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Well, think of disgrace what's going on. it's really a sad actuation when you look at what happened. many people is that he should fire him. >> the president is the head of the executive branch. he doesn't have to run this hiring and firing decision by s. is he the power to get rid of rod rosenstein? yes he does. do i think it's wise? i don't. reporter: the statement by the former justice officials was released shortly after advisers to president trump had been urging him to fire rosenstein, the one who signed off on the vi search of home office and hotel room of the personal attorney is expec...

Cause and conflict of interest. if he were fired beyond that, i suppose there could be some reckoning to go along with that for the person who makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that? >> well, i think there would be a lot of outrage if he were fired on a whim and there was no finding of misconduct. rod rosenstein said he was the one who hired him and he won't fire him except for just cause. but to answer your question, what happens to the investigation, i think it continues. it existed before robert mueller was appointed. i think it would continue. the question is, under whose j...

Reckoning to go along with that for the person who makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that to? >> i think for had were a lot of outrage if he was fired on a whim. >> rosensteen has said he's the one who hired him and he can fire him but he won't unless there's just cause. i think the investigation continues. it was going on in the eastern district of virginia. i think it would continue. the question is under whose jurisdingz? >> if it justice department hierarchy, rod rosensteen was persuaded that the whole investigation was bunk. he could end it, iffee wanted to, right? >> he c...

Pleas and sentencing? >> the firing of muller does not necessarily end the investigation. he can only be fired for just cause and conflict overinteref . if he were fired beyond that, there could be reckoning for the person that makes the firing decision. >> what do you mean by that? >> there would be outrage if he was fired on a whim. rod said he hired him and can fire him and he won't fire him except for just cause and i believe that and i think that's where rosenstein satands. the investigation continues and existed before muller was appointed and the eastern district of virginia and continu...

Attorney general jeff sessions because he also should have been recused from that. his recusal said he would not oversee anything at the justice department that had anything to do with the 2016 campaign. both the reason james comey was fired, russia, and the fake pretext they came up with, clinton e-mails, both of those are squarely in the bounds of jeff sessions' recusal. he's supposed to be recused from anything to do with the campaign. in either case, he should have had nothing to do with firing james comey. if the fbi director was fired for either of those reasons, the attorney general sho...