Attorney general was given a speech and came right at former fbi director james comey calling him a political pun dant. We have more breaking news thats more urgent, actually. A. G. Barr has assigned a top federal prosecutor to investigate the origins of the mueller probe. We know who he is and this man is no joke when put on the case. And what lead to the subpoena for donald trump junior. We know what prompted the Republican Controlled Senate panel to issue the summons but what we dont get is why Lindsey Graham the head of the Senate Judiciary committee is telling trump to ignore it. Well get reaction from joe mansion ahead. He helped confirm the attorney general. Does he regret it . What does he think of him putting his own man on the case to look at what was done in the campaign . It is a new week. But everything is getting bigger than before so lets get after it. Breaking news this hour, cnn has learned the attorney general bill barr has raised the stakes. He has tapped a top feder
Following. He says we now see the former director is a partisan pundit selling books and earning speaking fees while speculating about the strength of my character and the fate of my immortal soul. He goes on to point out that generally speaking prosecutors and lawyers base their opinions on eyewitness testimony. Clearly, anderson, the gloves are off for the Deputy Attorney general after two years of overseeing the Mueller Investigation. And now he has obviously an answer to the comments made by the former director of the fbi james comey. Yeah, i want to play for our viewers who didnt see it, what comey said to me just last thursday night in our town hall with the former fbi director. I think people like that, like Rod Rosenstein, who are people of accomplishment but not real sterling character, strong character, find themselves trapped. And then they start telling themselves a story to justify their being trapped which, yeah, hes awful, but the country needs me. So Rod Rosenstein, you