here he is today telling andrea mitchell mueller needs to wrap it up. what i think is it s been about a year since this investigation began. our administration has provided over a million documents. we ve fully cooperated in it. and in the interests of the country i think it s time to wrap it up. and i would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to completion. very respectfully. you know who s not in charge of an investigation s timeline? the people under investigation. and mike pence knows that. he also knows that trump has certain things he wants to hear and he knows his own former republican colleagues in congress are now literally threatening impeachment against mueller s boss while demanding that they receive classified documents in the middle of this probe. it s telling that the i word is coming more from house republicans about rod rosenstein
tonight a year later we know that even trump s allies don t bother claiming anymore the comey firing was about a recommendation from rod rosenstein and jeff sessions. everyone knows it was a trump idea. he even owns it. but that day pence was eager to adopt the company line, whatever the company line was. which brings us back to today. because if you want to know the company line in this administration, you want to know exactly what the official trump position is, the exact talking point offered with no independence and certainly no improvisation, turn to mike pence. you know, former trump lawyer ty cobb, he may have been too cooperative with mueller for trump s taste. and the new trump lawyer rudy giuliani, he may be too chatty, but mike pence, boy, does he stick to the script. here he is today telling andrea mitchell mueller needs to wrap it up. what i think is it s been about a year since this