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flynn appearing with the president in the classified briefings, despite that warning from sally yateshether or not pompeo knew of the concerns raised by sally yates or didn't share those concerns. the cia did not comment about that story. people here on capitol hill still don't have an answer. >> in this letter, it includes jared kushner. it asks about his security clearance. what can you specifically tell us? >> reporter: they're saying he did not disclose his foreign contacts on his initial security clearance foreign as is required by law, to list all of your contacts over the last seven years. he did not initially do that. there were at least four meetings with russian officials we know of during the transition period between jared kushner and the russian ambassador, serge gorkov, the head of a russian bank. they're saying he did not disclose that information at that time. he should have his security clearance suspended as this is being investigated. but tonight, no response yet from the white house. they're declining to comment. earlier, john, kushner's attorney said that initial
flynn appearing with the president in the classified briefings, despite that warning from sally yateshether or not pompeo knew of the concerns raised by sally yates or didn't share those concerns. the cia did not comment about that story. people here on capitol hill still don't have an answer. >> in this letter, it includes jared kushner. it asks about his security clearance. what can you specifically tell us? >> reporter: they're saying he did not disclose his foreign contacts on...
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despite that warning from sally yates. it's unclear whether or not pompeo knew of the concerns raised by sally yates or if he did not share those concerns and didn't really bother him. the cia did not comment on that story to the "times," that's one story people here on capitol hill still don't have the answer to, either, john. >> manu, this letter also as we said includes jared kushner, asks about his security clearance. this is something some democrats have talked about for some time. they're putting it down on paper. what specifically can you tell us? >> reporter: they're saying he did not disclose his foreign contacts on his initial security clearance foreign as is required by law, to list really all of your contacts over the last zem seven years. he did not initially do that. there were at least four meetings with russian officials we know of during the transition period between jared kushner and sergey kislyak, russian ambassador, sergey gorkov. the head of the russian bank. they're saying he did not disclose that in
despite that warning from sally yates. it's unclear whether or not pompeo knew of the concerns raised by sally yates or if he did not share those concerns and didn't really bother him. the cia did not comment on that story to the "times," that's one story people here on capitol hill still don't have the answer to, either, john. >> manu, this letter also as we said includes jared kushner, asks about his security clearance. this is something some democrats have talked about for...
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and that did not happen when mike flynn, when sally yates, the acting attorney general raised serious concerns to the white house council of don mcgahn, on multiple occasions, saying that michael flynn could be susceptible to russian blackmail. he still maintained a security clearance for 18 days, attended classified briefings. and also jared kushner, they're pointing to his number of meetings he had with foreign officials, as well as at least four meetings he had with russian officials during the campaign and during the transition, in which he did not disclose on his own security clearance form, they're saying that those are things that need to be at least investigated, at least to suspend that security clearance until we determine there is nothing there, as we know. jared kushner himself is one area in which the special counsel appears to be interested in looking at. not necessarily a target of that investigation, but at least looking at his interactions during the campaign. something that is also of interest on capitol hill. they're saying at least suspend that security clearance u
and that did not happen when mike flynn, when sally yates, the acting attorney general raised serious concerns to the white house council of don mcgahn, on multiple occasions, saying that michael flynn could be susceptible to russian blackmail. he still maintained a security clearance for 18 days, attended classified briefings. and also jared kushner, they're pointing to his number of meetings he had with foreign officials, as well as at least four meetings he had with russian officials during...
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sally yates and christopher wray were assistant u.s. attorneys together in atlanta in the '90s. when you look at the possibilities who were raised as fbi directors, john cornyn, the republican senator from texas -- he's right there. coincidence! and joe lieberman, the sort of democratic senator from connecticut. christopher wray is a much less political choice, and i think many people in the senate will find that a relief barring any surprising disclosures in the vetting process. it seems like he's very likely to be confirmed. he was head of the criminal division in the george w. bush administration and the justice department. that's a job that is a highly respected job, but not an especially political job. so i think that's something that this choice is likely to be very popular on both sides. >> we're looking at the hearing room right now for the senate intelligence committee and there's marco rubio right there and we were discussing him.
sally yates and christopher wray were assistant u.s. attorneys together in atlanta in the '90s. when you look at the possibilities who were raised as fbi directors, john cornyn, the republican senator from texas -- he's right there. coincidence! and joe lieberman, the sort of democratic senator from connecticut. christopher wray is a much less political choice, and i think many people in the senate will find that a relief barring any surprising disclosures in the vetting process. it seems like...
