strzok, andrew weissmann, andrew weissmann withheld exculpatory evidence. >> he has a terrible reputation courts know what, the department of justice knows that. it's the same department of justice that has allowed everything that you've talked about. here is the bottom line. it's our justice department, our fbi. >> sean: how do you stop at? executive privilege, go to the supreme court? >> there is executive privilege. you don't have to go before them. this is more a political reason been a legal reason. that is why the president is saying, sure, i'll do what. >> sean: do you think -- i don't trust mueller based on who he has appointed and all that's gone on. i think that mueller is out for blood. >> mueller is not only out for blood, he's out to save his own butt. he is the person who should be investigated. jim comey should be investigated. all of these guys. strzok, mccabe, why are they getting a paycheck? why is my taxpayer dollars paying for them? they needed be taken out and cups. i've set up before, sean, this is not our justice department, this is a bunch of arrogant, condescendin

during the meaning, andrew weissmann, the number one dry dock appointed by robert mueller, the head ofhe justice department's fraud division, he then joined mueller's investigation to look into paul manafort the next month. according to sara carter's reporting, speed weissmann pulled her superiors about the conversation with the apn during that time, he was not working on the manaft case and did not have access to the documents. the thing, he was discussing paul manafort with the reporters and then joined mueller's team where he is leading the case against manafort. he was prejudging the case, prejudiced, a massive conflict of interest.ha we obviously see what's going on. and then there is weissmann's disturbing history on top of it. why would robert mueller ever a point this guy that plied the obstruction of justice case against arthur andersen accounting and the enron scandal back in the 2,000s? tens of thousands of people lost their jobs. they are out of business. thank you, weissmann. the supreme court overturned a ruling, 9-0, in the case. weissmann's job was a mess. exculpatory e

and then i look at andrew weissmann.ere's a guy that got it wrong, 9-0 decision in the supreme court overturning him. he held back exculpatory evidence and don't tell mike a particular case, four merrill lynch executives go to jail, tha return, does that sound like someone who should be hired by robert mueller entered the special counsel beat disbanded based on what we know? >> it's very concerning about andrew weissmann and more than just strzok honest investigation but i am not prepared to call for ending the investigation. i think that there has to be transparency about what's going on behind the scenes, not with the investigation itself -- >> sean: is there a evidence of trump-russia collusion? >> i haven't seen it. >> sean: no one has seen it. all right, congressman, great to see you. i know you are working hard. last question. rod rosenstein walked into paul ryan's office, i know this happened, this was -- we are coming up on the deadline for the information that led to the memo from the house until committee. that

> what we have here is two different stories, one of the stories coming from sources is that andrew weissmann contacted by the ap. they wanted to meet with him. and they went to have this meet nothing the doj, on april 11th. and at this meeting, they were apparently going to share documents and information with weissmann and other attendes. i spoke with a source familiar with the condition. the apdenied the claim that they would share information with weissmann. and i goment a call with a source saying five ap- reporters and they did not bring anything with them what so ever. no documents and shared nothing with them and in fact, the source said there was a telephone call placed by one of the ap- reporters on april 8th, to andrew weissmann. we'll not share documentation and give you anything. >> sean: isn't he compromised and prejudice. >> why would he lie about this, right? if this is the story coming from on weismann's side. the sources say there was a problem. he set up the meeting without the appropriate procedures in place and didn't call the people he needed to call. and there is a lot

sara carter breaking news tonight, andrew weissmann, the special counsel, to robert mueller's topal investigator, mt with reporters from the ap about paul manafort's case before joining the russia investigation. plus a big follow-up tonight on our exclusive reporting about how the clinton pot and paid for phony fake russian dossier was actually used to obtain fisa warrant to spy on then candidate and then president-elect donald trump and his campaign. this scandal is unprecedented in american history and we are only tonight scratching the surface. we'll explain. plus president trump is now reacting and raising new questions about the corrupt russia investigation. we have a deep dive on this dirty dossier you not see anywhere else. plus, 60 minutes correspondent lera logan is here with a preview of her exclusive reportn afghanistan. you must watch that. first, the opening monologue with a lot of breaking news. ♪ the evidence of corruption and bias inside special counsel muller's team, it just keeps piling up. it does get complicated, i promise, we'll go step-by-step, break it allco down for you t

