopage information. It charges this new york city certain, alex van der zwaan. He was involved back in 2012 with the team of lawyers. They drafted a report that was used by allies of the russianbacked ukrainian president to justify the jailing of one of their political rivals. Now, the New York Times is also reported in a report back in the fall that Paul Manafort was involved in the commissioning of this drafting of this report. So, again, this all ties to Paul Manafort and as youll remember, Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to a range of charges that relate to his work doing lobbying for ukrainian government, Viktor Yanukovych and alleged Money La
Rick gates in the ukraine, he failed to tell federal investigators about rick gates apparently having contact with a russian intelligence agent. This is something that we learned just last week as federal investigators were getting ready for this sentencing. Hes facing zero to six months in prison. We expect that hes probably going to end up getting closer to no time in prison. Hes expected to his wife is expecting to have a baby in august. So thats one reason why we expect that perhaps he wont serve any jail time, despite the fact hes admitted to lying to the fbi. Hes also facing a 250,000 fine as a result of this case. We know that obviously this is part of the special counsel investigation and this is a really big connection here between van der zwaan and Paul Manafort and rick gates in the fact that Robert Mueller is investigating collusion between the russians and the Trump Campaign. This is part of what the special counsel has been trying to put together in this case. And van der
President , because essentially Stormy Daniels and her lawyer, her lawyer Michael Avenatti, have been taunting the president , encouraging him to basically respond and, of course, television is his favorite medium. It is not just Stormy Daniels, but also Karen Mcdougal, that other playmate, who says she also had an affair with the president , that had been going on television telling their stories, their accounts of their relationships with the president , but publicly he has not responded yet, but the question now is how much longer can that silence last, john. Rob porter, the former staff secretary at the white house, he was pushed out after the reports of Domestic Abuse surfaced. Now the president s calling him. Why . Reporter thats right. Maggie haberman of the new york tim times is reporting that the president stayed in touch with rob porter when he met amid a nasty departure at the us whwhi house. We have now learned from the New York Times that the president has stayed in touch