robert muller seen as law and order type person. there is no suggestion of any kind from those in authority now that crimes have been committed, but there seems to be widespread agreement that there is need that there is need for an independent investigation, not connected to any political activity, and now this office of the special council has been created first time we've heard language like that in a long time. quoting jason shafitz who has been on the air and out front as these crisis been building, he says muller is a great selection impeccable credentials, should be widely accepted. the fact of the matter is, it will take us some amount of time for robert muller to get u investigation, already in the house and senate there have been demands for implies that may have been written. president trump wrote in a tweet and the white house refused to comment there may be tapes of the meeting. james comey describes the meeting as in the oval office. just after general flynn had been fired. there with other high level members, includin

e emerged as the leading afternoon.this >> robert muller was a very good good as that the american -- public has ever reason to wonder what is happening to our government. manipulated by russia, a country that does not have our best interest at heart. have to answer. senator. you, >> the deputy attorney general to head robert muller up the investigation into the russian issue. issues i raised -- i multiplicity best igating and we coordinate those activities with irector muller and the fbi so that we don't inadvertently his fere or impede investigation. understand the importance of the executive branch and of director muller as special counsel during this investigation. > do you agree with the assessment of it's a witch hunt? interpret he believes there's no basis to it in egards to his activity but clearly russia was involved in undermining public confidence in our elections and we're conducting an investigation on the senate intelligence getting that i sit on access to some of the most sensitive raw intelligence that intelligence community produces. >> are you suggesting narrowing do

the appointment of robert muller was a very good one. it does not mean the congress should now say our debt job is done, we don't have to investigate this. we really do >> does it make the investigation tougher going forward? >> no i think it's two different things. they have tools and abilities that the congress may not have, but the american public has every reason to wonder what is happening to our government. are we being manipulated by russia, a country that does not have our best interest at heart. that's what we have to answer >> senator cornyn you have a moment >> what's your take away >> we just got through with a very important briefing from the deputy attorney general who has appointed robert muller the former director of the fbi to head up the investigation into the russian issue. one of the issues i raised with him is my concern that we have multiplicity of congressional committees investigating the same matter and how can we best coordinate those activities with director muller and the fbi so we don't inadvertently interfer

. >> host: the news on that is that robert muller who will lead that investigation is staffing up his russia probe according to the wall street journal, noting he's bringing over two of those folks that he has been working with ine his current job at a law firm, the team has been assigned office space in a nondescript building in downtown washington. their job is to come up with a budget and start that investigation process.kly. certainly it's something they'll take a long time. >> guest: it is. at one point they didn't have a press contact, they didn't have any staff, nobody was working at it, but you really have to ramp up quickly.y. as opposed to the independent counsel that investigated someal of clinton scandals, this is within the jurisdiction of the justice department, it will depend on the justice department for the budget and funding, but it's expected that robert muller will be fairly unimpeded in terms of getting the resources he needs. >> host: these are just some of the issues the trump white house is returning to this's week. our guest is here to take your questions and

the investigation will now be led by former fbi director robert muller. the decision to appoint a special counsel made by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein happened just moments ago and just to get a little background on who bob muller is, he was a former fbi director himself, serving 12 years. he served under president busch iv 3 and served two more years, ten years under bush 43, two years under president obama. you may remember he first became -- first became fbi director just days before 9/11 and served as ten years under george bush and on to time with president obama. he is a former marine. he knows rod rosenstein because it's a very small club, probably knows him because they are both united states attorneys. rosenstein, a u.s. attorney before he became deputy director of the justice department. he was a u.s. attorney himself. nbc's pete williams has more. >> here with a major development in the investigation into russian influence as it may pertain to the trump white house and the trump campaign. we want to go right now to pete williams with

former fbi director robert muller has been working in the private sector working in a law firm since 2013 coming back as special counsel to oversee the investigation into russian influence in the election in the trump campaign. he will have a budget a staff and the ability to prosecute if he uncovers any crimes. muller also has bipartisan are from capitol hill. >> t's good that we a focal point of somebody that we all trust. >> have a body that is truly independent from political consideration and also has all the resources it needs and a single focus on the oversight of what russia did. >> reporter: president trump reacted saying he looks forward to this concluding quickly and he believes "that a thoreau investigation will confirm that there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity." now, you did mention that rod rosenstein will be on capitol hill today. so, he was invited by members of the senate to come in and answer questions, not only about robert muller and the appointment of him as a special counsel because that just happened but what they really want to get