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i think you have heard of sally yates. sally has served for 13 years in the department of justice. first as united states attorney for the northern district of georgia, in that capacity, she litigated a wide range of cases including issues involving cases of political corruption and terrorism. in 2013, president obama appointed sally to be deputy attorney general of the united states and during her confirmation hearings, then senator jeff sessions asked sally offensive she would refuse to enforce a president's unlawful order, to which she replied that she would have an obligation in all circumstances to follow the law and the constitution. a commitment that she later had an opportunity to fulfill. so, sally on this initial point, you hpoint, -- >> the core for the department of justice is the concept of the actual application of the laws, that the law is to be applied impartially. that's why lady justice has the blindfold on, that it applies to the rich and the poor, the weak and the strong the same. and the department of justice should not be making decisions on outside influence,
i think you have heard of sally yates. sally has served for 13 years in the department of justice. first as united states attorney for the northern district of georgia, in that capacity, she litigated a wide range of cases including issues involving cases of political corruption and terrorism. in 2013, president obama appointed sally to be deputy attorney general of the united states and during her confirmation hearings, then senator jeff sessions asked sally offensive she would refuse to...
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this is former acting attorney general, sally yates. she was appointed by president obama and fired by president trump. she spoke about examining the rule of law yesterday. it was at the aspen institute. here is part of what she said. >> bob mueller is going to be deciding whether or not crimes were committed that could be used for prosecution or for impeachment. surely that's not our bar. that's not the standard of conduct we're looking for from our president or administration. it shouldn't just be whether you committed a felony or not, it should also be whether or not you're observing the kind of norms we've been talking about here today that are so essential to the fabric of the rule of law. so while i have told confidence in bob mueller and his ability to conduct this investigation, i don't think we should be putting all of our hopes in -- that will tell us whether anything bad happened here because there's potential and i don't know what the facts are so i'm not drawing conclusions about what he may ultimately determine. but there
this is former acting attorney general, sally yates. she was appointed by president obama and fired by president trump. she spoke about examining the rule of law yesterday. it was at the aspen institute. here is part of what she said. >> bob mueller is going to be deciding whether or not crimes were committed that could be used for prosecution or for impeachment. surely that's not our bar. that's not the standard of conduct we're looking for from our president or administration. it...
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intelligence officials knew a sally yates later told congress they were looking at quote a compromise situation. a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. at the fbi, at the justice department, at the office of the director of national intelligence and yes, at the cia career officials agreed that mike flynn represented an urgent problem. yet, nearly every day for three weeks the new cia director went to the oval office and briefed president trump on the nation's most sensitive intelligence with mike flynn sitting right there listening in. the white house went on including mike flynn in the top secret presidents' daily briefs for 18 days after the white house was warned about flynn after cia officials according to the new york times had granular specific information about mike flynn being compromised with russia and him being vulnerable to blackmail. him being vulnerable to coercion by the foreign power. under those circumstances, why did mike pompeo still give mike flynn access to the most secret information in the u.s. governmen
intelligence officials knew a sally yates later told congress they were looking at quote a compromise situation. a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. at the fbi, at the justice department, at the office of the director of national intelligence and yes, at the cia career officials agreed that mike flynn represented an urgent problem. yet, nearly every day for three weeks the new cia director went to the oval office and briefed...
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priority: you >>> up next, sally yates takes on jefferson beauregard sessions. with us for "am joy" after the break. this is me when i feel controlled by frequent, unpredictable abdominal pain or discomfort and diarrhea. i tried lifestyle changes and over-the-counter treatments, but my symptoms keep coming back. it turns out i have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. a condition that's really frustrating. that's why i talked to my doctor about viberzi... ...a different way to treat ibs-d. viberzi is a prescription medication you take every day that helps proactively manage both abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time. so i can stay ahead of my symptoms. viberzi can cause new or worsening abdominal pain. do not take viberzi if you have no gallbladder, have pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or severe constipation, or a bowel or gallbladder blockage. pancreatitis may occur and can lead to hospitalization and death. if you are taking viberzi, you should not take medicines that cause constipation. the most
priority: you >>> up next, sally yates takes on jefferson beauregard sessions. with us for "am joy" after the break. this is me when i feel controlled by frequent, unpredictable abdominal pain or discomfort and diarrhea. i tried lifestyle changes and over-the-counter treatments, but my symptoms keep coming back. it turns out i have irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, or ibs-d. a condition that's really frustrating. that's why i talked to my doctor about viberzi... ...a...
