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comey. though the ig did say there was spillage of classified information to the lawyers he gave memos to. but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is the enemy that donald trump can't really function without. i looked at the poll numbers that came out yesterday and it's miraculous to me that somehow donald trump's numbers were higher when he was railing against the deep state, railing against the fbi, railing against jim comey, rod rosenstein and robert mueller day after day after day, and the president at some cellular level might have an awareness of that because he spent much of the afternoon attacking jim comey. >> yeah, the president is someone who his aides say, and he will admit this himself, is best when he has an enemy, an opponent and often a single opponent. so that's why when, for instance, the mueller report finally wrapped up, there was some question of why is the president still going after mueller? why is he still talking about a witch-hunt?
comey. though the ig did say there was spillage of classified information to the lawyers he gave memos to. but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is the enemy that donald trump can't really function without. i looked at the poll numbers that came out yesterday and it's miraculous to me that somehow donald trump's numbers were higher when he was railing against the deep state, railing against the fbi, railing against jim comey, rod rosenstein...
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comey. i think as you can hear from contributors here, i can go over what's in the report more than they can but it was mention of this report so far. >> and chuck, you mentioned earlier, chuck rosenberg is still with us on the phone here. chuck, you mentioned being somewhat i think you used the word torn about this. >> conflicted, yes. >> what did you need to see or hear or learn to help you process this more? i'm curious. >> well, i need to read the entire report and i need to think about it, but i'm not sure i won't be conflicted after i read it either. sometimes we seek a yes or no or black or white answer and we live in a world of gray. julia's point is important as was matt's. when jim comey said in congressional testimony that the fbi closely safeguards sensitive investigative information, that was true, that is true, that will be true tomorrow. it's true in almost every single thing that they do. he didn't do it here. i think you have to look at the context and the context here sthat
comey. i think as you can hear from contributors here, i can go over what's in the report more than they can but it was mention of this report so far. >> and chuck, you mentioned earlier, chuck rosenberg is still with us on the phone here. chuck, you mentioned being somewhat i think you used the word torn about this. >> conflicted, yes. >> what did you need to see or hear or learn to help you process this more? i'm curious. >> well, i need to read the entire report and i...
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comey defended his actions on twitter. he wrote this, quote, i don't need a public apology for those who defamed me, but a quick message with a "sorry, we lied about you," would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail or being a liar and leaker, ask yourself why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president. "the washington post" points out today, quote, by now comey's memos are well-known. they described, among other things, how trump had pressed comey for loyalty and had asked him about letting into of an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. here's some of what we heard about the i.g. report tonight on fox news. >> the report shows that from the very beginning of the trump administration comey pursued a partisan political agenda and that he did it in the sleaziest, most feline possible way. >> and as it turns out, america's self-proclaimed superpatriot is nothing more than a dirty, corrupt former bureaucrat that will be in
comey defended his actions on twitter. he wrote this, quote, i don't need a public apology for those who defamed me, but a quick message with a "sorry, we lied about you," would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail or being a liar and leaker, ask yourself why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long, including the president. "the washington post" points out today, quote, by now comey's memos are well-known. they described,...
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comey defended his actions on twitter. i don't need a public apology from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail, being a liar and leaker, ask yourselves why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long including the president. matt from the "washington post" points out today, by now, comey's memos are well known. they described among other things how trump had pressed comey for loyalty and had asked him about letting go of an investigation into former national security advise every michael flynn. >> the report shows from the very beginning of the trump administration, comey pursued a partisan political agenda and he did it in the sleaziest, most feline possible way. >> it is a turns out, america's self-proclaimed super patriot is nothing more than a dirty, corrupt, former bureaucrat that will be in serious significantly legal jeopardy as this all unfolds. >> this is the ultimate weasel. he knows what
comey defended his actions on twitter. i don't need a public apology from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. to all those who spent two years talking about me going to jail, being a liar and leaker, ask yourselves why you still trust people who gave you bad info for so long including the president. matt from the "washington post" points out today, by now, comey's memos are well known. they described among other things how trump had...
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comey? >> first of all what james comey is tweeting, is he right to talk about this classified distinction, separate from what tom laid out from the secret classifications. classified would have landed him in legal trouble. he's right to focus on that, but we do still see james comey's brand shining through, which is often different from the fbi brand. people who want to be withdrawn, behind the curtain, doing their work, and a big part of this report says that comey's intentions were not to save his country or the fbi but actually to preserve his own public image. you can see how that played into today. we see reactions from some republicans like congressman jim jordan, people critical of comey's decisions from the beginning, but i think we've also heard just on our air from former employees, people who worked with james comey who said they're conflicted because on one hand they think that he really did step out to make a lot of these matters very public maybe more public than they would ha
comey? >> first of all what james comey is tweeting, is he right to talk about this classified distinction, separate from what tom laid out from the secret classifications. classified would have landed him in legal trouble. he's right to focus on that, but we do still see james comey's brand shining through, which is often different from the fbi brand. people who want to be withdrawn, behind the curtain, doing their work, and a big part of this report says that comey's intentions were not...
