public, and ivanka s on the e-mail, so she apparently was playing some role in these negotiations between again trump s own inaugural committee and his business. we should say ivanka trump s ethics lawyer says ms. trump passed the inquiry on to a official and said only any resulting discussions should be at a fair market rate. ms. trump was not involved in any additional discussions. that s the statement there. does that align with the evidence that you found in your reporting? well, there s still questions about it. we re not sure what rate was ultimately charged. we know the organization got money, but the exact numbers are not clear. the statement from ivanka s spokesman that you just read, i went back and forth with him, i said, please show me the e-mails from ivanka says charge them a
rosenstein wearing a wire before rosen stein s job is in jeopardy again? at this point, if matt whitaker is the acting attorney general, and we ve had conflicts reports who is overseeing the russia investigation, he s overseeing the russia investigation, so to president trump, he s eliminated the threat, so to speak. that concerns me from a rule of law perspective. a lot of reporting suggested that the president and whitaker have plotted for whitaker to take over this investigation, and whitaker, as we know, has already prejudged it. and we re still waiting to see where is this ethics opinion that whitaker apparently asked for. because i don t think there s any ethics lawyer at the justice department who can say that whitaker is not conflicted based on his prior in the judgments of the investigation. there was some reporting that isikoff was having based they some sources saying people around mueller were saying they were were trying to wrap things up. given what we saw in the
be, you know, what exposes him criminally when bob mueller finishes. how many times do you think the president can of rod rosenstein wearing a wire before rosen stein s job is in jeopardy again? at this point, if matt whitaker is the acting attorney general, and we ve had conflicts reports who is overseeing the russia investigation, he s overseeing the russia investigation, so to president trump, he s eliminated the threat, so to speak. that concerns me from a rule of law perspective. a lot of reporting suggested that the president and whitaker have plotted for whitaker to take over this investigation, and whitaker, as we know, has already prejudged it. and we re still waiting to see where is this ethics opinion that whitaker apparently asked for. because i don t think there s any ethics lawyer at the justice department who can say that whitaker is not conflicted based
this ethics opinion that whitaker apparently asked for. because i don t think there s any ethics lawyer at the department of justice who could say whitaker is not conflicted based on his prior judgments of the investigation. there was a lot of talk earlier in the week and some reporting that i think michael isikoff was having based on some sources who say people around mueller were saying they were kind of trying wrap things up. given what we saw in the filing earlier this week, given that we re expecting more tomorrow on manafort and cohen, do you believe this investigation is wrapping up or do you think there s a long way to go still? well, if you are looking at this as a traditional bottom up investigation, it certainly looks like it s reaching its end because you know, it started with michael flynn and george papadopoulos is the earliest of people to be indicted and then paul manafort. and now you ve seen michael cohen, the president s lawyer, who lived in his personal world, h
mimi rocah. thank you, gang, for coming on tonight. and coming up for us, are paul manafort s lawyers now in legal jeopardy themselves for briefing the president s team on the mueller investigation from the inside? we ll ask a former white house ethics lawyer. and later, one of our guests says the president feels the heat rising and he doesn t like it. we ll ask him to expand on that as we are just getting under way on a wednesday night. no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that s because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness.