rosenstein and these threats and intimidation from republican members of congress are, in fact, arguably obstruction of justice. and the president s raising this possibility has no purpose except to intimidate and bully the professionalism and the dedication of the fbi and the department of justice who are doing their job. as rod rosenstein said just yesterday in his speech i believe at the press club, the department of justice will not be extorted. it will not abandon the rule of law because no one is above the law and the effort to get these documents, remember, is an interference in the investigation. they re asking for evidence that that inculpated individuals who may be subjects or targets so that it could be made available to those
matter how he answers that question, he could face more pressure from the president who has been very critical of his attorney general and his deputy attorney general as these members of congress were allies of the president, they take aim at the deputy attorney general and the attorney general asking rosenstein to step aside or wrap up the mueller investigation. interesting. manu, thank you. more breaking news, why president trump s new legal team could be a sign he s about to step up his attacks on robert mueller s russia investigation. plus, the epa chief scott pruitt facing at least 11 yes, 11 ethics investigations. and now learning must details of what his of expensive foreign trips. it s your thing do what you want to do (whoosh, explosion)
they ve been joined by other top republicans who chair committees who have threatened subpoenas and they have gotten documents but republicans want more and these two conservatives met with rosenstein last month and demanded a very significant document that rod rosenstein wrote detailing the scope of the mueller investigation. that document had been heavily redacted in court filings. while the two members want to see an unredacted version of the memo to determine the scope of the mueller probe. now we re getting word that in fact the justice department is saying no. they will not provide them with the access to that document. because this investigation is ongoing. now at the same time, those members and a few others are demanding jeff sessions to tell them whether or not he signed off on the raid of donald trump s long time personal attorney michael cohen that occurred last month and no word whether he did sign off and no
it, why he concocted an explanation of the june donald trump tower meeting that seems false and these questions are going to put him in a very, very difficult position. and the turnover in his lawyers simply attests to how often and consistently he rejects the advice of his lawyers. it is extraordinary the turnover and in critical moments like this. do you believe robert mueller should subpoena the president if he doesn t agree to an interview? what is really stunning, wolf, is that the president of the united states is refusing to cooperate in a lawful investigation. remember, this investigation has already produced four convictions and many more indictments, so it is far from a hoax or a witch hunt. and, yes, a subpoena will be necessary if the president fails to submit to an interview that is unlimited in length or
subject matter. and that subpoena now seems increasingly necessary and unavoidable. my hope is that republican colleagues will stand up and speak out against the clearly mounting effort on the part of the president s surrogates in congress to try to stifle or styme this investigation by these frivolous requests and in fact obstructionist requests for documents. do you believe mueller is willing to take that step, issuing a subpoena to the president of the united states? based on the way he s conducted this this investigation so far, methodically, discretionally and discretely but very systematically and determinely and i believe he will. i think he knows that donald trump has to submit to an interview or this investigation cannot be finished. and if he refuses, a subpoena is absolutely appropriate. remember the history here also in terms of legal precedent.