the russia collusion probe. but also that he said it to the russians. directly to the russians in the oval office. according to new new york times reporting by the new york times, the president of the united states did just that. en a more. he also insulted the man trash talking him in frenlt of the kremlin frnlts and ambassador to washing the headline and the the sfoer is trump told raasch russians firing nut job comey eased pressure from investigation. that is a headline thp they write president trump told russian officials in the oval office this month that firing the fbi director james b. comey had relieved great pressure on him according to a document summarizing the meeting process the piece quotes the president as telling the russians i fired the head of the fbi a crazy a real nut job. the president also reported assaying i faced great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. end quote. now remember, that meeting also featured the president sharing code word classified
blunder is horrifying. tell us about that. this is unprecedented to have a president sharing code word secrets. and by doing that, conceivably blowing up a source of information that we rely upon to tell us about isis plots. but to step back, this is part of the horrendous, no-good, terrible seven days that donald trump had from last tuesday, in fact, eight days from last tuesday to this wednesday. that was only one of the blockbuster stories that emerged this that time period, along with the fact that he fired comey, that he asked comey for a loyalty test, that he asked comey to end the investigation of mike flynn. now the final bit of bad news, that a special counsel is being appointed. if you step back, the entire picture i would say of the trump presidency has changed completely within the course of a week. remember, at the beginning of may, we were talking about the 100 day mark. a lot of people were saying he s
stories tonight. the story about michael flynn, conversations with the russians and concerns the administration had about it. the story about comey will testify. before all that happened, this happened. a piece hitting the new york times home page with seismic impact. the headline is, trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased pressure from investigation. they write, president trump told russian officials in the oval office this month that firing the fbi director james comey had relieved pressure on him according to a document summarizing the meeting. the piece quotes the president as telling the russians, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nut job. the president reported as saying, i face great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. remember, that meeting featured the president sharing code word classified information on isis gathered by israel that must have put lives at risk. maggie haberman joins us. explain what we know about this meeting, wha