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comey set a dangerous example. one of those memos concerned a conversation between comey and trump when he said the president told him to end a probe into former national security adviser michael flynn. and since firing comey in 2017, a move that ultimately set in motion the special counsel investigation, president trump has repeatedly tried to argue that comey broke the law in releasing that information. >> in the meantime, no collusion, no obstruction. he's a leaker. >> comey is a leaker and he is a liar. and not only on this stuff. he's been leaking for years. he gave it to a friend to leak classified information. it's all classified. it was totally classified. >> comey, who by the way lied and leaked and also leaked classified information. nothing happened there. >> you see comey lied to congress. nothing happens. you see him leaking. nothing happens. and this is leaking classified information. well, comey is a liar and a leak. >> and that's obvious. >> well, the ig report stated definitively that we found no e
comey set a dangerous example. one of those memos concerned a conversation between comey and trump when he said the president told him to end a probe into former national security adviser michael flynn. and since firing comey in 2017, a move that ultimately set in motion the special counsel investigation, president trump has repeatedly tried to argue that comey broke the law in releasing that information. >> in the meantime, no collusion, no obstruction. he's a leaker. >> comey is a...
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james comey has tweeted that he is exonerated. and obviously the trump team is tweeting that he's the worst guy in the world. >> reporter: it is kind of an ink blot test for where you are in the political spectrum and how you view this report that, frankly, as julia ainsley pointed out, does blast james comey. it's not just the president himself tweeting in his campaign talking about this. we now have in just the last couple of minutes a formal statement from the white house press secretary very frankly saying james comey in her view is a proven liar and leaker. stephanie grisham goes on to say that because could emmy in her words shamefully leaked information to the press in blatant violation of fbi policies, the nation was forced to endure a politically motivated two-year witch hunt going on to say the inspector general said he violated the most basic obligations of confidentiality that he owed to the united states government and to the american people. that last bit is a direct quote from the report referring to how comey has a
james comey has tweeted that he is exonerated. and obviously the trump team is tweeting that he's the worst guy in the world. >> reporter: it is kind of an ink blot test for where you are in the political spectrum and how you view this report that, frankly, as julia ainsley pointed out, does blast james comey. it's not just the president himself tweeting in his campaign talking about this. we now have in just the last couple of minutes a formal statement from the white house press...
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the bottom line of the report is the thing the inspector is most upset at comey about is that comey blew the whistle on trump's effort to shut down the mike flynn investigation. and you kind of have to eread through the lines that that's what he is howling about. his basic position seems to be if you're a law enforcement officer and the president of the united states seeks to shut down your investigation, you need to shut up about that. and i think, you know, comey is quixotic and idealistic, but that's a bizarre position for a law enforcement agency to take. >> natasha, there has been a lot of fear about the independence and integrity of the doj under this administration. the obvious pressure the president has brought to bear on it to exculpate people that in his circle to investigate people he views as enemies. you and ben have both written about this. how do you view this report in the context of the fears about adverse pressure being brought to bear on this institution? >> yeah, well, there was a lot of fear after the justice department declined to prosecute comey, and that was repor
the bottom line of the report is the thing the inspector is most upset at comey about is that comey blew the whistle on trump's effort to shut down the mike flynn investigation. and you kind of have to eread through the lines that that's what he is howling about. his basic position seems to be if you're a law enforcement officer and the president of the united states seeks to shut down your investigation, you need to shut up about that. and i think, you know, comey is quixotic and idealistic,...
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but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is
but that didn't include "the new york times." >> ashley parker, jim comey is
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. >> what james comey did was illegal. >> the crime was committed by comey. comey's lying. and he lied. he is a liar and a leaker. look at the leaking and look at the lying. comey admitted he leaked. ♪ i planned each charted course ♪ ♪ each careful step ♪ along the byway ♪ much more ♪ much more than this ♪ i did it my way (announcer) verizon is america's most awarded network and the only one with the galaxy note10 5g. right now, when you buy one, you get a galaxy note10 free. that's verizon. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. but dad, you've got allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. are you in good hands? but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike's denture. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip. that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1
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right now, the comey report. the department of justice inspector general finding that former fbi director james comey violated policy of his handling of private memos about president trump, but says he should not be prosecuted. >> the inspector general is saying the release of sensitive information was not in his best conduct as director, but the justice department ultimately decided because it was not classified that was not prosecutable offense. >>> tracking dorian. the storm sweeps by puerto rico, and turning towards florida. it's expected to make landfall over the holiday weekend as a category 4 hurricane. >> we're talking about four to eight inches of rain along the eastern florida coast, but we could see upwards of 12 inches of rain. this is going to be a very dangerous situation. >>> unbearable. could the national zoo's beloved pandas on loan from china get tangled in the president's trade and tariff war with beijing? >> the giant pandas are our most popular animal. >> i really like the color and how they'
right now, the comey report. the department of justice inspector general finding that former fbi director james comey violated policy of his handling of private memos about president trump, but says he should not be prosecuted. >> the inspector general is saying the release of sensitive information was not in his best conduct as director, but the justice department ultimately decided because it was not classified that was not prosecutable offense. >>> tracking dorian. the storm...
