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The drama, explained.","textStyle":"titleTextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-heading-1","layout":"dekLayout","role":"heading","text":"Dueling leaks told many different stories on Monday.","textStyle":"dekTextStyle","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://www.vox.com/authors/andrew-prokop","range":{"length":13,"start":3},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-byline-1","layout":"bylineLayout","role":"byline","text":"By Andrew Prokop | September 24, 2018 2:30 pm","textStyle":"bylineTextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-header-1","layout":"headerImageLayout","role":"header","style":"_anf-cs-1","type":"container"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-1","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Rod Rosenstein leaves the White House Monday, still deputy attorney general — for now.","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-2","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Alex Wong/Getty Images","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/24/17896576/rod-rosenstein-resignation-mueller-noel-francisco","range":{"length":14,"start":107},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-1","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The political world went into a frenzy Monday morning as various reports suggested Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — special counsel Robert Mueller’s boss — was out. Some reports claimed he had resigned, and some that he was about to be fired.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-23","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"But as of early Monday afternoon, Rosenstein was still in his job. And apparently, he’ll be there for at least a few more days — the White House has said he’ll meet with President Trump on Thursday.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-24","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"Trump has complained about Justice Department investigations into his associates for over a year now, and has repeatedly discussed firing various top Justice Department officials, including Rosenstein, so he could replace them with loyalists.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-medium_rectangle_advertisement-1","layout":"_defaultComponentLayout","role":"medium_rectangle_advertisement","type":"medium_rectangle_advertisement"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://apple.news/AdHo1AGpBRiCpAYZt1t9nVA","range":{"length":21,"start":61},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-2","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The precipitating incident for Monday’s drama, though, was a New York Times report that, after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey last year, Rosenstein discussed the possibility of secretly recording the president of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. (Rosenstein has disputed the report.)","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-25","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"As deputy attorney general, Rosenstein was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Justice Department. But the main reason his departure would have such import is that he appointed Mueller and continues to oversee the Russia investigation (thanks to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal on the topic). Many have feared that Trump would try to install a crony to replace Rosenstein who would rein the probe in or even shut it down completely.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-26","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"All this comes at a crucial moment for the probe — just a week and a half after Paul Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel’s team, but during a preelection period when Mueller isn’t expected to make other big new moves. And, as is common these days, much of this drama has unfolded in competing and contrasting leaks to the press.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-heading3-1","layout":"heading1Layout","role":"heading3","text":"Who is Rod Rosenstein?","textStyle":"heading1TextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-photo-1","imageIdentifier":"394ad56afbf68962175ac1e3cb8adf99","layout":"photoLayout","role":"photo","type":"scalable_image"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-3","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Drew Angerer/Getty Images","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-27","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"Rosenstein joined the Justice Department all the way back in 1990 and has been there ever since, serving as a public corruptions prosecutor and then taking on management jobs under presidents of both parties. In 2005, President George W. Bush appointed him to be US attorney for the state of Maryland, and he held that position throughout the Obama presidency as well.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-28","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"After Trump won the presidency, he picked Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general. As a US senator, Sessions was an outsider to the DOJ. So he wanted someone who knew the department well in the deputy post (which is traditionally responsible for running things day to day). So he chose Rosenstein, who was respected by legal professionals in both parties.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-medium_rectangle_advertisement-2","layout":"_defaultComponentLayout","role":"medium_rectangle_advertisement","type":"medium_rectangle_advertisement"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-29","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The pick got little attention at the time — but proved to be supremely important. In March 2017, Sessions announced he would recuse himself from the Russia investigation — meaning that, as soon as Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate, he’d be the top Justice Department official in charge of it.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-30","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"Then, once Rosenstein was finally sworn in in late April, Trump waited only two weeks before inviting him and Sessions to the White House to discuss firing James Comey. On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo harshly criticizing Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton email investigation, and gave it to the White House. 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The ensuing chaotic days were filled with leaks claiming that Trump had privately pressured Comey for “loyalty,” that he’d and urged Comey to drop an investigation into Michael Flynn, and that he’d disclosed classified information to Russian officials in the Oval Office. With such allegations of Trump apparently trying to corrupt the rule of law, even some Republicans began to talk about impeachment.