and he had the private meeting at the white house with jeff sessions, who is already recused from the russia inquiry about the firing. so it is brand-new because it all broke last night. by the way, use know, as you ve been reporting, these investigations can go different directions. if they re focus odd tonight campaign or moneylaundering, they might not ever reach the attorney general. this appears to have done so. now since you said it, i heard paul butler tonight taking it a matter of fact now that rosenstein is going to have to recuse himself. well, you were reporting about the other breaking news tonight, the statement coming late night from the deputy attorney general suggests that as of 9:22 p.m., he hasn t yet. yeah. we re joined now by congresswoman stacey plaskitt. she previously worked with james comey when he was the deputy attorney general. you were in the justice department with james comey. you have a real familiarity with him, and the in regular procedures in the
affiliated. americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. the department of justice has a long established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations. but sari, you re saying that there are instances when you get this information from anonymous sources that is about justice department business like this, where you then work on the story. you then present what you have to the justice department, and even though their policy is to not confirm or deny that there are times when they might off the record push back very forcefully indicating what you have may not be true. in those instances, how does that affect what you publish? absolutely there are instances like that. i ve been covering the justice department for nearly five years. and i ve been a reporter for more than 30. and when you re working with
as of 9:22 p.m., he hasn t yet. yeah. we re joined now by congresswoman stacey plaskitt. she previously worked with james comey when he was the deputy attorney general. you were in the justice department with james comey. you have a real familiarity with him, and the in regular procedures in the justice department. i can t remember seeing a statement like this from a deputy attorney general or an attorney general about leaks, the one that we ve just gotten from rod rosenstein where he says americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous officials. we can tell what he is talking about. it s the washington post stories, the new york times stories that are breaking every night. how do you interpret that press statement tonight from rod rosenstein? well, you know, that is really highly unusual that he himself would make those statements. usually those statements are made by someone at the justice department who deals with the
the first person in the white house to hire a private criminal defense lawyer was the president s son-in-law, jared kushner, who actually hired jamie gorelick last year during the transition. jamie gore lib was the deputy attorney general in bill clinton s justice department and a hillary clinton presidential campaign supporter. the latest breaking news report tonight is from the washington post revealing that the special prosecutor is investigating jared kushner s business dealings. previous washington post reports had indicated that the special prosecutor was looking at the business dealings of trump associates. but this is the first confirmation that jared kushner is under investigation. sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke that washington post story will join news a moment. the news that vice president pence has hired a criminal defense lawyer, and that jared kushner is under investigation comes 24 hours after the washington post reported last night that the preside
which said citing a single source, that moneylaundering is one of the things that the mueller special counsel is looking into. i suppose it s possible that the sourcing on that is that they re following moneylaundering in other countries, so they re contacting other officials or other bankers in foreign countries, and those people are then reporting that they faced inquiries from justice department investigators. i don t know. man, that s opaque. it s an interesting statement. because the basic subtext of it is hey, everybody, just relax. everything that you need to know will come out in time. but this doesn t make anyone relax. right. it usually has exactly the opposite effect. why are you doing this statement? yeah. and at this point, basically what we know in this country about the obstruction of justice charges and about the russia collusion charges, we know because of the press. for him to be saying that the press is the problem here, i