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Opening Arguments
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Opening Arguments
"Media LLC. California limited liability company. Feel free. Yeah. So let me just read one more passage from this lawsuit because it's so delightfully bonkers. Here we go. It says the executive office of the president under president Obama was so distraught by general Philip's election as NSA that they calculatingly and with actual malice and corrupt motives conspired to and did use the tremendous power of their positions in the executive office of the president and their influence over the DoJ and FBI to investigate and trap and prosecute general Flynn, defendants agents. Yeah, no linear time at once more. Defendants agents executed these actions knowingly purposely and in complete disregard of general Flynn's constitutional and other legal rights. No, no, please. No one. Again, linear time, right? Like Michael Flynn was national security adviser under president Trump. He can not simultaneously be the NSA and also have Obama be in charge of the Department of Justice. I just, I don't know. He's the people that believe there was a secret child raping cabal below in the basement of a pizza parlor that lacks a basement. Oh yeah, that's one of the Michael Flynn definitely supported the pizzagate conspiracy theory. Oh yeah. Yeah. Anyway, this guy legit believes that Robert Mueller, who was appointed by Trump's own guy, deputy AG rod Rosenstein, was part of a plot by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to get him and get Trump. Or I mean, I don't even know if he really believes it. But look, he's willing to say so in a federal filing and again, that is why I read these cases front to back because they're not real lawsuits. They just aren't. I mean, this supposed tort here, the false reckless abusive and malicious felony criminal prosecution. It doesn't even matter. It's never going to happen. The $50 million is never going to happen. And okay, I guess we need to talk about the law. So why don't we find out why this is never never in a million years going to happen after the break?
Opening Arguments
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Opening Arguments
"Mueller wasn't even appointed a special counsel until May 17, I do not understand how Comey could have been involved in the prosecution at all, but perhaps that's my own naivete again. Yeah, that is because you are not considering the fact that linear time has a well-known liberal bias. Oh, well, good point there. You got me. Anyway, remember, the Russia investigation was initiated because Trump campaign a George papadopoulos had bragged to an Australian diplomat. I know they called him the coffee pie. Anyways, so the coffee boy bragged to this Australian diplomat that Russia was going to release hacked Clinton materials to help the Trump campaign, which it then did. So Flynn scoffs that this is hearsay upon hearsay and indeed, if it were offered in a court of law as proof that Russia actually did hack the DNC emails, he might be right. But that's not the standard to open an investigation, which is why the DoJ's inspector general report concluded that the quantum of information articulated by the FBI to open the individual investigations on papadopoulos, Carter page, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort in August of 2016, was sufficient to satisfy the low threshold established by the department in the FBI. So when Flynn's lawyers say that the investigation quote lacked legitimate investigative predicate, they are lying. Yeah, and I want to emphasize here that this report was prepared by Bill Barr's Department of Justice. That's why you have some of that editorializing. Not crazed leftist or alternatively federalist society. But you repeat yourself. Merrick Garland. No, look, I guess if your uncle Frank is drunken enough Kool-Aid that Barr is now also part of the deep state given that he sort of cooperated in a self aggrandizing sort of way with the January 6th committee. But look, Bill Barr's Republican DoJ office of the inspector general. Validated the voluntary plea bargain secured by the Republican prosecutors, operating a conjunction with the Republican special counsel Robert Mueller, who was appointed by Republican attorney general Jeff Sessions, and overseen by Republican Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein, or you know, as Flynn's lawyers call them a cabal of angry Democrats. Well, they would. Anyway, I should mention before Jesse been all sues us for defamation here. Flynn's lawyers did not call them a cabal of angry Democrats in the pleading. That's at Donald Trump thing that I'm sure they have called, but I want to be clear for the record what the complaint actually says. Bring it on, Jesse. I think he's got other fish to fry. Anyway, Flynn's lawyers are similarly selective with the facts alleged in this bleeding. For instance, they point to Flynn traveling to Moscow and sitting with Putin at a gala as an example of protected First Amendment activity. And he even claims he was quote acting as an information gathering agent for the United States not for Russia because he did disclose the trip to the U.S. government and talked about when they asked him about it. He fails to mention though that he was paid $45,000 by Russia today to deliver a speech at that fun little dinner and that Russia today is classified as an outlet of the Russian government, which is a minor minor detail that he just failed to forgot to mention. Nor does he mention his belated registration as a foreign agent of the Turkish government, which is a tacit acknowledgment both that he'd violated the foreign agents registration act and that he'd been acting as an agent of a foreign government just months before he became the national security adviser. It takes what I'm going to describe as a lot of nerve to claim that quote general Flynn's status as an adviser to a presidential candidate is not a proper justification to investigate him as a Russian spy. Yeah, I mean, I think from where I come from, we call that chutzpah. But it does help perhaps you bite. Yeah, it does help if you've had your capacity for shame, surgically removed. Yeah. Which he clearly has. So Flynn also claimed that, quote, the supposed ties to state affiliated entities apparently amounted to speaking fees that general Flynn received as part of his speaking circuit after leaving government service, which is amazing. Yeah, nobody ever gets bribed that way. Yeah. Yeah, no. Literally the day of the 2016 election, Flynn published an editorial in the hill calling for Fethullah Gulen's extradition without disclosing that he was being paid by the Turkish government and while he was being paid by the Turkish government, he set in on multiple classified briefings with Donald Trump who was then a candidate. So this guy was a walking national security risk before he got caught making secret deals with the Russian government, something he characterized in his brief as, quote, perfectly appropriate, diplomatic talks. And that's despite the fact that he was a civilian with no diplomatic role negotiating to undermine the foreign policy of the sitting president. Nor does he explain why he made repeated public denials of those perfectly appropriate talks, or why he lied about them to the FBI. Oh, sorry. I mean, he forgot about them. Yeah, yeah. That's the obvious explanation. Who could possibly remember all of the foreign autocrats that are paying you buddy to say what you just buy pure happens to happen to put an editorial in public. Yeah. I mean, look, the complaint is ridiculous, which is why I read them from the front to the back. And it bears noting that this is ridiculous in exactly the same way that Trump's idiotic RICO suit against Hillary Clinton was ridiculous. You guys remember that one. Although it was mercifully a hundred pages shorter and it only sues the federal government. So I guess he's not likely to get the same $1 million sanctions penalty because the government's not generally in the habit of doing that. But incidentally, this represented here by Jared Robert, and he is an attorney in the office of kraken alumni, Jesse beadle. Who represents Trump in a bunch of idiotic partisan bullshit suits. He's like, okay, credit work do. He is like a couple clicks above Alina haba in the pecking order, but his record is not great. And Roberts, who is apparently like the guy in Jesse beetles outfit, who is a barred in Florida, where this dumb thing is filed is also the attorney of record on Clinton's appeal to the 11th circuit in that RICO case. Yeah. He's appealing the sanctions because he doesn't actually want to pay the $1 million. So anyway, hi Jesse bean all, small world. Again, opening arguments,
Opening Arguments
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Opening Arguments
"So procedurally you had just teed this up. I think there's a really good point that the Lisa page and Pete struck lawsuits are two separate tracks. They have not yet been consolidated together. But they have some rather significant factual overlap. And so judge Amy Berman Jackson issued this order last August that affects both cases. So that says it relevant part. For the reasons, stated during today's proceeding, defendant's motions to quash the deposition of FBI director Christopher wray is granted insofar as it asks for the depositions to be sequenced. But otherwise, it remains held in abeyance. That means she's going to hold off on ruling for now, and she said the same thing about Donald Trump, right? So no, you don't get to depose the immediately, but cut back, right? Her order continues. The deposition of the former FBI deputy director David bowdich must be completed before the challenge to depositions, along with the deposition of former Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein, both parties must file supplemental platings no longer than four pages love that. Addressing whether and how any information gathered in those depositions bears upon the resolution of the apex doctrine issue raised in the motions to quash. Okay, so what she's saying here is, did you get all of the information that you assert you need from Trump and ray after you've deposed Rosenstein about it? And, you know, spoiler alert, this is one of the many ways in which the government is going to continue to resist an order deposing Chris wray. Anyway, she continues. Furthermore, in order to address the questions of executive privilege that bear upon the resolution of these motions, plaintiffs must file a notice, transmitting a transcript of the Rosenstein deposition and listing with as much particularity as possible the subject matter areas and substance of the questions he would propose to ask at any deposition of the former president and the FBI director. The defendants must respond to that notice, identifying all questions to which they intend to assert executive privilege, specifying as to each whether they asserting the presidential communications or deliberative process prong of the privilege or both, put up in that we will get to it. Finally, the parties must submit simultaneous briefs setting forth their legal arguments as to the applicability of executive privilege. So that's the end of the order, going to talk more about it. If you're thinking, is any of this the kind of conduct that courts impose on regular deficit? No. It regular litigation practice. You just notice up a deposition. The parties agree when and where they're going to be deposed. You have a conference room somewhere. You have a court reporter. The party sit in there with just their lawyers, no judge, the court reporter, and you fight about this afterwards. So this is imposing a very, very heavy procedural set of constraints on those future depositions. And there is still more here. So judge Jackson also ordered the government to cough up Sarah is found logs, but you can see 6 months ago that the parameters of this argument really taking shape. And it is the exact same arguments we have gotten familiar with over the past 6 years where Trump has just completely distorted executive privilege. You know, which was always a limited judicially created doctrine into this his view of the sort of broad blanket of immunity that, you know, covers a former president after he's left office that is just, you know, I don't know, heckling people from his golf cart. Exactly. And we should point out that the Biden administration and the Garland Justice Department have been only marginally less aggressive about this privilege. They're not changing their position very much, even though, yes, DoJ going to DoJ. So, okay, for instance, instructs response to this minute order, he noted that the government quote invoked the presidential communications privilege and or the deliberative process privilege to preclude testimony about any other discussions ray had with president Trump even as to general topics. Yeah, okay, so time to pull that pin. Let's unpack that a little bit. So both the presidential communications privilege. And the deliberative process privilege are subsets of this vague category called executive privilege. And, you know, as you just hinted at, this fun item number, I don't know, a billion in the government doesn't work the way original is pretend it does file, but look, executive privilege is not mentioned in the constitution, so you better use that portion of the constitutional claim. It doesn't say executive privilege doesn't hit at it, right? There's nothing even close anywhere in the text. It was not a phrase in common use in law stuff until after World War II, right? One source that I read said that it was not first invoked by name until the Eisenhower administration, right? And on top of all of that, it's not a law passed by Congress. And I found this out. Even though it would be self serving, executive privilege is even comprehensively set out in an executive order, right? Like written by the president himself. So despite all that, Republican presidents in particular seemed pretty sure that executive privilege not only exists, right? And they rely on it, but is, quote, constitutionally based, that's from multiple Trump pleadings. Despite the fact that, you know, it contradicts their whole big belief system of jurisprudence. Anyway, what is executive privilege? Yeah, the place that modern courts typically look to for guidance is a 2001 George W. Bush executive order. Number one three two three three. And that order, if you're a number lover, I don't know, you might remember, we've mentioned this before. It is actual, yeah. I don't know. But that executive order one three two three three is actually one about the presidential records act, so that's why we've talked about it. In discussing how the act is to be implemented because various narrow officials will now get documents that could be privileged. That executive order lays out four pretty broad categories of executive privilege and courts kind of use this as the rubric as they're analyzing privileged claims. So the first is military diplomatic or national security secrets. So that's typically referred to by courts as the state secrets privilege. The second are communications with the president or his advisers.