mueller chose andrew weissmann first and he's a money laundering guy. it goes through through paul manafort and jared kushner." he had some pretty nasty things to say about jared kushner. not surprising. they didn't seem to get along. >> they have had a long-running political feud. i think the problem for trump is this is the beginning of the unraveling. we've had four indictment so far. a couple -- >> laura: not related to the trump allegations of russia collusion. the man >> prior to the campaign with the same regime that supposedly meddled in our election. the others, michael flynn, indictment for lying to the fbi. collusion with russia, papadopoulos. they have taken guilty pleas. we will see where it goes. this seems to be the beginning of the end for trump. what does that mean in the investigation? doesn't lead back to trump? i don't know. only time will tell. it seems more in his inner circle are starting to flee for cover, even people like steve bannon who is not exactly a beacon of ethics himself because if you read closely was been released of

interest appearance of partisanship and animus towards the president is stunning whether it's andrew weissmann or any of these other people, they're still in the investigation. that's amazing. >> one of the things i can say about the intelligence memo is names are named. we'll see who is engaged in conduct that's shocked me and so many in congress. the result in this should be bipartisan legislation to actually reform these processes so you don't have these folks sticking around after bad acts. have you more oversight, more transparency and then we can restore confidence in the fbi and department of justice. we don't enjoy beating up on the entities essential to preserve our democracy. we just want to see them work for the american people not for the political interests. >> laura: and kimberly, the move to focus on whether trump was itching to fire muller or said something and whether he was frustrated and i think the white house is maybe defeating that. it's unclear. the president's back from switzerland now. to me that doesn't surprise me. if the president truly feels it's an unjust investig

it is so important tonight, why i am saying, andrew weissmann not only needs to be fired but fully investigated. and robert mueller has a lot of explaining to do, about his team of democratic witch hunters. and they certainly need to be disbanded. why the special counsel needs to be shut down once and for all. and, no, the president doesn't need to answer any of their questions because it's so fundamentally corrupt. congressman jim jordan, is seeing what's going with mueller's partisan probe, part of a handful of lawmakers interested in the truth, asking the right questions. take a look at the screen. congressman jordan, will scroll a list of 18 imperative, crucial questions that need to be answered. i urge you to take a close look at these. we'll bring it up later. the dossier, the basis for securing the fisa warrant to spy on a presidential candidate. on an opposition party. and on a president-elect. why won't the fbi show congress the fisa application? we know the answer. we just learned last week, associations telling me, that at first the fisa want was denied to spy on members of the trump

i think it's more likely andrew weissmann, the top dog, the top aide to mueller will be conducting thehe's a real pit bull. mueller is the one that's really overseeing it. i don't even think he would be in the room, and he could be, maybe not, there would be fbi investigators and obviously trump and his attorneys are allowed to be present, as well. i don't think he can avoid it. i know we've heard reports that apparently his legal team is trying to supplement with affidavits attesting to the fact that there was no collusion. that simply is not going to cut it when it comes to a white collar criminal investigation of this nature. there is no substitute for a face-to-face interaction and mueller, he will subpoena him if he has to. hopefully he won't get to that as mark alluded to, but he could. >> mark, let me play a little bit more sound and this is from senator blumenthal. >> we'll have more convictions and two indictments. >> how do you know there will be more? >> i think that the evidence accumulating against individuals within the white house, within the administration, the mounting

you also have general counsel james baker, who they want to question, and andrew weissmann, over at the sean: what about page is advising mccabe? >> exactly. all of the questions they have regarding the insurance policy with mccabe. they want to question andrew mccabe, the deputy director. >> sean: this is a few hundred texts, a slow release to the house and senate committee, 9500? >> 9500. they are expected to receive all of those very soon. they want to be slow rolled off. we are expecting a lot by january 11th. >> sean: you see this type ofe leaking. i have followed your comments on this very, very closely. and then you see that the trump-russia collusion narrative is dying and withering on a fine, now they have moved into a collective media bubble that this president, we've got to go to the 25th amendment. what iss your reaction? >> the 25th amendment is irrelevant to what was going on. it was designed for someone who had a stroke or was involved in a serious accident, was incapacitated. it requires a vice president, the cabinet, two-thirds of each house of congress, it's a fool's e

