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It s all hypothetical at this point until that recusal happens. on the other side of this, mr. bower, i wanted to ask you about the legal team that the president has started to assemble thus far. i don t want to ask you to be personal about any of these lawyers. but do you think he s got the right kind of counsel to give him the best possible defense? well, he s adding different lawyers with different experience. what is most notable is that the lawyer he has at the pinnacle, the one in charge doesn t have any washington or meaningful white collar criminal experience would be brought to bear in a case like this. in the end, the team is really defined by its leadership. but, perhaps, the lawyer will find the appropriate balance and he ll build sort of in lego-like fashion what he needs to represent the president effectively. bob bower, former white house counsel to president obama, thank you. i hope you come back and talk to us soon. thank you. i have more questions on ....
With all these gigantic lists of people who ve been advised to get lawyers and told to get ready for their interviews with the special counsel and be prepared if subpoenaed. mike pompeo was a direct witness to one of the most overt alleged acts to obstruct justice in this case, but nobody seems to want to talk to him. tonight we can report texan of last month, he was sent a letter from dianne feinstein asking him to tell them what he knows about whether white house officials tried to pressure the fbi about its russia investigation. they sent him that letter on may 26th telling him they need his response by june 9th. we can report pompeo never ....
Department official. are you saying that if the obstruction investigation does come to focus on this issue of the firing of the fbi director, the special counsel might have an option whether or not to call on mr. rosenstein as a potential witness if he chooses to leave mr. rosenstein s besides the point and outside the bounds of his investigation, that might protect rosenstein in his role and allow him to stay on board overseeing the investigation overall? it s difficult to see that he ll never contact mr. rosenstein. i think maybe what deputy attorney general rosenstein is waiting to see is what precisely is the line of questioning he ll face, how deeply drawn in he ll be, what role he ll play in the investigation. it may be on that basis that he decides whether he s required to recuse himself. if the role is minor that may be one thing. it s not clear how exactly he s going to apply the recusal standards in this case. ....
Indirect witness to one of the most overt alleged acts to obstruct justice in this case, but nobody seems to want to talk to him. tonight we can reported that at the end of may, chuck grassley and dianne feinstein sent him a letter. they sent a letter to mike pompeo to tell them what he knows about whether white house officials tried to directly or indirectly pressure the fbi about the russia investigation. they sent him that letter on may 26th telling him they needed his response by june 9th. that was a week ago. we can report pompeo never responded to that. these investigations are as red-hot as they ve ever been. we re going to be talking tonight about the speculation, i would even sat indications that the president may be gearing up to try to fire the special counsel. and maybe other senior justice officials on his way toward that goal. but stick a pin in this thing about the cia director, mike pompeo. ....
The damage on the fitzgerald is both above and below the water line. it s turning into a large response. again, that very worrying news for those unaccounted sailors. we ll keep you posted over the course of the evening. courtney kube is nbc s pentagon producer and she s been reporting aggressively on this since it happened. we re going to be in touch with courtney kube over the course of the hour as we get more. i should also tell you tonight we are also keeping an eye on the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul this evening. this afternoon a jury returned a until the verdict in the case of a police officer who was charged in the death of philando castile. this is a case that got a lot of nationwide attention. he was killed by that police officer doing her routine traffic stop. the officer today was acquitted but immediately after the verdict came in, his police department announced he was fired from his job. but he s been found not guilty. ....