Rosenstein defending Barr to the WSJ

[lgrnwd]

“He’s being as forthcoming as he can, and so this notion that he’s trying to mislead people, I think is just completely bizarre,” Mr. Rosenstein said.

“It would be one thing if you put out a letter and said, ‘I’m not going to give you the report,’ ” Mr. Rosenstein said. “What he said is, ‘Look, it’s going to take a while to process the report. In the meantime, people really want to know what’s in it. I’m going to give you the top-line conclusions.’ That’s all he was trying to do.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/rod-rosenstein-defends-justice-department-handling-of-mueller-report-11555021002

What happened to this guy? At the beginning of the Mueller probe he seemed like a good solid guy who was on the right side of this thing. Very strange.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Not strange at all... he's Rat Fink personified!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[katmondoo]

6. sorry no Bernie

[jrthin]

9. Yep. We should remember, he wrote the letter to fire Comey,

which the Turd requested. That should have given us a hint as to who he is and what he's willing to do.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. No question.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Iliyah]

2. Rosenstein had loss all

credibility a long time ago.

[watoos]

3. Yeah, we are living the movie, The Invasion of the Body Snatchers,

I think Rosenstein fell asleep. Stay woke people.

[empedocles]

4. Rosenstein's positions are precarious. He is playing complicated hands.

The Comey lesson is, good efforts at 'trying to do the right thing' - never go unpunished?

[Not trying to justify Rosenstein. Don't trust him. Just see him in vulnerable positions].

[I would not rule out trump having compromising information/threats against an number of his allies and suspects - including Barr . . . and Rosenstein].

[FM123]

5. He pivoted very sharply after McCabe revealed the "wearing wire" conversation

and he seemed to decide to save his own hide at any expense. How very repug!

[True Blue American]

7. Leaving?

I thought he was leaving as soon as the Mueller report came in.

My tust in all of them is gone.

[C_U_L8R]

8. As forthcoming as he can.

That’s not saying much. Even sounds a little damning in a Rosenstein passive aggressive way.

[spanone]

11. '...as he can' BWahahahahahahaaaa

'...as donald allows him'

[ScratchCat]

12. My guess is they threatened

Rosenstein with "The McCabe Treatment". Rosenstein authored the bogus Comey firing cover letter, thus he was probably told that if he/Mueller pushed for prosecution of Trump, Rosenstein would be prosecuted to for obstruction.