Rosenstein may be gone soon...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/21/politics/rosenstein-mccabe-trump-wire/index.html
Then he can finally get rid of that pesky Mueller who's indicting all of Trump's cohorts. It's all coming together.
I'm not buying the NY Times report. WaPO and NBC News are both citing a person in the room at the time saying Rosenstein was being sarcastic and his literal quote to be:
"What do you want me to do Andy? Wear a wire?"
Responding to McCabe.
The Times story does not quote any sources that were in the room at the time. I think the Times got played by someone at DoJ in a turf battle with a personal vendetta against Rosenstein by trying to get him axed.
I agree, but Trump might use the story as an excuse to fire the man. Of course, he really just wants to get rid of Mueller because the big man keeps closing in on the Trump inner circle.
shareIt's really a shame NY Times would be handing Trump this justification based on questionable sourcing. Especially right after his climb down from releasing classified information of the ongoing Mueller probe that would have compromised sources and methods, the Times has to hand him this raison d'être.
shareYeah I don't put a lot of weight on it either. But this falls right into Trump's agenda.
shareIt looks like Hannity was begging Trump on air not to fire Rosenstein because in his mind this is all part of a deep state trap to get Trump to fire Rosenstein.
Seeing how much he values Hannity's opinion, this might stave off the inevitable. At least for a little while longer.
Deep state trap... oh god. lol.
Also, with CNN anticipating the firing, Trump may not want to give them a chance to be correct.
Last night on MSNBC, there was a legal eagle there who calmed everyone's fears should Mueller be fired:
She claims that Mueller - from day one - knew exactly what he was doing with the investigation, and put enough 'safety nets' in place in case he was ever fired. What did he do? He 'spread out' every part of his investigation into US Federal courts around the country, as well as to DAs - especially in SDNY. As she said, one of the smartest things any investigator could have done.
So this way, should he get fired, his investigations continue without any fractures. As she questioned: what will T-rump do after he fires Mueller? Fire every single Federal judge and DA across the country? NOT going to happen.