Fox News released clips of Donald Trump’s interview with Jeanine Pirro that’s set to air in full on Sunday at 9 p.m., and quite of bit of it was newsworthy.
Here are the highlights…
On Trump’s earlier tweets today suggesting he will cancel future press briefings:
Trump tells Fox this is his solution to his problems at the daily WH press briefings: "We just don’t have them."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 12, 2017
The briefings would be replaced with Trump press conferences every two weeks:
Trump, in clip w/ Judge Jeanine just aired on FOX, again appears to float no briefings "unless I have them every 2 wks & do it myself"
— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) May 12, 2017
Trump also refused to confirm or deny that the recorded his conversation with former FBI Director James Comey:
Trump tells Fox re: tapes — "Well that I can't talk about. I won't talk about that. All I want is for Comey to be honest."
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) May 12, 2017
And he said the report that he asked Comey for a loyalty pledge was not true:
Trump on Comey/loyalty: "I didn't [ask] but I don’t think it would be a bad question to ask. I think loyalty to the country…is important."
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) May 12, 2017
Trump went on to say that a loyalty pledge to the country would be fine:
Trump, after appearing to threaten the FBI director he just fired with a possible secret WH recording, now says he won't talk about it pic.twitter.com/qJnVJSqFdw
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 12, 2017
Watch:
.@POTUS doubled down on his threat to end the White House press briefings in a new interview with @JudgeJeanine. https://t.co/RCo53lPjT9 pic.twitter.com/0oPRsL0Wvx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 12, 2017
Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will reportedly not seek an independet prosecutor at this point:
Breaking: Dep AG Rosenstein sees no need at this point for special prosecutor in #Russia probe – sources tell @evanperez @mkraju
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 12, 2017
And that the Russia investigation is moving forward:
Source: Rosenstein told lawmakers and staff he plans to allow FBI investigation to move forward, uninhibited by pressures from White House
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) May 12, 2017
Mike Allen from Axio is reporting that Comey won’t be testifying next week as well:
Comey turns down Senate invite, won't testify via @axios https://t.co/KyVyksHkF5
— Mike Allen (@mikeallen) May 12, 2017
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