to file details today about michael cohen s sentencing, and the reasons for breaking their deal with paul manafort. joining me is ken delainian, and msnbc white house correspondent kristen welker, and also former justice analyst matt miller and attorney general to eric holder. and kristen, we are looking at the big change norse justice department and of course, why william barr? well, president trump today said that william barr had been his first pick. look, he is seeing him as someone who is widely respected. and he has oobviously been a log time washington attorney, and served in that role before as you mentioned under former president george h.w. bush. but something that you touched on at the top is significant for this president. he is questioned why hillary clinton has not been coming under more scrutiny, and he has made more comments about robert
warm glow around the funeral and the pageantry and remember iing the former president, probably bodes well for his confirmation, but he was involved in some c controversial pardons involving the iran contra scandal back then, and the comments that kristen allow uded to modern da scandals, and talked about the allegati allegations that hillary clinton was somehow allowing uranium to be sold to a russian president, and it was onot a problem for donald trump to be investigated by the justice directed to hillary clinton. and also, some comments that robert mueller had made to democrats, and so he may have said some things that made donald trump happy about the mueller investigation and the clinton scandals, but give n gi
reason why robert mueller would now say don t give him any jail time after everything that has gone down? well, mueller presents a panoramic view in the memoranda sentencing of someone with a serious departure and serious transgression unlike some of the thi things that champ champions are saying, but someone who led an exemplary life of public service, and then in large part for the profit motive paid for by turkey and for that reason, he wanted to engineer the change in russian sanctions. really went awry, but then immediately came back into the fold, you could say, of law and order. came to mueller first which is a huge breakthrough that a prosecutor is always looking for, and that as mueller notes helped others to come to the table. it was a completely unfettered and thorough co-op ray or the.
job without documentation. translator: i told them that i didn t have papers and i don t speak english and they said, no, it doesn t matter. goodday, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where today, president trump is going to nominate anthony barr who was bush 41 s attorney general to take over. one of the most highly respected attorney generals under the bush administration. and terrific man. a terrific person. a brilliant man. i did not know him until recently when i went through the oprocess of looking at people. and he was my first choice from day one. that announcement just hours after a five-part tweet rant ripping special counsel robert mueller as the prosecutors about
the white house referred nbc news to the trump organization. a spokesperson for the trump organization said we have tens of thousands of employees across our properties and have very strict hiring practices. if any employee submitted false documentation in an attempt to circumvent the law they will be terminated immediately. these women came forward knowing they re risking deportation. kate snow, nbc news, new york. extraordinary. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. stay with nbc all day. devel devel developments coming on the robert mueller front. the president s reaction to that and will chief of staff john kelly still have a job by the end of the day? remember, follow us, our show online, on facebook and on twitter. and here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle for velshi & ruhle. thank you, andrea. have a great rest of your afternoon and you leave us with good questions about john kelly. good afternoon, everyone. is the john kelly story