Thread by @DirkSchwenk

Judge Jackson is about to lower the boom on the Rosenstein and O'Callaghan conspiracy to keep Trump from being prosecuted.

They spoon fed Barr their own choice: to ignore all DOJ policy and make an affirmative decision NOT to prosecute Trump.

These clips are from today's reporting in the Washington Post which you should read. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

This is particularly maddening for me, because much of my defense of Rosenstein over the years was because I agreed with his critique of Comey that Comey failed to follow DOJ policy and thereby politicized the DOJ.

But Judge Jackson is telling us all, in black and white, that Rosenstein and his hand-picked Russia investigation minion O'Callaghan did the exact same thing and worse - violated DOJ policy (and corrupted the Office of Legal Counsel) to further their pro-Trump aims.

This means that Rosenstein, O'Callaghan, Barr and Engel knowingly conspired to violate DOJ policy after Mueller did the correct thing in laying out the evidence and deferring during the term.

To me, that sounds a little bit like obstruction of justice as well.

This is the memo that Rosenstein wrote about Comey. justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…

It rips Comey for violating chain of command and press protocols. And that is EXACTLY what RR and O'Callaghan did by coopting the OLC and using it feed Barr's letter to Congress lying about Mueller's report.

This wildly inappropriate act now sheds a dark light on the confusing elements of the beginnings of the Mueller era - like whether RR was in on it with Trump in the firing of Comey. In that light it damn sure looks like it justsecurity.org/63712/a-brief-…

And if that is the case, then "land the plane" sounds a lot like the worst case scenario everyone but me heard: that RR appointed a SC Mueller and remained at the head of the investigation because he believed that was the best way to contain the political fallout. That sucks.

It also indicates a MUCH larger problem in the DOJ. Before Trump, Rosenstein was a relatively obscure, extremely smart, seemingly independent federal prosecutor in Maryland. No prior red flags. But he was immediately activated by Trump as a Trojan Horse in main justice.

O'Callaghan, prior to being elevated by Rosenstein to head the Russia/Mueller investigation was the Principal Deputy Assistant AG of the NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION. So there was a criminal mole in the NATSEC division, too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_O%27Ca…

Judge Jackson is revealing that the entire DOJ leadership was engaged in a conspiracy to undermine the Mueller report and help Trump. This is the biggest scandal in the history of the DOJ and a horrifying stain on our nation.