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comey called her handling of the e-mails extremely reckless and irresponsible. >> comey seems to be claiming vindication. it's not surprising that republicans have had a different reaction to the news today. lindsey graham tweeting the inspector general's report is a rebuke of a former director of the fbi. jim jordan, house of representatives, now we know why comey didn't want to prosecute clinton. he didn't see a problem mishandling sensitive information. after clearing here, he did it too. whether or not james comey is culpable depends to be dependent on where you stand politically. >> for the last couple of years now, anytime you mention the name james comey it's a political football. each party has a distinct view of this man and whether he has conducted himself in the proper way as a public official. the report documents a lot of criticisms of comey even though it doesn't document anything that could be criminal or that rises to the level of the way trump has characterized it. it's not exactly a flattering report in terms of his behavior. one thing that's important to point out is that
comey called her handling of the e-mails extremely reckless and irresponsible. >> comey seems to be claiming vindication. it's not surprising that republicans have had a different reaction to the news today. lindsey graham tweeting the inspector general's report is a rebuke of a former director of the fbi. jim jordan, house of representatives, now we know why comey didn't want to prosecute clinton. he didn't see a problem mishandling sensitive information. after clearing here, he did it...
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and a new report about an investigation into former fbi director james comey finds comey violated department policy in his handling of memos about his meetings with president trump. what that means next. you are watching "velshi and ruhle" live on msnbc. $9.95 at my age? $9.95? no way. $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is possible. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month. okay, jonathan, i'm listening. tell me more. just $9.95 a month for colonial penn's number one most popular whole life insurance plan. there are no health questions to answer and there are no medical exams to take. your acceptance is guaranteed. guaranteed acceptance? i like guarantees. keep going. and with this plan, your rate is locked in for your lifetime, so it will never go up. sounds good to me, but at my age, i need the security of knowing it won't get cancelled as i get older. this is lifetime coverage as long as you pay your premiums. it can never be cancelled, call now for free in
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greg, you worked directly with james comey. in the tweets over the last hour the president also said what this report shows is that a.g. barr is fair and reasonable. it also shows that he did some stuff wrong. how do you read it? >> i read the report as documenting the fact that this fbi director found himself in an unprecedented situation. he thought he had been a witness to potentially a criminal conduct on the part of the president. he created memos to memorialize those conversations with the president. as it turns out the i.g. report finds that director comey didn't handle those memos in exactly the right way under d.o.j. and fbi policies. the i.g. in so finding was simply doing its job but also found director comey did not intentionally violate policies, did not break the law, and did not lie about any of this. not much of that is surprising frankly to most people. i think that the focus really should be back on the substance of the memos and not the process foul that the oig found. >> the other side of this, glenn, clearl
greg, you worked directly with james comey. in the tweets over the last hour the president also said what this report shows is that a.g. barr is fair and reasonable. it also shows that he did some stuff wrong. how do you read it? >> i read the report as documenting the fact that this fbi director found himself in an unprecedented situation. he thought he had been a witness to potentially a criminal conduct on the part of the president. he created memos to memorialize those conversations...
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comey wrote seven memos right after the president's meeting. he took those home and put them in a safe. none of those memos were marked as classified. she shared some of those memos with his attorneys and why did he do all of that? because the inspector general report says comey advised them he no longer trust the president. he was being asked to commit loyalty to the president and he understood the president will continue to lie. he saw the writing on the law. after he was fired, it became clear that comey was right and trying to protect himself. most importantly about these memos, oh my god, he took memos home. when he was prepping for the nate hearing on this issue, the senate said to him, excuse me, the fbi says to him, you should take it home to prep for your testimony. that's how important, not really. these memos were sensitive and after all these came out. you need to take these home to prep for your test. >> is the inspector general report came out today and definitively under cut the president's argument and his allies and everyone th
comey wrote seven memos right after the president's meeting. he took those home and put them in a safe. none of those memos were marked as classified. she shared some of those memos with his attorneys and why did he do all of that? because the inspector general report says comey advised them he no longer trust the president. he was being asked to commit loyalty to the president and he understood the president will continue to lie. he saw the writing on the law. after he was fired, it became...
