Sorry, but I disagree with that. He shouldn't go on multiple Sunday morning TV shows and be so adamant that there is NO investigation, just based on a hunch, in case there possibly is one. He puts his credibility at stake, and by extension, President Trump's. Susan Rice ring a bell?
He hasn't stepped down as Deputy AG, and hasn't even recused himself. This would clearly mean that the Comey firing isn't even something that's being investigated by Mueller, who must report periodically to Rosenstein on the status of his investigation.
That would appear to be making some major assumptions that both Rosenstein and Mueller are beyond reproach, and doing everything by the book. Rosenstein's appointment of Mueller, who had an innate conflict of interest due to his relationship with Comey, tends to indicate that Rosenstein is fallible. Mueller has a lot of questionable behavior in his past as well, especially under the Obama administration, where he botched the IRS investigation, etc.
I don't think Sekulow would have stuck his neck out unless he had been given some information by someone in the DoJ like Rosenstein that there was no investigation. Hopefully that's what happened, and there won't ever be an obstruction investigation. Will be interesting to see how the Washington Post fires back later today.
I don't think Sekulow would have stuck his neck out unless he had been given some information by someone in the DoJ like Rosenstein that there was no investigation.
This statement is completely incoherent in the context of the prior point you made. On the one hand you suggest that Sekulow should not assume that Mueller and Rosenstein are beyond reproach, then you say that Sekulow should trust someone like Rosenstein if he's told that there is no investigation.
Rosenstein actually DID tell Trump (and the world) that there is no investigation into obstruction of justice, but legally he could not do this directly or even through back channels. Instead, he authored the press release on June 15th that told everyone not to believe what they read in the media ... because the Department of Justice was legally prohibited from confirming or denying any stories about an ongoing investigation. He was basically telling people to turn off CNN and stop reading the Washington Post because they were being fed a bullsh!t narrative about the whole Mueller investigation.