how come Rosenstein signs as “ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL” when he appointed Mueller on 17 May, 2017? see PDF by scrolling down to link in the following:
4 May: National Review: The Rosenstein Memo
By Andrew C. McCarthy
From the outset, I protested that Rosenstein’s order appointing Mueller (LINK TO ROSENSTEIN’S ORDER) violated governing special-counsel regulations.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/russia-investigation-rod-rosenstein-memo-mueller-probe-limits/
was Rosenstein “Acting Attorney General” at the time?
I wondered that too but believe it’s because Sessions recused re Russia + election - so RR is acting in those regards ... But when retroactively tied back to 2005 Ukraine things, how + where does he derive that authority, it was Sessions’s authority that RR and the Mule thus breached.
There is always an ‘Acting’ AG. If the AG is unavailable for any reason whatsoever, the DAG or whoever else is next in line has full AG authority.
Most of what people believe are duties of the AG are actually duties of the DAG:
https://www.justice.gov/jmd/organization-mission-and-functions-manual-attorney-general#dag
It was in the court proceeding. Since Sessions has recused, Rosenstein is the acting AG. The very perceptive judge asked (rheotically) why Rosenstein did not recused.