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On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Sarah Huckabee Sanders sparred with hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski over President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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00:00You keep talking about the Deputy Attorney General, you've got the President of the United States.
00:06On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Sarah Huckabee Sanders got into a heated conversation with
00:11Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski over President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director
00:16James Comey. The Deputy White House Press Secretary, who is filling in for Sean Spicer
00:20this week, was asked by MSNBC's Willie Geist to clarify her comments that the investigation
00:26into allegations that members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence
00:30the election has become, quote, absurd. Sanders said,
00:33"...I know that person after person, including your own Joe Scarborough, has said that there is
00:38no evidence of collusion here." That prompted Scarborough to jump in, saying,
00:42"...I said there is no obvious evidence of collusion out there right now, and if there were
00:46that obvious evidence of collusion, it would have already been leaked." He added,
00:50"...I also said there needs to be in-depth investigations because it probably will take
00:54an independent prosecutor to figure out the financial ties between Donald Trump and Russia."
01:00Brzezinski added, "...of Russian money," which his son Eric says there's a lot of. Sanders
01:04called their claims an egregious stretch, while Scarborough accused her of twisting his words.
01:09Sanders said, "...we've had almost an entire year that they have spent. The House committees,
01:14the Senate committees, the FBI. Everybody has looked into this, and everybody comes to the
01:19same conclusion." Brzezinski interrupted her there to say, "...you're actually not telling
01:24the truth right now." Sanders replied, "...that's a pretty bold claim." Early Wednesday morning,
01:28Trump took to Twitter to comment on the firing, saying that both parties will thank him once
01:33the dust settles. For more on this story and to watch the full Morning Joe segment, head to THR.com.
01:38I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News. This episode of The Hollywood Reporter News
01:42is brought to you by American Airlines, Hollywood's favorite airline.
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