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Cohen. they wanted to talk to him about all of these things. obviously the mueller probe is foremost on their find, but they wanted to devlve into a lot of issues with him. this is their last chance. if they dont get him on the record today with some of these things, its not that they cant question him after hes attorney general, but they just dont have the same power over him. and it looks like bill barr the permanent pick for attorney general is going to get confirmed next week. so the likelih...

Ethics official told whitakers staff he should recuse himself from supervision of the special counsel investigation because it was their view that a reasonable person with knowledge of the relevant facts likely would question the impartiality of the acting attorney general. that was not enough to convince whitaker to recuse. the justice department outlining his reasons in the same letter saying ethics officials could find no personal or financial interest that would require recus recusal. and th...

Rosenstein. this news comes as the president a permanent pick for attorney general, bill barr, is revealed to be with "the washington post" is calling an anti-mueller zealot. barr writing in a memo first reported by "the wall street journal" that muellers obstruction investigation was, quote, grossly irresponsible, fatally misconceived and carried potentially disastrous implications. rod rosenstein sought to assure the public that everything is just fine. >> weve continued to manage the investig...