Posted on 01/09/2019 1:52:39 AM PST by ransomnote
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his role in the coming weeks, multiple sources familiar with his plans told ABC News.
Rosenstein has communicated to President Donald Trump and White House officials his plan to depart the administration around the time William Barr, Trump's nominee for attorney general, would take office following a Senate confirmation.
Sources told ABC News Rosenstein wants to ensure a smooth transition to his successor and would accommodate the needs of Barr, should he be confirmed.
Rosenstein apparently had long been thinking he would serve about two years, and there was no indication that he was being forced out at this moment by the president.
Upon the termination of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speculation mounted that Rosenstein would depart shortly thereafter, yet he's remained in his post as Matt Whitaker has served as acting Attorney General since late November.
Rosenstein oversaw special counsel Robert Mueller's probe for more than a year, after Sessions had recused from the matter over his role in Trump's presidential campaign.
Like other senior leaders within the Justice Department, Rosenstein became a frequent target of Trump's on Twitter, with the president recently re-posting an image of Rosenstein and others behind bars.
In May 2017, shortly after Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director, Rosenstein made the call to appoint Mueller to take over the FBI probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and any possible ties between Russian operatives and Trump associates.
Trump and his Republican allies have repeatedly blasted that decision. But tensions between Trump and Rosenstein came to a head in September, after reports surfaced saying that, during a meeting in the immediate aftermath of Comey's firing, Rosenstein raised the possibility of secretly recording the president at the White House.
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The MUELLER insurance policy has expired.
I have a whole new perspective on Watergate these days. And as you say "the Watergate Coup". What the Watergate burglars were up to (G Gordon Liddy etc.) was penny ante compared to the Mueller/FBI/Deep state coup against Trump.
Why don’t you respect Jim Robinson’s directive to keep your q crap off th General forum?
An excellent question!
It must be that the UniParty and deep state planted Sessions in the Trump campaign.
Is there any other explanation?
No, other than the obvious explanation that Sessions long supported key planks of the MAGA agenda in the US Senate. I believe Session’s support of POTUS was genuine. He got off the rails once he recused himself and should have resigned at that point.
Sessions wanted him and Trump appointed him.
I’m surprised the Democrats haven’t started with the “chaos” stuff yet.
There is obviously a reason Jim Robinson doesn’t want your stuff polluting his site. I suggest you start respecting his wishes.
He has been quiet lately, so you might think that.
And he's feeling strong.
It's only gonna get worse for you, ookey.
Come to me for comfort when your narrative totally crumbles.
#IllBeThere
#NoHugs
RR should never been hired.
What a brilliant assessment, ooks.
Speak to the Donald about that one, goodman, and the derps that originally thought a weasel could dispense justice.
In the meantime, try to sharpen your understanding of the "big game" as its now being played out.
Thinking as a child will no longer work. We are engaged in a shadow war for the survival of our country and the world at large.
#UpYourGame
Remember that women named Omarosa Manigault Newman had recordings of Trump?
I said at the time they were too good of quality to be made by her. She had professional help and I bet it was Rosenstein.
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