Sessions offered his resignation to Trump who wisely rejected it. I would be very interested to learn how Rosenstein was selected to be his deputy.
The only thing I can say about that is it is more of a "don't you dare do it" threat than a "what is going to happen as times plays out" threat.
The whole purpose of Grassley's threat is to keep President Trump from firing Sessions.
However, what if, despite the threat, and due to just a worsening opinion of the President to his appointed AG, he fires him anyways?
What does Grassley and the senate do then? Keep Rosenstein as acting AG for a few years? What if Pres. Trump fires him, too? Who is next in the hierarchy?
And if the President fires the AG, and appoints another, and he/she is otherwise qualified, how long will the Senate hold out? While it is obviously true that the press is insanely anti-Trump, Trump's many millions of followers are not and Trump would not get all the blame here. Who would then win the war of opinion? After all, one could argue, the President DID fire the AG, and now we have none, and he/she who is his appointed candidate isn't a devil with horns, why is the Senate now hurting us with leaving us with no chief law enforcement director? Is this just to fulfill a grudge at our expense?
And what if Sessions behavior does go from bad to worse?
Surely the President can replace him, or, if not, then the Senate has usurped the President's authority.
Rosenstein looks pretty good on paper. You have to dig deep to discover that with the people he has been around you don’t last unless you have been compromised.
I have no idea if Fitton could or is the right man for the job. Just wound up asking one day,who could replace Sessions if it came to it and his name came up.
Do you have someone in mind? From the look of things we may be headed that way.