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intelligence officials knew a sally yates later told congress they were looking at quote a compromise situation. a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. at the fbi, at the justice department, at the office of the intelligence and yes, at the cia career officials agreed that mike flynn represented an urgent problem. yet, nearly every day for three weeks the new cia director went to the oval office and briefed president trump on the nation's most sensitive intelligence with mike flynn sitting right there listening in. the white house went on including mike flynn in the top secret presidents' daily briefs for 18 days after the white house was warned about flynn after cia officials according to the new york times had granular specific information about mike flynn being compromised with russia and him being vulnerable to blackmail. him being vulnerable to coercion by the foreign power. under those circumstances, why did mike mpompeo still give mik flynn access to the most secret information in the u.s. government? for nearly three w
intelligence officials knew a sally yates later told congress they were looking at quote a compromise situation. a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. at the fbi, at the justice department, at the office of the intelligence and yes, at the cia career officials agreed that mike flynn represented an urgent problem. yet, nearly every day for three weeks the new cia director went to the oval office and briefed president trump on the...
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pompeo was sworn in three days before sally yates went to the white house. he testified last month that he can dp didn't know what was said at that sally yates meeting. by that time c rks airks officials had attended meetings with fbi agents about mr. flynn and reviewed the transcripts of flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador, according to several current and former american suttecurity officials. they knew that they were looking at a quote compromised situation. a situation where the national security adviser could be black mailed from the russians. continuing from the times report tonight, quote, mr. trump waited 18 days from that warning from sally yates before he fired mike flynn. during that period mime pompeo, director of the cia continued to brief mike flynn and the president. he continued to deliver the president's daily brief, that highly classified intelligence briefing every day for every one of those days to the president and to mike flynn. now if cia officers had been privy to not just the warning from sally yates that she gave the w
pompeo was sworn in three days before sally yates went to the white house. he testified last month that he can dp didn't know what was said at that sally yates meeting. by that time c rks airks officials had attended meetings with fbi agents about mr. flynn and reviewed the transcripts of flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador, according to several current and former american suttecurity officials. they knew that they were looking at a quote compromised situation. a situation where...
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[applause] >> sally yates was acting attorney sally eights was attempting attorney general in the first five days of the chump administration. she spoke at harvard law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction.
[applause] >> sally yates was acting attorney sally eights was attempting attorney general in the first five days of the chump administration. she spoke at harvard law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction.
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people are focused on executive privilege because of the fact that sally yates was a government lawyer and her role was different than that of director comey. there was an ethical obligation that may have been there for sally yates that was not there where there's an absence of the thought of one. remember, that same case about nixon, in terms of turning over the tapes, the court went on to say that not only is it not applicable here, if there's a criminal investigation, then the interests of congress and the people of the united states can override even that privilege. here, you've got a criminal investigation, a special counsel robert mueller, this is not the opportunity to invoke that privilege even if it had teeth. >> what's the bigger risk politically or optics here if he invokes it versus not? >> it could boomer rang on the white house if they were to take that step. and that's a big if. that's something that would make it appear that they had something to hide, that the president was personally intervening to silence the fbi director that he fired after reports of trying to caut
people are focused on executive privilege because of the fact that sally yates was a government lawyer and her role was different than that of director comey. there was an ethical obligation that may have been there for sally yates that was not there where there's an absence of the thought of one. remember, that same case about nixon, in terms of turning over the tapes, the court went on to say that not only is it not applicable here, if there's a criminal investigation, then the interests of...
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[applause] >> sally yates was acting attorney general in the first few days of the trump administration. president trump fired her after she refused to defend his travel ban in court. she spoke at harvard's law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ceremony about y she decided not to defend the van. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction. the distinguished faculty, family, friends, and, most of all, the graduates of the harvard law school class of
[applause] >> sally yates was acting attorney general in the first few days of the trump administration. president trump fired her after she refused to defend his travel ban in court. she spoke at harvard's law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ceremony about y she decided not to defend the van. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction. the distinguished faculty, family, friends, and, most of all, the...
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[applause] >> sally yates was acting attorney general in the first few days of the trump administration. fired her after refusing to defend his travel ban in court. she spoke at harvard's commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the van. --
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so to your point that perhaps this was in reaction to what sally yates had informed the white house about this was a long-standing dinner that was planned for days or weeks. >> this is an interesting coincidence and something that certainly mr. mueller will take note of and comey will say according to his prepared remarks that he was surprised that he was the only guest invited for this dinner. so not only would he alone with the president when this happened. of course, this was the occasion when there was, according to comey, a request that comey pledge that his loyalty to the president. this is something that is very, very unusual. >> coercing about that dinner, to your point the white house, sally yates had gone informing the white house that he had been interviewed be i the fbi and the interview, basically, didn't go well and she believes there was underlying legal issues with his underlined behavior in his conversations with kislyak in addition to mis-statements or lying to the vice president and others. >> well, there is a disturbing pattern from the beginning involving the presiden
so to your point that perhaps this was in reaction to what sally yates had informed the white house about this was a long-standing dinner that was planned for days or weeks. >> this is an interesting coincidence and something that certainly mr. mueller will take note of and comey will say according to his prepared remarks that he was surprised that he was the only guest invited for this dinner. so not only would he alone with the president when this happened. of course, this was the...
