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Rosenstein. they used his letter as the pretext for firing fbi director comey. now we learned from the president himself, no, he had been planning to fire him all along. that his blood pressure was rising, clearly upset that comey was investigating him for collusion and we were learning that was heating up. comey was asking for more resources. they issued grand jury subpoenas the other day and clearly trump had had enough and decided to fire the guy who was leading the investigation. what we kee...

Read that he recommended that comey be fired? >> well, ive been very disturbed by the way rod rosenstein allowed himself to be used in this manner. yes, we know that he didnt nerve great the recommendation for the firing. but i am disappointed that he allowed himself to be used in this man. he the letter was used as a pretext for it. and i think the only way for him to restore confidence in his own office, and in the integrity of the justice department, is for the appointment of a special prosec...

The three. >> whats shocking is that i dont mind partisans. you are a former attorney general accusing me and maybe others of hyperventilating. when you are not coming -- you are telling me you are okay with the president firing an fbi director in the middle of an investigation that involves him and people around him, despite the pretext is with zero credibility. there isnt a jury that would buy the fact that donald trump is spilling a tear over hillary clinton. you will stand by that? >> i thin...

Our panel. your thought ss? >> she read from the letter -- she read that all the criticism of what james comey did during 2016. all of that was what candidate trump praised. so the idea that he is being fired for what he did during the trump presidency as opposed to 2016 is not borne out by the letter itself. the letter is such a pretext. its such a phony. >> shes saying that as a candidate, he can say whatever he wants to say. i assume thats what she means. because he is a candidate and he does...

Blunlders he claims in a the former fbi director made in investigating hillary clinton. >> all right. so hes trying to spin this as an ordinary personnel decision. b that he wasnt doing a good job and hoe fired him. comey has a 10-year term. rosenberg has fired a pretext chul reason for firing. if he wants to preserve a basic. >> hes to the to name an interim fbi director first and maybe the interim director will be the nominee. hes got to select someone with enormous credibility. >> you would t...

Restore confidence and trust -- public trust and confidence in its vital law force -- enforcement mission, that of the fbi, was to have a new director. >> kellyanne conway, appreciate your time tonight as always. >> thank you, anderson. >> thanks very much. jeff toobin standing by and our panel as well. jeff, your thoughts? >> well, you know, kellyanne conway just read from the letter where she -- she read that all the criticism of what james comey did during 2016. all of that was what candida...

Is if theres not a sinister motive is the other alternative. >> are you troubled by this? >> very much so. >> am i troubled? >> jon? >> very much so. i think that its -- i think they wanted a result and they found a pretext for it. and i think that we have a real question going forward about the separation of powers. and the rule of law. and i -- i havent been someone whos, you know, thrown myself in with tauthoritarian narrativs but this is not a step in the right direction. >> a serious questi...

I think its pretty extraordinary, though, for sean spicer to decide hes going to go forward with his routine naval reserve duty over at the pentagon, at a time like this, instead of stepping up and doing this major briefing. >> but they dont have a real concern about being accountable and giving the press corps answers. theyll accepted out the vice president or kellyanne conway to just spin this pretext of what -- its simply not credible that the president ever cared about how jim comey handled ...

Massacre, this is not as big in scale and scope but it is very nixonian and i dont find the story that the white house is putting out credible. i think fundamentally what happened with sessions and the president decided that comey had to go. they looked for a pretext. they found a deputy attorney general that could write one up for them and they went with it. theres no chance in the world that today they sent over without trump knowing it was coming, letters and recommendations saying fire him a...

Does rosenstein ask do that? that to me suspicious, as if they were setting him up to come out with a report with that very pretext. >> or if rosenstein is investigating this, why not wait until the inspector general who has been conducting interviews, who is doing a thorough investigation not just one individual, rosenstein who has only been there for a couple weeks, why not wait until the inspector general -- >> because you want an outcome that is person in that i dont think there is anyway to...