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garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you re in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it s still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian is with us this morning. we have a lot going on. we ll start with the special counsel investigating president biden for his handling of classified documents will not bring charges against the president. that s the conclusion. he wrote in the report ....
Donald trump was still the president-elect, james comey and intelligent chiefs went to new york to trump tower to briefly president-elect on the report on russian efforts to interfere with the 2016 election. so far, so good. they had agreed after that that comey would stay behind and meet one-on-one with president-elect trump and tell him about this allegation about the moscow hotel room. the dossier sex allegation. what we found out, he had always said he only did that because he wanted the president to know the president-elect to know that the story was out there and it might be reported. some people in the media had it. it was for his own good. what we now know, comey one in planning to write a memo about whatever it was that he said. he had a car with a secure laptop waiting for him, he went there immediately after the meeting and began typing as soon ....
there have been allegations, mr. comey one, that while he was alone the president asked for personal pledge of loyalty. if you were ever approached by the president and asked for a personal pledge of loyalty what would you respond? senator, my only loyalty is to the american people and the constitution of the united states. i am honor bound and will work very hard to deliver to this president and his administration the best performance and intelligence c.i.a. can deliver. and if you were approached in such a way and such a demand was made of you would you inform this committee and the congress that you had been so approached? senator, i work very closely with this president. i don t believe that such a circumstance would ever occur. c.i.a. has been treated with enormous respect and our expertise is valued for what we bring to the table. if it occurred would you inform the committee? senator, it s a hypothetical. ....
Investigative legal perspective, there is a lot here that is salacious and not probative. what is more probative but takes more time is asking, why did the president of the united states need a loyalty oath from the fbi director and his deputy, mccabe? why was he fixated on mccabe? why did he show such a mastery of comey one, comey two, comey three, the hillary clinton investigation? why is it, let me ask you this, and i ll pass you back the ball, because you re our moderator, why is donald trump so fixated on how the fbi works and whether it can be used to indict hillary clinton and whether the number two at the fbi is a threat to him personally? i don t think that has much to do with the unverified part of the dossier. i wonder what else he knows that relates to the michael cohen proceedings going on in new york. that s where i m going. this is where i m going. that relates to the things that were done by manafort and gates. why is donald trump, before there is even a mueller pro ....
Lawmakers now calling on the president to turnover tapes if they exist of his conversations with comey one month after trump tweeted they may exist. i don t understand why the president just doesn t clear this matter up. i hope there are recordings for james comey s sake. if there are tapes, he should let that be known. reporter: a member of the trump team said disclosure could happen soon. the president will address the issue of the tapes next week. you are your own worst enemy here, mr. president. knock it off. you may be the first president in history to go down because you cannot stop inappropriately talking about an investigation that if you were just quiet would clear you. reporter: alisyn, the president is now looking at another legal battle ahead. ....