put in motion the firing that a lot of people have been warning about of sessions, of rosenstein, and eventually of mueller. that s right. michael cohen was someone who and this is something mueller could find, perhaps has found, but who by his own admission, if you just look at his public statements is someone who sort of makes stuff go away and makes things really unpretty and unpleasant for people who dare to cross the president or his businesses or his family. and that s why what we saw today is so problematic and so enraging for this president. as we ve seen in some of the other people who have gotten caught up in mueller s probe, like for instance former campaign chair paul manafort, it is not necessarily just limited to the original scope. people get entrapped in all sorts of ways, and they find themselves under indictment or pleading guilty for things that actually have nothing to do with either collusion with russia or obstruction of justice.
and john bolton being a hawk on so many foreign policy issues happens to have very starkly different views about certain very key issues, including his position on russia, where the president tends to take a stance where he is very open to try to improve the relationship between the united states and russia. he s not as skeptical as a lot of the foreign policy advisers around him. and he even said today that while he called out russia over its support of the syrian regime, he doesn t necessarily go against doesn t rule out the idea of talking to russia. john bolton, of course, not on the same page as that. we re going to pick this up. i m sorry we didn t have more time. colonel jack jacobson and vivian salama, thank you so much. a quick break. more the 11th hour after this. i m making my ideas real. when i created my businesses, i needed a way to showcase it.
big statement. if you know the person who s in charge of the investigation, you know all about that. deputy rosenstein, rod rosenstein, he wrote the letter very critical of comey. one of the things they said, i fired comey. well, i turned out to do the right thing because you look at all of the things that he s done and the lies, and you look at what s gone on at the fbi with the insurance policy and all of the things that happened. turned out i did the right thing. but he signed as you know, he also signed the fisa warrant. so rod rosenstein, who is in charge of this, signed a fisa warrant, and he also he also signed a letter that was essentially saying to fire james comey. and he was right about that. he was absolutely right. so we ll see what happens. i think it s disgraceful, and so does a lot of other people. this is a pure and simple witch
trump s foundation, the controversial foundation which trump has been repeatedly criticized for using as a personal piggy bank and for overstating his donations to. so what we re looking at here is another aspect of trump s behavior that is being examined by mueller. mueller now has the documents on this. it was in response to this subpoena that went to the trump organization. and it s just part of a larger look at flows of money that went into where were these monies going? was there money being sent towards the campaign? was there money sent to the foundation or to trump org itself? and these are issues that mueller is focusing on. this comes back to ou russia centric. he s basically outsourced whatever shady dealings mr. cohen was involved in. spae speak to the significance of the new york times reporting
one of the things they said, i fired comey. well, i turned out to do the right thing because you look at all of the things that he s done and the lies, and you look at what s gone on at the fbi with the insurance policy and all of the things that happened. turned out i did the right thing. but he signed as you know, he also signed the fisa warrant. so rod rosenstein, who is in charge of this, signed a fisa warrant, and he also he also signed a letter that was essentially saying to fire james comey. and he was right about that. he was absolutely right. so we ll see what happens. i think it s disgraceful, and so does a lot of other people. this is a pure and simple witch hunt. thank you very much. thank you. will rod rosenstein keep his job? thank you. let s bring in our leadoff panel for the night. ashley parker, white house reporter for the washington post and an msnbc political