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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rosenstein has released his opening statement from his congressional briefings.  He said that because of last summer, he believed that Comey needed to go and wrote that in his memo.  He says that he learned on May 8 that Trump intended to replace Comey and wanted his input.  So Rosenstein wrote the memo, and Trump immediately fired Comey the next day on May 9.  After several days of mixed messages, Trump said that he fired Comey because of the Russia thing.

https://mobile.twitter.com/politiCOHEN_/status/865592707187523585[/quote]

He also made it clear that Comey did not ask for more resources for the Russia investigation.  That was indeed fake news. 
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I found an article saying that Comey requested and received more prosecutors. Whether that was also fake news, or whether Rosenstein and McCabe didn't know or didn't understand the question, I don't know. I'm also not that concerned. It may have been fake news or just a minor detail. Either way, not important. (Some people tried to make it seem important, but they've dropped it already.)

[b]This doesn't seem to reflect well on Rosenstein[/b], imo. He wrote a negative internal memory that was immediately and unsurprisingly used as an initial justification of firing the Director of the FBI. This makes him look like a "survivor".

It also doesn't reflect well on Trump. Fortunately, Mueller is highly respected by everyone, of both parties, and the general public. Somebody needs to be, in this mess.[/quote]

It really sounds like Rosenstein's covering his ass. "But, but, but..." Has he ever expressed his views of Comey's actions publicly? What he said sounded like a private opinion, pretty devoid of legalities. I'm not a lawyer, but I thought his memo sounded like it was written by one of his clerks, very amateur.

Rosenstein has sort of redeemed himself by naming Mueller, but that memo he "wrote" is out in public, tied to Trump's schizophrenic letter forever more. Not good for Rosenstein. His reputation is blighted forever.  [/quote]

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