Also tonight, attorney general Jeff Sessions rejecting calls from President Trump and Top Republicans on capitol hill to name a Second Special counsel to investigate the fbi and the Justice Department. At least for now. However, he is revealing that a top federal prosecutor is, in fact, investigating allegations that the fbi abused its power to surveil a Trump Campaign adviser and looking into political bias in the investigation of Hillary Clintons handling of classified information. President trump appearing in its first public event all week, talking up his infrastructure plan before a crowd of Union Builders in ohio, and joking about his past as a real estate developer. I think better than being president , i was maybe good at building. I think i will be better as President Trump. It was vintage Campaign Style trump. But a lot of what he said to the assembled crowd just flatout wrong. We will take a look at that for you. Lets get to the breaking news on Robert Mueller and the russia
Every lawyer in america turns down the unmanageable client and in brunswick, georgia, population 16,346 we find the smalltown lawyer who comes to the president s rescue. Thats who the president is relying on as of tonight. Its like an insideout georgia version of my cousin vinny. Thats the part you want. You come from georgia to washington to the to slay the dragons. Yes. Cant wait to see that. Thank you, rachel. See you. In an editorial today entitled all the president s thugs, the New York Times said we live in a time when a porn star displays more class than the president. If youre old enough to remember Lyndon Johnson lying about vietnam. Its not knew. Everyone can point to a president they think had less credibility than a porn star. Not to mention the fact we have no widespread agreement on the credibility of a porn star. So the times editorial is wrong to the porn stars. Its assuming that porn stars credibility are low and the president s are higher. We sometimes have credibilit
New charges against the former Trump Campaign chairman. It is even more clear tonight that Paul Manafort is in a world of trouble. Earlier day manafort was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice for allegedly trying to tamper with witnesses in his case. As we reported, muellers team is seeking to have manaforts bail revised or taken away entirely over these allegations. Late tonight, manafort responded to muellers bail filing, saying the accusations of attempted witness tampering are based, quote, on the thinnest of evidence. Manafort is due in court on june 15 to find out if he will immediately head to jail. The same obstruction charges were also brought today against manaforts longtime russian associate, Konstantin Kilimnik. Todays indictment says that around february and april of this year, quote, the defendants Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik knowingly and intentionally conspired to corruptly persuade another person with intent to inf
Youre running for u. S. Senate in West Virginia. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president of the United States is taking right now concrete steps towards a major high stakes confrontation with his own Justice Department. The strongest advocate for cooperating with special counsel mueller is now leaving the president s legal team. The administration confirming that ty cobb who represents the white house in the Mueller Probe is stepping down at the end of the month. According to one report, cobb has been clashing with the president over trumps combative prostour towards the investigation. Ty was uncomfortable with the mueller tweets. He was not going to be part of a mudslinging campaign. If you take a look, theyre so conflicted. The people that are doing the investigation you have 13 people that are democrats. You have Hillary Clinton people, you have people that worked on Hillary Clintons foundation. Theyre all i dont mean democrats. I mean
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. One of the most infamous members of Donald Trumps cabinet, the one living in a lobbyists house in washington, d. C. , epa head scott pruitt now appears to be hanging on to his job by his finger nails after a swirl of negative stories increasing the perception the Trump Administration as a whole is an ethical mess. According to politico, the white house has been actively considering firing pruitt behind the scenes possibly following the release of an inspector generals investigation noose pruitts lavish travel which weve covered here but which for the record is not even the scandal of the moment. Because this morning, the white house claimed that pruitt is still in the president s good graces. An Administration Official telling the news trump called pruitt to keep fighting and that the administration has his back. Of course, a supportive call from trump isnt worth much. Last week trump called now fired va head David Shulkin for a friendly chat