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democrats are defending comey. they are hailing him as a patriot and say if it were not for james comey, then the memos would never have been released to the public, to the press and it never would have led to the appointment of a special prosecutor and the public would never have had the investigation and ultimately the mueller report, the 450-page mueller report that pointed to numerous instances of obstruction or possible obstruction by the president of the united states. >> so take the developments of yesterday especial li with the comey report coming out, put it in context how and where does the house democrats and their push for impeachment go from here? >> that's a good question. you know, i think from here, you know, nadler is -- you know, it is not clear. jerry nadler is trying to rile up his forces. there still is this internal debate happening within the democratic party and democratic caucus. we have seen a number of democrats over this congressional recess start to move in the direction of impeachment
democrats are defending comey. they are hailing him as a patriot and say if it were not for james comey, then the memos would never have been released to the public, to the press and it never would have led to the appointment of a special prosecutor and the public would never have had the investigation and ultimately the mueller report, the 450-page mueller report that pointed to numerous instances of obstruction or possible obstruction by the president of the united states. >> so take...
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it doesn't put comey in a good light. it suggested he was motivated by higher political inning steupbgts and he was willing to disregard doj procedures. i don't think he can be proud of a lot of findings that were found in the report. >> always great to have you. >>> up next, your new low. that is how one congressman is responding to the administration looking to deport the most vulnerable. tarting children with life-threatening illnesses. how democrats in congress are trying to stop this new policy, next. [dog barks] [dog panting] [dogs barking] [dogs growling] [dogs whimpering] (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. [dog barks] $$9.95? no way.? $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is possible. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month. okay, jonathan, i'm listening. tell me more. just $9.95 a month for colonial penn's number one most popular whole life insurance plan. there are
it doesn't put comey in a good light. it suggested he was motivated by higher political inning steupbgts and he was willing to disregard doj procedures. i don't think he can be proud of a lot of findings that were found in the report. >> always great to have you. >>> up next, your new low. that is how one congressman is responding to the administration looking to deport the most vulnerable. tarting children with life-threatening illnesses. how democrats in congress are trying to...
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one of those memos was released to the public by a friend of comey's after comey was fired by president trump in may of 2017. the report says quote, the responsibility to protect sensitive law enforcement information falls in large part to the employees of the fbi who have access to it through their daily duties. former director comey failed to live up to the responsibility. he goes on to add that comey set a quote dangerous example for current and former fbi employees. ultimately however the watchdog report found no evidence that the information released to the public was classified, which led justice department officials to the decision not to prosecute. shortly after the dog watchdog report was released james comey claimed vindication. he wrote in a stinging rebuke aimed at the president, quote, i don't need a public apology from those who defamed me but a quick message with a sorry, we lied about you would be nice. comey went on to add, quote, and to all of those who spent two years talking about me going to jail or being a liar and a leaker ask yourselves why you still trust people
one of those memos was released to the public by a friend of comey's after comey was fired by president trump in may of 2017. the report says quote, the responsibility to protect sensitive law enforcement information falls in large part to the employees of the fbi who have access to it through their daily duties. former director comey failed to live up to the responsibility. he goes on to add that comey set a quote dangerous example for current and former fbi employees. ultimately however the...
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when the president made a decision not to prosecute james comey. does that come as a surprise after we saw him say what he did was illegal? >> a lot of conservatives are a little peefed there are not going to be charges given there was some mishandling of the classified information. based on the reporting i've seen, this was not even a close decision and not really a case to bring against comey. i think it will be something republicans bring up in the future especially as related to the mueller report. >> thank you. >>> so the stakes just got higher for the remaining 24 presidential presidential candidates. for the september 12 debates, candidates will have to hit at least 2% in four national polls and receive 130,000 individual donors. double the thresholds of the last debate. so far, seven appear to have met those. joe biden, cory booker, mayor pete buttigieg, kamala harris, beto o'rourke, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. no particular surprises there. at least three others say they have qualified on polling or donations but not yet both. can
when the president made a decision not to prosecute james comey. does that come as a surprise after we saw him say what he did was illegal? >> a lot of conservatives are a little peefed there are not going to be charges given there was some mishandling of the classified information. based on the reporting i've seen, this was not even a close decision and not really a case to bring against comey. i think it will be something republicans bring up in the future especially as related to the...
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nbc news has confirmed reports that the justice department's inspector general jim comey to the justice department. over the leaking of memos to the media. but the doj declined to file charges against him. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is joining us now more with us. pete williams, what more do we know? >> well, we knew that james comey gave some of the memos that he wrote after his meetings with president trump that he gave some of them after he was fired to a friend to pass along to "the new york times" and that's where we first found out about these meetings that comey claimed he had with the president. what we didn't know is that the inspector general in looking into several questions about the origins of the fbi's investigation of the trump campaign referred to the justice department. in other words, suggested to the justice department that they should look at whether to prosecute comey for that. that's thing one. and thing two, the justice department having looked at it decided not to prosecute. now this is all part of an inspector general's report that we've been e
nbc news has confirmed reports that the justice department's inspector general jim comey to the justice department. over the leaking of memos to the media. but the doj declined to file charges against him. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is joining us now more with us. pete williams, what more do we know? >> well, we knew that james comey gave some of the memos that he wrote after his meetings with president trump that he gave some of them after he was fired to a friend to...
