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Robert mueller's report to congress or to the public. so that is barr's stance. but really it is fair to say rod rosenstein has been the big protector for the special counsel. he appointed robert mueller. and he has given mueller broad authority including interestingly allowing the special counsel to investigate allegations in a paul manafort colluded with the russians during the 2016 campaign. and that is a claim that we saw hinted at in court papers on tuesday when manafort's lawyers inadvertently revealed that paul manafort had handed over polling data to a russian operative, konstanin kili...

Questions about any possible collusion mere. so that is the manafort piece of it. but really the question now when it comes to rosenstein is where will the russia investigation go once rosenstein leaves, if it hasn't already been wrapped up by that point, and how will the presumable next attorney general william barr handle it. either way, the justice department is set to see a lot of changes in the coming month or two. >> all right, jessica, knathank you. cnn has unclufrovered a newe to the possible mystery company fighting a subpoena from robert mueller. we've learned one of the law firms ...

And he is also timing this with william bahr's possible resignatiorefcofir nation, which is shaping up to be about the mid-february at the earliest. now, we did see the president's pick william barr up on capitol hill wednesday and he told senator lindsey graham that he plans to be transparent when it comes to the mueller probe and any release orobert mueller's report to congress or the public. but fair to say rod rosenstein, he has been the big protector and proponent for the special counsel. he appointed rc pointe appointe mueller and gave him broad responsibility including manafort. and tue...

Connections to russian intelligence at the height of the campaign. now, paul manafort's lawyers have since come back saying that that polling data was actually intended to go to two ukranian oligarchs through kilimnick. it is unclear why manafort wanted to give this polling data to oligarchs and whether or not it satisfies mueller's questions about any possible collusion. so that is the manafort piece of it. but the question with rosenstein, will the russia investigation go once rosenstein leaves and how will william barr handle it. either way the justice department is set to see a lot of chan...