Its a question front and Center Tonight because what the president seemed to admit in over the weekend and what the president s attorney said today. Former nixon didnt seem to believe ament could be accused of strouking justice. Here is what he said to david frost in the spring of 1977. When the president does it that means its not illegal. The fact that Richard Nixon said this as an expresident foerlsed out of office as an unindicted conspiratorer in the watergate affair. And having been nearly impeached maybe that should tell you how that went over at the time. Yes its revived over the president ial tweet saturday morning. I had to fire flynn because he lied to the fbi and the Vice President. He pled guilty to the lies its a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. Tlfrs nothing to hide. Now that is a stunning tweet because until that tweet was sent as far as the public knew the president fired National Security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to Vice President pe
That stands for president ial daily brief. A document that contains the nations most sensitive and urgent intel. It has also been reported that the president only receives news about russia in writing. So as not to derail those intel briefings. Figure out for yourself how much the president knows about russia. One former National Security official and frequent contact with Donald Trumps top National Security team members described pompeo as so ambitious that he spent all of his time kissing the president s rear end, and, quote, never got around to creating a plan to fight russia. But first, the president ial tweet that set things in motion this morning. Mike pompeo, director of the cia, will become our new secretary of state. He will do a dpfantastic job. Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service. Gina haspel will become the new director of the cia and first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all. Rex tillerson speaking out this afternoon after being blind sided by the time of the ne
Multiple calls between roger stone and then candidate trump in 2016. Stone claims this list is not comprehensive since trump at times called him from other peoples phones. Were learning more about a joint Defense Agreement between the president s lawyers and notorious conspiracy theorist jerome corsi. Agreement allows them to share information with each other. Corsi recently rejected a plea agreement with the special counsel which would have required him to admit that he lied to federal investigators. Hes known for pushing conspiracy theories from birtherism to claiming explosives brought down the World Trade Center on 9 11. Cnn has exclusive reporting tonight about the written answers from President Trump he provided to the special counsel. Trump claims that he had no knowledge of any contacts with wikileaks. He also says he knew nothing about the 2016 trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. , senior members of the campaign and russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. Lots to dis
Investigation to report to you. The Washington Post is reporting the Trump Organization turned over phone logs to muellers team detailing multiple calls between roger stone and then candidate trump in 2016. Stone claims this list is not xrens skin since trump at times called him from other peoples phones. Were learning more about a joint Defense Agreement between the president s lawyers and notorious conspiracy theorist jerome corsi. Agreement allows them to share information with each other. Corsi recently rejected a plea agreement with the special counsel which would have required him to admit that he lied to federal investigators. Hes known for pushing conspiracy theories from birtherism to claiming explosives brought down the World Trade Center on 9 11. Cnn has exclusive reporting tonight about the written answers from President Trump he provided to the special counsel. Trump claims that he had no knowledge of any contacts with wikileaks. He also says he knew nothing about the 2016
Special counsel charged him. He spoke with nbc news just moments ago. This was egregious overreach by mr. Mueller, the fbi director who had to have approved this raid should be fired over it because it was unwarranted i guess its an effort to intimidate me, but i am not intimidated. The allegation that two Campaign Officials instructed me or inquired of me about wikileaks is false i expect they can get somebody to say that but they will be people with an ax to grind or seeking reduction in their sentence. Stone was charged with seven counts of lying to congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Stones indictment goes further than before in trying to answer muellers core question, did donald trump or his campaign collude with russia. A pressing question now emerging from the indictment, who directed a senior Trump Campaign official contact stone about what and when wikileaks was expected to release more potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton. President trump denying any c