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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/deputy-ag-rod-rosenstein-tells-confidantes-he-prepared-be-fired-n865596WASHINGTON Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism against him and considered firing him, according to three sources who have spoken to Rosenstein.
In those conversations, he has repeated the phrase, "Here I stand," a reference to Martin Luther's famous quote, "Here I stand, I can do no other." Coincidentally, former FBI Director James Comey, whom Rosenstein fired, repeated the same phrase to President George W. Bush in a conversation that has been widely reported and that Comey describes in his forthcoming book.
One source who spoke to Rosenstein said he seemed fully aware he may soon lose his job and was at peace with the possibility, confident he had done his job with integrity.
Rosenstein has said in recent private conversations that history will prove he did the right thing by firing Comey in May 2017, claiming that the American people do not have all the facts about what led to his decision to write the memo that led to Comey's dismissal, the sources said.
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Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Apr 2018
OP
Couldn't "here I stand" be a reference to "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" ?
oberliner
Apr 2018
#4
And by "prepared" does he mean that their are sealed indictments or vaults of evidence off site?
NightWatcher
Apr 2018
#10
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. K&R. Get this to the front page so people can get prepared.
Shit! Just shit.
triron
(22,030 posts)2. Hope Mueller is prepared to bring down the hammer.
HAB911
(8,945 posts)3. I hope he has a plan
A, B, C, and D
oberliner
(58,724 posts)4. Couldn't "here I stand" be a reference to "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" ?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)11. ...he isn't following it with "head in hand" though.
bigtree
(86,016 posts)5. may the force be with him
poboy2
(2,078 posts)6. Is this like Jesus in the Garden, or ObiWan before Darth?
kentuck
(111,111 posts)7. Rosenstein has been the unsung hero in this whole mess.
When the history is written, no one will come across as more of a patriot than Rod Rosenstein.
bluestarone
(17,105 posts)8. I believe it WILL HAPPEN
I'm hoping the shit will hit the fan if he does get fired!! SCARY times ahead at least til BLUE WAVE TIME!!!
backtoblue
(11,348 posts)9. K&R
Get ready folks!
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)10. And by "prepared" does he mean that their are sealed indictments or vaults of evidence off site?
They must assure that the investigation does not go away.