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Least 19 people have been killed by the heavy flooding some relief could come tomorrow as dry weather is in the forecast. Former Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein is drawing a stark line between classified documents investigations of President Biden and former president Trump. You have to differentiate between the political consequences and the practical cops wins for the special counsel. Appearing on NBC's meet the press, he noted the special counsel in each case, will reach their own conclusions without being influenced by political pressure. He also dismissed the suggestion these investigations are like two car wrecks where one is an accident and the other is on purpose, Rosenstein went on to stress the importance of waiting to hear the facts before jumping to any conclusions. There's more push for change in New York sports after the incident involving Buffalo Bills player demar Hamlin. Jennifer Paul Sony reports. New York assemblyman Angelo Santa Barbara calling for CPR training to become mandatory for all youth sports coaches under the current state education law high school coaches must know CPR, but the new measure would require everyone who coaches children to know the lifesaving technique, hamblin who collapsed during a Monday Night Football game was resuscitated by CPR and the use of a defibrillator now out of the hospital and still recovering. A new report says the richest 1% of a mass nearly two thirds of all the new wealth created since 2020. That's according to the charity group oxfam. I'm Michael kassner. Italian actress Gina Lola bridgetta has died she was 95. Family members shared the news of her passing on social media calling her one of the brightest stars of Italian cinema. They left me threatening. What could I do? Three, 5? Yes. Three fathers. What a beautiful story. She rose to fame alongside Sophia Loren in the 1950s and 60s, the sultry screen legend made her English language film debut in 1953, appearing with Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's beat the devil. She was also a politician and a photojournalist, nabbing an exclusive with Fidel Castro. Unlimited paid time off is the new must offer recruitment
Bloomberg Radio New York
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Another surge of Pacific moisture is expected to wallop California this morning. This after the storm battered states saw more rain and gusty winds over the weekend, some parts of California have gotten more rain in the past two weeks than all of last year, at least 19 people have been killed as a result. The White House has approved California's request for a major disaster declaration after governor Gavin Newsom's office puts request in more from Ryan baker. Newsom says storms have taken a toll on this date. By some estimates 22 to 25 trillion gallons of water have fallen over the course last 16, 17 days. The major disaster declaration helps Californians impacted by the storms and makes federal funding available to individuals in businesses in Sacramento and Santa Cruz counties. Additional counties may be included once storm conditions allow officials to assess damage. Former Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein is drawing a stark line between classified documents investigations of President Biden and former president Trump. You have to differentiate between the political consequences and the practical consequences for the spectrum council. Appearing on NBC's meet the press, he noted the special counsel in each case, will reach their own conclusions without being influenced by political pressure. He also dismissed the suggestion. These investigations are like two car wrecks where one is an accident and the other is on purpose, Rosenstein went on to stress the importance of waiting to hear the facts before jumping to any conclusions. An Ohio man believed to be one of the last surviving tuskegee airmen has died Trey Thomas with more. The family of Harold Brown shared word of his passing on social media late last week. Brown spent two months as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down in German territory during World War II. In 2007, president George W. Bush and members of Congress presented Brown and the rest of the pioneering African American aviators known as the tuskegee airmen with a congressional gold
The Eric Metaxas Show
Invasion at the Border: A Conversation With Sara Carter
"The listener, he's dropping in on our conversation here. This is Sarah Carter. She's the host of the dark wars podcast. Dear friend of mine, we've known each other now for several several years going back. Really back to the time of, doesn't it seem like now a different era of the Russia investigation and the all that going on. And all of it's been within the last 5 or 6 years, but it seems like it's an eternity ago, Sarah. Yeah, it does. I was thinking the same thing. Especially when all the information just came out on President Biden and all of his documents and, you know, the classified documents and I was thinking back to when we first started breaking the stories on the FBI and Donald Trump and what was going on with lieutenant general Michael Flynn. And it does, it feels like an eternity ago, but remember, even when you and I were talking and you were in Congress and we would all everybody would, you know, be on different shows or we would talk about things because we didn't really know. It was peeling back layers of an onion and we didn't know like, oh my gosh, you'd see these text messages and holy cow. I can't believe James baker, the general counsel did this or rod Rosenstein did this, but now I realize, just like when I would tell people I say, why don't you write a book? Why don't you write a book? And I would say because I don't feel like we know the whole story. I just feel like there's this big chunk of the story that's missing and for sure a big chunk of the story was missing because now we see it, you know? Now we'll see what's coming out. Yeah, don't say Sarah though, it was one of those things where you sit in there and say, we knew we were right, we just couldn't show you. And now it is, we told you though.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
". President Biden will speak at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. served his pastor today ahead of the federal holiday. Jim Forbes has that story. President Biden will be the first sitting president to speak during Sunday services at ebenezer baptist church in downtown Atlanta. Senior adviser for public engagement and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance bottoms called it an inflection point. Bottom said the president was invited to deliver a remarks by democratic senator Raphael Warnock, who currently leads the congregation. I'm Jim Forbes. Former Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein is drawing a stark line between the classified documents investigations of President Biden and former president Trump. You have to differentiate between the political consequences and the practical consequences for the special counsel. Appearing on NBC's meet the press, he noted the special counsel in each case will reach their own conclusions without being influenced by political pressure. He also dismissed the suggestion these investigations are like two car wrecks, where one is an accident and the other is on purpose. Rosenstein went on to stress the importance of waiting to hear the facts before jumping to any conclusions. One GOP congressman says if he were in New York representative George Santos position, he'd resign, appearing on ABC's this week, representative of Don bacon, said he wouldn't be able to face his voters. Santos has been in hot water since the election after he admitted to fabricating much of his background. The Nebraska Republican went on to say that while this was ultimately an issue between Santos and his constituents, he doesn't think his chances of reelection will be that promising. The major disaster declaration California governor Gavin Newsom requested from the Biden administration is being approved amid devastating winter storms. Governor Newsom asked President Biden to approve the declaration as a state reels from a series of deadly atmospheric rivers. His request was granted on Saturday with the death toll in the Golden State at nearly 20. I'm Tammy trejo. The CDC and FDA are looking into concerns that the Pfizer COVID vaccine can cause strokes in those 65 and older the CDC notes that overall the data suggests its very unlikely there's a true clinical risk. The agencies use a safety monitoring system that identified a preliminary signal that they found important to share with the public while they continue to evaluate the data. A pregnant woman and one other are shot in New Jersey after a 9-1-1 call of gunfire led police in a different town to find the victims. Jonathan o'halloran reports. It happened around 5 30 Saturday night on inman avenue and route one north in woodbridge, police received a 9-1-1 call of shots fired in the area, woodbridge police discovered a car with gunshots nearby, a short time later nearby Lyndon police discovered a pregnant woman and a male who suffered gunshot wounds in the parking lot of The Home Depot on west Edgar wrote. Police believe the two were shot in that previous incident in woodbridge and fled towards London. Middlesex county police, along with the two towns involved, they're still searching
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Kash Patel Has a Special Name for Special Prosecutors
"Back with cash Patel. He's got a brand new book up. Let's put it straight up there. So everybody knows the name it is. Image. There we go. Government gangsters. You can pre order it at government gangsters dot com. We'll talk about your fight to get it published, but first things first, when it comes to the news, you said something that rather triggered my former White House colleague Steve Bannon in a good way on his show yesterday on war room. I was on right after you. You said something special about the special prosecutors the special counsels that are going after president Trump. How did you describe them cash? I call these special counsels, the special forces operators of government, corruption. Look at rob Rosenstein's appointment of Mueller. Now look at this appointment of rob her. Who is rob her? Rob Rosenstein's protege. Why does that matter? Rob her single handedly with rod Rosenstein was the one that blocked Devin Nunes and I access to russiagate information for the American public when we sent them congressional subpoenas when they were running the Department of Justice. So you want it information and DoJ and this guy her blocked you cash? Not only did he block it, I want him. I dare him to come out and say he didn't do it. He also blocked and wanted to prevent the release of the Nunes memo. We've got the emails. I'm going to post them later today, a foia request to be made for every Robert herr email. This guy didn't want us to expose the corruption at the FBI and DoJ with his henchmen rod Rosenstein. They lied about it. And these two guys not only signed the illegal fisa warrant against president Trump as the heads of DoJ, they also launched an investigation and subpoenaed me as the chief House intelligence committee investigator on Russia gate in 2017.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Bloomberg radio. Federal criminal investigations against a former president bring some unique concerns. In the case against a former president, obviously, with the extraordinary, we raise unique concerns. And so I would hope that Merrick Garland and his team would be very careful about scrutinizing that evidence, not just checking the box, but making sure that they're prepared to stand behind the decision that they make. That's former Deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein, appearing on CBS's face the nation. He pointed out that there were multiple levels of issues the Department of Justice needs to consider in its investigations of former president Trump. Those include making sure the evidence brought against him is sufficient that the investigation is a good use of federal resources, Rosenstein stated that he wouldn't have appointed a special counsel given the stage the DoJ has reached, but that he couldn't tell from the outside. Representative Hakeem Jeffries as Democrats will defend the track record of the Biden administration if it comes under assault, appearing on CNN State of the Union, the New York Democrat said it was part of the plan to push back against Republican overreach in the house. Jeffrey is seeking to become the leader of House Democrats after speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she'd be stepping down. However, Geoffrey's highlighted the importance of finding common ground with the GOP, saying the time for politics ends in the immediate aftermath of a campaign. The FBI's assisting with the investigation into a mass shooting at a gay bar in Colorado Springs, please say the gunman entered the LGBTQ nightclub just before midnight and immediately opened fire with a rifle. 