Episode 928 • • 8:25 - 14:11
928: Watergate II
Rod Rosenstein Memo, FBI Independence and Jeffrey Toobin
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin criticized the Rod Rosenstein memo, arguing that the stated reasons for James Comey's firing were a pretext to stall the Russia investigation. Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli countered that the FBI operates on "automatic pilot" through career professionals regardless of the director's status. The debate centered on whether a new director would act as a political stooge for the White House.