I believe I understand why Rod Rosenstein is making the decisions he is making to appease Trump.

[Alethia Merritt]

He simply does not trust the Trump SCOTUS.

This stuff is definite headed toward the SCOTUS at some point. We cannot trust the conservatives to abide by the Constitution but make all kinds of efforts to protect Trump...just like they protected Bush.

We are in serious trouble.

[SHRED]

1. Yes we are

With the Justice Department caving and a rightwing majority in the SCOTUS we are in big trouble.

[Sneederbunk]

2. He also knows what Mueller is doing and when he is going to do it.

[oberliner]

3. Rod Rosenstein is himself a right-wing conservative

[emulatorloo]

9. If that mattered he never would have opened the investigation in the first place. n/t

[TheRealNorth]

13. Even so

He might not be a traitor, or maybe Mueller has leverage on him and has him by the balls.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I think he's trying to buy time until Mueller can issue more indictments.

[emulatorloo]

8. Agreed. Buying time n/t

[world wide wally]

5. I knew from the day Trump announced his candidacy, that he was a walking Constitutional crisis

if he were to get anywhere near the White House.
How was this not obvious to everyone?

[triron]

11. Clearly then he would not even be there.

We have become numbed by the drip, drip, drip.Germany 1930s.

[onecaliberal]

6. I think he should have said no. This was all legitimate and trump does not

Have the right to direct an independent investigation into HIS campaign. So much for not being extorted.

[pnwmom]

20. If he said no, he most likely would have been fired.

Then Trump would have replaced him, and the GOP Senate would have confirmed ANYONE (they no longer need a supermajority for this level of an appointment.) And the new guy would either get rid of Mueller or tie his hands behind his back.

We would not be better off.

[BlueTsunami2018]

7. I think he knows any "investigation" will prove to be legit.

That is, that there were no improprieties on the part of the FBI.

It’s allowing Тяцмр to put the egg on his own face.

[rockfordfile]

10. Can't go there

Rod Rosenstein is doing what he can for the benefit of another corrupt republican.

[BlueTsunami2018]

17. Well then why didn't he just fire Mueller?

You don’t believe any of these people believe in the rule of law and our institutions?

We might get as well just give up now if that’s the case.

[TheRealNorth]

12. Maybe

My thinking is that he's doing what he can to buy as much time for Mueller to build his case. IF Roger Stone and especially Don Jr are close to being indicted as some have speculated, it will be a whole new game.

[Takket]

14. he's appeasing him becuse he has no reason not to

he knows there is nothing there and the informant was only placed because the drumpf campaign was a well known criminal enterprise. they will double check, find nothing, and move on. plus it shuts drumpf up since complying with his request gives him nothing to whine about

[triron]

15. Boy do I hope you are on to something!

[OhioBlue]

19. Do we know the informant was "placed" rather than someone already affiliated with the

campaign that witnessed nefarious acts and came forward?

[sharedvalues]

16. Nah. Mueller has good lawyers and Kennedy is not totally brainwashed.

I think Rosenstein is trying to buy a few weeks until the big indictments come down. Mueller is closer than many people think.

[Meowmee]

18. We are in serious trouble.

Yep, we were already in serious trouble the second the fake prez was allowed to run, which should never have happened.

This is very alarming to me at least, there are not that many posts about this that I’ve seen so far anyway. What is next?

I’m already pretty much planning to leave at some point in time, hopefully after I cant work anymore. We are pretty much disgusted with this entire country and most of the people here.