I have a friend of mine who actually thinks that Rod Rosenstein is a patriot, because Trump is Putin’s bitch.

Yes, he really said that.  The sad thing is, he’s not a stupid person.  He’s enjoyed a successful career on in the world of finance, after gaining an Ivy League education.

Still others actually thought Rosenstein was a hero, because he took the Russia investigation away from Andrew McCabe.  McCabe was opening an obstruction probe against Trump after Comey’s firing.

What we learned about Rod Rosenstein today, however, is that he is no patriot, and he is clearly no hero.  In fact, I can only think of one appropriate word for him… weasel.

The actions of Rod Rosenstein are going to be discussed in U.S. history books for decades to come.

What he did was let loose a group of vicious prosecutors whose sole aim was to take down a duly elected president, simply because they disagreed with his politics.

On question after question today, Rosenstein said “I was not aware” or “I did now know.”

Yet, not one U.S. Senator seemed to ask him this question… why such a laissez faire attitude toward what is likely the most important investigation in the history of the FBI?

Rosenstein’s reply would simply be that he trusted the process, and the process and people he depended upon, let him down.

Rosenstein said he was showing up at today’s hearing to be accountable.

What a load of shit.

He took responsibility for nothing, after being presented with a ton of evidence indicating wrongdoing, not only by people like Peter Strzok and Andrew McCabe at FBI, but also with the Mueller Special Counsel.

Rod Rosenstein effectively ruined the first two years of the Trump presidency.

All the crap we’ve endured with the Mueller probe… the ridiculous prosecutions, the threats to Trump campaign members, the 5 am FBI raids, the millions of dollars spent on the investigation, could’ve been avoided if Rosenstein simply gave a shit.

All he had to do was look under the hood of the investigations he was overseeing, and he could’ve seen the house of cards this Russia hoax was built upon and ended it.

Guess what?  If William Barr was not the Attorney General right now, this shit would still be going on.

Barr could see from his perch in the private sector that something was dreadfully wrong with the Mueller probe.  After he was confirmed as Attorney General, he put an end to it.

Andrew Weissman, the real leader of the probe, resigned immediately thereafter, and is now spewing his BS on MSNBC.

In the end, the hearing went about as I expected.  Rosenstein did effectively throw McCabe and the FBI under the bus.  You can bet McCabe won’t take that lightly, but his options are limited.

It is pretty clear to me now that Andrew McCabe could end up being the most significant fall guy.  If he doesn’t want to be that fall guy, he may want to make a deal with US Attorney John Durham, who likely has him in his sites.

We’ll see how things shake out.