President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser may be getting new legal representation as the special counsel investigation into Russia's election meddling heats up. Michael Conaway and Adam Schiff, the leaders of the House Russia investigation, said in a joint statement following the meeting. "I really don't", Sekulow told CNN's Chris Cuomo in a pugilistic encounter Monday. Ironic, because there are so many similarities between the two: a president known for telling lies, under investigation for obstruction of justice, who tries to get off the hook by firing Justice Department officials leading the investigation. "Something about the way I was conducting it, the president felt, created pressure on him that he wanted to relieve", Comey told the Senate Select Intelligence Committee.
"You don't mess with the criminal justice system in this way ... the President is on very tenuous ground here", Ben-Veniste told CNN's Don Lemon Friday.
Comey said under oath during his much-anticipated Senate hearing earlier this month that he believes he was sacked because of the Russian Federation investigation.
But in his contentious Sunday interviews, Sekulow said the tweet had been misinterpreted.
Trump's attorney repeated the same statements on NBC's "Meet The Press".
The lawyer also suggested Twitter's character limit may be partly to blame.
"The former House speaker [Newt Gingrich] wrote that Mueller 'is setting up a dragnet of obstruction, financial questions and every aspect of Trump's life and his associates lives, '" reports Business Insider.
Croatia investigates Real Madrid CF's Luka Modric for alleged false testimony
The prosecution in Osijek told BIRN it couldn't release any additional information about the case. If found guilty of perjury, Mr Modric could face between six months and five years in prison.
Newt Gingrich, a staunch Trump supporter, appeared on ABC News Sunday to excoriate Mueller for hiring a group of what he claims are partisan laywers bent on removing the president from office.
Last Thursday, the Washington Post published a sensational report that Special Counsel Robert Mueller was investigating President Trump for obstruction of justice. When Wallace pointed out the apparent contradiction, Sekulow retreated to his talking points: "We have not received nor are we aware of any investigation of the president of the United States, period". He said that "as we know from James Comey's testimony, and as we know it today, the president has not been and is not under investigation". Public perception aside, being the subject of an investigation is also debilitating because of the time it takes to defend oneself, the financial burden of retaining lawyers (and, for a public official, retaining press agents who can deal with the media frenzy), and the anxiety that makes it hard to focus on one's job and other responsibilities.
The future of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein seemed in doubt last Friday, when Trump appeared to attack him in the tweet about being investigated.
In any case, that's it. Mueller is interviewing some people about Trump's firing of James Comey, but Trump has not been notified that he's under investigation.
The president has directed some of his frustration at Rosenstein and Mueller. Sen.
Under a post-Watergate law, the Presidential Records Act, recordings made by presidents belong to the people and can eventually be made public.
Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for the government accountability and transparency advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) told us the memos have likely come under the purview of an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 electionby Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Comments