new developments this morning in the russia investigation as the president himself is now dismissing the probe. he tweeted late last night the mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. the president was tweeting as the new york times reports mueller was sending potential questions to trump s legal team as part of negotiations for an interview with the special counsel. joining me now is a former federal prosecutor doug bergs. how close do you think we are getting to a face-to-face meeting. unlike a normal witness, let s be honest, you know, when it s the president you can have certain, you know, setups, you know. president clinton was interviewed closed circuit,
e-mails with russians and people contacted to the kremlin during the campaign. hicks denied knowing about the trump tower meeting during the house intelligence interview this week, according to a source. meanwhile, the washington post reports mueller s team investigated the period of time last summer when the president seemed determined to fire attorney general sessions. the president livid at sessions for rescues himself from the russian investigation, repeatedly unleashes furry at him on twitter. legal experts say it could play into the obstruction of justice, peace of the russia probe. if his venting is towards a corrupt purpose of eliminating an investigator, firing attorney general, sending out a false narrative, that speaks more to corruption of intent, and that is what is under mueller s inquiry. reporter: the questions about the attorney general has been going on for months, according to the post. the team asked witnesses about the president s private comments and the pre
tonight. come up, as if the chaos inside the white house wasn t enough, trump s feeling heat from two big sources right now. nbc news is reporting tonight the special counsel robert mueller is zeroing in on whether trump knew about that stolen democratic e-mail cache before they were released by wikileaks and reports mueller is he digging into trump s business dealings with russia right now. on the home front, trump s also under pressure on guns. today he seems ready to get behind a bill that strengthens background checks and raising the minimum age to buy an assault rifle. he s got to do something in the wake of the deadly shooting in florida with all the young people coming to washington in march. another stein he s under pressure, he s back at war with jeff sessions. he called him disgraceful today. his own attorney general after the attorney general opened an investigation into surveilance abuse and now sessions is hitting back. finally, i ll finish with trump
one-heard of before pleaded guilty to lying to investigators specifically about some of his interactions he had with gates. it s a far flung web of charges that so far does not in any way implicate the president himself. the new york times reports mueller could be trying to leverage that information to get closer to the white house. his friends said his indictment is an effort to pressure him into providing him to provide information to the campaign. i want to bring in jennifer rogers, and ben wittes, nbc legal analyst and editor-in-chief of law fair blog. a must read always. ben, what do you make of this? well, so there s a lot of confusing aspects of it. first of all, i think it is an effort to ratchet up the pressure on both manafort and gates. the new charges are much more focused on financial crime which was a significant element of the
it s a far flung web of charges that so far does not in any way implicate the president himself. the new york times reports mueller could be trying to leverage that information to get closer to the white house. his friends said his indictment is an effort to pressure him into providing him to provide information to the campaign. i want to bring in jennifer rogers, and ben wittes, nbc legal analyst and editor-in-chief of law fair blog. a must read always. ben, what do you make of this? well, so there s a lot of confusing aspects of it. first of all, i think it is an effort to ratchet up the pressure on both manafort and gates. the new charges are much more focused on financial crime which was a significant element of the previous set. and less focused on you know, on things like foreign agents