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wrongdoing by president obama contradicting president trump s allegations that susan rice broke the law. plus, more info about the investigation into trump team connections to russia. details about surveillance warrants against one of the president s campaign managers and why the fbi thought that adviser could be acting as a foreign agent. plus, it s the first rule of politics. don t compare anybody to hitler. i guess nobody told sean spicer. we didn t use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know? you had a you know, someone when s despicable as hitler who didn t sink to the to using chemical weapons. we ve got the latest on the attempts to clean that up and whether that will be enough for president trump. we want do get started with the breaking news on the trump administration charges of improper surveillance by the obama administration. cnn is learning now about the claims of chairman devin nunes that members of the obama administration improperly requested the id ....
back. overnight we ve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the death penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. it is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. but he s not a commentator anymore. he s the president of the united states. so there s a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. there s an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. a federal government whose justice system he described yesterday as a laughing stock and a joke. well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any pronouncements. this is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. it s an improv ....
investigation would soon be winding down. however, there are signs to the contrary. axios is reporting that, quote, members of robert mueller s team are reaching out to former republican national committee staff who were familiar with the digital campaign. the goal is to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of russian trolls and bots aimed at affecting the american electorate. ty cobb said all of the interviews with the special team are over. however, former colleague said i would be shocked if he was done with the inner circle. all of these indictments, guilty pleas and interviews could be round one. joining me is jonathan swan with acti axios. thanks to all of you for joining. barry, the resident former prosecutor here, let me start with you. you have this report from the washington post saying that if point is that it s a question that a lot of people close to the situation are asking themselves is why did mueller allow for this prosecutorial vulnerab ....
The latest political developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. order is, territory now. and i wonder if they ve had a chance to explain to the president what you reported last week, that under this beefed up post-enron witness tampering law, he may have more exposure than he understands. they seem to be leaning on a first amendment defense, which is not going to hold up if your reporting holds up he s being scrutinized for the way these fit together. what rudy giuliani said today is this is ridiculous, the clip you played. the idea obstruction by tweet. he said it was bizarre and idiotic and there was nothing to it and the president can express his opinions. the thing about the president and obstruction and collusion, you know, interference or whatever you want to call it is the president usually focuses on the russia question. he says, this is a witch hunt. there was no collusion. he repeats that over and over again. the thing is that does the ....
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. was obvious the meeting was to get information from foreign nationals which is a crime. lawyers running around collusion is not a crime. anybody knows a low he ranking congressman like i was in my first year understood you can t get an in kind contribution from mullahs in iran or vladimir putin in russia. that s right, joe. the president is concerned. he s anxious, fearful about where this is all headed. his legal team is focused on that trump tower meeting as they have been for some time. that s a key moment in the mueller investigation. our reporting, despite what the president tweeted in response to it very much is that he s worried about don junior, expressed that worry to people he s been talking to on the phone, privately brouting about this. mueller seems to be inching closer and closer to the oval office, to the people in the p ....