ethics, walter schaub. walter, thank you for being with us. our lord jarrett is reporting over the course of the mueller investigation, rosenstein has discussed with a doj ethics adviser whether he should recuse himself. and he apparently has followed the advice he was given. does that give him more legitimacy then to stay on? should it quiet his critics? well, of course it does. there s a reason we have government ethics officials. and there s a reason the government ethics program exists. in fact, the standards of conduct for employees of the executive branch, specifically provides that if you consult an agency ethics official and rely on their advice in good faith, you cannot be disciplined or fired for doing that. so the idea that somehow the fact that these people don t like rod rosenstein or his substantive desituations is the basis for making him recuse, simply overlooks the fact that he s done what he should. now, on the other hand, these same people calling for his recusal,