5 were killed at least 18 others injured in the attack. Officials have identified the suspect as 22 year old Anderson Lee Aldrich is in custody and being treated for injuries. Authorities say they're working to determine if the shooting was a hate crime. Someone in Kansas is $93 million richer. Lottery officials say a Powerball ticket with all 6 numbers in last night's drawing was sold in the sunshine state, since there was a winner Monday's jackpot in the multi state lottery will be worth $20 million. I'm Tammy trejo. Wisconsin governor Tony Evers is ordering flags on all public buildings across the state to fly at half staff Monday to pay respect to the 6 people killed in last year's Waukesha Christmas parade. Brad Siegel has more. Has scheduled a public ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the tragedy last Wednesday, the man convicted of the murders, was sentenced to 6 consecutive life terms and more than 700 years behind bars for driving his SUV into the parade. The Waukesha Christmas parade will return on Sunday the 4th of December. I'm Brad Siegel. Original Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank is dead at the age of 49, TMZ reports he died by suicide while living in Texas, Frank is best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in mighty morphin Power Rangers that debuted back in 1993. He was originally cast as the green ranger, but later assumed the role of the white ranger and leader of the crime fighting group. Frank was also trained in a variety of martial arts and had a brief career as an MMA fighter. The Santa Fe county sheriff's office is releasing the police report from the rust movie shooting. Criss-cross has that story. The 550 page report comes more than a year after the deadly incident on the New Mexico set of the western the report reveals a series of text messages actor Alec Baldwin sent to the husband of cinematographer halena Hutchins following her death. He insisted that both he and Hutchins believed the gun was empty. Questions have lingered as to how live ammunition made its way into the prop gun wielded by Baldwin and whether prompter safety precautions were indeed taken. The district attorney's office says it will conduct a thorough review of the report and other evidence about whether to bring charges for Hutchins shooting death. I'm Chris. A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered. The black named pheasant pigeon was recorded for the first and only time in 1882 and scientists believed it a long since vanished. However, researchers on a remote island, New Guinea recently caught the bird on video. It's not clear just how many of the birds are left, but scientists are optimistic there could be quite a few of them out there. I'm Tammy trejo. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom. Sam bankman freed's bankrupt crypto empire FTX owes its 50 biggest unsecured creditors a total of $3.1 billion. That's according to new court papers, FTX linked entities owed their single biggest unsecured creditor more than 226 million, according to a redacted list of top 50 creditors filed late yesterday, the creditor's names and locations were not disclosed. Two men armed with a hunting knife and gun were arrested Friday at Penn station, they were wanted in connection with planning harm to the Jewish community, more from Bloomberg stennis, Pellegrini. Suzette, the two men Christopher Brown of aqaba and Matthew morrow of Manhattan have been arrested by MTA police officers while entering Penn station. And during the arrest police discovered a large hunting knife in illegal Glock 17 firearm a 30 round magazine and other items as well, Brown was charged with making a terroristic threat aggravated harassment and criminal possession of a weapon charged with criminal possession of a weapon and sources say one of the men had earlier posted on social media that he might shoot up as synagogue and die. Susannah Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini. While traders and investors are in for a short trading week with the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday, inflation and the Federal Reserve's fight against it are top of mind, former treasury secretary Larry summers, says the Federal Reserve policymakers should not make the mistake of slowing interest rate increases too soon. My view is that there's more risk from stopping prematurely and not really curing inflation and setting the stage up for a reacceleration of inflation after it comes down. I see that as a bigger risk than going too far. Summers was interviewed on Bloomberg Wall Street week with David Westin. Global news, 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I'm Susanna Palmer. This is Bloomberg
Mark Levin
Tracking Clinton Campaign Lawyer Michael Sussmann Since the Nunes Report
"So everything I did based on the house Intel drop was chrono chronological order as it was presented And it starts here From the Nunes memo both the DOJ and the FBI petitioned the fisa court to begin to surveil a Trump campaign adviser we later learned was Carter page On October 21st 2016 just two and a half weeks before the election The application had to be certified by the FBI's director or deputy director The attorney general Deputy Attorney General or assistant attorney general to the NSA The initial warrant on Carter page was issued and renewed three times Every 90 days which took you through the rest of the campaign Through the election the president elect period in the early months of the Trump presidency FBI director James Comey signed three of those fisa court warrants Comey sign three deputy FBI director Andrew mccabe signed one Deputy Attorney General's Sally Yates Dana bonetta and rod Rosenstein they signed one Christopher Steele was an FBI source He was initially paid first payment a $160,000 by the DNC and the Clinton campaign to create the dossier via Perkins coy and fusion GPS Okay so this is now the place where sussman fits in Everywhere we have the law firm Perkins coy We now know that was sussman
KTOK
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on KTOK
"Declassification authority. Neither do journalists. And so you know, these leaks are are a serious issue and let's find out what this was about what the underlying issue was before we draw judgment. But Mark how about the fact that apparently the investigation is over? And I never found any evidence against these members of Congress, their staffs or their families? Well, then, maybe. Yeah. We don't know the full details. But maybe then maybe they investigated and found that there was nothing wrong, but the Justice Department does that all the time. But again, I repeat members of Congress are not do not have immunity from being investigated by the Justice Department for criminal acts. If either of these congressmen had been involved in bribery if they'd involved an influence peddling if they have involved in other other illegal activity, that no one Question the FBI's it has investigated and in fact jailed and arrested and imprisoned members of Congress for those kinds of crimes. Leaking classified information is a very, very serious crime, and members of Congress have a moral and legal responsibility to protect classified information. They're privileged to see. Catherine Jeff Sessions and William Barr, where both in charge over the course of the Trump administration. While the subpoenas were being enforced, along with gag orders that prevented Apple from informing the members of Congress, both men Both men say they knew nothing about this. Now. In the case of sessions, you can say well, he recused himself from the Russia investigation, which is supposedly what these leaks were about. But his deputy, the man in charge of the Russia investigation, Rod Rosenstein. Says he didn't know anything about it, either. Uh, is that possible? Well, that is the question, right, Chris, And that's obviously what Democrats are trying to get to the bottom of Senate Democrats want both of them to come before the Judiciary Committee. To go over this. Yes, Uh, Bill Barr said that he told The Wall Street Journal that he wasn't aware and it sort of happened before he was in the job.
AP News
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on AP News
"Two years after they sought his testimony in the impeachment case against Donald Trump. Committee. Vice chair Madeline Dean says my against testimony brought to life the pages of the Mueller report. Into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia, and whether the former president tried to obstruct the investigation that which was going on the pressure that he was under the pressure that other aides were under by the president to direct Rod Rosenstein to oust special counsel Mueller. But Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gates says we've learned nothing new. It's not clear what the committee will do with the information, but one lawmaker says it's important to study the past to plan for the future. I'm Jackie Quinn 559,000 Jobs were added last month, not quite what economists were looking for, as the economy continues to quickly recover from the pandemic downturn. President Biden says it bodes well for the long term jobs are up. Wages are up. Manufacturing is up. Growth is up, people gaining health care coverage is up. Small business confidence is up. America is finally on the move again. PNC economist Gusto Shay I expect the job growth will remain pretty good throughout the rest of 2021. Then to 2022. This is a P news. U. S intelligence Report on unidentified flying objects is due soon. AP correspondent Norman Merchant. This report, which is still being finalized, finds that there isn't a definitive explanation for around 120 reported incidents of UFOs, according to one of the officials that we spoke to. It also finds that there is no evidence that these phenomena are from secret U. S programs, and it doesn't establish a definitive link to alien life. But it does. Rule it out either two, sources say. The report, which is expected to go to Congress later in the month, says the government cannot give a definitive explanation of aerial phenomena spotted by military pilots. In December, Congress required the director of national intelligence to summarize and report on the government's knowledge of unidentified aerial phenomena or you A P s better known to the public as unidentified flying objects or UFOs. I'm Tim Maguire. AP News I'm a cover girl. I'm a cover girl. I'm a cover girl, too, because I use.
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"Two years after they sought his testimony in the impeachment case against Donald Trump. Committee. Vice chair Madeline Dean says McGann's testimony brought to life the pages of the Mueller report. Into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia, and whether the former president tried to obstruct the investigation that which was going on the pressure that he was under the pressure that other aides were under by the president to direct Rod Rosenstein to oust special counsel Mueller. But Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gates says we've learned nothing new. It's not clear what the committee will do with the information, but one lawmaker says it's important to study the past to plan for the future. I'm Jackie Quinn 559,000 Jobs were added last month, not quite what economists were looking for, as the economy continues to quickly recover from the pandemic downturn. President Biden says it bodes well for the long term jobs are up. Wages are up. Manufacturing is up. Growth is up, people gaining health care coverage is up. Small business confidence is up. America is finally on the move again. PNC economist Gus Fouche. I expected job growth will remain pretty good throughout the rest of 2021 into 2022. This is a P news. U. S intelligence Report on unidentified flying objects is due soon. AP correspondent Norman Merchant. This report, which is still being finalized, finds that there isn't a definitive explanation for around 120 reported incidents of UFOs, according to one of the officials that we spoke to. It also finds that there is no evidence that these phenomena are from secret U. S programs, and it doesn't establish a definitive link to failure in life, but it does. Rule it out either two, sources say. The report, which is expected to go to Congress later in the month, says the government cannot give a definitive explanation of aerial phenomena spotted by military pilots. In December, Congress required the director of national intelligence to summarize and report on the government's knowledge of unidentified aerial phenomena or you A P s better known to the public as unidentified flying objects or UFOs. I'm Tim Maguire. AP News AP News I'm Tim Maguire. Facebook says former President Donald Trump's suspension will last until January, 7th 2023 at the earliest. Popular site determining that some of his posts touched off the violence that resulted in the attack on the capital on January 6th of this year. The move freezes the ex president's accounts until early 2023, which he calls an insult, coupled with his permanent Twitter band that could put Trump at a serious disadvantage as he molds the 2024 White House run. Social media platforms are now key tools for politicians. Aides say. Trump's been working on launching his own platform but has not yet a blog. He started on his existing website shut down after less than a month of drawing dismal traffic. Facebook says it will reassess the suspension after two years. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki is not holding her breath feels pretty unlikely that the zebra is going to change his stripes over the next two years. SOCCER Megane Washington Businesses continue to find it difficult to hire new employees. Labor Department reports 559,000 new jobs were added last month, President Biden says the country is on the right path, but we're going to hit some bumps along the way. Course that will happen. Can't reboot the world's largest economy, like flipping on a nice light switch leading up to his summit with President Biden. President Vladimir Putin says Russia doesn't have any issues with the U. S. But he says the U. S has issues with Russia. Putin talked about economic restrictions and attempts to influence Russia's domestic policies. Press Secretary Jen Psaki says. Don't expect big breakthroughs when the two meet later this month. I don't think we're setting this up to be a Meeting where there is going to be, um you know, a an outcome that resolves every issue or every challenge in our relationship. This is a P news. Worcester, Massachusetts Police officer Emmanuel Familiar drowned today while trying to save a 14 year old boy who also drowned in a pond. Police say familiar leaves behind a wife, two Children and his parents. Diabetes drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat obesity appears Jackie Quinn has this. The drug we go V is a stronger version of Sema Glue tied, it provides a synthesized version of a gut hormone that curb the appetite. It also increases the release of insulin to help control blood sugar research from drugmaker Novo Nordisk finds a 15% weight reduction. Patients would give themselves a shot. Every week of we go V would gobies most common side effects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. More than 100 million adults. About a third of the population are obese. I'm Tim Maguire. AP News Facebook and Trump. I'm Tim Maguire with an A P news minute. Facebook suspends former President Donald Trump's account until at the earliest. January 7th 2023 for stoking followers prior to the capital attack on January 6th. Trump calls the decision an insult to the people who voted for him. White House press secretary Jen Psaki. We learned a lot from President Trump the former president over the last couple of years about his behavior and how he uses these platforms. Feels pretty unlikely that the zebra is going to change his stripes over the next two years. Tension again in Minneapolis after man wanted on a weapons charge was shot and killed by members of the U. S Marshals Fugitive Task force. Police say Winston Boogie Smith fired a shot before he was shot and killed by two deputies. His brother killed L. Smith..