these conditions, with his team of only democratic donors, and the track record of people like andrew weissmannwhat i ever let a president ever talked at this man, ever. >> let me say this. look, as the president's lawyer lawyers, we evaluate the situation, we evaluate the facts, the circumstances -- let me respond. i understand what you are saying. look, as a lawyer, we evaluate the entire matter. i won't disclose what conversations weos have or have not had with a special counsel. i will tellco you this. this has been the most transparent investigation and history. we have turned over -- when i say we, the president, the transition team, the campaign, the white house, tens of thousands, over 100,000 documents. we have had all of the witness voluntarily comply. there's been no assertion before the special counsel's office of any type of privilege, executive privilege, attorney-client, anything, nothing. so i always asked the question, ask the president about what? that's what you want to know. again, i won't disclose the conversations wem are having or not having. we are representing the clien

mueller chose andrew weissmann first and he is a money laundering guy. their path to finging trump goes right through paul manafort don jr. and jared kushner. it's as plain as hair your face. >> it comports with what fusion gps founders were saying, money laundering. >> a lot of people have been around the investigation. manafort is suing mueller right now. why? he is saying your scope is too broad and didn't go back to what i was doing. they are all about money transactions. the interesting part isn't that bannon is making things up out of whole cloth. it's that it is coming from his own guy, david. that's why this hurts. >> that particular excerpt, you know, sounds like a guy who is sitting back in his chair and is, you know, reeling off opinions about an investigation. he doesn't have any particular insight. but he has insight into the players. he's been around the players. he's willing to make assumptions about what they were thinking, what they were motivated to do, what they were willing to do. that's what i think is damning about all of that. it's

found himself as a part of mueller's probe, the very same probe that employed at its number two, andrew weissmann that attended hillary clinton's election night party. more proof of bias. more need to expose it, to tell the american people the truth and hopefully move on to issues that impact the quality of life of american people. >> can't allow something like that to undermine our democracy. good to see you, congressman gaetz. >> good to see you. trish: major averages hitting all-time highs every day. we're off the highs of the session on the dow. you have all this economic growth going on right now. that is the story. there is optimism about the coming earnings season. optimism what the tax cuts will mean for stock prices. what the tax cuts mean for middle americans and their spending habits. plus the republican tax plan getting very high praise today from a wall street titan who just happens to be a democrat. we're going to tell you who right after this. whoooo. when it comes to travel, i sweat the details. late checkout... ...down-alternative pillows... ...and of course, price. tripadvisor h

i will tell you this, fox news and talk radio did not appoint andrew weissmann. a democratic donor, he praised sally eights in that letter when she was fired by the president. i don't think fox news and talk radio appointed peter strzok either. i will tell you this, no amount of scapegoating is going to make this any better. robert mueller could be the greatest guy, the smartest guy ever, but if the man cannot oversee his own team and remove the partisans, then you have to conclude he is either in over his head or he's just not good for this role, or his negligent in his duty. and that will compromise the ultimate findings of this investigation, whatever they may be. i also want to say this. trump's team made some mistakes early on. i do not think, and i've said this before, it was smart to fire jim comey when needed. and it wasn't wise to talk talk to lester holt about the decision to fire jim comey. and if the story is true, it probably would not have asked acting fbi to direct or how he voted in the election, i wouldn't have done that either. the president has

there was april 2017 meeting between andrew weissmann, a doj lawyer. now working with mr.er, he is one of the lead investigators for mr. mueller. a meeting with between mr. weissmann and major media organization. what is that all about? >> i'm going to withhold any comment until such time as the memo is placed in the congressional record. that will take place once the president had time to examine that document and say yes or no. he has a five-day period to say yes or no. i assume he will say yes. at such time it will be entered into the congressional record on next legislative day. david: what have you heard about mr. weissmann meeting with a major media organization? was he trying to sell the trump dossier or not? >> i could not comment on that. that is not something i'm prepared to make a statement on at this point in time. i will say there will be some clarification with regard to that at some point in time. but i can't say any specific names. david: okay. when you're ready to, please come back and see us, let us know, public has a right to know. >> they will be given

