james comey in the just released inspector general s report. he should be ashamed of himself. and there was an official statement that called comey quote a proven liar and leaker words often used by the president himself. you almost want to laugh, joe. you almost want to laugh. actually, i couldn t stop from laughing. what an overstatement especially considering the source. let s bring in nbc news and msnbc law analyst and editor-in-chief of lawfare, ben wittes. he s out with a new piece diving into what the report says. what a fascinating report, about 80, 90% of it is jack webb, just the facts, ma am, then the last 10% of the report reads like a talk radio script. the two don t go together. i guess though a lot of people
administration to approve its merger with time warner. one of the president s attorneys forrer new york city mayor rudy giuliani didn t know about his work with at&t and the president denied the merger. giuliani later walked those comments back, by the way, telling nbc news the president did not actually intervene in the case. joining us now to take a closer look at that part of the story sheila, staff writer at the new yorker. she recently wrote a piece diving into this called, what did at&t pay michael cohen for? she s also the author of black edge, information, dirty money and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street. sheila, great to see you. at&t, this is the weird situation. so, for people who think there is a swamp out there who would like it drained, the idea that a company that has business before the government after a president has been elected who said he would not allow that merger to go through, then pays the still personal lawyer of that president for i