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"Top Democrats on the house Judiciary Committee say they heard about some troubling events from Donald trump's former White House counsel but Republican lawmakers don't agree the house Judiciary Committee questioned former White House counsel don McGann all day behind closed doors two years after they sought his testimony in the impeachment case against Donald Trump committee vice chair Madeleine dean says McCann's testimony brought to life the pages of the molar report into the trump campaign's alleged ties to Russia and whether the former president tried to obstruct the investigation that which is going on the pressure that he was under the pressure that other aides were under by the president how to direct rod Rosenstein to oust as special counsel Mahler but Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz says we've learned nothing new it's not clear what the committee will do with the information but one lawmaker says it's important to study the past to plan for the future I'm Jackie Quinn
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"rod rosenstein" Discussed on Newsradio 970 WFLA
"When you read this transcript, then you look at what the FBI did in the subsequent application, you realize knowingly willfully Multiple members of the F B. I misled the FISA court. It's not even in doubt anymore. Yeah, I mean, it's and look when we say premeditated fraud is that now we know from these documents in these final days, declassification that in fact they had interviewed Christopher Steele early on and steals, admitted the reason he was pushing the dossier. Was the distract on behalf of Hillary Clinton's campaign because he hated Trump, You know, hence, we can go back to August, the 2016 and the warning even by Bruce or that he's got a political agenda and that he's tied to the Clinton and Clinton's paying for this crap. On that. Even the sub source in January 2017. They all knew and still call me put a signature on three of the four warrants Rod Rosenstein, the final one, which is inexplicable to me, because everybody knew By then it was a At that point was a hoax. And still they went forward with even the charging dictates. Rosenstein of Robert Mueller, it sister remarkable, and you know you're looking at a zoo. I go to these notes. You see, Rod Rosenstein really appears in the FBI knows to be such a weak character. There's a moment in the conversations with Andy McCabe McCabe rights just down later in his own. No to get this McCabe's version of events, But he said that at one point, uh Rosenstein pulled him aside and said, Would you reach out to the fire James Comey and find out if he thinks it's a good idea. The name of special prosecutor. Why would you reach out to the man you just help fire? Remember? Rosenstein wrote the termination memo on the grounds for termination, which, by the way, were substantiated later by the I G. James Comey was fired for good reason for misconduct in the Hillary Clinton email case and now obviously for misconduct in the Russia case. But why would you Rod Rosenstein be so uncertain of yourself that you're reaching out to the guy you just fired. You look at the cast of characters that carried out this silly Russia collusion thing, and you realize that it was the perfect storm. Bad managers, politically biased managers in some cases, correct managers carrying out a political dirty trick that should never have happened. All right, John, we look forward of the transcript of Carter Page. His life was ruined Papadopoulos, his life was ruined. Flynn's life was ruined. Stone's life was ruined. Manafort's right life was ruined. And everybody on their side gets away Scot free so far that you last question you have any faith in in the dorm report yet, or have you lost faith like I have? I mean, I'm just it shocks the conscience all that we knew all that we've proven incontrovertible evidence everywhere. Nothing happens ever. Nothing ever happens. Why? Yeah, it's well it time and again. We saw people like McCabe walk away despite you know, go overwhelming evidence of missing giving false statements. I think I have 100% confidence that John Durham is engaged right now, in a very serious criminal investigation that looks to be building indictments against a small number of people. We know grand Juries. Have convened. There are grand Juries, and there are grand jury activities, and they're even fights before the judges about grand jury compliance with subpoenas and other issues. That's what slowed down some of this, But that said the fact that there are plenty of signs of a criminal investigation. One has to wonder why it's been so. So some of the lawyers that I've showed this evidence to over the last few weeks They said, Listen, I could make a I could make a criminal case with this with a first year law student doesn't have any passed the bar yet. They couldn't understand why it's taken so much time. But let's see the evidence that I'm seeing in reporting talking to sources. There's a very active investigation. I hear the same thing, but I'm kind of tired of telling my audience something that should have happened a long time ago. Those you know you keep here. It's coming. Coming coming. That never happens. John Solomon. Thank you, as always, 809 for one, Sean, our number If you want to be a part of the program will get to the mob. The media, um the duplicity and double standard there. I'm pretty much everything coming up..
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"rod rosenstein" Discussed on 600 WREC
"25 told the top of the hour 809 41, Sean, our number. You want to be a part of the program. We're not gonna let up. We're not going to stop. History needs to be properly recorded. Not that I have. Ah, whole lot of faith anymore in the door. Um, quote, never ending investigation. Special Counsel. Whatever. I just don't But you know, we are because of the final call it a document dump in D. C. Finally, the declassification these documents. In the final waning days of the president's administration are extraordinarily revealing, and this is stuff which again just makes one scratch their head and wonder. Two years waited for its inspector General Horowitz to get the report. There are numerous referrals in that report for well the same exact things that people like Roger Stone and Manafort and others were You know, harassed for years about, but nothing's been done. Nobody's been held accountable anyway. We now understand that in the spring of 2017 Andrew McCabe, deputy FBI director apparently was summoned to the Justice Department for a high level Sunday morning meeting led by then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Never. He signed the fourth and final FISA application, by which time we already had Christopher Steele on record. We now know as a result of the classified documents and the sub source of steel steel, admitting that the only reason he was pushing his stupid dossier that he knew is full of crap. Was to help Hillary Clinton divert attention away from the email server issues. Yes, they were real crimes. Yes, there was a real violation of the espionage Act. 18, USC 7 93 and yes, Subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach bit was real and hammers and devices and sim cards and all that happened. That would put any one of us we the little people. I guess All of us will be in jail. That irredeemable, deplorable, smelly Wal Mart shopping people that we are anyway. McCabe showed up thinking it was a coordination and logistic issues meeting for the special counsel, then taking over Robert Mueller. And he found himself to be the subject of the discussion. And Rosenstein wanted McCabe to recuse himself as the I guess. Temporary FBI director from the Russia probe because McCabe's wife had run from office that was pointed out by President Trump many times in Virginia. And yet, Clinton ally Terry McCall of, you know, raising massive sums of money that you don't really get for a state local race. Um because of, well, at least the appearance of impropriety may also remember that you know McCabe in the I G report saying that he lacked candor. And that's where the inspector general made a referral or what was the whole charge. Say, you know, Stone, Manafort, Look at Roger Stone lying to Congress. Well, that got him 29. Man in tactical gear and frogman and a predawn raid guns drawn CNN cameras rolling and the hell that they put him through the exact same thing anyway, you might. This is McCabe denying it. Rejecting the IG report, Michael Horowitz said no reason alive, But anyway, here's what McCabe said at the time. I never intentionally misled anyone about anything, and I certainly have not committed a crime. I was asked questions on two separate occasions about an article that had appeared months before I was asked questions completely unprompted in the middle of other farm or intense and challenging issues that were swirling around me at the time. Um, when I've thought after the fact that those answers may have been inaccurate or mistaken, I reached out to those folks to make sure that they understood exactly what I meant and understood exactly what the situation was. Well, if you you know, you just listen to this guy going, okay? Not with the report said. That's not what we've learned, you know is we've learned a lot anyway. John Solomon is with us. He's he's been poring through these now declassified files in the final days of Trump's presidency. With apparently some update here. John Solomon. Yes, I'm going to be with you. Listen, these documents are amazing. I've said it before. These are too I think. FBI integrity What the Pentagon papers were to the Vietnam War. Every time you read them, you discover something else. I was just reading and preparing for short today. This incredible, Jule That's around the time that you were. McCabe is meeting with Rosenstein right after Comey's fired and out of the blue. I just read it for the first time. The first time I've ever seen this, Rosenstein tells McCabe, uh, right after Comey's fired The president didn't fire me just because of Russia. He had intended to fire him all along. Going back to January. When they first came in office. He didn't think that Comey was a good FBI director. Why is that significant? We gave a president To special counsel Mueller to investigate the firing of James Comey as obstructing the Russia investigation, when in fact the contemporaneous evidence now shows The idea to fire Comey started long before Russia just every time we read these documents were gonna learn something new about just how misled we were. How much deception in the official annals of government? Was carried out in how often the president was mistreated by false facts. I mean time and time again, a false narrative was pointed put out there. And the exculpatory facts were always hidden by the bureaucrats by them key players in Congress and we're on Lee now getting the truth. Four years later, it's It's incredible. Well, what's frustrating is guys like Durham. He's had access to this information the whole time. Is he not? He has absolutely he knows every says Low hanging fruit. John, This is not complicated stuff here. You know if we're gonna prosecute General Flynn for perjury trap, where? Where I sent them in something I wouldn't do in the Bush or Obama administration's and even the FBI agents didn't think it was lying. But they send a cent sign this paper that says you did. You lied, even though we didn't think you lie or we're gonna go after your son and your family. That's right. Listen, we're going to release in the next couple days. A new document. It's going to be the transcript of Carter Page talking to an FBI informant two months before they seek the FISA warrant two months before. The FBI knew from that interaction with Carter Page that Carter Page was not someone who had changed the Republican platform to help rush him. He said it we wasn't involved in. He was not someone that was trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails, all the allegations that Christopher Steele had put in his dossier. We're already debunked by an undercover informant wearing a wire catching Carter page, unaware that he was talking to an FBI informant. Making statements that were exculpatory statements of innocents and the FBI..
