Is Rod Rosenstein going to "go through some things?

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1389958502907535360.html

I have just begun to dig into Judge Jackson's ruling re: the March 24, 2019 Memo on prosecuting Trump for obstruction. It looks very bad for Rod Rosenstein. I have always been ready to change opinions in light of evidence. This is evidence.

First, these are the most concerning facts re: Rod Rosenstein yet. The memo was partly authored by his deputy, and is signed off by him on it's way to Barr. Image



The Principal Associate Deputy AG Edward O'Callaghan that drafted this is a person you may recognize, and who I have long suggested people take a look at. I have always wondered why the Twitter hate machine did not even bother to ask who he was. Image




The implications of Mr. O'Callaghan being a dangerous political hack (or worse) are deeply worrying. Trump appointed him to head the DOJ's National Security Division in 2017.

Ed O'Callaghan - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_O%27Callaghan


His prior claim to fame is as Sara Palin's "Truth" Squad, but he had NATSEC experience at SDNY. Image



And this also leads back to RR. At least according to the press - O'Callaghan was RR's hand-picked selection to handle the Russian Investigation.


Rosenstein gets new top deputy for Russia probe - CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/politics/rosenstein-russia-ed-ocallaghan/index.html

This is damning. Image




With that out of the way, let's take a look at what Judge Jackson concludes about this memo: SHE VIEWS IT AS AN AFTER-THE-FACT COVER UP OF A DECISION BARR HAD ALREADY MADE.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/show_public_doc.pdf


And she believes the authors KNEW it was an after the fact cover up of a decision Barr had already made. This paints the the authors and Barr in a terrible-to-criminal light, and puts RR dead smack in the middle of that.

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This indicates that the RR, O'Callaghan, and the Office of Legal Counsel were ALL working together with Barr to craft the "no obstruction" narrative. This is a horrifying betrayal by DOJ leadership. Image



And when I say horrifying. I mean HORRIFYING. Image



And here it is - I am out of the RR fan club. It's over. THEY WERE ALL IN ON IT. Image


We now know that SC Mueller's push back against Barr's March 24, 2019 letter was PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE WHOLE OF THE DOJ'S LEADERSHIP. They were ALL in on the scam.



I am quite literally feeling sick and numb. Image




This is what I never wanted to believe - that the Deputy AG, the AG, and the Office of Legal Counsel would all conspire to depth charge Mueller. I feel sick.

I have been low-key frustrated with AG Garland's deliberate pace. I now understand that the issues are so much bigger than I imagined even in my most Dark Dirk moments.

I had always wondered how it came to be that Mueller's report actually conformed to what Trumpists had been saying for over a year - "No obstruction, no collusion." Now we know and it's even worse than I thought.

Please don't tag me with "I knew from the blank stare." Smart people don't know anything from blank stares ... see, poker.
For me personally, the depth of this betrayal is on par with the insurrection of January 6th. We are going to need a Special Counsel to investigate the entire DOJ leadership.

Among the things that most scare me is that the person that was the 2017 head of the DOJ National Security Division was ready and willing to commit crimes for Trump. That's fxed up.

I understand the "I told you so" takes, but this actually contradicts a lot of the twitter RR narrative. He was not a coward; not a puppet. He was the primary architect of the evil; he elevated the already compromised head of the NATSEC Div to help. And set the table for Barr.