Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Sunday said President Donald Trump has not given the Justice Department orders to investigate specific people of his choosing.
Asked on “Fox News Sunday” about Trump’s call on Thursday for federal prosecutors to investigate Hillary Clinton, Rosenstein said, “I can assure you that we are going to do the right thing and follow the rule of law.”
During a rally in West Virginia on Thursday night, Trump suggested that Clinton should be the one under investigation instead of his campaign.
“What the prosecutors should be looking at are Hillary Clinton’s 33,000 deleted emails,” Trump said.
“When he says, ‘here’s what prosecutors should be doing, they should be looking at Hillary Clinton,’ do you view that as an order?” Fox News’ Chris Wallace pressed Rosenstein.
“No, Chris. I view what the President says publicly as something he said publicly,” Rosenstein replied. “If the President wants to give orders to us in the department, he does that privately, and then if we have any feedback we provide it to him.”
“I can tell you the President has not directed us to investigate particular people,” he added. “That wouldn’t be right. That’s not the way we operate.”
What about Mooch’s requests?
Not a bad answer by Rosenstein. But a better answer would have included a snarky comment about the wall, Mexico, and the leaked private conversation.
I mean just say it. Trump lies and boasts publicly and whimpers and begs privately.
But Trump has threatened any investigator who doesn’t go after those on his enemies list. Directing and extortion were seen by Nixon as the same thing, too.
When that traitor Bush II ‘lost’ 22 million emails no one said a peep. The judge involved (may he die of cancer and burn in Hell) said there was no reason for the Admin to even look for them. Republicans are no human beings … remember that when on jury duty.
“If some specific names were mentioned by the hand-puppets in that show they put on in the Oval Office, that’s not under his control.”
(Leaving aside the human 1 puppets in the Press Room)
1 -Provisional designation