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Is. and then this idea that jeff sessions isnt a, you know, vocal defender of the president on television speaks to, after 18 months or so in office, his willful ignorance of the role of the attorney general of the united states. again, the attorney general of the united states is not the presidents personal lawyer. it seems as though he is still looking for his roy cohn. in hi department where there is a lawyer, hes hoping someone in his direct employ will be someone in the government who will ...

Threatened by this, his attacks on the free press, his attacks on the fbi, the department of justice, his attack on sessions. this is all part of his plan to take over in a way that no american should want to live under. and we have to take action to make sure it doesnt happen. and we clearly cannot count on anyone in congress. as you said, the things that people said a year ago sound ridiculous in comparison to what theyre saying now. its a total reversal. and as jonathan said, he didnt like fl...

Lobbying gop senators to flip on jeff sessions. "politico" reports the willingness of republican senators to turn on jeff sessions is the result of a furious lobbying campaign from president donald trump who, for the past ten days, has been venting his anger at sessions to any senator who will listen as one gop senate aid put it. donald trump reporting to "politico" raised the prospect of firing sessions last week in a phone conversation with senator lindsey graham and lindsey graham simply pres...

Has to do with the recent testimony he gave to mueller or not, but i do think that could create tension. because the president wants someone who is a yes man, who will do what he wants to do, and mcgahn was not that and never going to be that. >> another interesting note from this jim acosta reporting, the chief white house correspondent, as for why trump doesnt just fire mcgahn, the source says it is typical trump. he whines about people but doesnt fire them like with jeff sessions. >> i think ...

Definite definitely -- they had rocky times. don mcgahn had his bags packed and boxes packed in his office ready to go because he was ready to quit. so there was definitely a very tense relationship at times between don mcgahn and the president. but heres the deal. for the purposes of the investigation, the russia investigation, don mcgahn has been a very, very important witness. the fact is, hes the white house counsel who had very important conversations with the president over, for example, t...

General jeff sessions policies to be contrary to the law and vacate them and enter an order staying removal of the asylum seek torres allow them the ability to be given new credible fear interviews. this as the white house is expected to put steven millers plan limiting the number who obtain legal status if there are household members who have used obamacare, childrens health insurance, food stamps and other benefits. yesterday a 6-year-old boy was reunited with his mother in guatemala after bei...

Will decide if the president is likely to sit with robert mueller for an interview while at bedminster. but it might not be donald trumps decision to make, admitting that trump might be, quote, forced to testify on matters that occurred before he took office and that might mean real legal jeopardy for the president. that admission comes as we are learning new details about the trump mayor relationship. bloomberg reports that the day after he interviewed robert mueller to be the deputy director o...

Should say shes going do immigrant to stop it. i encourage her to visit the border. >> hold on, though. >> this nonsense theyre telling the aclu that they should be reunifying the parents is a shame though. its the federal governments responsibility. >> i want to zero in on one point. jeff sessions announced this policy in the spring. then when the policy was backfiring and they were getting the negative headlines and the pictures looked bad, but, you know, lives were actually much worse, they s...

Ties to another trump confidant roger stone. only time will tell what if anything will happen in this trump trip to bedminster, we should be in for an unexpectedly evidentful supper vacation. joining us now, julia ansly. he was not courtroom today. deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton and glen kurshne rerkr. jeff sessions in the room with the president when he was told robert mueller was going to be special counsel. according to bloomberg news, jeff session offered his resig...

Recused himself from this investigation that third down been allowed to happen, that rod rosenstein was able to appoint the special counsel. of course the way we see it, the logical way to see it was the appointment of robert mueller was because of the firing of jim comey. the fs the presidents decision, not jeff sessions decision to recuse himself that triggers this. he knew he would also be in trouble. we look back at last summer it can number of times we were on sessions watch, thinking he wa...