Yesterday, The Larry O’Connor Show broadcast from the East Room in the White House. During the course of the program, Larry spoke with President Trump, members from his administration and staff.
A few media outlets took note of Larry’s interview with President Trump. Take a look at the headlines below:
Trump ratchets up call for DOJ to investigate Hillary Clinton (Politico)
In an interview Thursday afternoon with talk radio host Larry O’Connor, Trump said he was “very unhappy” with the Justice Department and lamented the political norms that maintain a separation between the president and the Justice Department, which he said have left his hands tied. To the list of issues he would like to see investigated, Trump added funding for the infamous dossier of salacious but unverified information about him, some of which reportedly came from the Clinton campaign and the DNC.
While the president sits atop the executive branch, the Justice Department has traditionally operated with a great degree of independence from the White House as a means of separating the justice system from political influence. While Trump has regularly been willing to wade into Justice Department matters and ongoing cases, historically, presidents have mostly refrained from involving themselves in the operations of the Justice Department beyond appointing and dealing with the attorney general. [Read More]
Trump pressures Justice Department to investigate ‘Crooked Hillary’ (The Washington Post)
President Trump on Friday pressured the Department of Justice — and specifically the FBI — to investigate Hillary Clinton, ticking through a slew of issues involving the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and her party, and urging law enforcement to “do what is right and proper.”
Trump’s advocacy for criminal probe of his political opponent marked a significant breach of the traditional boundaries within the executive branch designed to prevent investigations from being politicized.
In a Thursday radio interview, Trump said “the saddest thing” about being president is that he is not supposed to give orders to the Justice Department or FBI. The president said he was “very frustrated” that he could not be involved with those agencies, and said it was “very discouraging to me” that they were not “going after Hillary Clinton.”
“Hopefully they are doing something and at some point, maybe we are going to all have it out,” Trump said Thursday on “The Larry O’Connor Show.” [Read More]
Trump to Mediaite’s Larry O’Connor: ‘Very Frustrated’ I Can’t Go After Hillary Clinton (Mediaite)
Thursday afternoon at the White House, President Donald Trump sat down for a one-on-one with Mediaite‘s Larry O’Connor.
In an interview which aired on WMAL Radio in Washington, O’Connor asked the President “What’s stopping the Justice Department” from investigating Hillary Clinton over her involvement in the Uranium One deal — which has been heavily pushed by conservative media.
“But you know the saddest thing, because I’m the President of the United States I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department,” Trump said. “I am not supposed to be involved with the FBI. I’m not supposed to be doing the kinds of things that I would love to be doing. And I’m very frustrated by it.” [Read More]
Donald Trump laments he’s ‘not supposed’ to influence DOJ, FBI (CNN)
President Donald Trump said Thursday he wishes he could get involved with the Justice Department and direct it toward Hillary Clinton.
“The saddest thing is that because I’m the President of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department,” Trump said. “I am not supposed to be involved with the FBI.”
Trump’s comments on the radio program “The Larry O’Connor Show” about the Justice Department and FBI came the same week the Justice Department’s special counsel investigation handed down indictments to his former campaign hands.
The President responded to a suggestion from the host that his listeners want the Justice Department to go after Clinton by saying that he’d like those entities to focus on his 2016 opponent as well. [Read More]
Trump says he will start dining at local DC restaurants (Washington Examiner)
President Trump said he would start dining at local Washington, D.C., restaurants, as former presidents have done.
“I’ll tell you, my favorite restaurant … rather than insulting anyone, I will say: I love the food in the White House. The White House is the greatest restaurant … It’s the most beautiful,” Trump said in a radio interview with “The Larry O’Connor Show” on Thursday. [Read More]
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