the president have had this back and forth for months. and jeff sessions, even in the rough times has said, look, i m not going. and senate republicans have stood behind jeff sessions. and if rosenstein is fired and jeff sessions leaves, republicans are going to be forced to do some things that they don t want. and they have warned this president not to do anything to sessions. and if he fires rosenstein and sessions leaves, this signals something to senate republicans. just republicans on the hill. and you have to remember, there is a fine line for this white house and any other white house, you re not supposed to put your hand in the pot at the u.s. department of justice. well, that was that was then. this is now. and that could all change. it s still, supposedly, the fact. it s still policy. evan, you have some new reporting tonight on how exactly fresh firepower got added to trump s legal taeam. i m talking about rudy giuliani. trump personally pushed for him, did he not?
really good watchdog for the media in keeping donald trump s claims to be worth more than any other realtor, any billionaire on the list down to $100 million. and what i realized was the con was so it was so much of a pattern over 82, 83, 84 that he switched the guideposts. so i came in with the question should he be on the forbes 400 to how much more than $100 million is he worth, and i didn t know it until i listened to the tapes and found them a few months ago. that s a great con man. listen, let s jump ahead and i want to play what james comey said last night about the president s behavior in office. listen. i think he has an emptiness inside of him and a hunger for affirmation i ve never seen in an adult. and i m not saying that to be funny. i think that he lacks external
for trump. and then lied about his wealth to land a spot on the iconic forbes 400 list of the richest americans. senior national correspondent alex marquardt has the story. okay, what s your first name? john. john barron. reporter: he s back, john barron, the name first heard in the 1980s who spoke for donald trump, sounded like donald trump, but was never seen or met, and yet the president denies that he, in fact, is barron. most of the assets have been skated to mr. trump. you know, because you have trump. reporter: in this audio recording just released from 1984, the so-called barron is claiming to a reporter that the assets of trump s wealthy father, fred, are, in fact, donald s. okay, and when you say, you know, in excess of 90% of the ownership? i would say in excess of 90, in fact, it s actually really closer to the ultimate, but in excess of 90%, yes. reporter: so, he says, trump deserves a higher spot on the new forbes 400 list of the
he pushed not only for giuliani, but also was very concerned about this that the headlines were reporting that you ve got multiple big-name lawyers, well-known, white collar lawyers who have turned down an effort to join the president s legal team. so, you know, some negative headlines. and i think the president was very concerned about that. he was disturbed by that. and he wanted rudy on his team. but let me tell you, i think even more significant than rudy, who s, you know, rudy giuliani, who s obviously a big name, but hiring jane and marty raskin down in miami, this is a serious couple of lawyers down there who are serious lawyers, well-known. i ve talked to a bunch of white-collar lawyers here in washington who say, these are people who are going to make a difference for the president s legal team. and so rudy giuliani is going to be the face, he s going to go interact with robert mueller s team. and, you know, rudy is telling people, rudy giuliani is telling people, certainly, t
is that kim is going to ask president trump for? and we have seen a propensity for president trump to say why do we have the forces on the peninsula? who is paying for this? what quine of defensive measure? remember that was part of the manhatt mantr a zblien washington post , attorney jeff sessions threatening to quit with the president fires rod rosenstein. what happened in federal court today on the storm daniels lawsuit. i ll talk to her attorney later on tonight.