Share their story. If fords attorneys dont respond with the terms for her testimony today, the Committee Says it will vote monday on kavanaughs nomination. All of this as were learning about a shakeup on the Senate Judiciary staff. Garrett vent ry, a Communications Advisor for grassley has resigned amid reports that he was fired from a previous job in part for a Sexual Harassment allegation against him. As nbc first reported. He denies the allegations. Cnns Sara Westwood joins us from new jersey. So help us understand why this is similparticularly sensitive significant. Well, fred, this is significant because Garrett Ventry emerged as a visible spokesperson for the Sub Committee at a time when the committee is in a difficult position of trying to navigate the allegations against kavanaugh while working to confirm him. He was accused of sexually harassing a female employee when he worked at the North Carolina state legislature. The allegations were first reported by nbc news that cnn ha
all right. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is doubling down issuing a second denial that he suggested wearing a wire to secretly record president trump. rosenstein was spotted at the white house last night hours after the new york times first reported that last year he also discussed recruiting cabinet officials to invoke the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. and trump asked if he should fire rosenstein yesterday. joining me laura jarod and ryan lizza. laura, you first. these are some interesting leaks. yes. to see the least, fred. i was at the justice department when this broke yesterday, and the news was just staggering. they detail memos, contemporaneous notes from the former deputy director of the fbi talking about rosenstein mulling over secretly wearing a
of the president that they would ven raise this possibility. the last time anyone was thinking about taping the president in this way was when ken star was trying to get moni monica lewinsky to wear a wire. that along with flirting with the idea of invoking the 25th amendment, the fact that he viewed the president as such a threat that that would be talked about is just staggering. and laura, these comments coming in meetings and that rosenstein and andrew mccabe were involved in but then you also talk about sources you have, people who also may have been there, may have heard sarcasm, but what is the relationship if there has been one between a rosenstein and mccabe to try to understand whose understanding to believe here? i think it s important to reach back into time. this is may of 2016. james comey has just been fired,
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