Insulted President Trump and the United States, and now the president is issuing a new threat come to the table, negotiate peace with israel, or else. But lets start with the president apparently jumping the gun a bit with his offer to testify under oath in the russia investigation. Heres what the president said to reporters. Are you going to talk to mueller . Im looking forward to it, actually. You want to . Heres the story do you have a date set . Theres been no collusion whatsoever. Theres no obstruction whatsoever, and im looking forward to it. You would do it under oath . Oh, i would do it under oath, absolutely. Pretty clear the president offering to testify under oath to special prosecutor Robert Mueller, but the white house quickly came out, ty cobb, saying that isnt necessarily the case and that the president was merely speaking hurriedly before leaving washington for davos. Meanwhile, the president s lawyers have been given a range of topics from the special prosecutors offic
Leaving the chief of staff at home to work with lawmakers on a deal. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the department of justice saying its recovered more of those previously missing Text Messages between two fbi officials. The conversations between fbi lawyer lisa paige and fbi agent struck including disparaging comments about then candidate donald trump raised questions about political bias within the fbi and special counsel investigations in particular. Paige was part of the team, she already left and struck removed in july when the messages were discovered. The missing series of exchanges within a key five month period from december 2016 to may 2017 could significant something nefarious, a conspiracy to hide them, something against the law. President trump called this one of the biggest stories in a long time, claiming on twitter, wow. That alleged conspiracy became a key part of the recent attacks on special counsel mueller and his team.
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President donald trump asserted that he would be interviewed under oath by special counsel Robert Mueller. While invoking his 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton. Im looking forward to it, actually. Do you have a theres been no collusion whatsoever. Do you have a date set . Theres no obstruction whatsoever and im looking forward to it. Do you have a date set . Here is the story. Do you have a date set . I dont know, no. I guess were talking about two or three weeks, i would love to do it. Subject to my lawyers and all that, but i would love to do it. Did you do it under oath, mr. President . You mean like hillary said that . Who said that . I said it. Did hillary did it under oath. . I have no idea. I think you have an idea. Wait, wait, do you really not have an idea . Ill give you an idea. She didnt do it under oath, but i would do it under oath. And you know she didnt do it under oath. If you didnt know about hillary, then youre not much of a reporter. And youre going to do it earn oath .
The president just landed back in washington from his trip to davos. He returns to yet more questions about his actions toward special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. The president was attending the World Economic forum where he got to rub elbows with the globalist elite. The only thing on reporters minds at davos was the block buster report by the New York Times the president ordered Robert Mueller to be fired last june backing off only after his white House Counsel threatened to quit. This morning the president gab them a classic trumpian nondenial. Mr. President , did you seek to fire mueller . Fake news, folks, fake news. Whats your message today . Typical New York Times fake stories. Back in august amid ongoing rumors the president would make a move against mueller, he denied the idea had even occurred to him. I havent given it any thought. Ive been read about it from you people. Im not dismissing anybody. I want them to get on with the task. I also want the senate and the