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.— Jeremy Pelofsky (@wdcscribe) September 24, 2018
Vacancies Act means if a senior official "dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office," then president can fill it w/someone already confirmed by Senate for a period of time w/o being reconfirmed. Being fired doesn't qualify as reason.— Jeremy Pelofsky (@wdcscribe) September 24, 2018
If this truly happens, it will be the most blatant act of obstruction of justice by Agent Orange so far.
We can all thank the click- bait access "journalists" at The New York Effing Times for this one.
UPDATE: Several news outlets are now reporting any decision will be on hold pending a meeting between Rosenstein and Agent Orange on Thursday.
UPDATE II: Wouldn't put it past them --
Gabe Sherman reports that the Rosenstein leak appears to have been a "smoke bomb" to knock Kavanaugh out of the news. “The strategy was to try and do something really big,” said a source familiar with Trump's thinking. https://t.co/wWRGXJZBHA— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 24, 2018
Oxymoron alert: "Trump's thinking."
