it accounts for a time when mr.
rosenstein was trying to save
his job.
you may remember "the new york
times" account about him wearing
a wire.
you see the headline in the
post.
i can land the plane.
how he tried to mollify trump
and save his job.
he made that effort or at least
try to resign with dignity.
he began by one account, getting
teary eyed as he had a call with
president trump.
right before that, you'll see it
here.
he had a meeting with trump's
chief of staff and he tried to
diffuse the volatile situation
that he may have talked about
wiretapping the president.
he told the president, look, i'm
on your team.
this is something that we should
know bob mueller never did.
it is something that jeff
sessions never did.
the post reporting that
rosenstein used his access to
trump to try to mount his own
career survival.
saying it would be resolved and
he told the president, he would
make sure that trump would be
treat fairly.
he said, he said i give the
investigation credibility.
and...