remarks were not meant seriously according to a senior doj official at a meeting on may 16 of 2017. quote, rosenstein was arguing with andrew mccabe about the president according to a senior justice department official. well, what do you want me to do, andy? wear a wire, rosenstein asked at the meeting which also included fbi lawyer lisa page and four doj officials according to this senior official. this official and a source in the room characterized rosenstein s remark as sarcastic. another told nbc news rosenstein was making a serious comment and the anner to mentioned senior doj official also tells nbc news there was a brief mention of the 25th amendment within a note written by deputy director andrew mccabe and that rosenstein did not raise the matter. tonight rosenstein released this statement. quote, i never pursued or authorized recording the
well, it seems like a low bar for a senior doj official. and by the way, he has personal interest reasons for that. you can have criminal exposure as well if you go along too far. but other than that low bar, it seems that if you look at what nunes and others have done, although it hasn t all worked at once, it slowly over time has been grinding down the doj, putting pressure on the ig probe, putting pressure on people like andy mccabe may become witnesses against trump in the obstruction case. absolutely. this has been an all-out smear and all-out attempt to undermine the criminal justice system which in our country, unlike third world dictators, is supposed to operate in a relatively nonpartisan way, in an apartisan way. you are not supposed to have the president of the united states ordering the attorney general to provide briefings to his cronies in congress, as was done last week. you re not supposed to have the attorney general and other senior members of the administration tak
respect to the oversight through the church commission of the intelligence community, all of that depends upon who controls congress. and until that changes, we re going to lurch from disaster to disaster and outrage to outrage. and jennifer, when you look at the republicans in the house, i mean they have largely been rewarded by the efforts to join and undermine the mueller probe. i mean they have gotten more done. there s a lot of praise i hear in washington for rod rosenstein not joining a criminal enterprise. well, it seems like a low bar for a senior doj official. and by the way, he has personal interest reasons for that. you can have criminal exposure as well if you go along too far. but other than that low bar, it seems that if you look at what nunes and others have done, although it hasn t all worked at once, it slowly over time has been grinding down the doj, putting pressure on the ig probe, putting pressure on people like andy mccabe may become witnesses against trump
and undermine the mueller probe. i mean they have gotten more done. there s a lot of praise i hear in washington for rod rosenstein not joining a criminal enterprise. well, it seems like a low bar for a senior doj official. and by the way, he has personal interest reasons for that. you can have criminal exposure as well if you go along too far. but other than that low bar, it seems that if you look at what nunes and others have done, although it hasn t all worked at once, it slowly over time has been grinding down the doj, putting pressure on the ig probe, putting pressure on people like andy mccabe may become witnesses against trump in the obstruction case. absolutely. this has been an all-out smear and all-out attempt to undermine the criminal justice system which in our country, unlike third world dictators, is supposed to operate in a nonpartisan way, an apartisan way. you are not supposed to have the president order the attorney general to have briefings with his cronies.
stone walling, it didn t get through congress. so we have certain tools at our disposal, we can use the power of the purse, hold officials in contempt and we can impeach these civil officers. we have to be willing to do that, otherwise they will try to run out the clock on a lot of this stuff. you have civil officers and representatives appointed by president trump. i had the opportunity about an hour ago to speak to a senior d.o.j. official, they point out a couple of things. this is the first week since d they doubled the amount of agents. they are trying to produce them. another thousand pages will be delivered for your committee byp monday. and that they just sent a letter to deven nunes saying they are going to accommodate the request for other members outside the committee to review the application. if more people can set application and more documents are being produced, you feel like you can get to a place