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james comey's former deputy and former acting fbi director now suing is is the trump administration and accusing donald trump of illegal firing and saying it was all part of donald trump's unconstitutional scheme. democrats step up the pressure in what i mentioned the obstruction probe with that new legal action we reported on this week, former council don mcgahn. judiciary committee filed a new lawsuit of their own be identifying mcgahn as the most important fact witness in its consideration whether to recommend, yes, articles of impeachment. now, the court's decision on that could open the floodgates to many others who might be stonewalling the congress and their probe or quasi impeachment probe depending who you ask. this lawsuit cites impeachment as argument. a majority of the house democratic caucus backs an impeachment inquiry. here's chairman nadler on the timeline. >> articles of impeachment. we could get to that in the latter part of the year. >> i'm joined by former federal prosecutor john flannery. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> as i mentioned to viewers, there'
james comey's former deputy and former acting fbi director now suing is is the trump administration and accusing donald trump of illegal firing and saying it was all part of donald trump's unconstitutional scheme. democrats step up the pressure in what i mentioned the obstruction probe with that new legal action we reported on this week, former council don mcgahn. judiciary committee filed a new lawsuit of their own be identifying mcgahn as the most important fact witness in its consideration...
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. >>> tonight, the justice department's inspector general slams james comey but despite the president's tweets, he won't face prosecution. tonight's reaction and what majority leader. and what all of this means for president donald trump "the 11th hour" on a thursday night starts now. >> good evening once again. from our nbc news headquarters in new york, i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the night off. day 952. and today we got a highly anticipated report from the doj's internal watchdog that found former fbi director james comey violated policy in his handling of memos on his interactions with the president we also learned in the report that the doj has declined to prosecute comey over this episode. the report found that he violated policies by keeping
. >>> tonight, the justice department's inspector general slams james comey but despite the president's tweets, he won't face prosecution. tonight's reaction and what majority leader. and what all of this means for president donald trump "the 11th hour" on a thursday night starts now. >> good evening once again. from our nbc news headquarters in new york, i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the night off. day 952. and today we got a highly anticipated...
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he was deputy director of the fbi after jim comey, your friend and former boss as well. was fired. there's an open question not just about whether or not donald trump was obstructing the russian investigation but whether by obstructsing it, by firing jim comey he was carrying out either wittingly or unwittingly the wishes of moscow. talk about just how threatened donald trump was by andy mccabe and his leadership in the fbi. >> sure, andy told the world he was opening an investigation on the president's role with respect to the mueller investigation and russian interference and told us that the president was a subject of that investigation. so the president must have felt very threatened by what andy mccabe did. by the way, nicolle, what andy mccabe stood for. probably a good point to insert by bias, andy is a friend of mine. i think he's a man of integrity. but the attacks of the president on andy were merciless, absolutely extraordinary. once andy was fired, the president publicly celebrated that firing. so what andy is essentially alleging is the timetable for his firing was acc
he was deputy director of the fbi after jim comey, your friend and former boss as well. was fired. there's an open question not just about whether or not donald trump was obstructing the russian investigation but whether by obstructsing it, by firing jim comey he was carrying out either wittingly or unwittingly the wishes of moscow. talk about just how threatened donald trump was by andy mccabe and his leadership in the fbi. >> sure, andy told the world he was opening an investigation on...
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when people talk about -- >> james comey. with the comey letter coming as late as it did. he can get this campaign on track if donald trump weren't donald trump. it would require him to inte something other than he is. this is completely a play to the base because he loves the base. the base energizes -- he's not trying to energize voters. he's letting the voters energize him. >> so susan, last night, the president was in new hampshire. he was talking about the economy and we saw just how much he has riding on it for his re-election. >> the markets have gone through the roof since november 9th. that's the day after i won the election. so i won the election. the markets went up thousands of points. things started happening. you started doing things that you would have never -- even though i didn't get sworn in until january 20th. but they refused to do that. and let me tell you, if for some reason i wouldn't have won the election, these markets would have crashed. the that will happen even more so in 2020. you see, the bottom line is i know you like me and this room is a lo
when people talk about -- >> james comey. with the comey letter coming as late as it did. he can get this campaign on track if donald trump weren't donald trump. it would require him to inte something other than he is. this is completely a play to the base because he loves the base. the base energizes -- he's not trying to energize voters. he's letting the voters energize him. >> so susan, last night, the president was in new hampshire. he was talking about the economy and we saw...
