What should we make of the New York Times' shocking story that Rod Rosenstein, the second highest official in the Department of Justice, wanted to "Wear a wire," secretly record President Trump, and gather evidence to oust the president via the 25th Amendment? Rosenstein has effectively admitted that he did say something like that, but he has termed it scathing sarcasm, mocking colleagues who pushed him to investigate Trump more aggressively.
We do know they must have come from a top law-enforcement official present at a very contentious meeting with Rosenstein.
Parts may have come from a one-on-one meeting between Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe, who was then the FBI's second-in-command and whose boss, James Comey, had just been fired.
The second takeaway from the Rosenstein leak is nakedly political.
Rosenstein is the Department of Justice's sole supervisor of Mueller and his team.
Why would firing Rosenstein before November be such a mistake? Because the Democrats would use it to muddy the Supreme Court nomination, attack Trump's motives, and demand Kavanaugh recuse himself from any future matters involving the president.
My friendly advice to both Sessions and Rosenstein is: Do not sign any leases that run into 2019..
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/24/two_big_takeaways_from_the_rosenstein_bombshell_138146.html
We do know they must have come from a top law-enforcement official present at a very contentious meeting with Rosenstein.
Parts may have come from a one-on-one meeting between Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe, who was then the FBI's second-in-command and whose boss, James Comey, had just been fired.
The second takeaway from the Rosenstein leak is nakedly political.
Rosenstein is the Department of Justice's sole supervisor of Mueller and his team.
Why would firing Rosenstein before November be such a mistake? Because the Democrats would use it to muddy the Supreme Court nomination, attack Trump's motives, and demand Kavanaugh recuse himself from any future matters involving the president.
My friendly advice to both Sessions and Rosenstein is: Do not sign any leases that run into 2019..
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/24/two_big_takeaways_from_the_rosenstein_bombshell_138146.html
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