evening. he was furious about it, several white house officials around him were furious about the report. thus is why rosenstein was summoned to the white house that day, because they were trying to figure out what the hell was going on. but for the time being the president s inner circle, both within and without the administration and the president as you mentioned earlier during this segment seems to agree that it is best not to get rid of rosenstein while it is less politically expedient to do so. let s be very clear, the president and those around him have had an intense anonymous for rod rosenstein for quite some time now. it s just that a lot of them don t think right now is a good time to get rid of him. now it s more an issue of timing rather than actual personnel changes that people in the justice department have been fearing for a long time. it s hard to imagine, i mean, i ve heard people speculate between rod rosenstein and attorney general jeff sessions who gets fired fir
suggests that there are people out there defending rod rosenstein on a matter of principle for what he is doing, not for politics? nobody with actual credibility to the president of the united states within trump world is defending him to any real degree except to the extent of public relations and and political calculation in terms of timing, as you mentioned earlier. it s not a day that ends in the letter y if the president of the united states isn t speculating about firing rod rosenstein. but i would be remiss if i didn t point out that according to people who they ve talked to who are close to the president, even though he doesn t like rosenstein and wants him gone sooner rather than later, it s nothing compared to the intense bitterness he has towards his attorney general, jeff sessions. that s the real target of his ire. carrie, here is what we know, if rod rosenstein is, in fact, fired, it looks like the next person in line would be the
rod deserves the right to be heard, and i m sure at some point the president will bring rod in and say, rod, if you think i am incompetent, if you feel the need to wear a wire when you re talking to me, then why are you serving in my administration? he shouldn t fire rosenstein unless you believe rosenstein is lying. he said he did not do the things alleged, but there is a bureaucratic coup against president trump. i ve been pretty clear since my beginning of service here in this administration, if you can t be on the team, if you are not supporting this mission, then maybe you just ought to find something else to do. different responses from different trump administration officials and allies on the fate of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein following the new york times bombshell that rosenstein floated the idea of hearing a wire to secretly record conversations with president trump on at least two
that also corroborates dr. ford s account. and also to highlight, again, the credibility issues that kavanaugh already has. again, they have nothing and after this hearing on thursday i think it s just going to make kavanaugh and the republicans look terrible and worse than they already do. elizabeth, lisa, please stick around for us. leanne, thank you for your reporting. still ahead, saving rod rosenstein, will the president fire the deputy attorney general over the new york times report that he discussed wearing a fire to record donald trump. what the situation could mean for the russia investigation next. what do you mean it s not working out, craig? i just introduced you to my parents. psst! craig and sheila broke up. what, really? craig and shelia broke up!? no, craig!? what happened? i don t know. is she okay? craig and sheila broke up! craig and sheila!? as long as office gossip travels fast, you can count on geico saving folks money. craig and sheila broke up! what!?
felt compelled to release not one but, in fact, two statements actually denying this story. what s the sense from the justice department about his level of concern that he is, in fact, going to lose his job after the midterms? i think there is some concern. of course, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has been pressing this white house not to make big changes at the justice department before those midterms, fearing that it could help tip the senate in the hands of democrats. the white house for now appears to be heeding that warning, but the president is unpredictable and erratic and may wake up one way and decide to get rid of jeff sessions, rod rosenstein or both. rosenstein did come out and issue a statement saying he never took steps to record the president and never advocated the overthrow of the president. that s of course remarkable. in his best defense right now is maybe he mentioned wearing a wire to record the president, but that he was joking, it was a bad joke, made