Rod Rosenstein Has New Friends In Baltimore

"Watch me make history."

My Memo Man, Rod Rosenstein, is in Baltimore, in a corporate law firm, with lots of new friends and Sally Yates.

Can you say "Land Bank"?

How about 2018 election interference.

Perhaps, just perhaps, if we are all very nice, My Memo Man will say "gerrymandering".

I would throw out "drugs, weapons, and tiny humans", but that would give away the mystery as to why he took the position.

I never did like Sally Yates because she took a peculiar stance in a piece she wrote, while at DOJ, entitled, "Poverty is not a crime" and failed to acknowledge where she got that line, then turned around and bastardized it by not making one single reference to child welfare.

She was mean to my Sweetie.

It seems I did not preserve her writings, neither did the DOJ.

My Memo Man is busy, busy, busy.

Stay tuned.

Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Joins King & Spalding as a Partner in Washington, D.C.

Rosenstein is the latest high-ranking Justice Department official to join the firm’s Special Matters & Government Investigations team; he will work closely with a deep bench of former federal prosecutors and senior government officials to help clients with their most challenging litigation, enforcement and reputational issues.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2020 — King & Spalding today announced that former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner on its Special Matters & Government Investigations team.

Rosenstein spent almost two decades in senior legal management and leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Justice during the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, including as Deputy Attorney General (2017 to 2019) and United States Attorney (2005 to 2017). Prior to his appointment as the Department’s second-highest ranking official, he was the longest-serving Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney in recent history.

“Rod Rosenstein is an exceptional trial lawyer, strategist and leader with unquestioned integrity and toughness,” said Robert D. Hays, Jr., chairman of King & Spalding. “His arrival underscores the firm’s longstanding commitment to effective advocacy on the most complex and highest stakes government-related matters. Our clients will benefit from the unique experience of Rod and other senior government officials working together as a team. His arrival reflects the firm’s intent to continue building leading practices led by extraordinary lawyers to serve clients on their most pressing and sensitive needs.”

With his vast prosecutorial and enforcement background, Rosenstein becomes another critical member of King & Spalding’s Special Matters & Government Investigations team, which assists clients—corporate, institutional and individual—in sensitive and reputational legal challenges, including many involving government agencies, legislative bodies or state Attorneys General. In the past two years, the firm has significantly ramped up the group with an all-star roster of former senior Justice Department officials, including former Deputy U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, former U.S. Attorneys Zachary Fardon and John Horn, former Associate Deputy Attorney General Alicia O’Brien and former FBI Chief of Staff Zack Harmon. Other former senior officials recently joining the firm include former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and former General Counsel for the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and acting USTR Stephen Vaughn.

Rosenstein said, “I worked with many current and former firm lawyers in both Republican and Democratic administrations, and I learned that some of the best lawyers in the world work at King & Spalding. When considering where to go after leaving the Department of Justice, it became clear to me why so many former government officials choose this firm. With an unparalleled depth of experience across its practice groups and a long and distinguished record of success in courtrooms, King & Spalding is a bipartisan firm that focuses on helping clients resolve complex and sensitive matters in the United States and abroad. The inclusive and collaborative culture allows every client to benefit from the broad expertise and deep insight of more than 1,100 exceptional lawyers throughout the firm’s 21 offices. I look forward to working with my new colleagues to expand the firm’s government investigations, national security and cybersecurity practices.” 

As Deputy U.S. Attorney General, Rosenstein formulated and implemented Department policies and programs; coordinated interactions with the White House and other federal agencies, the Judiciary, and the Congress; interacted with state, local, and foreign government leaders; and provided supervision and direction to all Department components, including its litigating divisions and law enforcement agencies.

Rosenstein conducted complex investigations and handled litigation in trial and appellate courtrooms as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department’s Tax Division (2001 to 2005), as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland (1997 to 2001), and as an Associate Independent Counsel (1995 to 1997).

Rosenstein started his legal career in 1989, as a law clerk to Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He first joined the Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the prestigious Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division (1990 to 1993), before serving as counsel to the Deputy Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division (1993 to 1995). In these and other roles, he received dozens of awards and honors for his performance. In addition, Rosenstein gained impressive trial experience while representing the United States at 23 jury trials and arguing 21 appeals in various appellate courts around the country, including the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court criminal case of Chavez-Meza v. United States, in which the Court ruled in favor of his argument.

“Rod deserves his well-earned reputation for being decisive and unflappable in extraordinary professional situations,” said Special Matters practice chair Wick Sollers. “His experiences conducting and supervising large criminal and civil litigation uniquely qualify him to counsel and defend clients facing complex investigations, lawsuits and enforcement matters. Clients will benefit from his big-picture perspective, as well as his insights from having updated, improved and formulated federal law enforcement policies on corporate and white-collar enforcement, national security, CFIUS and cyber-digital issues. King & Spalding’s Special Matters & Government Investigations team is stronger with his addition.”

Rosenstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, with a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

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After Trump administration stint, Baltimore is still on Rod Rosenstein’s mind

As he takes a job with a high-profile law firm, Maryland’s former longtime U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein isn’t looking to talk much about his time with the Trump administration. He’s turned down book offers, and avoids questions on the subject.

If he did write a book, Rosenstein told The Baltimore Sun Wednesday, “it would probably be a lot about Baltimore.”

The city remains on the former deputy U.S. attorney general’s mind, after 12 years leading federal law enforcement efforts that he said were key to the city experiencing fewer than 200 homicides in 2011. (There were 348 homicides in the city last year.) He remains in touch with protege Robert K. Hur, who succeeded him as U.S. attorney for Maryland.

“It’s important for everybody at the federal, state and local level to agree that reducing murders is a priority,” Rosenstein said. “I’m hopeful they’ll get back to where we were before ... but it’s going to take a long time.”

The law firm of King & Spalding announced that Rosenstein will join its special government investigations team, following about eight months he spent with his family after stepping down as deputy attorney general. Rosenstein said it was Maryland’s former Republican governor Robert Ehrlich who helped connect him to the new job after they had lunch in the summer.

Rosenstein’s tumultuous two-year tenure included writing a memo supporting the firing of FBI Director James Comey and overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

[Read more] Before leaving Baltimore, Rod Rosenstein predicted he might not last long as deputy attorney general »
Of his tenure, Rosenstein said, “I’ve been out of government for eight months, and I’m on to a new career. ... I’m practicing law, not politics."

Rosenstein has continued to weigh in on Baltimore’s crime rates and on issues of law enforcement. On Jan. 1, he tweeted: “When Baltimore City prosecutors and police worked with federal and state partners to send every violent repeat offender to prison in 2011, only 197 people were murdered. Now criminals murder 350 victims and shoot hundreds more every year. WHAT CHANGED?”

When Baltimore City prosecutors and police worked with federal and state partners to send every violent repeat offender to prison in 2011, only 197 people were murdered. Now criminals murder 350 victims and shoot hundreds more every year. WHAT CHANGED? https://t.co/7dUt2yd5Bt

— Rod Rosenstein (@RodRosenstein) January 1, 2020

Rosenstein maintains other ties to the city — he was scheduled to speak to a city law club, the Serjeants’ Inn, Wednesday night.

Rosenstein noted that the number of federal prosecutors in Baltimore increased significantly when he was No. 2 at the Justice Department.

“That’s not because I was showing favoritism; we had additional resources and were able to allocate them based on population and crime rates and need,” he said.

He said Hur is “doing a superb job,” and suggested, without citing specific agencies, that other law enforcement partners are not on the same page.

“If people are not being caught and prosecuted locally, they need to find out why that is,” Rosenstein said. “We had a decade of sustained improvements in Baltimore. We had improvements in Prince George’s County [as well] — the PG County improvements have stuck; they have not fallen back. Baltimore is worse today than when I got there 15 years ago.”

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Rod Rosenstein Worked On Whitewater

Rumor has it this meeting was a leak, conjured up by Conway and Bannon.

Although I am not thrilled with Rod's performance during his tenure when it comes to trafficking tiny humans, he has admitted that he got it wrong.

Rod worked Whitewater.

Rosenstein played a smaller role in the Starr’s office. A Harvard Law graduate and public corruption prosecutor before joining the independent counsel’s staff, he thrived in the courtroom.He played a supporting role in the successful prosecution of three onetime associates of the Clintons — Susan McDougal, James McDougal and former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. They were convicted in 1996 on charges related to a $3-million conspiracy to defraud two federally backed financial institutions stemming from an Arkansas real estate development known as Whitewater.Rosenstein also helped investigate whether the Clintons played a role in improperly obtaining FBI background files on Republicans. He interviewed Hillary Clinton about the case in January 1998; the independent counsel ultimately concluded no crime had been committed.

I am going to sit back and see if he bows before the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed and gives homage in the form of getting all the Meanies.

The Meanies were really mean to my Sweetie.

The Meanies were really mean to "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth).

Besides, this was a cockamamie story, anyway.

It did not even follow legal logic or administrative protocol.

"Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

Trump postpones meeting with Rod Rosenstein

Washington – A highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was postponed until next week to avoid conflicting with a dramatic Senate hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the White House said Thursday.

The two were set to meet Thursday following news media reports that Rosenstein last year discussed possibly secretly recording the president and using the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

But White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the men agreed to reschedule their meeting because “they do not want to do anything to interfere with the hearing.”

Amid speculation that the meeting could result in Rosenstein’s dismissal or resignation, Trump said Wednesday that he would “certainly prefer not” to fire Rosenstein and that the Justice Department’s No. 2 official had denied making the remarks first attributed to him in a New York Times report.

