Rod Rosenstein Was Barney Fife To Team Mueller?
That's what former federal prosecutor shipwreckedcrew is saying today:
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Yes -- I think RR is not a "player" in the action. I think he was "Barney Fife", and the players just needed to keep him on the sidelines and out of their way. So they told him what they thought he needed to know in order to keep him from feeling like he needed to engage more.
So, lemme see if I understand this. The Deputy Attorney General of the United States of America--confirmed as such with the advice and consent of the United States Senate--can approve a Special Counsel investigation without any actual basis or predication, and it's OK as long as he didn't feel engaged? He's not held to any higher standard to determine the basis of the investigation than anyone moron picked at random? He's not in any way responsible for the ensuing grotesque false prosecutions and violations of civil rights? In other words, he walks? Really?
I think I'm with John Dowd on this one. In fact I know I'm with John Dowd.