Rod isn’t worth protecting no matter what he says today.
But the potential blow back from the Congress has to be factored into any replacement.
Absolutely. Confirmation is a gauntlet so they have to avoid firing anyone, or playing musical chairs with anyone, who has been confirmed by Congress. Like moving Kelly from confirmd HLS head to chief of staff means the new Homeland guy will have to face the gauntlet. Rod Rosenstein’s position was confirmed. FBI Director Wray was just confirmed last week. The Senate is playing real hard ball on anyone, and they force them to make vows that they will not be loyal to Trump, that they will report to Congress if Trump tries to pull anything, etc.