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. >>> coming up later tonight on c-span, former acting attorney general sally yates recalls her brief tenure with the trump administration and how she learned of the first executive order calling for a travel ban. we'll bring you the full conversation from the aspen ideas festival, tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. yesterday on capitol hill, the senate intelligence committee heard from career diplomats and experts from the u.s. and europe as they testified at the senate intelligence committee on russian influence in elections. this is about two and a half hours.
. >>> coming up later tonight on c-span, former acting attorney general sally yates recalls her brief tenure with the trump administration and how she learned of the first executive order calling for a travel ban. we'll bring you the full conversation from the aspen ideas festival, tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. yesterday on capitol hill, the senate intelligence committee heard from career diplomats and experts from the u.s. and europe as they testified at the senate...
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but trump's not worried about the testimony of sally yates or the testimony of former intelligence directores clapper, tweeting: um, mr. president, a little tip: when you put "no evidence" in quotes, uh, it really makes you seem "innocent." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) and to really drive the point home, trump photoshopped that tweet into his twitter banner. um, if you're going to photoshop something into this picture, i'd recommend maybe a black person? ( laughter ) just-- just pretend-- just-- ( cheers and applause ) pretend it's a college brochure. people are still angry about the health care bill that congress passed last thursday. is that when the house passed it, last thursday? people are still angry about that, and-- ( audience boos ) you were a little late, but thank you. and trump knows why. "ocare," of course, is an abbreviation for the words "obama" and "cares if you die." ( laughter ) ( applause ) and house republicans-- yay! yay! we're gonna die! and house republicans are taking heat, like idaho congressman and hispanic dilbert, raul labrador. ( laughter ) >> you're man
but trump's not worried about the testimony of sally yates or the testimony of former intelligence directores clapper, tweeting: um, mr. president, a little tip: when you put "no evidence" in quotes, uh, it really makes you seem "innocent." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) and to really drive the point home, trump photoshopped that tweet into his twitter banner. um, if you're going to photoshop something into this picture, i'd recommend maybe a black person? ( laughter )...
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what the times were able to point out at the beginning of this week was when sally yates, acting attorney general, came to the white house during the second week -- no, the first week, actually, to give them that dire historically present warning that mike flynn, the security adviser, was lying to his contacts about the russia governor, he was vulnerable to blackmail or coercion by russia. the times was able to report at the beginning of this week that that warning from sally yates, that wasn't something that the upper echelons of the department of justice concluded and worked on in isolation. what the times reported at the beginning of this week was the cia, cia officers were also involved in forming that assessment about mike flynn and reviewing the evidence that led to that warning. cia officers had apparently reviewed the intercepted communications between mike flynn and the russians. they've seen those intercepts directly. even so, despite that direct involvement of his agency, despite the cia being in on what was so worrying about mike flynn, mike pompeo apparently never talked to t
what the times were able to point out at the beginning of this week was when sally yates, acting attorney general, came to the white house during the second week -- no, the first week, actually, to give them that dire historically present warning that mike flynn, the security adviser, was lying to his contacts about the russia governor, he was vulnerable to blackmail or coercion by russia. the times was able to report at the beginning of this week that that warning from sally yates, that wasn't...
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if my memory is correct, sally yates was not fired until january 30th. for a period of time, he could have gone to sally yates, acting attorney general. >> he says he did. he went to different people in the doj. he said he had conversations, but he certainly did not come out about it. you think he did not do enough? >> i don't think he did enough in the written or oral testimony of who had conversations with which. i know he had conversations with boente. >> dana boente and sessions. he said he talked to them. >> the sessions conversation was please do not let me go into a situation where i am alone with the president of the united states. he did not explain his concerns specifically. >> that sounds like a concern, doesn't it? >> of course. >> he probably said why. >> i don't know. he didn't say that. as attorney general, if my fbi director is saying that, i'm going to find out why. with respect to dana boente. as i read the written testimony, i think he conveyed to boente is the president of the united states asked the fbi disclose that he is not the ta
if my memory is correct, sally yates was not fired until january 30th. for a period of time, he could have gone to sally yates, acting attorney general. >> he says he did. he went to different people in the doj. he said he had conversations, but he certainly did not come out about it. you think he did not do enough? >> i don't think he did enough in the written or oral testimony of who had conversations with which. i know he had conversations with boente. >> dana boente and...
