David Gura hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Conflicting information from weekend to weekend about what the president may or may not do, david. Geoff, thank you very much. Appreciate it as always. Geoff bennett joining us from the white house. I want to turn to my panel. Joyce, let me start with you. Bearing in mind, youre not an expert on election law, but i want to stick with one point that geoff just raised there about the dangers, the legal dangers of taking a meeting with representatives of a foreign country to offer dirt here on an opposing candidate in a u. S. Election. Help us understand the legal consequences of that. Theres a very specific statute that prohibits this kind of conduct. It makes it illegal to accept or to solicit a donation or a contribution related to a u. S. Election from either a foreign citizen or a foreign government. So on its face, that prohibition would seem to apply pretty clearly. If, for instance, while run
Investigation. And the fact that barr has been really the only voice speaking out on this has fed that perception. So with mueller now finally adding his voice, that will hurt the president s ability to continue this line of total exoneration, jim. Especially when its not true. Doesnt match the facts. Sarah westwood, thanks very much. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Top of the hour here. I am jim sciutto in new york. Our breaking news, a bombshell in the making. Robert mueller, the Special Counsel, who has not said a word in public since he took over the Russia Investigation two years ago this very month, is set to make a Public Statement, his first Public Statement one hour from now. This comes amid weeks of negotiations with the House Judiciary Committee over whether and how he will answer questions on the hill about the report that he submitted in march and will he take questions, will he take them in public . A lot of open questions there about the testimony. But no question n
not be released. nancy pelosi will meet face-to-face with alexandria ocasio cortez tomorrow. abca2 she wanted in person meeting after aoc blasted her over emergency border funding. he criticized nancy pelosi for targeting the group of democratic congresswomen known as the squad. 12 minutes after the hour there appears to be many more questions than answers after lawmakers grilled robert mueller yesterday. our next guest wants to know who really ran this 2-year investigation we break down the top take aways from mueller s testimony next. basketball and drug testing, a texas school district, you won t believe what age testing will start. we are coming right back. -keep it down there. i have a system. -keith used to be great to road-trip with. but since he bought his house. are you going 45? -uh, yes. 55 is a suggestion.
witchhunt is over following robert mueller s 6 hours of testimony. but is it over? what is next? excellent question, donald trump waste no time declaring total victory and while mueller denied his report gave the president, quote, total exoneration, the president said it wasn t mueller s place to do so. there is no such thing. he didn t have the right to exonerate. that was something where he totally folded because he never had the right to exonerate and it was covered very well by congressman turner. not surprisingly democrats see mueller s day before congress a little differently. it was a very strong manifestation, some would even say indictment of this
i want to talk about the soundbite we had a minute ago while it is fresh in our brains. you referenced the name of the firm, fusion gps and robert mueller says i m not familiar with that. it is not a trick question. it seems like a bizarre moment in time that he either couldn t confirm that or didn t remember that. what did you make of that? there are two parts of looking at that response. it is uncomfortable for people that former director mueller wasn t on his game for whatever reason, wasn t feeling well wasn t up to it so there could have been a memory lapse but the reality is carrying out his mandate it was clear he didn t focus on the origins of the russia business at all for two reasons, one, the mandate