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the guy sort of weirdly backed in off the comey letter. let's do what we want to do. >> but the problem is it's a structural distinction between the two factions within the water. we have multiple factions within the democratic party, but the two major factions. and so the biden, bullock, delaney, ryan, they're essentially saying we can go back to brunch pretty soon once this man is removed because our lives are discomforted right now, but they're not fundamentally altered. the bernie/warren quasi castro is in this crew, kamala, buttigieg. >> and marianne williamson. i'm serious. dark second horse. >> yes, true. maybe not for the presidency, but for some other things. maybe she'll be the chaplain. i don't know. but i think the difference between the more progressive faction is saying something is fundamentally broken and something always has been fundamentally broken, which then gives donald trump and his administration talking points to say you don't love america. >> i want to back up on that. it's not an accident that the centrist, moder
the guy sort of weirdly backed in off the comey letter. let's do what we want to do. >> but the problem is it's a structural distinction between the two factions within the water. we have multiple factions within the democratic party, but the two major factions. and so the biden, bullock, delaney, ryan, they're essentially saying we can go back to brunch pretty soon once this man is removed because our lives are discomforted right now, but they're not fundamentally altered. the...
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i'm going to say, mccabe, comey, all of them. did you ever inform president obama about the counter intelligence investigation? what did you tell him and when did you tell him? yes. i would like to know what president obama thought about the investigation. why did not somebody tell trump? the whole point of a counter intelligence investigation is to protect people. >> still with us, frank, i want to get your reaction to what we just played from lindsey graham. he is saying this counter intelligence probe launched in the summer of 2016 potential ties between trump and folks in the campaign. he said they had to have president obama's knowledge and apparently sign-off. what's your reaction to that? >> he also said that the whole point of a counter intelligence investigation is to protect people. it's to protect the united states is what the point of the counter intelligence investigation is not to protect the president. would a counter intelligence investigation involving russian meddling and interference with a presidential campaig
i'm going to say, mccabe, comey, all of them. did you ever inform president obama about the counter intelligence investigation? what did you tell him and when did you tell him? yes. i would like to know what president obama thought about the investigation. why did not somebody tell trump? the whole point of a counter intelligence investigation is to protect people. >> still with us, frank, i want to get your reaction to what we just played from lindsey graham. he is saying this counter...
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justice department has been destroyed systematically not not only allegations left and right when jim comey proved himself correctly or donald trump has done a good job investigating the russia situation, but destroyed by the president himself who has summarily attacked law enforcement and the fbi. so now we're in a situation where we're depending on the fbi to give us a definitive answer on what happened. i think it's going to be difficult for people to believe what they say. >> let me read you what one joyce vance has written about the department of justice in time magazine, went up tonight. it is often said the d.o.j.'s integrity is like a reservoir, slow to fill, but easily emptied by a small leak. the reservoir is leaking. the day after news of epstein's apparent suicide broke, a tweet from the partisan podcast mueller, she wrote, articulated the worst case -- forgive me -- whether you believe there are nefarious forces within the d.o.j. that assisted with or turned a blind eye to the epstein death, the bigger point is no one trusts the department of justice, no one. we are in a danger
justice department has been destroyed systematically not not only allegations left and right when jim comey proved himself correctly or donald trump has done a good job investigating the russia situation, but destroyed by the president himself who has summarily attacked law enforcement and the fbi. so now we're in a situation where we're depending on the fbi to give us a definitive answer on what happened. i think it's going to be difficult for people to believe what they say. >> let me...
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tariffs is self-defeating, i mean, this is get again another unforced error where they were firing comey, charlottesville, on and on. the other thing, everyone says can he win again with his base? how is he going to win again with his base? i think it's important that we all realize he might win again with his base because he won last month with his base. democrats are having the exact same debate. do we need anything beyond our base or do we just rile up his base? while the guy is crazy, what he's doing throwing all the spaghetti on the wall doesn't mean some ontario stick ask some won't benefit him in 2020. >> but when you look at this, rana, if the democrats have their base, don't forget they did get 2.8 million more votes than trump did in '16, it's just their base wasn't as strong in three states. and the one driving that out is probably donald trump. i mean, i think that clearly the democrats are going to have to come up with the right candidate, but i don't think anyone is driving the democratic base and the independents that may go democratic more than donald trump because part o
tariffs is self-defeating, i mean, this is get again another unforced error where they were firing comey, charlottesville, on and on. the other thing, everyone says can he win again with his base? how is he going to win again with his base? i think it's important that we all realize he might win again with his base because he won last month with his base. democrats are having the exact same debate. do we need anything beyond our base or do we just rile up his base? while the guy is crazy, what...
