is entirely the victim of this. but anyway, he wants to fire mueller. what s the standoff? the attack on sessions is a test by trump. i think he s a crazy in his own way, but he s cunning like a fox in some degree. clever like a fox. he wanted to test the waters of how far he can go. if he can get support among his base for firing jeff sessions then i think pushing him out, if sessions resigns then he tells rosenstein to fire mueller and rosenstein says no. he fires rosenstein and mueller and i think rachel she would stand up for the rule of law. i m not saying it s if donald trump i don t think he can pull this off, but i don t think he s entirely being just you know, he has a plan in mind. his plan is to get rid of bob mueller because as mark leibovich said he s scare odd of the russia investigation. go back to crazy for a second. i mean, you posited you stood at the fork of the road. i mean, if he s crazy, is it
rosenstein has denied the report. democrats are stepping up warnings to president trump not to fire rosenstein. senator patrick leahy say saturday night massacres don t have to happen on a saturday. if the president fires rosenstein, he will come a leap closer to meddling in the russian investigation. catherine herridge is live in washington with more. this all shifted from the press secretary about why rosenstein is at the white house today. we just received a statement from sarah sanders, and it now confirms several facts and also a timeline for developments with the rosenstein case. it reads at the request of rod rosenstein, he and president trump had an extended conversation to discussion the recent news stories because the president is at the united
joking or being sarcastic. emily, unless this president fires rosenstein, how much longer does the story stay in the news and how i think it will stay in the news cycle until the midterms if not well beyond, pending whether rosenstein quits or whether the president fires him. benefiting the president, i don t know. it s difficult to see him, i guess, depending too much on the new york times report when he called the new york times failing. the question of whether rosenstein was being sarcastic or sincere when he made the remarks, that s a key question, i believe. we ve had a lot of justice department officials, especially, who know rosenstein say that he has a dry sense of humor. he might not have been serious when he was making the roorks. remarks. sean, what are your not to fire rod rosenstein,
sitcom. in order to cover the news tonight, i have to show you a picture from the 1950 sitcom and now everybody laughs of those mean nicknames that the president is so good of coming up with when he humiliates people for his own pleasure. the headline here is the attorney general says he may resign in protests if the president fires rosenstein as a way to try to kill the russia investigation, that s a capital s scoop for the post toinnigh. sessions told the white house that rosenstein s firing could prompt his departure. the protest resignation of an attorney general would likely insight other departure of the administration. that would create a moment of profound crisis for the white house. so, if rosenstein gets fired,
republican colleagues to rise to the occasion. the president obstructs justice by firing robert mueller, he should be impeached. that much it clear. we should also note that there s no direct route that trump has for firing mueller. give me the route. he d have to go through the attorney general, who is recused, so that steps it down to the to rob rosenstein. he has telegraphed if does he have to fire sessions, his buddy? no, he wouldn t. sessions is already recused. if he fires rosenstein, then he goes down to the deputy attorney general. he has to have somebody fire this special counsel. anyway, let s go ahead. the washington post said the president approves of the recent attacks that they have leveled against mueller. the president has enjoyed these attacks. in recent weeks he has spoken to