of course the anti-trump artisan jeannie reid and andrew weissmann should be immediately terminated from the investigation as well before any more damage is done to both the credibility of the fbi and the justice department. and that's the ankle. joining us now for a reaction from minneapolis is john, a former national spokesperson for the fbi and here in washington is joe, a former u.s. attorney for washington, d.c. joe, your reaction to the mccabe departure, and the media from the moment the story broke on all the other channels and on nbc, cbs, it was trump to blame? >> to blame is mccabe and to blame is comey and anybody else at the senior levels of the fbi. this is quite a disgrace for the for the bureau. as someone who worked with the bureau, i'm truly saddened by the fall from grace for everybody there. make no mistake about it, this was a plot to exonerate hillary clinton illegally and then if she lost the election, to frame donald trump with a legal crime. this was the worst period in the history of the bureau, much worse than the late hoover period when they were spying on dome

especially andrew weissmann i think takes notice of that. so sure. of the big i think headlines of today is an indication that as far as the moneylaundering charges go and the russia conspiracy charges go, we are a very -- we're in the middle game. we're a long way from the end. they of course will ask him what he means. and he, like manafort, knows a lot of where the bodies were buried on moneylaundering. of course, manafort isn't answering questions. so he and possibly kushner are going to be rich sources of letter and verse. to date all they've done is subpoena records, and it's hard to make a case through them. when the witnesses come in and say look here, look there, that's when it gets interesting. >> mieke eoyang, i want to go to the house intelligence committee for just a moment. it was just weeks ago we were hearing afraid that committee was going to shut down its investigation any minute now. and here they are looking for more witnesses and more witnesses from close in the trump inner circle, like steve bannon and others. and i'm a little c

and andrew weissmann department of justice case against arthur anderson and destroyed the company costs of thousands of jobs. in 2005 the u.s. supreme court turned over weissmann's conviction a 9-0 unanimous ruling. weissmann also sent four merrill lynch executives to jail that conviction was also overturned by the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals. that's mueller's team? and next have you demoted goj official bruce ohr and his wife nellie. bruce ohr met with fusion gps. you know, those officials that came up put phony russian propaganda dossier that we now know his own wife was working on the opposition against donald trump that produced and bought and paid for that fake news russia propaganda. sounds like collusion to me. and finally, of course, the deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, his wife, jill took over half a million dollars from clinton ally former governor terry mcauliff and democrats for a failed virginia state senate seat. that's an insane amount of money. mccabe is also directly tied like so many others tout dossier. and during her recent testimony on capitol hill mccabe

the expert andrew weissmann, the professional he is.e let the extremely controversial obstruction of justice case against arthur andersen accounting as part ofco the enron scandal. he destroyed the company, cost tens of thousands of people their jobs and was overturned in the u.s. supreme court in '05 9-0. that's a great guy to put on your team. he also sent four merrill lynch executives to jail. o their convictions were also overturned. that case by the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals. does the media not care about any of this? if it was a bunch of republican donors giving donations to trump, investigating hillary clinton, don't you think it would be the biggest story ever? really? next, of course, you have the demoted doj official bruce ohr, his wife nellie. bruce ohr meets with members of fusion gps before and after the 2016 election and his wife, nellie ohr worked for the firm that hillary clinton and the dnc paid to produce the fake, phony propaganda russian-trump dossier. finally the fbi director andrew mccabe and his wife jil

sara carter breaking news tonight, andrew weissmann, the special counsel, to robert mueller's topal investigator manafort's case before joining the russia investigation. plus a big follow-up tonight on our exclusive reporting about how the clinton pot and paid for phony fake russian dossier was actually used to obtain fisa warrant to spy on then candidate and then president-elect donald trump and his campaign. this scandal is unprecedented in american history and we are only tonight scratching the surface. we'll explain. plus president

