Rod Rosenstein

As President Trump signals his intention to authorise publication of the GOP memorandum into alleged abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department, the atmosphere in Washington is turning hysterical.
As I predicted yesterday, the Justice Department and the FBI have been heavily lobbying President Trump to block publication of the GOP memorandum.  The FBI has even gone so far as to publish a statement saying that the GOP memorandum omits information and therefore contains material inaccuracies.

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Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort just filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice, its Acting and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, DOJ point man on ‘Russiagate’ – one of the Top 10 Conspiracies of 2017.

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Sessions agreed to review the Hillary Clinton email case with the help of Rod Rosenstein, his Deputy AG -- but Rosenstein is a witness to those crimes and may be compromised. [It is not likely that a meaningful investigation will ensue.] [...]

AG Jeff Sessions, when asked whether Rosenstein will be allowed to investigate himself on his role in protecting the Clintons, said, "It would be his decision." Many people - and we are among them - believe Sessions is severely compromised. [...]

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are complicit in approving the Uranium One deal that gave 20% of US uranium to Russia, yet they are investigating Trump for collusion with Russia! [...]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein – the man who is supervising Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russiagate investigation – has given an interview to Fox News in which he has attempted – within the limits of the duty of confidentiality that cover all such investigations – to pour cold water on the overheated reporting of the last few days.

In an early morning tweet today US President Donald Trump appeared to confirm earlier reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating his handling of former FBI Director Comey to see whether there might be grounds for a charge of obstruction of justice.

I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 16, 2017

Further evidence that Rod Rosenstein’s decision to appoint Special Counsel to supervise the Russiagate investigation is intended at least in part to take the heat out of the affair has been provided by a private briefing Rosenstein has given to the Senate about his decision, of which the New York Times has provided a detailed account.