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The political consequences for doing so. that would be the right thing for the department, but it's not where you see the deputy attorney general headed now. >> in the interview, rosenstein declines to comment on a timetable for completion of this mueller probe. meanwhile, bloomberg quoting two u.s. officials who say that mueller is ready to deliver findings on questions of collusion as well as obstruction of justice after the midterms, nbc news has not reported the same, but the timing -- as matt indicated, the timing is curious. how much of this do you think is about possibly laying the grou...

Get into whether mueller has a plan b. >> right, exactly. and i think that is very significant point. i'm glad you pointed it out because it is the plan b. hopefully under the rules that appointed mueller he can and will be able to get information to all of the congress, not just to the chairs but to all of congress. but i think it is important that he be aware -- mueller, be aware of this option he has to get the information out in another way. it is important. we can't keep hiding these things. if there's nothing that he has found that is damning of the president or anyone else, then we need...

The issue being if there's a conflict or a different attorney general who takes a narrower view, it's not automatically improper if that person decides we don't want you send agreport to congress, and then you get into whether mueller has any plan b. >> right, exactly. and i think that is very significant point. i'm glad you pointed it out because it is the plan b. hopefully under the rules that appointed mueller he can and will be able to get information to all of the congress, not just to the chairs but to all of congress. but i think it is important that he be aware -- mueller, be aware of ...

As those rules are written, he could send something over to congress. the issue being if there's a conflict or a different attorney general who takes a narrower view, it's not automatically improper if that person decides we don't want you send agreport to congress, and then you get into whether mueller has any plan b. >> right, exactly. and i think that is very significant point. i'm glad you pointed it out because it is the plan b. hopefully under the rules that appointed mueller he can and will be able to get information to all of the congress, not just to the chairs but to all of congress....

If there is a new supervisor who is less protective of mueller, that person could limit mueller's jurisdiction in ways that we will not know until very long afterwards. and that's something that, with you know, it's not firing, but it could seriously damage it will mueller investigation. >> there's also a question, jeff, of whether mueller would make a public report. and is that up to, in this case, rod rosenstein? >> well, you know, this has been one of the long-term mysteries. everybody has been talking about the report mueller will write. but if you look at the regulation under which muelle...