I think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have Hate Crime Laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. To be when i dont believe in hate crimes laws. I dont think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. You dont think is a hate crime . Tucker i think hate is involved, im merely saying it is a separate category. Im also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. It is clear that this mans race and political position played a role. Absolutely. Tucker that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. The associated press, and the first account, didnt measure tl angles. I wonder why that was. I dont know. What i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case. People reporting the facts, which is, this individual was charged with a hate crime, this pros
Recklessness. Saturday morning tweets beginning just after 6 30 a. M. The president accused barack obama of tapping his phones at trump tower. He said this is a new low. It is nixon watergate. He called obama a bad or ck guy. The source of his wiretapping claim appears to be a concerted radio hes. Host. We have a Prior Administration barack obama and his Sur Grats Who were supporting Hillary Clinton and their party using the Instrew Mentalities of the federal government shlgs intelligence activities to surveil members of the trump campaign. Thats a voice to be believed. A Spokesman Says neither President Obama or any white
house official ever ordered surveillance on any u. S. Official. If the fbi, for instance, had a court order would that be information you would know or not know . Yes. You would be told this . Yes. If there was a court order on Something Like this . Yes you cant confirm or deny whether it exists . There is no fisa court order . Not to my knowledge. Of anything at tru
michael flynn was fired because there were concerns about his contacts with the russians. the white house was worried this would consume the early months of the administration. we know it consumed two years. they were worried about how about containing the damage. there was a plan early on to sort of say trump asked flynn to be fired sorry, to resign and this was going to be the end of the entire investigation. there was this sort of let s put this behind us. as we know, the white house lawyers put together a memo documenting all the misstatements that the press secretary sean spicer was saying at the time. it only made the problem worse. this early effort to contain the dani damage. they acknowledge sean spicer went out there in the briefing room and offered all the misstatements about what was going on and they never corrected it. right. one of the biggest issues that they were saying that spicer was putting out misleading
information was over whether the white house investigated the flynn matter and how much they had. spicer had said that they did investigate. the white house counsel s office said that wasn t true. i want your thoughts on roger stone. the federal judge overseeing his case has told him you have to be back in court because of what he has been saying and the picture he posted of the federal judge that had cross hairs in the background. if i was roger stone, would be concerned there s a chance that he may have to go to jail over this as he awaits his trial. he is going to be here. probably has to from florida. it was a stupid thing to do. there is going to be something is going to happen, whether the judge institutes a more stricter gag order or whether or not she jails him and seeing this as some kind of violation and holds him in context as a result, who knows. this is a judge, as we know she s the judge that s been
under scrutiny by house democrats for potential perjury. today, a doj spokesperson said he stands by his testimony. trump is standing by him. a very, very straight shooter. i watched him during the hearing, some of it. i thought he was exceptional. reporter: since trump told advisors rod rosenstein assured him the cohen investigation had nothing to do with him, the new york times reports he has since wondered if rosenstein was deliberately misleading him to keep him calm. the extensive report is also claiming trump told advisers in february 2017 they should say he asked for michael flynn s resignation because, quote, that sounds better. pressed by spicer if it was true, trump reportedly responded, say that, say that i asked for his resignation. according to the times lawyers were so concerned about what spicer said from the podium that they compiled an entire memo laying out his misstatements.