MSNBC: NYT Reports the FISA Abuse Memo Targets Rod Rosenstein

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BRZEZINSKI: “I mean, don’t put your hand on a hot stove. It’s pretty obvious. It’s as obvious as that at this point. 'The New York Times' reports this morning that House Republicans' controversial memo on the F.B.I. and the Justice Department targets deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein who has oversight of the Special Counsel’s Russia probe. According to 'The Times,' three people familiar with the memo say it reveals Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page shortly after taking office last spring. NBC News has not confirmed this report. The renewal allegedly shows that the Justice Department under President Trump saw reason to believe Page was acting a as a Russian agent. Court documents earlier disclosed that Page interacted with an undercover Russian spy in 2013, but Page denies he would have knowingly cooperated with Russian intelligence. According to 'The Washington Post,' the President has told close advisers that the memo is starting to make people realize how the F.B.I. and Mueller probe are biased against him and that it could provide him with grounds for either firing Rosenstein or forcing him to leave. Trump has privately derided Rosenstein as the Democrat from Baltimore. However, as we pointed out, he’s not a Democrat."