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the man he hired to be acting attorney general for sally yates and acting deputy attorney general after. once jeff sessions got sworn in, and he got kicked down to acting deputy attorney general and rod rosenstein and no longer needed to fill that job, they gave him dana boente a plum job. a good job at the justice department. they named him head of the national security division at the justice department. but they also had him stay on as the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. he's got both of those jobs now. and that's apparently where all of this investigation is happening now. right? dana boente was originally appointed to that u.s. attorney job, he was originally named the u.s. attorney, the chief federal prosecutor for the eastern district of virginia. he was originally given that job by president obama in 2015. but all the other major job titles and promotions since then including a brief, glorious stint as attorney general of the united states, is thanks to president trump, and now his office, dana boente's office, is where the open federal investigations are unf
the man he hired to be acting attorney general for sally yates and acting deputy attorney general after. once jeff sessions got sworn in, and he got kicked down to acting deputy attorney general and rod rosenstein and no longer needed to fill that job, they gave him dana boente a plum job. a good job at the justice department. they named him head of the national security division at the justice department. but they also had him stay on as the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia....
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and in the case of sally yates, they surgery asserted the executive privilege and she complied with itso it's not a situation where they would need to go in and get a restraining order in some district court. i think it's highly unlikely that would ever happen. i think what is more likely that they would telegraph or be explicit as to what areas they believe are executive privilege, either by letter or in a phone call. my guess is by letter. and then the question becomes whether or not somebody wants to force the issue if they don't want to observe. remember, from comey's standpoint, he still has to worry about his ethical obligation. there's not only privilege but as a lawyer, he does not want to run afoul of ethics rules by violating a privilege that's been asserted. not unlike an attorney-client privilege. the holder of the privilege in an attorney-client situation is the client. the attorney can't just willy-nilly waive it and that's basically the same kind of situation you have here. client meaning trump and as the executive and he's asserting the privilege. >> professor turley, t
and in the case of sally yates, they surgery asserted the executive privilege and she complied with itso it's not a situation where they would need to go in and get a restraining order in some district court. i think it's highly unlikely that would ever happen. i think what is more likely that they would telegraph or be explicit as to what areas they believe are executive privilege, either by letter or in a phone call. my guess is by letter. and then the question becomes whether or not somebody...
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that's what i mean. >> sally yates didn't have it. >> when you talk what might shake mary's support ofn't think it's anything we're going to hear about from comey. it's if these jobs never get better, no manufacturing jobs come back to it the places that were promised, no new coal jocks. if people don't find their own lives better, the people who were drawn to trump's message of disruption and charges i think that's what will shake his support among those core supporters. >> if it does. >> back to jake's early first question a few minutes ago. if i were advising trump, not that i was asked to do, would i have the attitude of being more of an outsider and being more unhappy with the way things are going but they can't resist. got all these goldman sachs guys in there. the stock market is the hitting record highs and they are back and high-fiving each other as their portfolios go up, but, you know, in a way he's probably better off having more of an outsider position than becoming a defender of the current situation. >> bill weir, bill kristol, susan page, thanks so much, one and all. yo
that's what i mean. >> sally yates didn't have it. >> when you talk what might shake mary's support ofn't think it's anything we're going to hear about from comey. it's if these jobs never get better, no manufacturing jobs come back to it the places that were promised, no new coal jocks. if people don't find their own lives better, the people who were drawn to trump's message of disruption and charges i think that's what will shake his support among those core supporters. >>...
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sally yates goes to the general counsel and implores the white house on the 26th and even the morning of the 27th concerned about mike flynn and this idea he could get black mailed. and then all of a sudden, the dinner invitation comes. and then all that happened in 72 hou hours. >> the fact law enforcement officials, if they want a formal meeting with the president, they would do a formal meeting. and then he says in the letter that he only talked to president obama twice one-on-one. and he said what else jumps out? the fbi director felt the repeated could not twrakts so concerned that he didn't want one-on-one contact with the president at all. all of this against the back drop of what we know it was the assertion that he would fire comey anyway, the other leadership, the attorney general and deputy attorney general put together this letter of the handling of the clinton case. so i think what we're seeing as a preview of tomorrow, a time line that's very problematic for the white house. because of the assertions it makes. i don't think it is a federal case, nor is that even for a fe
sally yates goes to the general counsel and implores the white house on the 26th and even the morning of the 27th concerned about mike flynn and this idea he could get black mailed. and then all of a sudden, the dinner invitation comes. and then all that happened in 72 hou hours. >> the fact law enforcement officials, if they want a formal meeting with the president, they would do a formal meeting. and then he says in the letter that he only talked to president obama twice one-on-one. and...
