Were you in a meeting when the decision was made? If not, you have no clue how the decision was made and who's call it was, or wasn't. Again, the DAG is a presidential appointment, not an AG hire.
Anyone commenting on this issue with such certainly and finality has no basis, other than ego or some sort of bias, for pretending to be so certain at this stage.
Yes. Trump chose Rosenstein without consulting Sessions. He thought that a former corrupt Obama stooge would be a great deputy attorney general. Especially if his AG has to unexpectedly recuse himself.../s What a maroon.
[Sessions] picked someone who grew up in the department and knows how cases are decided, and should be decided.— Jamie Gorelick, deputy attorney general from 1994-1997