but now we re seeing a piece of this investigation that s apparently not related to collusion with russia, but that did derive, that was somehow unleashed in this investigation, and it s been sent to a new jurisdiction. that possibly indicates that mueller is defining rosenstein s jurisdiction very narrowly and very carefully, and that what people have assumed to be wide ranging investigation, not all of it related to russia and collusion, perhaps it really does tie back in, and perhaps these early pieces with flynn and manafort will come full circle. we ve seen a little bit of that this week where we ve seen some tie-in with nader. this may be a lot more russia centric than people have originally expected. let me give you the last word on that. we talk about bob mueller being completely immune from, walled off from all politics, but it doesn t mean he s oblivious to them. this seems like a very smart move for mueller politically to be able to show the white house or the white house
ranging investigation, not all of it related to russia and collusion, perhaps it really does tie back in, and perhaps these early pieces with flynn and manafort will come full circle. we ve seen a little bit of that this week where we ve seen some tie-in with nader. this may be a lot more russia centric than people have originally expected. let me give you the last word on that. we talk about bob mueller being completely immune from, walled off from all politics, but it doesn t mean he s oblivious to them. this seems like a very smart move for mueller politically to be able to show the white house or the white house counsel, whomever is still able to talk sense into this president, that there is no mission creep, that anything outside of what deputy attorney general rosenstein articulated in that memo, because manafort is already challenging the legitimacy of the probe, is being sent to other prosecutors. you worked in that office. is this a typical kind of investigation that that of
collusion, perhaps it really does tie back in, and perhaps these early pieces with flynn and manafort will come full circle. we ve seen a little bit of that this week where we ve seen some tie-in with nadir. this may be a lot more russia centric than people have originally expected. let me give you the last word on that. we talk about bob mueller being completely immune from, walled off from all politics, but it doesn t mean he s oblivious to them. this seems like a very smart move for mueller politically to be able to show the white house or the white house counsel, whomever is still able to talk sense into this president, that there is no mission creep, that anything outside of what deputy attorney general rosenstein articulated in that memo, because manafort is already challenging the legitimacy of the probe, is being sent to other prosecutors. you worked in that office. is this a typical kind of investigation that that office would and could handle? oh, sure. i mean the souther
last year. it was a surprise to everyone when we learned that scott pruitt was charging the taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars to build himself a cone of silence. he wants his protective detail to turn on the sirens and use the roller so he can blow through traffic. it s not just about scott pruitt or whatever he was going to do in that isolation chamber. remember, this is a young presidency, and president trump had always claimed it was his personal wealth that would benefit the rest of the country because he wouldn t be influenced by swamp lobbyists. i don t need anybody s money. it s nice. i don t need anybody s money. i m using my own money. i m not using the lobbyists . i m not using donors. i don t care. i m really rich. he s really rich. but that doesn t mean he s independent or his administration is. look at these ethics scandals. we ll put it up on the screen. we re seeing people like tom price. we re seeing pruitt, mnuchin,
of us. what your reporting is on how the president s feeling because he seems to be unshackled. jeff mason s reporting, you know, he is getting rid of what he views as the dissenters in his cabinet. based on my reporting, i m hearing the president is look at this moment as a time to return to trump being trump and that he wants to be his own com director, his own chief of staff. doesn t mean he s going to make cutler the economic adviser. he wants people who understands his campaign mentality. the turning point i m told was that the weekend rally in southwestern pennsylvania. he said to his aides, i want to do more of this, more rallies, more being out there, throwing political punches day in, day out. wants his cabinet to be filled with allies. people would have a rapport with him. kristen well kerr, those are the very moments that have been the most heavily criticized, not only by allies aary ies around but leaders in both parties, that rally in pittsburgh was considered a disast