brian: if robert muller is not the robert muller that described to us a negative view of him, most peopleresenting paul manafort. that's going to be an interesting tie. we know he's best friends with james comey. what i hope is people do some investigating, and we stop hearing the leaking and the punditry on this. i hope the white house was not barely informed of this. they found out a half hour before it was ultimately announced. we know kellyanne conway was pulled back from the tucker carlson show last night. i don't know inning they're trying to get their communications all set and homogenous. ainsley: president trump was meeting with new candidates to from the fbi open seat and in the middle of that, he was alerted that guess what? there's going to be a special council. steve: with the president tweeting twice, the tactic they're taking is unfair and not necessary. they did name mr. muller because he worked for both barack obama and also george wgeorge bush is going to make it harder for democrats to say the result of the investigation was partisan because clearly, he is, and we've he

meanwhile at home, president trump reacting to robert muller being named special counsel in the rush investigations, tweeting this is the single greatest witchhunt of a politician in american history. a couple hours later, another tweet with all of the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and obama administration. there was never a special counsel appointed. the firing last week of james comey as fbi director will be part of what robert muller will investigate. a special counsel this afternoon, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefed senators on his firing.

. >> rare bipartisan applause for robert muller as a special counsel no overseeing immersion investigation. his appointment comes after james comey was fired as fbi director. amid new revelations that james comey will testify publicly about the ongoing probe. now pennsylvania congressman charlie dent and a member of house appropriations committee. good to have you here. >> thank you for having me on the program. >> absolutely! let's start with comey. what will you be on the lookout for when he testifies, giving his version of events? what questions do you want to have answered? >> i think what everyone would like to have answered is what was actually said between the president and james comey. you know, was there a truth to the statement? i would suspect questions would be asked of james comey about the original meeting. where they, where donald trump i guess had made some suggestions in the mr. comey wrote this down in a memo. we want to basically establish facts. that is what we want to do. that is a key issue. >> without any recorded version of what happened you think we will get the tr

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rosenstein today took himself out of overseeing the russia investigation turning that over to robert muller, he has the former fbi director who served 12 years in that job. he was actually held over two extra years before james comey became the fbi director. he will have the to investigate that any u.s. attorney would, including the power to file criminal charges. this is exactly what congressional democrats have been pushing for for the appointment of a special counsel ever since rosenstein was confirmed and partly because the attorney general jeff sessions has taken himself out of making any decisions about the investigation. so to be clear, mr. muller's per view will be the entire russia issue, the whole question of whether any associates of the trump campaign were in any way involved in helping the russians try to influence the election last year and any subsequent things that flow from that. now it's important to note, lester, that as the special prosecutor he's not completely independent like we used to have in the old days. special prosecutors are still subject to the control of the

se trata del ex director del fbi, robert muller. pablo gato, tiene los detalles.muller tiene muy buena reputaciÓn en ambos partidos. " tiene mucha experiencia y las agallas para escapar de todas las influencias", afirmÓ este es senador demÓcrata. fue director del fbi, dÓnde permaneciÓ 12 aÑos en el cargo. " no hace falta un fiscal especial", dijo el fiscal. " tengo muchas ganas de que este tema, concluya pronto". este experto dice que es muy difÍcil que una corte formule cargos criminales contra un presidente. entras esto sucede, en la cÁmara baja tres republicanos estÁn produciendo la palabra "inpeachment". [habla en inglÉs] eso ocurriÓ, cuando por primera vez un congresista demÓcrata pidiÓ ese juicio en el pleno de la cÁmara baja, diciendo que trump estÁ obstruyendo la investigaciÓn de "rusia gate". el congreso quiere que comey, de -- testifique. " no podemos estar especulando e insinuando cosas". hay que centrarse de los hechos, dijo kevin mc carty. pablo: la cÁmara baja como el senado o mantendrÁ sus propias investigaciones. ilia: esto impacto la bolsa de un v

