[dgbrown]

“Yet, in a private letter to Congress, shown to me, Rosenstein declared he was unaware of Ohr’s activities with Steele. Ohr was “not assigned to the Russia investigation and he was not in the chain of command,” Rosenstein wrote. “Any involvement Mr. Ohr had in this matter was without my knowledge.””

Looks like an attempt at a fire break.

[Bryan24]

These people have lied at every step of the way in this manufactured scandal. The credibility of the DOJ/FBI is gone.

[Pietro]

“Any involvement Mr. Ohr had in this matter was without my knowledge.””

As a supervisor I'm required to be aware of what the people under me are doing because I am responsible for their work output.

Apparently this doesn't apply to our betters in DC who are NEVER responsible for anything that happens on their watch.

[Cboldt]

The way I see it, some players were worked around (Priestap), and the scheme had more than one path - it did not have a rigid "chain of command," rather a loose knit or even independent actors all with the same mission. Comey or McCabe didn;t need to direct Strzok, Strzok would run in the correct direction without being told to. Ohr is just another person of similar cut, out to get Trump, feels justified that such is the correct, righteous thing to do, and acts accordingly.

Similar acorss various agencies, Brennan, Clapper, many players in State Department (Farkas), and even Samantha Power over at the UN were involved in spying on Trump, and subsequently doing anything they could get away with to undermine his agenda.

Rosenstein being unaware of Ohr's activity doesn't clear Rosenstein.