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The New York Times reports this afternoon, was approved by Trump Appointee Rod Rosenstein. Quote, in addition to mr. Rosenstein, all of the top Law Enforcement officials involved in the raid are republicans. The times also offering more details this afternoon about what the fbi was looking for in that raid. Quote, the search arent carried out by The Public Corruption Unit of the manhattan federal Attorneys Office seeks information about Karen Mcdougal an ex Playboy Model. She was paid 150,000 by...

Else he wants to look at? >> absolutely. thats why i fundamentally disagreed with the idea of submitting written answers to the questions. under section 600.4 of the special counsel regulations, brand new crimes are created by the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel. he has the authority unilaterally to determine on his own that the president has lied about something or interfereted in the investigation or obstructed the investigation. and he can charge a crime by virtue of having b...

They literally raided this guys home in the early morning and then they got permission from rosenstein. it was the 26th of july on the raid. august 6 when rosenstein expands the mandate. sorry, wrong order. that is not how it works. >> you have identified a huge development in this case. this is a judge universally respected, brilliant academic credentials with his eye on the ball. not a political actor, a judge doing what a judge does. he held their feet to the fire. he pointed out the exact re...

They literally raided this guys home in the early morning and then they got permission from rosenstein. it was the 26th of july on the raid. august 6 when rosenstein expands the mandate. sorry, wrong order. that is not how it works. >> you have identified a huge development in this case. this is a judge universally respected, brilliant academic credentials with his eye on the ball. not a political actor, a judge doing what a judge does. he held their feet to the fire. he pointed out the exact re...

Firing, if there were to be that, as of now at least, peoples understanding and sense seems to be the person who the president is most furious at right now is rod rosenstein, followed by jeff sessions, whos sort of perpetually furious at, and then mueller. even though the president seems to believe he has the authority to fire mueller, it still seems as of this afternoon, rod rosenstein was most squarely in his crosshairs. >> jeremy bash, is it your understanding that the president, as his spoke...

Place, the time, whether questions are written, whats submitted beforehand, the scope of that discussion. but i think it is important that he does sit across from mueller so this can be brought to a conclusion, and i think thats why i think thats why were seeing now that mueller is looking to interview the president, just to bring this to a conclusion. >> let me get walter and then jim to respond. i look at the instructions that the acting attorney general at the time, rod rosenstein, gave muell...

A mouthful. it is part of the u.s. code that governs the justice department. it gives the special counsel broader powers to investigate things, like perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence and witness intimidation. heres a look at some of the lines of investigation that the special counsel is pursuing. first of all, june 9th, 2016, meeting at trump tower, when donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner, met with a russian lawyer, veselnitskaya, a former soviet spy and other ...

Subpoenas and make those determinations. grand juries are conducted in secret. if they decide a prosecutor has enough evidence they issue an indictment. after that, the prosecution can formally charge a subject. thats whats happened today. take a look at the scope of robert muellers investigation which is much bigger than the indictment weve seen this morning. back in may the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein issued a letter. this letter here, appointing robert mueller as special counsel. i...

Gloria, let me ask you the news of this morning is the president of the united states going after the notion, saying that this is all a political witch hunt, the greatest political witch hunt in american history. a risky move politically, legally, or both? >> both. but also keep in mind, his supporters have always said they wanted this outside person. hes the one who said he could kill somebody and still be elected, whos been told that he was inciting riots when he was working on the campaign. s...

Speculating? >> no. look at points two and three. any matter that arose or may arise directly from the investigation and then the omnibus catch-all. any other matters within the scope of 28 cfr section 600.4a. >> as we have learned from the special counsel in the past, they go off in new directions over the course of not months, but years. these investigations go on for a long time. most famously the whitewater investigation of ken starr into the monica lewinsky scandal. >> we have the response ...