Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im
for the department of justice? i appreciate that question, senator. the budget actually is a product primarily of career professionals in the department. all right. hello, everyone. i am kate bolduan. you have been listening fog some fascinating testimony from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein testifying before a senate committee, a job until a couple of days ago he didn t actually know he was going to have. that was supposed to be attorney general jeff sessions there. rod rosenstein, though, left sitting in and facing difficult questions. he s also saying very clearly that rosenstein says he sees no good reason to fire the special counsel in the russia investigation, robert mueller, a move that the president is said to be considering at this moment. all of this a prelude, if you can believe it, to the second blockbuster hearing before the senate intelligence committee that is in less than a week. that is coming in just a few hours from now. that is when rosenstein s boss, att