Breaking news, President Trump considering
whether to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
Swirling speculation about whether the president
-would move to fire Robert Mueller, -Mm-hmm.
the special counsel running the Russia investigation.
It is the lead story of today's
It is the front page of the
It amounts to political suicide
if President Trump actually tried to fire
the special counsel Robert Mueller.
I think at some point, we're going to have to stop saying
Trump is committing political suicide, all right?
Donald Trump don't die, people.
Donald Trump is
the
No matter how bad it gets, it's never over.
And you think you don't know anybody who supports them,
but you do, you do.
That being said, though, I get why a president firing
the special prosecutor investigating his campaign
is something the media would want to cover,
because it's fun to gossip.
Which, if we're honest,
is, at this point, all this story really is.
This all started when the president's friend, Chris Ruddy,
floated this idea on the PBS
We know he was here, had West Wing meetings.
We don't think he actually met with the president, by the way.
That's important to point out, but he did float the idea
that the president was thinking about this possibility
of trying to get Mueller fired.
So some guy is just guessing
that Trump is thinking of firing Mueller.
Well, no (bleep), Shivambu.
Trump's always thinking about firing someone.
It's who he is.
Right now, at this very moment, he's probably watching
the White House gardener out the window, going like,
(mimics Trump): "Maybe if I fire him, Russia will disappear.
Maybe, maybe him... no."
(normal voice): Look, I know it's exciting
to think about Trump sabotaging his presidency,
but this is a rumor, no more, no less.
Like, why waste energy on speculative crazy
when there's so much actual crazy to focus on?
Like for instance, like for instance,
this recent gift from the House of Representatives.
REPORTER:
most of the Dodd-Frank act,
arguing it made it harder for banks to do business
and hampered the economy.
The House voted to undo stricter banking rules
imposed following the 2008 financial crisis.
Yes, finally, Republicans stepping up
for the white working class banks. Ah.
And look, I know that relaxing bank regulations
could easily lead to another financial collapse,
but is that necessarily a bad thing? Is it, huh?
'Cause, I mean, let's be honest-- every generation
deserves the chance to complain to their kids
about how rough they had it. Huh?
So, when this causes the next crash,
millennials will finally get to tell their story.
After the crash, we couldn't afford the puppy filter.
We had to use roadkill and Scotch tape,
and we were happy.
We had it tough.
People, you understand what happened here?
The House voted to repeal Dodd-Frank.
That actually happened.
The Mueller thing didn't.
But there's way more coverage on the Mueller story,
because it's more fun to watch a soap opera than CNBC.
It's the same reason, today, everyone was glued
to the latest installment of
the Senate testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
REPORTER:
set to testify on Capitol Hill today
about his Russian contacts
during the presidential campaign.
Attorney General Sessions, if you would stand,
I will administer the oath to you.
Oh, oh, you
Oh, my bad. My bad.
I didn't realize that you were standing at the time.
That's right.
Jeff Sessions, today, gave sworn testimony
about the Russia investigation
to the Senate Intelligence Committee, right?
Uh, and it was a pretty dramatic hearing,
because just last week
James Comey testified to the same folks,
and he threw some hard shade at his former boss,
suggesting that Sessions hasn't been truthful
about his role in the whole Russia mess.
And, today, Sessions fought back.
So I'll finish with this.
I recuse myself from any investigation
into the campaign for president,
but I did not recuse myself
from defending my honor
against scurrilous and false allegations.
Oh, well, I do declare.
Jefferson Beauregard, defending his honor.
Oh!
That was a slick line.
I didn't recuse myself...
Yeah. Uh, part of me does think that Jeff Sessions
uses that line all the time, though, you know?
"I recuse myself from the Russia investigation,
"but I will not recuse myself from these nachos.
"(giggles) Yeah.
"Wait, five dollars for guacamole?
I recuse myself."
Now, the recusal that Sessions mentioned
was one of the key issues everyone wanted to know about.
Did he speak to President Trump about Russia
after he said he wouldn't?
So the question was simple.
But if there's one thing we know about magical creatures,
it's that if you ask them a question they don't like,
they'll just make up rules for why they can't answer.
-He's been public about that. -In any of your discussions with
the president about the firing of James Comey,
did the question of the Russia investigation ever come up?
I cannot answer that, because it was a-a communication
b-by the president, or if any such occurred,
it would be a communication that he has not waived.
I... uh, am not stonewalling.
I am following the historic policies
of the department of justice.
You referred to a longstanding DOJ policy.
Um, can you tell us what policy it is you're talking about?
-You referred to... -A policy that goes beyond
just the attorney general.
Is that policy in writing somewhere?
Uh, I... I think so.
Tricksy hobbitses!