rosenstein because he wants to get to bob mueller and that s the way he s going to do it, taking the advice of steve bannon which i will strongly recommend against, no, i don t think that s appropriate. does he have the power to get rid of rosenstein, yes, he does. do i think it s wise, i don t. chris: in the midst of all this, the president fired peter libby, former dick cheney aide, undercover officer case, given the timing, congressman, are you at all concerned that the president is sending a message to people, associates who may be under fire from bob mueller, just listen, if you protect me, then i will protect you with a pardon if it comes to that? well, i would hope most of the folks involved in this already know the president has the power of pardon. he s showed that with arpaio in
about. if he s upset with rod rosenstein because he wants to get to bob mueller and that s the way he s going to do it, taking the advice of steve bannon which i will strongly recommend against, no, i don t think that s appropriate. does he have the power to get rid of rosenstein, yes, he does. do i think it s wise, i don t. chris: in the midst of all this, the president fired peter libby, former dick cheney aide, undercover officer case, given the timing, congressman, are you at all concerned that the president is sending a message to people, associates who may be under fire from bob mueller, just listen, if you protect me, then i will protect you with a pardon if it comes to that? well, i would hope most of the folks involved in this already know the president has the power of pardon. he s showed that with arpaio in
else in the world other than steve bannon. chris: just to make it clear, you rule out flatly the firing of mueller, you leave the door open to firing rosenstein? it depends. it depends look, the president is the head of the executive branch. he doesn t have to run this hiring and firing decisions by us, so if he s upset with rod rosenstein because rod rosenstein is not producing documents to congress, that s a legitimate thing to be upset about. if he s upset with rod rosenstein because he wants to get to bob mueller and that s the way he s going to do it, taking the advice of steve bannon which i will strongly recommend against, no, i don t think that s appropriate. does he have the power to get rid of rosenstein, yes, he does. do i think it s wise, i don t. chris: in the midst of all this, the president fired peter libby, former dick cheney aide, undercover officer case, given the timing, congressman, are you