Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. Thats probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice ive been able to give him. Personnel is policy, in other words. Especially for a Chief Executive who for the first time in the history of this republic has zero experience in Public Service of any kind, not the government nor the military. With policy positions all over the map, even changing from one day to the next, its nearly impossible to predict just what
trump will do as president. The only
it is a strange metaphor but because, there is an obligation under doj ethics rules to present the grand jury with significant exculpatory information. does robert mueller over his years in law enforcement in the justice department, and the fbi, does he have a particular reputation in terms of how aggressive he might be about charging people? is he known for approaching these things any particular way? i would say the one thing he s known for is approaching investigations with a sense of urgency. i think we re seeing that here. to have charges filed now some of the people may think this is not very quick. it seems very quick to me. it is his reputation to work very hard. to drive his people very hard. to leave no stone unturned. according to cnn s report, this is not confirmed by nbc, the charges are still sealed under orders from a federal
they shouldn t approve it. this is between prosecutor and the grand jury without any intervention from someone who might be representing the target of the proposed indictment. that s right. and that s why the defendant is still presumed innocent. they have not had the chance to cross examine witnesses, confront accusers, or do all the things they have at trial. it has been very one sided. and the standard is not guilt beyond reasonable doubt but probable cause. you sometimes hear this complaint that a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich before a grand jury. i don t think that s true. not the least of which because it is a strange metaphor but because, there is an obligation under doj ethics rules to present the grand jury with significant exculpatory information. does robert mueller over his years in law enforcement in the justice department, and the fbi,
perhaps some irony there. now we have the confirmation of senator sessions here. he says he s not going to be recusing himself, at least won t commit to recus himse from my doj investigation involving the presidential campaign. this is what you tweeted. doj ethics rules make it crystal clear hold that thought, matt, sean spicer at the podium. we ll pick it up on the other side. great. i know you re looking forward to what promises to be a very historic night for the nation and for this president. the president is very excited to make his announcement of the next associate justice of the supreme court later this evening. according to some polls and you know we love polls around here, for 70% of the voters, president s choice for supreme court was an important factor in their choice of the ballot box in november. for more than one in five, it was the most important factor. tonight he will formally present his nominee to the american people and i can assure you that this individua
can t order the justice department to stop or start investigations. but, you know, that s not written in code anywhere. it s not written in rule. it s enforced because attorneys general and fbi directors have followed that standard and the one time when it wasn t in our history, during the middle of the watergate scandal when president nixon ordered the attorney general to stop an investigation it led to the resignation of the attorney general and the deputy attorney general and you have to hope that s what would happen here if president trump were to try something like that. you tweeted earlier today about doj ethics rules in terms of jeff sessions were he to be confirmed, whoever as attorney general, about whether they could be the one overseeing the investigation. what do the doj ethics rules say about that? they are very clear. there are rules about not investigating anything in which you were a member of in the previous two years but they re more specific when it relates to po