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He said president obama did nothing. learning about russian meddling, that is not the case. former president obama did actually confront russian president vladimir putin at a g20 summit in china last year. so, this is a factually inaccurate comment from the president in that tweet earlier today, wolf. >> all right, jim accosta, at the white house for us. thanks. lets get more on all of this. richard blumenthal a democrat on both the judiciary and armed services committees. senator, thanks for jo...

Community, the u.s. intelligence community, had advised president-elect trump, quote, that there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trumps surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government, close quote. i was taken aback by that explosive allegation, which he said was being reported as breaking news that very day and which i had not heard. i wanted to refute that immediately. any suggestion that i was part of such an activity. i replied quote, i replied t...

Those memos to the press in order to, in mr. comeys words, quote, prompt the appointment of a special counsel, close quote. although mr. comey testified he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet. the public record reveals that "the new york times" was quoting from those memos the day before the referenced tweet. which belies mr. comeys excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to be entirely retaliatory. we will leave it to the appropriate authorities to...

From his questioning today. >> with regards of these conversations and his interview of lester holt on nbc, the president said i had dinner with him, he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on, is this is an accurate statement? >> no, sir. >> did you initiate that dinner? >> no. >> he called me at my desk and asked me was i free for dinner that night. >> did the same interview the president said in one case i called him and one case he called me, is that an accurate statement? >> it i...

President insisted that comey sign on as some kind of loyalty pledge. but the white house, the presidents legal team really feel like they struck gold with this admission from james comey that he did orchestrate the release of his memos through that columbia professor. and you heard that from the attorney today. he called it a former leaker. heres what he had to say. >> today, mr. comey admitted that he leaked to friends of his purported memos of those privileged communications. one of which he ...

Any second now, president trump is going to take the podium at the department of transportation. hes set to speak on his new plans to revamp the federal bidding process. this all has to do with this infrastructure week hes on. >> until then, you guys have got to see this. ready? quote, i want to burn the white house down. yup, thats a direct quote. those are the words allegedly written by nsa contractor named reality winner. a note found inside her home. gabe gutierrez is live in augusta, georgi...

She allegedly inserted it into a top secret computer while she was in the air force. they cant find that flashdrive. >> they have some way of knowing that a flashdrive was inserted. >> that is a whole heck of a lot more than receiving a document that six other people did and sharing it with a publication. she also wrote shed like to meet taliban and al qaeda leaders and researched traveling to tel-aviv. it is more complicated than what was presented a few days ago. >> her attorneys, we should po...

Indication trump tried to block any kind of investigation but then he went on to hit comey as a leaker. listen. >> mr. comey also admitted that there is no evidence that a single vote changed as a result of any russian interference. mr. comeys testimony also makes clear that the president never sought to impede the investigation into attempted russian interference in the 2016 election. mr. comey admitted that he leaked to friends of his purported memos of those privileged communications, one of ...

Go, close quote. the president also never told mr. comey, quote, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty, close quote. he never said it in form, and he never said it in substance. >> so comey is accurate in saying confirming that the president was not under investigation, but he rejects what he said about the loyalty oath. so is he cherry-picking here? >> i think the biggest take away was the first part saying the president was not under investigation. lets just be completely honest here. when the pres...

The dispute. the idea james comey said the president asked him to stop investigating michael flynn. heres what the presidents personal lawyer had to say about it. >> never in form or substance, directed or suggested, that mr. comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. comey, quote, let flynn go, close quote. the president also never told mr. comey, quote, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty, close quote. he never said it in form. he never said it in substance....