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heard this little nugget on yesterdays bongino show,

it wont change anybody’s mind whether Rosenstein is white hat or black but he is either covering his own azz of throwing the FBI under the bus

https://youtu.be/95fZtCUT2jQ?t=230

Gaetz: Did you read the FISA application before you signed it?

Rosenstein: I’m not going to comment on any FISA Application.

Gaetz: So you won’t say to this committee whether or not you even read the document you signed that authorized spying on people associated with the Trump Campaign.

Rosenstein: I dispute your characterization of what that FISA is about.

A short while later things got really interesting:

Rosenstein: No FBI personnel briefed me on it [FISA Application]. The process is that these FISA Applications and Renewals first come up through the FBI Chain of Command. They are sworn under oath by a career federal agent. I’m not the affiant.

My responsibility at that time was to approve the filing of FISA Applications because only three people in the Department were authorized to be the final sign-off…we sit down with a team of attorneys from the Department of Justice all of whom review that and provide a briefing for us about what’s in it.

I’ve reviewed that one in some detail and I can tell you that the information that’s public about that doesn’t match with my understanding of the one that I signed. I think it’s appropriate to let the Inspector General complete that investigation. These are serious allegations. I don’t do the investigations. I’m not the affiant. I’m reviewing the finished product. If the Inspector General finds I did something wrong, I’ll respect that judgment. But I think it’s highly, highly unlikely.