the presidency of the g-20 summit next month, where energy issues will be a prominent point on the agenda. that s august 2013. that s yourself calling yourself an informal adviser to the kremlin. you know, informal, having some conversations with people. i mean, this is really nothing and just an attempt to distract from the real crimes that are shown in this misleading document. you know, page 8, it says, it talks about disguised propaganda, including the planting of false or misleading articles. which is exactly what this is. so, that s kind of the pot calling the kettle black. by mr. comey and co. reaction now pouring in, most along partisan lines. republicans and democrats suggesting these newly released documents back up their personal views of robert mueller s russia investigation. let s get right to cnn s senior washington correspondent, ryan nobles, near the trump golf resort in jersey, where the president is spending his weekend. ryan, trump has been on a twitter tirade ab
potentials that you could ravel this into or just a simple bribery case. i just don t know, don. it s hard to tell with the facts we have. laura, president trump and his team appear, as john said, to be distancing themselves from michael cohen. in the initial aftermath of the cohen raid, trump was very publicly angry calling the raid disgraceful. right. disgraceful situation, remember he said they broke into my lawyer s office. what does that say to you? well, it shows you there s maybe glass houses and rocks being thrown. the pot calling the kettle black. whatever analogy you want to use the flip-flopping undermines their credibility, undermines their ability to say we have a firm position that s consistent, that allows anybody looking at this case to judge what their behavior was. it s one thing to find out information later on that changes your opinion. but if you have the information all along which is part of the concern people have about whether the president of the unite
rank and file are great people. this comes as sources tell cnn president trump thinks it could discredit robert mueller s investigation and that is the primary reason he wants the release. here to discuss is former director of national intelligence james clapper. thank you for being with us. your reaction to the president s statement moments ago saying investigators and leaders of the fbi and justice department center politicized the investigative process. well, it strikes me as the pot calling the kettle black. i think this is almost amusing if it weren t such a serious subject is. i think the department of justice, and particularly the fbi, have done the right thing by trying to defend themselves. and i was particularly struck by the fbi statement which cited errors of omission of fact
operates? the pot calling the kettle black, come on, nothing surprises me from this president anymore. he criticizing everyone else and does the same exactly. it shouldn t be a surprise. people at this point in time said that s trump and trump is going to be trump. that s trump. he s going to say he s going back to work and hits the golf course. from my point of view, he does very little damage when he s on the golf course. if he let s h.r. mcmaster run our foreign policy and let s john kelly run the white house and let s, i guess gary cohn run trade and economic policy, that s fine. he should play two or three rounds a day. take advantage of the good weather. over the weekend he was golfing and tweeting about andy mccabe retiring. it doesn t keep him on twitter. maybe he should be doing multiple rounds instead of just one. all right. everyone stick around. a lot more to discuss. so will democrats work with president trump in the new year like we were just discussing? i m
but for most members of his party it was another day. trump tweeted and in interviews, flake and bob corker s colleagues, once harsh critics of trump agreed. the president has his own way of communicating. look, it s worked. he s getting things dodge. he done. he s performing. he s not a cookie cutter. i think the republicans need a leader who takes the reigns, so long as his goals are the same and they are. i try not to make it about personalities or, you know, someone saying someone has less than a perfect character than they do. that s a little of the pot calling the kettle black as we tend to think, oh, somehow, you know, i m so perfect that i can criticize another person s