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A former federal prosecutor who worked with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explained during an MSNBC panel why his alleged comment about wearing a wire when speaking with Donald Trump was likely made in jest — but may have misled those around him.

Former member of the House Judiciary Committee Elizabeth Holtzman warned that Michael Cohen's cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller is a "time bomb" for President Donald Trump.

After the bombshell New York Times report revealing that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested secretly recording the president to "expose the chaos consuming the administration" and discussed invoking "the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit," editor-in-chief of Lawfare Ben Wittes told MSNBC Friday that he was more surprised by what Rosenstein's reaction didn't say than what it did.

One of the reporters who penned the bombshell New York Times report alleging Rod Rosenstein recorded his conversations with Donald Trump explained the context surrounding the deputy attorney general's memos — and why he sees himself as special counsel Robert Mueller's "protector."

New Hampshire Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan wasn't pulling any punches Friday on CNN, delivering a blistering indictment of the way President Trump and Senate Republicans have treated Christine Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her 36 years ago. Over the past several days, Republicans and the president alike have taken swings at the alleged victim, culminating today with a tweet from the president reading in part "if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities [sic]."

Former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah listed the federal crimes the FBI will likely be investigating when they interview Prof. Christine Blasey Ford in San Francisco on Friday.

"The View" co-host Joy Behar was creeped out how ousted Fox News executive Bill Shine was helping to coach Brett Kavanaugh through sexual assault allegations, after he was pushed out over his handling of harassment allegations by women at the network.

Jill Wine-Banks, a former Watergate prosecutor, told MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Monday that Rudy Giuliani's attacks on Michael Cohen's honesty notwithstanding, the president should be worried that his former fixer could be "very valuable" to the Mueller investigation. Cohen pled guilty in August to breaking campaign finance laws and admitted to paying women "hush money" to keep quiet about their affairs with then-candidate Trump. On Thursday it was revealed he sat for multiple interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller over the past month.

A Fox News correspondent believes President Donald Trump may have blown up Brett Kavanaugh's chances for confirmation by attacking a woman who accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault.

Trump's tariffs may be popular with his base, but they are hitting home in a bad way for Cummins Manufacturing, the world's largest diesel manufacturer, which is located in vice-president Mike Pence's hometown of Columbus, Indiana. Thanks to Trump's trade war the company --which host Stephanie Ruhle pointed out "relies heavily on imports from, guess where, China"-- is taking a $200 million hit annually.

In the past week, President Donald Trump has largely abstained from attacking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Friday got testy when CNN's Alisyn Camerota called her out for saying that Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford might be a pawn for Senate Democrats.