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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 else s mind or offer any opinion about that because it s 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 that s 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 questio ....
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 ....