robert muller is universally respcted...has an unblemished reputation...and now he's the person in charge. the investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia has taken an unexpectedtwist -- the appointment of a special prosecutor. in a statement, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein wrote "...special counsel is necessary in order for the american people to have full confidence in the outcome." reaction from capitol hill was swift -- espcially from democrats who had insisted on a special prosecutor ever since fbi director james comey was fired last week. rep. jackie speier/-d- intelligence committee: "everyone in this country should breathe a sigh of relief."sen. richard blumenthal/-d- judiciary committee: "a very solid and significant step"rosenstein -- who recommended firing comey -- has appointed robert mueller to lead the russian investigation. mueller is a former marine and doj official who served as fbi director until 2013 after serving 12 years. jeffrey toobin/cnn senior legal analyst: "this is the single most respected figure in american law enforceme

they was appointed special counsel to lead the investigation, neal katyal praised the pick of robert mullerjob. he also sounded a little bit of an alarm as guy who wrote the regulations, that he knows there are ways for a president to interfere with the special counsel investigation, even for a president to try to shut it down. i would like to hear more about that. neal katyal, former acting solicitor general of the united states. thank you for coming back to talk with us. >> thank you. >> we now have this new round of reporting about the seriousness of the fbi investigation, the closeness to the president in terms of this person of interest. if the president is freaked out by this new reporting, if he was reviewing his options to kibosh or screw up this investigation, what would be his best bet? >> just following your first guest, we think of checks and balances as being courts, but the real story this week is the press and people like devlin and the "new york times" doing that kind of reporting which is what our founders envisioned in the first amendment. that's actually the answer to thi

so what they are saying is that even though robert muller will take the lead on everything, these enquiriesanything else done. with that amount of enquiries into links to russia. here is what people are starting to say, top democrats have said to me, we like the investigations, we want to make sure we can keep our role in them, we don't want them all handed over to the fbi. but we also don't want them wrapped up too soon because we hope they are still highly of the president as he goes into the mid—term elections next year cars we feel this is good for democrats. so everybody is playing a game here. and it's good, because that will be seenin and it's good, because that will be seen in the public domain whereas robert muller will be very private. and could go on for years. something that will not is the british election campaign. 0nly only three weeks left. tonight the prime minister talks to andrew neil on the bbc. and she is under pressure because the polls are narrowing. yes, when the election was called the conservative lead was generally around 20 points. now looking at a poll of polls

prosecutor earlier and in the meantime, this headline from the wall street journal: former fbi director robert muller named special counsel for russian probe. rod rosenstein insights public interest in naming mr. muller to that post. now, local police chief testified to the challenges that

robert muller has deep connections in the bay area. >> president trump is reiterating there was no collusionblaine alexander is at the white house with more. >> reporter: tonight nbc news is confirming the justice department has named former fbi director robert muller as special counsel to step in and handle the russia investigation. he's a long time former fbi director. he's the second longest serving in history. he was succeeded by now former director james comey who was fired last week by president trump. there was made by deputy attorney general rod rosenstien. this comes after weeks of pressure mounting pressure from lawmakers. we understand the white house counsel's office was briefed on this but after the order was signed. >> the white house did not know this special investigator announcement was coming. staff gathered in the oval office with the president after the announcement and then he issued a response. an official statement from the president reads as i have stated many times a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign

should add we have news coming in that the justice department has appointed the former fbi director robert mulleread the investigation into whether or not the russian government tried to influence the 2016 presidential election —— mueller. and it says interestingly related matters, so slightly separate from the situation going on with the firing of james comey and the controversy there. remember, president obama made it clear that after investigation from the justice department and the fbi, they firmly believe that russia did try dumoulin the 2016 election. the former fbi director, robert mueller, has been named as special counsel to lead the investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 residential campaign. the ashes of ian brady will not be scattered on saddleworth moor, according to his solicitor. brady tortured and killed five children with his lover myra hindley, and buried four of his victims on the moor. the assurance came during a coroner's court hearing today. sheffield city council has been ordered to pay nearly £200,000 in compensation to a former employee who was sexually a

you need to talk about both issue. >> before i wrap up this issue, the special counsel, robert mullerhat do you anticipate coming from him? he's widely known throughout washington in america, some that people really applaud from both sides of the aisle. what you think he has to do to bring this to a close. it might take years. >> it could take years. i think we will just get silence. there will be footage of him going to work everyday. when we hear something from him it will be very simple, i recommend john smith to be prosecuted or we have found no finding and no wrongdoing. the special counsel can't released to the public the detailed findings, even if everyone is innocent and nothing bad happened. the only person who could do that as the attorney general but in this case will be deputy general assistant rosenstein. kelly: let's move on. it's president trump's first diplomatic trip overseas and a lot of people are applauding what happened in the saudi kingdom. fifty arab leaders showed up as well as leaders from africa. they talked about terrorism. he didn't talk about human rights

