in this report. office of special counsel has delivered its report to the i was speaking with rudy attorney general pursuant to the giuliani on the phone that they regulations. learned yesterday that they are attorney general barr will determine the appropriate next steps. i spoke with rudy giuliani on the phone after announced by not recognizing any further senior doj official that robert indictments which they see is mueller was not recommending good news. anymore indictments. you share this at the top of the he said, this marks the end of hour, but since we crossed the the investigation, talking about top of the hour, we have new the russia investigation they are. we await disclosure of the viewers joining us. talk to rudy giuliani about all facts. we are confident there are no of this, told this marks the end findings of collusion by the of the russia investigation. we await a disclosure of the president and this underscores what the president has been facts, because we don t have
something else that s developing this morning. as we have now learned that rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, is going to stay on a little bit longer than expected. our justice correspondents, pete williams, julia ainsley here at nbc news say that according to a senior doj official, rosenstein recently discussed his previously planned upcoming departure with bill barr, the attorney general, and it was decided that rosenstein would stay on a little bit longer. asked whether we should read into that delay as an indication the mueller report might be delayed, the official decline to comment. remember, rosenstein had previously said his departure would come up mid-march. i think he even joked about it at a speech recently, talking about how it would be one of his last big speeches in that role. but here he is, extending his tenure. what does that say to you about the potential for the mueller report, given that rosenstein oversaw that for much of his tenure? so i would be hesit
but first, the president s former lawyer, ty cobb, once said he expected the mueller investigation to be wrapped up by thanksgiving of 2017. after rudy giuliani joined the team, he said he thought it would wrap up by the end of last summer. nearly a month ago, then-acting attorney general matt whitaker said everything was, quote, close to being completed. and earlier this week it was reported that the justice department was preparing to get mueller s final report as soon as next week. a senior doj official later told nbc news that will not be happening. while the waiting game continues, so too does the slow drip of information about wrongdoing by the president s former advisers. in the sentencing memo released yesterday, mueller accused paul manafort of, quote, repeatedly and brazenly breaking the law for over a decade. the memo said manafort committed crimes while leading the trump campaign and even after he was indicted. the next week we re expecting to
said he expected the mueller investigation to be wrapped up by thanksgiving of 2017. after rudy giuliani joined the team, he said he thought it would wrap up by the end of last summer. nearly a month ago, then-acting attorney general matt whitaker said everything was, quote, close to being completed. and earlier this week it was reported that the justice department was preparing to get mueller s final report as soon as next week. a senior doj official later told nbc news that will not be happening. while the waiting game continues, so too does the slow drip of information about wrongdoing by the president s former advisers. in the sentencing memo released yesterday, mueller accused paul manafort of, quote, repeatedly and brazenly breaking the law for over a decade. the memo said manafort committed crimes while leading the trump campaign and even after he was indicted. the next week we re expecting to learn more about the inner workings of the president s business dealings when michael
the mere fact that you are prosecuted in federal court doesn t preclude a state government from prosecuting you for something arising from the same transaction or occurrence. the federal government has an internal policy it refrains from prosecuting if the state adequately prosecuted the defendant. it is not an absolute by any stretch. it is absolutely possible that the state government may choose to prosecute manafort. any state government could. he likely would not have double de jeopardy defense. this will insulate paul manafort from a pardon. a pardon will not help manafort. a federal pardon only reaches federal crimes. not state. one of the few limitations on the otherwise very powerful pardon. okay. back to mueller timing. something interesting happened here. a statement released by a senior