While 30 say it has given them a less favorable one. 61 said it had no impact. And finally, this is the most troubling number 46 said they feel that President Trump fired comey to slow down the russia investigation. And 38 buy the original explanation from the white house, that it was done over legitimate concerns over how comey handled the Hillary Clinton email issue. And theres a report that a frustrated President Trump is considering firing many of his Top White House aides. It adds up to a week, at best, the administration has a communications problem. Or at worst, it is facing accusations of obstruction of justice. I was going to fire comey. Donald trump contradicted his white house aides and his Vice President , adding to questions as to why the president chose to fire fbi director james comey when he did. No one from the white house. That was a d. O. J. Decision. He took the recommendation
but the president needs to back off and let the investigation go forward. We need to call
e-mails, for the department of justice, targeting leaks, white house leaks of investigation, the idea that joe sestak may have gotten a job offer in exchange. my point is, why did all those meet the test for a special counsel but this one doesn t? this is a counterintelligence investigation. we re not investigating a crime yet. if it becomes a criminal investigation of the trump campaign colluding with the russians during the election and mr. rothenstein doesn t believe he can do the job, we ll have a special counsel. there s a process in place. i m not worried about polling, not worrying about anything other than trying to get the right answer. the russians did it, they need to be punished. trump is not a target of the investigation yet. leave the investigation alone. congress is doing a good job in my view. if it gets to the point we can t, we will take it outside of congress. you are looking at the president s finances. the president has made a big deal that he sent you a certif
78% that means it s a bipartisan group of people, would like to see an independent commission or a special prosecutor. do you understand why the public doesn t trust, now, the politicians to do this? yeah. but here s what i think about the investigation right now, it is a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. you don t need a special prosecutor. i trust deputy attorney general rothenstein to do this. if he can t do it, we ll have a special prosecutor. an independent commission takes it outside of congress. the intel committee, the judiciary committee, we re doing a good job. i want to keep it inside the congress. i d like a select committee where we all work together. but right now, i see no need for a special prosecutor. it s not a criminal investigation. i see no need for an independent commission yet. you called for a special counsel a number of times during the obama years, for the clinton
i d like a select committee where we all work together. right now i see no need for a special prosecutor. it s not a criminal investigation. i see no need for an independent commission yet. you have called for a special counsel a number of times during the obama years for the clinton e-mails, targeting reporters and leaks and white house leaks and investigations and the idea joe sestak may have gotten a job offer in exchange my point is where did all those meet the test for special counsel but this one doesn t. this is a counter-intelligence investigation. we re not investigating a crime yet. if it becomes a criminal investigation of the trump campaign colluding with the russians and mr. rothenstein doesn t believe he can do the job, then we ll have a special counsel. there is a process in place. i m not worried about polling or anything other than trying to get the right answer. the russians did it, they need
the lester holt interview and decides to blurt out what sounded like a confession to a lot of people to objestruction justice. i think your point, jim, you have no idea when this is going to happen or might happen. it does feel different. it feels like something has to give in this white house. the other part the more somebody gets talked about getting fired the less the president wants to do it. the more we bring it up. matthew, you wrote a great column on friday that may summarize this whole thing best. you hear it all the time. president trump hasn t been tested or faced a real crisis. the events of the last few weeks made me want to turn that formulation around. trump doesn t face crises so much as manufacture them. in a way he is the crisis and his presidency in danger of not being defined not by any legislative or diplomatic achievement but his handling of diplomatic obstacles he creates for himself. you have the most principal dictionariable unpredictable and impulsive p