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Rosenstein or mueller or gets whitaker to fire mueller or whatever, would congress step in and hire muler to contin er tmu investigation? now the president has a democratic arm of congress who without question, without question would take that step. the or question is would any republican in congress raise their voice and support that? >> maybe lindsey graham would. >> the same lindsey graham from south carolina? >> who has said mueller has to finish his investigation. there are so many dominos ...

In a lame duck session? >> you mean like try to protect robert mueller? >> yeah. is there anything that could be done? >> there could be. >> paul ryan on the way out the door, jim jordan, steve scalise, house republican battle, yeah. >> the biggest question is the senate. thats where this started and mitch mcconnell has been resistant. >> i just think that the question of whether this has been a slow motion saturday night massacre, again im trying to think this through. what made the saturday ni...

Telegraphing what his intention is for the justice department, saying theyre all cabinet members. there is no one the president wants to fire more in his cabinet because of his actions a year ago, than jeff sessions. >> the president wants to fire the attorney general, but its so blocked in by members of congress, he cant do that, too. >> he fired mueller, he fired rosenstein, he could fire sessi session. its the firing of comey that got him in the obstruction box. >> just so were clear, the pre...

Say very dramatic things about what that would mean for donald trumps presidency. but again, if he fired rosenstein, installed somebody who then ordered to fire mueller, when youve seen whats going on, youve seen indictments, you saw one person being sentenced, who pled guilty, for his to interrupt an investigation like that, i think you would bring about a moment in our country where you would really have a crisis in our nation. >> this tweet by the president this morning saying that much of th...

Saturday night massacre-type situation. >> you do have republican cosponsors on the bill, but most republicans oppose it, including mitch mcconnell and john cornyn, to say nothing, even if it did pass, the likelihood of the president actually signing it. >> yeah, but you know, were seeing circumstances change daily. i think one of the reason white house this bill is getting momentum now and potentially will get a markup in the judiciary committee is because youre starting to see a president say ...

But theyre already thinking about it. >> the white house having dinner tonight with congressional leaders. they will clearly have a decisive hold on all of this down the road. >> yeah. theyre not -- particularly republicans who have supporting sessions, they are not happy with all of this going on. and lets be clear, when the president is looking at these changes, this musical chair situation, if you will, at the justice department, its about trying to find someone loyal to him and his ideology ...

Know, was recommended by career officials. the president stepping in to this is doing great damage because it is making it look like a political action. yes, it was ultimately decided by jeff sessions, but i do think had the president stayed out of this, he would have had the facts on his side. sessions would have had the facts on his side. >> marco rubio not liking how this was done. >> yeah, it was done badly. they peeled out the investigation to mccabe from the larger ig report. there is a th...

Possible oversight of the mueller investigation that brand might be called upon to become the new oversight for the mueller investigation if the president fired rosenstein. now you reported that was part of they are thinking about why she left, right? >> thats right. it was part of her thinking with a general lack of support and its not just if he had been fired. its also if he had to recuse himself. as we know, rosenstein could be a witness in the obstruction case because it was he, rosenstein ...

The president has the ability to fire his at will employees. so if the president fired rosenstein, i would support that. i think that there are a lot of people in america, especially in my district in kentucky, there are very disappointed and the attorney general and rosenstein and, you know, if there is something there with russia, lets get it out. this has been a year, this has been a distraction. the press is obsessed with this russia investigation. while the american people are obsessed with...

He relieved pressure. thats all worthy of impartial investigation which should not be lost in the grief over the wednesday shooting. white house counsel to president ronald reagan wrote this piece for "the wall street journal." comey closes the case almost which says the president cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice unless he attempts to obstruct an investigation of himself as in watergate. if the president should now fire rosenstein, is that obstruction of justice? >> we dont have any id...