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Whether or not rosenstein is still in charge of the russian investigation. it appears that he is. that he has not been removed from that position but the attorney general was informed and passed that information on. maybe he's not in a position to do anything. >> here's what our reporting is saying that attorney rosenstein is still in charge of the day-to-day handling of the russia investigation but whitaker is his boss. and he has been a critic of mueller. so what happens if they disagree on something? >> whitaker's the boss. he had to have been informed. >> hold on. i want to get john. they ...

Have a hard time. tell us what's going on today. >> asking a federal judge to declare the acting attorney general is rosenstein, not whitaker. the president put whitaker in under a federal law that allowed a president to choose a range of people, including somebody who's at the relevant agency for 90 days and makes a certain amount on the pay scale. maryland argues that law is trumped by a law that more specifically says whenever there's a vacancy in the office of the attorney general, the deputy attorney general takes over. the second argument is a constitutional one. they say anyone who serv...