No, Rosenstein is a holdover. He was employed in DOJ during Obama’s reign in a job similarly to the one he has now. But he had no formal appointment.
He was appointed because he was recommended for appointment by persons in the early Trump Administration, persons who are no longer there.
The President gave new admin people the benefit of the doubt. He’s much wiser now.
Rosenstein is dirty. He recommended firing Comey because the Hillary camp wanted Comey out as payback for his announcement to reopen the email case against her (which Comey then closed again in days). Comey reopened it because NYPD said if he didn’t they would go public with a lot of the corruption and ghastly acts found on Weiner’s laptop.
Rosenstein recommended firing Comey, then waited to see if ‘Andy’ aka ‘Dirty Cop McCabe’ would get the nod to replace Comey. Recall that McCabe was waiting in the wings to be confirmed as FBI Director.
My apologies. I did not know any of that. Your post was quite fascinating and jaw dropping for that matter. Wow...incredibly unfortunate. Wow. That really changes my perspective. Thanks for the post.
From the wiki on Rosenstein:
Rod Jay Rosenstein (English pronunciation: born January 13, 1965) is the Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice.
Prior to his current appointment, he served as a United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. Rosenstein was a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. At the time of his confirmation as Deputy Attorney General in April 2017, he was the nation’s longest-serving U.S. attorney.
President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on January 31, 2017. Rosenstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2017. In May 2017, he authored a memo which President Trump said was the basis of his decision to dismiss FBI Director James Comey. Later that month, Rosenstein appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate ties between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.