are the rest of us missing something that we haven t picked up in a grand scheme. thank you for being here. i always appreciate your analysis. thank you. what are your thoughts? tweet me @smerconish. if a point of that statement is that he doesn t know all the facts and is not speaking on behalf of the president, why should we listen to or believe anything rudy says? that s the question people are asking about the white house now. that it s death by a thousand cuts. like the doctor, the whole doctor ronny issue and the doctor from new york and the president having dictated that. in the scheme of things, is it a big deal? no. but when you add them all up, it s problematic. one more, if we have time for it. is a retainer fee or retain her fee? this legal stuff is so confusing. david, it s the only time i said it s the only case where a
raises the prospect that when it s resolved, democrats could control the house, maybe even the senate, and that becomes important because mueller is in all probability, preparing a report to give to rod rosenstein that will go to the congress that in some people s minds along partisan lines will be grounds for impeachment. it s to the president s advantage that the mueller probe be wrapped up asap while republicans are in control of the house and senate. otherwise it keeps the prospect of impeachment in the national discussion, not necessarily because of the facts, but because of who controls the congress. joining me to discuss is david olene from cornell law school. let s game this out. mueller wraps up his work and then what happens? presumably he takes it to rosenstein. does rosenstein give it to congress? does it become public? what do we know? rosenstein is not required to release the report to the public