disciplined or removed from office by the personal action of the attorney general. so the special counsel is bob mueller. attorney general is jeff sessions. now, jeff sessions of course has recused himself from the russia investigation, so the person in charge is rod rosenstein. it is his responsibility to oversee mueller and make those decisions. whether he is hired or fired. that's up to rosenstein now. and as of december of last year, rosenstein has publicly testified that he sees no reason to fire bob mueller. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. p. >> thank you. if you were ordered today today to fire mr. mueller, what would you do? >> i would follow the regulation. if there were good cause, i would act. if there were no good cause, i would not. >> and you've seen no good cause so far. >> correct. >> so, rosenstein didn't see a reason to fire mueller. is that why his job is in jep