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on january 26th, january 26th, the acting attorney general sally yates warned the white house that michael flynn was under fbi investigation and had lied to the white house about his contacts with russia. january 26th. the very next day, january 27th, the president called up james comey at noon and invited him to that one-on-one dinner, that very night when he demand james comey's loyalty. and didn't get it. james comey was understandably uneasy. that was his word, uneasy, about being alone with the president either in person or on the telephone. he will testify than tomorrow. and at one point he asked attorney general jeff sessions to intervene. "i took the opportunity to implore the attorney general to prevent any future direct communication between the president and me james comey said this to the attorney general after another dramat scene, a dratic moment in the oval office at the on the other hand of a group meet wleng the president told everyone else to leave the room so he could speak to the fbi director alone. attorney general jeff sessions was one of the people the president orde
on january 26th, january 26th, the acting attorney general sally yates warned the white house that michael flynn was under fbi investigation and had lied to the white house about his contacts with russia. january 26th. the very next day, january 27th, the president called up james comey at noon and invited him to that one-on-one dinner, that very night when he demand james comey's loyalty. and didn't get it. james comey was understandably uneasy. that was his word, uneasy, about being alone...
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deputy attorney general sally yates at harvard law school class day commencement in massachusetts. president and ceo of lieu let packer meg whitman and national institutes of health director francis collins at . . . . . it is too easy to say you choose the neighborhood school. you can't look at your choice in isolati isolation. we in this country know many of us did not choose to live in the public housing project i was born into. i did not choos to be born on my mother's 16th birthday to an 8th grade drop out. i did not choose those things. you can't even compare my choice as a father to moi choice as a child. i tell my sons all of the time i wouldn't have liked you if i was growing up with you. i would have stolen your bike. they said well, i'll get a new one. and that's why i wouldn't like you. when we're looking at choice there has to be parity. choice ain't the same for everybody. i am provouchers. i know a lot of y'all like to cull them different things y'all can talk about me. i'm headed out any way. i'm provouchers because you are too. some of y'all got something call add p
deputy attorney general sally yates at harvard law school class day commencement in massachusetts. president and ceo of lieu let packer meg whitman and national institutes of health director francis collins at . . . . . it is too easy to say you choose the neighborhood school. you can't look at your choice in isolati isolation. we in this country know many of us did not choose to live in the public housing project i was born into. i did not choos to be born on my mother's 16th birthday to an...
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sally, yates. she served 27 years in the department of justice, first as an assistant u.s. attorney and united states attorney for the northern district of georgia. in that capacity she litigated a wide range of cases involving cases of terrorism and political corruption. president obama appointed her to be deputy attorney general of the united states. and during her confirmation hearings, i love this fact, then senator jeff sessions asked sally if they would refuse to enforce ap president's unlawful orders referring to president obama. to which she would have an obligation in all circumstances to follow the law and the constitution. a commitment that she later had an opportunity to fulfill. [laughter] >> on this initial point, maybe talk about the historic independence of the department of justice. ms. yates: when there were principles underlining the rule of law, there is the concept of the equal application of the law, that the law is to be applied impartially. that's why lady justice has the blind fold on, that it applies to the rich and the poor, the weak and the power
sally, yates. she served 27 years in the department of justice, first as an assistant u.s. attorney and united states attorney for the northern district of georgia. in that capacity she litigated a wide range of cases involving cases of terrorism and political corruption. president obama appointed her to be deputy attorney general of the united states. and during her confirmation hearings, i love this fact, then senator jeff sessions asked sally if they would refuse to enforce ap president's...
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. >> sally yates, the former acting attorney general describing here in aspen yesterday how she found ban, the executive orders, which were not briefed to the key cabinet secretaries when they were first ordered. joining me is former deputy solicitor general who argued against the trump travel ban in the ninth circuit along with ambassador wendy sherman, former undersecretary of state new nbc news and msnbc global affairs contributor as of today i think. welcome to the family. >> delighted to be here. >> you were on that panel with sally yates and that just illustrates the haphazard way that decision-making from the very beginning in january of the administration, the first week. >> yes. it's a terrible process unfolded that led to the travel ban that's led to a lot of other things in the trump administration and obviously we all have concerns about the substance that the president is enacti ining a muslim ban for t first time in our lifetimes and americans need to be concerned about procedures what miss yates was talking about, the ramrodding of this through is just not the way good
. >> sally yates, the former acting attorney general describing here in aspen yesterday how she found ban, the executive orders, which were not briefed to the key cabinet secretaries when they were first ordered. joining me is former deputy solicitor general who argued against the trump travel ban in the ninth circuit along with ambassador wendy sherman, former undersecretary of state new nbc news and msnbc global affairs contributor as of today i think. welcome to the family. >>...
