Administration. One of the signal moments in the scandals and investigations that have plagued this presidency from the start was the somewhat inexplicable decision by President Trump to allow don mcgahn to give totally unrestricted testimony to the investigators who were working for Robert Mueller. The New York Times was first to report this last year. Quote, last fall so meaning the fall of 2017 mr. Muellers office asked to interview don mcgahn, to the surprise of the white houses counsels office President Trump and his lawyers signaled they had no objection, without knowing the extent of what mr. Mcgahn was going to tell muellers investigators. Mr. Mcgahn was stunned, as was his own attorney william burke, who mcgahn had recently hired out of concern knowing he need helped to stay out of legal jeopardy. Mr. Mcgahn explained to others he told white house advisers they didnt appreciate the president s legal exposure. He also told them that it was insane that President Trump did not fi
On that note. Attorney general barr today telling lawmakers today that he thinks spying did occur on the Trump Campaign, calling it a big deal. Saying he wants to know if the decision to investigate was supported by evidence. This morning President Trump heading on that as well as he departed the white house for events in texas today. The president referencing the attorney generals testimony from yesterday. This was an attempt at a coup. It was an attempt to take down the president. And we beat them. Hopefully the attorney general he mentioned it yesterday, hes doing a great job Getting Started on going back to the origins of exactly where this all started. Melissa chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridges life in washington with more. Catherine . Thank you, melissa, and good afternoon. We just had some additional testimony from the attorney general and he told lawmakers that he is concerned that there was unauthorized surveillance of the Trump Campaign. He was pressed on wh
President is fighting back. His administration is up against two powerful committee chairmen. Both are moving swiftly demanding more information, testimony, dockments or whatever they say they need to carry out investigations into the trump administration. Y today four subpoenas from the House Oversight committee ef concerning White House Security clearances and the 2020 sen cuss were served. We are now hours away from what will be a closely watched move on capitol hill. Tomorrow morning the House Judiciary Committee led by jerry nadler is expected to vote to authorize a subpoena for special counsel muellers report without redactions. Attorney general william barr did not deliver the report by the committees deadline, which was today. Chairman nadler made his case for legal action. Well use the subpoenas as necessary. To make sure we get the whole report and all the underlying documents. Rt the special prosecutor said that he couldnt rule in or out, he couldnt exonerate the president o
Madness. It was mueller madness on the campaign trail. Take a listen to this. Weve got to see the report. It needs to be made public, all of it. Its sunday march 24th, and when it comes to the Mueller Report waiting is the hardest part. We just to wait and see. While we all wait and see. But the wait may soon be over, we think. We could be just hours away from the release of attorney general William Barrs summary of the report. After 22 months of investigating possible obstruction of justice by President Trump and whether his campaign assisted in the russian interference in the 2016 election Robert Mueller has delivered his verdict. The report has been described as comprehensive by an official according to the Washington Post. Yesterday the attorney general and his deputy Rod Rosenstein clocked in at the department of justice to work on this promise barr made congress made friday. Quote, i am reviewing the report and i anticipate i may be in a position to advice you of the special coun
Department budget. But like yesterdays hearing with house lawmakers, the conversation is expected to turn to the Mueller Report. It is extraordinary to make definitive legal conclusions in less than 48 hours. The thinking of the special counsel was not a mystery to the people at the department of justice. Would strike a serious blow to our system and yes to our democracy. That report is not fully seen. Within a week i will be in a position to release the report to the public. Will we have the complete report . The unredacted report . No. The first pass at this is going to produce a report that makes these redactions. Sandra those were the big headlines from yesterday. Catherine herridge joins us live. What should we expect from todays hearing . Sandra, good morning. The thing to watch is whether we get more information about the ongoing investigations and reviews looking at the genesis of the f. B. I. s russia probe. Weve been reporting at fox news for weeks if not months there is a pa