The investigation just a couple of days before the election. And a lot of republicans felt comey gave clinton a pass when he stood there and chose not to charge her. Also revealed in this 500page report, more of these antitrump Text Messages between this fbi official and former fbi attorney. The most damaging, quote, well stop from becoming president. Evan perez, what are your biggest takeaways . I think the most important point that the Inspector General makes is really addressing the criticism that has been coming from the president , from a lot of republicans in congress, which was that this investigation was done in a politically biased manner, that she should have been charged, Hillary Clinton should have been charged and she wasnt because there was interference, political interference in the way this investigation was done and the Inspector General found that that is not so. At least theres no evidence of that. And you just pointed to the key quote in there where they said they h
Supreme court candidates. He is going to have a busy week ahead where he said that he would announce the Supreme Court nominee after Supreme Court justice anthonys retirement. The looming battle is already igniting a firestorm on capitol hill. Republican senator Susan Collins is going be a key vote for the presiden president , and she met with trump to discuss the vacancy and she says that she has some concerns. Are you comfortable with everyone on the list . No, i am not. Now, some of the people on the list, i have not vetted at all at this point. One of them i voted against years ago. And i would have to do a great deal more work on many of them. All right. Checkinging in with the cnn White House Correspondent Boris Sanchez in brooklyn heights, new jersey, and what can you tell us about what the president is examining while making a selection . Hey, there, fred. Yeah, right now the white house has only confirmed that President Trump has spoken to a couple of close advisers and allies
Good for sleeping. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is at the white house right now. Trump claims obamas speech put him to sleep, but we know its keeping them awake, you know, who is at the center of this oped. The effort is still under way at the white house to root out the Senior Administration official who penned this oped in the New York Times which really does not portray the president in a positive light. It portrays the president as somebody who makes reckless decisions, whose impulses must be constantly checked by the advisers around him. And the white house is still trying to figure out who this person is. A source close to the white house telling cnn the list has been whittled down to just a few people. One Senior Administration official whos already denied writing the oped is out with a rebuttal, nikki haley, the United States ambassador to the united nations. She writes in the washington post, i, too, am a senior trump Administration Official. If i disagree with something and believe it
Starting with the guessing game and the white house investigation into whos behind that oped. But that who doesnt it shouldnt overshadow the substance of what was actually written, that senior officials inside the white house are working to quote protect america from the actions of the president himself. And all these concerns reinforced by Bob Woodwards new book, fear, which chronicles further dysfunction in the administration. Joining us to discuss all of this, chief White House Correspondent with the New York Times peter baker. David k. Johnson, and staff wire with vanity fair. Peter, let me begin with you. This apgs by the Vice President today going out saying hes even willing to take a lie detector, what do we know about how hard the administration is working to find out who wrote this oped . Are we going to get to a point that we can possibly see Something Like a lie did he to being tore test being administered . They have not opened a formal investigation but you see the preside
President trump is shadow boxing against an invisible enemy. And barack obama, more on him coming up. President trump said that he wants the attorney general to serve his political agenda rather than the law. The oped posed a National Security threat to the country. He would like jeff segs to launch an investigation to find out who wrote the piece. Here is the audio of the president responds on air force one. I will say this, for somebody to do that, it is very low. I think journalistically, and from many different standpoints, maybe even from the standpoint of National Security, we will find out about that for the New York Times to allow that to happen is disgraceful. Do you think jeff segs should investigate who the author of the oped piece was . I think jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was, i believe it is National Security. This comes after the president demanded that new york timings turn over the author to government at once. And trump suggested that arti