EXCERPT:
ROTHMAN: “Director you've been making a very clear distinction between conduct that is untoward and conduct that is prosecutable. In Rod Rosenstein's dissection of James Comey's conduct in October of 2016, he admonished the former FBI director for essentially impugning Hillary Clinton without the evidence sufficient to prosecute. That's not what the DOJ does, right? Is that essentially in a way what Bob Mueller did here? He said that we cannot impugn this kind of conduct. It is up to the president to have a trial, by trial essentially the conduct that is -- would be examined in Congress. But is he impugning the president’s character in a way that is beyond the DOJ’s scope, because it is insufficient to prosecute?”
MCCABE: “I don’t think so, Noah. I see your argument but I don’t think that is where Director Mueller was going. There is always that strong bias towards not making any statements or revealing any details about cases that are not brought. This is far from the traditional criminal case.”