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1/ Dowd says no one knows why Rosenstein appointed a S.C. and no one knows why he selected Mueller. Dowd says up to that point after Comey’s firing there had been no discussion of appointing a S.C.
2/ Then he describes a melodrama that includes Sessions offering his resignation and Rosenstein behind his desk asking if Trump would fire him.
3/ Dowd says no one knows how Rosenstein and Mueller got together or why Mueller was picked. He says no one has ever answered any questions about that.
4/ Dowd explains that the original order describes a counter intelligence investigation not a criminal investigation and explains how CI investigations are done on behalf of the President not against him. Very interesting.
5/ He says that Sessions chief of staff, Hunt, wrote in his notes that he told Rosenstein what he had done was despicable. Then Dowd says they key thing: “That’s all I know about that. (Mueller’s appointment)”
6/ Then he describes a letter he wrote to Rosenstein pointing to the supposed inaccuracies in Comey’s testimony “since it was perceived” that precipitated the Mueller appointment, asking him to investigate and Rosenstein never replied.
7/ A few things are clear. First, Dowd doesn’t know everything. Second, no one “knows” why a S.C. was appointed. Yet. Third, the gaps in his explanation of what he knows allows for exactly what I’ve been explaining.

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