Minutes after blockbuster report on Russia investigation, the knives are out for Rod Rosenstein

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Minutes after blockbuster report on Russia investigation, the knives are out for Rod Rosenstein
Fox News is on the attack.
JUDD LEGUM MAR 15, 2018, 3:44 PM

Thursday afternoon, the New York Times published an explosive report revealing that special counsel Robert Mueller had subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization, “including some related to Russia.” The subpoenas bring Mueller’s investigation, which has already resulted in the indictment of Trump’s former campaign manager and national security adviser, even closer to the president.

One way to get a sense of the White House reaction to this revelation is to turn on Fox News.

Immediately after the report, Fox News turned to its chief intelligence correspondent, Catherine Herridge. Herridge revealed she had already spoken to Trump’s lawyers about the the New York Times report. She then articulated a harsh criticism of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

She then set her sights on Rod Rosenstein. “Every time Mr. Mueller goes beyond that mandate,” Herridge said, “it’s not like he’s a rogue actor. He has to get the permission of the deputy attorney general. What we know is that he’s had Rod Rosenstein’s permission to go beyond that original mandate…”


https://thinkprogress.org/knives-out-rod-rosenstein-a64f6af36fb3/

[grumpyduck]

1. That article is really interesting.

Thanks for the link. Not only is Catherine Herridge either ignorant of the facts about Mueller's authority or she's outright lying to get people riled up.

The other part that's interesting here is that apparently tRump's "red line," which is a personal whim, is being pushed as a legal mandate. Mueller is probably thumbing his nose at it and has already thought it could be considered a threat.

Of course, Fox will never mention any of that, so Fox viewers will continue to buy bullshit.