Lawrence: Session Will Be A Witness Against Donald Trump | The Last Word

>> 100%. >> THANK YOU, RACHEL.
>>> WELL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ATTACKED THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES IN AN INTERVIEW WITH "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" PUBLISHED TONIGHT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THIS LEAVES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NO CHOICE.
HE MUST RESIGN. ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS
GAVE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" NO COMMENT, ABSOLUTELY NO COMMENT.
WHEN HE WAS TOLD WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID TO HIM AND "THE
NEW YORK TIMES" ASKED FOR COMMENT.
THE PRESIDENT TOLD "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HE REGRETS AINTEREST
POING JEFF SESSIONS. WHEN A PRESIDENT EXPRESSES NO
CONFIDENCE IN A CABINET MEMBER, THEN THAT CABINET MEMBER OWES
THE PRESIDENT HIS RESIGNATION. WHEN A PRESIDENT DOES IT
PUBLICLY, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,
THEN THAT CABINET MATTER REALLY HAS NO CHOICE FROM THAT MINUTE
FORWARD, ABSOLUTELY NO CHOICE.C. HERE IS SOME OF "THE NEW YORK
TIMES'" AUDIO RECORDING OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID.
>> SESSIONS GETS THE JOB. RIGHT AFTER HE GETS THE JOB, HE
RECUSES HIMSELF. >> WAS THAT A MISTAKE?
>> WELL, SESSIONS SHOULD HAVE NEVER RECUSED HIMSELF.
AND IF HE WAS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF, HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME
BEFORE HE TOOK THE JOB, AND I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> HAD YOU -- >> ZERO.
SO JEFF SESSIONS TAKES THE JOB, GETS INTO THE JOB, RECUSES

