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We know bill barr picked will rosen the transportation secretary to serve as his deputy, his number two at doj. also, no word tonight from rosenstein on mccabe's interview. but the justice department's statements on his behalf consistently tried to focus on what rosenstein did or didn't do as opposed to what might have been discussed. one source telling me when rosenstein wearing the wire, the idea of that came up it was just due to sarcasm, but mccabe adamant on "60 minutes" it was no laughing matter at all. senator graham, the chairman of the house judiciary committee suggesting he'll subpoe...

When i go into the white house. i could easily wear a recording device. they wouldn't know it was there. he was not joking. he was absolutely serious. in fact he brought it up in the next meeting we had. i never actually considered taking him up on the offer. >> he says rosenstein brought it up not once but twice. rosenstein through the justice department deny it by saying the deputy attorney general never authorized any recording that mr. mccabe references. >> can they both be right? >> i think it's pretty unlikely. i don't want try to psychoanalyze mccabe, but i don't think we should gloss o...

>> well, you know, i don't know. we don't know what was actually said. it's all hearsay we are getting trying to piece this back together. i can only imagine that here's a man who's never been at the level of deputy attorney general, who's never appointed a special counsel before, and if he did in fact want to talk to comey, he's got a more seasoned partner to sort of the bounce it around with. mccabe was right, though, and obviously rosenstein didn't do it and that was wise not too because it would have made it look more cluollusive the undertaking. we don't know to this day how mueller's nam...

Criminal charges and has a history. >> john, let me play you something else mccabe said in this interview, that when considering whether or not to appoint the special counsel, rosenstein wanted to get advice from jim comey about it. listen. >> he raised the issue with me twice, and ultimately i told him that i wasn't comfortable connecting him with jim comey, that i didn't think jim should weigh in on these things. >> why not? >> because he was no longer a member of the government and it would have been improper having him weigh in. >> the justice department in a statement on this one said ros...

Full action, says the president on twitter this morning. to be clear, mccabe and rosenstein might disagree on what and how was discussed but they definitely agree they did not act on anything. even so, the president today seems to be taking his cues from a conservative ally in fox news, quoting him with this -- this was an illegal coup attempt on the president of the united states. to which the president writes, true. laura, rosen too inis already on his way out the door in a sense of the word at the justice department. he's long been planning to leave after the new a.g. arrived. what does all...