1. Did Rosenstein seem like a vindictive little weasel in the hearing yesterday?
This article explains better than anything else why he's doing all he can to take down Trump. Trump asked him to write the letter for the Comey firing and he has resented it ever since.
This article explains better than anything else why he's doing all he can to take down Trump. Trump asked him to write the letter for the Comey firing and he has resented it ever since.
2. In true Deep State, cover your ass, fashion, Ole Rosie panicked after McCabe told him about the Comey memos and was visibly upset that he hadn't known about them before he wrote the letter recommending firing. So, what does he do? To make up for it, he appoints Mueller....
3. ...To get back and Trump for putting him in an awkward position.
"Sarah Isgur Flores, disputed the accounts of Mr. Rosenstein’s behavior. If he was angry in the days after Mr. Comey was fired, she said, it was because Mr. McCabe concealed from him the existence of memos..."
"Sarah Isgur Flores, disputed the accounts of Mr. Rosenstein’s behavior. If he was angry in the days after Mr. Comey was fired, she said, it was because Mr. McCabe concealed from him the existence of memos..."
4. "Mr. Rosenstein’s meetings show his mind-set at one of the most critical points in Mr. Trump’s administration — the eight days between when Mr. Comey was fired and Mr. Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller III as special counsel."
nytimes.com/2018/06/29/us/…
nytimes.com/2018/06/29/us/…