“I would much prefer keeping Rod Rosenstein,” Trump said at a news conference in New York. “He said he did not say it. He said he does not believe that. He said he has a lot of respect for me, and he was very nice and we’ll see.”

Trump added, “My preference would be to keep him and to let him finish up.”

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway would not say Thursday when the meeting would take place, but stressed that the two will talk and Trump has made clear “he would prefer that the deputy attorney general stay on the job and complete the job.”

Rosenstein is overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and his dismissal would put that probe in jeopardy and create a political storm.

The meeting delay prolongs the uncertainty of Rosenstein’s status. Rosenstein headed to the White House on Monday morning preparing to be fired and had discussed a possible resignation over the weekend with White House officials. But after meeting with chief of staff John Kelly and speaking by phone with Trump, he got a reprieve with the Trump meeting scheduled for Thursday.

Since then, the White House has sought to tamp down anxiety that Rosenstein would be fired.

White House officials called senators Monday to say Trump had said he wouldn’t be firing Rosenstein at the meeting, according to two people familiar with the conversations who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private discussions. Aides have advised Trump against taking any extreme actions ahead of the midterm elections with his party’s majorities in Congress already under threat.

Friends and former colleagues of Rosenstein say they don’t expect him to step aside and give up oversight of the Russia investigation and the enormous swath of Justice Department operations for which he is responsible.

Rosenstein, who has spent his entire career in government, “has tremendous loyalty to the department,” said former Justice Department lawyer and longtime friend James Trusty.

“He’s a very long-run, historical-minded guy in a lot of ways,” Trusty said. “I think he may have some confidence that history will be kinder to him than politicians are.”

Trump’s remarks Wednesday followed a chaotic period that began last Friday with reports that Rosenstein had last year discussed possibly secretly recording the president and invoking the Constitution to remove Trump from office. The Justice Department issued statements aimed at denying the reports, including one that said the wiretap remark was meant sarcastically.

Rosenstein appointed Mueller in May 2017, oversees his work and has repeatedly defended the breadth and scope of the probe. Trump has been critical of Rosenstein’s oversight of the probe, but the two have at times displayed a warm working relationship, and Rosenstein has been spared some of the more personal and antagonistic broadsides leveled against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Though Rosenstein appears poised to survive the week, it’s not clear how much longer he’ll be around. Trump has signaled that he may fire Sessions after the November midterms, and Rosenstein could go with him.

But it could be sooner: Some officials around Trump believe Rosenstein’s reported musings about invoking the 25th Amendment could make it defensible for Trump to part with him, even in the final sprint to Election Day.

Rosenstein’s friends and former colleagues describe him as exceptionally committed to the Justice Department – one said he “bleeds” for the agency – and unlikely to leave on his own, though they say he respects the chain of command enough to resign if asked.

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Lisa Page Has Disturbed My Memo Man, Rod Rosenstein

Egads!

How dare Lisa Page disturb My Memo Man, Rod Rosenstein.

The Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed is pleased, for My Memo Man bears the armorality of the U.S. Department of Justice to legally represent the United States.

Just because he is no longer an 'employee' of the United States, does not necessarily mean he is not beholden his oath of office.

You, also, swore an oath of office, Lisa, dear, but have breached the children's trust.

Do not let My Memo Man get all Ecclesiastic on your ass, because he is highly versed in the perfection of prayers and knows how to deliver My Memos to the heavens.

“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.” said My Memo Man

Lisa, precious, you made My Memo Man deliver a response to the Daily Beast.

Why would you do that, Lisa?

Memo Man does not come out for soundbytes or photo ops, like you, which means you gave him the Great Saddy Face.

So, you have Matt Whitaker, Trey Gowdy and now, Rod Rosenstein, who have perfected the Trinity of Seals to protect to children's trust, and that is why the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed is very pleased.

Unlike you, My Errant Knights are not going to desecrate their sworn oaths, which is what you have done, Lisa.

We have a name, and statutes, for that, called treason.

Ooooooo.......that was not a good thing to do, Lisa.

#maytheheavensfall

Rod Rosenstein: DOJ ‘Not to Blame’ for Lisa Page’s Abuse

DON’T LOOK AT US

"May the heavens fall to protect the children's trust."
said Rod "My Memo Man" Rosenstein

The former deputy attorney general says he had no choice but to release Page’s texts with FBI agent Peter Strzok.

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Monday that ex-FBI lawyer Lisa Page should not blame the Department of Justice for the abuse she has suffered at the hands of Donald Trump and his allies.

Rosenstein’s comments come in response to an exclusive interview with Page by Daily Beast contributor Molly Jong-Fast, in which Page blasted the Justice Department for making public texts between her and agent Peter Strzok.

