a listen to what he had to say that photo and the racist and offensive attitude it represents does not reflect that person i am today or the way that i have conducted myself as a soldier a doctor and a public servant i m deeply sorry but i set responsibility for my past actions and i m ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust. so that s of the generic governor ralph northam there we have to remember he s the governor of a state where two years ago there were violent clashes in charlottesville involving white supremacists because of plans to remove a confederate statue so we ve got a state grappling with its history of slavery and now the governor has been shown either to be wearing black face or a clue klux klan costume but as you might have gathered from his statement it wasn t a resignation statement he plans to stay on as the governor of the ginia or what
resigned. exactly. i think you can draw that wasn t a resignation completely of his own volition. fascinating. doj spokesperson. thank you for being with us. i want to bring into the conversation now, another former u.s. attorney, paul fishman who was the u.s. attorney representing the great state of new jersey. thank you for joining us. thanks for having me back. let me underscore that this is news that has not been confirmed by nbc. this is one news organization that is reporting that charges, the first criminal charges have been filed in the mueller investigation. we don t know what they are. this is unconfirmed news but cnn is reporting. i know you re familiar with what cnn is reporting. let me ask you your top line response to it. well, so obviously, rachel, when we talk about this investigation, it is not just
eastern district of virginia and today surprisingly, mysteriously, he resigned. right. you can draw it wasn t a resignation that wasn t of his own volition. matthew miller, thank you for being with us on short notice matt. i appreciate it. i want to bring into the conversation now, another former u.s. attorney, paul fishman who was the u.s. attorney representing new jersey. thank you for joining us on short notice. thanks for having me back, rachel. let me underscore again this is news not confirmed by nbc, this is one news organization reporting that the first criminal charges have been filed in the mueller investigation. we don t know what the charges are, they re reportedly still sealed, this is unconfirmed news, this is cnn s reporting. i know you re familiar with what cnn is reporting. let me ask your top line response to it? obviously, rachel, when we talk about this investigation,
but the timing has been, i think, a little curious with the sudden departure of the department. to underscore what you said, that was a conversation that he had a couple days ago in which he did not express any desire, in fact, expressed enthusiasm about continuing in the eastern district of virginia. and then today, mysteriously, at least, surprisingly, he resigned. exactly. i think you can draw that wasn t a resignation completely of his own volition. fascinating. doj spokesperson. thank you for being with us. i want to bring into the conversation now, another former u.s. attorney, paul fishman who was the u.s. attorney representing the great state of new jersey. thank you for joining us. thanks for having me back. let me underscore that this is news that has not been confirmed by nbc. this is one news organization that is reporting that charges, the first criminal charges have been filed in the mueller investigation.