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It s now been 24 hours since yesterday s fire drill in which it was reported that the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who oversees the mueller investigation, he was being fired, or he was resigning or he was expecting to be fired or he was expecting to be resigning. he appears to be in motion. who is he talking to. what s going on? a day after that weird media spasm yesterday which ended with rod rosenstein still holding the job of deputy attorney general, the question of what s actually going on with him and the justice department and supervision of the mueller probe in the long run is still not clear, but there was one important detail we learned from that strange sort of fire drill that we had over rod rosenstein that now today seems pretty important in terms of what to expect next. ....
In the middle of that media confusion yesterday, a justice department spokeswoman actually drafted a statement for attorney general jeff sessions to issue in the event that rod rosenstein was actually dismissed. that draft was never formally sent, but it was drafted, and the contents of the draft were leaked to both axios and the new york times, and in part that leaked draft confirmed what we already suspected, that if rod rosenstein was out, that he was resigning or he was being forced to resign or he was fired, the current solicitor general, noel francisco would step in and take over as the top justice department official in charge of the russia investigation. in other words, that s the person who robert mueller would now have to report to and who he add have to get permission from for important steps in his investigation, things like new indictments, new grand juries. but that draft statement also told us something new. it said rod rosenstein s ....
People to cripple this investigation. and i think voters need to keep that in mind whether this is the kind of rubber stamp they want to see in the congress of the united states. if you think that these moves are being made to cripple the mueller investigation, essentially to stop that investigation or at least to try to, i think a lot of people have been wondering, and part of the freak-out that was engendered yesterday by that confusing reporting as to the fate of rod rosenstein, i think people were sort of wondering is this an in case of emergency break glass moment. there has been a lot of public discussion, a lot of civic minded sober discussion about what counts as what counts as a dangerous move by the president, what counts as a move that should engender protests or a political response of a kind that signals that this isn t sort of business as usual for ....
Concern. susan collins, republican senator also expressing concern. we ve had other sort of scattered expressions of concern in terms of what s going on with mr. rosenstein right now. after yesterday s sort of media confusion as to whether or not he might have quit or been in the process of being fired, do you have any further clarity as to his fate and what s going on right now between him and the white house? i really don t, but i think we need to see this is part of a long effort by the president and his allies in congress and his allies on fox to push rod rosenstein out of the way so they can put someone in there who is pliable, someone that the president can get to do his bidding, his own roy cohn, as the president would say. that of course is a much more shrewd way to kneecap the mueller investigation than overtly firing bob mueller. you re right to point out concerns about the deputy attorney general matt whitaker. ....
Be a huge red flag and very problematic. so much attention on maine republican senator susan collins right now in terms of her potential vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, but today nbc news was able to get that comment from her on a different matter. susan collins saying it would be a huge red flag and very problematic if there is any attempt to fire or force out deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. that being echoed across the aisle from the top democrat on the intelligence committee in the house, adam schiff, who is saying, quote, under no circumstances should rod rosenstein resign. this would place the mueller investigation in even greater jeopardy. rosenstein should continue to do his job, protect the independence of the department of justice, and if the president intends to obstruct justice, force trump to fire him. joining us now is adam schiff. he is the top democrat on the intelligence committee in the house. congressman, thank you very much for being here. ap ....