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Back in january, you might remember the secret society at the fbi text which turned out to be a gag gift about putin-themed calendars. then in february we have the text about obama wanting to know everything, which republicans said was about the clinton e-mail investigation. strzok testified it is about his being concerned about russian meddling in the election. then in jun we have the president propagating a reddit conspiracy theory he had about the russian conspiracy beginning in 2015 when all evidence shows it started in july of 2016. we have seen this play before, and my guess is as long as mueller is around we will see it again. the facts getting in the way of a good story. laura jarett, thanks very much. just ahead, the latest on hurricane florence. more than a million people have been ordered to evacuate as the storm gains strength and closes in on the east coast. plus, president vladimir putin flexing his military muscles. details of russia s biggest war games in decades. ....
That s the old cartoon character, mr. magoo, and from the washington post, the nickname president trump gave to his attorney general. stories say behind the scenes, president trump is fuming and indignant after attorney general sessions respond to the president s twitter attack with acts of defiance, daring the president to fire him in a statement he put out defending priorities, and sessions was seen dining in the company of rosenstein in the justice official supervising the russian probe after sessions rekscued himself. this caused staffers to give his boss a bullet proof vest as a tongue in cheek gag gift. our panel is back with me. mr. magoo, that s not a nice thing to say about the attorney general. it s not. you can get rid of him. yeah, but he d risk more if te did, a he did. good for ag sessions to stand up. he was the first republican senator to endorse him, and this is how he repays him? ....
Sounding the alarm about that secret society. he said on fox news what this is about is further corruption more than bias. the secret society, we have an informant talking about a group that was holding secret meetings off site. the frenzy he whipped up seemed to do with a gag gift of cal ders. it was a joke. when that was finally disclosed senator johnson s response of it being a joke saying it is a real possibility. we asked senator johnson to come on the broadcast and we never heard back. we are happy to welcome congressman himes of connecticut. this is the second time alleging some security base what is ....
Full exchange had to do with a gag gift of vladimir putin-themed calendars. manu raju asked senator johnson whether it had all been a joke. he said, quote, it s a real possibility. we asked senator johnson to come on the program but never heard back from his staff or any secret society. i asked democratic congressman jim himes about it. these are all faux scandals that are thrown out there for the sole purpose of causing some americans to say, golly, i wonder whether the fbi is on the up and up because at some point bob mueller may come through with some conclusions. and it s important to the president s supporters to have that uncertainty out there. back now with our panel. joining us also is mike rogers and carl bernstein. dana, this is the second time we ve heard from senator johnson. you first time you would think after kind of floating this secret society idea and having it really turn out to be kind of a joke and also making claims about an informant backing up the claims, th ....
Senator johnson, you ll remember, seized on another strzok-page exchange referring to a secret society, suggesting it was evidence of corruption and secret off site meetings. he even claimed to have an informant on this. turns out sources tell cnn the full exchange had to do with a gag gift of vladimir putin-themed calendars. manu raju asked senator johnson whether it had all been a joke. he said, quote, it s a real possibility. we asked senator johnson to come on the program but never heard back from his staff or any secret society. i asked democratic congressman jim himes about it. these are all faux scandals that are thrown out there for the sole purpose of causing some americans to say, golly, i wonder whether the fbi is on the up and up because at some point bob mueller may come through with some conclusions. and it s important to the president s supporters to have that uncertainty out there. back now with our panel. joining us also is mike rogers and carl bernstein. dana, thi ....