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Now we know after hearing the recording that the spin was off. so, yes, we have them waiting for the past 24 hours to find out what he was potentially getting out ahead of. now seeing this report, i interviewed michael cohen for the first time in august 2017. to days after he delivered this written statement to congress. >> right. >> which we now know is false. at the time, he carried two cell
February or march. rosenstein drafted that memo in august 2017 giving the special counsel these powers to investigate whether or not paul manafort colluded with the russians during the 2016 campaign. of course after that filing yesterday, we know that his lawyers have admitted that paul manafort gave those data points to a russian operative. so we've seen the fruits of this and just how big of a role rod rosenstein has had in this investigation. >> before you go, take us through rosenstein during his time as deputy a.g. in terms of the most significant defense he's had to make of the probe. be...
On that report. >> laura jarrett, thanks very much. rosenstein's departure could be voluntary and from all indications it is but he and the president have had their public differences. he's been the target of criticism from this president for his handling of the probe. jessica schneider joins us now. what are you hearing as this news breaks. >> rosenstein oversaw the rush probe. it was days after the president fired fbi director james comey and that was then and in may 2017 the president's torrent of tweets began slamming the russia probe. it's fair to say that rosenstein was never deterred. h...
Point for this space for us, we are supposed to hear imminently about the plans. is it going to be a part of the air force or its own entity? i think that is something the president will wait to allow secretary shanahan to take that forward. i believe it's important and i have witnessed this first hand for cabinet officials to disagree with the president and it's quite good when the president challenges his own assumptions as president trump did last august 2017 on afghanistan. he made that speech and swiveled in a different direction. >> shannon: one of the issues as this pullout from syria a...
Secretary shanahan is he's on point for the space force. we are supposed to hear imminently about the plan. will be part of the air force or it will be its own entity and that is something he will wait to let secretary shanahan to take forward but i do believe it is important, i witnessed firsthand cabinet officials can disagree with the president and it is quite good when the president challenges his own assumptions as donald trump did last august, 2017, on afghanistan, swiveled in a different direction. >> a big issue is the pullout from syria and a report in the wall street journal talks ab...