touch very closely to the white house. on the person of interest point, the article itself that used that phrase was unanimously sourced. we don t know where that phrase is coming from, whether it s coming from law enforcement itself or whether it s coming from some other individual that is in the orbit of these investigations. sarah, you said something that is sourced, nut job which apparently donald trump is very comfortable with using in discussions with foreign officials about imcomey. seems to undercut any semblance of the white house to argue they had a serious process here. listen to john mccain s response. with the appointment of mr. mueller, we re now at that stage of a scandal. he was crazy, a real nut job. i faced great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. how do you read that, sir? i don t read it except i
navigating this briefing along with the saudi foreign minister, when that takes place, we ll take you there live. meantime this week has brought bomb shell after bomb shell. nearly every day with a new block buster story about the white house. first, we had former fbi director robert mueller appointed special council to investigate russian meddling including ties between the russians and the trump campaign. that happening as the search for a new fbi director continues. and, as we learn of a stunning new report about what the president reportedly told the russians about why he fired fbi director james comey, and what it felt like after the firing. the new york times report quoting the president telling the russians by way of a document that was spliupplied t the new york times, while meeting the russians earlier this month, saying, quote, i just fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job, i faced great pressure because of
quote, i just fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job. even before that, close advisers had urged the president to hire an outside lawyer as controversies over russia mount. joining me now cnn presidential historic, brinkley, and alan dershowitz and caitlyn huey burns. do you see the comments as evidence of possible obstruction of justice? i do not. the president of is the heck of the executive branch, constitutionally he can control the branch. he can tell the director of the phish do not prosecute flynn. he can say prosecute so-and-so. there is no constitutional barrier to the president doing that. but the fact that flynn s part of this, was part of it team it doesn t matter.
what are you hearing from the white house? reporter: the white house is not saying a lot more about all of this. besides that statement they put out in response to that bombshell story in the new york times that the president was talking about with the russians how he fired the fbi director jim comb tow take pressure off of him in the russia investigation. the viewers of the comments the president made and he talked to white house officials, they are not disputing what is reported in terms of what the president said. i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nut job. i faced pressure because of russia and that s taken off. i am not under investigation. when asked to respond to all of this, sean spicer did issue a statement. it accuses comey of grandstanding and politicizing this investigation. by grandstanding and politicizing this investigation, james comey created unnecessary
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