of the administration by his choice. in this instance, rod rosenstein is. the justice department is considered separate from politics. although the president may choose the attorney general, the attorney general is supposed to be loyal first to the constitution and to the law and secondarily affiliated with the white house. that is why these are eyebrow raising questions. you know, to a certain extent, some of this is the president not being familiar with the customs. absolutely to your question will come up when you ask these more probing questions of whether the white house is actively trying to undermine the character. they will not be flattering anecdotes to the people looking into these matters. tal, it is clear that nunes is trying to discredit the fbi and the mueller investigation.
here. what about paul ryan? how does he escape scrutiny? it is incredible how those not involved in this are trying to stay far away as possible. that means they are silent on whether or not. you hear republicans expressing concern about the sullying the fbi names. that is fair as a non-partisan institution. you don t hear a lot of that from paul ryan. in some ways, he is taking a position by not taking a position. is so far, he allowed devin nunes to continue his work. when the justice department officials came to him with complaints, he stood by the chairman. certainly democrats are now pointing their ire at him as well trying to lump him in with colleagues. tal, let s ask you about the
official. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein went to the white house in december to ask the president for help to fight off document requests from nunes. mr. president wanted to know where the special investigation was heading. the president asked rosenstein if he was quote on my team. the deputy attorney general was surprised by the president s question and responded of course. we re all on your team, mr. president. that conversation could raise questions about whether the president was seeking to interfere in the investigation by special counsel robert mueller. no comment from the justice department or the white house. let s bring in political reporter tal kopan. she is live in washington. good morning, tal. good morning. the big stories of the memo here. will it be released or not be released? also the secret editing. do we have anything on the
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original is released. to a certain extent, the american public will have to use their political leanings to decide. a new cable news drinking game should be drink every time you hear the word memo. we don t think you should be drinking at 5:00 a.m. and the latest on the rod rosenstein being asked if he is on the president s team. and long list of loyalties from the president. again, his line is going to be there is no collusion. there is no obstruction. there is no evidence. would he be wrong? that is the line that we hear over and over, dave. you know, keep in mind the reason why there is so much attention of the questions on the justice department is it is absolutely true that most of the people in the justice department at the political level are appointed by the president and a member of the cabinet or member