Trump-loving Fox pundit goes down in flames after trying to blame Rosenstein for Comey’s firing

An attempt to defend President Donald Trump from claims that he obstructed justice quickly fell apart Monday morning during a Fox News panel.

Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe, a frequent defender of the president, insisted that Trump had relied on a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein when he fired former FBI director James Comey.

But her fellow panelist quickly pointed out that Trump told NBC's Lester Holt that he was going to fire Comey regardless of the memo because he was frustrated by the ongoing Russia investigation.

"Rod Rosenstein was the one who laid out the memo for firing James Comey," Boothe said. "He listed the reasons why President Trump could move forward with firing James Comey, and then President Trump does what was outlined in the memo, or at least outlining the case for firing James Comey. You had every Democrat calling for Comey to be fired."

"What did he say to Lester Holt?" Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt interjected.

"And then President Trump did it and then Rod Rosenstein appoints a special counsel," Boothe continued, before being cut off. "How does that not strike anyone as --"

"Lisa, what did the president say to Lester Holt?" Stirewalt asked again. "He said [the Russia investigation is] why he fired him."

"I'm not saying it constitutes obstruction, but I'm saying when Ron Rosenstein crafted a memo -- if the president of the United States had terminated the employment of the FBI director under those terms in a normal fashion it would have raised no eyebrows because he has no friends in the Democratic Party, either," Stirewalt added.

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