I THEN HAVE -- WHICH FRANKLY I THINK IS VERY UNFAIR TO THE
PRESIDENT. HOW DO YOU TAKE A JOB AND THEN
RECUSE YOURSELF? IF HE WOULD HAVE RECUSED HIMSELF
BEFORE THE JOB, I WOULD HAVE SAID, THANKS, JEFF, BUT I'M NOT
GOING TO TAKE YOU. IT'S EXTREMELY UNFAIR, AND
THAT'S A MILD WORD, TO THE PRESIDENT.
SO HE RECUSES HIMSELF. >> THAT'S IT.
THAT IS AMAZING. AND IT IS AMAZING THAT JEFF
SESSIONS IS STILL IN THE JOB. ANY SELF-RESPECTING ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD HAVE PUBLICLY RESIGNED AS
SOON AS THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS BECAME PUBLIC EARLIER THIS
EVENING. IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT JEFF
SESSIONS IS GOING TO BE A WITNESS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES. IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE TO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR MUELLER IS GOING TO
BE, I DON'T REMEMBER. THOSE WILL BE HIS WORDS.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" INTERVIEW SHOWS THAT THE PRESIDENT
BELIEVES HE CAN GET THROUGH THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S
INVESTIGATION OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE WITH THE SIMPLE WORDS "I
DON'T REMEMBER." IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH "THE NEW
YORK TIMES," THE PRESIDENT DISAGREED SHARPLY, CONTRADICTED
FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY'S DESCRIPTION OF A
FEBRUARY 14th MEETING IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN WHICH THE
PRESIDENT KICKED EVERYONE OUT OF THE ROOM SO THAT HE COULD SPEAK
ALONE TO JAMES COMEY. IN JAMES COMEY'S NOW PUBLIC,
UNDER-OATH ACCOUNT OF THAT MEETING AND IN HIS NOTES, JAMES
COMEY SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT ASKED EVERYONE TO LEAVE THE
ROOM, INCLUDING JARED KUSHNER, INCLUDING VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE, AND INCLUDING ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS.
TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES," THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE DOESN'T
REMEMBER KICKING ANYONE OUT OF THE ROOM.
QUOTE, I DON'T REMEMBER EVEN TALKING TO HIM ABOUT ANY OF THIS
STUFF, MR. TRUMP SAID OF MR. COMEY.
HE SAID, I ASKED PEOPLE TO GO. LOOK, YOU LOOK AT HIS TESTIMONY.
HIS TESTIMONY IS LOADED UP WITH LIES, OKAY?
SO JARED KUSHNER AND THE VICE PRESIDENT AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO
WAS IN THE ROOM IS GOING TO BE ASKED UNDER OATH WHO IS TELLING
THE TRUTH. JAMES COMEY OR DONALD TRUMP?
ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO BE ASKED UNDER OATH
BY THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, DID PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDER EVERYONE
OUT OF THE ROOM? DID HE ORDER YOU OUT OF THE
ROOM? WHAT DO YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS
IS GOING TO SAY UNDER OATH IN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, WHICH
IS A KEY OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE QUESTION BECAUSE THE OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE CASE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IS VERY MUCH ABOUT
THAT MEETING, VERY MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS HIS INCENTIVE FOR
KICKING EVERYONE OUT OF THAT ROOM, TO HAVE A PRIVATE
CONVERSATION WITH THE FBI DIRECTOR.
DID HE INTEND TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN THAT CONVERSATION AND
NOT WANT ANY WITNESSES? JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO BE
ASKED, DID THE PRESIDENT KICK YOU OUT OF THE ROOM?
DO YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO SIMPLY SAY HE AGREES
WITH DONALD TRUMP AND JUST DOESN'T REMEMBER, OR DO YOU
THINK HE'S JUST GOING TO SAY, YES.
YES, THE PRESIDENT KICKED US OUT OF THE ROOM.
DO YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO AGREE WITH FORMER FBI
DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY'S TESTIMONY THAT HE'S ALREADY GIVEN.
DO YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO TRY TO AGREE OR
CONTRADICT JAMES COMEY'S WRITTEN NOTES ABOUT THAT MEETING?
YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO TRY TO HELP THE PRESIDENT?
YOU THINK JEFF SESSIONS IS GOING TO TRY TO HELP THE PRESIDENT AND
SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER? IS MIKE PENCE GOING TO SAY, I
DON'T REMEMBER? IS JARED KUSHNER GOING TO SAY, I
DON'T REMEMBER? ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS'
DESIRE, IF HE EVER HAD IT, TO BE HELPFUL TO THE PRESIDENT IN HIS
TESTIMONY TO THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, ROBERT MUELLER,
CANNOT BE AS STRONG TONIGHT AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LAST NIGHT.
JEFF SESSIONS HAS BEEN PUBLICLY ATTACKED BY THE PRESIDENT.
AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ATTACK, THE PRESIDENT TOLD ALL
OF HIS TEAMMATES WHO WERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE THAT DAY HOW HE IS
GOING TO TESTIFY WHEN ROBERT MUELLER ASKS HIM UNDER OATH IF
HE KICKED ALL OF THEM OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN HE ASKED TO SPEAK WITH
JAMES COMEY ALONE. HE'S GOING TO TESTIFY "I DON'T
REMEMBER," AND HE'S GIVING ALL OF THE OTHER WITNESSES IN THE
CASE, ALL OF THE WITNESSES ON HIS TEAM WHO WERE IN THE OVAL
OFFICE THAT DAY, THE SIGNAL RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, OF HOW HE
WANTS THEM TO HANDLE THAT QUESTION.
THE PRESIDENT IDENT IS MAKING I PUBLICLY CLEAR THAT ON THAT
QUESTION, THE TRUMP POSITION IS "I DON'T REMEMBER," AND ON THAT
QUESTION IT'S GOING TO BE DONALD TRUMP'S CREDIBILITY VERSUS JAMES
COMEY'S CREDIBILITY. AND EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM IS
GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE A SIDE. AND THERE IS NO REASON TONIGHT,
NONE, FOR JEFF SESSIONS TO DO ANY FAVORS FOR DONALD TRUMP IN
HIS TESTIMONY. JEFF SESSIONS MAY HAVE ALWAYS
SIMPLY PLANNED TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT MOMENT IN THE OVAL
OFFICE, IN WHICH CASE NOTHING MIGHT HAVE CHANGED FOR HIM
TONIGHT ABOUT HIS CRUCIAL TESTIMONY ABOUT THAT MOMENT WHEN
JAMES COMEY SAYS JEFF SESSIONS AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS KICKED OUT
OF THE OVAL OFFICE. BUT HOW CAN JEFF SESSIONS GO
BACK TO WORK TOMORROW? HOW CAN HE DO THAT?
HOW CAN HE WALK INTO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT?
HOW CAN JEFF SESSIONS ATTEND THE NEXT CABINET MEETING AS THE ONLY
MEMBER OF THE CABINET WHO THE PRESIDENT HAS PUBLICLY ATTACKED
AND SAID HE WISHED HE DIDN'T NOMINATE HIM?
HE WISHED HE WASN'T THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE MOST COMPETENT CABINET IN HISTORY,
AND HE'S UNHAPPY WITH ONLY ONE OF THEM.
ONLY JEFF SESSIONS. WHEN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ASKED
THE PRESIDENT TODAY IF ROBERT MUELLER'S INVESTIGATION WOULD
CROSS A RED LINE IF IT EXPANDS TO LOOK AT THE TRUMP FAMILY'S
FINANCES, MR. TRUMP SAID, I WOULD SAY YES.
I THINK THAT'S A VIOLATION. LOOK, THIS IS ABOUT RUSSIA.
AFTER THAT INTERVIEW WAS PUBLISHED TONIGHT, "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" PUBLISHED ANOTHER STORY ABOUT HOW THE TRUMP FAMILY
FINANCES ARE ALREADY BEING INVESTIGATED.
BANKING REGULATORS ARE REVIEWING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN LOANS MADE TO MR. TRUMP'S BUSINESSES THROUGH DEUTSCHE
BANK'S PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT UNIT WHICH CATERS TO AN ULTRA
RICH CLIENTELE ACCORDING TO THREE PEOPLE BRIEFED ON THE
REVIEW WHO WERE NOT AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK PUBLICLY.
THE BANK IS EXPECTING TO EVENTUALLY HAVE TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO ROBERT MUELLER, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL OVERSEEING
THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S TIES TO
RUSSIA. DEUTSCHE BANK HAS ALSO LENT
MONEY TO JARED KUSHNER, THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW AND
SENIOR ADVISER AND TO HIS FAMILY REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ALTHOUGH
DEUTSCHE BANK RECENTLY LANDED IN LEGAL TROUBLE FOR LAUNDERING
MONEY FOR RUSSIAN ENTITIES, PAYING MORE THAN $600 MILLION IN
PENALTIES TO NEW YORK AND BRITISH REGULATORS.
THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A RUSSIAN CONNECTION TO
MR. TRUMP'S LOA

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