fired, that he pushed for a special counsel and in his book tour he says he needs to be credited with triggering that event. >> right. mark: rosenstein appoints mueller. >> right. mark: i'm a little confused about this as i assume the american people are. rosenstein wrote an extensive memo to the attorney general who passed it onto the president of the united states, and in that memo he cites former attorneys general, former deputies attorneys general, former attorney, former whatever at the department of justice and beyond, condemning comey for what he did in hillary clinton's case in the press conference, right? >> right. mark: well if he's appointing mueller to investigate, among other things, the firing of comey, is that not a conflict of interest? >> a major disqualifying conflict of interest that is actually mandatory under federal regulations.