Page alleged the messages—in which Page and Strzok, who were having an affair, belittled then-candidate Donald Trump—were chosen and released for political impact. Trump went on to publicly ridicule the “lovers” over and over again in the two years since their release.

In a statement to The Daily Beast, Rosenstein said that there was no political motive to the disclosure and that he had no choice but to release the texts, which had been the subject of an Inspector General’s investigation into possible political bias.

“To the best of my knowledge, career Department of Justice officials determined in December 2017 that those text messages were NOT personal,” he wrote. “They were official government records related to FBI business and there was no legal basis to withhold them, so they should be released as requested by Congress.”

Rosenstein said the IG’s office had “no objection” to releasing the messages.

“I consistently defended the right of Department of Justice employees to express political opinions and even make political contributions,” he continued. “However, the Inspector General concluded that the FBI employees ‘demonstrated extremely poor judgment and a gross lack of professionalism’ by exchanging messages that ‘appeared to mix political opinions with discussions about the [Hillary Clinton email] and Russia investigations, raising a question as to whether Strzok’s and Page’s political opinions may have affected investigative decisions.’”

“Ms. Page received more opprobrium than she deserved for her mistakes,” he added. “But the Department of Justice is not to blame.”

In her interview, Page says the release of the text messages destroyed life as she knew it, driving her out of the FBI and making her a Trump rally punchline.

“It’s like being punched in the gut. My heart drops to my stomach when I realize he has tweeted about me again. The president of the United States is calling me names to the entire world. He’s demeaning me and my career. It’s sickening,” she said.

“But it’s also very intimidating because he’s still the president of the United States. And when the president accuses you of treason by name, despite the fact that I know there’s no fathomable way that I have committed any crime at all, let alone treason, he’s still somebody in a position to actually do something about that. To try to further destroy my life. It never goes away or stops, even when he’s not publicly attacking me.”

Her complaints apparently fell on deaf ears at the White House. In an apparent reaction to The Daily Beast story, Trump tweeted about Page on Monday afternoon.

Roger Stone Guilty of Lying to Congress to Protect Trump
“When Lisa Page, the lover of Peter Strzok, talks about being ‘crushed’, and how innocent she is, ask her to read Peter’s “Insurance Policy” text, to her, just in case Hillary loses,” he wrote. “Also, why were the lovers text messages scrubbed after he left Mueller. Where are they Lisa?”

The text Trump referred to was from Strzok to Page and read: “I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office—that there’s no way he gets elected—but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk. It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40…”

While Trump and his allies have claimed this is proof of a “deep-state” conspiracy against him, Page and Strzok have testified that it actually referred to Strzok’s belief the Russia investigation should be on the fast-track and not put on a slow burn because it appeared unlikely, at that point, that Trump would win.

Trump has also alleged that text messages from Page and Strzok were deliberately erased because, he said, they would have discredited Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Politifact reported that an outside expert hired by the Justice Department inspector general found technical glitches likely accounted for the missing messages.

PS LP Text Messages Dec 201... by Peter Hasson on Scribd

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Rosenstein v. Comey - Chaos Ensues

For those of you just now joining us in this next, exciting adventure on Cocktails & Popcorn, Rod just got passionate and went "Plato-Phaedo":

So I do not blame the former director for being angry.  But now the former director is a partisan pundit selling books and earning speaking fees while speculating on the strength of my character and the fate of my immortal soul. That is disappointing. Speculating about souls is not a job for police and prosecutors. Generally, we base our opinions on eyewitness testimony."

Here is a refresher on memos.

He tells no lies because that is what they all do to launder money.

Just ask Michelle Obama.

I believe we should just ask Comey, because he knows lots of stuff, and can tell lots of tales but hey, what do I know?

I know Rod is about to set this off, but I would like to see him get a bit more raw.

Perhaps, Rod should just #sayhisname and I am quite sure he would be more than willing to give you a few more pointers on the art of chaos.

#NeedMoreChaos

Rosenstein: Comey has become 'a partisan pundit'

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offered a vigorous defense of his decisions in the Justice Department on Monday evening, including his role in President Trump’s sudden firing of James Comey as FBI director, whom he said has become "a partisan pundit" since his ouster.

Rosenstein, in a speech before the Greater Baltimore Committee's (GBC) annual meeting, described the firing as a difficult judgment call that was made after Comey strayed from the long-standing practices the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ) adhere to when dealing with open investigations.

The recently retired DOJ official also defended his oversight of the counterintelligence investigation into whether members of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election amid criticism that Comey’s firing was an attempt to obstruct the probe, which was ultimately completed by special counsel Robert Mueller.

"I would never have allowed anyone to interfere with the investigation," Rosenstein told the GBC, according to prepared remarks.

