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Thursday, October 3, 2019

Hinderaker: Rod Rosenstein Exposed

Yesterday in Rod Rosenstein: Standup Guy I offered my very negative assessment of Rod Rosenstein. At least I thought that assessment was very negative until I read John Hinderaker's Rod Rosenstein Exposed exposed, just now. Hinderaker has spent some time going through what he describes as the "suspiciously small" number of Rosenstein's emails that Judicial Watch has been able to obtain. Don't miss it Hinderaker's blog. It's brutally honest--and accurate.

The blog has five bullet points. I'll offer you the first as incentive to read the rest:

1) Rosenstein was a darling of the Democratic Party news media. His email exchanges with reporters from the New York Times and the Washington Post, who fawn over him, are striking. He gets to review news stories in draft form so as to correct any misimpressions the reporter may have formed. Stories are modified per his off-the-record input. Suffice it to say that this is not how reporters treat conservatives!

I'll also add the image of this email that Rosenstein received from Carter Page--"the most innocent man in America!" as Hinderaker says. Notice the date--one day after the weasel Rosenstein appointed the despicable Robert "Bob" Mueller III to lead the witchhunt that sought to remove a duly elected and completely innocent president.


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  1. Mike SylwesterOctober 3, 2019 at 7:21 PM

    I think that Rosenstein appointed Mueller with the intention of removing Trump from the Presidency.

    I think also, however, that Rosenstein eventually abandoned and even betrayed that conspiracy.

    I think further that Rosenstein recognized quite early that McCabe was a menace. I am convinced by Jeff Carlson's arguments that one reason why Rosenstein appointed Mueller was to remove McCabe from any role in the investigation.

    I think that Rosenstein has confessed his misdeeds completely to President Trump and to the DOJ investigators.

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    1. mark wauckOctober 3, 2019 at 7:40 PM

      "I think that Rosenstein has confessed his misdeeds completely to President Trump and to the DOJ investigators."

      I suspect something of that sort as well--it would explain a lot. And that would be very bad news for the plotters.

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    2. JoeOctober 3, 2019 at 7:48 PM

      Mike,

      That is such a great theory!

      Do you gentlemen think that Rosenstein recanted (came clean, whatever) when Barr came on or before that?

      Did he come clean to save his neck, because he realized he created a Frankenstein monster or because he knew what he did was wrong?

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    3. mark wauckOctober 3, 2019 at 7:59 PM

      It's speculative, but one indicator was the trip Rosenstein took with Trump to Florida. He flew down there on AF-1, then turned around and came back on his own. Weird? Search "rosenstein flies to florida with trump" and you'll come up with results like "Trump says he expects to be 'treated very fairly' in Russia probe" and "Trump says had 'good talk' with Rosenstein; no plans to fire him". By then Rosenstein probably knew Sessions was gone and the replacement would likely be Barr.

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    4. Yancey WardOctober 3, 2019 at 11:35 PM

      If I remember correctly, that came a month before the 2018 elections- yes, he probably knew by that point that Sessions would be replaced if the Republicans held the Senate.

      However, I think the key turning point was probably prior to September of 2018- I think the memo addressed to him from Barr had a big impact, and I say that because it was soon after that memo arrived that McCabe let loose with the story to the NYTimes that Rosenstein offerred to wear a wire. I think that was in direct response to Rosenstein telling Mueller in no uncertain terms that with no proven collusion conspiracy with the Russians, he would not support any charges for obstruction.

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    5. Mike SylwesterOctober 4, 2019 at 6:22 AM

      Like Sessions, Rosenstein did recognize immediately the treachery he was dealing with at the top of the DOJ.

      By the time Sessions recognized the treachery, it was too late for him to survive.

      Rosenstein, however, was able to survive. He confessed to Trump and ultimately was protected by Barr.

      The most treacherous people in this story were McCabe and Weissman. They held the upper hands over Rosenstein for a while, but he managed to defeat both of them.

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    6. Mike SylwesterOctober 4, 2019 at 8:20 AM

      Like Sessions, Rosenstein did NOT recognize immediately the treachery he was dealing with at the top of the DOJ.

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    7. JoeOctober 4, 2019 at 9:42 PM

      You guys are good. Thanks for the explanation.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 4, 2019 at 9:34 AM

    The movie version will be:

    He was a nice kid from a good family that was just trying to hang out with the 'Cool Kids', then someone spiked his Kool-Aid with 'Sneaky Pete' and suddenly a joint got passed around and like a scene from "Reefer Madness", through no fault of his, the car was in the ditch and when the cops showed up he was stuck behind the steering wheel. So sad.

    Hopefully he can hone this tale of naiveté gone awry and redemption through confession with the various bunkmates that will rotate through his cell at Leavenworth over the next 40 or so years. Maybe Robert Redford can play his part.
    Tom S.

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