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alex, robert muller. i want to talk about him.he special counsel prohibits him from serving if he has a conflict of interest. it seems like comey is going to end up being a key witness against the president. so, doesn't muller long and close relationship with comey, agents say they were joined at the hip, doesn't that create a disqualifying conflict of interest for muller. >> probably not. this is washington. everyone knows everybody and everybody is close. you can make an argument and they been made strongly but if you look at how washington is operated for decades. they know each other well. look at cheney with scalia. liberals were calling for that to. gregg: that was in respect to an impending criminal investigation back is only different in the sense that what the motivation for why you want to remove comey. to remove muller. the argument is that muller is not going to do his job appropriately. you can define out to process. gregg: even honest people can be influenced the ways they don't even understand. doug, if this end up

as special counsel robert muller is heading up the fbi's criminal investigation into russia's electiong. because it could lead to criminal charges, that investigation takes precedents. they could ask him not to testify so as to not jeopardize the case. for now though or at least until we are told that the intelligence committee will likely schedule the appearance for sometime after memorial day. >> if the hearing does indeed happen, hypothetically, there is no shortage of questions lawmakers have for james comey. what do they have up their sleeves? >> not at all! especially given the number reports have come out over the last few weeks involving james comey, the president and russia. they said back in february the president asked then directed james comey to enter the fbi investigation into former national security advisor michael flynn. that report comes from a personal memo that james comey wrote allegedly shortly after that move in.and if it's accurate some democrats say that this is obstruction of justice. the white house has strongly denied the president ever asking anyone to end

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the news conference coming as the department appoints former fbi director robert muller as special counsel to oversee the russia investigation. president trump quickly firing back saying this is a political witch hunt. well, why exactly do we, we'll get all the intel for you. and the liberal media obsessed with this james comey story. but everyday americans not so much. so why the disconnect? well, we're asking your favorite media critic and mine howie courteous. he's here plus we have congressman, he'll be joining us just a few moments to take a look at this all this breaking news with us and tell us whether republicans worried here. but first, i want to go to our own blake burman where in the next hour we will be hearing from the president himself. hey, blake. >> hi, there, trish, that's right. the president will be meeting with juan manual, the president of columbia here at the white house shortly and really, the big news with all of thiss whas going to happen at the tail end. that being a press conference between the two leaders in the east room of the white house. and because this is

escuchado una casa de brujas el presidente donald j.trump no ha encajado bien el nombramiento de robert mÜllerero en twitter y luego en una con fenicia de prensa. >> muchas eran de las preguntas de hoy para donald j.trump y casi todas eran sobre el mismo tema la designaciÓn de un investigador especial para la trama rusa. >> el presidente con pocas contemplaciones ha dicho no solo que se trata de una caza de brujas sino que nunca le pidiÓ a james comey detener la investigaciÓn sobre rusia. >> pero el presidente ha dicho que esto es una cacerÍa de brujas. >> el presidente estÁ dispuesto, tiene derecho a su opiniÓn, pero esto es un paÍs de leyes y procesos aquÍ se va a cumplir con la ley. >> esta tarde el senado se junto con el departamento de justicia para hablar sobre el palmdale fiscal especial *. >> el senador republicano dijo la trama rusa con trump es mÁs grave de lo que se pensaba porque se trata de una investigaciÓn de carÁcter criminal, es que los escÁndalos para trump parecen no tener fin, citando a ex funcionarios como fuente, dice la campaÑa de donald j.trump tuvo contacto con funcion

then former fbi director robert muller is tapped to lead the interference in the 2016 election. >> special counsel was much called for in this situation and former director muller is the right kind of individual for the job. >> we will discuss the controversy and what it means for the trip agenda with arizona senator john mccain, only on "fox news sunday." we will ask our sunday panel if mr. trump can use the appointment of the special counsel to turn attention to repeal and replace and tax reform. and our "power player of the week" ," iconic singer judy collins on the inspiration for the songs that defined a generation. >> it was music, it was exciting. >> all right now on on "fox news sunday" ." >> chris: hello again from fox news in washington. donald trump is on day two of his firstborn trip as president meeting with more than 50 muslim coalition to defeat isis to isolate iran, all this while the controversy escalates over possible links to russia, threatening the president's foreign and domestic agenda. we will drill down on both stories this hour, speaking in a few minutes with secre

