BREAKING Axios: Rod Rosenstein is resigning

[MelissaB]

Update:

Source says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is currently on his way to the White House, expecting to be fired once he gets there.

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BREAKING: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of being fired by President Trump, according to a source with direct knowledge.

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Scoop: Rod Rosenstein is resigning

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of being fired by President Trump, according to a source with direct knowledge.

Per a second source with direct knowledge: “He’s expecting to be fired,” so plans to step down.

Background: Rosenstein talked last year invoking the 25th Amendment and wearing a wire during Trump meetings, the N.Y. Times' Adam Goldman and Michael S. Schmidt reported last week. He denied both allegations.

https://www.axios.com/rod-rosenstein-resign-justice-department-trump-cf761f4c-fca3-4794-92d4-a56c9e32ff43.html

[Botany]

1. Jesus God!

It is not the Russians who worked with Trump to rig the elections but the
law enforcement people who are investigating that coup who are the problem.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is about the rule of law.

[MelissaB]

2. Source says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is currently on his way to the White House

Source says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is currently on his way to the White House, expecting to be fired once he gets there.

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[RandySF]

3. Shit

[MelissaB]

4. With Rosenstein out, Noel Francisco, the solicitor general, would take on oversight of the Mueller

With Rosenstein out, Noel Francisco, the solicitor general, would take on oversight of the Mueller probe. How this would impact the Mueller probe is unknown.

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[MelissaB]

5. NBC's Pete Williams, gold standard in #DOJ reporting, says #Rosenstein en route to White House, won'

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NBC's Pete Williams, gold standard in #DOJ reporting, says #Rosenstein en route to White House, won't resign and will force them to fire him. As I am told, Vacancies Act only kicks in if he resigns.

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. And so it begins.

It was only a question of when. Get pissed (motivated) my fellow DU patriots, because what's coming down the road is going to test us all.

[Hortensis]

7. Possibly being FIRED is not RESIGNING. Good grief.!

[spanone]

8. Nope. Said he would not resign

[USALiberal]

9. Source?

[spanone]

10. Pete Williams on MSNBC

[USALiberal]

11. Thank you!!!! Nt

[spanone]

13. the White House is saying he's resigning and Rosenstein says he's not...

that's his latest reporting...just now on msnbc

[lagomorph777]

16. White House getting more desperate. Their lie will not fly.

[OnDoutside]

12. Poor stuff by MSNBC not to hide Rosenstein's house number as he was leaving....a quick google and I

had his address.

[lagomorph777]

14. Fake news from an administration source; Pete Williams says Rosenstein refuses to quit.

He's going to make Trump fire him.

[Duppers]

15. Smart move.

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