In a special report, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent, Ari Melber examines outgoing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and his role in overseeing the Mueller probe. Melber breaks down how Rosenstein helped to execute Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey and then ordered an independent probe into that very firing. Melber breaks down how the Mueller report reveals Rosenstein was fine with Trump firing Comey because of the Russia investigation, but didn’t like getting the blame for it, leading to the question: does Rosenstein meet his own publicly stated standard?May 10, 2019
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