Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170511:07:47:00
President clinton fired fbi director william sessions in july 1993 following an ethics investigation that was launched under clinton's predecessor george h.w. bush. there were questions about political influence, and here's how president clinton responds. >> mr. president, do you think this will in any way create the impression that the fbi is being politicized and hurt the longstanding tradition that the fbi not be subject to political pressure? >> absolutely not. as a matter of fact, that's one of the reasons we have taken the amount of time that we have. the attorney general, when she took ...