Tommy talks with The Atlantic’s Natasha Bertrand about how the potential departure of Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein would impact the Mueller investigation and operations at DOJ. Then they discuss what we’ve learned about Russia’s efforts to influence our elections over the past two years, and the shady right-wing characters that link Trump to Wikileaks.

Show Notes:

• The Atlantic: What Rosenstein’s Exit Would Mean for Mueller’s Russia Investigation
• The Atlantic: ‘Carter Page Is a Very Unlikely GOP Hero’
• The Atlantic: Michael Flynn Will Finally Be Sentenced
• The Atlantic: Paul Manafort’s Cooperation With Mueller Is the Biggest Blow Yet to Trump
• The Atlantic: How Trump and Manafort Are Helping Each Other in the Russia Investigation
• The Atlantic: Republicans Balk at Democrats’ Pledge to Snub Hackers
• The Atlantic: Trump Wants Sessions to Investigate ‘Anonymous.’ But There Was No Crime.
• The Atlantic: Christopher Steele Again Eludes His Republican Pursuers
• The Atlantic: Woodward’s Account of Trump’s Mock Interview With Prosecutors Isn’t Pretty
• New Yorker: How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump
• New York Times: Rod Rosenstein’s Job Is Safe, for Now: Inside His Dramatic Day
• Vanity Fair: “The Strategy Was To Try and Do Something Really Big”: Trump Wanted to Nuke Rosenstein to Save Kavanaugh’s Bacon
• NBC News: Rob Goldstone wishes he’d never set up that Trump Tower meeting with the Russians
• Washington Post: Former top White House official revises statement to special counsel about Flynn’s calls with Russian ambassador
• New York Times: Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment
• New York Times: The Plot to Subvert an Election