"mueller chose andrew weissmann first and he is a money laundering guy. their path to trump. it's as plain as a hair on your face. want to bring in the panel, elian na johnson and jeffrey toobin. jeff, you think that think about deutsche bank and paul manafort, that's major. >> that thing. that's really the devastating part of this because you know, the one thing donald trump has said is the one red line that he will not allow paul manafort to -- i'm sorry, he will not allow robert mueller's investigation to cross is investigating his personal finances other than those related to russia. the deutsche bank accounts presumably relate to all of his finances. and all after jared kushner's finances. and here you have steve bannon who notwithstanding what the president said today is obviously very close to the operations of his campaign. >> the quote from steve bannon about deutsche bank, he says it goes through deutsche bank and all the kushner explative, the kushner expletive is greasy. they're going to go right through that and roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.

mueller chose senior prosecutor andrew weissmann first, and he's a money laundering guy. their path to bleep trump goes right through paul manafort, don jr. and jared kushner. it's as plain as a hair on your face. the president responding with a lengthy statement suggesting steve bannon was less important than he would have people believe. and that he's crazy. quote, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve was a staffer who worked for me after i had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the republican party. steve pretends toobt war with the media which he calls the opposition party, yet he spent his time at the white house leaking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was. it is the only thing he does well. steve was rarely in a one on one meeting with me and only pretends to have had influence to fool a few people with whom he helped write phony books. the subject over

mueller chose senior prosecutor andrew weissmann first, and he's a money laundering guy. their path to bleeping trump goes right through paul manafort, jared kushner. it goes through deutsche bank and all the kushner bleep. the kushner bleep is greasy. they're going to go right through that. they're going to roll those guys up and say play me or trade me. chuck, i'm guessing you are an elegant enough person to guess which one was steve bannon and which was fusion gps. first one was from an op-ed in "the new york times" by the founders of fusion gps. the second a quite by steve bannon. these 24 camps in what's become a highly politicized war between the -- not a war because bob mueller isn't engaging but a war of words about the special counsel and steve bannon is squarely on the other side. what is your thought about the fact that he has the same concerns about potential money laundering on the part of people inside trump's orbit as the fusion gps founders who investigated trump? >> i think you'll win your bet. your pack of gum and six doughnuts. bob mueller is not curled

mueller chose senior prosecutor andrew weissmann first and is he a money laundering guy. their path to expletive trump goes right through paul manafort, don junior and jared kushner. it's as plain as a hair on your face. to top it off, bannon goes after president's son-in-law jared kushner saying it goes through deutsche bank and all the kushner expletive. the kushner expletive is greasy. they're going to go right through that and roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me. it was reported last month that federal prosecutors subpoenaed records from deutsche bank. that's the german bank that has lent hundreds of millions of dollars to jared kushner's property empire. but wolf, those are jarring, strong and damaging words from bannon. he's the man who helped usher donald trump right to the presidency. >> have we reached out to steve bannon for comment, the quotes in this new book? >> we are have reached out and not heard anything back yet. these are direct quotes from bannon himself. he spoke on the record. this is not the first time we've heard this fiery rhetoric

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that unravels andrew welcome case number, weissmann, have you peter struck and lisa page. americans to pay attention. the coming name in this bruce and nellie ohr. bruce ohr who resigned from doj and wife nellie who worked for fusion gps. add to that that something was very smart. devon nunes didn't give up his subpoena power. it was that false ethics charge. he was cleared. that subpoena power mattered because then nobody, republican, democrat, or bureaucrat could stop him from subpoenaing. now we have the unredacted document and that's key. not redacted. unredacted which are due by the 11th of next week. pete: this whole narrative that the president is unfit. how insulting is that to voters of president trump or who see him as the disruptive leader that they want. if he is unfit, then you voted -- the left has to say you are crazy. he's crazy not maybe there is a strategy here. >> they are driving it to their base. the fact is when you go to the rest of the country. the people that support president trump are not going to buy that narrative. who are they driving it to? t