about an hour from now. figure from the bush administration part of that entire episode, that saga over the wrongful case that was made by that administration about the weapons of mass destruction in iraq, there is some closure in all of this, i suppose, and koo scooter libby being pardoned, but it will certainly raise a lot of questions, wolf. it certainly will. the president said, i don t know mr. libby, but for years i have heard he has been treated unfairly. hopefully this full pardon will help rectify a very sad portion of his life. jim acosta, stand by, you ve done a lot of reporting on the scooter libby perjury, obstruction of justice. he received clemency by president bush but not a full pardon. president bush decided he was not going to pardon him, and this became public because vice president cheney went to the mat with president bush and said you can t leave a wounded soldier on
why? because at the time there was a special counsel appointed to oversee the matter involving this man scooter libby, the deputy attorney general at the time was jim comey. and the patrick fitzgerald character was the equivalent of robert mueller. so if you re saying to these people, i believe there was a scapegoat or witness of sorts and i m going to rectify that wrong and show you how the past will be prologue, then i believe that s the game that he was playing. but the key thing here is, wolf, he has absolute presidential pardon power in federal crimes. as i said before, the mueller investigation has diversified to state level as well as the attorney general in new york. there is eedva, virginirginia c there s sd crimes in new york. that makes all these separate investigations virtually go on
can you speak up. this morning james comey said he didn t inform the president of the political source of the dasier. was the president surprised to hear that? did director comey ever tell him about the sourcing of the political dossier against him? i m not sure about that specific conversation but i know that it s been documented many times over now that the dossier is false opposition research funded by the clinton campaign and used to attack the president. a second question because it s friday. did the president speak to former vice president dick cheney about the scooter libby pardon either before or after? i am not aware of any conversations on that subject. three republican state matters from missouri wrote the president yesterday saying that the embattled governor, eric
fed up he is. i don t believe in giving of these guys halos for working for donald trump. now that it s gl to be all over the media, we ll see if kelly makes it to lunch because trump may indeed fire him. trump wants to fire somebody. that s the question. how long can john kelly survive that quote because donald trump s going to have to decide who does he believe, john kelly, nick kristof, or what he believes in james comey s book. he s been on thin ice before. i think this maybe he plunges through. nick, i want to get your view on the possible scooter libby pardon. nbc news is confirming that the president is planning to pardon scooter libby. he was dick cheney s former chief of staff. scooter libby was convicted of lying to the fbi and obstruction of justice. and as you know very well, james comey was the deputy attorney general who appointed the special prosecutor who got the
donald trump. go ahead and quit. i believe comey s account of it because it resonates with other things i ve heard around town about kelly s secret opinion. and now that it s going to be all over the media, we ll see if kelly makes it to lunch because trump may indeed fire him. trump wants to fire somebody. that s the question. how long can john kelly survive that quote because donald trump s going to have to decide who does he believe, john kelly, nick kristof, or what he reads in james comey s book. he s been on thin ice before. i think maybe now he plunges through. nick, i want to get your view on the possible scooter libby pardon. nbc news is confirming that the president is planning to pardon scooter libby. he was dick cheney s former chief of staff. scooter libby was convicted of lying to the fbi and obstruction of justice. and as you know very well, james comey was the deputy attorney general who appointed the special prosecutor who got the conviction on libby of obstructi