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by russia, the times was able to report out at the beginning of the week that that warning from sally yates, that wasn't something that the upper echelon of the department of justice concluded and worked on in isolation. what the times reported at the beginning of the week is that the cia -- cia officers were also involved in forming that assessment about mike flynn. and in reviewing the evidence that led to that warning. the cia officers had apparently reviewed the intercepted communications between mike flynn and the russians. they had seen those intercepts directly. even so, despite that direct involvement of his agency, despite the cia being in on what was so worrying about mike flynn, mike pompeo apparently never talked to the president about it himself. and even beyond that, mike pompeo kept discussing sensitive intelligence matters with mike flynn in the room at the white house. even after all of the concerns had been raised about mike flynn, including by mike pompeo's own agency. there are a lot of questions that have yet to be answered about why the white house as a whole was still
by russia, the times was able to report out at the beginning of the week that that warning from sally yates, that wasn't something that the upper echelon of the department of justice concluded and worked on in isolation. what the times reported at the beginning of the week is that the cia -- cia officers were also involved in forming that assessment about mike flynn. and in reviewing the evidence that led to that warning. the cia officers had apparently reviewed the intercepted communications...
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>> sally yates was acting attorney sally eights was attempting attorney general in the first five days of the chump administration. she spoke at harvard law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction. the distinguished faculty, family, friends, and, most of all, the graduates of the harvard law school class of 2017, thank you for inviting me to share in this special day with you. it is such a privilege for me to be here. to the graduates of the class of 2017, i want to say congratulations. you have worked incredibly hard to get here today. i hope that you are going to take a moment to really let the full weight of your accomplishments sink and and that you are going to revel in this a little bit. to the parents of the graduates here today, you have to feel a tremendous sense of pride and just sheer joy in what your children have accomplished. congratulations to the moms and dads here as well. [applause] ms. yates: i really can't let this moment pass, this moment of your la
>> sally yates was acting attorney sally eights was attempting attorney general in the first five days of the chump administration. she spoke at harvard law school commencement ceremony about why she decided not to defend the ban. ban. [applause] ban. ms. yates: thank you for a beautiful and generous introduction. the distinguished faculty, family, friends, and, most of all, the graduates of the harvard law school class of 2017, thank you for inviting me to share in this special day with...
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and then you have sally yates who came and said i'm worried about flynn's contact with russia.s fired. now comey gets fired. this adds up at the minimum to abuse of power. >> there are two attorneys general in washington and maryland who have already filed suit, said they're going to file suit against the president, against the white house. seems like outside of the halls of congress this story is gaining some traction. >> i think they're looking at him enriching himself. i think those are the issues that the d.c. and maryland, they're saying he's using his power to enrich himself. he didn't give up this trump hotel. he's taking money from all over the place. they got all kinds of gifts if you will from china in allowing their patent to go forth. i am so glad that the attorneys general are looking at this. this is -- i've served with five presidents, three republicans, two democrats. you noted i'm a very strong democrat. since the ronald reagan days, i served with him. i never saw a president that i thought was in it for himself, to enrich himself, to enrich his family. i am st
and then you have sally yates who came and said i'm worried about flynn's contact with russia.s fired. now comey gets fired. this adds up at the minimum to abuse of power. >> there are two attorneys general in washington and maryland who have already filed suit, said they're going to file suit against the president, against the white house. seems like outside of the halls of congress this story is gaining some traction. >> i think they're looking at him enriching himself. i think...
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headlines today, the hill reports that "former acting attorney sally ates criticized jeff sessions -- sally yates criticized jeff sessions in an titled, "making america scared again won't make us safer." in may, jeff sessions reinstated mandatory drug sessions -- drug sentencing that was refused in the 1980's. the article claims he was stoking fear. the smart on crime policy -- the united states is gripped by a rising epidemic of violent crime that can only be cured by putting more drug offenders in jail for more time. that argument is not supported by the facts. calling from florida on the independent line. caller: hello. correctling to try to something amy goodman said. she said the trump health insurance is going to eliminate medicaid and there will be babies and mothers laying in the street. that is not true. it will go to the states. the states will take care of medicaid. people ought to know that amy goodman, she is trying to be a nice person, her father was an extremely liberal dr. from long island. liberal very extremely activists. host: let me ask you a question about that point. are you
headlines today, the hill reports that "former acting attorney sally ates criticized jeff sessions -- sally yates criticized jeff sessions in an titled, "making america scared again won't make us safer." in may, jeff sessions reinstated mandatory drug sessions -- drug sentencing that was refused in the 1980's. the article claims he was stoking fear. the smart on crime policy -- the united states is gripped by a rising epidemic of violent crime that can only be cured by putting...
