isis, telling 60 minutes he preferred the term loan rat to a lone. lone wolf. although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. comey revisited the server investigation. clinton has placed blame on-call meet for trump s win. the relationship with the winners seemed cordial enough. james. he has become more famous than me. comey s testimony about russian interference was not satisfying many in the g.o.p. because he wouldn t say for sure he would probe damaging leaks the white house police came from the last administration. can you assure them that if it s going to be investigated? i can t. but i hope people watching know
does the president still have the full confidence in fbi director james comey? i have no reason to believe i have not asked him. i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about it. last time he did have confidence but you re not sure. i don t want to start speaking on behalf of the president without speaking to him first. you and that is one way to answer it. sean spicer at 2:00. democrats pounced with a familiar line. this is senator leahy. the president s action in the way it s been handled is shocking. no one should accept president trump s absurd justification that he is concerned that fbi director comey treated secretary clinton unfairly. this is nothing less than nixonian. we have adam schiff from the house intelligence committee to take this action without addressing the profound
testimony on capitol hill in which he said he felt nauseous about what happened. but he wouldn t change what he did. the agency had to correct a statement he made huma abedin s emails. everything james said about james comey s credibility problem is. i think in the days to come the why is going to be blurred if there is reaction within the fbi if we learn that inside the trump white house this did come from trump and not come up from president trump himself and not a recommendation made on the basis by the deputy attorney general. bret: if it was top-down, not bottom up. there are indications this might have come from trump. we are going to have to wait and see what happens.
there is a lot we don t know tonight, but it s the timing, obviously that s more in question tonight then the why. spewing democrats putting out all kinds of statements. chuck schumer saying senators need to be seated at something tomorrow morning. democrats are united they want a special prosecutor. i think they are going to bang the drum on this for weeks if not months. the republican statements are more interesting for you don t have anyone defending call me. what you do have those questions about the timing. richard burr has questions, senator ben sasse, you re getting statements saying we don t understand why he did it now. if president trump had a problem with the director of the fbi, why didn t he get rid of them on day one or week one? i think this goes to your point, was it rosenstein who believed this or was it trump? trump was praising comey on the
does the president still have the full confidence in fbi director james comey? i have no reason to believe i have not asked him. i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about it. last time he did have confidence but you re not sure. i don t want to start speaking on behalf of the president without speaking to him first. you and that is one way to answer it. sean spicer at 2:00. democrats pounced with a familiar line. this is senator leahy. the president s action in the way it s been handled is shocking. no one should accept president trump s absurd justification that he is concerned that fbi director comey treated secretary clinton unfairly. this is nothing less than nixonian. we have adam schiff from the house intelligence committee to take this action without addressing the profound