it is a foregone conclusion. clark knows who was pushing doj to propagate the nonsense conspiracy theories. what the president was telling senior doj officials about his efforts to overturn the election and just how close things got to turning into an even more dangerous and volatile circumstance or outcome. clark is just a key witness here. i think everyone following this closely is on pins and needles to find out what he would say. the difference is we heard bannon s name for years. bannon was an adviser. clark was an operative. he was in the doj. he seemed to be poised to actually take over the department of justice if trump removed his top official there
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enforcement effort has been directed towards finding this white whale. so forget about the mob, forget about the opioid problem, forget all the problems we face in law enforcement in the united states because these guys starting at the secretary of state level are in charge of trump s agenda, which is to somehow prove what happened in 2016 didn t happen. well, chris, we have to remember that the issue of russian interference and the issue of the origin of the doj russia investigation has been a priority and is well documented by now. numerous senior doj and fbi officials have testified in open hearings on the hill about how the investigation started. they ve testified about the russian interference so that the department, the a.g., the bureau, members of congress know the facts. the mueller report goes into it extensively. this review by a u.s. attorney from connecticut appears to be nothing more than a political exercise. if in fact all of that which has been done already to examine
yet despite the findings, the doj declining to prosecute. john roberts is live from the north lawn. john? reporter: dana, good afternoon. the doj s inspector general, michael horowitz, taking a blow torch to james comey for his decision to leak information from memos that he had written about his interactions with president trump. one of those memos, the so-called memo number four, comey shared with a friend of his, daniel richman, with instructions to share the contents but not the actual memo with a new york times report. he khaft taoeuzed the former director saying, quote, comey violated fbi policy. comey made public sensitive investigative information related to an on going fbi investigation. comey was not authorized to disclose the statements that he attributed to president trump. the inspector general concluded that comey showed poor leadership writing, quote, what was not permitted was the
leaked hand over fist to other folks. and so i think it s in the area of prosecution discretion. there may be prosecution that comes from that. doj already said we re not going to do it. it fits into the category, you can do a lot of stupid things in life but not necessarily get pursued criminally for it. dana: you can all do things like wearing your wake forest tie today. don t think i didn t notice. you re a big fan of wake forest. we appreciate you coming on the show today, jim trusty. turning now to hurricane dorian as forecasters warn it could be a monster category 4 storm when it hits the mainland possibly over the labor day weekend. the storm rolling through the caribbean, collapsing roads and causing power outages on some islands. puerto rico dodged a direct hit, but one 80-year-old man died while preparing for the storm. it is now eyeing florida s east coast, as the state s governor urges residents to be prepared.
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