list. former fbi director james comey, he fired him, former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe, he pushed him out. former deputy attorney general sally yates got push out and the current deputy attorney general rod rosen tine who obviously is in the president s crosshairs and the president makes it clear. with reports indicating the president could use this memo as a pretext to fire rosenstein, the only person who obviously has the authority over the special counsel s probe, democrats say it could spark a constitutional crisis. drawing out the suspense this morning, the president weighed in on the memo s allegations from the oval office, most notable however, was what he said about the fate of rod rosenstein. here he goes. i think it s terrible. you want to know the truth? i think it s a disgrace what s going on in this country. i think it s a disgrace. the memo was sent to congress who obviously was declassified. congress will do whatever they re going to do. i think it s a disgrace
tactics. members are saying it could cause many people to go to jail and could lead to the end of the mueller investigation. ah. huh. that last line, could lead to the end of the mueller investigation. that presumably is, of course, the whole point. in a letter to nunes this week assistant attorney general, a man who obviously works for and is close to jeff sessions warned releasing that memo without review would be and i quote here extraordinarily reckless. after seeing the memo over the weekend, fbi director christopher ray, a man who obviously donald trump appointed just a few months ago, went to the white house on monday along with deputy attorney general rod rosen tine to appeal to the president s chief of staff john kelly directly not to make the memo public. but later that day, house intelligence republicans led by nunes went ahead and voted to release the memo anyway. this morning kelly said the public should expect to see it soon. the memo came over.
day before former fbi director james comey testifies before the senate intelligence committee in what will be his only public comments on his firing. today, members of the senate intelligence committee had a chance to question most of the nation s top national security and law enforcement officials. the director of national intelligence dan coats, the director of the national security agency, admiral mike rogers, deputy attorney general rod rosen tine and acting fbi director andrew mccabe. the hearing was supposed to be about the foreign intelligence surveillance act but instead focused on the russia investigation extensively. the back and forth was very, very contentious at times with some of the senators bristling over the refusal of witnesses to answer direct questions pertaining to influence and pressure from the white house. here are some of the highlights from today s senate hearing starting with admiral mike rogers responding to a question about whether he had been