Topping this hour of 360, we have breaking news in the fallout of Michael Flynns departure and reportedly Constant Contact between trump advisers and russian contacts. The what do you know, jim . For the time being, barring new information, the fbi has decided theyre not going to charge Michael Flynn for those calls. Mr. Flynn has been forthcoming and truthful in his conversations with the fbi, were told, and why he may not be able to remember all the details they dont believe he was being infinancialtensionall misleading and that has led them not to file charges against him. His clearance hassan about take takeen away, correct . Its suspended. En told that th im told that standard when questions are raised. So it could be reinstated at a later time, but it does show the seriousness with which the Intelligence Community is treating these remaining questions here. Im toad th im told this by an official in the defense Intelligence Community, its the dia, the department he used to head. N
Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck on this busy monday, the white house still will neither confirm nor deny that President Trump has tapes of his conversations with the former fbi director james comey. Analysts say that is making the white houses effort to respond to criticism of his firing even more difficult. The search is on for a new fbi director. Heres what the president said about it when speaking with the crown prince of abudhabi. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Shepard thats today. Friday President Trump warned james cocmey not the speak out about his firing. Its worth noting the president put tapes in quotes there, similar to when he put wires tapped in march when he made his unfounded claim that president obama ordered surveillance at trump tower. The president said the use of quotes opened the phrase to a broad definition of surveillance. The president used tap not in quotes. So far the white house has not said what the president meant when he tweeted about tap
Briefing, the first since the announcement yesterday. Meanwhile, the shakeup is catapulting russia back into the headlines on the very same day that the president hosted the kremlins top diplomat at the white house, heres what the president said earlier. Reporter why did you fire director comey . He was not doing a very good job, very simply. Reporter did it affect your meeting with the russians today . Not at all. Jenna catherine herridges life outside fbi headquarters in washington, we bring you there next, where are we at this moment and what happens next . Thank you and good afternoon, the development in the last couple hours has been the Vice President on capitol hill about a few blocks from where i am where he seemed to distance white house from the decision saying it was based on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein who is a career prosecutor and it was not related to the russia probe. Now we look forward to finding that individual who will be able to
Democrats calling it nixonian wanting a special prosecutor to look into the possible ties to russia of the Trump Campaign. The white house firing back saying it was the only option. Director comey had lost the confidence of the rank and file in the f. B. I. And lost the confidence from members of both sides, republicans and democrats in the house and senate. Frankly, most importantly he lost the confidence of the American People. The president made a swift and Decisive Action and let director comey go. Bill we have team fox coverage all morning law. Chris stirewalt is there for analysis. We start with kevin corke from the north lawn at the white house. What are they telling you this morning . Good morning. Theyre talking about a number of things. Most notably the timing. The letter, the president writing to his director. The president went on to write that he still did not have confidence that mr. Comey could lead the bureau and thats why he ultimately made his decision. Comey learned
If it is a big deal for donald trump jr. To meet with russian players during the campaign, why is it a big deal when the Clinton Campaign and dnc itself reportedly paid for Opposition Research of their own from the russians . Today a look at who is talking, who is stone walling and where all this is going. With former obama cia director leon panetta and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee chair, chuck grassley. First to Catherine Herridge examining all of this. What is the latest . In this letter, the general counsel for the Clinton Campaign confirms that he was approached by fusion dps. The research led to the trump dossier that was shared with the fbi in the summer of 2016. On americas newsroom, the chairman questioned whether the bureau knew about the dnc funding and still used the unverified file to open the russia probe and obtain warrants on trumps campaign. I want to know if the nations premier Law Enforcement agency that relied on a document that looks like the National Inqui