The White House initially pinned the decision to fire Comey on Rosenstein’s May 9, 2017, memo, a three-page document that transformed the former deputy attorney general from a little-known Justice Department official to one of the most scrutinized officials in the Russia probe. Trump later told NBC News’s Lester Holt that the Russia investigation factored into his thinking and that he would have fired Comey "regardless of recommendation."

Mueller investigated Comey’s firing among roughly a dozen episodes of possible obstruction of justice by Trump. The special counsel ultimately did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump obstructed the probe, writing in his report that his investigators could not "conclusively" determine Trump did not commit a crime.

Rosenstein said Monday that no one told him that Comey’s ouster "was intended to influence the course" of the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia's interference.

"The special counsel’s report states that the president’s counsel advised me on a Monday afternoon that the president had decided to remove the director," Rosenstein said. "It was news to me. Nobody said that the removal was intended to influence the course of my Russia investigation."

Rosenstein pointed to Comey’s unprecedented decisions surrounding the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified materials while secretary of State as the basis for his firing, stating that his actions "were not within the range of reasonable decisions."

Those actions include his decision to announce in July 2016 — without the consent of DOJ prosecutors or former Attorney General Loretta Lynch — that the FBI investigation had closed the Clinton email probe and that the bureau was not recommending criminal charges against Clinton as well as his subsequent decision to announce just days before the polls opened in 2016 that the bureau was reopening its investigation into Clinton's emails after additional records had been recovered.

"They were inconsistent with our goal of communicating to all FBI employees that they should respect the Attorney General’s role, refrain from disclosing information about criminal investigations, avoid disparaging uncharged persons, and above all, not take unnecessary steps that could influence an election," Rosenstein said.

According to Rosenstein’s account, the president shared a letter laying out his reasons for firing Comey before asking the No. 2 DOJ official to give then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions a memo outlining his concerns about Comey’s conduct the following morning.

Rosenstein, who left the Justice Department last week, noted that those who serve as the head of the FBI are often required to make tough choices. But he added that Comey, rather than reflecting on his mistakes, made it clear he stood by his decisions while testifying before Congress.

"In essence, he said that he would do it again if he had the chance," Rosenstein said.

Rosenstein said he would’ve handled the firing differently, but he defended the reasons he laid out in his memo.

"If I had been asked to make a recommendation before the removal decision was made, I would have included a more balanced analysis of the pros and cons. But my brief memo to the Attorney General is correct, and it was reasonable under the circumstances," Rosenstein said.

"If I had been the decision-maker, the removal would have been handled very differently, with far more respect and far less drama," he continued.

Rosenstein said he personally "admired" Comey for his leadership of the FBI and he did not "blame" him for being angry over his termination, but he also blasted the former director for since becoming "a partisan pundit" who has repeatedly attacked his character.

"Now the former Director is a partisan pundit, selling books and earning speaking fees while speculating about the strength of my character and the fate of my immortal soul," Rosenstein said. 

"That is disappointing. Speculating about souls is not a job for police and prosecutors. Generally we base our opinions on eyewitness testimony."

Rosenstein also defended his decision to appoint a special counsel to oversee the case, deeming that such a move would "best protect America from foreign adversaries and preserve public confidence in the long run."

"I knew that some people would not be happy about it. I knew that it would be unpleasant for me and my family. But at my confirmation hearing, I promised that I would conduct the investigation properly and see it through to the appropriate conclusion," Rosenstein said. "In my business, you keep promises. And in my business, the appropriate conclusion is the one that results when you follow the normal process and complete an independent investigation," he continued.

The appearance represented Rosenstein’s second public remarks as a private citizen since departing the Trump administration just two days ago. Hours earlier, Rosenstein delivered a commencement address at the University of Baltimore School of Law, during which he quoted Mueller in advising students to not succumb to pressure to abandon their principles.

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Sharyl Attkisson Attempts To Assail The Armorial Of Rod Rosenstein

For the last few weeks, I have been observing what I like to call the team of Trollie Trolls, quite professional, who happen to like to forage through my archives.

I found them to be fascinating as their patterns were quickly identified.

Sometimes, I would even leave delightful morsels of information for them to digest, just so I could see what kind of crap they would excrete.

Well, lo and behold, it looks like we have a new queen of privatization, and thine name is Sharyl Attkisson.

Alas, the Errant Queen Sharyl (EQS) has given the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed the Great Saddy Face, for she attempts to defrock My Memo Man, Rod Rosenstein, and strip him of his right to bearing his armorialties.

Notice, I said, "attempts", because no one touches My Memo Man.

EQS, definitely not to be confused with 'esquire', has contemporaneously filed a suit of law against My Memo Man as he takes on his new roll in corporate litigation.

Rod Rosenstein Has New Friends In Baltimore

EQS deflated my excitement for Rod's new career in the filing of her action against him.

Former CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson announced yesterday that she is suing former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for illegally spying on her during the Obama year.  Rosenstein and other Deep State dirty cops are identified in her filing.

