Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case; Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case; Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case;

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case; Attorney general Barr to testify before house committee, democrats expected to press him on Stone case, Giuliani information; Trump: Stone case "perhaps should not have even been brought"; Trump withdraws top treasury nomination for United States attorney who oversaw Roger Stone case; Sen, Schumer: Trump would turn America into Banana Republic" if left to his own devices; Republicans reluctant to criticize Trump after interference in Roger Stone sentencing; Trump: Four prosecutors who withdrew from Roger Stone case should "Go back to school"; Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case; Trump slams prosecutors of his allies, ask "Where is Comey? What's happening to McCabe?"; CNN: Decision to withdraw treasury nominee linked to her oversight of Stone and McCabe Prosecutions; Trump thanks Justice department for intervening in Roger Stone case; GOP senators downplay questions on Trump's behavior; Trump Congratulates Barr for intervening in Stone case; Rep. Schiff: Trump making "Direct attack on our rule of law"; Democrats shift focus to Nevada, South Carolina, Super Tuesday; New Hampshire propels Sanders to top of Democratic pack; Buttigieg and Sanders trade jabs over health care; Warren and Biden search for Momentum in upcoming contest; Bloomberg: Will support nominee "if one of them wins that nomination, God forbid"; Source: Biden assures donors he's in a good place financially; CDC: Coronavirus could gain "Foothold" in United States;To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room.
0:07.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room.
0:08.6	We're tracking major new developments in President Trump's unprecedented campaign to interfere with federal criminal investigations.
0:16.0	Just a short while ago, the President thanked his Attorney General
0:19.0	William Barr after the Justice Department
0:22.0	overruled federal prosecutors recommending a
0:24.8	hefty prison sentence for a longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone.
0:28.6	Meanwhile House Democrats just announced a hearing with the Attorney General
0:32.4	giving lawmakers a chance to
0:34.0	press him on his involvement in the Stone case as well as the Justice Department's
0:38.4	decision to review information from Rudy Giuliani's dirt digging operation in Ukraine.
0:44.0	I'll speak with Congresswoman Kathleen Rice of the Homeland Security Committee,
0:47.5	and a prominent target of the President's anger, the former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe.
0:52.9	And our correspondence said analysts
0:54.6	will have full coverage of the day's top stories.
0:57.1	First, let's go to our Chief White House
0:59.0	correspondent, Jim Acosta, Jim,
1:00.7	the president once again bitterly lashing out at federal prosecutors
1:05.0	while praising the attorney general for, quote, taking charge.
1:09.0	That's right.
1:10.0	Well, President Trump is insisting he's done nothing wrong even as he's
1:13.1	thanking the Justice Department for bending to his wishes in the trial of
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