He claims he did it to force the creation of the special counsel to investigate the president s alleged ties to russia. We all know how that turned out. In the report, Inspector General said, on safeguarding Sensitive Information obtained during the fbi employment and by using it to create public pressure for action, he set a dangerous example of over 35000 fbi employees in the many thousands or more former fbi employees similarly have access to or knowledge to nonpublic information. But back in 2017 comey said the whole thing was no big deal. Did you show copies of your memos to anyone outside of the department of justice . Yes, my judgment was i need to get that out into the Public Square so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter and for a variety of reasons i asked them to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. For a variety of reasons. Today the president went off on comey tweeting, never in the history of our co
Creation of the special counsel to investigate the president s alleged ties to russia. We all know how that turned out. In the report, Inspector General said, on safeguarding Sensitive Information obtained during the fbi employment and by using it to create public pressure for action, he set a dangerous example of over 35000 fbi employees in the many thousands or more former fbi employees similarly have access to or knowledge to nonpublic information. But back in 2017 comey said the whole thing was no big deal. Did you show copies of your memos to anyone outside of the department of justice . Yes, my judgment was i need to get that out into the Public Square so i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter and for a variety of reasons i asked them to because i thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. For a variety of reasons. Today the president went off on comey tweeting, never in the history of our country has someone been more thoro
247 news live from moscow to the world always good to have your company my names you know neal on the international. The 6 trafficking child abuse trial of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is spilling over into the white house with President Trump forced to defend his labor secretary alex acosta when acosta was a u. S. Attorney in miami he signed off a plea agreement in an earlier case involving epstein which critics say was far too lenient. Hes been a great really great secretary of labor. The rest of it will have to look at we have to look at it very carefully but youre talking about a long time ago and again it was a decision made i think not by him but by a lot of people so were going to look at it very carefully Jeffrey Epstein a registered sex offender is accused of trafficking and luring dozens of girls to his mansion if found guilty he may face up to 45 years in prison neither a democratic leadership is putting pressure on mr trump and his team over a potential obstruction of justic
The next hour of cnn this morning starts now. Good friday morning. We are watching Hurricane Hilary this morning, a powerful category 4 storm as it barrels towards the west coast. It is supposed to weaken. Thats good news, by the time it reaches the u. S. It is expected to bring heavy rain and maybe flooding to the southwest over the weekend, as we learn fema is running out of money for Disaster Relief after an historic year of disasters. One of Donald Trumps close allies and codefendants was at the Capitol On January 6th with Conspiracisy Theorist alex jones. President biden about to hold summit at camp david to figure out how to counter the looming threat from china and north korea. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will join us live to preview this highstakes meeting. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Developing this morning, Hurricane Hilary a category 4 storm rapidly intensifying and on its way to the west coast. It is expected to weaken by the time it r
Charging him in connecith his efforts to overturn the 2020 electi. Include the conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. Moments ago the special counsel, jack smith, spoke more about the indictment and the charges trump now faces. The attack on our nations capitol on january 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The indictment went on to say that trump had six coconspirators, wolf, but of course it did not name them. This is truly, truly a remarkable moment in american history. The former president of the United States, who is now the current frontrunner for the republi