Yes, Boys & Girls, we are dealing with "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) for the following reasons:

• The proper party would have been The United States;
• She got her information from Twitter that does not even have blue check;

Thank you. I worked with Rod Rosenstein, on his dirty tricks squad, for several years. The computer experts there hacked Hillary, and MANY others, I've seen all of it, copies exist. RR likes to play all sides of the street, has dirt on everybody. He is truly a hideous person.

— John (@Johnheretohelp) March 16, 2019

• She was attempting to civilly sue the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, for criminal actions, based upon her reporting on active investigations, as a CBS reporter, where CBS obviously did not want to represent her, and lost her appeal;

• She was never called to testify in congressional hearings;
• She is the only one in the entire universe who has exposed:
• Fast & Furious;
• Benghazi;
• Russiagate;
• Ukrainegate; and,
• Mueller Election Interference Investigation.
• She was mean to my Sweetie, as seen in her propaganda video, below.

I just find it odd that she claims to be a seasoned reporter, yet has not once, reached out to me, or even cite my name, as the original source, to what she has stated as claims in her lawsuits.

She promulgates lies for money because it is quite obvious she is not doing this to further her career, because, if she was, she would not be engaging in such unethical activities as enjoining with the other co-conspirators.

I guess the old adage is true that some people will do anything for a dollar, but, now, she has the crap tank, Heritage Foundation, behind her, and My Memo Man has me to defend his honor.

Who said chivalry was gender specific?

If the lady wishes to repurpose herself as a regal, fake ass whistleblower, well, by golly, then the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed shall grant her wish and make her superstar.

From the looks of her claims, there seems to be viable possibility that she was under federal investigation for her questionable activities and associations.

FUN FACT! THE DAILY SIGNAL IS NOT REGISTERED IN ANY STATE AS A BUSINESS

I searched for the state filings of The Heritage Foundation, but have yet to find anything, not even in Michigan.

That is correct, The Daily Signal is what I like to call a Corporate Shape Shifter, where the Heritage Foundation is using it as a front to fund political campaigns with foreign money, more than likely, from stealin' the children, land and vote.

I see the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a tool to use corporate parental rights for the trafficking of tiny humans,.

I also see Emperor Pence, which is why I have donned upon Sharyl, the appellation of EQS.

I will take the greatest pleasure running up your new employer's legal bills and shuttering that crap tank, and I will preserve your name in the annals of history, giving you all the credit.

You were mean to My Memo Man.

That is not nice; that is an act of sedition.

HERITAGE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NATIONAL NEWS SITE FEATURING SHARYL ATTKISSON

WASHINGTON - What Illinois Review strives to do on a state issues level, Heritage Foundation is now launching at a national level - a new source of balanced news reporting. The Daily Signal has taken on CBS' ex-reporter Sharyl Attkisson as senior independent contributor. In an exclusive interview, Attkisson says the news media are heading down a dangerous path with attempts to “censor or block stories” that don’t align with their preferred agenda.

With major topics such as Benghazi, Common Core, Cronyism and ObamaCare, they'll be updating daily and adding to the national news front. From Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

Now Heritage has a new plan to exert its influence and, its leaders hope, win converts to the cause. On June 3 it will begin publishing the Daily Signal, a new digital news site whose primary focus will be straight reporting. “We came to the realization that the mainstream media had really abdicated the responsibility to do the news and do it well,” says Geoffrey Lysaught, vice president of strategic communications at the Heritage Foundation, who will also serve as publisher. The site aims to rectify the conservative perception that mainstream news slants to the left. “We plan to do political and policy news,” says Lysaught, “not with a conservative bent, but just true, straight-down-the-middle journalism.”

How does this help Heritage? The Daily Signal will also publish an opinion section aimed at a younger audience that isn’t thumbing through the editorial pages of theWall Street Journal. Heritage is betting that these readers, attracted to the Daily Signal’s news, will find themselves persuaded by the conservative commentary and analysis that will draw on the think tank’s scholars and researchers.






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Rod Rosenstein Finally Uses His Magical Powers Of Literature - May The Heavens Fall

Lady Justice shall
bring down the heavens.

Of course, I am still traumatized on that USAA Guidance on Human Trafficking, but that is another issue I

need to work through in therapy.

I need to be made whole.

Most of the times, well, just about every time Rod does a speech, it is like listening to a 19th Century School Master drone out an oral reading of the Masterpieces, mono toned.

Rod typically writes like a third year graduate student who is trying to impress his professors to get that grade.

Well, it seems someone found some fire in his belly because this missive was really pretty.

I actually felt his passion.

I know stuff but what is Rod Rosenstein going to do next?

Precious does possess the skills of the pen, as long as he remains passionate, otherwise, you will pass out midway through his writings.

