White house with these pictures. The president tells nbc news, what, me, worry . But when i spoke with putin he asked me whether or not i would see lavrov. Now, should i say no im not going to see him . Lets get right to cnns senior political commentator and the chief investigative correspondent for yahoo news. As you watched that interview was there anything that changed your mind or clarified to you the position on the white house in firing james comey sm. It only further clouded the issue. Why are you laughing too, david . Well, i mean, you know, that was an absurd these last four even with donald trump stuff, these past 48 hours was really extraordinary. I cant help but think that the worst job on the plant is to be a Spokes Person for donald trump because invariably you get out there on the ledge or on the branch and the branch gets cut off behind you. Hes sent people out there to tell a story yesterday and then he went on National Television and said well, that really wasnt true.
President trump with any assurance of personal loyalty and then, two, because the fbi russian probe is not only not disappearing as President Trump would like it to, but its accelerating. It came right as comey was seeking more resources for the russian probe. They sources say beginning three weeks ago director comey began receiving daily instead of weekly briefings on the probe, and quote, mr. Comey was concerned by information showing potential evidence of collusion, unquote. If the president had hoped the firing of comey would hope all of this go away, his logic seems to have boom ranged. Republicans now showing increased review and inenergy. Asking for the Justice Department Inspector General to investigate the matter. Also thooeng the bipartisan Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former trump security advisor pliekal flynn for documents related to his interaction with russian officials. Also the white house released its official time line laying out events with its decision to fire
Have you been following the drama . Three days now since the u. S. President fired his fbi director and, still, its not clear why he did it. Instead of settling this matter, donald trump tweeted a threat warning comey against going public. Heres cnns jeff zelany to explain. Reporter President Trump adding new fuel to the fire in his escalating fight with the fbi. Making a threat on twitter to james comey. The president saying the fired fbi director better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. Stunning words from the commander in chief directed at the nations former top Law Enforcement official. The man who was leading an investigation into potential collusion between the Trump Campaign and russian operatives before being fired tuesday. The president refused to answer the question he raised himself in an interview with fox news. What about the idea in a tweet that you said there might be tape recordings. That i cant talk about. I wont talk a
Alison, is a political backfire along the lines of trump vodka, trump steaks, not going well for the white house this morning, because we have new details this morning which paint a startling picture of a scorned President Trump increasingly consumed by a nowformer fbi director whose russia investigation was simply picking up too much steam for the president s comfort. A source close to comey telling cnns jake tapper, james comey was fired for two reasons now. Okay, here come the two reasons. First, comey never gave the personal loyalty. Urance of and second, the fbi investigation into possible collusion by team trump with russia, that was accelerating, so that may explain the timing of all this. Sources are telling cnn that comey was fired just a week after asking for more resources to investigate the russia connection. The white house for its part denies comey made that request. Regardless, there is progress reported in that probe. A Senate Committee issuing a subpoena to former Nati