Any sense that this Republican hack was a "hero" and "institutionalist" at any point in the Mueller report saga can now be dispelled forever:
Speaking publicly for the first time since the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential elections, Assistant Attorney General Rob Rosenstein did not mince words.
In a prepared speech delivered to the Public Servants Dinner of the Armenian Bar Association, Rosenstein criticized the Obama administration for failing to act on what he says should have been a “real-time reaction to Russian hacking.”
“The previous Administration chose not to publicize the full story about Russian computer hackers and social media trolls, and how they relate to a broader strategy to undermine America,” he said.Of course, it was turtle/ human hybrid and "Man Who Broke the Senate" Mitch "Missy" McConnell (R- Quid pro quo) who blocked a bipartisan statement just prior to the 2016 election, saying he would denounce any effort by the Obama Administration to call out Russian meddling as "an act of partisan politics." Rosenstein chose not to remember that episode.
But, being the Republican tribalist he has always been, he did remember the noble thoughts and pure motives of his Dear Leader:
He only mentioned Trump once in the talk, praising the president’s approach to the law. “The rule of law is our most important principle,” Rosenstein said. “As President Trump pointed out, ‘We govern ourselves in accordance with the rule of law rather [than] … the whims of an elite few or the dictates of collective will.’”Please, go straight to hell.
BONUS: Wonkette has a more fulsome farewell.
BONUS II: The compromised skunk told Trump he'd "land the plane" (i.e. the Mueller investigation), and "I'm on your (Trump's) team." Not America's team, that is.