I could call him as a witness.

Or, he could file for intervention.

Or, he could file notice of appearance.

Oh, the possibilities.

This is an interesting angle of insight.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Sessions Resigns, Matt Whitaker Is Acting & I Am Ready

"I saved a seat for you.
Is it my turn, yet?"

I do not know of this Matt Whitaker, or do I?

He has a background in trafficking tiny humans and patents, which is always a good thing.

He also seems to have no problems in the spotlight, which is odd for an USAA, but not uncommon, and needs to be done more often so the people understand what is going on in federal litigation in their districts.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-whitaker-322abab

But then, I decided to go through my database and found out that he knows stuff....lots of stuff....

FACT Request For House Ethics To Investigate U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz For Employment Violations Of Staffer Imran Awan

Well, hello, Matt.

Matt also ran against Joni Ernst, so he saw everything.

https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S4IA00095/

https://web.archive.org/web/20020603221355/http://www.mattwhitaker.org/

It sounds like Matt and I are going to be addressing lots and lots of stealin' the children, the land and the votes.

https://votesmart.org/candidate/146186/matt-whitaker#.W-N8O5NKg2w

My little Jeffy set it all up, and is now leaving the stage, taking his seat with a bucket of popcorn and an icy beverage for the show.

Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general

....We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well! A permanent replacement will be nominated at a later date.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2018

Washington — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country’s chief law enforcement officer.

Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions’ chief of staff Matt Whitaker would become the new acting attorney general.

The attorney general had endured more than a year of stinging and personal criticism from Trump over his recusal from the investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.

Trump blamed the decision for opening the door to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, who took over the Russia investigation and began examining whether Trump’s hectoring of Sessions was part of a broader effort to obstruct justice.

Matthew Whitaker: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Matt Whitaker

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has submitted his resignation after being asked to do so by President Donald Trump. The acting attorney general will be Sessions’ chief of staff, Matthew Whitaker, an attorney from Iowa.

Whitaker, 49, penned an op-ed in August 2017 in which he argued that Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Donald Trump was going “too far.” Trump has been sharply critical of Sessions for recusing himself in the Russia investigation, which the president has derided as a witch hunt. It is not clear if Whitaker will be forced to recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation and Mueller’s probe. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has been supervising the special counsel’s probe because of Sessions’ recusal.

“Matt is a well-respected attorney and entrepreneur. Matt is the former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. Matt was also the starting tight end for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 1991 Rose Bowl,” Whitaker’s LinkedIn page reads.

Here’s what you need to know about Matt Whitaker:

1. Trump Floated the Idea of Matthew Whitaker Replacing Jeff Sessions Permanently, Reports Say

On October 10, 2018, The Washington Post reported that Trump had talked recently with Matt Whitaker “about replacing Sessions as attorney general.” The newspaper cited anonymous sources for its reporting. The newspaper added that it was not clear how serious the president was or whether he had Whitaker in mind in a permanent sense or as an acting AG. Whitaker’s name has also been floated as a possible replacement for Rod Rosenstein at DOJ if Trump fires him. Rosenstein oversees the Mueller probe because Sessions recused himself.

Matt Whitaker is the chief of staff to Jeff Sessions, a position to which he was named in October 2017. His LinkedIn page describes him as “chief of staff and senior counselor to the Attorney General.” He once lost a Republican primary in Iowa to Sen. Joni Ernst, who released a statement praising Sessions’ choice of Whitaker as his chief of staff, calling him a “tireless advocate for the rule of law and the enforcement of our nation’s laws.”

He’s also been floated as a possible replacement for White House Counsel Don McGahn.

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2. In the Op-Ed, Whitaker Argued That Mueller Should Not Look Into Trump’s Finances

The op-ed by Whitaker was published by CNN. In it, Matthew Whitaker argued that the Mueller probe was coming close to crossing a “red line.”

“Mueller has come up to a red line in the Russia 2016 election-meddling investigation that he is dangerously close to crossing,” he wrote, referring to any probe of the president’s finances.

He brought up his own legal background, writing, “I can understand how a motivated prosecutor, in a broad investigation into the financial affairs of high-profile individuals, can become overzealous toward the targets of such probes — with calamitous results.”

He argued that Rod Rosenstein, who is in charge of the Russia probe because of Sessions’ recusal, should limit the inquiry or it could risk looking like a political fishing expedition.

3. Matthew Whitaker, Who Is Married With 3 Children, Played Tight End on the 1991 Rose Bowl Team for the Iowa Hawkeyes

Matthew Whitaker was a successful college football player. He was an Iowa Hawkeyes tight end and member of the 1991 Rose Bowl team, according to WHO-TV.

The television station reports that Whitaker played football at Ankeny High School and “was named to the all-state football team and later got inducted into the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame.”

