Page 2 - Fires Him News Today

Coconspiracy as the president is, and in very where wrongdoing, law breaking relating to corruption of his own election would be a grave mistake. i agree with the majority leader that jeff sessions ought to stay where he is and i think that a number of my colleagues, i can tell you this point very bluntly. ive talked to a none my colleagues, i think there would be holy hell to pay, thats a red line. >> do you think if sessions is gone, one way or another, either he resigns or under pressure or t...

But if the president fires him, he is in a box. i can hear it now, saturday night massacre analogies all over the place. he does not have an attorney general, never had one. the biggest abuse of powerer ca. only happens about taxicab medallions and bank loan applications. >> right. the president of the united states was and is entitled to a fully-engaged attorney general.. he has never had that. jeff sessions made a terrible mistake. besides accepting the job knowing he would have to recuse hims...

If the president fires him, or keeps him, i think the president might still have a problem. which choice would be better? >> oh, theres no question that the wrong choice is firing him. it is possible to build a case of obstruction against yourself, even if you didnt commit the original crime. it is hard to do. but this president could very well achieve that. and the problem is that firing rosenstein is not just the wrong thing to do, it wouldnt work. rosensteins an institutional player. he is do...

Trump interview and a deadline perhaps looming with rosensteins departure. hes got to write that report. press send, get it to rosenstein and he gets it to congress for possibly impeachment or send it to court. who will replace rosenstein and what would they do with such a report? would they just put it in their top drawer and close the door. >> let me bring in on that point. if rosenstein does go, if the president fires him, do we have a sense who is next? >> thats a good question. technically ...

For "the boston herald," and harry litman and deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton. kimberly, ill start with you. when i read that piece about jeff sessions getting a bulletproof vest with his name on it, the guys in my studio resigned themselves to a sad laughter. is that the state of affairs that we have an attorney general who is just going to take it from the president? he doesnt care hes not moving? >> yeah, i think the one thing you can describe the attorney general ab...

Seems more interested asking him where the russia investigation is going and asking rosenstein if he is on his team. are you on my team. ill give you a chance and then david irving. >> first, one wonders, did mr. rosenstein make notes of that conversation. after jim comey was asked by the president for his loyalty, comey was so disconcerted by that he made notes. i have no idea if rosenstein did but thats something mr. mueller will want to know right away. did mr. rosenstein or anyone in that me...

And want him over. if mueller is not going to investigate something or someone is. right now hes there that takes pressure off congress to have that investigative -- to do that investigative work. if the president fires him, throws him out i dont think congress can get away with no investigation. >> democrats were already looking to get daca in the spending new york stock exchaspd i ing negotiations and now mueller protections. is it too much at one time? >> it might be. anything is too much whe...

These make cleaning between myi love easy.sy. gum brand for healthy gums. soft picks, proxabrush cleaners, flossers. gum brand. welcome back. youre watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. back with our breaking news. steve bannon has been fired. it has been a chaotic four, even by these white house standards, so lets just all take a moment just to remind you what has happened, incredibly significant events, one after the other. so in no particular order, president trump in the last four has -- fires ...

Communications operations didnt know that you -- and then he said that stuff. >> but there was so many who tried to either defend him or at least put that into context. i remember sarah huckabee sanders saying in a news conference after that profanity-laced tirade, she said, well, you know, this is a guy whos got strong opinions and hes outspoken and that sort of thing. so what do you think of people who try to put him into context that way? >> you can express strong opinions in different ways. ...

The president should not try to fire muller. the president probably wanted jeff sessions to go. because he wants an eric holder or a bobby kennedy, jack kennedy, relationship. you cant have that when the attorney general is recused on the major issue of the administration. bill is right. the attorney general testified in his confirmation hearings that he would submit the question of recusal at the department of justice and hes an honorable man. that ethics official said he had to recuse himself....