>> it is my belief that for the time being at least, robert muller is a godsend for donald trump's presidencyministration to have this go in the hands, the closest thing we have today of kenesaw mountain landis. this person esteemed by presidents of both parties. the number of leaks will go down come of the amount of focus will increase, you get to the possibility that this will be dispatched in a reasonable period of time instead of bouncing around in congress. i think the special investigation works to the white house advantage. the question is will they take advantage of the window that opens. there will be this period of time where now they can say great. it's being handled over there, we are complying. now let's talk about tactics, tax cuts, jobs, national security. let's focus the issue over here. if they take advantage of this moment, they can start to change this dynamic fellow republicans across the country. >> martha: they have to have it unify the g.o.p., there's all kinds of indication that is not the case. if they don't support the president 100%, they're waiting to see how well

so robert muller will be investigating russia's alleged interference in the us election.pment donald trump was accused of leaking classified information to the russians. president putin has now weighed in. the russian leader said he's happy to provide a transcript of the conversation that took place between his foreign minister and donald trump in the oval office. he also said the us reaction was verging on "political schizophrenia". 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more. yukonite help feeling that the kremlin is loving all of this because as the us administration staggers from one crisis to another, all seemingly linked to moscow, russia is sitting back and watching a political rival tear itself apart. as his offer to provide a transcript of the meeting between donald trump and sergey lavrov, to provide that the congress and senate, i don't think the kremlin seriously believes that if russia would provide a transcript on kremlin had no paper that that would make this crisis go away. i think it is another attempt to have a dig at america while the scandals swi

. >> former fbi director robert muller is getting bipartisan praise for lawmakers after he was appointed special counsel in the russia direction. it was made after intense pressure on capitol hill. president trump released a statement saying, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusbe and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. >>> news 4 is working for you. here are 4 things to know about the new special counsel, robert mueller. this is a deep did i have into his background for you. mueller ran the fbi for 12 years taking the agency over a week before the 9/11 terrorist attack. he's the second longest serving director behind only j. edgar hoover. he was appointed by george w. bush and was asked to stay on for two years in 2011 by president obama. and he was asked to oversee the restitution money from the takata defective airbag case. and he was appointed to oversee the ray rice investigation. news 4's tracie pots will have the details on how broad mull news about a police shooting. >> white police officer in oklahoma w

that special counsel will be former doj official and fbi director robert muller. muller will have leeway to run the investigation as he sees fit. he will have all the powers of the u.s. attorney and will be able to impanel a grand jury. robert mueller became fbi director shortly before 9/11 and was at the heart of turning the fbi into a counterterrorism and counterintelligence operation. he extended his term, serving under presidents bush and obama. now he takes the reins of an investigation that led to the firing of his former deputy, jim comey. breaking news tonight. let's start off with chief white house correspondent john roberts. this does take change the dynac grace to go it is surprising, considering we heard from the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, in testimony to the intelligence committee in the senate that the fbi has all the resources necessary to be able to conduct the russian investigation. we've heard increasing cost democrats on capitol hill and some republicans as well for the appointment of a special prosecutor. the american publicd be

we now have a special investigator, special prosecutor, robert muller -- five that's great.g to take a step back. when is congressman ever not want to see their mugs on television perspective they are not spec that's true but you have all this tension that he can't get his agenda through which is a self fulfilling prophecy. the no one why no one pays attention to him is because he dominates the narrative on the congressional leadership and the media is about the scandal. there are things that are much more important, tax form, healthcare, if you've seen the news in recent days about the inevitable collapse of obamacare, the premiums that are being announced, 30, 40, 50 -- erdogan i got a letter from a fellow who goes by the name the horrible kevin and this is the gentleman who is a supporter of president trump. he wrote this, ask your guest how come they're not working full-time on tax plan, taking breaks every other week and please work for taxpayer for once i believe believe with horrible kevin. democrats and republicans have this obsession about two weeks and who did what

