Tenet of the rule of law. who do we see about that? and by that i mean, congressman schiff said tonight that he s been told by folks, feds, folks in the fbi, that this might cross a red line for them. who is going to say so? who is the controlling legal authority on an order like this? well, it s an order effect til to the department of justice. so rod rosenstein was overseeing this aspect, this investigation, because jeff sessions is recused. so it s raeally up to rod rosenstein to figure out how to deal with it. traditionally when rod rosenstein was getting improper requests along these lines, this is the most blatant to date, but he s dealt with them in order to try to give a little in order to defuse things and protect the investigation. if this is over the red line, as congressman schiff says, and i agree it really does appear to
Investigation and our general tenet of the rule of law. who do we see about that? and by that i mean, congressman schiff said tonight that he s been told by folks, feds, folks in the fbi, that this might cross a red line for them. who is going to say so? who is the controlling legal authority on an order like this? well, it s an order effect til to the department of justice. so rod rosenstein was overseeing this aspect, this investigation, because jeff sessions is recused. so it s really up to rod rosenstein to figure out how to deal with it. traditionally when rod rosenstein was getting improper requests along these lines, this is the most blatant to date, but he s dealt with them in order to try to give a little in order to defuse things and protect the investigation. if this is over the red line, as congressman schiff says, and i agree it really does appear to be, then he has two choices which is either to say, no, we re not going to turn this
In personal exposure. that s right. so, yes, you know he s concerned about the fate of the republicans in the midterm election and whether this will jeopardize him. he s more concerned about himself. i m saying impeachment is something where do they have the votes? no. it s a political process. high crimes and misdemeanors doesn t really mean anything, but it s a proposition going into the midterms where you re okay with everything he did, now you want me toote for him. that s a sensitivity. i don t think he cares about that honestly. you think about the way that donald trump does business of all kinds, it s always about the first order effect. it is never about what might be 1a, b and, someone asked me about the red line he set about his finances and mueller looking at them in an interview with the times last year, this person said do you think he remembers edicts like that. when they re about himself he remembers them all the time. that s what he remembers. you ever heard