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That delay, that gap is it really interesting. Because we know this isnt the only information that american intelligence had about possible russian attempts to influence the election. So there it were other channels coming in at the same time. Also highlights the degree to which the fbi was put in an almost impossible position later in the campaign. We know they had this information or some of this information. We knew there was the Ongoing Investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. You have th...

The president is putting pressure on the deep state doj days aftering the "new york times" i have absolute right to do what i want to the justice department, but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly. i have stayed uninvolved with this particular matter. lets bring in justice correspondent jessica schneider. >> the president starting the new year much the same way he ended 2017. prodding of the justice department to investigate hillary clinton and launching attacks aga...

Legislating. starting his day wig a tweet storm that continued into the afternoon. trump calling for jail time for former hillary clinton aide huma abedin for reportedly included confidential government information in personal e-mails. adding on twitter, deep state justice department must finally act. also on comey and others. the presidents swipe at his own justice department coming days after he told "the new york times" he plans to stay out of the way of any investigations related to clintons...

Just last week speaking in defense of robert mueller. >> despite the initial denials of any russian contacts during the election, this committees efforts have helped uncover numerous and troubling, high level engagements between the trump campaign and russian affiliates, many of which have only been revealed in recent months. >> doesnt sound like hes clearing the president. then theres what the president said on the possibility of reopening the clinton e-mail probe. "i have absolute right to do ...

Russia and trump campaign shows no signs of slowing down. they predicted the investigation would conclude by thanksgiving, thats this thanksgiving, and that has come and gone. and the investigation, quote, makes the country look very bad and puts the country in a very bad position, so the sooner its worked out better it is for the country. he went on to say, quote, have i the absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department. but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be...

>> the other thing interesting here, phil mattingly, where he says for the purposes of hopefully thinking i am going to be treated fairly and hes talking about the investigation into russian investigation meddling and potential objective of justice, and hes linking that to why he wouldnt re-open the hillary clinton e-mail investigation, unrelated, and thats political weaponry hes talking about. >> yeah, i might exercise my power if it comes to that point. the president has walked up to the line ...

Concern you? and what the president said no it doesnt concern me, except that its really bad for the country and he repeated that in a bunch of different ways saying he thought the longer this goes on the worst it is for the country. >> lets talk about more about what you just said. i have the absolute right, i have absolute right to do what i want to do with the justice department, but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, ive stayed uninvolved with this particular m...

Justice. he asked if he would open up an investigation against the clintons. and he said i have absolute right to do what i want with the justice department. but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, ive stayed uninvolved with this particular matter. he talked again about how his disappointment in jeff sessionss recusal. its too bad jeff recused himself. i like him. i dont want to get into loyalty, but i will say this. eric holder protected president obama. totally pr...

Donald trump. that was part of his dust up with the former fbi director, james comey. the president asked him for loyaltyy and he couldnt say he would be loyal to him, but his country. he had a lot to say on a lot of topics in florida before he heads back to washington to begin the new year. >> it is a fascinating interview. a comment by president trump about his power over the justice department in this interview is raising eyebrows in this "new york times" interview, the president was asked wh...

Interview was. le every line there was something to dig into. thats one thing you can say for president trump, is that he -- everything out of his mouth is something that you want to pay attention to. everything that he tweets, everything that comes from his thumbs is something you want to pay attention to. so, for better or worse, everything he said is something were going to be talking about for, probably the next few days, like you said. we didnt get an end of the year press conference. this ...