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-31","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"It was Rosenstein who made the key choice that abated this crisis — appointing Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the Russia probe on May 17, 2017. The appointment of a special counsel restored confidence that the rule of law would be preserved and that, if there was anything to the Russia scandal, he’d get to the bottom of it. Mueller in particular had sterling credentials as former FBI director appointed by George W. 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He did so by testifying that the regulation under which he appointed Mueller gives only him — not the president — the authority to fire Mueller. He has also said that he believes the regulation only permits Mueller’s firing for “good cause.” With that testimony, it’s clear that a Trump order to fire Mueller would be legally dubious.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://apple.news/A3rPEgojWQei1k4K1n-6V8Q","range":{"length":28,"start":38},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-6","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"So, naturally, the president began to muse about firing Rosenstein instead.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-heading3-3","layout":"heading1Layout","role":"heading3","text":"Trump and his allies have discussed getting rid of Rosenstein (or Sessions) for months","textStyle":"heading1TextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-photo-3","imageIdentifier":"201db923dc1e64edbc8ec419b342dcca","layout":"photoLayout","role":"photo","type":"scalable_image"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-6","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Sessions and Rosenstein, in June 2017","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-7","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Chip Somodevilla/Getty","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://apple.news/AcwtPOUaJSNGva7TjLkfSnA","range":{"length":30,"start":216},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-7","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The president has raged about the Russia probe and his Justice Department for well over a year now, both privately and publicly, with Sessions and Rosenstein frequent targets of his ire. 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Hardline House conservatives even threatened to force a vote on Rosenstein’s impeachment this summer, based on the thinnest of pretexts (though they eventually backed down).","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-34","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The obvious fear many have is that if Trump ousts Sessions or Rosenstein, he could at least temporarily install a crony who would take over the Russia probe — one who could manage to rein it in or even shut it down entirely, to protect the president.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://apple.news/AjqKlVWvUTlWR3rI7davLXA","range":{"length":24,"start":259},"type":"link"},{"URL":"https://apple.news/AcKaxlbIqTzWfUyyeYhnC-A","range":{"length":13,"start":355},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-9","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"A permanent replacement for either Sessions or Rosenstein would have to be confirmed by the Senate. And traditionally, the temporary replacement would be whoever’s next in line in the Justice Department’s line of succession. (Solicitor General Noel Francisco is next after Rosenstein.) However, it’s possible that Trump could try and use a law called the Vacancies Act to slot in someone from elsewhere in the government (any appointee already confirmed by the Senate would do).","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-heading3-4","layout":"heading1Layout","role":"heading3","text":"A New York Times report amped up discussions of Rosenstein’s ouster","textStyle":"heading1TextStyle","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-photo-4","imageIdentifier":"a6aca5684809e23302747ee180cc681b","layout":"photoLayout","role":"photo","type":"scalable_image"},{"identifier":"_anf-caption-8","layout":"captionLayout","role":"caption","text":"Mario Tama/Getty","textStyle":"captionTextStyle","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-fantastic-trump-warms-to-rosenstein-1533720601","range":{"length":26,"start":67},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-10","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"For a time, it appeared that Rosenstein had weathered the storm. A Wall Street Journal report from early August even claimed that his and Trump’s relationship was improving.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-35","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"Later that month, however, Paul Manafort was convicted of financial crimes charged by Mueller, and Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to tax, bank, and campaign finance violations referred by Mueller to SDNY. Then, a week and a half ago, Manafort struck a plea deal with Mueller and agreed to cooperate. 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The Times claimed that, in meetings with top FBI and Justice Department officials, Rosenstein made two eyebrow-raising suggestions: first, that they try to secretly record the president, and second, using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. (Neither was carried out.)","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"identifier":"_anf-body-36","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"The Times report was based primarily on anonymous source accounts and descriptions of contemporaneous memos written by then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe. But Rosenstein publicly disputed the report. And in the hours after its publication, various outlets were told by an anonymous source in the room for the “recording” comments that Rosenstein was clearly being sarcastic.","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"additions":[{"URL":"https://apple.news/A2eqDOJadTJeXuNdvwi8Jkw","range":{"length":22,"start":215},"type":"link"}],"identifier":"_anf-body-13","layout":"bodyLayout","role":"body","text":"Trump critics fearful of Rosenstein’s ouster soon latched onto the “he was being sarcastic” excuse. But the Times’s Michael Schmidt professed to be quite confident that wasn’t the case. He said in an interview with Slate’s Isaac Chotiner:","textStyle":"_anf-cts-1","type":"text"},{"components":[{"components":[{"identifier":"_anf-quote-1","layout":"quoteLayout","role":"quote","style":"innerQuoteContainerStyle","text":"If this was a joke, we don’t think it would have been so difficult for us to have worked to get to this information. 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