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the question is like sally yates' question for flynn, could he be blackmailed? this same question-- lauren: could who be blackmailed? mitchell: could michael flynn be being blackmailed by lying, you know, publicly and doing things that he knew that the russians knew about, right? you know, that put him in a position to be compromised. and the question that we really--the fundamental question is, is trump being blackmailed by the russians because of things that he promised to do and you know, wasn't able to do for them? and because of the help that they provided him that gave them compromising material, kompromat, over him that now means that vladimir putin is calling the shots on us foreign policy, not the president of the united states. lauren: that's a pretty strong statement. and then, there was no evidence that there is any blackmail going on. mitchell: i think there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that there's blackmail. in fact, many of the conservative commentators that i follow, like max boot or david frum, who are from the conservative side of the s
the question is like sally yates' question for flynn, could he be blackmailed? this same question-- lauren: could who be blackmailed? mitchell: could michael flynn be being blackmailed by lying, you know, publicly and doing things that he knew that the russians knew about, right? you know, that put him in a position to be compromised. and the question that we really--the fundamental question is, is trump being blackmailed by the russians because of things that he promised to do and you know,...
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the other reason why may 8th, 2017, is very important to me is because that's the day sally yates testified. i found her testimony riveting. and it was riveting on several levels. but the most important level to me and why i have such incredible respect for that woman is the highest duty of any become servant at any level of government is to expose misconduct. is to tell the truth when it comes to matters of legality or morality or simple transgression or misconduct. and one of the reasons why i wrote the book, this particular book, was basically to tell my story, and the story is a simple one. i spent 42 years with the government. when you look at my service in the army and the department of defense and the central intelligence agency and the department of state, throughout that entire period, the 42 year period, i had security clearances the highest level. so, i know what security is. i know about the importance of security. but i also learned over a period of time -- and not that it -- you don't enter public service to become a dissident, let alone a whistleblower, but i also learned the
the other reason why may 8th, 2017, is very important to me is because that's the day sally yates testified. i found her testimony riveting. and it was riveting on several levels. but the most important level to me and why i have such incredible respect for that woman is the highest duty of any become servant at any level of government is to expose misconduct. is to tell the truth when it comes to matters of legality or morality or simple transgression or misconduct. and one of the reasons why...
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deputy attorney general sally yates at harvard, president and ceo of hewlett-packard meg whitman at carnegieellon university, and national institutes of health director francis collins at southern methodist university in dallas. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. sunday night on afterwords, been sass explores how to encourage young adults to become active and engaged citizens in his book, "the vanishing american adult." he is interviewed by the founder and president of the millennial action project. >> by and large, students that graduate this spring and summer will change jobs three times -- not just jobs, change industries in their first three decades after college. all of the unsettling, scary stuff that produced progressivism during industrialism was about job destruction created all of these --ettling ripples into you into human capital and social networks. that is what we will experience at work speed forever more. we will have 40, 45, 50-year-olds getting interrupted out of whole industries. we will have to create a civilization of lifelong learners and no civilization
deputy attorney general sally yates at harvard, president and ceo of hewlett-packard meg whitman at carnegieellon university, and national institutes of health director francis collins at southern methodist university in dallas. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. sunday night on afterwords, been sass explores how to encourage young adults to become active and engaged citizens in his book, "the vanishing american adult." he is interviewed by the founder and president of...
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brennan, and sally yates and former dna clapper.may be worried about what sort of questions the judiciary may be asking and maybe looking for a better place to tell his story. >> sean: we have judge shopping and venue shopping from acting directors who said that no one try to obstruct justice. a lot of this is related to his own personal memos to self. the way it was reported. it seemed like someone close to comey leaked it and he has to answer to the memo question, does he not? >> you absolutely. based on the way the story was structured, it was someone close to former director comey. and everyone wants to see the memos. this was about the judiciary committee 83. could we look at the memo and was there pressure on you and why didn't you report that pack on january. and let us see them. and comey took it upon himself. i am a private citizen. and i don't have to answer. i wouldn't be surprised if those questioning were not asked on thursday. someone is got to tell him you may be admitting to a felony. he did admit hillary committed f
brennan, and sally yates and former dna clapper.may be worried about what sort of questions the judiciary may be asking and maybe looking for a better place to tell his story. >> sean: we have judge shopping and venue shopping from acting directors who said that no one try to obstruct justice. a lot of this is related to his own personal memos to self. the way it was reported. it seemed like someone close to comey leaked it and he has to answer to the memo question, does he not? >>...