the right to require that or potentially require that, i think they re probably going to give deference to the special prosecutor. i think they should if you re bob mueller, you don t want them to is what you re saying? i don t, and i want to do the investigation the way i want to do it. i want to have the questions ready, the background ready, the investigation. why rush to the point? now that we have the person who is going to be a point person for a true investigation, let s give him the time to do it right and do it in a way that is sort of more complete. don t rush to a congressional hearing when you have somebody who s going to do the whole job properly. maybe that s why we re hearing privately amongst lawmakers a grumbling that it s put their investigations on hold effectively, even though they can still move forward. guys, stick around. there s a lot more going on. stand by. moments from now, house speaker paul ryan will be speaking to reporters with his weekly press co
president was not given a heads-up about this decision, instead only learning about it after the fact, when rosenstein had signed the special counsel order, and he told the white house counsel s office. but despite trump s anger over this, this is one of those things that is actually not in his control. as mueller s appointment under a special counsel regulations gives him wide latitude to pursue this investigation into any coordination between the russian government and trump campaign associates, as well as any matters that may arise directly from that investigation. so, essentially, he s been deputized to step in with full prosecutorial authority here as the attorney general would, if he had not recused. and mueller can issue subpoenas, he can convene a grand jury, he can conduct interviews. it s up to him on where to take this investigation. but most importantly, kate, he s really supposed to have more autonomy here to run the investigation than anyone else might have. this special
do you think appointing bob mueller speeds things up or slows things down? i ve heard both overnight, and also, what s the impact of donald trump tweeting on said investigation? it s going to slow it down in this sense. mueller s going to take his time and he s going to have an enormous amount of authority to do it. as you know, comey at one point said he needed more resources when he was looking into this, and we now know this special prosecutor is going to get those resources. and unfortunately, it s just going to take a long time. don t forget, the first thing he needs to do is set up the infrastructure. he has to be in a location that s been vetted out by all of the people necessary to make sure that confidential information can go there. boring and important stuff. absolutely. so, that s going to take several weeks to a month or two. then he s going to have to do his analysis, his strategy. what am i going to do, who am i going to look for first? literally, this is an invest
rosenstein, here at the capitol last night. were you at that meeting? and what s your understanding about why doj took this step? well, i was at the meeting. i don t comment on such meetings that are classified. as i said before, i believe that the professionals at the justice department need to do their jobs independently, objectively, and thoroughly, and i believe the special counsel, which is robert mueller now, helps them do that. interferes with the congressional investigation? no, it doesn t, actually. so, we are going to keep these investigations going here. as i ve always said, i think the intelligence committees are the right place to do that. this is an investigation involving russia, involving another country interfering with our elections. and so, the intelligence committee, in my opinion, is the best place for that. and so, these bipartisan, bicameral investigations house intelligence committee, senate intelligence committee are going to continue their investigat
issue should fall? you said you want to get the facts on that. and then on health care, insurers are getting ready to set rates. do you think there s any possibility that whatever comes out of aggression will affect next year, or are we already looking two years down the road? well, i ll defer you to hhs on csr payments. we have a deadline, i think monday, if i m not mistaken. we ll meet that deadline. we ll do a status report with the court, the house republicans will. that issue is still unresolved. but i would have to defer you to the secretary on csr payments. the question of potential obstruction of justice questions? oh, yeah. look, that s what investigations are for. you now have a special counsel who will take over that portfolio within the justice department. i think it s appropriate. the whole point is to have an independent investigation and follow the facts wherever they may lead. it is premature to prejudge anything at this point, only that we have a process in place