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"Know about this is the Sean Hannity show. 25 told the top of the hour 809 41, Sean, our number. You want to be a part of the program. We're not gonna let up. We're not going to stop. History needs to be properly recorded. Not that I have. Ah, whole lot of faith anymore in the door. Um, quote, never ending investigation. Special Counsel. Whatever. I just don't But you know, we are because of the final You call it a document Dump in D. C. Finally, the declassification these documents. In the final waning days of the president's administration are extraordinarily revealing. And this is stuff which again just makes one scratch their head and wonder. Two years waited for its inspector General Horowitz, forget the report. There are numerous referrals in that report for well the same exact things that people like Roger Stone and Manafort and others were You know, harassed for years about, but nothing has been done. Nobody's been held accountable anyway. We now understand that in the spring of 2017 Andrew McCabe, deputy FBI director apparently was summoned to the Justice Department for a high level Sunday morning meeting led by then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Never. He signed the fourth and final FISA application, by which time we already had Christopher Steele on record We now know as a result of the classified documents and the sub source of steel. Steel, admitting that the only reason he was pushing his stupid dossier that he knew was full of crap to was to help Hillary Clinton divert attention away from the email server issues. Yes, they were real crimes. Yes, there was a real violation of the espionage Act. 18, USC 7 93 and yes, Subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach bit was real and hammers and devices and sim cards and all that happened. That would put any one of us. We the little people. I guess all of us will be in jail that irredeemable, deplorable, smelly Wal Mart shopping. People that we are anyway. McCabe showed up thinking it was a coordination and logistic issues meeting for the special counsel than taking over Robert Mueller. And he found himself to be the subject of the discussion. And Rosenstein wanted McCabe to recuse himself as the I guess. Temporary FBI director from the Russia probe because McCabe's wife had run from office that was pointed out by President Trump many times in Virginia. And yet, Clinton ally Terry McCall of, you know, raising massive sums of money that you don't really get for a state local race because of well at least the appearance of impropriety may also remember that you know McCabe in the I G report saying that he lacked candor. And that's where Inspector General made a referral or what was the whole charge. Say, you know, Stone, Manafort, Look at Roger Stone lying to Congress. Well, that got him 29. Men in tactical gear and frogmen and a predawn raid guns drawn CNN cameras rolling and the hell that they put him through the exact same thing anyway, you might. This is McCabe denying it. Rejecting the IG report, Michael Horowitz said no reason alive, But anyway, here's what McCabe said at the time. I never intentionally misled anyone about anything, and I certainly have not committed a crime. I was asked questions on two separate occasions about an article that had appeared months before I was asked questions completely unprompted in the middle of other farm or intense and challenging issues that were swirling around me at the time. Um, when I've thought after the fact that those answers may have been inaccurate or mistaken, I reached out to those folks to make sure that they understood exactly what I meant and understood exactly what the situation was. Well, if you you know, you just listen to this guy opening, okay? Not with the report said. That's not what we've learned, you know is we've learned a lot anyway. John Solomon is with us. He's he's been poring through these now declassified files in the final days of Trump's presidency. With apparently some update here. John Solomon. Yes, I'm going to be with you. Listen, these documents are amazing. I've said it before. These are too I think. FBI integrity What the Pentagon papers were to the Vietnam War. Every time you read them, you discover something else. I was just reading and preparing for a show today. This incredible, Jule. That's around the time that you were. McCabe is meeting with Rosenstein right after Comey's fired and out of the blue. I just read it for the first time. The first time I've ever seen this, Rosenstein tells McCabe, uh, right after Comey's fired The president didn't fire me just because of Russia. He had intended to fire him all along. Going back to January when they first came into office. He didn't think that Comey was a good FBI director. Why is that significant? We gave a president To special counsel Mueller to investigate the firing of James Comey as obstructing the Russia investigation, when in fact the contemporaneous evidence now shows The idea to fire Comey started long before Russia just every time we read these documents were gonna learn something new about just how misled we were. How much deception in the official annals of government? Was carried out in how often the president was mistreated by false facts. I mean time and time again, a false narrative was pointed put out there. And the exculpatory facts were always hidden by the bureaucrats by them key players in Congress and we're on Lee now getting the truth. Four years later, it's It's incredible. What's frustrating is guys like Durham. He's had access to this information the whole time. As you know, he has absolutely he knows every says Low hanging fruit. John, This is not complicated stuff here. You know, we're gonna prosecute General Flynn for perjury trap. Where? Where I sent them in something I wouldn't do in the Bush or Obama administration's and even the FBI agents didn't think it was lying. But they send us a sign this paper that says you did. You lied, even though we didn't think you lie or we're gonna go after your son and your family. That's right. Listen, we're going to release in the next couple days. A new document. It's going to be the transcript of Carter Page talking to an FBI informant two months before they seek the FISA warrant two months before. The FBI knew from that interaction with Carter Page that Carter Page was not someone who had changed the Republican platform to help rush him. He said it we wasn't involved in. He was not someone that was trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails, all the allegations that Christopher Steele had put in his dossier. We're already debunked by an undercover informant wearing a wire catching Carter page, unaware that he was talking to an FBI informant. Making statements that were exculpatory statements of innocents and the FBI. When you read this transcript, then you look at what the FBI did in the subsequent application, you realize knowingly willfully Multiple members of the F B. I misled the FISA court. It's not even in doubt anymore. Yeah, I mean, it's and look when we say premeditated fraud is that now we know from these documents in these final days, declassification that in fact they had interviewed Christopher Steele early on and steals, admitted the reason he was pushing the dossier. Was to distract on behalf of Hillary Clinton's campaign because he hated Trump, You know, hence, we can go back to August, the 2016 and the warning even by Bruce, or that he's got a political agenda and that he's tied to the Clinton and Clinton's paying for this crap. On that. Even the sub source in January 2017. They all knew and still call me put his signature on three of the four warrants Rod Rosenstein, the final one, which is inexplicable to me, because everybody knew by then it was at that point was a hoax. And still, they went forward with even the charging dictates Rosenstein of Robert Mueller. It's just remarkable. And you know you're looking at a zoo. I go through these notes. You see, Rod Rosenstein really appears in the FBI knows to be such a weak character. There's a moment in the conversations with Andy McCabe..
860AM The Answer
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on 860AM The Answer
"Well, we have to take everybody back to the very hyperventilating moments of May 2017. That's when the Russia case, which was exploding in the media, even though it was crumbling behind the scenes. That the FBI was on everyone's minds and President Trump fired. James told me the FBI director, and then all of a sudden they were investigating the president for obstruction of justice for Hiring someone that he had the right to fire And as we later learned out from the idea, investigations the ground for five dismissing Comey or strong he violated FBI rules and regulations on multiple occasions. But at the time it was made to look like the president had fired James Comey at that moment in May to try to stop the Russia investigation. We now know the rest investigation was stopping itself. They haven't influenced figuring out they knew everything they had was Russian disinformation or uncorroborated, but the public didn't know that in the media were feeding this frenzy. What we didn't know at the time was that in the first moments right after acting FBI Director Andy McCabe he had then the deputy to Comey. He stepped into the acting FBI director. He made the decision himself. I'm gonna investigate the President, United States. Obstruction of justice. And he tells Rodwell's is that I've done this. You got no say that I've already done it. And Rosenstein on, and McKay keeps notes of this conversation, as does his lawyer. The now well known Lisa Paige was having the affair with Peter struck and did all those text messages. They both memorializes. These conversations are having with Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, and in these conversations Rosenstein drops a bombshell, which they put in their notes. Hey, guys, we didn't fire the idea to fire Comey just didn't happen recently because of Russia. We started talking about it with Jeff Sessions in January 17. In fact, it had nothing to do with Russia. I've been trying to talk to president not to put Russia in the statement because We didn't fire him for Russia. We fired him for other things in the cave writes this undercuts any sense of obstruction of justice. The FBI knew it the moment they're opening this probe. But the plan or the preparations of the effort to fire Comey started in January on something other than Russia. Does that. Make it into the mother report? No. Does it affect the equation? Now? Now you take those notes. I went out to several Veteran FBI agents and supervisors and said if you were thinking of opening obstruction of justice case and you got this level of information, isn't you got tell me what you do, they say didn't see every one of them said you close it down. There's no basis for obstruction of justice. In fact, it's an admission of Innocents and most more important, or evidence of innocents. More importantly, starting an obstruction investigation would be an abuse of the FBI's power based on the evidence. You just show me that's what career FBI officials told me. Not again. The same thing we just talked about before the commercial break. Not in the James Tell me Andy McCabe FBI. They rules that other FBI agents filed apparently didn't apply to Donald Trump, and they launched a two year obstruction investigation on something that had nothing to do. With the Russia case..
