Disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General. But according to the white house, the president has been advised he, he can terminate Robert Mueller all by himself. Does he believe he has the power to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller . Certainly believes he has the power to do so. Most legal experts believe he would have to order Deputy Attorney general rosenstein to fire mueller and corefuse. I know a number of individuals in the Legal Community and including at the department of justice said he has the power to do so but i dont have any further announcements. They told me, ive asked. They said its rosenstein oversees is the Special Counsel and only he has the power to fire the Special Counsel. Again, weve been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision. I cant go anything beyond that. Weve been advised the president certainly has the power to make the decision. To be clear, the warrants that were executed agains
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. About. Can the legal system resist a Political Campaign led by the president of the United States. My favorite weird anecdote of yesterday, at One Point Giuliani was running out of so many people to talk to, he had to talk to a fellow lawyer. Jay sekulow had a radio show. Here is jay sekulow interviewing Rudy Giuliani, his boss as the attorney. Listen. Mayor, i know youve said and ive said we want to see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think, and i hope the Special Counsel is as sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run into the november elections. So back up from that. This should be over with by September 1st. Is that a threat . Look, its throwing everything at the wall and trying to see what sticks. I think everything thats said here is correct. This is a political messaging campaign, but its not without peril, right . Everything Rudy Giuliani said
Thing, i didnt know him. But i heard his name for ten years. You know how i heard his name . Everybody was saying, he should be on the Supreme Court. I said, who is he . His name is Brett Kavanaugh, and he should be, hes the most brilliant person, hes the most brilliant lawyer. They were talking about him on the Supreme Court ten years ago. With all of that, i want to hear what she has to say. You said that you dont feel you said that you feel like there have been numerous false allegations against you. Oh, ive had many false statements against me. And you understand what he ive had many false statements against me and if the press would have reported i would be very happy. I think john roberts would tell you you covered the story where the women were paid to say bad things about me. Sean hannity covered it. I will tell you, when i saw that on sean hannity, i actually called him. Believe it or not. I dont speak to him very much, but i respect him, i called him. I said, this is the bigg
hollywood tape that we all heard, he s now telling people privately it is not even his voice. he has this alternate reality. that doesn t play well with people he needs to support kavanaugh. another major headline out of this news conference, all of the sudden the president is saying his preference is not to fire the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he may even delay the meeting he had scheduled with rosenstein tomorrow. he doesn t want to necessarily step on the hearing itself, and maybe it will wait a few more days. well, he s a showman, as we know, and he probably realizes that a double bill on one day is a waste. you have a good story to play out on friday if he keeps rosenstein or if he fires rosenstein. that s what it seemed like he was talking about, the idea that he didn t want to step on one story with another story. both of them, of course, are indicative of the chaos that marks the trump administration. gloria borger, what do you think of the president s news c
if trump fires rosenstein, no francisco, the solicitor general would take over. francisco is a former partner at the law firm jones day, and jones day represents the trump campaign in the russia inquiry, which would represent a conflict of interest. bottom line, as you buckle up for a bumpy ride on thursday, this knowledge about the federal vacancies reform act can help you cut through. it also helps us through chaos. as does your arcane knowledge of lots of things. thank you, john. all right. so the president celebrating a new trade deal with south korea. is it a good deal? christine romans tells us next.