former fbi director, robert muller is now a special prosecutor. his past, investigating whether or whether or not there are ties -- in last year's presidential election. if molar finds enough evidence, he'll have the power to prosecute people if he believes they committed muller is widely respected on capitol hill. but mitch mcconnell didn't have much to say. >> the justice department has a special prosecutor. all of this comes days after president trump fired fbi director, james comey, and word that the president might have leaned on comey to drop the investigation into ties against russia and former national security adviser, michael flynn. muller has a lot of work ahead of him. here are a few fast facts about him. a career prosecutor, and he was fbi director from 2001 to 2013. normally, serve a ten-year term, but president obama asked him to stay on two extra years. >>> denying any collusion between his campaign and russia. he hasn't tweeted about his thoughts since yesterday. he did share one today during hi academy commencement. >> look at th

she calls robert muller a respected public servant and chuck schumer said special council is very muchey will have significant confidence the investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead. the deputy attorney general issued a statement and said the appointment ofa statement and said the appointment of a special prosecutor doesn't necessarily mean that crimes have been committed, although there is a need for prosecution. but he said that there should give the american public confidence in any outcome and that, and therein, lies the reason for this decision taken this evening. so, laura, what will the scope of mr muller's investigation cover? well when you look at the papers around this investigation, it says any alleged links between russia's meddling in the us election and any links to that — now, that will also probably take in the alleged links between the trump campaign and russia, but the question being asked tonight is whether or not it will include what you mentioned earlier — this revelation that happened just 2a hours ago, that james revelation that happened just 2a ho

. >> former fbi director robert muller will over see the investigation into russia meddling and ties campaign. muler is appointed head of the fbi difficult george w. bush. he served from 2001 to 2013. >> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein made his announcement with the official order issued about an hour ago. the white house did not even know this has happening until 30 minutes beforehand. in the statement accompanying it, rosenstein said, my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. i have made no such determination. >> he made this appointment because attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself from the ongoing investigation beause of his role in the trump campaign. muller will have 60 days to put together a budget for resources to conduct the investigation. he will have subpoena powers. >> now, as it turns out, robert mummer does have bay area roots. >> abc7 news anchor kristen sze is in the newsroom with that part of the story. kristen. >> we were doing that research, he cut his teeth in san francisco. he worked as

robert muller is a former cia director and has been broadband into effectively supervise the investigationeem to have a president who doesn't necessarily observe the niceties of conduct in political office. he doesn't understand the implications and has perhaps that comes from running a business where he'd perhapsjust ring somebody up. presumably there is a difference between that, what one might call the defence of ignorance, and the defence of knowing what you know but still doing it anyway which would be the obstruction of justice. is it possible he can argue the first? that he is an innocent abroad, if you like, in the world of washington politics and he is not motivated by a malicious attempt to kill off the russia investigation? intent and motivaion are difficult things to evaluate and gain hard evidence for, but as the person elected by the american public to the highest position in the country it doesn't matter a great deal whether he was simply naive or whether there is evidence that will come out that demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt that he is attempting to obstruct justice.

robert muller was the longest serving fbi director since j. edgar hoover. in his new role he'll have broad powers -- the power to seek subpoenas, to convene a grand jury, and add as many fbi agents as needed as he digs for evidence of any crimes, ranging from collusion with the russians to obstruction of justice. mueller has worked under republican and democratic presidents, and he's worked closely with james comey for years -- his successor at the fbi. >> i want to commend the president for the choice of jim comey as the next director of the fbi. >> pierre thomas with us live at the fbi tonight. pierre, this fbi investigation has been under way now for about ten months, long before election day. this new special counsel, does he start all over or does he pour through the evidence that they already gathered there at the fbi. >> i'm told that mueller will assess the investigation and the ed so far and determine how best to proceed. it's totally his call. david. >> pierre thomas with us tonight, our thanks to you again. >>> we're following other news tonight

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last week a special counsel was appointed by the justice department, robert muller, the former fbi directorhing to do with his investigation. it is today with an investigation. it is today with an investigation that is being mounted by the senate intelligence on capitol hill and they have been seeking documents from michael flynn, the former national security adviser, and are looking into allegations of russian meddling and possible collusion between trump and the kremlin and they wanted to get hold of documents, perhaps e—mails he had that might show some sort of connection with russians. he has invoked the fifth amendment, we have seen invoked the fifth amendment, we have seen it in the movies and on tv, it is where you don't have to answer questions that you believe might incriminate you for some future prosecution but he is using it here to deny and defy their request to hand over the documents. one of the interesting details is the reason mr flynn lost hisjob interesting details is the reason mr flynn lost his job was about not declaring certain meetings with the russian ambassador in