it s a con job. our justice department and fbi played right into their hands with this stupid investigation or whatever you call it. also tonight, a day after the president called his former personal attorney a liar and nothing more than a pr guy, nbc news is confirming michael cohen was back to talk to federal prosecutors in new york just today. sources say it s part of his ongoing cooperation with the mueller effort. and finally, today was white house counsel don mcgahn s last day at work at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. while his departure was expected, we didn t know it was official until the new york times broke word of it tonight. and it s notable for this reason. remember, mcgahn has spent over 30 hours talking to mueller s investigators. with us tonight to talk about it, former u.s. attorney joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. joyce, first off, rosenstein, one doesn t get to the conference room on the fourth floor of the justice department by accident.
the man in charge of the russia investigation is again defending its integrity and his. in a rare interview with the wall street journal deputy attorney general rod rosenstein said, i committed i would ensure the investigation was appropriate and independent and reached the right result, whatever it may be. i believe i have been faithful to that. as for his relationship with president trump, his prospects for, say, continued employment, rosenstein went on to say, the president knows that i am prepared to do this job as long as he wants me to do this job. meanwhile, here s how trump characterized the mueller investigation, appearing on fox business last night. first of all, there was no collusion, there was no russia do you think i d call russia, i need help in idaho? i need help in iowa. oh, let s call russia. it s a con job. our justice department and fbi played right into their hands with this stupid investigation or whatever you call it.
wants to make public. this will be a report that explains why mueller decided to prosecute the things he did and why he declined to prosecute other things that were maybe left behind, left on the cutting room floor. we don t know if the american public or if we are going to get a glimpse of that at all. sarah, appreciate it. another potential sign that big things may be ahead. comes from the president, he is talking about the investigation, disparaging, knocking the notion he colluded with russia with fox business news. there was no collusion. there was no russia do you think i would call russia, i need help in idaho? i need help in iowa. oh, let s call russia. it s a con job. i didn t make one call to the whole thing is so disgraceful. so it continues. it s a witch hunt. it s nothing more than a witch hunt. and most people get it, including democrats. they wink at me. they look at me, they wink at me. the democrats get it, too. but we ll see what happens. perspective now fro
thank you so much for sticking your neck out. great to see you, mark. it will be awesome. appreciate it. it all happens tonight. cnn s dana bash moderates the texas senate town hall. that s live at 7:00 eastern on cnn. thanks so much for joining me. inside politics with john king starts right now. welcome to inside politics. i m john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. new twist in the saudi crisis. images that undermine the royal family s denial and a big oval office meeting between the president and his secretary of state. plus, rod rosenstein praises the special counsel investigation the one his boss calls a witch-hunt and a con job. and a big campaign swing for the president, immigration is on his mind as he heads west but in most close races, health care is a bigger flash point. pre-existing condition,
things may be ahead. comes from the president, he is talking about the investigation, disparaging, knocking the notion he colluded with russia with fox business news. there was no collusion. there was no russia do you think i would call russia, i need help in idaho? i need help in iowa. oh, let s call russia. it s a con job. i didn t make one call to the whole thing is so disgraceful. so it continues. it s a witch hunt. it s nothing more than a witch hunt. and most people get it, including democrats. they wink at me. they look at me, they wink at me. the democrats get it, too. but we ll see what happens. now from the new york times maggie haberman, david gurgen who worked with four presidents and former defense attorney paul callen, a cnn legal analyst. maggie, you have been saying that something is agitating the president. what makes you confident it s related to the mueller probe? i don t know that it s related to the mueller probe.