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misleading the press about the firings of national security adviser mike flynn and james comey. he sum it's up by saying inviting spicer to be a part of the new season, abc and dancing with the stars is helping to undermine our democracy. what's next sarah huckabee boasting family feud? that wraps up things this hour. ali velshi who i think would be great on dancing with the stars. >> i am the most uncoordinated person there is. >> no, i'm worse. >> i can't even walk down the stairs without there being some danger involved. >> have a great afternoon. >>> it's thursday, august 22nd. make no mistake, we will not be resting on our laurels. that's from washington governor jay inslee after he formally. he was the only candidate who ran on a similar issue focusing on climate change and advancing that subject to the forefront of the 2020 competition. this weekend several 2020 candidates head to san francisco to speak with hundreds of members of the democratic national committee for the
misleading the press about the firings of national security adviser mike flynn and james comey. he sum it's up by saying inviting spicer to be a part of the new season, abc and dancing with the stars is helping to undermine our democracy. what's next sarah huckabee boasting family feud? that wraps up things this hour. ali velshi who i think would be great on dancing with the stars. >> i am the most uncoordinated person there is. >> no, i'm worse. >> i can't even walk down the...
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alternative not necessarily with epstein, but of course you'd want to call russia and what happened with comey a conspiracy theory because the alternative is the truth which is that he was involved in something he shouldn't have been involved in. >> so kellyanne conway was asked on fox news by the way about the retweet and here's what she said. >> the retweet it was clear what he was trying to say, wasn't it? >> i think the president just wants everything to be investigated. and, you know, trying to connect the president to this monster from years ago where they're seen dancing in a video versus other people who were actively i suppose flying around with this monster on his island which was known as pedophilia island, perhaps there's a public interest in knowing more about that. >> she says the president wants this investigated, but i suppose you could make an argument that in any other administration there might be calls for the attorney general to lose his job over this. i mean, one the response again does not answer the question. >> she was not answering the question but she was making it c
alternative not necessarily with epstein, but of course you'd want to call russia and what happened with comey a conspiracy theory because the alternative is the truth which is that he was involved in something he shouldn't have been involved in. >> so kellyanne conway was asked on fox news by the way about the retweet and here's what she said. >> the retweet it was clear what he was trying to say, wasn't it? >> i think the president just wants everything to be investigated....
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and jim comey writes about that eloquently on the same "new york times" editorial page. that we haven't conquered racism well enough or long enough for any of our leaders to wink and nod at any element of the white nationalist movement. all they need and clint, i know we'll bring you in a minute, but the fight against domestic terror is to frail, so fragile, so nascent that to have the most powerful, most prominent politician in the country winking and nodding is treacherous. >> also talking about whether or not he is going to be pulling in the same direction as the fbi and intelligence agencies, part of what we need to talk about over the course of this show tonight and we will is the question of whether the trump administration has actually meaningfully weakened efforts to counter violent extremism. they have dissolved, for example, the office that's supposed to be working on that and defunded the organizations that are working to deradicalize specifically white supremacist organizations. the fact is, if we are looking about stuff to do, boy, is there a lot of low-hang
and jim comey writes about that eloquently on the same "new york times" editorial page. that we haven't conquered racism well enough or long enough for any of our leaders to wink and nod at any element of the white nationalist movement. all they need and clint, i know we'll bring you in a minute, but the fight against domestic terror is to frail, so fragile, so nascent that to have the most powerful, most prominent politician in the country winking and nodding is treacherous. >>...
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mccabe's former acting director of the fbi, he became acting director after the president fired james comey. peter struck was the senior counter intelligence agent at the fbi. now within two days of one another this week they have both brought lawsuits saying they want re-dress, they want reinstatement. in peter struck's case he wants a jury trial to air out what happened to him and when and why and what he thinks it means. what mccabe and struck are each alleging in these lawsuits is a similarly described pattern of behavior by the president that they're not saying this, but it is my analysis that that sort of behavior by the president could very well find its way into its own article or articles of impeachment if in fact the house draws up such articles and if these are substantiated by the lawsuits brought by mccabe and struck. listen to this in peter struck's complaint. quote, the decision to fire special agent struck was the result of unrelenting pressure from president trump and his political allies in congress and the media. the campaign to fire struck included constant tweets and ot
mccabe's former acting director of the fbi, he became acting director after the president fired james comey. peter struck was the senior counter intelligence agent at the fbi. now within two days of one another this week they have both brought lawsuits saying they want re-dress, they want reinstatement. in peter struck's case he wants a jury trial to air out what happened to him and when and why and what he thinks it means. what mccabe and struck are each alleging in these lawsuits is a...
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this is what happened to comey. you don't snap to, you don't click your heels, you're gone. >> that's certainly what mccabe is alleging in his lawsuit. i'll tell you, chris, having supervised a lot of this litigation at the fbi, these suits are very difficult for plaintiffs to win typically, but this is not the typical case, and the president i'm afraid once again, i'm afraid for the government's sake has so poisoned the well with respect to the mccabe firing that mccabe actually has something to talk about here. >> it just seems when i look around, i look at the sue gordon situation, another person was to be acting director of the dni, the director of national intelligence. if you're not a trumpee, if you're not a loyal soldier to him in partisan fashion, he wants you gone from anywhere. he wants the government completely cleaned out of what we think of as civil servants. >> that certainly seems to be the developing pattern. the latest news with respect to sue gordon is especially troubling. she, in my experience w
this is what happened to comey. you don't snap to, you don't click your heels, you're gone. >> that's certainly what mccabe is alleging in his lawsuit. i'll tell you, chris, having supervised a lot of this litigation at the fbi, these suits are very difficult for plaintiffs to win typically, but this is not the typical case, and the president i'm afraid once again, i'm afraid for the government's sake has so poisoned the well with respect to the mccabe firing that mccabe actually has...
