WE HAVE A LOT OF BREAKING MUS TO COVER.
LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT, AS YOU KNOW, ROBERT MUELLER'S FULL
RUSSIA REPORT IS OUT THIS MORNING, ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE RIGHT BEFORE THE
REDACTED REPORT WAS RELEASED.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS LONG AND IT WAS FILLED WITH LEGAL
JARGON.
IT WAS HARD TO KEEP FROM ZONING OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE A LOOK AT
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN.
>> AFTER FIND NOTHING UNDERLYING COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA, THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL'S REPORT GOES ON TO CONSIDER WHETHER CERTAIN
ACTIONS-- .
>> James: AND THIS IS HOW SERIOUS THEY'RE TAKING THE
REPORTMENT EVEN ROD ROSENSTEIN'S FACIAL EXPRESSIONS HAVE BEEN
REDACTED.
(LAUGHTER) THE ONLY OTHER TIME HAVE I SEEN
A FACE LIKE THAT IS WHEN MY TODDLER SUDDENLY DOESN'T HAVE TO
USE THE POTTY ANY MORE.
(LAUGHTER) IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S PRESS CONFERENCE, PRESIDENT TRUMP PINS THIS TWEET
TO HIS ACCOUNT NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION, FOR THE HATERS AND
THE RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS, GAME OVER.
IN THE "GAME OF THRONES" FONT, NO LESS.
I ONLY HOPE THIS IS TRUMP'S FINAL SEASON.
(LAUGHTER) BUT THIS WAS JUST-- THIS IS
GREAT NEWS.
THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR TRUMP'S HARD-CORE SUPPORTERS OR AS THEY
ARE ALSO KNOWN, REALLY WHITE WALKERS.
SHORTLY AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE REDACTED VERSIONS OF
THE REPORT WERE RELEASED.
FIRST TO CONGRESS AND THEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO OF COURSE IT WAS A MEDIA FRENZY AND CABLE NEW PUTS EVERY
REPORTER ON IT.
HIS CNN AN THEIR MASSIVE PANEL OF NINE PEOPLE.
IT'S BASICALLY CNN'S VERSION OF AVENGERS END GAME.
IT IS A DAY WENT ON THEY JUST KEPT PILING ON MORE REPORTERS.
BY THE END OF THE DAY THE PANEL LOOKED LIKE THIS.
(LAUGHTER) SO WHAT IS IN THE REPORT?
APPARENTLY MUELLER'S TEAM FOUND LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIA RAN
A MASSIVE ONLINE CAMPAIGN INCLUDING HACKING EMAILS TO
UNDERMINE THE 2016 ELECTION.
PUT IT THIS WAY, TRUMP GOT INTO THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT AS
LEGITIMATELY AS LORI LOUGHLIN'S DAUGHTER GOT INTO USC.
(APPLAUSE) ON THE OBSTRUCTION CHARGE
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THE PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY TRIED TO
MAKE EFFORTS TO INTERFERE WITH THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
BUT THE ONLY REASON TRUMP DIDN'T GET CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTION IS
THAT HIS AIDES REFUSED TO CARRY OUT HIS ORDERS.
TRUMP IS SO INEFFECTIVE HE SHOW MANAGED TO MAKE HIS OWN CAMPAIGN
FOLLOW THE LAW.
FORGET COLLUDING WITH THE RUSSIANS, HE COULDN'T EVEN
COLLUDE WITH HIS OWN STAFF.
THE CHARGES-- CHARGES OR NOT, THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED REPORT
THAT PAINTS PRESIDENT TRUMP IF A HORRIBLE LIGHT.
HIS PRESIDENCY IS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO SURVIVE.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, EVEN HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD
HAPPEN, AFTER MUELLER WAS APPOINTED AS SPECIAL COUNSEL,
TRUMP APPARENTLY SAID OH MY GOD, THIS IS TERRIBLE, THERE IS THE
END OF MY PRESIDENCY, I'M 'S [BLEEP] WHICH I THINK WE COULD
ALL AGREE IS CLEARLY THE WORDS OF AN INNOCENT MAN.
(LAUGHTER) TRUMP THOUGHT IT WAS THE END OF
HIS PRESIDENCY.
UNFORTUNATELY AS USUAL, HE WAS COMPLETELY WRONG.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS, TODAY TO CELEBRATE HIS
APPARENT VICTORY PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED OUT A VIDEO AND, WELL,
I'M NOT SURE I LIKE IT.
THIS IS THE ACTUAL VIDEO POSTED TODAY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
HAVE A LOOK.
>> THAT'S YOUR HEADLINE.
REPORT, NO COLLUSION.
>> THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION IS FINALLY OVER.
THE NEWS CAUGHT MANY PEOPLE BY SURPRISE.
(LAUGHTER) I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS
EXPECTING ON MUELLER REPORT THURSDAY.
IT DEFINITELY WASN'T THIS.
YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT DOES EXPLAIN WHY I GOT AN AMAZING JOB
OFFER FROM FOX NEWS TODAY.
BY THE WAY-- (APPLAUSE)
DO YOU BELIEVE IT.
BY THE WAY, TRUMP DIDN'T INCLUDE MY PUNCH LINE TO THAT JOKE.
AND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY.
ROLL THE TAPE.
>> THE NEWS CAUGHT MANY PEOPLE BY SURPRISING PRICE.
IT'S NEVER A GOOD SIGN WHEN AFTER TWO YEARS AS PRESIDENT THE
WHOLE WORLD IS SHOCKED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL.
OH, NOW I KNOW WHY I CUT THAT OUT.
NOW I GET IT.