I believe Ari's point was that if Rosenstein is indeed a witness for Mueller... (Reply #17)

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Wed Jun 14, 2017, 10:25 PM

FreepFryer (6,763 posts)

17. I believe Ari's point was that if Rosenstein is indeed a witness for Mueller...

...(as expected) he will have to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation, as a prosecutor should avoid being the sole interviewer of a witness, being alone with a witness, or otherwise becoming an essential witness to any aspect of that investigation.

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Did you hear Ari just say on Rachel that Rosenstein can't oversee the Mueller investigation? [View all]	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	OP
Yes, Rosenstein will have to recuse,	elleng	Jun 2017	#1
Rachel acted like this was completely new to her...	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#3
Yes, Ari mentioned it a few minutes before end of the show.	elleng	Jun 2017	#8
How is it you knew this before Rachel! Or that she didn't know. She is so often first on this stuff.	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#7
I sure as heck didn't know it, Amaryllis,	elleng	Jun 2017	#10
Oh, okay...I was like, how could Elleng know this before RACHEL? The top Russiagate	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#11
HAD I kept up with things as Ari does,	elleng	Jun 2017	#13
Well...it is logical that he would have to recuse himself...I still wonder why Rachel seemed	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#15
Not sure that this is good news	GeoWilliam750	Jun 2017	#29
I think she'll do her job properly,	elleng	Jun 2017	#30
She could've done a whole segment on that little tidbit	NightWatcher	Jun 2017	#2
Got that tidbit 10 minutes before her show was over. eom	a kennedy	Jun 2017	#5
That's what she and Lawrence both indicated...like Ari just had to get that out before Rachel	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#6
I thought recusal was a choice?	SHRED	Jun 2017	#4
It's a choice until it becomes a forced recusal.	dixiegrrrrl	Jun 2017	#32
Haven't heard Alan Dershowitz chime in with his two cents all day.	oasis	Jun 2017	#9
Good! No wonder I was able to stay on one channel. I did not realize it until now.	BigmanPigman	Jun 2017	#20
I thought that was already out there. Rosenstein had said that	moonscape	Jun 2017	#12
Well...that makes sense. But Rachel sure seemed surprised. I wonder why?	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#14
Maybe because it hadn't gotten to that point yet? Mueller questioned	moonscape	Jun 2017	#16
I believe Ari's point was that if Rosenstein is indeed a witness for Mueller...	FreepFryer	Jun 2017	#17
THat's what I got too. Still, I thought there must be something new about it given both	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#18
I think it's because we have been focusing on Rosenstein being the empowered one to fire Mueller...	FreepFryer	Jun 2017	#19
Well, we know what Rachel will be discussing tomorrow! And likely will have Ari on again.	Amaryllis	Jun 2017	#21
She's extremely intelligent, but not omniscient	Generic Brad	Jun 2017	#26
From what I've read, Rachel Brand had more Republican support than Democratic..	AntiFascist	Jun 2017	#22
She's very conservative, but I don't get the sense she's a Robert Bork	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#24
Boente is the one who makes me nervous. President Obama removed him from the line of succession...	FreepFryer	Jun 2017	#25
I have read that It was a ruse...Obama did it to make Boente attractive to 45...betting that 45	MedusaX	Jun 2017	#27
If so, wow. Just wow :) (n/t)	FreepFryer	Jun 2017	#28
Not much chance of that.	Patterson	Jun 2017	#31
I think Rachel was surprised because the WaPo article came out late this afternoon	marylandblue	Jun 2017	#23

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