A press release bio says Matthew Whitaker “was an academic All-American football player, playing on the University of Iowa’s last Rose Bowl team in 1991…Matt will be inducted into the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame at half time of the 4A state championship game.”

He also served as Executive Director of a conservative “ethics watchdog” group called the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). For example, he released a statement for the group that quoted him as saying, “The revelation today that the Obama State Department has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails ‘too damaging’ to release in any kind of form now removes any doubt about whether Hillary Clinton put our national security at risk for the sake of her personal privacy and pursuit of the White House. This week I called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate this most serious breach of national security. Because the Obama administration has a clear conflict of interest, it is imperative this investigation is done by an individual independent from the administration and is required to maintain the citizen’s trust in and the integrity of the government. This call is even more urgent given today’s disturbing news.”

Whitaker is married, to Marci Whitaker, and has three children. His wife works as a civil engineer. According to her bio on the website for the Des Moines company she works for, Mc2 Inc., Marci Whitaker, “has been with Mc2, Inc. since May 2011. Marci has a B.S. civil engineering degree from the University of Iowa and worked for consulting engineering firms in Minnesota and Iowa for 18 years prior to joining Mc2. She currently holds a Professional Engineer license in Iowa. Her past design experience includes wastewater treatment design, biosolids treatment, biogas handling, odor control and disinfection. Marci is a member of WEF and is the newsletter committee chair for IAWEA. Marci is originally from Ely, Iowa.”

4. Whitaker Is a Former U.S. Attorney Who Has Appeared on CNN

Matthew Whitaker worked as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa. In 2009, Whitaker “tendered his resignation” to Barack Obama after serving since 2004 in the position. He was described as a “Bush holdover” as he was chosen for the position by former President George W. Bush.

“Being United States Attorney is the greatest professional experience and honor of my life. I am very proud of what we have accomplished in this office,” Whitaker said in a press release. “We have worked very hard these almost 5 ½ years to advance the goals of the Department of Justice. We have been firmly committed to protecting our citizens from terrorist attacks, reducing gang and gun violence, protecting our children from predators, reducing the availability of meth, cocaine, and marijuana in our communities, and protecting the taxpayers through our civil division.”

The press release listed these cases:

“• United States v. Cunningham, et al, the “CIETC” case: pleas and convictions in connection with the fraud at the Central Iowa Employment Training Consortium;

• Operation Wirebreaker: a coordinated District-wide enforcement effort seeking individuals that trade child porn on peer-to-peer networks resulting in 13 individuals being charged;

• United States v. Wallenfang: conviction and sentencing of a child pornography producer from Ankeny;

• Swift & Company Immigration Enforcement: charged almost 30 individuals with Immigration and Identity Theft charges with pleas and convictions;

• United States v. Davis and Edwards: both defendants received 360 months in prison for their involvement in an arson in Iowa City that resulted in one person’s death.”

Whitaker also served as a partner at a Des Moines law firm, writing on LinkedIn that he performed, “civil litigation, business transactions and estate planning and probate. We can offer efficient and effective legal representation as well as unparalleled client service and a true commitment to obtaining the best result possible. Let us fight for you and be your voice. Offices in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.”

According to his resignation press release as U.S. Attorney, Whitaker “holds three degrees from the University of Iowa (Law, MBA and BA).”

5. Whitaker Ran for Public Office Twice & Once Said He Wanted to Be Like Rand Paul

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WaPo on Matthew Whitaker, the chief of staff to Jeff Sessions. Apparently Trump likes his "look."
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9:20 PM - Oct 10, 2018

Sessions Aide, a Trump Loyalist, Is Seen as Ascendant Amid Rosenstein Chaos

The aide, Matthew G. Whitaker, is considered an affable liaison between the Justice Department and President Trump and a prospective deputy attorney general.

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Matt Whitaker has two previous failed bids for state office, running for state treasurer and U.S. Senate. He lost the treasurer’s race to the Democrat, 43% to 54%, in 2002. Whitaker ran as a Republican.

When he ran for U.S. Senate, Whitaker commented that he wanted to model himself after U.S. Sen. Rand Paul. He also said he wanted to be like Sen. Ted Cruz, according to The Des Moines Register.

He has served on advisory boards, including The World Patent Marketing Advisory Board.

In 2017, the Federal Trade Commission alleged, “At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has found that the FTC is likely to prevail in its case against World Patent Marketing, an invention-promotion scheme that allegedly deceived consumers through misrepresentations about its success and the services it provided, and suppressed complaints about the company by threatening dissatisfied customers.”

As previous positions, he listed on LinkedIn that he was previously owner of Little Endeavors, principal of the Freedom Strategy Group, an Iowa-based consulting firm, director and shareholder of State Savings Bank in West Des Moines, corporate counsel for SuperValu, and director-member of the board of directors for Merit Resources. He was also an associate at other law firms.

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