[FreeReign]

Jeff Sessions himself picked Rod Rosenstein on the recommendation of Sessions’ long-time pal Chuck Cooper (of Cooper & Kirk). Cooper is considered one of the top few litigators in DC. Rosenstein was also promoted by Chris Christie.

Cooper was with Sessions when Sessions interviewed Rosenstein. And Cooper probably approved of Rosenstein after the interview. But I believe Cooper didn't know Rosenstein before he met him at the interview.

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Cooper did not know Rosenstein, then a U.S. attorney in Maryland, before the interview. “The fact that he had served for eight years in the Obama administration as a U.S. attorney was a question, I wanted to hear how he could explain that,” Cooper said. “He did, certainly to my satisfaction.

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So I don't think it was Cooper who got Rosenstein the interview. As you say it might have been Christie.

[jjotto]

The original story I heard was that Ron Tenpas, a pal of Chris Christie and a Big Law insider, championed Rod Rosenstein. Recall that FBI Director Christopher Wray was also Christie’s personal lawyer. So was Sessions completely fooled?

If RR is as bad as he seems, who has been in charge of the 40,000 sealed indictments? All US Attorneys report directly to RR.