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"rod rosenstein" Discussed on News Talk 1130 WISN
"Want to be a part of the program. We're not gonna let up. We're not going to stop. History needs to be properly recorded. Not that I have. Ah, whole lot of faith anymore in the door. Um, quote, never ending investigation. Special Counsel. Whatever. I just don't But you know, we are because of the final call it a document dump in D. C. Finally, the declassification these documents. In the final waning days of the president's administration are extraordinarily revealing, and this is stuff which again just makes one scratch their head and wonder. Two years waited for its inspector General Horowitz to get the report. There are numerous referrals in that report for well the same exact things that people like Roger Stone and Manafort and others were You know, harassed for years about, but nothing has been done. Nobody's been held accountable anyway. We now understand that in the spring of 2017 Andrew McCabe, deputy FBI director apparently was summoned to the Justice Department for a high level Sunday morning meeting led by then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Never. He signed the fourth and final FISA application, by which time we already had Christopher Steele on record. We now know as a result of the classified documents and the sub source of steel steel, admitting that the only reason he was pushing his stupid dossier that he knew is full of crap. Uh, it was to help Hillary Clinton divert attention away from the email server issues. Yes, they were real crimes. Yes, there was a real violation of the espionage Act. 18, USC 7 93 and yes, Subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach bit was real and hammers and devices and sim cards and all that happened. Would put any one of us we the little people. I guess All of us will be in jail. That irredeemable, deplorable, smelly Wal Mart shopping people that we are anyway. McCabe showed up thinking it was a coordination and logistic issues meeting for the special counsel, then taking over Robert Mueller. And he found himself to be the subject of the discussion. And Rosenstein wanted McCabe to recuse himself as the I guess. Temporary FBI director from the Russia probe because McCabe's wife had run from office that was pointed out by President Trump many times in Virginia. And yet, Clinton ally Terry McCall of, you know, raising massive sums of money that you don't really get for a state local race. Um because of well least the appearance of impropriety may also remember that you know McCabe in the I G report saying that he lacked candor. And that's where Inspector General made a referral or what was the whole charge. Say, you know, Stone, Manafort, Look at Roger Stone lying to Congress. Well, that got him 29. Man in tactical gear and frogmen and a predawn raid guns drawn CNN cameras rolling and the hell that they put him through the exact same thing anyway, you might. This is McKay denying it. Rejecting the IG report, Michael Horowitz said no reason alive, But anyway, here's what McCabe said at the time. I never intentionally misled anyone about anything, and I certainly have not committed a crime. I was asked questions on two separate occasions about an article that had appeared months before I was asked questions completely unprompted in the middle of other farm or intense and challenging issues that were swirling around me at the time. Um, when I've thought after the fact that those answers may have been inaccurate or mistaken, I reached out to those folks to make sure that they understood exactly what I meant and understood exactly what the situation was. Well, if you you know, you just listen to this guy going, okay? Not with the report said. That's not what we've learned, you know is we've learned a lot anyway. John Solomon is with us. He's been poring through these now declassified files in the final days of Trump's presidency. With apparently some update here. John Solomon. Yes, I'm going to be with you. Listen, these documents are amazing. I've said it before. These are too I think. FBI integrity what the Pentagon papers were to the Vietnam War. Every time you read them, you discover something else. I was just reading and preparing for short today. This incredible Jule. That's around the time that you were. McCabe is meeting with Rosenstein right after Comey's fired and out of the blue. I just read it for the first time. The first time I've ever seen this, Rosenstein tells McCabe, uh, right after Comey's fired The president didn't fire me just because of Russia. He had intended to fire him all along. Going back to January. When they first came in office. He didn't think that Comey was a good FBI director. Why is that significant? We gave a president To special counsel Mueller to investigate the firing of James Comey as obstructing the Russia investigation, when in fact the contemporaneous evidence now shows The idea to fire Comey started long before Russia just every time we read these documents were gonna learn something new about just how misled we were. How much deception in the official annals of government? Was carried out in how often the president was mistreated by false facts. I mean time and time again, a false narrative was pointed put out there, and the exculpatory facts were always hidden by the bureaucrats by them. Key players in Congress. And we're on Lee now getting the truth. Four years later, it's It's incredible. Well, what's frustrating is guys like Durham. He's had access to this information the whole time. Has he not? He has absolutely. He knows every says Low hanging fruit. John, This is not complicated stuff here. You know if we're gonna prosecute General Flynn for perjury trap where? Where I sent them in something I wouldn't do in the Bush or Obama administration's and even the FBI agents didn't think it was lying. But they send us send sign this paper that says you did. You lied, even though we didn't think you lie or we're gonna go after your son and your family. That's right. Listen, we're going to release in the next couple days. A new document. It's going to be the transcript of Carter Page talking to an FBI informant two months before they seek the FISA warrant two months before. The FBI knew from that interaction with Carter Page that Carter Page was not someone who had changed the Republican platform to help rush him, He said it we wasn't involved in it. He was not someone that was trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails, all the allegations that Christopher Steele had put in his dossier. We're already debunked by an undercover informant wearing a wire catching Carter page, unaware that he was talking to an FBI informant making statements that were exculpatory statements of innocents. And the FBI. When you read this transcript, then you look at what the FBI did in the subsequent application, you realize knowingly willfully multiple members of the F B. I misled the FISA court. It's not even in doubt anymore. Yeah, I mean, it's and look when we say premeditated fraud is that Now we know from these documents in these final days, declassification that in fact they had interviewed Christopher Steele early on and steals, admitted the reason he was pushing the dossier was to distract. On behalf of Hillary Clinton's campaign because he hated Trump, You know, hence, we can go back to August, the 2016 in the warning even by Bruce, or that he's got a political agenda and that he's tied to the Clinton and Clinton's paying for this crap. On that. Even the sub source in January 2017. They all knew and still call me put his signature on three of the four warrants Rod Rosenstein, the final one, which is inexplicable to me, because everybody knew by then it was at that point was a hoax. And still, they went forward with even the charging dictates Rosenstein of Robert Mueller. Yep, it's just a remarkable and you know you're looking at a zoo. I go through these notes. You see, Rod Rosenstein really appears in the FBI knows to be such a weak character. There's a moment in the conversations with Andy McCabe McCabe rights just down later in his own. No togetherness McCabe's version of events, but he said that at one point, uh Rosenstein pulled him aside and said, Would you reach out to the fire James Comey and find out if he thinks it's a good idea. The name of special prosecutor..
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"rod rosenstein" Discussed on KSFO-AM
"The Sean Hannity show. 25 tool. The top of the hour. 809 41, Sean, our number. You want to be a part of the program. We're not gonna let up. We're not going to stop. History needs to be properly recorded. Not that I have. Ah, whole lot of faith anymore in the door. Um, quote, never ending investigation. Special Counsel. Whatever. I just don't But you know, we are because of the final call it a document dump in D. C. Finally, the declassification these documents. In the final waning days of the president's administration are extraordinarily revealing. And this is stuff which again just makes one scratch their head and wonder. Two years waited for its inspector General Horowitz, forget the report. There are numerous referrals in that report for well the same exact things that people like Roger Stone and Manafort and others were You know, harassed for years about, but nothing's been done. Nobody's been held accountable anyway. We now understand that in the spring of 2017 Andrew McCabe, deputy FBI director apparently was summoned to the Justice Department for a high level Sunday morning meeting led by then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Never. He signed the fourth and final FISA application, by which time we already had Christopher Steele on record We now know as a result of the classified documents and the sub source of steel. Steel, admitting that the only reason he was pushing his stupid dossier that he knew is full of crap to was to help Hillary Clinton divert attention away from the email server issues. Yes, they were real crimes. Yes, there was a real violation of the espionage Act. 18, USC 7 93 and yes, Subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach bit was real and hammers and devices and sim cards and all that happened. That would put any one of us. We the little people. I guess all of us will be in jail that irredeemable, deplorable, smelly Wal Mart shopping. People that we are anyway. McCabe showed up thinking it was a coordination and logistic issues meeting for the special counsel, then taking over Robert Mueller. And he found himself to be the subject of the discussion. And Rosenstein wanted McCabe to recuse himself as the I guess. Temporary FBI director from the Russia probe because McCabe's wife had run from office that was pointed out by President Trump many times in Virginia. And yet, Clinton ally Terry McCall of, you know, raising massive sums of money that you don't really get for a state local race. Um because of, well, at least the appearance of impropriety may also remember that you know McCabe in the I G report saying that he lacked candor. And that's where the inspector general made a referral or what was the whole charge. Say, you know, Stone, Manafort, Look at Roger Stone lying to Congress. Well, that got him 29. Man in tactical gear and frogman and a predawn raid guns drawn CNN cameras rolling and the hell that they put him through the exact same thing anyway, you might. This is McKay denying it. Rejecting the IG report, Michael Horowitz said. No reason alive, But anyway, here's what he cave said at the time. I never intentionally misled anyone about anything, and I certainly have not committed a crime. I was asked questions on two separate occasions about an article that had appeared months before I was asked questions completely unprompted in the middle of other farm or intense and challenging issues that were swirling around me at the time. Um, when I've thought after the fact that those answers may have been inaccurate or mistaken, I reached out to those folks to make sure that they understood exactly what I meant and understood exactly what the situation was. Well, if you you know, you just listen to this guy going, okay? Not with the report said. That's not what we've learned, you know is we've learned a lot anyway. John Solomon is with us. He's been poring through these now declassified files in the final days of Trump's presidency. With apparently some update here. John Solomon. Yes, I'm going to be with you. Listen, these documents our amazing I've said it before. These are too I think. FBI integrity What the Pentagon papers were to the Vietnam War. Every time you read them, you discover something else. I was just reading and preparing for short today. This incredible, Jule That's around the time that you were. McCabe is meeting with Rosenstein right after Comey's fired and out of the blue. I just read it for the first time. First time I've ever seen this, Rosenstein tells McCabe, uh, right after Comey's fired But the president didn't fire me just because of Russia. He had intended to fire him all along. Going back to January. When they first came in office. He didn't think that Comey was a good FBI director. Why is that significant? We gave a president To special counsel Mueller to investigate the firing of James Comey as obstructing the Russia investigation, when in fact the contemporaneous evidence now shows The idea to fire Comey started long before Russia just every time we read these documents were gonna learn something new about just how misled we were. How much deception in the official annals of government? Was carried out in how often the president was mistreated by false facts. I mean time and time again, a false narrative was pointed put out there. And the exculpatory facts were always hidden by the bureaucrats by them key players in Congress and we're on Lee now getting the truth. Four years later, it's It's incredible. What's frustrating is guys like Durham. He's had access to this information the whole time. As you know, he has absolutely he knows every says Low hanging fruit. John, This is not complicated stuff here. You know if we're gonna prosecute General Flynn for perjury trap, where? Where I sent them in something I wouldn't do in the Bush or Obama administration's and even the FBI agents didn't think it was lying. But they send the scent. Sign this paper that says you did. You lied, even though we didn't think you lie or we're gonna go after your son and your family. That's right. Listen, we're going to release in the next couple days. A new document. It's going to be the transcript of Carter Page talking to an FBI informant two months before they seek the FISA warrant two months before. The FBI knew from that interaction with Carter Page that Carter Page was not someone who had changed the Republican platform to help brush him, He said it we wasn't involved in it. He was not someone that was trying to get Hillary Clinton's emails, all the allegations that Christopher Steele had put in his dossier. We're already debunked by an undercover informant wearing a wire catching Carter page, unaware that he was talking to an FBI informant making statements that were exculpatory statements of innocents. And the FBI. When you read this transcript, then you look at what the FBI did in the subsequent application, you realize knowingly willfully multiple members of the F B. I misled the FISA court. It's not even in doubt anymore. Yeah, I mean, it's and look that when we say premeditated fraud is that Now we know from these documents in these final days, declassification that in fact they had interviewed Christopher Steele early on and steals, admitted the reason he was pushing the dossier. Was the distract on behalf of Hillary Clinton's campaign because he hated Trump, You know, hence, we can go back to August, the 2016 in the warning even by Bruce or that he's got a political agenda and that he's tied to the Clinton and Clinton's paying for this crap. On that. Even the sub source in January 2017. They all knew and still call me put a signature on three of the four warrants Rod Rosenstein, the final one, which is inexplicable to me, because everybody knew by then it was at that point was a hoax. And still, they went forward with even the charging dictates Rosenstein of Robert Mueller. It's just remarkable. And you know you're looking at a zoo. I go through these notes. You see, Rod Rosenstein really appears in the FBI knows to be such a weak character. There's a moment in the conversations with Andy McCabe, where McCabe writes this down later, in his own note against us. McCabe's Version of events. But he said that at one point, uh Rosenstein pulled him aside and said, Would you reach out to the fire James Comey and find out if he thinks it's a good idea to name a special prosecutor..
