individual thinks that the prosecution shouldn t have taken place at all, that the sentencing recommendation of impartial prosecutors should not have been made, and now that decision has been undone. and whether or not it was the tweet, the president s public statement that caused that decision to change or whether it was simply that his political allies in the justice department, the attorney general and the new u.s. a.g. that was put in place to preside over the d.c. attorney s office saw the prosecution recommendation, and the sentencing recommendation and changed it and undid it. either way, they have undermined the public s confidence that the justice department is doing its work in an apolitical way. and now the question is what is the judge going to do, right? because this is a recommendation, and this is not going to mean that this is what the sentencing will be, and we
jim stewart has kindly agreed to stick around with us. jim, it is not a good look for the u.s. a.g. to gather evidence against the home team overseas and not a good look for him to huddle with the founder of fox news during this time. i guess where did the side of this man of the law come from? how did it emerge? well, you see his evolution in my story deep state and this is now what seems to be the natural culmenation of it. he was once a highly respected attorney general for bush. he writes this incredibly craven memo virtually auditioning to replace sessions once word is sessions will be fired, he wants the attorney general job back. he then gets in there and mischaracterizes the mueller report and rushes to judgment saying there is no underlying crime, therefore, you cannot have an obstruction of justice charge. that s 180 degrees opposite of what the mueller report says.
willing to work with democrats on those issues. that was another reason why we continue to see the momentum as we went throughout the afternoon. and then the third reason, neil, it tends to just take away and a layer of uncertainty with the u.s. a.g. stepping down, seems like one more wild card is back in. back to you. shepard: thanks very much, deidra. on the phone with us, alan dershowitz. on these developments in what you think is with the rod rosenstein visit to the white house today preplanned we re told but what do you think? i think rosenstein stays. i think the white house counsel and trump s lawyers want him to oversee the investigation and finish it. then i think the crucial question is if there s a new attorney general in place and the new attorney general is confirmed by the senate, the big question is whether or not the report gets released publicly. that will be a decision that could be made by the new