Reports are emerging that FBI director James Comey wanted to write an op-ed on Russian involvement in the 2016 elections back in the summer of 2016. The Obama administration reportedly discouraged Comey, saying they wanted more agencies to sign-off on the material he had. Meanwhile, politics seem at play in both congressional investigations into the allegation. For more on this, ‘News With Ed’ is joined by Scottie Nell Hughes, national spokesperson for Freedom Vine, and civil rights attorney Misty Marris.

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.