Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 28, 2018. (Joshua Roberts / Bloomberg)
Chicago Tribune/Washington Post: Rosenstein's departure was imminent, but he may survive until after the midterms, officials say
Rod Rosenstein's departure seemed so certain this week that his boss' chief of staff told colleagues that he had been tapped by the White House to take over as second-in-command of the Justice Department, while another official would supervise the special counsel probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, people familiar with the matter said.
But by Monday afternoon, the succession plan had been scrapped. Rosenstein, who told the White House he was willing to quit if President Donald Trump wouldn't disparage him, would remain the deputy attorney general in advance of a high-stakes meeting on Thursday to discuss the future of his employment. The other officials, too, would go back to work, facing the prospect that in just days they could be leading the department through a historic crisis.
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WNU Editor: In any other previous administration he would have been fired within 24 hours. But this the Trump administration, and there are a lot of politics in play right now. So what is my take? It looks like U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be around for a little longer, but his relationship with the President has been destroyed, and he will be gone in the near future.
