re Hot Rod wire
Emails too redacted; reveal nothing. Epoch story only furthers NYT blather, without new info.
Two things were made clear to me:
1. Rosenstein was obviously being sarcastic about Trump/wire and the 25th Amendment.
2. RR immediately took McCabe out of the picture of any investigation of Trump, note this paragraph:
“Sometime later the same day, both Rosenstein and Trump met with former FBI Director Robert Mueller in the Oval Office. Rosenstein would appoint Mueller as special counsel the following day, on May 17, 2017, and in doing so, Rosenstein removed control of the Trump-Russia investigation from McCabe and put it into Mueller’s hands.”
As rotten is Mueller was/whatever he was, it’s clear that Trump was privy to the plan of how to deal with the “russian interference” crap. I agree the article could have been much more concise and clear.