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AG Jeff Sessions Officially Orders Investigation Against Obama

the Attorney General is ordering a review into a story we've been covering

all week about possible Obama administration interference and drug

investigations involving the Hezbollah terror group a political article asserts

the interference was intended to smooth the way for President Obama's legacy

Iran nuclear deal chief White House correspondent John Roberts has the

breaking details on that story tonight and the day with President Trump good

evening John I could evening to You Attorney General

Jeff Sessions tells FOX News that he is looking into allegations the Obama

administration derailed a DEA operation that was investigating the smuggling of

cocaine in the United States by Hezbollah sessions has ordered a review

of project Cassandra which was investigating and prosecuting Hezbollah

personnel as you mentioned the allegations that the Obama

administration interfered and project Cassandra were first raised in a

Politico magazine article in a statement to Fox News talking about the opening of

this review the Attorney General said quote while I am hopeful there were no

barriers constructed by the last administration to allowing DEA agents to

fully bring all appropriate cases under project Cassandra this is a significant

issue for the protection of Americans DOJ sources say that review could lead

to the reopening of prosecutions of Hezbollah officials and could open

another inspector general's investigation of DOJ personnel Fox News

has also learned that President Trump is expected to approve the sale of very

powerful anti-tank missiles to the Ukrainian government this would mark a

major escalation in u.s. support for Ukrainian forces as they battle Russian

aligned fighters in eastern Ukraine that sale by the way would require

congressional approval before the State Department goes ahead president Trump

left the White House this morning bound for his Christmas vacation at mar-a-lago

Florida with the wind at his sails after signing his vaunted tax reform bill

President Trump gave a fist bump when he stepped off Air Force One in West Palm

Beach today the signature issue of his election campaign now caught a

into law all of this everything in here is really tremendous things for

businesses for people for the middle class for workers and I consider this

very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs Democrats continue

to slam the plan is terrible for the country Republicans took a victory lap

six because they successively successfully sold America's children's

future by handing tax breaks at corporate America and the wealthiest but

today two more major corporations announcing tax reform related benefits

for workers Sinclair and PNC joining Boeing AT&T Comcast Wells Fargo and

Fifth Third Bank handing out Christmas bonuses to some 55,000 employees New

England Patriots owner Bob Kraft telephoned the president yesterday to

say he supports the bill that it will drive economic growth raise wages and

create jobs he's going to buy a big plant in the great state of North

Carolina and he's going to build a tremendous paper mill there or paper

products planned president Trump invoked the name of

Ronald Reagan saying his tax cut is bigger than Reagan's though measured as

a percentage of GDP it's not even close and with the tax bill President Trump

claimed to have signed more legislation in his first year than even the historic

frontrunner Harry Truman we have I believe it's 88 which is number one in

the history of our country second now is Harry Truman tax reform behind him the

president will spend the week at mar-a-lago looking ahead to his 2018

agenda which includes rebuilding infrastructure immigration reform and

welfare reform President Trump wants to get bipartisan buy-in so infrastructure

will likely go first infrastructure is by far the easiest

people wanted Republicans and Democrats we're gonna have tremendous Democrat

support and you know immigration reform and welfare

reform will be a much harder sell and in a combative election year Democrats were

expected to give the president little or none of what he'll asked for the 2018

elections were front and center the same day President Trump celebrated the

passage of tax before the president huddling with chief of staff John Kelly

Kellyanne Conway communications director hope Hicks political director Bill

Stepien former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and the Trump campaign

digital director Brad parse Cal sources tell Fox News the meeting grew heated

when Lewandowski rang the alarm that the president was not being well served by

the current political operation at the White House run by step Ian and the

changes need to be made a day earlier former chief of staff Reince Priebus

told the president the same thing Lewandowski also told the president that

the Republican National Committee needed to do better a GOP operative tells Fox

News there needs to be better coordination on communications that when

the White House is in a political knife fight it needs air cover from the RNC

one GOP source went so far as to tell Fox News the RNC is a disaster that the

president needs to dump that place and start over

term elections at a president's first term are historically difficult the

Republicans fear there could be a bloodbath in November unless something

is done to change the strategy one other piece of business here Corey Lewandowski

and Steve ban and the president's former chief strategist are expected to appear

before the House Select Committee on Intelligence to talk about the Russia

investigation early next year Brett a lot going on John Roberts live in the

North Lawn John thanks thank you god bless you and God bless america