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Rosenstein is implicated in the obstruction investigation by mueller. if he's going to recuse we'll be down to the ninth official in d.o.j. overseeing the most important investigation. >> yes, it is twisted in the way you described. the question of whether it's a constitutional crisis is a really interesting one. i persuaded by legal scholars who say a constitutional crisis is when the ordinary institutions don't have an answer. eventually robert bourque fired the special pros kurter. in the end as long as rosenstein is not a subject of the investigation it seems like democrats want him to sta...

Raised the possibility of his recusal during a recent meeting with the associate attorney general rachel brand the justice department's new third in command. rosenstein told her that if he were to recuse himself, she would have to step in. she gets to be robert bourque. the pattern here is frighteningly clear, if trump decides he doesn't want to be prosecuted, is above the law, he peels off people. he's threatened more and will go after rosenstein, this is the news, more stuff from trump. >> well, it is evocative of the good old days. >> you do work for the post in the history of these matters...

Linked in page. >> what does that mean? >> it's your on-line resume. >> people ask me and i've been told by my people don't link in to anybody. >> let me explain to you they don't want me to do it. >> people are getting nervous. >> at this point if you go after rosenstein if you keep firing people eventually the january or is going to have to fire mueller. >> robert bourque. >> you're going to have these situations where historically or legally you're going to run into someone that wants to fight back. >> do you guys know this is the penetrating question who has the president's ear? >> oh gosh...

Of cards down. >> the documentary also depicts the saturday night massacre when president nixon fired multiple attorneys general before he could find the one who would fire his special prosecutor. >> let's watch that. >> in october of 1973 he ordered his attorney general to fire the special prosecutor. the attorney general was appauled. he said no and resigned. then the president told one of his assistants to call the deputy attorney general. >> i picked the phone up. it was al hag and he wanted me to fire cox. he said your commander and chief is ordering you to do this. i don't know what that...

As of tomorrow afternoon, then jeff sessions will be asked if he will resign if the special prosecutor is fired. that is what attorney general elliot richardson did when president nixon ordered him to fire special prosecutor archibald cox. elliot richardson refused the president's order and resigned. and then the deputy attorney general williams ruckelhaus refused that same order, and then he refused. and then robert bourque obeyed the president's order. and that was remembered when robert bourque 14 years later was nominated by president reagan to fill a supreme court vacancy and his nominati...