Bharara: Jokes about wiring people up as common w/ prosecutors as knock-knock jokes in grade school

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I dunno if Rosenstein seriously considered taping POTUS or was being saracastic, as many outlets report. I know Rod a long time, he’s a sarcastic guy & jokes about wiring people up are as common with prosecutors as knock-knock jokes in grade school.

[highplainsdem]

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[Hekate]

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[OhioBlue]

3. To Bharara's first point - I think the media is missing this part of the narrative

Why would it be surprising that Rosenstein joked or mentioned (sarcastic or not) wiring someone when they talked to tRump? Why does everyone around tRump tape the conversations? Why did his lawyers refuse to meet with him one on one? Why did Dowd go ballistic about tRump not meeting with Mueller? Answer: Because they all know he LIES all the time. So, if someone who tRump had verbally attacked in the past was going to be interviewed by him, wouldn't a logical aside/joke/kinda but not really - be "Dude you should probably wear a wire"? Given the morally bankrupt and truth challenged nimrod that would be the other side of a "he said/he said", any reasonable person could have given that advice even if it was in jest with the knowledge that it couldn't or shouldn't be done.

And, tho it isn't mentioned in the above tweet, the issue about invoking the 25th has been attributed to several cabinet members and advisors. Why is it a bombshell now just because it is Rosenstein?