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we heard from federal prosecutors, from maureen comey. we also heard from several of jeffrey epstein's attorneys that represented him in this criminal case until jeffrey epstein died by suicide as we all know several weeks ago. it was a very emotion l i would say hour and a half to two hours of testimony from victims. as i reported earlier this is very similar to victim impact statements. this is typically what we hear at sentencing not necessarily what we hear during trial because they were able to talk about the emotional impacts of what jeffrey epstein did to them. several victims spoke. they used their own names. several victims spoke through attorneys, through statements they read. some of the victims are here today and asked their attorneys to speak on their behalf because of the ongoing emotional trauma they say they've experienced as a consequence of jeffrey epstein's actions. very vivid, very detailed discussions. several of the last statements that were read in court, ali, were for some victims that were able to describe the mom
we heard from federal prosecutors, from maureen comey. we also heard from several of jeffrey epstein's attorneys that represented him in this criminal case until jeffrey epstein died by suicide as we all know several weeks ago. it was a very emotion l i would say hour and a half to two hours of testimony from victims. as i reported earlier this is very similar to victim impact statements. this is typically what we hear at sentencing not necessarily what we hear during trial because they were...
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and jim comey writes about that eloquently on the same "new york times" editorial page. that we haven't conquered racism well enough or long enough for any of our leaders to wink and nod at any element of the white nationalist movement. all they need and clint, i know we'll bring you in a minute, but the fight against domestic terror is to frail, so fragile, so nascent that to have the most powerful, most prominent politician in the country winking and nodding is treacherous. >> also talking about whether or not he is going to be pulling in the same direction as the fbi and intelligence agencies, part of what we need to talk about over the course of this show tonight and we will is the question of whether the trump administration has actually meaningfully weakened efforts to counter violent extremism. they have dissolved, for example, the office that's supposed to be working on that and defunded the organizations that are working to deradicalize specifically white supremacist organizations. the fact is, if we are looking about stuff to do, boy, is there a lot of low-hang
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they rejected donald trump up until the moment when james comey intervened in the election and essentially reminded everybody of hillary clinton's problems. donald trump is now facing an opponent. the entire ball game is going to be making that opponent toxic. rendering his prissy prescriptions, her comportment. former second lady. is that the? former second lady of the united states in man chester, new hampshire, today, made a case. listen to this. made a case for joe biden. and i don't think this is necessarily the official campaign line, but this is basically the message that's coming out of the biden campaign. listen to her say it. >> so, yes, your candidate might be better on, i don't know, health care than joe is. but you've got to look at who's going to win this election. and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say, okay, i personally like so and so better. but your bottom line has to be that we have -- you may like another candidate better, but you have to look at who is going to win. and if education is your main issue, joe is that person. >> i mean, she's saying it right t
they rejected donald trump up until the moment when james comey intervened in the election and essentially reminded everybody of hillary clinton's problems. donald trump is now facing an opponent. the entire ball game is going to be making that opponent toxic. rendering his prissy prescriptions, her comportment. former second lady. is that the? former second lady of the united states in man chester, new hampshire, today, made a case. listen to this. made a case for joe biden. and i don't think...
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the suburban women who had a problem with hillary, with the comey report and everything, that's not going to be there, and they're going to be offended by this racial stuff. where are these new voters that trump is going for? >> he is not going for new voters. he's not. >> can he win with the same voters? >> he thinks they think they can win be those people get out. >> the same ones? >> the same one. it has to be turnout. it's all about turnout. >> wait a minute, aneat tax, more turnout? more angry white people? >> i mean, they feel like -- i'm not saying they're not doing anything to try to get some of those people, but then he does one thing and then another, so he might lose them. they feel it's all about turnout, turnout, turnout, turnout. >> he has pained himself into a corner here, chris. he said in new hampshire last night, he said whether you like me or not, you're going have to vote for me. >> i still laugh. >> because the economy is great and the left is coming to destroy it. if he is going to try to blame the fed, i mean, that's 8chan stuff. that's not even 4chan. that's 8chan.
the suburban women who had a problem with hillary, with the comey report and everything, that's not going to be there, and they're going to be offended by this racial stuff. where are these new voters that trump is going for? >> he is not going for new voters. he's not. >> can he win with the same voters? >> he thinks they think they can win be those people get out. >> the same ones? >> the same one. it has to be turnout. it's all about turnout. >> wait a...