Protect trump from a special prosecutor. Thats right. He blames him for two things number one, the president is a combatant. He likes people who fight. So he doesnt like that instead of fighting, sessions recused himself. But he believes initial step what set in motion the process that led to special Counsel Robert Mueller who is causing tremendous headaches for the president and his family. His understanding of the role of the Attorney Generalship. Can you square that what most people think an Attorney General should be today . Man or woman since at least janet reno, theyre seen as the countrys Attorney General, not the president s personal lawyer. Thats right. There have been people very close to them as the Attorney General, like kennedy. Or bobby kennedy. He would be the prime example but thats not what we think of. We dont think of the Attorney General being the president s lawyer. We think of him being the lawyer
for the country. In a way thats very important institutionally. It is interesting that Jeff Sessions, democrats are not big fans of Jeff Sessions when he was named Attorney General bust now he is seen by democrats as someone who is standing up for the institution. Why doesnt somebody tell trump that . That Attorney Generals are a bit independent. Theyre almost part of Court System Sflflt if youre a Business Leader maybe, your chief lawyer, chief counsel, is watching your back. Thats his number one client. But for the Attorney General, the president is not in fact his number one client. Well, trump got it wrong. Today trump seemed the dismiss sessions early endorsement of his Candaidacace Yiflt he said t to alabama. I had 40,000 people. He was a senator from alabama. I won this state by a lot. Massive numbers. A lot of the states i won by were massive numbers. What they shared as an agenda. Everybody assumes these guys have 50 options. He is an attorney, hes been elected a number of times tooflt conservative for my blood but i think he fits right in with that state down there. Does he have a home to go home to . Can he go home again . Im sure he does have a number of options but i think what is disconcerting to him, he gave up a safe senate seat. A seat he held for 20 years to sort of serve a lifelong dream. And six months in, he is being publicly and scathingly trashed by the president for doing what many people think was the appropriate thing to do in recusing himself. This was one thing. No matter where he ends up, hes been deeply humiliated. This is one reason the Trump White House is having trouble attracting top talent to go in. So he may get the kennedys encouraging award. There are multiple reports of frustration among trumps entire cabinet. Eric ericson quoted one unnamed secretary criticized. If he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us . Thats how people think in the real world. Meanwhile, reuters reports Foreign Policy officials are saying, Secretary Of State he Rex Tillerson have told him hell be lucky to last a year. H. R. Mcmaster was frustrated by what he sees as disorganization and Indiscipline On Key Policy Issues in the white house. You write the big stories. In all seriousness, is there the rest saying, if he can swing it. Hes a close pal of the president s. Look at the chief of staff. Reince priebus. The level of instability and possible disruption is extraordinary. Two of the top ranking cabinet officials, tillerson and sessions, in some turmoil. The National Security adviser, people who have given the administration the credibility that it craved at the beginning with some of these big names are now thinking about leaving. It affects the relationship we senators. He wasnt like the most popular senator but he was a respected senator, to then be treated this way. He is treating him like spicer. This is lbj stuff. The newly installed Communications Director is looking to shake up his staff. He is exercising a broad mandate for the president he and intends to follow up on threats he to
purge aides he believes are disloyal to trump and leake to the presses. His answer, ill going to fire everybody. Youre going to stop leaking or ill be fired. I have the authority to do just that. One Communications Staffer has resigned. It is not exactly clear what led to that resignation. Finish up here, what is the mood . If you talk to the confidantes, do they breathe a sense that theyre not really intimates of the president . Theyre not his men and women . Or are they still loyal for the appointment itself . Because of all the tensions, the confidantes of some Cabinet Secretaries who ive spoken to say their whole m. O. , their approach is to keep their distance right now from the president. Be an ally. Support his policies. If they dont have a deep personal relationship with him, theyre in protection mode in their agencies trying to weather the storm. What about the cab complete the . The whole feeling . Do they feel like he is not loyal downward . I think they feel he that. I think some of them have a longer leash. For example, Ambassador Haley has been able to be out in front of the president. They represent the president but oftentimes, theyre overseas, theyre trying their best to represent the administration. Something the president does or says or tweets undercuts them in the eyes of the world. You can see a few others that have been described. Thank you very much. Coming up, trump lets sessions
