The fbi has been in turmoil. you know that. i know that. everybody knows that i also want to have a really competent, capable director. he is not. he is a showboater. i didn t appoint him. he was appointed long before me. near remarks that was some of the rest of his explanation. yeah, i have to agree with matt. the reality here is the american people are listening to donald trump as he tells russians, lester holt, the american people basically got rid of the fbi director because he was getting too close to him on russia. that s essentially what he told the russians. so, you know, the white house can put out alternative spin. but fact that a strong majority of americans believe what is just patently obvious. the sky is blue. the sea is blue. and donald trump fired the fbi director because he has an investigation.
You know that. i know that. everybody knows that i also want to have a really competent, capable director. he is not. he is a showboater. i didn t appoint him. he was appointed long before me. near remarks that was some of the rest of his explanation. yeah, i have to agree with matt. the reality here is the american people are listening to donald trump as he tells russians, lester holt, the american people basically got rid of the fbi director because he was getting too close to him on russia. that s essentially what he told the russians. so, you know, the white house can put out alternative spin. but fact that a strong majority of americans believe what is just patently obvious. the sky is blue. the sea is blue. and donald trump fired the fbi director because he has an investigation. he has an investigation into donald trump. when he called him a showboater,
He has an investigation into donald trump. when he called him a showboater, he just didn t like his congressional testimony being honest that he is investigating him for collusion with the russians. so neera, as someone who has studied donald trump and was in a campaign that got more votes, but ultimately lost the electoral college to donald trump, your view of where this fits into his overall approval in his young presidency. look, what sing really important about the russian investigation is at the end of the day, this is really about a foreign government undermining our elections, and donald trump himself fanning those flames and benefitting. whether he knew about the collusion or knew that can be proven, there is so many instance here where it seems like he has engaged in a cover-up. why would you fire the fbi director unless you essentially were covering up for something. so at the end of the day, i m glad that there is a special
Bush s lawyers. so he is he s very comfortable in that spotlight. trump may call him a showboater but others would say he s just someone that wants the story out there. that july moment that you re talking about related to hillary clinton, that one was of the things that the deputy a.g. cited, the idea that you would have a press conference to explain that there aren t going to be charges brought. right. so bob mueller, who s now been appointed by the justice department to go ahead and look independently at these possible connections between the trump campaign and russia, he s going to speak to comey before this. sure. that s what we know, right? yes. and they are very close. they work together for years after 9/11 when mueller was the head of the fbi and comey was at the justice department. mueller says, look, can you just cool it so i can do my
Crossing. great reporting. thanks very much. maggie will be back with the panel later tonight. this broke just as the president was leaving for the first overseas trip of his presidency. athena jones is here with the latest on that. the president several hours into his trip to the middle east, have they reacted to any of tonight s braini ingbreaking ne? they are still flying. usa mention as you mentioned, this broke as they were flying. we did get a statement from sean spicer and what is notable about that statement is that he doesn t deny the new york times report and said he focused on this idea of director former director comey having been a showboater, his word was grandstanding. which created unnecessary pressure on the white house s ability to engage and negotiate with russia. he brings up a couple of deals