conversations, was also talking about a possible role with the white house. that was discussed, though, it was never though it never materialized. in november 2017 after all the meetings, kushner s company was given a loan by apollo global management. citigroup lent his company and one of the partners $325 million for a different project, a loan made last spring after which kushner met with the citi group executive. and they said the loan went through the standard approval process, and said the ceo was not involved in the transaction or discussed it with jared kushner. a spokesman said, quote, he s met with hundreds of business people in the campaign, transition, to the administration to hear ideas about improving the american economy. he s had no role in the kushner companies since joining the government and took no part in business loans or projects with
holdings. again, we don t know that that s happened, but this is why people sell off their stuff before getting into these powerful position. you hit the nail on the head. that s why the process is in place for most people who become staff or any sort of senior administration or even congressional ly want to divest yourself of any appearance of conflict. they put themselves and the administration in a difficult spot. you have two fthings, loans and meetings. i ve met josh harris, i find it hard to believe he d put a company he basically put in jeopardy for a white house job as suggested, it did not happen. we have an appearance problem here, that, obviously, the white house needs to deal with, and jared needs to deal with. and what seems to be going on here i mean, just boggles the mind for people following politics. jimmy carter had to sell his peanut farm, his peanut farm before becoming president. right. the idea that the rules don t
rosenstein appoints him as the special counsel when there was no predicate crime. maria: yeah. there was a conflict of interest as long as the jersey turnpike and speaking of rosenstein, he signs one of these orders. the deputy attorney general signs one of these fisa orders. now, did he, is he claiming he did not know that this was bogus information? that he did not know the court was not giving the information about the whole, you know, the dnc and is he playing dumb to all this stuff? maria: meanwhile he s tweeting congressman. james comey sent out this tweet. all should appreciate the fbi speaking up. i wish more of our leaders would but take heart american history shows that in the long run, weasels and liars never hold a field, so long as good people stand up not a lot of schools or streets named after joe mccarthy is he kidding me all of this stuff happened on his watch. he s the king weasel. maria: and they stonewalled you
the senate about his contacts with russians, he was speaking at an event about human trafficking. his deputy, rod rosenstein, is under fire, is beleaguered, is in the president s crosshairs. look what he had to say about ron. ron and rachel are harvard graduates. they are experienced lawyers. rod has had 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously. so they both represent the kind of quality in leadership that we want in the department. that s a very nice and off script praise of rosenstein. it comes at a time it s clear that the president is itching to fire him. yeah. i think the attorney general says the truth. that s exactly what he says about rod rosenstein i think is what you would hear from throughout the justice
themselves from him. evan, earlier today the attorney general jeff sessions, who has recused himself from the russia investigation because he gave misleading statements to the senate about his contacts with russians, he was speaking at an event about human trafficking. his deputy, rod rosenstein, is under fire, is beleaguered, is in the president s cross dhairs. look what he had to say about ron. ron and rachel are harvard graduates. they are experienced lawyers. rod has had 27 years in the department. rachel has had a number of years in the department previously. so they both represent the kind of quality in leadership that we want in the department. that s a very nice and off script praise of rosenstein. it comes at a time it s clear that the president is itching to fire him. yeah. i think the attorney general