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the focus off what the real issue is. Theyre pretty desperate pretty quickly is all i have to say. It is a far reach. That was a joke but today it is not a joke. Im joined by Walk 18 Castro who was at that meeting. Also, in the white house, from rhode island, on the Senate Judiciary committee. I want to start with the congressman. I know the rules are what they are. Was he help. Is he just left guard up to the teeth and was so careful, you couldnt even read anything new on what he had to say . No. He was helpful. He stayed for an extra hour to speak with the committee. So he didnt answer, or Couldnt Answer every question that we asked him but he had a demeanor that was forthcoming. We have more questions to ask of him so i know once we have a chance to go through transcript of this interview, hopefully hell come back for another
interview. Where are you on the estimate of this guy . Is he the freddo character, from the godfae dsgodfather, not too sophisticated, or is he worth the portfolio, everything you can imagine being responsible for, and yet theyre trying to say, hes not too sophisticated chflt is it . Sophisticated or not . I think the jury is still out on that. How about you as a jury member . As a juror . I will say. This two things are clear to me. First, that the president puts a lot of trust on Jared Kushner. Perhaps more than anyone else in his immediate family. And also, that Jared Kushner very much wants to protect the president. Those two things based on what i heard stood out for me. How many times did abby lowell stop him from answering a question . They were pretty forthcoming. As in any Deposition Situation youre in. Stopping a question. It seemed to me they tried to answer the questions. You said there were some questions he Couldnt Answer. What did you mean . As with any witness, there are things that other people may have knowledge of, that the person doesnt have first hand or direct knowledge of. So cant speak to. But thats part of an investigation. Youre not going on get the full story from any single witness, which is why this investigation and this witness list is extensive. It is like putting a puzzle together. Can you imagine going to a meeting with russians who came with email that said, your points are on your side of the coming election. They get some dirt on your point and they want to have a meeting about it. They want to talk about the sanctions. Is that credible that someone
could take that position . Isnt it credible generally . Well, you know, he made clear in his own statement this idea that he didnt, he thought the meeting was a waste of time. That honestly hard to believe because the email said Something Like private and confidential. It also said they were they were his fatherinlaw win the election. Thats right. So i think not just for committee members, but for any american who sees that. At first glance. Thats quite hard to believe. Okay. Thank you for coming on again tonight. Lets talk about paul manafort. From the beginning hes had russian connections. That was one reason trump liked him. He owes 17 million to the oligarchs over there. Is he going on testify or lawyering his way out of this or what . Well, we will see. I am very happy that chairman
grassley actually issued a subpoena for him, which i think gets everything set up right. And in response to that, there are document requests that are pending and the possibility of staff interviews that are being negotiated, and ultimately, i both hope and expect that he will be brought before the committee in a public hearing. Obviously it wont be tomorrow at this point and it will be up to the chairman to fick date. I believe thats the direction that were heading in. It is not uncommon to do that kind of preparatory work before you bring on a witness in a public hearing. Speaking of preparatory work, he walked into that meeting that Jared Kushner says was a waste of time with a notebook, he wrote down contemporaneous notes. He was a russian guy. He knows russian connections. He knew a meeting with these top russians that were representing to be with the government in an
effort to try to help win the election against his point. He took dead seriously. How would you rt square that with the claim of Jared Kushner that it was a casual stop bied kind of thing . Well, it is very hard to square, as youve pointed out. It is not often the turbulence of a campaign at this juncture, that you get the candidates he son, the soninlaw and the Candidates Campaign chairman all in room together over nothing and it gets particularly change when the memo that sets it all up that was circulated amongst all of them describes this as being part of the russian governments plan to interfere in the election. And they all look at that, and say, im coming in any way. A lot of people would look at that memo think and it is a set up. It is so incriminating. And they all came in anyway. Lets watch something bummed
this investigation earlier this spring in april. Have you seen any hard evidence of collusion yet . I guess i would say this. That my impression is, i wouldnt be surprised after all this is said and done that some people end up in jail. What do you think Collusion Means . It seems like it could be showing up in a meeting with foreigners, in this case, russia. Isnt that collusion . Absolutely. He was speaking of not only collusion but possible obstruction or coverup or other things. So i stand by that answer. Not in a malhe have lent way. If you ask me, my impression is that people wont get out of this completely unscathed and
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