Meeting that involved the russian lawyer, donald trump jr. , Paul Manafort and jared kushner. Robert mueller wants to know what involvement did you have in the communication strategy, including the release of donald trump jr. s emails. Of course that was in regarding to that statement that falsely said the meeting was about russian adoptions and then they later admitted it was not. It was because donald trump jr. Believed they had dirt on hillary clinton. Robert mueller wants to know about that trip that the president made to russia, and what communication he had with the agalovs and the russian government official. Then in regards to the firing of james comey, Robert Mueller wants to know what did you mean when you told those russian officials in the oval office the day after you fired comey, when you said that it took the pressure off. He also wants to know when you fired mr. Comey, what when was that decision made, why, who played a role . That will be very interesting, john and pop
An allegation he made with no corroboration. And then after a meeting here at the white house yesterday, that involved President Trump, chief of staff john kelly, the Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein, the fbi director Christopher Wray and the director of National Intelligence dan coats. They had that meeting here at the white house. They were here for roughly an hour and afterwards the press secretary Sarah Sanders announced that there was john kelly was going to set up this meeting between the fbi, the Law Enforcement officials and these congressional leaders so they could see some information related to this. Now, she said that was going to happen immediately. The timing is still unclear on that meeting. And there is not a lot of clarity surrounding what that meeting is going to look like. We dont know who sin vit is in. It says they will be provided with information. He with don what we are getting is the sense that both parties walked away feeling as if they have gotten the u
Im not from this town. I understand that people in this town like to talk about somethings that are really not that important. Not that long ago, nbc news had an exclusive report that Rex Tillerson had insulted the president s intelligence. As you heard there, the former secretary of state didnt deny it. Now nbc news is out with a new exclusive. This time that the president s own chief of staff, john kelly, referred to trump as an idiot. Multiple times. Questioning his grasp on policy and the basic functions of government. But today there may be bigger fish to fry for the white house. With the New York Times publishing four dozen questions that bob mueller wants the president to ask about his ties to russia. Funny about that story. That before Rudy Giuliani started working on the president s team, you didnt hear a whole lot coming out about the back and forth between the Mueller Investigation. Now all this stuff is coming out. So anyhow, we have reporters who helped break that story. W
About that about how this president is exercising his power to grant pardons. My conversation with Alice Marie Johnson and her daughter. How do you feel . You just got out. It is so overwhelming. When did you first learn and how did you learn that you were going to get out . My case manager called me back. When the attorneys came on, i heard Kim Kardashian west. And kim gave me the news and i started screaming. It was just too much. Did you know she was going to go to the white house and plead your case . Yes, i knew she was going on my birthday. True tessa, this must be an incredible day for you. Did you ever think after 21 years you would see your mom released from prison. I always had hope. But i didnt know when i woke up this morning that today was the day for sure. Alice, did it feel strange to be out . Yes. I have not been out in a car without handcuffs. Did you talk with her . To true tessa . True tessa, if you want to use this opportunity if there is anything you want to say to
Source would put the source anonymity and safety at risk. But over the weekend, the president took the unusual step of siding against his own administration, tweeting, quote, if the fbi or doj wassin fill fi was infiltrating the campaign for the benefit of another campaign that is a big deal. And the Senate Judiciary is asking for and can give the conclusive answers. Drain the swamp. The president responding to a conspiracy theyre thoo theorn individual implanted on his campaign to spy into his campaign. And officials tell cnn that is not the case. We learned the president aggressive move is part of a new strategy being pushed by a form of advisers outside of the white house and including steve bannon and Cory Lewandowski and david bossie and president of the trump hispanic Advisory Counsel and cnn commentator, steve courtes and part of a push to paint the president as the victim of a deep state conspiracy and convincing trumpfriendly media and president to make a more adversarial posi