To be clear, Rosen is almost certainly a longtime Republican. He served in the GW Bush administration, then was Elaine Chao’s deputy at Transportation before Trump made him Deputy AG. He is not a Democrat, a lib, or anything of the sort. He simply refused to support sedition.
When Trump named Rosen as Deputy AG despite zero prosecution experience, it was likely done in communication with Chao (his then boss) and Mitch McConnell (her husband). Likely they all thought he would be loyal to the administration and GOP. There were limits to that, thankfully
This underscores that McConnell likely knew what Trump was doing to overturn the election results all during the weeks leading up to January 6. Trump may have pushed on McConnell directly — and Rosen may have been in touch with Chao as well.
This also may help explain why Chao resigned in January 7. She likely knew what Trump had been doing — hearing from Rosen — and decided she needed to distance herself from it.
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