KLBJ 590AM
"rod rosenstein" Discussed on KLBJ 590AM
"Over south South south like south like Carol, That was good. I like the way you pretend to know sports and catch six all nine and time for the rush up voice. Last week, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein blasted the zero tolerance immigration policy was used on his watch, he said it should never have been proposed or even implemented. Now, he said. This after in Justice Department watchdog report claimed the policy was the driving force responsible for thousands of Children being separated from their parents. Here we go again with this live Rosenstein said he's been asking himself what could have been done differently. The zero tolerance immigration policy is at the top of his list. Democrats are coming back in the power and the gravel ng is a sight to behold Anybody Like Rosenstein, who yearns to get back into the left good graces has to pretend that they opposed everything Trump ever did, and begged to be forgiven for their trespasses against a Democrat agenda. For the record. The reason illegal immigrant parents were separated from their Children was due to the 1997 floors settlement. Between leftist immigration activists and the government. Under Bill Clinton 20 years before Donald Trump became president, you could look it up now, according to news reports, caravans of migrants ready to illegally breach our borders are already forming in South and Central America. Because they know President Biden will welcome them with open arms. You see, Democrats have a zero tolerance policy against enforcing America's immigration law. So it's going to get me back to business as usual. Learn it. Love it. Live it. I guess that used to it 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the American Eagle Coin program. And these historic gold coins will never be the same again. Why the U. S. Mint has unveiled a new design for the 2021 American Gold Eagle coins. This means now is your last chance to get in American Gold Eagle coin with the original Eagle design.
Todd and Don
McCabe will defend opening Russia probe in testimony before GOP-controlled Senate panel
"Former FBI Deputy director Andrew McCabe is set to testify on Capitol Hill today in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It's the fourth part of oversight hearings on Crossfire Hurricane which was the counterintelligence Trump Russia investigation. Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham and the committee have already heard testimony from former FBI director James Comey, former acting attorney General Sally Yates and former deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Tanya J. Powers. Fox News,
WBZ Afternoon News
Fired U.S. State Department watchdog tells lawmakers he was impartial
"A former top justice department official defending the Russia investigation during a hearing before lawmakers Senate Republicans begin their investigation into the F. B. I. twenty sixteen Russia probe and the surveillance of a trump campaign aide with the former deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein with newly declassified records and a watchdog report that found widespread errors in the surveillance warrants Rosenstein said he would not have signed the paperwork if you had known then what he knows today Rosenstein who also appointed special counsel Robert Muller testified the two year probe was not a hoax committee Democrats said the hearing should have focused on policing issues and Kobe
WTOP 24 Hour News
Rosenstein to testify as part of Graham's Russia investigation probe
"Former deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein of Maryland will testify next week at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the justice department's Russia investigation that come from South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham who chairs the committee Rosenstein's appearance in a week will come at the first federal oversight hearing of the committee's new investigation Rosenstein is a pivotal figure in the Russia probe because he's the one who appointed Robert Muller's special counsel the committee hearings are part of a broader effort by allies of president trump to call into question decisions and actions made during the Russia
AP News Radio
Graham calls Rosenstein as first witness in Russia inquiry
"Hi Mike Rossi a reporting the Senate Judiciary Committee lines up its first witness as it looks into the Russia probe Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Lindsey Graham says former deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein will testify on Wednesday as the committee opens an investigation of the FBI's Russia probe Rosenstein is a key figure in may twenty sixteen he appointed Robert Muller's special counsel to investigate potential ties between the trump campaign and Russia Rosenstein also authorized reviewing FBI applications to monitor a former trump campaign adviser Carter page last December the justice department inspector general concluded there were serious mistakes and omissions in F. B. I. applications to monitor page Mike Rossio Washington
AP News Radio
Graham calls Rosenstein as first witness in Russia inquiry
"Hi Mike Rossi a reporting rod Rosenstein will testify about the Russia probe on Capitol Hill next Wednesday former deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week as the panel looks into the justice department's Russia investigation senator Lindsey Graham the committee chairman said Thursday Rosenstein will testify about the new revelations contained in a report from justice department inspector general Michael Horowitz the report released in December concluded the Russia investigation opened in July twenty sixteen for a legitimate basis but it also says there were serious mistakes and omissions in F. B. I. applications to monitor a former trump campaign adviser Carter page might cross CO Washington
Larry Elder
Rod Rosenstein to testify before Senate panel on Russia probe
"Former deputy Attorney General rod Rosenstein will testify next week before a Senate panel looking into the F. B. I. investigation of the trump campaign Judiciary Committee chairman senator Lindsey Graham says Rosenstein will testify next Wednesday it marks the first public hearing and rams probe of crossfire hurricane the name for the investigation of Russian interference and since disproven allegations of collusion by the trump campaign Rosenstein says he's grateful for a chance to testify about information that's come to light about possible abuses of the FISA warrant process crossfire hurricane has been blasted by the president's supporters as an effort to unseat a duly
All of It
U.S. Senate panel approves Trump nominee Rosen as deputy attorney general
"The Senate Judiciary committee is advancing President Trump's nominee to serve as deputy attorney general and Pierce Carrie Johnson report. Jeffrey Rosen still needs a vote by the full Senate Democrats in some just as veterans worry that Jeffrey Rosen lattes experience prosecuting or defending criminal case Rosen served in the transportation department, but he's never worked at the Justice department in any capacity is deputy attorney general he would oversee the FBI and the ninety three US attorneys Rosen's in line to replace rod Rosenstein who has nearly thirty years of experience at Justice Rosenstein leaves the building later this week his tenure began with the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russian election
Financial Issues with Dan Celia
Rod Rosenstein Resigns After Embattled Tenure as Deputy AG
"Deputy attorney general rod Rosenstein who appointed special counsel Robert Muller to investigate Russian interference in the twenty sixteen. Presidential election submitted his resignation letter to the White House, Monday effective may eleventh. You're listening to USA radio news
Ben Ferguson
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein resigns, effective May 11
"Here, rod Rosenstein, has w Turney rod Rosenstein is resigning has resigned. He has his submitted his resignation letter to the White House is effective may eleventh as soon as we get more information on this. We will give you the the date on that. But again, rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney general rod Rosenstein has put in his resignation
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
Rosenstein suggests standing with Barr on Mueller report is his job
"Congress will in fact testimony this coming week from Trump's handpicked attorney general William Barr who has come under fire for his handling of Muller's findings the judiciary committee's from both chambers will question bar about the report Wednesday and Thursday of next week. And that brings us to the deputy attorney general that bar inherited the man who gave us the Muller investigation one rod Rosenstein and the questions about him tonight. Like how? Savvy. An inside player is he really this career federal prosecutor Harvard law graduate is first internship was for Massachusetts US attorney named Robert Muller. This man who the president has privately derided as mister peepers has he been privately currying the favor of the president all along to keep his job. Here is what raises all these questions tonight, the Washington Post late today detailed that Rosenstein, reportedly told Trump something certain in order to remain in charge of the investigation. The post focuses on the fallout in the wake of this explosive article from the New York Times, you'll recall it September twenty eighteen we reported on that widely at the time it said that after the 2017 firing of James Komi Rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to secretly record the president. And he talked about the twenty fifth amendment. The post now says after that Rosenstein was called on the carpet, and he was forced to explain himself to a furious White House and was reportedly teary-eyed in a meeting with then chief of staff John Kelly on a subsequent phone call with Trump he sought to quote assure the president he was on his team. And that he would make sure Trump was treated fairly quote. I give the investigation credibility Rosenstein said in the words of one administration official offering their own characterization of the call. I can land the plane that made us stop. And remember where we last heard that phrase? Landing the plane right now, and I've been willing to discuss my my my letters and the process going forward, and I'm just not going to get into the details of the process until the planes on the ground. Now back to the Justice department, which will admit can sound at times more like an airport quoting again from the Washington Post on multiple occasions, Rosenstein, told Trump he was not a target of Muller's investigation. That's important because we know that hearing that was critical to this president
America in the Morning with John Trout
Mueller report recounts 10 'episodes' involving Trump and questions of obstruction
"Special counsel Robert Muller's report into Russian interference in the two thousand sixteen presidential campaign is now in the hands of congress and the American public. But while the investigation is over the nearly four hundred fifty page report is creating more questions. Bob Costantini reports from the White House attorney general bars statement based on the molar report out that while it was quite clear. Russia's internet research agency, affiliated with the Putin government trying to influence the campaign in favor of Donald Trump. Indeed as the report states, quote, the investigation did not identify evidence that any US person knowingly or intentionally coordinated with the IRA's interference operation, unquote. Put another way the special counsel found. No collusion. The report itself suggest the June two thousand sixteen meeting at Trump Tower arranged by Donald from junior with Russians claiming to have dirt on Hillary Clinton was one of many contacts studied under what's commonly referred to as collusion. Otherwise, quote, the Russian contacts consisted of business. Actions offers of assistance to the campaign invitations for candidate Trump and Putin to meet in person invitations for campaign officials and representatives of the Russian government to meet and policy positions seeking improved US Russian relations in quote, President Trump's initial public reaction was breath during an event hosting wounded warriors here and they're having a good day. I'm having to do it was called, no collusion. No obstruction. The attorney general Robert Muller handed off the idea of whether the president or someone close to him tried to obstruct Justice in the Russia investigation after finding ten potential episodes. Although the deputy attorney general disagreed with some of the special counsels legal theories and felt that some of the episodes examined did not amount to obstruction as a matter of law. We did not realize solely on that. In making our decision. Democrats on Capitol Hill will certainly try to look at those episodes further including the firing of James Comey and some of the president's tweets urging potential witnesses to not rat on him related to the obstruction of Justice aspect of the Muller reports bar over this bit of empathy for President Trump. There is substantial evidence to show that the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency