Cardin: ‘It’s Clear to Me that Mr. Rosenstein’s Memo Was Not the Reason’ for the Comey Firing

RUSH EXCERPT:
TAPPER: “Claire Mccaskill, your democratic colleague from Missouri, said Rosenstein knew Comey would be fired on may 8th, and that’s before he drafted the memo justifying the firing on may 9th. What did you make of that when he said that?”
CARDIN: “Well, I think they have released his exact words. I think what was clear is that Mr. Rosenstein understood that the president had come to a preliminary decision that he was going to fire the FBI director before that memo was received. The president has acknowledged that in his tweets after this all came — became news. So, I mean, it is clear to me that Mr. Rosenstein’s memo was not the reason for the firing of the director. That was clear to me from the information I received before today.”