inappropriate and i just don t think rosenstein would operate that way. laura, final word. ken, i agree we all thought rosenstein had conflicts of interest when it comes to his own participation interacting with reasons to fire comey. it could have been extensive given est gave that press conference and usurped the role of attorney general being the head investigator. having said that, i think people are misguided why perhaps the obstruction of justice issue is not the end game of mueller. why would it be the end game? if you had a prosecutor come to you and say my end game is to punish somebody from preventing me from seeing what i want to see ending there, they would be a fool. it has been the foundation for a prior president, et cetera. the idea that you would give somebody a speeding ticket for running away from the speed of the scene of the crime as opposed to investigating the crime would be absurd. mueller can have as much impact in the investigation as the obstruction, bu
talked about it a lot on this show. i don t think in the special council s office, particularly in light of article 2, that they have seriously pursued that. i think we may learn some more tomorrow, but we re going to learn it in the negative, much as we have in the past with the other things like flynn earlier this week, that didn t mention anything about russian collusion during the election. there s a lot of redacted stuff, we ll know more about that by this time tomorrow. we ll be talking about it, but one thing at a time. the idea that it can t be any real obstruction, because rosenstein would be conflicted, he would have been out if it were real. i don t buy that here s why, i don t think mueller is acting with regard to who his boss will be. i think he s acting under the direction of the mandate itself, not whoever occupies the position to oversea the carrying out of his mandate, if he were to do so, he would be a marionette and someone who would be compromised, an objective
or you see this as being motivated by something else? well, no, i think it was certainly an element of circling the wagons among fbi folks. but also, i mean, look at what we know in hindsight. andrew mccabe was overly aggressive in matters related to the president. i have never thought that mueller was seriously pursuing obstruction because the person overseeing him, who we re talking about here would be right smack in the middle of any such investigation. and would have had to have recused himself. i don t think rosenstein would have stuck around in this for 19 months. i think we re at 19 months now. had that been a serious pursuit of the special council, because he s literally right in the middle of their theorys of obstruction. so i don t think that s ever been seriously pursued, we
a wire around president trump, remember that. they said it was a joke. according to cnn sources, it happened. and then kaman even bigger development. sure to enrage the right, but very important to process, andrew mccabe then the acting director at the fbi took the extraordinary step of opening an obstruction of justice investigation even before bob mueller was brought into the picture. now, tomorrow the mueller team is expected to reveal more of what it knows about paul manafort and michael cohen, let s gavel cuomo s court, it is in session with laura coats and ken cuccinelli. it s good to have you both here. let s start with the rosenstein information. and really andrew mccabe, laura, because again, our sources say that rosenstein was kidding/not kidding, about the needing to sur veil, now, that s backed up by the understanding that andrew mccabe felt after everything that involved comey and his dismissal by the president, an obstruction of justice
personal and equal parts prudent on their behalf. ken, legitimate response to the facts they had at hander or you see this as being motivated by something else? well, no. i think it was certainly an element of circling the wagons among fbi s folks. but also, i mean, look at what we know in hindsight. andrew mccabe was very aggressive, overly so, in matters related to the president. and, you know, i just have never thought that mueller was seriously pursuing obstruction because the person overseeing him, who we re talking about here, the deputy attorney general, would be right smack in the middle of any such investigation and would have had to have recused himself. and i don t think rosenstein would have stuck around in this for 19 months i think we re at 19 months now had that been a serious pursuit of the special counsel, because he s literally right in the middle of their theories of obstruction.