propelled by his political opponents and fuelled by illegal leaks. Robert Mueller lifted up. Bar deputy attorney general rod Rosenstein to look into whether the president or someone close to him could have engaged in obstruction of Justice. They decided no among the obstruction of Justice lines of inquiry Muller mentioned in the report are the firing of James Comey attempts to influence witnesses and the president's order to White House counsel dumb again that he tell deputy AG rod Rosenstein, the fire Muller Mcgann who spoke with the team for as much as thirty hours apparently refused to do. So in an effort to save the president from an appearance of structure of Justice add to that the alleged efforts by the president ticket. Michael Cohen to stay loyal once Cohen head criminal legal problems in New York Muller ends with a hint for congress to decide if it should charge the president with obstruction on the way tomorrow Lago. President Trump tweeted from Air Force One I had the right to end the whole witch hunt. If I wanted I have fired everyone, including Muller if I wanted I chose not to I had the right to use executive privilege. I didn't however the report makes a point of comment regarding obstruction. The president's to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful. But that is largely because the persons who surrounded the president declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. And now it's up to congress to take the next step. Linda Kenyon, has the view from Capitol Hill. Michael if you thought it was over thank again special counsel made clear that he did not exonerate the president, and the responsibility now falls to congress told the president accountable for his actions. That's Representative Jerrold Nadler, the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary committee. He's leading one of the many investigations that will continue in the wake of the mullahs report. A report that found no collusion, but did not absolve President Trump of obstruction of Justice attorney general William bar who presented the report at a news conference was roundly criticized by many Democrats, including Nadler who said bar was far from Jek give bars words and actions suggest he has been disingenuous and misleading in saying the president is clear of wrongdoing. Nadler says the redacted Muller report is clear the President Trump. Committed multiple misdeeds report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of Justice and other misconduct. Senator Richard Blumenthal. A member of the Senate Judiciary committee says the misconduct on the part of the president is stunning. But that's only part of the story. Details in this report about the Russian attack on our democracy are truly chilling also calls into question, the objectivity of the attorney general Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, one of the only Republicans to make any public comment on the release of the mullahs report depicted, the attorney general the special counsel, and the deputy attorney general as beyond reproach all three of them about as close to a-political as you can imagine strong disagreement from Adam Schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee. Attorney general did a grave disservice to the country by misrepresenting significant parts of the mullahs report and shift says the attorney general also blast over the actions of the president of the United States there. Unquestionably
This Morning with Gordon Deal
Political fight over Mueller report intensifies
"Meanwhile, the escalating political battle over the report centers on reductions, which lawyerly editing process, Mr. bars redacting at least four categories of information before issuing it to congress and the public Devlin Barrett who covers the Justice department and the F B I at the Washington Post says the fight over blackout boxes is likely to lead to months of battles between congress and the Justice department. Devon, what's up here? The attorney general is is looking at a number of different types of material that we would be redacted and what I try to describe in the piece was just how some of those categories are fairly flexible, particularly the grand jury material category. And we really don't know how he's going to. Decide those reductions, but because this is such a politically charged issue. It's just an incredibly tense and people are already accusing him of acting in bad faith before they even see what he's done. He's working with Robert Muller on this. Correct. That's right. And he's working with Robert Muller, and he's working with deputy attorney general rod Rosenstein, who's been supervising this this investigation from the beginning. All right. So I mean, this thing could come out and be virtually three hundred eighty eight pages are so out of the four hundred that are completely blacked out in theory. Right. A lot of grand jury stuff. I'd imagine this with all those subpoenas that were issued well in theory, but there's a couple of things to remember one bar has publicly pledged to be as transparent as possible now transparency is often in the eye of the beholder. The other issue is grand jury material can be interpreted different ways. I think prosecutors genuinely interpret the category, very broadly. But I think when there's this much attention on such a high profile case, especially a case in which congress also has. Vested interest in knowing what happened in the course of the investigation. I think there's some pretty good arguments to define grandeur material material narrowly,
Brian Kilmeade
Trump calls Mueller report summary a 'complete and total exoneration'
"President Trump is wrong. This report does not amount to a so-called total. Exoneration special counsel Mueller was clear that his report quote does not exonerate close quote, the president his conclusions. Raise more questions than answer. It is unconscionable that President Trump would try to spin the special counsel counselors findings as if his conduct was remotely acceptable. Let me just tell you about this character. He's for thirty years. He's been trying to get at the President Trump any can't presents mocked him mercilessly mercilessly when he was a state Senator whether it was right or not. That's a fact and now report comes out they does exonerate him. In those words, and he wasn't want the president to do. It's unconscionable. He could sit there in the street and get heckled only once which I give the MVP award to the heckler. In New York. You just started yelling Adam during it. It might have been Howard Stern guy. I'm not sure. But I only regret that he stopped Nadler's an embarrassment to the Democratic Party. If you want that to be that person to be your Representative and the person that the average American has in mind when they go to the voting booth in twenty twenty good luck. Scotland's in whol in Dayton, Ohio. He's got. Thanks for your show. Have hats off to you. It's time for this to be done was. It also positive scattered agenda of America back on track for all of the feelings that he's had to Bill what he's doing a good job. And. Bowel cancer thing. Boy, there's a ROY. America's just you know, the people running the country at Sterry always contenders, sir. Oh my goodness. In the stuff. They're running on from the new green deal that the governor of Washington is backing to come LA Harris. Let's have free pot free prostitution. Let's start. Elizabeth warren. Let's start breaking up companies to free healthcare free free college free preschool. I mean, it's impossible to do what they're doing Scott. I don't know what they're doing right now. But the president got an opportunity just get stuff done start knocking things off his list. This is a this is his second biggest day since he won the election. No one ever give him credit for it. Remember, they said, well, you didn't win the popular vote. Then we had one of these independent candidates demanding a recount, three states, president of gaining more votes than the electoral college, the delegates who ceremonially supposed to back up with the state. Does they started to be try to flip? And some of them didn't do what they were supposed to be doing. Then incomes the Russia investigation, and some people just keep on looking at for another reason not to not to look at one of the biggest upsets in political history in any country any time. That's what happened in two thousand sixteen. Don't want want to acknowledge it now. Molly Henneberg weighed in and said, yeah, this is a coastal one chapter. But. Opens up another cut Twenty-eight buying into this dossier that now today we know not anything in that dossier led to has has proven to be correct. So this is this is a very important moment in the story. But it doesn't mean it's over because. Yes, the one storyline is done. But now the other storyline. We'd better get we'd better see a lot more about what was going on. I like to see it done and by the way after impeachment when Hillary co when Bill Clinton was impeached in the house, and it stopped in the Senate. They they stopped investigating. They are going to keep continue to investigate now after the Robert Moore probe Eric who's on news ninety six five in Orlando hair. Brian. It's so sickening. The media for two years told us that Robert Mueller had the greatest integrity in DC. And now they're actually on MSNBC saying that oh to the Russians. Right. And did he did he sell out? I think what Trump should do is. Now, put them on the defensive. Have Adam Schiff declassify all of it. Let them see the Adam Schiff was leaking. Let them see what McCain did. And then Friday, five o'clock. So that they have to wait for the week, and he should say, I'm I'm asking Mr. bar to investigate what really happened 'cause Robert Mueller Alice h he's a witness and Rosenstein, he wrote the letter to fire each he's a witness. How the heck did he wind up having this whole thing? I'd like to hear your could on that. But I tell you what I love the I love the tactic of leaving them there for the final summary. Don't you Eric? So instead of saying, well, he jettisoned the guy who's going to wear a wire rod Rosenstein, and he said, no come here, you read with Robert Muller said, and I want you to Luke over my shoulder win and writing this summary, and you tell me ride am I doing anything that you don't trust Rosenstein was there for the letter to fire Komi Rosenstein was there for the meeting with McCabe after Komi was fired and launched the Robert Mueller investigation. He signed the FIS away. Aren't and he was there when he got exonerated. So I love for people just to looking for an opening and Robert Mueller. Oh, now robber mo-. He might have been compromised or they're doubting. Robert Muller, really, Robin Mullah who's good friends with Bill
Nightside with Dan Rea
NBC's Savannah Guthrie Grills Sarah Sanders
"Savannah Guthrie, I've NBC I went after Sarah Sanders saying well doesn't the president needs to apologize now. Because he didn't file fire Mueller, and it became it was Sarah Sanders turned on her like a Honey badger. Let's let's play cut right now. Robert Muller deserve better from the president that this kind of language and behaviour, frankly, I think the American people deserve better. They didn't deserve for the election of this president to try to be wait a minute. But the president's rhetoric about a public servant doing a job. Are you kidding? The president's rhetoric matches. They are literally the media and Democrats have called the president an agent of a foreign government. We're talking to that is an accusation equal to treason, which is punishable by death in this country. Want to quote from the report here this not I will this is William bar. According to the report quote. The investigation special counsel's investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities in a footnote related to that to that quote. The footnote says that in assessing potential conspiracy charges the special counsel also considered well, the members of the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian election interference activities, the special counsel defied coordination with an agreement tacit or express between the Trump campaign and the Russian government on election interference. And it just did happen. This is again, we will see the full report. We want transparency we want transparency. There's there's one other point here that I wanted to make on the obstruction of Justice after reviewing the special the special counsel may not know determination after reviewing the special counsel's final report on these issues consulting with department officials, including the office of legal counsel and applying the principles of federal prosecution that guide are charging decisions deputy attorney general rod Rosenstein and I- meaning William bar. The attorney journal concluded that the evidence developed during the special counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed and obstruction of Justice crime in making this determination. We noted that the special counsel recognize that quote, the evidence does not establish that the president was involved in an underlying crime related to Russian election interference unquote, and that while not determinative. The absence of such evidence beers upon the president's intent with respect to