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Honeycombe8

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Mon Sep 24, 2018, 07:19 PM Sep 2018

"What happens to the Russia investigation if Rosenstein is ousted?"

With Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein possibly on his way out, a fresh round of uncertainty has been injected into the Russia investigation, and it could take a while for things to settle down.

Rosenstein will meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday amid questions about his fate in the administration after The New York Times reported he secretly suggested recording the President and weighed forcibly removing him from office. But once -- or if -- he leaves the Justice Department, someone else will assume the responsibilities of overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller and his sweeping investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. (snip)

The Justice Department says the next man in line is Solicitor General Noel Francisco, a Trump appointee who was confirmed by the Senate by a 50-47 vote along partisan lines. Francisco is a conservative lawyer who worked in the Bush administration and was also active in the private sector. *** ....Before joining the Trump administration, Francisco was a partner at the law firm Jones Day, which represents the Trump campaign in the Mueller probe. (snip)

Regardless, if Mueller's new boss shows him the door, that doesn't mean the investigation would automatically end. Many of the dozen or so lawyers working for Mueller would still be DOJ employees and the cases they're working on — especially the ones open before federal judges -- would not disappear overnight.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/24/politics/rosenstein-russia/index.html

What a nightmare. This whole presidency has been a nightmare from Day One.
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"What happens to the Russia investigation if Rosenstein is ousted?" (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 OP
I think Mueller resigns if they block his investigation and all hell breaks loose MattP Sep 2018 #1
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