From Senate Testimony that he gave earlier this summer. He writes, quote, i want the American People to know this truth. The fbi is honest. The fbi is strong, and the fbi is and always will be independent. And just a short time ago, this defiant statement from the president of the fbi agents association, quote, every day fbi special agents put their lives on the line to protect the American Public from National Security and criminal threats. Agents perform these duties with unwavering integrity and professionalism and a focus on complying with the law and the constitution. This is why the fbi continues to be the premiere Law Enforcement agency in the world. Fbi agents are dedicated to their mission. Suggesting otherwise is simply false. Cnns crime and justice reporter is here with us. Also with us, White House Reporter jeremy diamond. The fbi community not standing idly by while the president criticizes them. What do you make of these responses . I think people are fed up at this point
Border wall . Could you speak generally to that . Again im not going to get into the specifics of that. I can tell you that the wall is continuing to be built currently and well keep pushing forward until its fully completed in the way that the president feels is necessary to defend the country. Isnt it true at this point that mexico is not going to pay for that wall . Im not going to go beyond what the president has already said. I think he still has potential ways for that to happen. Let start there with the White House Reporter kaitlan collins. Apparently that was floated in a meeting that the president had with the House Speaker a week ago. Can you tell us more about that conversation and the request . Reporter yeah, chanting that the military is going to pay for the wall doesnt have the same ring to it that mexico is going to pay for the wall. That was a very popular chant at a lot of the president s rallies before he came into office here. This is something that the president has
Grand jury and he has refused to go, saying let him arrest me. Mr. Mueller should understand i am not going in on friday. This is a direct quote in josh dawseys report. Let me bring in josh dawsey. I imagine youre waiting for that briefing to begin, josh. Tell me how this came about. Sure. There was a subpoena floating around over the weekend. I think axios and others have reported it so i called sam today and asked him point blank, have you been subpoenaed to be in front of a grand jury . And what do they want . And sam kindly, hes the quintessential provocateur offered to forward me the subpoena and said he wanted to speak on the record. And in an on the record interview he gave me a few pretty explosive quotes. Now, to be fair, we have not been able to reach the special counsels office, but he forwarded a lengthy email from his lawyer that says when they wanted him to come in. As of friday, we know the grand jury usually meets on friday. They also forwarded a document with lots of n
That this switch may have something entirely to do with the Southern District of new york who has been handling this probe. Thats right, brooke. There appear to be various reasons why this i happening now. Theres a deadline on friday for going over 300,000 r them to pages of documents, plus another million items that were turned over as part of this raid. But theres also the matter of the fact that this is an investigation being handled out of the Southern District of new york in manhattan. So the law firm that Michael Cohen has been using is a washington law firm, a very prestigious law firm. They were handling his investigation, his testimony here in congress and as well as the new york investigation, which, as you remember, was at least partly referred or at least partly began as a result of a referral from Robert Mueller to special counsel. So now theyre apparently at a very crucial stage where one person told me theyre moving into a new phase of this case. This is a criminal case
Really being a little bit forceful on this issue, because the president is, according to our sources, still very much interested in dealing with some of the other individuals that they identified earlier this week whose clearances are going to be reviewed. He is interested in stripping them of their clearance. First of all, one of the issues that they are dealing with at the white house is that they are getting pushback from some unexpected quarters. Admiral william mcraven, someone who doesnt often speak out about issues of the day, he was one of the architects of the bin ladens raid. I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency. We asked the white house counselor Kellyanne Conway this morning about mcravens comments in this oped. She declined to answer. She focused on john brennan. Here is what she had to say. Why is everybody so obsessed with the president of the Un